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Leopaque

enable menu bar opacity in OS X 10.5 (Leopard)

Version:  2.1

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I got an empty desktop too!

Feedback Type:  Troubleshooting Report

Contributed by: Karl.Erik.Andersen Tuesday, November 27 2007 @ 02:16 AM PST

Product Platform: MacOSX

Used Product For: Less than a month

Recommend Product: NO

I installed and ran Leopaque, then restarted my iMac with Leopard.
And ended up with an empty desktop - no icons for computer, hard drives, files or folders that used to be visible there.
I am able to use the Finder menu "Go to Computer" and open a window in which I see my drives and all that is supposed to be on the desktop. So I can start programmes and open files as usual.

I have run Disk Utility, found permissions that could not be repaired.
I tried another user, and see no such problem there.

Wonder if there is a prefs file (plist?) that I must delete?
  
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4 comments |

Not a Leopaque issue … - Christian Buerli

If another user on the same Mac has no problems than your issue can NOT come from Leopaque.

You have permission issues that's why you can not see your desktop; Leopaque does not alter permissions.

I guess you have updated from Mac OS X 10.4.x to Mac OS X 10.5 …

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Tuesday, November 27 2007 @ 05:27 AM PST


I got an empty desktop too! - Christian Buerli

If another user on the same Mac has no problems than your issue can NOT come from Leopaque.

You have permission issues that's why you can not see your desktop; Leopaque does not alter permissions.

I guess you have updated from Mac OS X 10.4.x to Mac OS X 10.5 …

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Tuesday, November 27 2007 @ 05:28 AM PST


I got an empty desktop too! - Karl.Erik.Andersen

Additonal info:
Leopaque is not alone to blame!
I had installed TinkerTool a few days earlier, and it had done what I wanted so far.
All is well after I asked TinkerTool to reset things to default.
It seems the combination of TinkerTool and Leopaque is what blanked out my desktop.

KE

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Thursday, November 29 2007 @ 12:04 AM PST


Thanks for your extended feedback! - Christian Buerli


Do you remember what you have activated or deactivated with TinkerTool when these issues occured?

Christian Buerli (macparc.ch)

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Thursday, November 29 2007 @ 03:04 PM PST