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TyloBedo

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Aug 7, 2008
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EEEK my mabook won't install anything. I am tried installing my printer drivers and it wasn't able to read the .pkg file. it is able to mount the dmg fle however whenever i tried it would just say can't read file or something. then i went and put my ilife 08 cd in it mounted it fine and the screen pops up. then when i click on instal it says there is no default applications to open this.


i was able to install things fine until i updated my stuff

Code:
2008-10-22 20:10:41 -0700: Installed "iLife Support" (8.3)
2008-10-22 20:11:17 -0700: Installed "iTunes" (8.0.1)
2008-10-22 20:11:30 -0700: Installed "Keynote Update" (4.0.2)
2008-10-22 20:11:49 -0700: Installed "Pages Update" (3.0.2)
2008-10-22 20:12:01 -0700: Installed "AirPort Utility" (5.3.2)
2008-10-22 20:19:47 -0700: Installed "Mac OS X Update Combined" (10.5.5)
2008-10-22 20:20:22 -0700: Installed "Numbers Update" (1.0.2)
2008-10-22 20:20:35 -0700: Installed "Remote Desktop Client Update" (3.2.2)
2008-10-22 20:21:12 -0700: Installed "QuickTime" (7.5.5)
2008-10-23 16:40:22 -0700: Installed "Front Row Update" (2.1.6)
2008-10-23 16:40:42 -0700: Installed "Security Update 2008-007" (1.0)
2008-10-23 16:41:11 -0700: Installed "Keynote Update" (4.0.3)
2008-10-23 16:41:24 -0700: Installed "Migration and DVD ⁄ CD Sharing Update" (1.1)
2008-10-23 16:41:27 -0700: Installed "Keyboard Firmware Update" (1.0)
2008-10-23 16:41:56 -0700: Installed "Java For Mac OS X 10.5 Update 2" (1.0)


everything on the right is what i have installed. i have tried rebooting and stuff also.


thanks
 

r.j.s

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Mar 7, 2007
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Wirelessly posted via a group of monkeys using a typewriter / Ribbon 1.1 / Paper 2.0

Repair permissions from Disk Utility.
 

TyloBedo

macrumors member
Original poster
Aug 7, 2008
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Wirelessly posted via a group of monkeys using a typewriter / Ribbon 1.1 / Paper 2.0

Repair permissions from Disk Utility.

to do this do i open disk utilty, click on my mac osx partiton and hit repair perrmissons?
 
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