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HELP: My User directory became a "package" and "invisible"
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Dark Goob
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Nov 12, 2007, 07:19 PM
 
Somehow... I was using SheepShaver... and it can access the user directory from inside the MacOS 8.6 emulation... but now my User directory is no longer a directory! It says it's a "package" and it won't open! Further my HD now says it has Zero K available, even though I just deleted a bunch of files!

I ran Disk Utility but it found no errors on the drive!

Help me! I'm freakin' out here. How do I make it not a package anymore? I already made it visible but it's still a "package"... help!!
     
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Nov 12, 2007, 07:20 PM
 
Oh yeah I'm using 10.4.10
     
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Nov 12, 2007, 09:59 PM
 
AppleCare tells me I have to reformat my drive. Surely there's a better solution???
     
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Nov 13, 2007, 08:30 AM
 
Control-click, show package contents?

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Nov 22, 2007, 04:33 AM
 
Originally Posted by chris v View Post
Control-click, show package contents?
Nah I just booted from another drive that has developer tools installed, and I did a terminal command that sets the flag that changes it back to a folder from a package. If you need to know what it is, I can post it here, don't remember off-hand. It was in the discussions.apple.com boards.

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Nov 22, 2007, 11:33 AM
 
If there is a terminal command to switch from one to the other I think this would be a great OSX user April Fools Day joke

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Nov 23, 2007, 11:48 AM
 
Originally Posted by swiz View Post
If there is a terminal command to switch from one to the other I think this would be a great OSX user April Fools Day joke
Oh dear. Well, there IS a terminal command to do it, but it's ... you have to have the developer tools installed to do it.
     
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Nov 23, 2007, 12:48 PM
 
Why keep everyone in suspense?

If you ran into the problem others could and by posting it here, others can search on it
     
   
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