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Finder locked

My MacPro seems to have launched only partly : I can't drag files in Finder, Copy/Paste doesn't work, many user settings seem to be lost (Fonts missing, no MobileMe sync, no recognition of USB dongle etc). Looks like my user account isn't addressed, a new test account behaves the same.
All help is greatly appreciated since I'm stuck.

MacPro 2x2.66 Dual-Core, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Apr 18, 2009 11:28 PM

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Bruce Etnyre

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Apr 19, 2009 10:20 AM in response to agv

Does a restart help?

If the restart command doesn’t work, hold the power button for 10 seconds to turn it off then once briefly to turn it back on.

Does resetting the PRAM help (hold down the option-command-p-r keys at startup and let it chime at least twice)

As a last resort, maybe an Archive & Install will be necessary.

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agv Author

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Apr 19, 2009 10:29 AM in response to Bruce Etnyre

Thanks for offering help, Bruce.
Indeed I'd done the obvious like restarting, resetting PRAM, restoring permissions... none of it helped.
Finally, as you suggest, I did an Archive & Install.
Strange enough, I could no longer log in to my account afterwards (password rejected). So I had to log in as root. Next, more of a wild guess, I retyped my own password.
Well, that did the trick.
I just finished some cleaning up, and running smooth now. Bye.

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Answer 3

Apr 19, 2009 10:50 AM in response to agv

Happy to hear it helped, and thanks for the star.

When posting a problem it’s a good idea to list what you have tried already. Perhaps it took a long time to get a response because you had so many different things going on and so many different ways to approach it that the other users who help here didn’t want to list them all and then explain how to do each, even though many have unbelievable patience.

Anyway, you’re up and running now, and that’s good news.

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