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#1
May 28th, 2006, 05:08 PM
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 Expected 'quit unexpectantly'! Hi guys! I'm new here - and can hardly believe I've finally found a good free! Mac support site  awesome!Any ideas on how to fix my programs unexpectantly quitting?? The programs I'm having problems with are: Microsoft Messenger, Dreamweaver demo (newly downloaded) and Flash demo (newly downloaded) Messenger I've been using for ages and has never done this before, Dreamweaver worked fine the first time I opened it and Flash hasn't worked yet... I've also tried re-installing and/or deleting prefs with no change. Oh yeh I'm using a G4 400mhz with OSX 10.4.6 - recently tried a de-frag from 0S9.2.2 version of Norton and despite never being a problem b4 I ended up needing to re-install 0SX Thanks in advance! Greg  |
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#2
May 28th, 2006, 06:07 PM
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| Welcome to the forum.  You're first mistake was using anything with the name "Norton" on a Mac. Just like "Norton" in The Honeymooners, "Norton" applications tend to cause more harm than good.  If you need some good software for disk maintenance, try TechTool Pro or DiskWarrior.As for OS X, there really isn't a need to run defrag as you would in Windows. OS X manages this through the filesystem and "defrags" dynamically so there's really no need to do so in OS X.
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#3
May 28th, 2006, 06:40 PM
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| Hey thanks! That answers a few things I was wondering about - I must admit Norton has never really done anything but slow my mac down! As a quick note - I've never been a PC user - my experience of them at college as a computer newbe put me off for life! This Mac was my first computer bought in '99 and has done very well with any problems really only coming about from my own lack of knowledge /stupidity! :P |
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#4
May 28th, 2006, 08:40 PM
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| That's a great story. Reminds me of one of the ad campaigns that Apple ran some years ago. Congrats!
__________________ • Apple iMac G5 17" (2 GHz G5) - Mac OS X 10.4.11 • Apple Macintosh Quadra 650 (33 MHz MC68040) - Mac OS 8.1 • Apple PowerBook Duo 230 (33 MHz MC68030) - System 7.1 • "JHVH-1" (2 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2400+) - Slackware 12.1 • "Kidbuntu" (2.8 GHz Celeron D 335) - Ubuntu 8.04 |
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#5
May 29th, 2006, 03:32 AM
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| HaHa! - not intended - I just love my Mac! Still, anyone got any ideas on the 'unexpectantly quit' problem?? I've tried everything I can think of and getting nowhere...  |
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#6
May 29th, 2006, 06:29 AM
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| Sometimes deleting each program's Plist may help. As mentioned, most Mac people stay away from Norton products. Give that a try and let us know if it works. |
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#7
May 29th, 2006, 07:05 AM
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| Try creating a new User Account and see if you still experience the issues.
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#8
May 29th, 2006, 12:49 PM
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| Hmmm, Sorry guys - tried both and no change - I really am quite confused :/ |
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