[X4U] mystery event in the night

[Jan Melichar]

On 31 Oct 2005, at 16:49, Jim Scott wrote:

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

OK 10.4.2 - it's been a stressful few hours

J