Reviving Sherlock
By Christopher Breen (mac911@macworld.com)
Mac 911 Hint of the Week
Reader Louise Wazbinski is mystified by Sherlock's failure to work.
She writes: My Sherlock 3.6.1 is basically "dead." It does nothing at
times and I do not know how to get it working again. This is the
third time it has happened since I put in my new 10.4.2 Tiger OS.
If I were feeling less-than-helpful I'd suggest that this behavior is
a fairly broad hint that Sherlock's days are numbered -- largely
because most of its capabilities are duplicated by Tiger's Widgets.
(Note that I'm not saying that Widgets are a better way to go than
Sherlock, only that the writing is on the wall.)
A more helpful answer is to refer you to a response I've given
previously. As I mentioned there, tossing the contents of the Web
Foundations folder and then locking that folder might help. If
Sherlock refuses to be mollified by this technique, dig through your
user folder and toss the following folders and files into the Trash:
youruserfolder/Library/Caches/Sherlock/
youruserfolder/Library/Preferences/Sherlock/
youruserfolder/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Sherlock.plist
This clears Sherlock's virtual throat and allows it to start fresh.
You'll notice that even after you chuck these files some of
Sherlock's channels won't work -- Pictures and Phone Book have been
on the fritz for quite some time and Quicktime movie previews remain
an on-again/off-again affair.
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