Re: First Aid/Compact Database crashing...
Kjell Olausson said: >They are. An application that crashes should not affect other >applications. I have one recurring problem involving the Finder and problems with Network volumes. The Finder keeps spinning the beachball and kill commands in the dock or in the terminal, doesn't work. That's kind of amazing. This particular problem started in Jaguar (often) and now in Panther (less often). I also have changed 3 machines since so it's not RAM or hardware problem. It's a real OS X problem. PM 5.0.1 | OS X 10.3.5 | Powerbook G4/400 | 768 MB RAM | 30 GB HD
Re: First Aid/Compact Database crashing...
Emily Jackson wrote: >>Good idea would be to contact DT's author (James is pretty good at >>responding). > >He has addressed this problem on the DragThing message board (www.dragthing.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=3;t=23>). The >workaround he suggests is to change DragThing's preferences (change >Advanced->Update Application Icons to "Never"). He seems to think the >problem is with PM's AppleScript handling. This problem is fixed in PowerMail 5.0.2 and 5.1b1. Best regards Jérôme - PowerMail Engineering - "I've recently switched from Entourage X and I want to say that PowerMail is really slick. Small, fast and versatile." Andy Fragen, PowerMail user Download a demo version from www.ctmdev.com -
Re: First Aid/Compact Database crashing...
That seems to be a very plausible explanation! Future releases of DragThing and/or PowerMail should handle the matter more gracefully, though. But: the support for PowerMail by Dragthing is in itself a very good thing, as way too many apps focus on Mail and Entourage only. Mirko On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 09:19:11 -0400, C. A. Niemiec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Mine was resolved by switching off DragThing - if you have that installed > >>try disabling it. > > > >What bothers me now: I always thought, that in OSX all the applications > >are working in their own areas of the RAM. That fact that the presence of > >one affects another app is somewhat irritating. > > I thought it was that the newer version of DragThing messages PowerMail > to get a count of unread messages in the inbox to display in its docks, > and that disrupts the First Aid recovery somehow. I don't think it > interacts any other way. > > Chris > -- > >
Re: First Aid/Compact Database crashing...
>>Mine was resolved by switching off DragThing - if you have that installed >>try disabling it. > >What bothers me now: I always thought, that in OSX all the applications >are working in their own areas of the RAM. That fact that the presence of >one affects another app is somewhat irritating. I thought it was that the newer version of DragThing messages PowerMail to get a count of unread messages in the inbox to display in its docks, and that disrupts the First Aid recovery somehow. I don't think it interacts any other way. Chris --
Re: First Aid/Compact Database crashing...
It seems that several users have the same problem reported, but I newer saw any help posted here. Did I miss something during my absence last week? Urs Mittwoch, 22. September 2004 20:17 Uhr Zeph Bender [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Greets - > >I tried to compact my database from the File menu, and crashed. Figured >I should run PM First Aid, but it crashes a couple seconds after bringing >up the (entirely greyed-out) First Aid window. Help? > >z > >
Re: First Aid/Compact Database crashing...
I have the same problem: the first aid screen is short-lived and ends in unexpected quit. I believe the beta that was anounced was supposed to solve that, but I have lost the linkdue to a PowerMail-database crash. My backup was recent, but it just made me miss that mail. Anyone care to foward the link again? Thanks! -- Mirko Kranenburg Maastricht, Netherlands e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] PowerBook G4 (15" FW-800) OS X 10.3.5 Freeway Pro 3.5.12, NavPack, GraphPack PowerMail 5.0.1, 3 panes The whole MarinerPak Zeph Bender wrote on Wed, 22 Sep 2004 11:17:12 -0700: >Greets - > >I tried to compact my database from the File menu, and crashed. Figured >I should run PM First Aid, but it crashes a couple seconds after bringing >up the (entirely greyed-out) First Aid window. Help? > >z > > >
