DMI is not funtioning with Mail. I've installed it about 6 different times... nothing. It acts as if it has installed (it gives the message at the end to restart Mail), but when I go into the Mail program there is no DayLite tab under Preferences. So I can't put in the license nos. Nor do the windows show. There's just no sign of it at all, although there are DMI folders on the HD.

My company is running DL v 1.8 and DMI version 1.5. It has worked fine on 5 other installations. I'm installing this set-up on a new Intel Mac mini running OS 10.4.7 for a new user (yes, we have the needed licenses).
Can anyone help me with this?
thanks

Lu,

I'm not familiar with older versions of DayLite (as I started with version 3.0.3), but can you confirm that the DMI Mail bundle is located in its proper location (~/Library/Mail/Bundles/DayLiteMailIntegration.mailbundle), and the user has the appropriate ownership for that location ?

Thanks for the reply. Yes, I just verified that the DMI Mail bundle is in the proper location & the user has permission to read/write to that folder.

I also did a "Repair Permissions" with Disk Utility, but still DMI does not show up in Mail.

Is the first Intel machine you've tried on? I'm wondering about this -- Daylite 1.8 and DMI 1.5 are PPC binaries -- i.e. not Universal. You cannot run PPC plugins in Intel executables (they must both be Universal, or must both be PPC) so this may not work. If this is the first Intel machine you're trying, this is likely the problem.

If not, then we'll need to look elsewhere.

Hmmm, by both "both must be Universal", do you mean the App. & the plug-in? I.E Mail & DMI must both be Universal? Or just DayLite & DMI?

Yes, this is the first Intel Mac we've used this on, though we have another waiting to be set up.

If I understand what you're saying, then could it be fixed by installing a different version of Mac Mail -- a PPC version? The owner of the company I work for just is not ready to upgrade everyone to DayLite 3.0

thanks

The version of DMI that works with Daylite 1.x is not universal and thus will not work on Intel boxes.

There is a workaround. You can copy a version of Apple Mail from a PPC machine onto the Intel machine. That PPC copy of Mail will run in Rosetta and DMI will then load.

Daylite 1.x will also run in Rosetta on Intel machines.

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Originally posted by AJ:

There is a workaround. You can copy a version of Apple Mail from a PPC machine onto the Intel machine. That PPC copy of Mail will run in Rosetta and DMI will then load.

I actually think it's simpler than this ;-)

BEFORE doing this copying, try the more "elegant" workaround. Namely, go to Mail and do a "get info" on it. In the listing, there is a checkbox next to "run in Rosetta." Check this, re-launch Mail, and see if everything "just works" :-)

Beautiful! That worked perfectly, thanks so much. Now onto the install on the next Intel Mini. :-)