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Apr 3, 2014 12:53 PM in response to HappyTexasby Carolyn Samit,Hi .
Might be a Safari extension or plug-in that's incompatible with the lastest update.
From the Safari menu bar click Safari > Preferences then select the Extensions tab. Turn that OFF, quit and relaunch Safari to test. If that helped, turn one extension on then quit and relaunch Safari to test until you find the incompatible extension then click uninstall.
If it's not an extensions issue, try troubleshooting third party plug-ins.
Back to Safari > Preferences. This time select the Security tab. Deselect: Allow plug-ins. Quit and relaunch Safari to test.
If that made a difference, instructions for troubleshooting plugins here.
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Apr 3, 2014 12:58 PM in response to Carolyn Samitby HappyTexas,Thank you, Carolyn, I'll certainly try that later. It sounds rather tedious but everything about Mavericks has been tedious -- 8800-hour estimated download time (that's more than a year, nonstop!), "genius" installation at the Apple store 40 miles away, the extremely sluggish performance since then, and the absence of so many features I relied on in the past. My computer seems to be working slowly but surely right now so I've got to make the most of it for my job. Will try later when deadlines don't loom and frustration level isn't so high.
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Apr 3, 2014 1:32 PM in response to Carolyn Samitby HappyTexas,Safari just came to a screeching halt again. This time, I had two hours of production time before the dead stop.
I checked my Safari Preferences Extensions. There are none.
I checked my Safari Preferences Security tab. Turned off "allow plug-ins." Will restart after the next crash. Gotta keep working while I can. It's almost the end of the work day and I'm almost finished with this morning's work load.
This never happened before Mavericks. Would have loved to pay money for an install disc that contained an operating system that actually operates.
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Apr 3, 2014 4:05 PM in response to HappyTexasby Linc Davis,These instructions must be carried out as an administrator. If you have only one user account, you are the administrator.
Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
Step 1
Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. If you don't see that menu, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
Enter "BOOT_TIME" (without the quotes) in the search box. Note the timestamps of those log messages, which refer to the times when the system was booted. Now clear the search box and scroll back in the log to the last boot time after you had the problem. Select the messages logged before the boot, while the system was unresponsive or was failing to shut down. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message (command-V). Please include the BOOT_TIME message at the end of the log extract.
If there are runs of repeated messages, post only one example of each. Don’t post many repetitions of the same message.
When posting a log extract, be selective. In most cases, a few dozen lines are more than enough.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Important: Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.
Step 2
Still in Console, look under System Diagnostic Reports for crash or panic logs, and post the entire contents of the most recent one, if any. In the interest of privacy, I suggest you edit out the “Anonymous UUID,” a long string of letters, numbers, and dashes in the header of the report, if present (it may not be.) Please don’t post any other kind of report—it will be very long and not helpful.
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Apr 13, 2014 10:28 AM in response to Linc Davisby HappyTexas,You lost me, dude, with that first paragraph. Duh.
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by Ralph Johns (UK),Apr 13, 2014 12:21 PM in response to HappyTexas
Ralph Johns (UK)
Apr 13, 2014 12:21 PM
in response to HappyTexas
Level 9 (73,279 points)
ApplicationsHi,
On your Mac you can create Mac User Accounts of Different types. (See System Preferences> Users and Groups)
The Original (first) account set up is normally an Admin account.
Other accounts can also be admin if you allow it, however they are more commonly Standard accounts.
You can set some with a Simple Finder and other with Parental Controls (Managed) turned ON.
8:21 pm Sunday; April 13, 2014
iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
Mac OS X (10.6.8),
Couple of iPhones and an iPad -
Apr 13, 2014 12:22 PM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)by HappyTexas,Where is the relevance in that comment, Ralph Johns (UK)?
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Apr 13, 2014 12:26 PM in response to HappyTexasby Carolyn Samit,The startup disk may need repairing .. (on a broadband connection, it's much faster to repair the disk or restore OS X using OS X Recovery then using an install disc).
Launch Disk Utility located in HD > Applications > Utillities
Select the startup disk on the left then select the First Aid tab.
Click: Verify Disk (not Verify Disk Permissions)
If DU reports errors, restart your Mac while holding down the Command + R keys. From there you should be able to access the built in utilities in OS X Recovery to repair the startup disk.
Make sure to back up all important files first before using OS X Recovery.
OS X Recovery does require a broadband high speed internet connection.
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by Ralph Johns (UK),Apr 13, 2014 12:31 PM in response to HappyTexas
Ralph Johns (UK)
Apr 13, 2014 12:31 PM
in response to HappyTexas
Level 9 (73,279 points)
ApplicationsHi,
You seem particularly inept at following things in a logical manner.
Linc Said
These instructions must be carried out as an administrator. If you have only one user account, you are the administrator.
You said
You lost me, dude, with that first paragraph.
So I told you where to look.
Your post has no indication you even went and looked.
Now. You might be frustrated and many of us here have been here long enough to recognise that situation
We are trying to help.
We don't have to. (I am out of here - and probably your Thread about Messages as well)
8:30 pm Sunday; April 13, 2014
iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
Mac OS X (10.6.8),
Couple of iPhones and an iPad -
Apr 13, 2014 12:32 PM in response to Carolyn Samitby HappyTexas,Thanks, Carolyn Samit. I will definitely give your suggestion a try.
I don't know what caused so many system freezes or how they stopped but they aren't happening so much any more. I have a lot of web pages getting hung up during the loading process but I can usually overcome these by reloading the page until it cooperates. Faulty loading is aggravating but much more tolerable than system-wide failures.
Thanks again.
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Apr 13, 2014 12:34 PM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)by HappyTexas,Ralph, when the question is why is my computer system crashing so often since installing a faulty operating system, where is the logic in reminding me I can have multiple user accounts on my computer.
That you think I needed you to tell me where to look is pompous but useless arrogance.
