Live and maybe, sometime...learn?

[Xairbusdriver]

I took a deep breath last Friday and decided to install SL on Judy's MBP. She was out of town and I figured I had enough time to re-install if things went awry. (Sure! )

Actually, after confirming recent back ups (of several type and places) the install went very smoothly (she was using 10.5.8, I think).

Not so fast! When she got home Sunday and got around to checking her email, she wondered why she had no new emails since last…Friday afternoon… Let's see, install new OS, Mail updated (along with dozens of other Apple apps, now Mail can send but not receive… Related? Oh no, just a mere coincidence!

Rebuild Mailboxes, archive plist, check Apple Forums, re-enter account info, etc. Nothing. Prepare to move into doghouse…

Finally, I notice that her Junk mail box has nearly a hundred unread messages. OK, she never seems to clean that stuff out of there, at least I can fix that… What?! There's all the stuff that came in after the install of SL! What went wrong with Spamsieve? I'll just Select All and reapply the Rules. Well, that was a waste of time. Maybe I need to just tell Spamsieve to treat that stuff as "good?" Aha! There are no menu items for it, anymore!

Go to the C-Command site and start the download. Well, looky there, the download window shows I've already done that… Then I hear a little voice screaming, "Yeah, you did download it, but you never installed the plug in into Mail, stupid!"

Long story short, when you discover a poroblem, slow down, try to reconstruct what you may have done in the last few days, look at the app that may have other indications as to what happened and even methods to fix things and slow down! And if you change/update/upgrade the OS, remember there will be third-party apps that may need upgrading, also. And don’t forget to install them after downloading them.

[kimmer]

QUOTE(Xairbusdriver @ Mar 1 2010, 10:00 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

And don’t forget to install them after downloading them.

[RNKIII]

ABD....
The one rule of computer upgrading that NEVER FAILS, is that when ever you do an upgrade on the QT, no matter how small or well planned out, SOMETHING will always jump up and bite you in the most inappropriate place and time

You MUST ALWAYS apprise the recipient of what you are doing so that they can be on the ready to say "I TOLD YOU SO" without fail...

Glad you were able to make the transition without TOO MUCH hassle factor..


Bob K.   rnkiii

[jchuzi]

All of this proves that Murphy is alive and well. Here's a corollary of Murphy's Law:

If nothing goes wrong, something went wrong.  

[Xairbusdriver]

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You MUST ALWAYS apprise the recipient of what you are doing

Why? So I can move to the dog house early?! That machine is her file cabinet, archive, knowledge base, communications hub, just short of her "life!" One does not even approach it without several signed copies of approval from the owner!

Of course, the instant something doesn't work exactly like she thinks it should, "Who ya' gonna' call?" But, even after I got things back to normal, she was simply appreciative and thanked me...it might be because she didn't understand what I was saying when I said I'd "upgraded the OS." And I'm not about to say anything more about the "event!"

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If nothing goes wrong, something went wrong

Amen!