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osx on ibook problems
Name: taro-kun Date: January 1, 2003 at 19:04:30 Pacific OS: version 10.0.3 CPU/Ram: PowerPC G3/256mb
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my aunt and uncle want me to fix their ibook but i don't know a thing about macs. but they said they installed osx onto it a little while ago and now they can't get into any of their documents that they have saved on it. i tried and it keeps telling me it can't find an application to open the documents with. is there anyway to fix this without losing everything that was saved on their computer. any help is greatly appreciated
Name: the pickle Date: January 2, 2003 at 09:14:14 Pacific
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We're gonna have to know a lot more about it before we can help. Can you get the iBook in front of you?
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Response Number 2
Name: taro-kun Date: January 2, 2003 at 09:28:15 Pacific
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yeah i have the ibook here right now so anything you want to know, just tell me where to find it and i'll try and get it for you.
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Response Number 3
Name: Dustin Destree Date: January 5, 2003 at 17:59:28 Pacific
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Can you boot into OS 9 and they still work? (System Prefs/Startup Disk) Sounds like a Classic issue to me.
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Response Number 4
Name: the pickle Date: January 5, 2003 at 18:34:54 Pacific
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My guess, after re-reading the OP, is that OS X is now the default OS on there, and the apps they formerly used to open their various files aren't OS X applications but rather OS 9 applications.
Unless there's some very compelling reason for your aunt and uncle to move to OS X, I would advise that you boot it back into 9 using the Startup Disk pref pane and leave it that way.
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Response Number 5
Name: taro-kun Date: January 7, 2003 at 11:03:33 Pacific
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i tried to get into the system preferences but nothing comes up. it's tuesday right now and they're coming to pick it up tomorrow so i guess if i can't figure it out they'll have to do it on their own. thanks everyone for all of your help.
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Response Number 6
Name: the pickle Date: January 7, 2003 at 13:30:25 Pacific
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Go to the View menu when System Preferences is open and select Startup Disk.
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