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This script will gather some of the required... 4,322 Views / 2 Replies  
This script will gather some of the required data, and paste it into AppleWorks:

tell application "Apple System Profiler" of machine "eppc://(IP address concealed)"
set A to {serial number,...
Posted by AppleScript, on Jul 30, 2002 at 02:25 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
You can't change the hard drive's name while File... 3,929 Views / 1 Replies  
You can't change the hard drive's name while File Sharing is on. If File Sharing is off, run Disk First Aid. File Sharing is turned off through the control strip.

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Posted by AppleScript, on Jul 22, 2002 at 02:47 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
Use this script to get a better look at the log... 4,173 Views / 9 Replies  
Use this script to get a better look at the log entries:

tell application "Finder"
read file "Macintosh HD:System Folder:Preferences:Software Update Logs"
end tell

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Posted by AppleScript, on Jul 20, 2002 at 02:20 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
One of your background processes is signalling... 3,950 Views / 2 Replies  
One of your background processes is signalling that it's found something it can't handle by itself. It may have detected a virus, or some problem with one or more of your mounted volumes.

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Posted by AppleScript, on Jul 17, 2002 at 11:34 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
If the VISE format QuickTime installers are used... 4,083 Views / 2 Replies  
If the VISE format QuickTime installers are used on a disk which does not contain a QuickTime� file in the Extensions folder, they will refuse to run. VISE format installers are found with every...
Posted by AppleScript, on Jul 15, 2002 at 11:34 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
Use this script to lock a disk: tell app... 4,239 Views / 1 Replies  
Use this script to lock a disk:

tell app "Disk Copy"
set locked of disk "Disk Name" to true
end tell

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Posted by AppleScript, on Jul 13, 2002 at 01:02 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
No problems over here, but I installed it only a... 4,174 Views / 2 Replies  
No problems over here, but I installed it only a few hours ago.

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Posted by AppleScript, on Jun 21, 2002 at 02:24 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
Are you trying to access it through a domain... 3,936 Views / 6 Replies  
Are you trying to access it through a domain name, such as <a href="http://www.apple.com," target="_blank">www.apple.com,</a> or an IP address, such as 17.254.0.91?

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Posted by AppleScript, on Jun 20, 2002 at 12:19 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
Only certain computers support saving the RAM... 3,895 Views / 3 Replies  
Only certain computers support saving the RAM disk on shutdown.

<a href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=50499"...
Posted by AppleScript, on Jun 17, 2002 at 04:45 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
You can drag the disk onto Disk Copy to make an... 3,944 Views / 2 Replies  
You can drag the disk onto Disk Copy to make an image. Restoring is done by scanning it with tools from the Installer SDK, and then dropping it onto Apple Software Restore.

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Posted by AppleScript, on Jun 12, 2002 at 02:39 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
Look at the settings in Sound or Monitors &... 4,086 Views / 5 Replies  
Look at the settings in Sound or Monitors & Sound.

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Posted by AppleScript, on Jun 8, 2002 at 02:58 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
Make the folder "usr" visible with ResEdit. You... 4,637 Views / 2 Replies  
Make the folder "usr" visible with ResEdit. You can then drop the file into the lib folder. Making OS X files and folders visible is harmless.

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Posted by AppleScript, on Jun 1, 2002 at 10:49 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
Use this: tell app "Disk Copy" set... 3,286 Views / 7 Replies  
Use this:

tell app "Disk Copy"
set creation date of disk image "Macintosh HD:Desktop Folder:test" to date "Thursday, April 1, 1976 0:00:00"
end tell

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Posted by AppleScript, on May 31, 2002 at 12:14 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
Use this: tell app "Disk Copy" set... 3,286 Views / 7 Replies  
Use this:

tell app "Disk Copy"
set creation date of disk image "Path" to date "date"
end tell

This requires Classic's Disk Copy.

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Posted by AppleScript, on May 30, 2002 at 11:42 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
You can remove them. They contain files that the... 2,987 Views / 3 Replies  
You can remove them. They contain files that the Installer Engine was supposed to remove, but for some reason, it didn't.

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Posted by AppleScript, on May 30, 2002 at 01:16 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
1. Yes. 2. Several reasons. One is that OS X... 27,004 Views / 116 Replies  
1. Yes.
2. Several reasons. One is that OS X 10.14 doesn't seem like it's quite finished. Some of the advanced Energy Saver options are inaccessible, for instance.

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Posted by AppleScript, on May 25, 2002 at 11:23 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
I didn't say that the OS X install didn't boot... 3,885 Views / 13 Replies  
I didn't say that the OS X install didn't boot into X. I said that it doesn't have a Finder. Try to get access to the Finder when booted off the install CD. My OS X install comes to 1.23GB.

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Posted by AppleScript, on May 20, 2002 at 12:17 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
What's ProxyApp for? It's one of the items OS X... 3,885 Views / 13 Replies  
What's ProxyApp for? It's one of the items OS X installs in the Classic System Folder. Also, consider these points:

1. Firmware updates require you to boot into Mac OS 9.
2. The software restore...
Posted by AppleScript, on May 20, 2002 at 03:14 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
Put a system folder onto another CD along with... 2,882 Views / 4 Replies  
Put a system folder onto another CD along with the DiskWarrior package. Use the system folder from the CD that came with your machine. If you have two CD drives, you can just insert the CD you burnt...
Posted by AppleScript, on May 16, 2002 at 12:24 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
.dmg files cannot be converted to .img under Mac... 3,848 Views / 6 Replies  
.dmg files cannot be converted to .img under Mac OS X. Under Mac OS 9, you must mount it, and then drag the mounted volume onto Disk Copy.

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Posted by AppleScript, on May 15, 2002 at 12:31 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
The CD of DiskWarrior requires a System Folder to... 2,882 Views / 4 Replies  
The CD of DiskWarrior requires a System Folder to start your machine. The System Folder must have a minimum Mac OS ROM version as well-since you didn't give any information more specific than "G4", I...
Posted by AppleScript, on May 15, 2002 at 12:29 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
Is there an Appearance file in the Control Panels... 2,873 Views / 6 Replies  
Is there an Appearance file in the Control Panels folder?

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Posted by AppleScript, on May 8, 2002 at 12:10 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
Upgrade your AppleWorks 5.03 to 5.04 with the... 2,708 Views / 1 Replies  
Upgrade your AppleWorks 5.03 to 5.04 with the free updater.

docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60620

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Posted by AppleScript, on May 8, 2002 at 12:09 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
Is the file present in the Finder? Can you bounce... 2,873 Views / 6 Replies  
Is the file present in the Finder? Can you bounce an AppleScript off of it?

Use this:

tell app "Appearance"
path to it
end tell

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Posted by AppleScript, on May 7, 2002 at 12:37 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
Use this one: tell application "Finder" ... 3,926 Views / 7 Replies  
Use this one:

tell application "Finder"
try
set visible of every process to false
on error

end try
activate
end tell
Posted by AppleScript, on May 1, 2002 at 06:33 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
Under Mac OS 9: Make an alias to the disk... 3,010 Views / 2 Replies  
Under Mac OS 9:

Make an alias to the disk before unmounting it. To remount it, open the alias.

Under Mac OS 9, if that doesn't work:

Choose the Mount Volumes option in Drive Setup.

Under...
Posted by AppleScript, on May 1, 2002 at 12:26 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
Here: tell application "Finder" set... 3,926 Views / 7 Replies  
Here:

tell application "Finder"
set visible of every process to false
activate
end tell

If that doesn't work, try this:

tell application "Finder"
Posted by AppleScript, on May 1, 2002 at 12:21 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
9.22. (145) 3,113 Views / 5 Replies  
9.22.

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Posted by AppleScript, on Apr 29, 2002 at 05:54 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
Your code crashes the Finder if anything dragged... 3,113 Views / 5 Replies  
Your code crashes the Finder if anything dragged onto it is not an Extensions Manager set. Use this:

on open (A)
tell application "Finder"
set C to {}
set D to {}
repeat with B from 1...
Posted by AppleScript, on Apr 29, 2002 at 02:40 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
ResEdit doesn't work on disks, and can't read or... 3,209 Views / 9 Replies  
ResEdit doesn't work on disks, and can't read or change the creation or modification date for folders. Use the script I wrote earlier.

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Posted by AppleScript, on Apr 28, 2002 at 01:13 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
Add this right after you set theVersion: set... 2,870 Views / 2 Replies  
Add this right after you set theVersion:

set B to offset of "-" in theVersion
set theVersion to text from (B + 1) to end of theVersion

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Posted by AppleScript, on Apr 28, 2002 at 01:11 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
Use this script: tell app "Disk Copy" set... 3,209 Views / 9 Replies  
Use this script:

tell app "Disk Copy"
set creation date of disk "Disk Name" to date "Date"
end tell

This requires the use of Mac OS 9's Disk Copy.

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Posted by AppleScript, on Apr 27, 2002 at 12:00 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
Certain Mac OS 9 tools can do this. (140) 2,967 Views / 6 Replies  
Certain Mac OS 9 tools can do this.

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Posted by AppleScript, on Apr 26, 2002 at 01:18 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
File Exchange may be turned off in Extensions... 3,948 Views / 2 Replies  
File Exchange may be turned off in Extensions Manager.

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Posted by AppleScript, on Apr 18, 2002 at 12:03 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
Disk Copy 6.33 can't mount .dmg files. (138) 3,960 Views / 2 Replies  
Disk Copy 6.33 can't mount .dmg files.

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Posted by AppleScript, on Apr 12, 2002 at 11:27 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
Shift+click. (137) 3,100 Views / 2 Replies  
Shift+click.

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Posted by AppleScript, on Mar 29, 2002 at 02:49 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
Close all other windows and run this script: ... 3,647 Views / 4 Replies  
Close all other windows and run this script:

tell application "Finder"
activate
set popup of window 1 to false
end tell

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Posted by AppleScript, on Mar 26, 2002 at 05:25 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
Try checking the settings in the Appearance... 2,877 Views / 3 Replies  
Try checking the settings in the Appearance control panel.

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Posted by AppleScript, on Mar 22, 2002 at 03:47 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
I think it's the System suitcase version. Earlier... 2,875 Views / 4 Replies  
I think it's the System suitcase version. Earlier Systems didn't have a System Resources file, and checking the Finder version doesn't always get the right answer(for example, System 7.5 Version 7.53...
Posted by AppleScript, on Mar 18, 2002 at 02:04 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
You can replace all the files except for System... 2,875 Views / 4 Replies  
You can replace all the files except for System and System Resources with the 9.21 versions, and the computer will still work. The Finder hasn't changed that much since version 9.1.

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Posted by AppleScript, on Mar 18, 2002 at 01:18 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
xyber233: Yes. Sam Venning: I have 6.5. ... 3,826 Views / 17 Replies  
xyber233: Yes.
Sam Venning: I have 6.5.

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Posted by AppleScript, on Mar 15, 2002 at 12:14 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
Sam Venning: Yes. xyber233: Disk Copy 6.5 can. ... 3,826 Views / 17 Replies  
Sam Venning: Yes.
xyber233: Disk Copy 6.5 can.

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Posted by AppleScript, on Mar 14, 2002 at 04:16 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
Some Disk Copy versions in Mac OS 9 will burn... 3,442 Views / 6 Replies  
Some Disk Copy versions in Mac OS 9 will burn image files.

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Posted by AppleScript, on Mar 12, 2002 at 04:48 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
http://www.cknow.com/ckinfo/acronyms/fileextension... 3,928 Views / 13 Replies  
http://www.cknow.com/ckinfo/acronyms/fileextensions.htm

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Posted by AppleScript, on Feb 15, 2002 at 03:17 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
A .smi file is a self-mounting disk image. You... 3,928 Views / 13 Replies  
A .smi file is a self-mounting disk image. You open this by double-clicking it.

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Posted by AppleScript, on Feb 15, 2002 at 01:45 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
.dmg=Device image .hqx=BinHex text conversion... 3,928 Views / 13 Replies  
.dmg=Device image
.hqx=BinHex text conversion file. To open, use StuffIt Expander.

I have a long list of filename extension codes and meanings(in AppleWorks 6 format, or .cwk)

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Posted by AppleScript, on Feb 15, 2002 at 01:06 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
Find by Content Indexing makes a record of the... 2,873 Views / 7 Replies  
Find by Content Indexing makes a record of the contents of the files you have on specified disks. For example, it is helpful when you know certain important data is in a file, you remember some of it...
Posted by AppleScript, on Feb 14, 2002 at 12:11 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
Use this script: ASCII character 76 ... 2,884 Views / 4 Replies  
Use this script:

ASCII character 76

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Posted by AppleScript, on Feb 6, 2002 at 12:59 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
Turn Energy Saver on. Open up the control panel... 2,880 Views / 2 Replies  
Turn Energy Saver on. Open up the control panel and set the Sleep options to Never. This can be done ONLY through changing the Energy Saver settings, not disabling it or throwing away the...
Posted by AppleScript, on Feb 4, 2002 at 01:33 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
Yes. Email me. (123) 3,691 Views / 2 Replies  
Yes. Email me.

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Posted by AppleScript, on Feb 3, 2002 at 06:30 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
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