[Hidden-tech] Mac behaving strangely

[Lynn Nichols]

How much RAM, and how much hard drive space do you have?

Lynn


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> Hello all, 
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> I think that there are good knowledgeable people here who might be able 
> to answer this basic question. My Powerbook G4 of three years life has 
> started doing things I've never seen before:
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> Mail and Safari crashing, other programs crashing requiring a Force Quit 
> - including the other day the FInder.
> Menu bar in PowerPoint not being accessible because it seems to be off 
> the screen  (I use a desktop monitor hooked up to the PB) 
> Programs taking forever to wake up. 
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> These are all new behaviors. 
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> Recently I downloaded Quicksilver (due to comments on this list) - is it 
> intruding on processes? The test of turning it off and then running my 
> mac still produces behaviors as above. 
> OR
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> drum roll.. is this the early warning signs of hard disk failure? 
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> I've also downloaded recently:
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> CRM4MAC
> Merlin (project management software) 
> iBank
> EasyDraw
> 
> but none of these programs are "on" when I get the above behaviors. 
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> Thanks for your thoughts. 
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> Annamarie 
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