04-25-2004, 10:06 PM

I've noticed some odd behaviour from my two-month old powerbook today; Mozilla froze it up and I couldn't even force a quit.
A couple of other programs were a little sketchy too...
I don't have any system maintenance programs or anything like that -- should I maybe get one??
Any advice would be greatly appreciated! :confused:

04-25-2004, 10:28 PM

Do you have AirPort? Did you install 3.4? That has been causing issues.

04-25-2004, 10:49 PM

Originally Posted by goodVSbad

I've noticed some odd behaviour from my two-month old powerbook today; Mozilla froze it up and I couldn't even force a quit.
A couple of other programs were a little sketchy too...
I don't have any system maintenance programs or anything like that -- should I maybe get one??
Any advice would be greatly appreciated! :confused:

Have you deleted history cache and cookies lately? Also system maintenance: Use Mac Janitor (easy way) or fun :p way: Finder, Applications. Utilities Terminal type (switching to root - superuser) sudo sh /etc/daily > this needs to be done /weekly (instead of daily) and monthly. again with all apps closed Also might try repair permissions. After every software update, and about every 2 weeks: close all apps and log totally off. Log on, go in Finder, Applications. Utilities, Disk Utility. After the message -getting disk information- select volume (below the hard drive name -upper left corner). Just highlight it. Now look to the lower two things are there near the middle, verify permissions, repair permissions. Click repair permissions

04-25-2004, 10:53 PM

Originally Posted by Absolute Zero

Do you have AirPort? Did you install 3.4? That has been causing issues.

nope, no airport.

04-25-2004, 10:54 PM

Originally Posted by witeshark

Have you deleted history cache and cookies lately? Also system maintenance: Use Mac Janitor (easy way) or fun :p way: Finder, Applications. Utilities Terminal type (switching to root - superuser) sudo sh /etc/daily > this needs to be done /weekly (instead of daily) and monthly. again with all apps closed Also might try repair permissions. After every software update, and about every 2 weeks: close all apps and log totally off. Log on, go in Finder, Applications. Utilities, Disk Utility. After the message -getting disk information- select volume (below the hard drive name -upper left corner). Just highlight it. Now look to the lower two things are there near the middle, verify permissions, repair permissions. Click repair permissions

wow, thanks for the advice! i will try it out tonight!

04-26-2004, 12:33 AM

also, what version of panther, if you're running panther, are you running?...before 10.3.3, there were a few issues at times with connecting to networks....and it would cause things to freeze up..not that that has anything to do with mozilla, but maybe you were connected to a network at home or work at the time?