I got this kind of troubles before and the HD was effectivelly in fault. Replacing it solved 100% of the problem.
Le 9 juil. 2013 à 23:19, Peter Haworth a écrit : > Thanks Rick, > I'll check into all those things. > > Searching on the web, it appears the most likely cause is an impending hard > drive failure. Fortunately, I use Time Machine to do regular backups so, > with a few exceptions like temp and caches, I have a complete, up to date > backup. > > Pete > lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> > > > On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Rick Harrison > <harri...@all-auctions.com>wrote: > >> Hi Peter, >> >> If I were you I'd also run a disk diagnostic program like >> "DiskWarrior" just to see everything on your hard drive is correct. >> >> Do a full backup of your computer hard drive >> with Time Machine or else do a full image backup. >> Then, realize that OS X.7.4 is not current and upgrade to OS X.7.5. >> >> Try running the "Activity Monitor" to see if there is anything >> out of the ordinary taking up the CPU cycles that shouldn't be. >> >> If the problem still doesn't go away then: >> >> Try running a "Virus Scanning" program just to be sure you haven't >> picked up a trojan anywhere from the internet. (That's a long shot, >> but may be worth the piece of mind.) >> >> Sometimes a failing hard drive will lock things up too. >> >> Try booting in "Safe Mode" to see if the problem goes away. >> If it does then there is something else going on. >> >> Hope this helps! >> >> Rick >> >> On Jul 9, 2013, at 3:49 PM, Peter Haworth <p...@lcsql.com> wrote: >> >>> I am experiencing some very strange OSX 10.7.4 behavior and hoping >> someone >>> may be able to shed some light on it. >>> >>> All works fine for some undefined period of time, then I find that no new >>> applications will launch either from the dock or double clicking them in >>> the FInder or right clicking them and selecting open in the Finder. No >>> error message, just nothing happens. Applications that are already >> running >>> continue to work fine. >>> >>> Concurrent with this, if I try to go to a new URL in my browser (Chrome), >>> once again, nothing happens, no error message. >>> >>> Restarting fixes the problem but it always reoccurs after some undefined >>> period of time. >>> >>> I have done the obvious things (verfying disks, repairing permissions) >> but >>> they made no difference. Also checked disk space on my home drive and >>> there's plenty available. >>> >>> Any diagnostic or fix ideas most welcome. >>> >>> Pete >>> lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode -- Pierre Sahores mobile : 06 03 95 77 70 www.sahores-conseil.com _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode