Creation date of files
Hello folks,
well, i just performed a CMD-F search (i was looking about a file, that
i knew it was created before 1995). So my search criteria was just
"Creation date before 1995".
Surprisingly the search presented a lot of files, which creation date
was/is set in the 1970s, some in the 1904s. A lot of Jpgs, which i got from PC
owners. But the point, that scares me a lot is that there are a huge number
of system files set back to the 1970s or 1904s respectively.
Example:
DirectoryService (folder inside sys pref.)
unix.showq
unix.local
unix.cleanup
(name of 2. Partition)
hostconfig~
hostconfig
master.pid
locate.database
authorization
(name of 1. Partition)
Something to worry about?
well, i just performed a CMD-F search (i was looking about a file, that
i knew it was created before 1995). So my search criteria was just
"Creation date before 1995".
Surprisingly the search presented a lot of files, which creation date
was/is set in the 1970s, some in the 1904s. A lot of Jpgs, which i got from PC
owners. But the point, that scares me a lot is that there are a huge number
of system files set back to the 1970s or 1904s respectively.
Example:
DirectoryService (folder inside sys pref.)
unix.showq
unix.local
unix.cleanup
(name of 2. Partition)
hostconfig~
hostconfig
master.pid
locate.database
authorization
(name of 1. Partition)
Something to worry about?
Comments
Meaning, files that have that as their date actually have no known creation date at all.
Meaning, files that have that as their date actually have no known creation date at all.[/QUOTE
Alright. Anyway, what worries me a lot is the fact, that no other Mac, which i can have
my hands on, has such peculiar creation date settings. I can't believe that my HD got 1976
as creation date and that this isn't something to worry about. How could this possibly happen?
If the machine is offline from the Time server (time.apple.com), and the battery on the mobo dies, then the PRAM cannot tell what time it is and the OS will assign the "null date" to everything. As noted, this is either 1970 or 2001 depending on which routine was in charge of getting the date.
Thank you for pitching in lundy.
battery on the mobo dies, what does that suppose to mean?
I am talking about a PowerBook G4 1Ghz, date of purchase Oct. 2003,
no battery on the mobo, at least this is what everybody tells me.
Apples online DB is somewhat unspecific regarding battery on the mobo.
The PB manual doesn't mention a battery, too. I am confused.
So, there is a battery on the mobo, which can die, right?
I can possibly change it, can i not?