Just wanted to say thanks for this really great proactive post. A
little education goes a long way toward solving problems. W appreciate
the help!
> As a result of all the Mac issues that keep comming up I went to the
> Apple site to search for some usefull tips. Here are a number of them,
> that will give you some basic insight into how Mac OS functions, and
> how you can do a little troubleshooting yourself:
> 1. "My application quit unexpectedly"
> This explains, among others, how Mac OS temporarily resets the
> applications preferences:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh1927.html
> 2. "Isolating issues in Mac OS X":http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1388?viewlocale=en_US
> 3. "Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk
> Utility and fsck"
> To add to the last suggestion of Apple in the "Isolating issues in Mac
> OS X" article -to bring your computer to a dealer- here is a
> discription how to test with Disk Utility first, and where you can
> find it:http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1417
> BE AWARE. Don't start up in single users mode, unless you're
> comfortable with UNIX:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.5/en/8475.html
> To switch back to the Mac OS X interface, type reboot and press the
> Return key.
> 4. "Application Issues and Basic Troubleshooting"
> Although ancient, I believe this one is usefull too. It's about OS 9
> and explains a little about dealing with conflicting extentions. This
> doesn't seem to be supported by SO X anymore, but a control panel in
> System Preferences is easily disabled. There is an extentions manager
> in Sketchup though, under preferences:http://support.apple.com/kb/TA40255?viewlocale=en_US
> 5. There is a nice Mouse Utility, that seems to be able to disable
> Apple's mouse settings better than others, like Logitecs (although I
> didn't thoroughly test this):http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/usboverdr...
> 6. Don't forget the usefull links on this site. Start here:http://groups.google.com/group/SketchUp/web
