trying to use pacifist to reinstall mail and textedit

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trying to use pacifist to reinstall mail and textedit

I am trying to use pacifist to reinstall my mail application and textedit, however I can't seem to find either application when I search for it on my disks using pacifist. All I come up with is mail.applescript which doesn't seem like an application to me. Am I looking for the wrong thing, can someone tell me where to find these to applications so I can install them. Obviously I am not good with computers 🙂 so step by step would very helpful.

Macbook, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Jul 4, 2010 2:36 PM

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Answer 1

Kappy

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Jul 4, 2010 3:13 PM in response to Ally3100

It may be easier to insert the Installer DVD and open the Optional Installs folder then double-click on the Optional Installs. mpkg file. You can then locate Mail in the Applications section. Check the box then click on the Install button.

TextEdit can be found on the Installer DVD here: /System/Library/Installation/Packages/Essentials.pkg. Open the Essentials.pkg file with Pacifist and find TextEdit in the Applications folder. Select TextEdit then click on the Install button in Pacifist's toolbar (far left icon.)

To go directly to the folder select Go to Folder from the Finder's Go menu. Paste in the following: /Volumes/Mac OS X Install DVD/System/Installation/Packages/.

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Ally3100 Author

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Jul 4, 2010 3:22 PM in response to Kappy

The only disks that I have are macbook pro install disk one and two, also two disks that are called For Mac Computers which both say install disks. I don't have any that say DVD.

I have the install disks inserted with pacifist.

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Kappy

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Jul 4, 2010 3:51 PM in response to Ally3100

They are all DVDs. You can use one that is for Leopard - 10.5.x. The disc should be the one labeled Disc One.

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Ally3100 Author

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Jul 4, 2010 4:22 PM in response to Kappy

Thank you for your help! I realized that I opened the bundled applications instead of optional installs, however, I got mail back only after I install combo updater 10.5.8

Textedit says it can't open the application because its not supported by this architecture?

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Kappy

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Jul 4, 2010 4:59 PM in response to Ally3100

You will need to run the Combo Updater to bring TextEdit back to the version for your system unless you installed the version from an installer for a version of OS X other than Leopard.

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