DOH! I deleted the "/application/internet connect program"

[opalinteractive]

Hi,
I deleted the "/application/internet connect program" thinking that i
wasn't going to use it.... now I find that I need it to connect to my
vpn network.

Since I have a cable modem. I deleted it. I thought it was a crap
program ... used to connect to the internet via modem, stuffed with
earthlink and aol defaults.

So, anyways, I tried many ways to get it back.
My imac software install disk doesn't reload it, and because i have
osx 10.0.2.4, i can't download an update...

Is there another way to connect to my vpn network?

Thank you all,
chris

[djn1]

here it is:

http://homepage.mac.com/djn1

(taken from my 10.2.4 installation on a G4/800)

[opalinteractive]

:confused:
Hi,
I really apreciate you sending me the link...
BUT..
as a new mac ./ switcher i'm not sure what I do other than the obvious....

Can you [or someone] let me in on the secret?


Thank you again,
chris

[AKcrab]

That .app needs archived for proper downloading. (as in using stuffit to make it a .sit) Even then, it's possible there's more to it.
You could try getting the app from an OS X install cd using Pacifist (http://www.charlessoft.com/). The instructions included are pretty good.

[djn1]

ok, I stuffed the app. Follow this link:

http://homepage.mac.com/djn1

then click the download button adjacent to:

Internet Connect.app.sit

Hope that helps.

[opalinteractive]

Hey that worked...:eek:

Just so I learn a little...
what did you do..?:rolleyes:

[larkost]

Not seeing exactly how he did it... I can only give a good way of packaging things for the macintosh:

In the Application folder there is a Utilities folder. In there is a application called Disk Copy. If you drag a folder onto the window (a .app is simply a folder containg the executable plus some resources) it will ask you a few questiosn and then make a disk image (.dmg). This format will compress it (although .sit tends to be a little smaller), and make a pure binary file out of it (so resource forks and permissions will survive the trip).

[opalinteractive]

:p ah yes the old disk copy ...
I remember using that a long time ago.

CHRIS

[AKcrab]

Ctrl-click, choose "stuffit" and select stuff. It makes a .sit.

[djn1]

I used Dropstuff (which is part of Stuffit Standard Edition (http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=12012&db=mac)) to compress my copy of Internet Connect then uploaded the resultant file to the public directory on my iDisk.

AKrab: ctrl-click doesn't offer compression as part of a default installation so I would guess you have something installed that added this contextual menu, Stuffit Deluxe perhaps?

[AKcrab]

Correct you are. I've got both installed. I knew there was a reason I had paid for deluxe. ;)
I wonder if someone who just has basic could install the contextual menu plugin and have it function properly?

[djn1]

I wonder if someone who just has basic could install the contextual menu plugin and have it function properly?
Well, legality issues aside, I'd be willing to give it a try if you want to make it available ;)

[AKcrab]

Dave, did you get my PM?

[chloecook]

Oh dear!
I just did exactly the same thing, i followed that link but it doesnt seem to exist anymore. i am a complete beginner, perticularly with macs but i think i understand what you did for the person who started this post. was just wondering if someone could please repost the .app.sit file for me to download. it would be a massive help and you would be a star forever! haha. thank you in advance!
chloe

[hayne]

It is an extremely bad idea to install software from strangers! (And people that you know only by their nickname on a forum such as this count as strangers) You have no idea what it really does and you are really inviting someone to send you a "trojan horse" or other such malware.
This is especially true of software that asks for your admin password.

Instead you should extract the missing file(s) from your Install CD by using the 3rd-party utility "Pacifist":
http://www.charlessoft.com/

Or (probably easier) just do an "archive and install" from the Install CD/DVD being sure to select the option to preserve users.
(See this Apple doc: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107120)
This will keep all your user files and just replace the OS X system files and applications. You should run Software Update afterwards to get your system up to date again.
It would be best if you did a backup of your user files first - just in case something goes wrong (even though this isn't very likely).