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<blockquote data-quote="deeahr2169" data-source="post: 1262140" data-attributes="member: 114290"><p>Hi</p><p>please forgive the frivolous header, but its almost true, i am starting to sink and it feels like..well you know what!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>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!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p><p>Tech stuff first, machine details and so on are as follows.</p><p> Model Name: iMac</p><p> Model Identifier: iMac9,1</p><p> Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo</p><p> Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz</p><p> Number Of Processors: 1</p><p> Total Number Of Cores: 2</p><p> L2 Cache: 6 MB</p><p> Memory: 4 GB</p><p> Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz</p><p> Boot ROM Version: IM91.008D.B08</p><p> SMC Version (system): 1.37f3</p><p> Serial Number (system): WQ9056EQ0TG</p><p> Hardware UUID: 1FC208F8-FD21-54D8-B088-A5E5FD53983D</p><p>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.</p><p>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. </p><p>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<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="deeahr2169, post: 1262140, member: 114290"] 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!:P 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:) [/QUOTE]
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