<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi,<div><br></div><div>one of the easiest (general) trouble-shooting thing I do is </div><div>1) install applejack and run it</div><div><br></div><div>2) run the respective (latest) COMBO-Installer for your system. Solves most troubles, most of the time… </div><div><br></div><div>regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Rolf<br><div><div>Am 21.06.2009 um 17:15 schrieb George Gratzer:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Even though I reinstalled the system with wipe disk, it is much more unstable than ever before since the introduction of OS X. Now I work with the Force Quit Application window open all the time.<div><br></div><div>Example: if I upload a file to iDisk, the Finder may become unresponsive for up to a minute. The Finder turns red in the Force Quit Application window. If I relaunch the Finder, I loose the upload, but nothing else is effected.</div><div><br></div><div>When the Finder is unresponsive, the keyboard combination invoking the Force Quit Application window does not work either.</div><div><br></div><div>There are other signs of sloppy work by Apple. In Safari, go to Help:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; "><p class="headboxtopright" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.15em; line-height: 15px; ">FEATURED TOPICS</p><p class="boxlink" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; "><a href="help:anchor='sfri22092'%20bookID=Safari%20Help" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); text-decoration: none; ">Viewing and customizing Top Sites</a></p><p class="boxlink" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; "><a href="help:anchor='sfri27544'%20bookID=Safari%20Help" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); text-decoration: none; ">Cover Flow and Safari</a></p><p class="boxlink" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; "><a href="help:anchor='ibrw1114'%20bookID=Safari%20Help" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); text-decoration: none; ">Searching history</a></p><p class="boxlink" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; "><a href="help:anchor='sfri11576'%20bookID=Safari%20Help" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); text-decoration: none; ">Browsing in tabs</a></p><p class="boxlink" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">The Top Site help has just been put in. The white star (updated sites) works for some sites, not for others.</span></p><p class="boxlink" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br></span></font></p><p class="boxlink" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Anybody has similar experiences?</span></font></p><p class="boxlink" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br></span></font></p><p class="boxlink" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">GG</span></font></p></span></div></div>----------- Please Consult the Following Before Posting -----------<br>TeX FAQ: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq">http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq</a><br>List Reminders and Etiquette: <a href="http://email.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/">http://email.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/</a><br>List Archive: <a href="http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/">http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/</a><br>TeX on Mac OS X Website: <a href="http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/">http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/</a><br>List Info: <a href="http://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex">http://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex</a><br><br></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">--<br></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Rolf Schmolling M.A. Historian, <a href="mailto:Rolf.Schmolling@Alumni.TU-Berlin.DE">Rolf.Schmolling@Alumni.TU-Berlin.DE</a></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://rolf_schmolling.macbay.de/">http://rolf_schmolling.macbay.de/</a></p></span></div></span> </div><br></div></body></html>