Now that's a very strange problem. I am going to muck about with my system and see what happens. Great troubleshooting, Bill. Your persistence and tenacity is great.
Take Care John Panarese jpanar...@gmail.com On Mar 3, 2012, at 11:58 PM, "Bill Holton" <b...@bholton.com> wrote: > I have narrowed my problems to a very unique set of keystrokes. When I > delete the preference file everything works fine. I can attach a USB drive, > erase it, then use command-O to access the drive, leave it, access it again > and again. > But if from the desktop I press command-3 to set finder to read in columns > mode and then try to access the drive I get busy, busy, busy, and it will > stay that way until I re-delete the library file. > I have done this three times so far, always the same results. > Very strange, but at least now I can maybe get them to duplicate it. > > > > 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 11:47 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Wow! Major successRE: Burning DMG files? > > 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? 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