Hello! Have a G4 running 10.3.9 w/4 hard drives: 2 internals, 30g & 80g, and 2 external, 50g & 250g. Have a Logitech trackball that clicked perfectly until recently. It now works on all drives except the 80g internal. The arrow moves on the screen but won't open any apps or folders, no internet connection, etc. When I select any other drive as startup, mouse works perfectly. I ...
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Started 3 years, 1 month ago by Texas Mac Man
Buckaroo1962, welcome to Apple Discussions. Since the mouse works when booted to the other hard drives, we know the hardware works. So it must be software related. I assume you can't select anything in the Menu. Correct? Not sure of a Fix, but a few things to try. 1. Try zapping PRAM. 2. Boot from one of the other drives & run Disk Utility on the problem drive. Also see...
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Buckaroo1962 replied 3 years, 1 month ago
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Texas Mac Man replied 3 years, 1 month ago
Buckaroo1962, welcome to Apple Discussions.
Since the mouse works when booted to the other hard drives, we know the hardware works. So it must be software related. I assume you can't select anything in the Menu. Correct?
Not sure of a Fix, but a few things to try.
1. Try zapping PRAM.
2. Boot from one of the other drives & run Disk Utility on the problem drive. Also see if ...
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Buckaroo1962 replied 3 years, 1 month ago
Hi, Tom! You're right, I cant select anything from the menu. I will do as you suggest when I get home tonight. My Mac is a 4.66 G4 that I bought in 2001. Thanks!
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Buckaroo1962 replied 3 years, 1 month ago
Hi, Tom! You're right, I cant select anything from the menu. I will do as you suggest when I get home tonight. My Mac is a 4.66 G4 that I bought in 2001. Thanks!
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Buckaroo1962 replied 3 years, 1 month ago
Good news, solved the problem. I did all you suggested,thanks for the great ideas. However, I did find another suggestion that seemed to work. I located these files: com.apple.finder.plist and com.apple.sidebarlists.plist on all my hard drives. I then trashed them, emptied the trash and rebooted. Viola!!! If this happens again, I will follow these diagnostics. Thanks...
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Buckaroo1962 replied 3 years, 1 month ago
Good news, solved the problem. I did all you suggested,thanks for the great ideas.
However, I did find another suggestion that seemed to work. I located these files: com.apple.finder.plist and com.apple.sidebarlists.plist on all my hard drives. I then trashed them, emptied the trash and rebooted. Viola!!!
If this happens again, I will follow these diagnostics. Thanks so much...
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