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Hi
please forgive the frivolous header, but its almost true, i am starting to sink and it feels like..well you know what!
The problem is that i am not that clever, so much of what i am experiencing could well be due to a very bad case of ignorance, and the solution may well be something quite simple, i hope!
Tech stuff first, machine details and so on are as follows.
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac9,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: IM91.008D.B08
SMC Version (system): 1.37f3
Serial Number (system): WQ9056EQ0TG
Hardware UUID: 1FC208F8-FD21-54D8-B088-A5E5FD53983D
OS is currently 10.5.8 but was 10.6 which i ditched because i was having problems. Also i have been using an Iomega 465GB external HD to back up several times daily, but not using Time Machine.
I had installed OS10.6 and had been using it quite happily for some weeks when i experienced a problem. I play on Second Life often, and use the Phoenix viewer to connect. I had not experienced any problems until one day when i connected the entire thing went haywire. Difficult to explain but for example if i typed anything, it hung, for some minutes, i could not move the avatar, the clothing would not download, things appeared greyed out, in short it was not usable. I tried everything, deleted the viewer, did a clean install, tried other viewers, tried logging on as a different user, unplugged my wireless router for 24 hours, tried connecting by ethernet. NOthing worked. So in a fit of desperation i tried re installing the OS, no good there either. Then i tried installing OS 10.5, which was the OS that my machine had when i bought it. I managed a clean install from the install disc, and for some reason i could use Second life by the Phoenix viewer with no problem at all. I then tried to install OS 10.6, and the problem returned. I think maybe i might be able to use 10.6 if i can actually do a clean install. Of course the disc does not have that option, and despite my trying all sorts of methods i have read about in various forums and the Apples site, i dont seem able to perform a clean install. Thats maybe my dim gene working. So i am running OS10.5 and connecting to second life with no problem, but i would like to use 10.6. Question one. Anyone suggest a way to do a clean install of 10.6 that i can actually manage to make work. Also anyone ever had this experience before, or can suggest why it is happening. Question two. I have programmes on my back up that i cannot access. For example Daz studio 3d, i all the stuff is there on the back up HD, but i dont know how to re load it. Similarly my address book and I photo are lost to me together with all the content.
So maybe you can understand why the title, and why i feel like im sinking, and if at all possible someone can come up with a life belt. PLEASE
please forgive the frivolous header, but its almost true, i am starting to sink and it feels like..well you know what!
The problem is that i am not that clever, so much of what i am experiencing could well be due to a very bad case of ignorance, and the solution may well be something quite simple, i hope!
Tech stuff first, machine details and so on are as follows.
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac9,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: IM91.008D.B08
SMC Version (system): 1.37f3
Serial Number (system): WQ9056EQ0TG
Hardware UUID: 1FC208F8-FD21-54D8-B088-A5E5FD53983D
OS is currently 10.5.8 but was 10.6 which i ditched because i was having problems. Also i have been using an Iomega 465GB external HD to back up several times daily, but not using Time Machine.
I had installed OS10.6 and had been using it quite happily for some weeks when i experienced a problem. I play on Second Life often, and use the Phoenix viewer to connect. I had not experienced any problems until one day when i connected the entire thing went haywire. Difficult to explain but for example if i typed anything, it hung, for some minutes, i could not move the avatar, the clothing would not download, things appeared greyed out, in short it was not usable. I tried everything, deleted the viewer, did a clean install, tried other viewers, tried logging on as a different user, unplugged my wireless router for 24 hours, tried connecting by ethernet. NOthing worked. So in a fit of desperation i tried re installing the OS, no good there either. Then i tried installing OS 10.5, which was the OS that my machine had when i bought it. I managed a clean install from the install disc, and for some reason i could use Second life by the Phoenix viewer with no problem at all. I then tried to install OS 10.6, and the problem returned. I think maybe i might be able to use 10.6 if i can actually do a clean install. Of course the disc does not have that option, and despite my trying all sorts of methods i have read about in various forums and the Apples site, i dont seem able to perform a clean install. Thats maybe my dim gene working. So i am running OS10.5 and connecting to second life with no problem, but i would like to use 10.6. Question one. Anyone suggest a way to do a clean install of 10.6 that i can actually manage to make work. Also anyone ever had this experience before, or can suggest why it is happening. Question two. I have programmes on my back up that i cannot access. For example Daz studio 3d, i all the stuff is there on the back up HD, but i dont know how to re load it. Similarly my address book and I photo are lost to me together with all the content.
So maybe you can understand why the title, and why i feel like im sinking, and if at all possible someone can come up with a life belt. PLEASE