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Help! Updates left my G4 a blinking mess
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<blockquote data-quote="ickneb9" data-source="post: 735359" data-attributes="member: 69385"><p>Thanks for the response. Before I had read it, I found what is apparently a partial solution: in single-user mode I did all the applejack cleanups (repair disk, repair permissions, cleanup cache files, validate preference files, and remove swap files). Is this the same thing as running Repair Disk from the OSX installation dvd?</p><p></p><p>Continuing Problems:</p><p>After this my laptop didn't blink, I could use most apps and OSX booted up right. But: when the screen saver comes on the screen blinks. When I tried to change the screen saver in system preferences, the program quit, and I got the "quit unexpectedly" window (but only under "screen saver"; I can manipulate the "desktop"). Also, quicktime and iTunes (still) won't open; incidentally, I get the same "program quit unexpectedly" window when I try to open them, too.</p><p></p><p>So, should I still run Repair Disk from the OSX dvd? I was also thinking of just re-installing OSX, b/c of the problems with System Preferences + the Quicktime and iTunes problems.</p><p></p><p>Thanks again for any and all advice. Will keep tryin'.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ickneb9, post: 735359, member: 69385"] Thanks for the response. Before I had read it, I found what is apparently a partial solution: in single-user mode I did all the applejack cleanups (repair disk, repair permissions, cleanup cache files, validate preference files, and remove swap files). Is this the same thing as running Repair Disk from the OSX installation dvd? Continuing Problems: After this my laptop didn't blink, I could use most apps and OSX booted up right. But: when the screen saver comes on the screen blinks. When I tried to change the screen saver in system preferences, the program quit, and I got the "quit unexpectedly" window (but only under "screen saver"; I can manipulate the "desktop"). Also, quicktime and iTunes (still) won't open; incidentally, I get the same "program quit unexpectedly" window when I try to open them, too. So, should I still run Repair Disk from the OSX dvd? I was also thinking of just re-installing OSX, b/c of the problems with System Preferences + the Quicktime and iTunes problems. Thanks again for any and all advice. Will keep tryin'. [/QUOTE]
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