Re: Safari, Software Update, Disk Utility hanging
mickey mouse
> In article <odysseus1479-at-4D...@news.telus.net>,
> Odysseus <odysseu...@yahoo-dot.ca> wrote:
>
>> In article <bd2Dd.15060$0y4....@read1.cgocable.net>,
>> "Denis" <so...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Try this oout, reboot the machine, but have your speakers turned on so
>>> you can hear the rebooting going on, your going to clear the PRAM in
>>> your Mac if you don't now how to do this its simple reboot and hold
>>> down the Apple key, Option and the P and the R do this tree times, it
>>> should completely clear out the PRAM. This should make it possible to
>>> do everything you did before.
>>>
>> Thanks for the suggestion -- I hadn't considered that in relation to OS
>> X, although of course it's at a lower level than any software. The
>> machine booted in OS 9; back in OS X TextEdit, Safari, and Disk Utility
>> seem to be working again. But Software Update (where I first noticed
>> the problem) still hangs. Can OS X updates be downloaded and installed
>> without using S.U.?
>
> Update, for the benefit of anyone else in a similar situation:
>
> Next time I rebooted in OS X the problems had returned, so zapping the
> PRAM was at best a partial and temporary fix. But thanks to advice I
> received off-list, I believe I've found the culprit(s): after deleting
> the files "com.apple.ATS.plist" and "com.apple.BezelServices.plist"
> from my (username):Library:Preferences folder the cranky applications
> all began working again, and I've now updated the system to v10.3.7
> with no further problems.
great news
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bkk
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