That shouldn't be a problem it still should show up, even in the later versions for Tiger had the check in the preferences I think, can't remember for sure because when I set it up was years ago in terminal and it always remembered it with upgrades. So I don't think running Snow Leopard is the problem in itself. For the develop menu that is. On Feb 22, 2012, at 2:39 PM, Martin McCormick wrote:
> I forgot to mention that I am still running Snow leopard > and its version of safari which may be the problem, here. > > Since the development box is in the advanced form, there > should be some way to get that menu to appear. > > I also got the dreaded spinning beachball of death and > voiceover chanting "safari busy. Safary ready . . busy ready > busy," etc on a web form I was filling out yesterday so I > finally turned off voiceover and then turned it back on in a few > minutes and it seemed to have resolved its death grip on > whatever is happening during these events. > > I have had this particular Mac for a couple of years, > now, and it is mostly steady as a rock. Some of the > Windows-oriented web sites I try it on make safari positively > croak, however. > > As for Lion's processes being properly protected from > one another, it could be that the resources of the system are > being severely strained by one or more applications especially > if voiceover is running. It really shouldn't just melt down. > > I am not a trained MacOS expert, but generally, one way > to really kill a unix box is to let it run out of memory and > swap space. The OS installer probably takes note of all these > resources, but if your system is a little low on RAM, for > instance, the installer will hopefully make the best of the > worst decisions. This doesn't mean that you will crash every time, but you > may when the system gets very busy and some of those apps hog > memory. > > Bryan Jones writes: >> Lion, it's apps, and it's processes are far from perfectly sandboxed. If >> I'm in an application and I get the Beach Ball of Death AKA BBOD AKA Busy >> Busy Busy Busy), I consider it a lucky day when Lion actually allows me >> to force quit the app without the rest of the system getting flaky. Most >> times I just save my work and restart the system at that point. >> >> Bryan > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
