Digital BW, The Print

> 
> Jerry,
> 
> Did you accidently change your startup disk to one of the ones with
> 9.2.1?
> 
> Phil
> http://philbard.com
> 
> > Hi group!
> >
> > I was wondering if any of you mac experts could tell me what is going
> on
> > with photoshop and/or my system?
> >
> > All my plugins for photoshop disappeared yesterday. I had a couple
> dozen
> > third party sets, like all the KTP and Eyecandy, Xenofex, etc filters,
> > and all have disappeared from the filter menu. Not grayed out, just
> > gone.
> >
> > All the filter icons still all show up in the plug ins folder within the
> > photoshop folder.
> >
> > I had been using system 9.2.2, and when I get info on the system now
> in
> > use, it says version 9.2.1. That means that the computer, all by itself
> > started using a different system.
> >
> > I do have 9.2.1 on three other hard drives, but I only had the 9.2.2
> on
> > one that I'm now using, and was using when this happened.  Any ideas
> on
> > how to get all the plugins to show up again under the photoshop
> filter's
> > menu?  I'm using Photoshop 7.0.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jerry
> 
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> 
> Hi Jerry,
> 
> It sure sounds like you have somehow booted up from one
> of the other disk drives.  That would give you a different
> System Folder and Preferences Folder.  It might also give you
> a different Photoshop if an old one is loaded on that other
> disk.
> 
> BTW, even if the Startup Disk is set correctly if there's an error
> of some sort on the startup disk and can't boot from it, the
> boot software will try other disks for a System Folder.
> 
> Roy
> 
> Jerry Olson <jerryolson@r...> wrote:
> > Hi group!
> >
> > I was wondering if any of you mac experts could tell me what is
> going on
> > with photoshop and/or my system?
> >
> > All my plugins for photoshop disappeared yesterday. I had a
> couple dozen
> > third party sets, like all the KTP and Eyecandy, Xenofex, etc
> filters,
> > and all have disappeared from the filter menu. Not grayed out,
> just
> > gone.
> >
> > All the filter icons still all show up in the plug ins folder within
> the
> > photoshop folder.
> >
> > I had been using system 9.2.2, and when I get info on the
> system now in
> > use, it says version 9.2.1. That means that the computer, all by
> itself
> > started using a different system.
> >
> > I do have 9.2.1 on three other hard drives, but I only had the
> 9.2.2 on
> > one that I'm now using, and was using when this happened.
> Any ideas on
> > how to get all the plugins to show up again under the
> photoshop filter's
> > menu?  I'm using Photoshop 7.0.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jerry
> 
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> 
> >
> >>
> >>  - Unless you have an awfully good reason for this setup, Having
> >>  a System Folder on *each* of your HDs is a recipe for confusion,
> >>  not to mention overkill.
> >
> >Yes, but if everything went wrong on my main drive, it would be awful
> >nice to have a bootable working backup drive.
> 
> I agree with both statements. But the way to do this I think is to
> rename the systems that are serving as the backups something other
> than "system" (perhaps their version; i.e. "9.2.1"). This will
> prevent the system folders in which they reside from being "blessed"
> with the special system folder icon and it will prevent the Mac from
> booting from them. Should one's working system ever fail
> castastrophically, one can boot from a CD just to rename the backup
> system back to "system". That system folder will then become
> re-"blessed" and -voila- a bootable backup system on call - and - one
> that stays in the garage with the doors locked until it is needed.
> 
> Unless Jerry does something like this, I think it is inevitable that
> he will continue to experience strange happenings such as
> disappearing plug ins, probably caused by multiple preference folders
> in multiple system folders. Unblessing those system folders should
> prevent the preferences therein to be confused with the active ones.
> 
> It's just Good Mac Hygiene!
> 
> Bob Whitmore
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