I'm running 10.4.11/ When it blinks, it does not close program windows, but it does close files and folders opened directly from a disk. It does look like a finder problem to me.
>The everything on the desktop disappears at the same time, and >returns at the same time, a second later, altho any files or folders >from the external hard drive do not re-appear. The cursor also moves >during the blink. > >I have forced Finder to re-start, and I have re-booted, but have >noticed no change. > >At 9:19 AM -0500 1/27/08, Jerry Freeman wrote: >>...and which OS? Preliminary, sounds like a Finder problem. Have you >>relaunched the Finder in Force Quit. best...jf >> >>On Jan 27, 2008 7:34 AM, Ed Wiser >><<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>By blinking is the screen dimming or the light changing? Or are the >>icons blinking? >> >> >>On Jan 27, 2008, at 2:19 AM, Nelson Helm wrote: >> >>> Everything on my desktop frequently blinks off and on. >>> (perhaps 5 times while I worked on this post) >>> >>> Also, when finder looks for something, >>> or when a program shud shut down after completing a task, >>> it hangs. >>> >>> E.g., when I up-dated my software, >>> the computer "optimized" my hard drive before quitting. >>> But 90 minutes after the blue bar reached the end, >>> the beach ball was still spinning. >>> >>> I have run TechTool Pro, and everything checks out. >>> >>> What to do next? >>> >>> >>> Machine Name: iMac >>> Machine Model: PowerMac4,2 >>> CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (2.1) >>> CPU Speed: 700 MHz >>> Memory: 640 MB >>> Boot ROM Version: 4.3.5f1 >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >>> be February 26 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >>> Posting address: >>><mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] >>> Information: >>><http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup>http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >>> >> >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >>be February 26 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >>Posting address: >><mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] >>Information: >><http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup>http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >> >> >> >> >>-- >><http://ordinaryimages.com/>http://ordinaryimages.com/ >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >>be February 26 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >>Posting address: [email protected] >>Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > > >_______________________________________________ >The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >be February 26 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >Posting address: [email protected] >Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be February 26 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
