I deleted both myself. I just wanted to be sure. I don't like to mess with preference files unless I have a pretty good idea of what I am doing. Of course, backup, backup, backup.
Take Care John Panarese jpanar...@gmail.com On Mar 3, 2012, at 11:40 PM, Bill Holton wrote: > Looks like I spoke too soon on the busy problem. I was able to access the > drive about four times, and then I started getting busy busy again. But it > must be something that's going into that preference file. There is a second > com.finder file that is a unix executable. Any idea what that one does and > if I should try deleting it, too? > > > > BILL HOLTON > Email: b...@bholton.com > Direct: 386-624-6309 > Homepage: www.bholton.com > Home Office: 1520 Loughton ST > DeLand, FL 32720 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Panarese > Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2012 11:40 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Wow! Major successRE: Burning DMG files? > > I'm glad you got it working. Like I said, I had a similar issue, but I > never try to assume that a "fix" I tried is universal unless I have read > about it from another source or have it confirmed by other sources. > > Take Care > > John Panarese > jpanar...@gmail.com > > > > On Mar 3, 2012, at 11:25 PM, Bill Holton wrote: > >> Hi. >> Apparently the order was critical. This time I removed the >> Superdrive, deleted the library file, shut down the mini, restarted, >> then attached the Superdrive. Not only did it work flawlessly, it >> seems to have solved a problem I have been going back and forth with >> Apple about since November--whenever I had an empty drie and would try >> to access it via Finder I would get busy, busy, forever. Attached a >> USB HD, erased it, then accessed it fine via Finder. >> So done for tonight, tomorrow I try to install the tools in my VM Window. >> Thanks for all the great help here from everyone! >> >> >> >> BILL HOLTON >> Email: b...@bholton.com >> Direct: 386-624-6309 >> Homepage: www.bholton.com >> Home Office: 1520 Loughton ST >> DeLand, FL 32720 >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Panarese >> Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2012 11:01 PM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: Burning DMG files? >> >> Are you having problems with disk in general? Also, have you tried >> other blank disks? This seems more than a little odd. >> >> Take Care >> >> John Panarese >> jpanar...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> On Mar 3, 2012, at 10:48 PM, "Bill Holton" <b...@bholton.com> wrote: >> >>> Tried this, now I don't get busy messages, get waiting for disk to be >>> inserted messages, even though the drive is spinning with a known >>> good >> disk. >>> >>> >>> >>> BILL HOLTON >>> Email: b...@bholton.com >>> Direct: 386-624-6309 >>> Homepage: www.bholton.com >>> Home Office: 1520 Loughton ST >>> DeLand, FL 32720 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Panarese >>> Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2012 7:07 PM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: Burning DMG files? >>> >>> This is my personal experience only, so I preface this by saying >>> that I have no proof that it makes a difference, but I was having a >>> lot of issues with blank CDs and DVDs, as well as when opening an >>> optical disk causing repeated busy signals. I ended up deleting my >>> Finder preference files from my user library and rebooted the system. >>> I >> haven't had any issues since. >>> >>> Note that if you delete finder preferences, you will have to >>> reconfigure Finder in any customizable way you might have initially set. >>> For example, you'll have to check all of the boxes for what will >>> appear on the desktop, such as hard disks, connected servers, etc. >>> >>> Take Care >>> >>> John Panarese >>> jpanar...@gmail.com >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mar 3, 2012, at 6:53 PM, "Bill Holton" <b...@bholton.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Ah, that would workwere it not for my problem that apple has not >>>> been able to solve that when I try to access an empty drive Finder >>>> stays busy >>> forever. >>>> Apparently a blank DVD disk causes this, too, because for the past >>>> hour the menu has said this drive is busy. Not sure what to do >>>> here, Apple has not responded to any of my recent inquiries about >>>> the solution >>> of this problem. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> BILL HOLTON >>>> Email: b...@bholton.com >>>> Direct: 386-624-6309 >>>> Homepage: www.bholton.com >>>> Home Office: 1520 Loughton ST >>>> DeLand, FL 32720 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Panarese >>>> Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2012 6:19 PM >>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> Subject: Re: Burning DMG files? >>>> >>>> Can't you select the disk image in Disk Utility from the list, put >>>> a blank disk in the optical drive and then with the image selected, >>>> choose, Burn, from the toolbar? I haven't done this in a while, but >>>> I think that's how I did it in the past. >>>> >>>> Take Care >>>> >>>> John Panarese >>>> jpanar...@gmail.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mar 3, 2012, at 4:28 PM, "Bill Holton" <b...@bholton.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Looks like to burn a DMG file to a disk you have to drag and drop >>>>> the source and destination in the disk utilities menu and then restore. >>>>> Is there a better way to do this with keystroke commands? Thanks. >>>>> >>>>> Bill >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> BILL HOLTON >>>>> >>>>> Email: <mailto:b...@bholton.com> b...@bholton.com >>>>> >>>>> Direct: 386-624-6309 >>>>> >>>>> Homepage: <http://www.bholton.com> www.bholton.com >>>>> >>>>> Home Office: 1520 Loughton ST >>>>> >>>>> DeLand, FL 32720 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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