[Ti] OT OSX question

[Christoph Pistor]

Terry,

Thanks for the help. I do have a Library folder inside my user, but none in
the Shared folder. According to Chris there should be one in the shared
folder as well. However, I started moving the one from the Users directory
into the Shared directory and it asked me for my administrator password.
Also I realized, that the folder is quite big 1.12 GB. Does this make sense
to have the 1.12 GB folder in the Shared and in the Users directory?

Christoph

On 11/16/04 9:06 AM, "Terence Cozad" <tcozad at covad.net> wrote:

> 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."
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> 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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