[X4U] 10.3.8 issues on PowerBook

[Richard Smykla]

Alexandre,

The boot delay could be due to font caching issues, a problem which 
is fixed with the 10.3.9 update. Give it a try. Also possible you 
have a corrupt or duplicate System font, which could explain the 
Safari crash. Sounds like you've already cleared out Safari's cache 
files using MacJanitor?

For the other issues, I'd recommend trying a PRAM reset (CMD-Opt-P-R 
on startup until you hear at least one extra startup chime). Yeah, 
this is an unlikely cure-all, but it does sometimes fix system 
sleep/wake issues.

HTH,

Rick


>hi.
>
>i'm taking care of a friends titanium 550 (running 10.3.8), making 
>sure it runs smoothly. lately he's been having some issues:
>
>- it takes forever to boot.
>
>- safari crashes, sometimes doesn't even open
>
>- the computer won't wake from sleep.
>
>what could be the cause of this? i've done the usual: verify 
>permissions, run macjanitor, checked the disk, but nothing has come 
>up. this friend shares this computer with his girlfriend and they 
>often change the kanguage set up of the finder, from german to 
>english and back. could this be a potential source of problems? to 
>prevent this, i've now created two users, one in german and the 
>other in english.
>
>any info welcome¨
>regards, alexandre

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Rick Smykla
rsmykla at verizon.net