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Apple mac help needed

by alfardo
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A strange question for which i'm sorry.

I have a mac powerbook g4 which ive been happily using for a couple of years. but all of a sudden I can not change any file names. say what ever is on my desktop if you click it it is highlighted. click it again and you can edit what its called. Well it all highlights but for some reason it won't let me type in the box.

Any ideas i am puzzled.

btw keyboard and everything else works fine. Its as if it is locked some how but I can not find out how or why.
#apple #mac #needed
  • Profile picture of the author Dana_W
    Is there an Apple store near you? You may just have to bite the bullet and bring it in for a repair.
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    • Profile picture of the author alfardo
      yeah i have an apple store but i'm sure it is something really simple that someone may be able to help with.
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  • Profile picture of the author Anthony Hull
    I know it sounds stupid but have you tried rebooting? Even OSX does crash every now and then
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  • Profile picture of the author John M Kane
    Another forum suggested doing a "repair disk permissions".
    I have no clue how to do that so, first read this before doing so,
    Macworld | Repairing permissions: What you need to know - Page 1
    Also, a forum mentioned waiting 10 seconds before trying to type the name change.
    I am NOT a Mac repair man nor do I play one on TV or even YouTube
    G.L.
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  • Profile picture of the author TheRichJerksNet
    Hi Alfardo,
    Try this...

    Open HardDrive --> Applications --> Utilities --> Disk Utility

    Running Disk Utilities to check and verify all permissions are set proper. Sometimes installing apps can create or have bad permissions.

    Also you should have Spring Cleaning 9 on your system, in which case the app also has several tools that can help clean up your system..

    James
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  • Profile picture of the author alfardo
    Ha ha I don't believe you Anthony. In 3 years I have only rebooted perhaps 3 times.
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