The Art Database is being recreated.Ĭheck your Address Book, Favorites, Contacts, and Filing Cabinets. The windows will take a bit longer to load. This is where you can refer to the screenshots you took to set a configuration that works for you. I can only tell you (At the bottom of this post), how I have mine set using the Apple Internal Modem with Dial-Up. This should ensure that your Address Book, Favorites, Contacts, and Filing Cabinets will be preserved.Īfter you have successfully installed, sign off & quit AOL.Īt this point I would reset the options in System Preferences > Network. Just make sure when asked if you have an existing AOL account, that you would like to use, say YES. I haven't had to do this for awhile, so, I can't give you specific instructions, but if you follow the prompts you should be okay. At this point, it wouldn't hurt to restart, and 'Repair Permissions' again.Īfter that, reinstall AOL from the new Installer on the Desktop. HD > USERS > HOME > LIBRARY > PREFERENCES >Īlthough you may have to reset some of your connection preferences, for other browsers, to ensure there are no AOL prefs lurking about, trash these files, if present: (File) (You may want to keep this one for future reference) HD > USERS > HOME > LIBRARY > LOGS > CRASH REPORTER > (It's an old one, but you may want to keep this in case of an emergency)

The paths are in all capitals, and the files/folders are under the path, marked like this: Trash the files & folders I have listed below. These files are located HD > Users > Shared > America Online (HERE) Just to be on the safe side, pull these files/folders into a newly created Folder on your Desktop for safe keeping: Sign off & Quit AOL and all other applications. You may have to reset some custom options later, depending on how you connect. Go to System Preferences > Network and write down or take screen shots of the preferences you have set.

Even the ones that say AOL Version 9 Optimized have an installer for OS X. If you can't do that, you can use an AOL CD. Select the option to download an additional copy. It may say you already have the latest version.

If you are somehow able to get online, download a new copy of AOL from here

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