Existing users, 
AppleJack
troubleshooting tool that runs in single-user mode
Version: 1.5
Causing Icon Corruption?
Feedback Type: Troubleshooting Report
Contributed by: Jack Ripper Friday, September 10 2004 @ 03:34 PM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: 1-6 months
I'm beginning to wonder if I should be using AppleJack. Every time I allow it to run the full battery of tests, it seems to screw up some of my icons, assigning random one to certain files. Eventually the Mac heals itself but I'll be darned if I know how. Either way, it seems that AppleJack might be doing something it should not. Can the author please respond?
System Info:G4/450 Cube/1Gb RAM
Comments
Causing Icon Corruption? - tech-man
can the script be adusted to not delete (or at least to move to temp folder before, then put back after the cache folders are flushed) these files? i can live without the icons if i don't lose file association.:)
don
Friday, November 05 2004 @ 12:02 AM PST
Causing Icon Corruption? - klktrk
When you let any utility delete the system cache (whether it's AppleJack or Xoptimize or Cocktail or whatnot), the utility will delete files by the name of com.apple.dock.iconcache.nnn (where nnn is the user id). Basically it deletes the user's cache of icons. The system should heal itself, but alas, it doesn't always, for some reason. It will also, by the way, delete the Launch Services cache and User Pictures cache as well, so these might need to be rebuilt as well. No idea why Apple puts launch services in Library/Caches, since it's more of a preference file than a cache but...Reply to This
Sunday, September 12 2004 @ 09:13 PM PDT