Jeff

An old man contacted me the other day, and said his old Mac is having problems. He says you can move the mouse and everything, but the icons on the desktop don't work. I mean you can't even click on them, as if they were part of the background.

I don't know what OS or anything, but I was just hoping somebody'd have a clue before I go look at it.

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soopafreek

maybe someone did the old screenshot/hiding icons prank?

is he able to use the keyboard to select the icons?

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Jeff

I just talked to him again, and everythings frozen. You can't click on anything at all.

And the keyboard doens't work to do it either.

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For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command or faith a dictum. I am my own God. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.
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junglistic

Whats this, macs arent perfect?
He might actually have to give 'er a reboot.

j/k.. sorry no real response =/

Fallon

This is a longshot, but he know what version he's running?

Redlemon

Sounds pre-OS X to me; I recall system freezes where only the mouse works, but it feels like everything is under glass. All you can do is reboot, and hope he saved what he was working on.

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Fallon

Ya, I hit that many a time in High School on their computers. Hence why I hate mac's so much even though they aren't the same as they used to be.

sargorn

Heh. It's not like if your High School had pc's that they'd be any more stable though.

Macs crash, Windows crashes, *nixes crash completely rarely, but gpl software often can leave a lot to be desired stability wise. :P