[OT] Strange OSX Problems

[Rick Harrison]

Hi Peter,

If I were you I'd also run a disk diagnostic program like
"DiskWarrior" just to see everything on your hard drive is correct.

Do a full backup of your computer hard drive
with Time Machine or else do a full image backup.
Then, realize that OS X.7.4 is not current and upgrade to OS X.7.5.

Try running the "Activity Monitor" to see if there is anything
out of the ordinary taking up the CPU cycles that shouldn't be.

If the problem still doesn't go away then:

Try running a "Virus Scanning" program just to be sure you haven't 
picked up a trojan anywhere from the internet.  (That's a long shot,
but may be worth the piece of mind.)

Sometimes a failing hard drive will lock things up too.

Try booting in "Safe Mode" to see if the problem goes away.
If it does then there is something else going on.

Hope this helps!

Rick

On Jul 9, 2013, at 3:49 PM, Peter Haworth <pete at lcsql.com> wrote:

> I am experiencing some very strange OSX 10.7.4 behavior and hoping someone
> may be able to shed some light on it.
> 
> All works fine for some undefined period of time, then I find that no new
> applications will launch either from the dock or double clicking them in
> the FInder or right clicking them and selecting open in the Finder.  No
> error message, just nothing happens.  Applications that are already running
> continue to work fine.
> 
> Concurrent with this, if I try to go to a new URL in my browser (Chrome),
> once again, nothing happens, no error message.
> 
> Restarting fixes the problem but it always reoccurs after some undefined
> period of time.
> 
> I have done the obvious things (verfying disks, repairing permissions) but
> they made no difference.  Also checked disk space on my home drive and
> there's plenty available.
> 
> Any diagnostic or fix ideas most welcome.
> 
> Pete
> lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>
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