Ah, thanks Tim! Now I recall having read that before, but I totally forgot about it. Will re-boot into Safe Mode tomorrow. Permissions have been repaired many times. (Carbon Copy Cloner does it with every clone unless you turn that feature off.) --Steve At 8:47 AM -0400 7/15/06, Tim Collier wrote: >>Why? I am fine until I have been running for a a day or so with lots of open applications. What would I gain by booting into Safe Mode? >> >Booting into safe mode can cure a ton of troubles as it repairs many ills. It's easy to do also. Simply reboot while holding down the shift key....log in and then restart normally. When I was experiencing a slow down and a miscellaneous app crash or two, the nice folks at Apple recommend it to me. It worked too.