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DiskWarrior and Leopard PSA
From MacFixIt today…
Running DiskWarrior on startup volumes with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard installed can have a problematic effect on permissions. The problem, according to Alsoft, is that DiskWarrior includes a repair permissions routine similar the one performed by Apple’s Disk Utility, but has not yet been updated to be compatible with the changed repair permissions routine used by Mac OS X 10.5. In other words, running the repair permissions routine in DiskWarrior while booted from the DiskWarrior disk (or booted from any other startup volume) is akin to running the version of Disk Utility included with Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) — a no-no if the target of the repair is a Mac OS X 10.5 volume.
And from the same article, Alsoft’s support site says…
You should not use any utility to repair permissions of a Leopard start up disk while started from Mac OS X 10.4.x or earlier. Permissions will either not be be repaired or will be repaired improperly. This is true whether you repair permissions with Apple’s Disk Utility, DiskWarrior, or any other third-party utility.
This makes total sense, but should still be noted for those who might think of trying it. Tiger and Leopard are as much two totally different cats as Panther and Tiger were. Don’t ever use one kitty to fix the other!
Possible Fix for Leopard Mail Freeze
With the move to my new web host, I finally have the luxury of good, fast IMAP email again (thank you!). I had been doing the Gmail thing for the past few months using the very awesome MailPlane, but even as much as the app rocks, it still wasn’t quite what I was looking for in the way of doing mail.
Though I touted GyazMail as the mail app to have a while back, I’ve secretly harbored a desire to use my first love, Mail.app. There’s something about it that I find gets me where I want to be the quickest. But I digress. This post isn’t about which email reader is better…
Instead, this post is intended to help others who may have run into the same problem I had. Every so often when I’d launch Mail 3.1 in Leopard, or just at other times for no reason, the application would become totally unresponsive. Mail would still arrive, but I couldn’t do much more with it than move the main window around on my screen. I was almost as though the application was frozen, but not quite. Obviously it was doing something very resource intensive to become that unresponsive.
After some rooting around, I think I discovered the problem. By setting the “Add invitations to iCal” option in the General preference of Mail to “Never”, all of my freezes have suddenly disappeared. This may or may not help someone else who’s having the same issue. But for me, it did the trick. Your mileage may vary.
[Update] I’ve also noticed that GrowlMail doesn’t seem to be playing nicey-nice with Mail under Leopard. When I logged out or restarted, logged back in, and launched Mail, it would freeze up as GrowlMail thought about displaying a notification for each message, quite slowly.
If you have GrowlMail installed, and are experiencing freezes in Leopard Mail, try turning it off (Mail > Preferences > GrowlMail). Post a comment if that helps (or doesn’t). So far, it seems to solve the problem for me.
Oh, and I got rid of MS Office completely too. That might have some bearing, or it might not. I’m using iWork ‘08 for that kind of stuff now.
Server Move Pending
Just a quick note to let readers know that the site may experience a little down time over the next day or two as I start the process of moving to a new web host — AN Hosting/midPhase.
Unfortunately, my time with Forged Network has come to an end with no resolution (read acknowledgement) to my billing issue. It really burns me to have had funds taken from Paypal without them being credited to my hosting account.
I tried five times to contact their “sales staff” with no response what-so-ever. Phone calls have gone unanswered too. Attempts to contact support only got me a “We’re escalating your issue to our sales department” response — which did me no good. I guess this is the price one must pay for choosing to go with cheap inexpensive web hosting.
There was a time when I recommended FN to those I know. But now, I can only say don’t bother looking at them. There are far better options out there than Forged Network.
A Moment of Silence…
Please join me in a moment of silence to mourn the passing of the first Mac rumor site I followed religiously back in the early days. That’s right, RAILhead Design has closed its doors for good. So sad, but I can totally relate to where Maury is coming from, and why he chose to go dark.
You did an awesome job, Maury — and believe it or not, you were one of the inspirations in the early development of Yasu. Indeed… So long, and thanks for all the fish.
PlagiarismToday: What the RIAA Judgment Means to Me
Some food for thought…
What the RIAA Judgment Means to Me: With so much twisting and warping of the facts on both sides, the only thing that is clear right now is that this issue is far from resolved and that this case has done nothing to settle the underlying issues. (via PlagiarismToday)