Suddenly, some applications will no longer open - Safari, Disc Utility,
System Profiler, Intego VirusBarrier X, uCalendar, TinkerTools. Similar
syptoms - the eternal pinwheel, but no new window or other execution.
App appears in dock with message "Application Not Responding", which
necessitates a forced quit.
Other apps working okay - Internet Connect, GraphicConverter, PowerMail,
FireFox, YASU. Was able to repair permissions once with Disc Utility, but
subsequent attempts only got the pinwheel. Repaired permissions with
YASU. Rebuilt the directory twice with DiskWarrior. It always finds
something to repair, but it was unable to rectify the problem. Trashed
some preferences, but no good done.
Can't account for the sudden failures - no outages, no new software.
Noticed the odd, unexpected flicker/flash on restarts. Running a G4/800,
512RAM, OSX 3.8. 80GB HD half full; 120GB external FireWire HD.
Anyone have any clues or suggestions?
Try what Peter Hinchliffe suggests :)
In the terminal, try verifying your .plist preference files using the
following commands:
plutil -s ~/Library/Preferences/*.plist
plutil -s /Library/Preferences/*.plist
Did you run a S.M.A.R.T hard drive test with DiskWarrior?
If you can get it to run, try <http://www.memtestosx.org/> to check
out the memory on your machine.
If all else fails, make sure you've got a backup and then do a
reinstall of the system using the Archive and Restore option.
Good luck,
Shay
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