[lookmark]

Sorry to start a new topic on such a small topic, but it's almost certainly a problem with my specific set-up, and I'm curious if others have encountered this.

Anyway, the problem is pretty small, but just that -- double-clicking an app or a file from the Finder on my Panther does *not* use have the little zoom effect we've heard so much about.

And I was so looking forward to that.

Did: an archive and install, fixed permissions, restarted the machine.

Have: a PowerBook that uses QE.

Any suggestions how I can try to fix this...?

[kulverse]

My buddy had the same problem. I fixed it. The fix also included fixing app specific issues as well (such as Studio MX 2004 apps not running).

All I did was create a new user for him. That fixed eveything. Bringing his files over to the new user was easy with fast user switching. I'd just go back to the old user and put stuff in teh shared folder, and then bring them into the new user. Bookmarks, Mail info and all. Then I had to go into the clumsy part of changing the permissions of tehose folders I brought over to the new user. But it was worth it to get Panther running right.

The whole process took about 45 minutes to create the new user, bring over files and neccessary preferences, and then reset permissions on those folders and files via Get Info.


Hope this helps

[lookmark]

Yeesh. Thanks for the advice... though I don't know if I can bring myself to go through all that -- new user, moving everything over, fixing permissions -- just to get that little zoom effect.

Ah well. I'll guess I'll see just how much I miss it....

[smeger]

Check System Preferences -> Dock and make sure that Animate Opening Applications is checked. I'm not sure that this is responsible for it, but I suspect that it is.

[lookmark]

Originally posted by smeger:
Check System Preferences -> Dock and make sure that Animate Opening Applications is checked.

Yup, that's on.

Must be something just a wee bit screwy somewhere with some LaunchServices plist or something maybe but heaven knows where.

[kulverse]

Originally posted by lookmark:
Yeesh. Thanks for the advice... though I don't know if I can bring myself to go through all that -- new user, moving everything over, fixing permissions -- just to get that little zoom effect.

Ah well. I'll guess I'll see just how much I miss it....

In his case is helped Safari and Mail not crash. Toast 6 would open again. MX 2004 apps would open again. So it did more than just fix the animation.

It was easy, and he can't even tell the difference between this user and his old one he had since 10.0.

Fixing folder permissions was easy. I just put all the folders and files into one folder than changed the pemission of that one folder. Then hit "Apply to enclosed items". Viola...all permissions fixed.

But yeah...if you're having no other problems. i wouldnt suggest going through all that for a little animation.

[ZackS]

A slightly less painful and more complete way to do this:

Create a new temporary user with admin privileges. Log in as him and log ourself out. Open up the terminal in his account and type the following (using short names only to fill in the spots with the brackets, do not include the brackets):

sudo chown -R <new user> /Users/<old user>

Type in your password. This will give your new user permission to move your old user's files. Then go to the Finder and move your old user folder out of the Users folder (on to the desktop is fine). Open up the System Preferences and delete your old user. Once that is done, make a new user exactly like your old one (same short name is ESSENTIAL, admin privileges, etc). Open the terminal back up and type:

sudo rm -rf /Users/<old user>

This deletes the new blank user's folder. Go back to the Finder and move the old user's folder back unto the Users folder. Go back to the terminal and type:

sudo chown -R <old user> /Users/<old user>

Once that's done, log back in as yourself and enjoy. There is only one bug I have witnessed by doing this and that is that the keychain gets confused. Open the keychain app, delete all traces of your old keychain, log out, log in, and make a new one. You might not even have to do this, I've only seen it happen in Jaguar.

The directions seem complex but what you're doing really isn't. Shouldn't take more than 5 minutes.

[kulverse]

Originally posted by ZackS:
A slightly less painful and more complete way to do this:

Create a new temporary user with admin privileges. Log in as him and log ourself out. Open up the terminal in his account and type the following (using short names only to fill in the spots with the brackets, do not include the brackets):

sudo chown -R <new user> /Users/<old user>

Type in your password. This will give your new user permission to move your old user's files. Then go to the Finder and move your old user folder out of the Users folder (on to the desktop is fine). Open up the System Preferences and delete your old user. Once that is done, make a new user exactly like your old one (same short name is ESSENTIAL, admin privileges, etc). Open the terminal back up and type:

sudo rm -rf /Users/<old user>

This deletes the new blank user's folder. Go back to the Finder and move the old user's folder back unto the Users folder. Go back to the terminal and type:

sudo chown -R <old user> /Users/<old user>

Once that's done, log back in as yourself and enjoy. There is only one bug I have witnessed by doing this and that is that the keychain gets confused. Open the keychain app, delete all traces of your old keychain, log out, log in, and make a new one. You might not even have to do this, I've only seen it happen in Jaguar.

The directions seem complex but what you're doing really isn't. Shouldn't take more than 5 minutes.

But does that bring all your old Library items in too? I was assuming that something in there was what was causing the problem in the first place. I only brought over Mail and Safari items and a few preferences (USB Overdrive settings and stuff). That way, In theory, abolishing what was causing the problem. Just wondering.

[ZackS]

No, it brings over the whole library and everything. I figured it wasn't something in the Library but it could be. You could pick out anything you wanted right after moving it to the desktop. You could actually pick out anything suspicious at all. I've deleted my entire personal Library folder once and I lost all my settings but the system didn't blink.

[lookmark]

Good news for anyone else experiencing this problem. I figured it out.

Trashing the file "com.apple.finder.plist", then logging in and out will solve it.

Hooray l'il app launch zoom effect!

[gorickey]

There is also a terminal command that toggles this off and on; however, I can't recall what it is off the bat...it was posted on the forums a week or so ago....it got mine working as well...

[snyperm]

oh my god...you've moved a user directory to simply turn on a zooming effect.

OK simplest way (well not sure what the exact wording would be for the commandline one but this is the same tihng)

open com.apple.finder.plist in bbedit or such

set the zoomrect value to true

save

relaunch finder

enjoy

as mentnioed trashing it works too

[icruise]

Originally posted by smeger:
Check System Preferences -> Dock and make sure that Animate Opening Applications is checked. I'm not sure that this is responsible for it, but I suspect that it is.

This only affects icons bouncing in the dock when you launch them.

Personally, I could do without the little zooming animation.

[cyuxiang]

Open Terminal & type:

defaults write com.apple.finder ZoomRects -bool true

quit terminal & relaunch Finder thru "Force Quit".

Note: it's "ZoomRects" & NOT "zoomrects"

[a2daj]

Ironically, I wanted those animations completely off. I can't stand all the extra stuff that slows down the user flow like the zooming and the menu blinking. To me it makes the system less responsive. It's cool the first few times.

[typoon]

Tinkertool Allows you to shut off the zoom rects