Existing users, log in.  New users, create a free account.  Lost password?

Mac OS X  |  System / Utilities  |  OS Updates  |  Apple Mac OS X  |  My first bad update ever

Apple Mac OS X

Apple Mac OS X

operating system (PPC)

Version:  10.4.11

   [ Views: 515 ]

My first bad update ever

Feedback Type:  Troubleshooting Report

Contributed by: CyberSkull Wednesday, June 20 2007 @ 06:05 PM PDT

Product Platform: MacOSX

Used Product For: Less than a month

For the first time ever, an apple update has gone weird on me. I'm getting a strange glitch where either the top or the bottom of the screen is stretching by a few pixels depending on where the mouse is. This is only happening on my account on the machine and it is driving me crazy! I've deleted my caches and some preferences, but to no avail.   
System Info:

Rate this Troubleshooting Report

Was this Troubleshooting Report helpful? Yes | No

Comments

3 comments |

My first bad update ever - CyberSkull

I forgot to mention, PowerBook G4 17" 1.33GHz.

Reply to This

Wednesday, June 20 2007 @ 06:06 PM PDT


Verify trackpad settings - hal4sn

WIthin System Preferences > Keyboard & Mouse > Trackpad, verify if Zoom while holding is enabled or not enabled. It's your choice.

Also,

Within System Preferences > Universal Access > Zoom:, verify that zoom is set to off.

jHal

Reply to This

Wednesday, June 20 2007 @ 06:25 PM PDT


Verify trackpad settings - CyberSkull

I traced the issue to one of my com.apple.*.plist files in my preferences. I checked my trackpad options, there is no zoom option there. I also checked the zoom in universal access, the behavior there did not match what was happening to me. I suspect the problem is a value in a plist that is incompatible with 10.4.10. Thank for the tip, I will look more into it later.

Reply to This

Thursday, June 21 2007 @ 12:54 AM PDT