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The drive is fairly new. Trashing the preference file did not solve the problem.

Thanks. That was really helpful. I'm going to try some of the suggestions for getting quality export from iMovie and if I can't get that to work then I'll try FCPX, for which Apple now offers a free trial.

Pacifist does a better job, it will install all the files to their original locations, overwriting the older existing files. No need for a tedious manual search and delete process.

I'm going to reinstall Safari. I have an app called AppZapper that will bring up a list items that were installed & related to Safari. I can then pick which items to deinstall. Does Pacifist do the same kind of operation?

No updates on Flash Player. I did however reinstall Safari Cookies 1.9.4, & SafariStand 4.0L168 for it was no longer visible in the menu bar.

My suggestion would be to download a new copy of safari Then use Pacifist to replace the defunct copy you have installed.

Another Scotch Ale for me please! Yes I was over ranting about slow corners SUVs (at least here in the US). Plus to open another driver rant it is what I call the "Red Light Sleeper". You have all seen this affect, your about to take a (US) left hand turn (with a green arrow to go) and the first car goes while the next car just sits there for a good 7 to 15 seconds before going. It always get to me why people do this especially on quick light arrows to turn. I was just caught behind one coming home tonight from the grocery store. He didn't move when the green arrow came on and stayed...

Did you update Flash Player or any plugins?

Go your Home Folder's Library and select the Preferences and find com.apple.finder.plist and trow it out. Then reboot to see if that helps. Good Luck.

Plus how old is you hard drive? Things like this can point to a something wrong on the old drive. PS- Plus remember the Finder's Preferences (in the Finder menu select the word 'Go' while holding down the 'option' key and select 'Library', Preferences folder. There you can find Finder's Preferences: com.apple.finder.plist and throw that into your Trash can. Then log out and log back in. This will reset Finder's Preferences and might fix the problem. Lastly, are you running any programs to change icons?

I'm not too sure how "SUV" somehow relates to a "military car" And - even the Audi Q7 is a pretty fair example that doesn't need to be nervously steered through a slow corner http://www.ooyyo.net/detail/c=CD5A2F7114D2854F111BFA6FBA75355BE1A01D6617F3844110/9094895030877438774.html/ I can't really speak for Satcomer - but I'm expecting that Satcomer was really talking about the _driver_, and not so much the type of vehicle. I don't know who said:

Aaaah.... Been away a very log time :( So for me a white beer ... SUV's hmm? If you are still driving here (Netherlands) in one of those you will be marked as a "loser". There are not many of them anymore to see. And let's face it: an Audi A8 is a far better looking car ;)

Well Satcomer & gang... good to hear from you guys... "Scotch is for Gentleman?" Hmm. I always thought it was Porto (sherry) and a fine wine. No matter. I still like Scotch.... and trust me. I am no gentleman.... only with ladies and children. Concerning these military cars... SUVs... frankly they should be banned from USA roads and only used in Iraq, Afghanistan or any part of the world where one can have "fun." Quads ditto. "Jerks on three wheels" I call them. Like guns."You like playing with an automatic or a machine gun.... well go play "overthere." And enjoy. Time for a wee dram.......

I often see that installing the combined updater does fix strange oddities that show up in the system from time to time. And, reinstalling that updater performs significant maintenance to your system, which you had not tried up to now. I don't expect you will see that same problem again (assuming it was a minor glitch in your system) Yours was an unusual problem, so the update should take care of that, perhaps permanently. I don't expect you will need to run the updater once a week - and I wouldn't expect you to run the updater again, unless you need to. Of course, wait a week (or a...