On 07/07/2012, at 1:05 PM, pat wrote: > My Mac is sick again. Hope someone can help. > > The patient: Mac Pro, 4 years old (the first 64 bit model), 3 hard > disks, 16 GB RAM, OS 10.6.8. > > The symptoms: It was working OK last night when I closed it down. > This morning, when booted, the Finder repeatedly quits every few > seconds (very obvious because the screensaver keeps changing). Up in > the top left-hand corner some of the usual icons on the Finder menu > bar are semi-visible but non-functional. Otherwise, a blank screen. > > What I have done so far: > 1. Rebuilt the directories with DiskWarrior. Problem not fixed. > > 2. Ran TechTool Deluxe. No change. > > 3. Put the Snow Leopard disk in and verified and repaired all 3 > disks, repaired permissions. Disk Utility says all the disks appear > to be OK. Problem still exists. > > I can't think of anything else to do other than ask for advice. Will > be most grateful. >
Please disregard my reply. I hadn't realised your query had already been answered. It showed up in a separate thread... Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>