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Gentlemen,<br><br>I still have serious probelms with my old G4. If
you recall, I queried the list some time ago regarding texteditor being unable to
save a file, with TextEdit quitting with the error msg:<br><br> "The application TextEdit has unexpectedly quit."<br><br>Subsequently
I downloaded and ran Onyx (version 1.3.1). The original problem
persisted. Moreover, I noticed what seemed to be an inability to save
ANY files by any application--not just TextEdit. Permanent cookies for
example. The Verify and Repair of File Permissions by Onyx had no
effect. Also the iTunes application has quit working after I tried a
more extensive "treatment" by Onyx:<br><br> - execute all maintenance scripts<br> - optimize the system<br> - delete internet caches and history<br> - delete user caches files<br> - delete archived logs, etc<br><br>Anyway,
it's occured to me that maybe the harddrive itself is failing--if so,
isn't there a software test of some kind? Can anyone suggest anything
else I could do? I have not deleted the system cache files--should I
try that as well?<br><br><br>What I am still able to do, is surf the
internet, do various online transactions (ebay, amazon, etc),
answer/reply email. Except, that sites which allow continued access after entering a user/pw, still require re-entry of user/pw at each new sign-on (NY Times for example). This seems to imply that it can't permanently save a cookie. <br><br>One last thing--this system is VERY slow (internet usage) compared to a powerful Windows system. Is this just the nature of the beast?<br><br>Below are my system specifics as reported by Onyx:<br><br><br>Thanks.<br><br>FP<br><br>Model: Power Mac G4 (ACP Graphics)<br>ID: PowerMac3.1<br>Code: Sawtooth<br>Processor: powerpc, ppc7400<br>Frequency: 400Mhz<br>System bus: 99Mhz<br>Memory: 832 MB<br><br>Kernel: Darwin version 6.8 (revision 199506)<br>System: Mac OS X version 10.2.8 (build 6R73)<br><br>Hard drive is around 10GB--unreported by Onyx.<br><br><br><br><br /><hr />More immediate than e-mail? <a href='http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_instantaccess_042008' target='_new'>Get instant access with Windows Live Messenger.</a></body>
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