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Can't install backed up application

  • 19-09-2004 12:15pm
    #1
    eth0_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭


    I wiped my powerbook to install OS X again a few days ago, and beforehand I backed up everything on my harddrive, including applications, to a few DVD's.

    Now i'm trying to put everything back on, but when I try to open Toast Titanium 5.0 it bounces in the dock for 2 seconds and then quits with no error message.

    Any ideas?


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  • #2
    Maoltuile
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 634 ✭✭✭Maoltuile


    eth0_ wrote:
    I wiped my powerbook to install OS X again a few days ago, and beforehand I backed up everything on my harddrive, including applications, to a few DVD's.

    Now i'm trying to put everything back on, but when I try to open Toast Titanium 5.0 it bounces in the dock for 2 seconds and then quits with no error message.

    Any ideas?

    How. exactly, did you back everything up?


  • #3
    eth0_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭eth0_


    Maoltuile wrote:
    How. exactly, did you back everything up?

    The same way i've always backed applications up, I just dragged them into Toast and burnt them. It's always worked before and all the other apps on the dvd i burnt are working fine, just Toast refuses to work :(


  • #4
    deevey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 707 ✭✭✭deevey


    Tried changing the permissions on the app ? had a similar prob with a few progs like that and it solved the issue.

    Some programs may require you to reinstall i'v found a few e.g. limewire for one...you may need the installer for it.

    Laters

    Steve


  • #5
    Gordon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,524 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    Yeah, I would have thought that any programs that require keys would install themselves onto other places on your mac - not just the apps folder. Surely that makes copying apps too easy?

    Are there not places in the library which are similar to the prefs folder in OS9 - this would be the place where all nitty gritty serial codes are stored surely?

    Sorry, can't help out though. Try changing your system clock to 2001 as I had to do after a few months after my free trial of Toast Tit 5 ran out. Although it did tell me that "this has expired" so it probably wont be much help.


  • #6
    eth0_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭eth0_


    Gordon wrote:
    Yeah, I would have thought that any programs that require keys would install themselves onto other places on your mac - not just the apps folder. Surely that makes copying apps too easy?

    I've sent copies of Office X and Photoshop to a friend over bluetooth before, so obviously not! :)

    Will try the permissions and date thing when I get home


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  • #7
    Gordon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,524 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    Yeah I have heard of that. But for example - Digital Performer for OS9 is hardlined to the hard disk you use and I think Reason 2 is also not transferrable for some reason.

    I just bought a 120 gig external hard drive tonight and am going to back up my partitions so that I can save my apps that I have corrupted install cds for. To do this I am disk copying my partitions to the external from OS9 - this apparently copies EVERYTHING as opposed to non-invisible files. Dont ask me why.

    I think that you have been lucky to have only had Toast not working, I think if I did that my main piece of software would be gone and a couple of other nice ones too.


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