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    Hi. I am having a problem on my iBook where every single application that comes with Mac OS X Publc Beta (TextEdit, any of the Grab Bag items, Calculator, Music Player, etc.) "unexpectedly quits" 100% of the time. I cannot open one single thing without it unexpectedly quitting within 30 seconds of my opening it. I can't even try to use anything on it because nothing stays open for me long enough, and not on the 2nd, and 3rd, and 4th try either.

    I wasn't sure if anyone else went through this or not. I tried to read through the past posts but didn't come across anything like this.

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    Talking

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    can you open a terminal window?


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    Yep, it's about the ONLY thing that'll stay open for longer than 30 seconds... why?

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    Oops, let me correct that last post (my boyfriend just reminded me of what happened). It crashed at the terminal too. I tried to type one command and it went boom.

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    Hi !

    Since your problem seems isolated (you seem to be the only one to have it) I would tend to beleive is on your computer, rather than with OS X.

    Let us go through a few questions :

    1- Have you checked your disk's integrity with Tech Tool Pro or Norton Disk Doctor ?

    2- Have you defragmented your HD prior to install ?

    3- Is there enough free space on the disk for the swap file (virtual memory) ?

    4- Have you installed new hardware ? Maybe some of it is not supported by the PB. If it is new RAM, maybe some of it is spoiled (check it with Tech Tool Pro).

    These may seem very basic questions, but it is a start since your problem does not seem widespread...

    If you went through this list and the problem is not there, then maybe you could do a complete backup of your system and reinitialize the whole disk using Apple drivers. If you can, making two partitions (with OS X's at least 1,5 GB). This should solve the problem that I would surmise is in the disk's logical structure (corrupted HFS+) or in a corrupted OS 9.

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    Unhappy Tried all that...

    1) Yes, I've checked the disk with both Norton and Tech Tool Pro
    2) Not only have I defragmented recently, but I just formatted the whole damn thing prior to install. It was 100% blank and initialized in HFS extended format.
    3) There's PLENTY of free space, way more than necessary
    4) I did install new ram a LONG time ago, but I did check it with TechTool and it said everything was okay.

    There is no OS 9 on it because I reformatted the disk before installing.

    <shrug>

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    Unhappy Hum

    Wow, you quickly posted a reply... this is almost a telephone conversation.

    Not to be outdone, I'll reply to your post as fast as you did to mine... ;-)

    Seriously, since these basic things are out of the way...

    a) are you using an Apple driver for the hard drive ?

    b) are your firmware up-to-date ? see :
    'http://asu.info.apple.com/swupdates.nsf/artnum/n11702'

    (I'll be back in a few minutes to see your answer ;-) )

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    Unhappy Yes and Yes

    Just read the subject. :P

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