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From: Daniel Cohen on 20 Jul 2010 05:21 I am trying to help a friend using Leopard on a Powerbook, and doing so without being in front of her machine. She's lost the Volume menu bar icon. I have remote access to her machine, and found that under the Sound system preference it says "no output device available". She has unplugged the external speakers, so it can't be a glitch between external and internal. It could obviously be a hardware issue, and that I probably can't do anything about from a distance. I thought it might be a corrupt preference file. I was expecting the relevant file to be something like com.apple.sound.plist, but it isn't. So, though I would welcome any suggestion that might help, I would specifically like to know in what file the Sound preferences are stored. -- <http://www.decohen.com> Send e-mail to the Reply-To address. Mail to the From address is never read.
From: Nick Naym on 20 Jul 2010 07:06 In article 1jlxb7u.17umlxjn500cgN%dcohenspam(a)talktalk.net, Daniel Cohen at dcohenspam(a)talktalk.net wrote on 7/20/10 5:21 AM: > I am trying to help a friend using Leopard on a Powerbook, and doing so > without being in front of her machine. > > She's lost the Volume menu bar icon. > > I have remote access to her machine, and found that under the Sound > system preference it says "no output device available". She has > unplugged the external speakers, so it can't be a glitch between > external and internal. > > It could obviously be a hardware issue, and that I probably can't do > anything about from a distance. > > I thought it might be a corrupt preference file. I was expecting the > relevant file to be something like com.apple.sound.plist, but it isn't. > > So, though I would welcome any suggestion that might help, I would > specifically like to know in what file the Sound preferences are stored. Did you check Core Services to see if Volume.menu still is there? -- iMac (27", 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD) � OS X (10.6.3)
From: Jolly Roger on 20 Jul 2010 09:56 In article <1jlxb7u.17umlxjn500cgN%dcohenspam(a)talktalk.net>, dcohenspam(a)talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) wrote: > I am trying to help a friend using Leopard on a Powerbook, and doing so > without being in front of her machine. > > She's lost the Volume menu bar icon. > > I have remote access to her machine, and found that under the Sound > system preference it says "no output device available". She has > unplugged the external speakers, so it can't be a glitch between > external and internal. > > It could obviously be a hardware issue, and that I probably can't do > anything about from a distance. > > I thought it might be a corrupt preference file. I was expecting the > relevant file to be something like com.apple.sound.plist, but it isn't. > > So, though I would welcome any suggestion that might help, I would > specifically like to know in what file the Sound preferences are stored. Nah. Your friend probably just accidentally dragged it off the menu bar by holding down the Command key on the keyboard while clicking on the Volume menu and dragging down. To get it back, just double-click the /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/Volume.menu file. After that, the menu will re-appear on the menu bar. TIP: You can hold down Command while dragging the menu item to change its position (or to remove it from the menu again). -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: Davoud on 20 Jul 2010 11:32 Daniel Cohen wrote: > I am trying to help a friend using Leopard on a Powerbook, and doing so > without being in front of her machine. > > She's lost the Volume menu bar icon. System Preferences > Sound > Show volume in menu bar. Check the box. -- I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that you will say in your entire life. usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm
From: Jolly Roger on 20 Jul 2010 11:50
In article <michelle-6C12A6.07563020072010(a)62-183-169-81.bb.dnainternet.fi>, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > In article <jollyroger-6F194E.08561720072010(a)news.individual.net>, > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > > Nah. Your friend probably just accidentally dragged it off the menu bar > > by holding down the Command key on the keyboard while clicking on the > > Volume menu and dragging down. > > > > To get it back, just double-click the /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu > > Extras/Volume.menu file. After that, the menu will re-appear on the menu > > bar. > > Er, why not open the Sound preference panel and click the "Show volume in > menu bar" checkbox at the bottom of the window? Well, of course, there's always that too! The geek in me loves to overcomplicate things sometimes, I think. : D -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR |