What is up with these Save errors that are cropping up lately for a lot of people?
I just started hitting them on two G4s, Photoshop ProgramError that won't save to my desktop (but will save to another drive)
And now Acrobat FileError and I/O Errors that won't save to any drive
CS2, 10.4.8 all updaters, nothing else changed
#1
GB,
Did you apply the latest Apple Security Update? If so, run Cocktail, Repair Disk, Repair Permissions and DiskWarrior.
I had seen some flakiness after applying the update, including a strange turtle-dove sound about which I posted here.
Well, that night I ran all of the above, and the sounds stopped, as did all the other anomalies I had noticed. To the best of my recollection, the blurb to the update says something about fans, so it's not that far fetched. I have not heard the sounds since. (Knocking on wood.)
My guess (nothing more than speculation) is that the update does not leave things quite as they should be.
#2
I have still not installed that update.
Among the flakiness being reported are myriad problems with MS Office programs although some people have apparently solved them by trashing a bunch of MS Prefs..
#3
Security Update 2006-007 is the only thing that comes up in SoftwareUpdate so I didn't run it on either G4
Seeing is believing (on two machines here) so maybe there's something going on -- it's very annoying...
#4
I would follow Ramón's advice and run both DiskWarrior and Cocktail without further delay, if you haven't yet done so, because you could easily have header/directory corruption on your HDs.
#5
I never use 3rd-party disk utilities -- I would rather Erase and clone back my good backup -- but that's good advice for fixing problems that Disk Utility can't fix...
#6
GB,
You are missing out on some good stuff if you don't use Cocktail. It can do things Disk Utility can't.
#7
Where would Apple be without 3rd party utilities?
Just think of font managers, for starters.
#8
Cocktail is okay here...I am talking about DiskWarrior, TechTool (and Norton in the old days).
Though your mileage may vary...
#9
DiskWarrior is a necessity, GB. Not to run it routinely, but in many situations, nothing else will give you a hard drive back.
#10
agreed...
#11
DiskWarrior will repair stuff Disk Utility can't.
to not use it is silly.
#12