On Monday, November 18, 2002, at 09:40 PM, Amber Rhea wrote: > lately I have been having to force quit OS X > Mail a lot, due to randomly getting the incessant spinning beachball > which > will not stop, and the application will not respond to any keystrokes. > No > one replied to my post to offer any suggestions as to why Mail is > suddenly > behaving this way, but the cause doesn't bother me as much as the > possible > effects - how potentially damaging is it, really, to force quit often? > I > imagine it would be different under OS X than OS 9, but I know it's > still > not the ideal thing to do. >
Amber, I think this is a permissions issue. Update to at least OS-X (v10.1.5), then download and apply the "fix permissions" utility from Apple. If you're using Jaguar (v10.2.x), this utility has been incorporated into the Disk First Aid panel instead of being a separate application. The utility runs for more than 20 minutes. John at Wood-n-Shavings, Inc. San Antonio, Texas -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
