[G4] G4-mail/keyboard symptoms

[lbhammond at comcast.net]

Wow!
Thank you!  New symptoms have migrated outside into my mail server even! The admins. there have never seen them before either!  Wed. I will try one last clean sweep reinstall, after transfering all Important data out of applicatons and into new folders.  I will also clean sweep my external hard drive before I let anyting new touch it.  If this doesn't work, I will atempt a refund and buy a HP laptop :)

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Lisa b.Hammond
Production Design & Styling
206.579.4550

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Greg Manzie <gmanzie at bigpond.net.au>
> Hello Lisa
> 
> I don't know if this helps, but I had a similar problem in Panther  
> when my HD containing the operating system was too full. The  
> equivalent of OS 9 virtual memory (the memory manager in OS 10) needs  
> quite a bit of spare drive space to perform its function.  
> Particularly with things like Photoshop (check your scratch disk  
> preferences). When it is close to the limit, it starts the symptoms  
> that you are experiencing. In my case as time went on, it also  
> started to spread to other applications. Mail, Keyboard, Safari and  
> Word too (which got some of the blame) from memory.
> 
> I moved my large iTunes library to another HD and everything went  
> straight back to normal. I now make sure that I have a minimum of  
> about 15% spare capacity on my Operating System hard drive partition  
> (20% is probably better but about 2 Gig as a minimum).
> 
> As Tiger uses more HD space than previous OS's, I have had to install  
> a bigger internal drive. I now run two 120 Gig drives internally on a  
> G4 400 Yikes (OS 10.4.5).
> 
> If you move your iTunes or iPhoto library, make sure you read the  
> instructions from Apple properly first.
> 
> I think there are knowledge base articles about both of these issues  
> on the Apple site.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Greg Manzie
> Director
> Glyde Gallery Conservation
> 5 Glyde Street
> Mosman Park
> Western Australia 6012
> 
> Phone (08) 9383 3929
> Mobile 0438 833 144
> Email gmanzie at bigpond.net.au
> 
> 
> On 07/03/2006, at 10:04 AM, lbhammond at comcast.net wrote:
> 
> > My symptoms have become even worse since first posting:
> >  I can no longer fully close out of mail, or open a window in it,  
> > (unless I am in a applcation that opens itas default).
> >  Of course, I can go directly to my mail server via browser, but I  
> > have many limitations with this method.  Not the least of which is  
> > that I just don't like the way it looks!
> >
> > If I can't fully close mail, and it is default for other apps (ie- 
> > iPhoto), then if it auto launches would I possibly be corrupting  
> > other applications?
> >
> > I will be having a clean sweep & re-install wed. with NO mail data  
> > migrated at all.
> > Hopefully, this will alleviate the issue.  I am concerned about the  
> > existing data backed up on external HD: should I just transfer back  
> > the existing bk-up data?  should I wipe the external HD clean too  
> > and then back up only whats Absolutely necessary?
> >
> > --
> > Lisa b.Hammond
> > Production Design & Styling
> > 206.579.4550
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