Did you reinstall 10.2, archiving the old system and saving settings, then do the new combo? I'd do that rather than install one combo over the other.
On 10/5/03 4:25 AM, "Kris Tilford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> tkell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> IS IT SAFE ? (this time) >> >> Some one else mentioned that APE Managers Clear Dock >> gets rendered useless. Anyone know if this is still the case? > > Clear Dock is fine, but... > Perhaps I'm the only one having some problems? > > My problems since the 10.2.8 update which appear to be not fixed with > the newer 10.2.8, which I also installed as the full combo, hoping to > overwrite any errors possible: > > 1) Certain Preferences lost or needing correction. > 2) Mail.app problems, including a lost mailbox which seems to be > missing parts of addresses of certain recent mail. > 3) WindowShadeX 3.01 makes Limewire window very small upon shading, and > it can't be enlarged without quitting Limewire. (not the MIP function > (Minimize In Place, the window shrinks to a small icon on desktop), but > the OS 9-like shading function makes the window resize too about 3" > across, too small to read) > 4) eBay search window will not initiate search with <return> after > filling out search form. Requires mouse click on search button or > double <return> waiting between. > 5) Certain webpages hang during loading and will not load (seem Java > intensive pages). > 6) Safari Unexpectedly Quits infrequently when using the <back> or > <forward> buttons. Hit the button and poof, Safari is gone! > 7) Programs that modify others like Safari Enhancer & PCI Extreme > required reinstallation (not always needed with other OS X updates). > 8) Intermittent Copy-Paste operations don't function. The Copy text > shows up in Clipboard, but the Paste won't show in certain forms or > documents. > 9) Perhaps intermittent ethernet problems, my cable modem connection > seems slightly impaired, but I haven't checked it. > 10) I had two System freezes where everything stopped solid. I've never > had anything like this in OS X before, and I started at 10.0 a long > time ago. I 'option' booted 9, and then XPF'd to an OS X utility drive > and ran disk repair utilities before rebooting. No major problems, just > some orphaned Temp. files. Reboot was fine, but I also had a spinning > beachball upon Shutdown that responded to a Force Quit of Finder after > 10+ minutes of spinning, and then did Shut Down. I thought these > freezes might be bad memory, but I haven't changed memory in several > months of continuous solid operation. Just to be certain, I ran two > different memory tests, one all night long, and no memory problems were > detected. > > The disk/system is fine with all utilities. I want to blame all the > Safari on the v.85.5 update from v.85. Java seems involved also, but it > was fine in 10.2.6 with Java 1.4.1 Update 1. > I'm almost ready to archive reinstall the whole shebang and stop at > 10.2.6 until I find out more about what's going on. I hope it's me > only. To be fair, I need to mention my brother's new puppy did yank the > power plug once, but the system was idle at the time, and I didn't find > any problems upon reboot. Let's hope the puppy is to blame. Kris Tilford > -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive <http://www.mail-archive.com/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
