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OSXFAQ Mac OS X Tip-of-the-Day 
Trouble-Shooting (Applications) - Freeware Friday
By Adrian Mayo - Editor - OSXFAQ
'Preferential Treatment' is a very handy utility that scans all
preferences files and reports any that are corrupted.
http://homepage.mac.com/jonn8/as/index.html?html/pt.html~main
Quote:
"Building on a discussion at www.macintouch.com, this application will
check your preference files (both in your user's preference folder and
the system's preference folder) for corruption by using the "plutil"
command line tool. If it finds suspect files, it will list the files
and allow you to reveal them in the Finder or move them to the trash.
You may also double-click on a file in the found files table to open it
in the application of your choice (you can designate the default
application from the preferences)."
'Printer Setup Repair' and 'Print Center Repair' (Commercial Software)
are utilities to debug and fix printing problems.
http://www.fixamac.net/software/
Quote:
"Printer Setup Repair is designed to rectify situations where the
Printer Setup Utility will not open, printers cannot be added, and
numerous other errors. Although Printer Setup Repair cannot fix every
printing problem, it is capable of resolving most of the common ones.
Printer Setup Repair can also be used to delete unwanted printer
drivers, remove a build up of spool files, and recreate the /tmp
symbolic link."
Quote:
"Print Center Repair is designed to rectify situations where Print
Center will not open, printers cannot be added, and numerous other
errors. Although Print Center Repair cannot fix every printing problem,
it is capable of resolving most of the common ones. Print Center Repair
can also be used to delete unwanted printer drivers, remove a build up
of spool files, and recreate the /tmp symbolic link."
Some Handy Links
OSXFAQ - search for solutions or post questions:
http://forums.osxfaq.com/
Apple Support:
http://www.apple.com/support/
Most Recent Tech Notes:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75185
Isolating Issues in OS X:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25392
Enjoy !! :-)
Panther 10.3.8
To discuss this tip in the OSXFAQ Mac OS X Tip-of-the-Day Forum, click here:
http://forums.osxfaq.com/viewforum.php?f=100
E-mail your comments or suggestions to webmaster@osxfaq.com
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