That's weird.

neoelectronaut · Apr 10, 2004, 09:17 AM

I've been finding lately two problems with my eMac:

1) When I click on my desktop shortcut to my home folder, sometimes the beach ball shows up and it takes like 5 minutes to load. Sometimes it causes the whole finder to go to "no responding"

2) Sometimes the computer forgets what my view options in my folders are, such as icon size, placement, etc. Why does it do this.

Finally, other than the Cron tasks/MacJanitor, what are other maintanence steps I can take?

Thanks.

JOD8FY · Apr 10, 2004, 10:59 AM

Have you tried Repairing Permissions? To do this, go into Hard Drive>Applications>Utilities>Disk Utility. Then, when it finishes loading, on the top left side of the window select Macintosh HD. Then hit the button that says Repair Disk Permissions. Hope this helps.

Good Luck,
JOD8FY

Sparky's · 11:25 AM

is your "shortcut" on the desktop or on the Dock?
try deleting the shortcut then drag the folder in question to the dock and see if the same thing happens.
This is a shot of my dock. the folder pictured is My personal files on a separate drive, It opens instantly when clicked on.

that's my cent-n-a-half

Apr 10, 2004, 09:17 AM	#1
neoelectronaut macrumors 68000 Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Southeastern Louisiana	That's weird. I've been finding lately two problems with my eMac: 1) When I click on my desktop shortcut to my home folder, sometimes the beach ball shows up and it takes like 5 minutes to load. Sometimes it causes the whole finder to go to "no responding" 2) Sometimes the computer forgets what my view options in my folders are, such as icon size, placement, etc. Why does it do this. Finally, other than the Cron tasks/MacJanitor, what are other maintanence steps I can take? Thanks.
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Apr 10, 2004, 10:59 AM	#2
JOD8FY macrumors 6502a Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: United States	Have you tried Repairing Permissions? To do this, go into Hard Drive>Applications>Utilities>Disk Utility. Then, when it finishes loading, on the top left side of the window select Macintosh HD. Then hit the button that says Repair Disk Permissions. Hope this helps. Good Luck, JOD8FY __________________ 1 Ghz PowerBook G4 12" : 768 MB RAM : 40 GB HD : 32 MB VRAM 20" ACD : Apple Wireless Keyboard & Mouse : Final Cut Studio Tiger 10.4.10
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Apr 10, 2004, 11:21 AM	#3
Sparky's macrumors 6502a Join Date: Feb 2004	is your "shortcut" on the desktop or on the Dock? try deleting the shortcut then drag the folder in question to the dock and see if the same thing happens. This is a shot of my dock. the folder pictured is My personal files on a separate drive, It opens instantly when clicked on. that's my cent-n-a-half __________________ God had a brain fart…and we are it! - me 24"iMac, Adobe CS4, 1T LaCie backup drive Last edited by Sparky's; Apr 10, 2004 at 11:25 AM. Reason: additional input
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