I sounds like Mail and Safari quit, though you do not mention if both quit after the desktop came up. Unexpected quits do happen on occasion. If this is a one time thing, everything is probably ok. Fixing Permissions wouldn't hurt. Also emptying caches with a utility like Cocktail or TinkerTool System. -- --------------- Greg Martinez gregmartinez at mac.com iMac 17" G4, 1GHz, OS 10.3.6, 768 MB RAM. iBook 12" G4, 800MHz, OS 10.3.6, 640 MB RAM. ----------------- On Dec 12, 2004, at 11:34 AM, patdart wrote: > Something just happened to me that has never happened before on my > iBook. I've used Macs since 1990 or earlier and this was a new > experience. I was reading email thru Mail and had Safari open and > suddenly, as I attempted to open a new page, all the screens > disappeared and a plain blue page was visible with nothing on it > except the turning ball, and as I watched my desktop came up. I did a > restart and all seems okay now, but is this a "crash" and what should > I do? Do I have maintenance that I need to do? > > This is on my iBook, running 10.2.8, in case that matters. > > Pat > > _______________________________________________ > iBook mailing list > iBook at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/ibook