Problems with iBook G4 Version 10.3.9

Nicaara

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There has been some sort of problem with these certain, small windows that pop up. Most ask me if I want to either (Do This), (Do That), or (Cancel). One of the easiest to identify is on Safari, when either I have no internet connection or the link does not exist. At the top of the page, a little window pops up below the page name, keyword box, and my favorites. It tells me it can't find the page and there is a button on blue that says (OK). But when ANYTHING I do, on ANY Application, (excuse me, all except Appleworks) triggers this one, little page, my computer does a delay, as if thinking, and the application freezes. And then *POOF* it's gone. Vanished. One of the worst disadvantages I get from this wily little virus is that I cannot import my pictures onto iPhoto, because when it asks me if I want to delete the pictures off of my camera, it does so on the little page that triggers the virus. It actually may not be a virus at all, but just a kink of some sort in the actual configuration of the computer itself, that leads the computer's thinker into blank space and, in desperation and confusion, it quits the program to avoid going completely berserk. HOW do I FIX this? I've tried looking over the internet for "how to defrag a mac", but i'm led to think that a mac constantly defrags itself. If it's true, it's definitely not doing a very good job.

I've been using macs for years, but I am not an experienced mac user yet.
 
Repair permissions with Disk Utility (applications/utilities)

It sounds as if you have a corrupt preference file (tho to be quite honest, I haven't been able to locate the right one yet)

The answer is NOT defragging. You have one specific thing going wrong. And Mac OS X defrags itself to an extent (anything under 20mb is defragged when used).

Being a painfully annoying problem as I'm sure it is, it may be of use to locate your system disk and perform an Archive & Install, which is done by:

• booting from the disc (hold down C when you turn your machine on with the disc in the drive), then
• hitting the Options button at the bottom of the window when you get to the "Select Destination Drive" screen, then
• selecting "Archive & Install" from the list

This creates a backup of all your data, so nothing is truly lost, and gives you a clean install of the system to your hard drive.

In times like this, I always prefer to reinstall the OS, simply because fixing the immediate problem may not get at the larger problem.

Good Luck.
 
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