Garry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> deftly typed-- >>Let's see, for the last couple of days Safari and Text edit just >>freeze up for no apparent reason while I'm on the net. Never ever had >>that issue before. Force quit.
And then Chris noted: > >Not overly unusual, but happening less and less as OS X matures. First >thing I'd do is run Disk Utility and have it repair permissions and do a >disk check to be sure the disk is ok. Once both of those are complete >(and report that all is ok), I'd get the OS up to date. 10.4 is up to >10.4.7, so run Software Update and get the latest updates. In addition to Chris' sound advice, you should create another user account (and don't add any third party software to the login list), log into that account and see if the problems persist. If so, you likely have some system level issues which means reinstalling OS X; if not, you likely have a third-party software problem. Have you added anything to your login items. You can find a list at System Preferences>Accounts>Login Items. You may also try running Console under your troublesome account; when/if X freezes again, Console should give you an idea of what caused it. BTW, is the Mac freezing, i.e. the computer is not responding to keyboard/mouse input; are you getting the spinning beach ball; or are you getting a kernal panic. If it one of the first two, try force quitting the application that has hung. If you Mac operate normally after quitting the bad application, then you know you have a bad app! If it the third, you likely have some USB issue. What do you have connected to your USB ports? And to echo Chris once again, spyware for OS X is technically possible, but there no reported, verifiable instance of it. And spam is inveitable unless you have a closely guarded email account. For example I've given my gmail account to only one person, but I get one or two pieces of spam a week. OTOH, I've given my .mac address to only a few family members, but can't recall receiving *any* spam on that account. That may be due to Apple's filters. Good luck. bevon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
