On Feb 22, 2012, at 3:39 PM, Martin McCormick wrote:
I forgot to mention that I am still running Snowleopard
and its version of safari which may be the problem, here.
This can't be your problem. I'm using tiger, and the develop menu
item shows up for me when I have the option selected (which I always
do) so the version of os/safari can't be it. (just thought I'd offer
you more good news) :)
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.
This is very true, but one I've seen a lot of on the apple
disscussion groups, and something I've noticed for myself is that
those apps don't always release all their memory when they finish a
task. For example, I've discovered that opening and closing multiple
windows in safari tends to deplete usable memory fairly quickly,
which for me is a real problem, since I do a lot of window opening
and closing, since I have safari set to open each document in a new
window when it's clicked on from outside safari. This tends to make
safari very sluggish after opening a few links from mail when html
versions of emails are available (did I mention I use plain text
emails too) So, a lot of times, I need to either view the raw source
of the message to get the html code, or just click on the stupid link
that says click this link to see this message in your browser.
<sigh>
Anyway, it helps to quit and relaunch programs once in a while that
have been running for several days, especially ones like safari and
mail, since they do tend to hog memory the long they run.
My experience only of course, I'm not speaking for apple here, only
stating my own observations of course.
But, I'm fairly convinced, both of these programs have several memory
leaks, so it's good to refresh them from time to time. :)
Again, I'm not saying relaunch them everytime you have memory
problems, but if you've had mail and/or safari running for several
days, and your system seems a bit sluggish, relaunching these two
biggest offenders usually solves the problem for me.
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