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Subject: [Leica] OT: I screwed up my new iMac :-(
From: leowesson at gmail.com (leo wesson)
Date: Fri Jul 11 22:22:56 2008
References: <C20AA03E-033F-4DDC-80AB-A241BBAE4BC4@frozenlight.eu>

Nathan,

Did you use the disc utility on the OS install disc?

Leo


On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 12:08 AM, Nathan <photo@frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> I did not think it was possible, but yesterday I was mucking around with
> permissions on my new iMac (2 weeks old), because I did not have write
> access to some directories--a fact I discovered after trying to upgrade a
> piece of software. Most of the software on the iMac was transferred from my
> Powerbook G4 using Apple's Migration Assistant.
>
> Anyway, I had the not-so-bright idea of just selecting the hard disk and
> giving myself write access to everything on it. The result is that the 
> thing
> will not start now (I have run the hardware diagnostics which show nothing
> untoward). I suppose I have a weekend of Apple support to look forward to
> :-(
>
> Fortunately, all my pictures and my Lightroom database are 100% backed up
> to an external HD.
>
> Still, the fact that I am making such a big deal out of this shows how
> spoiled I have become since I switched to Mac in 2006. This is the first
> time that anything has gone wrong for me with OSX.
>
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> http://www.greatpix.eu
> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>
>

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