[Ti] OT OSX question

[Terence Cozad]

I think the problem is that your Library folder is in the User folder. 
Inside HD/Users you should have a Shared folder, your username folder, other 
usernames and that is it. The Library folder resides in 
HD/Users/yourusername. YOur folder is one level up and that will cause 
problems.
There is also a Library folder on the HD level but that is different.
The finder will let you just move the Library out of your username folder so 
maybe you moved it accidently.
Move it back, logout, log back in, (or restart) and then try it.

Terry
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christoph Pistor" <cpistor at frys.com>
To: "A place to discuss Apple's Titanium computers." 
<titanium at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 10:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Ti] OT OSX question


> Chris,
>
> Thank you very much for your help! I tried what you suggested (deleting 
> the
> com.apple.helpui folder. However, it did not resolve my problem. And I do
> have have a folder called Library under Macintosh HD/Users and not under
> Macintosh HD/Users/Shared. I do not recall if and how it might have been
> moved one directory up. Do you think it would be safe to try to move it 
> back
> down to Macintosh HD/Users/Shared. What should I have inside Macintosh
> HD/Users ? Only the users directories and a directory called Shared?
> Currently I have three directories here: my user, Library and Shared. 
> Inside
> Shared there is only one folder called Faxes.
>
> Thank you very much for your help again.
>
> Christoph
>
>
> On 11/14/04 8:41 PM, "Chris Olson" <chris.olson at astcomm.net> wrote:
>
>> On Nov 14, 2004, at 9:57 PM, Christoph Pistor wrote:
>>
>>> I am confused with Help. When I launch help viewer I cannot see my
>>> help anymore.
>>
>> Please explain what you mean by "cannot see my help anymore".  What did
>> you see before that's not there now?
>>
>>> Now I started looking for the application and the files. However,
>>> there seem to be three directories of Library on my computer. One is
>>> in root of the hard drive one is under users and one in my own
>>> account.
>>
>> Yeah, leave those alone.  Actually there's one at /System/Library too,
>> and there's nothing at /Users.  It should be /Users/Shared/Library.
>> Start messing with anything outside your user directory, without
>> knowing what you're doing, and more than Help will stop working.
>>
>>> Where do I have to have what installed under the Documentation and
>>> Help directories to see all the help for all the programs all the
>>> time?
>>
>> You don't have to do anything.  The help viewer will launch the help
>> section for the application in question automatically.  Any
>> applications you install will have their own help routines, and will
>> install the appropriate files/directories in ~/Library.  If what I
>> think happened did happen, then go to ~/Library/Caches and delete the
>> folder called com.apple.helpui.  This will do no harm and will only
>> cause the help utility to rebuild its cache.  Be aware this is the
>> Library folder in your user account directory (home).  NOT any system
>> Libraries.  Do not mess with anything outside your user directory, or
>> the /Applications directory, unless you're absolutely certain you know
>> what you are doing.  You WILL break your system if you have admin
>> access and start mucking around in /Library or /System/Library.
>>
>> --
>> Chris
>>
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