[X4U] mystery event in the night

[Jim Scott]

On Oct 31, 2005, at 8:37 AM, Jan Melichar wrote:

> All was well when I left the computer (G5 running 10.4.4) at the  
> end of the day. The next morning it was unwilling to do anything.  
> No amount of disk repair via installation CD or Diskwarrior tender  
> attention did anything to bring it to life.It would not start up  
> beyond that dull grey apple. Anyway to cut a long story short it's  
> up and running now but I wonder if anyone could throw some light on  
> this mystery event.
>
> Over a half hour period in the middle of the night (modification  
> date were the clue) most non apple application disappeared from  
> their folders and those that did not showed generic icons and did  
> not work. It would be good to know what caused this if only to try  
> and avoid it happening again.
>
> Anyone any idea?
>
> Jan

Hmmm. A "G5 running 10.4.4." Perhaps your problem is caused by  
running a phantom version of 10.4. Boo! (It's Halloween.)

Jim