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Powerbook G4 17" 1 GHz, System 10.4.8, Safari 2.0.4, Quicktime 7.1.5 Problem: after a crash (occurered while whatching a wmv sequence in Safari with Flip4Mac), I uninstalled Flip4Mac. Since then, no way to watch an mpg sequence through Quicktime in Safari - either I get the Quicktime logo with a question mark or Safari crashes. I tried: reinstalling combo 10.4.8, Safari...

AM Finder Generator database update takes too long... ...

will only be aware of the symbolic link's location, not the exectutable's true location. It will then search for necessary files from the package relative to the path of the symbolic link, which obviously will not work. ...

This is one of the examples Finder does not deal with, and it has been a "feature" since at least 10.1. so only 5 years... Change the share name if you have access to it, or use other methods. ...

i found some more information there about deleting 'Undeletable' files : http://www.spiderjay.com/blog/?p=37 in particular : " You should just be able to (from Terminal): % sudo chflags nouchg /path/to/immutable/file Then ‘rm’, or empty trash. "

Get Specified Servers, Connect To Servers, Get Specified Finder Items, Copy Finder Items. The script completes all the steps and downloads the folder and all the included files, but gives the error message at the end. Any suggestions? ...

AppleScript takes paths in the classic Mac OS format, but if you need to pass it a Unix-style path, you can convert it from within AppleScript like so: tell application "Finder" activate open folder POSIX file "/path/to/folder" select item "filename" of window 1 end tell

Must the "path:to:folder" be in the older HFS format (Macintosh HD:Applications:...) or can it also work with the newer format (/Applications/...)? I'm not getting a finder with the newer format but it may be either this or that it also requires the "/Volumes/Macintosh HD" be prepended (?). I am going to try each possible solution nonetheless. Thanks

My experience with Carbon is limited, but I know how to do this with AppleScript, and I'm sure there's a way to trigger AppleScript's from Carbon/C++. A little Googling returned some promising results on the matter: http://tishowicode.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/run-applescript-in-carbon/ Anyway, here's how it's done with AppleScript: tell application "Finder" activate...

Can't say that I've seen Finder do what you're describing, but I might not have noticed it. Gonna have to see for myself. ...