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Strange Mac Problem
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Hi,
I have a G4 iMac running 10.4.11. The lamp shape one. Recently something strange happen to it, that's really driving me nuts!!
When I right click, the menu comes up with strange names like N156, N156.1...
I can't figure out what is wrong and how to fix it, can any of you gurus help me?
Thanks in advance.
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have you done anything to your Mac -- installed, reinstalled, updated, etc? Any other weird behavior like increased hanging or increased beachballs?
Those N designators are part of OS X's method for default text names.
My recommendation is to boot from your OS X 10.4 restore/install DVD and repair your system and hard drive, if necessary. If that doesn't help, download and reinstall the OS X 10.4.11 combo updater.
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Hi Cold Warrior,
thanks for the reply. The Mac otherwise works just fine. No hanging or beachball. I have tried to repair the the volume with the install DVD, I have tried OnyX, I have tried repair permissions, and I reinstalled 10.4.11 combo, none of them help. I really want to avoid a full reinstallation because the DVD is 10.4.5, it will be a long process to update to 10.4.11, and, I have tons of applications.... I took a look at the link provide, even tho it doesn't help in this case it does shade a light, it looks to me the XML file (Localizable.strings) somehow has a missing link to something, I wonder if there is an easy way to fix it? I wonder how this could happen in the first place?
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Last edited by MacPC; May 17, 2009 at 05:21 AM.
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Do you have a time machine backup?
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Early 2008 Mac Pro 4gb RAM
iPod Classic 160gb/iPod Video 30gb
Triple Monitor Setup
www.MacLister.com
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Hi, hatehereyes
unfortunately Tiger 10.4.x doesn't have time machine.
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Oh I see, I didn't know that.
Maybe make a list of all your apps so it's easier to reinstall them?
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Early 2008 Mac Pro 4gb RAM
iPod Classic 160gb/iPod Video 30gb
Triple Monitor Setup
www.MacLister.com
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Yippy!! Fixed!!
I dug into this directory: /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/English.lpoj, the file Localizable.strings is all wicked. Luckily I have another G4 mini running the same 10.4.11, I copied it to the iLamp, Everything is back to normal.
I am a happy man again!! Too bad for some reasons I can't upload file on Macnn, I wish you guys can see how wicked it is!!
Thanks all for your inputs.
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Last edited by MacPC; May 17, 2009 at 05:27 PM.
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Umm, and what managed to screw that file up in such a wicked way?
A regular user should never have to touch anything in /System. And AFAIK any app that tries to screw around in there needs admin authorization too. So, what happened?
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I really have no clue how this happened. This is a mystery to me too. The Localizable.string file is a totally different file, don't know how it gets there, I have no idea where it came from. I am the only user of this Mac and I had not temper with it. Prior to that, I ran OnyX, it said that the disk needed to be repair so I did just that. Weird!!
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