[Hidden-tech] Mac behaving strangely

[Annamarie Pluhar]

768 RAM and at 55.77 GB disk with 16.7 Gigs available.


On Oct 12, 2007, at 12:03 PM, Lynn Nichols wrote:

> How much RAM, and how much hard drive space do you have?
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>> Hello all, 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:
>> 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. These are all new behaviors.  
>> 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
>> drum roll.. is this the early warning signs of hard disk failure?  
>> I've also downloaded recently:
>> CRM4MAC
>> Merlin (project management software) iBank
>> EasyDraw
>> but none of these programs are "on" when I get the above  
>> behaviors. Thanks for your thoughts. Annamarie Annamarie Pluhar,  
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