Posts by Danarchy

I've always had that issue with Safari. I've tried other browsers and settled with Camino. Little memory usage, depending on sites I visit, but less RAM usage than Firefox and Opera. Opera is my second choice. I just don't like dealing with the increasing memory usage, beach ball spinning and the slowness of Safari. I have to use it for certain sites right now as I need a fresh installation of Camino because something has gotten corrupted. Verified by a free app called Troubleshoot Camino. I also have a paid app called iFreeMem that frees up RAM without rebooting. Works great for me.
I've also been using a free (donations accepted) app called Memory Monitor for years. It uses less memory than Activity monitor. Bernard Baher made it.
http://www.bernhard-baehr.de/
I used to use Mac Janitor to clean up things & release memory. It won't work properly on Leopard, but it may still work with Tiger. It's free also. It worked better than iFreeMem. Both take a miniscule amount of time to work.
Hope this helps you. These apps did help me tremendously.

Yes assuming you meet all the system requirements.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1514

Thanks for posting the solution.
Another thing to add to my problem solutions folder.

TechTool Pro defrags the main HDD and any external I've used since being on Leopard. How much it helps, I'm not sure. It's sort of like Disk Warrior's optimization.
Not sure if it's compatible with 3.9. I still use Disk Warrior on my eMac that has that.

>Apparently Mac the Ripper is no longer available.
You can get it from MacUpdate.

Thanks.
I should have gone there in my search.
And I got ideas for better rippers.

mac the ripper can make a copy to back up the dvd and handbrake can rip to other format. the speed depends on what quality you want and the config of your os

Apparently Mac the Ripper is no longer available. All I got were dead links.

Just burn the .mp3 files in the same way you would burn pictures or spreadsheets or whatever

we arent supposed to talk about that here

Thanks. I asked about this 2 years ago and nobody had a clue.

My mistake.
My apologies.

I neglected to see that I wasn't replying to the original poster, but some one that had a similar problem within the same thread.
Since I've changed my thread view, it threw me off.
Thanks for the info too.
Dan

Hello,
I assume that only the original poster (or moderator and administrator of course) of a thread can mark the thread as solved.
I know this doesn't get done all the time and wondered what the protocol for such might be?

This thread was solved a bit back, yet it's still on the front page of the OS X forum.

http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread44111.html

Just being inquisitive.

Thanks,
Dan

Thanks for the reply and idea David.

It didn't change the warning issue.
I did contact Apple on this and they had me do basically the same minus booting into safe mode.

I assume, in safe mode, that the diagnostic repair you mentioned is run in the
background (not visible), as I saw nothing unusual except my 22" screen was cut in size down to about 2/3rds. By the way, I use nothing wireless.
I did do a software update before and after.

Apple says as long as it says repairs complete, not to worry. Had I talked to a tier 2 tech, I might have gotten a better explanation of what those warnings are and why they are there. But if I'm not experiencing any other problems, I won't worry anymore.

But my curiosity is still there as to what they actually mean. Need to got to Apple school.

Thanks again for a timely and informative reply,
Dan

Hello,
I keep getting these warning messages in the details of the repaired permissions text whenever I run repair, which is often.

Kind of worries me as I've never seen a warning in repair permissions. But I just switched to a new machine that came with Leopard.

Mac Mini 1.83GHz core 2 duo 2GB RAM
See2Xtreme external USB video card for expanded desktop (with which I'm not real happy as they haven't gotten it to support both monitors to be in portrait mode yet)
19" Acer WS 22" Acer WS

Thanks for your attention and any ideas as to these warnings.
They are attached.

Hello,
Just wondering why OS X 5 is not listed in the list of OS's in that forum?
I made a post that never got to the board and just had me wondering if that wasn't allowed. Also did a search for Leopard and OS X 5.5 and got no results.

I've been assured that it is fine to include questions on the above OS. Maybe I clicked the wrong button when posting and cancelled it instead. And maybe we could get Leopard up in the list of OS's??

Thanks for your attention,
Danarchy

Again ... thanks !
Went down to the workshop and hauled the Imac out of its hidey hole and found that it is an earlier than you think Bondi Blue with no Firewire ports ... hows that for old ?
So no more experimenting.
Will probably end up getting a stand-alone storage device....recommendations welcome.
Tony

That's pretty old.

I have two older Acomdata external drives. First one is 80GB and last one is 320. Never had a problem with either, but I don't have them on unless I'm using them. Lot's of opinions out there on what's better than another. When I get a new one, since they're so inexpensive compared to when I got mine, I'll go with the ones that have the best warranty. 500GB to 1TB are pretty inexpensive now. Just get one with more than you think you'll need or get two that will handle more than what's on your machine plus.

Good luck on your research.

You're quite welcome.

Just get a 50 foot cable and you should be set.

Post how it worked for you, if you would?
Then you can mark it solved.

I have an Emac and older Imac 9.2 which has 6gig available on its hard drive.
How do I go about using this older Imac as back-up storage for the Emac if at all possible so that I increased memory on the Emac.
Please keep it simple ... I am not too tech minded !
Tony

Hello Tony,
I just checked to see if your iMac has firewire ports. It does.
Some things I've read say this is difficult with early iMacs, but I don't see why after further research.

This article will guide you through the process. One thing I read (elsewhere) is that you may want to leave the target machine (iMac) on 24/7.
I did this with a dying eMac to transfer files to my Mac Mini. It was difficult for me, as the eMac didn't want to stay on and the screen would go black (part of it's dying process).

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1661

You just need a spare firewire cable.
Hope this helps and good luck.

eMac 700 MHz 1GB RAM 10.3.8
eMac 1GHz 1GB RAM 10.3.9 still dying.
Mac Mini 1.83GHz 2MB RAM 10.5.5

It was a regular industry message board.........no P2P involved.

But I read some other posts in other threads on here..........downloaded Spybot, unhooked every cable from my computer and modem, took a vicodin and a nap, and when I got back up VOILA! I can get back on after not being able to for 3 months!

Spybot is GREAT! It takes FOREVER to run, but I let it run all night while I slept.

Glad you got it working again!
Spybot Search and Destroy? Yes, it catches stuff that Bit Defender and AdAware don't sometimes. I put all three on my girlfriend's Windows PC.
The vicodin probably helped the duration of the scan. :zzz:

I've been having this same problem with my favorite message board website. I've talked to their admins and I haven't been banned and I'm the only person having the problem.......which has been happening for about 3 months now. I used to be on the site literally all day and then one day POOF it wouldn't connect and I would get the same message that the first person in this thread deals with as well.

I've tried to pull up the site on Firefox (which I use all the time), IE, Opera, and Netscape......still nothing. I've defragged, system restored, cleared cookies, ran anti-virus scans, and still my fav website won't come up!

Any suggestions..............serious suggestions please! lol

What's the site?

Also you may want to talk with your ISP. Mine bans certain P2P sites.

That's what happens when you use illegal copies of software.

Good answer.

>Couldn't read that part since it was so small.

It's actually a thumbnail; clicking on it will reveal a larger image. I'm reasonably sure that the "Mark as Solved/Unsolved" link appears beside the "Reply to Thread" button at the bottom of pages for moderators and regular members alike.

In any case, here's the full view of what I see:

Thanks John,
I was an idiot and didn't discover your thumbnail until after. It enlarged after I clicked it.
But I still do Not have that option that we spoke of. Maybe it's the browser that I use, Camino.
Ther e is no option, maybe Camino, to mark posts with icons. I've tried Safari, Camino, Firefox and Opera. Maybe it's my outdated machine. Hope not.
eMac 1Gh 1024 ram and running on Charter.net @ 5mg

Thanks for your reply,
Dan

Thanks John A,
For clearing up my misunderstanding of your post.

And thanks for taking care of the 'Solved" issue.

I used to see those choices like you had on the mini grab shot. Couldn't read that part since it was so small. But I can't see those options on any part of the page in Camino or Safari. I'll try Opera and Firefox. Firefox doesn't show those options either. Just additional options, which doesn't cover the solved option. Nor do I see the other icons, like the flame or pencil.

Dan

Oh.
Thanks to whomever added the "Solved" to my post.
I still can't find the link to do so.

DaniWeb got hacked a few days ago using some sort of vBulletin vulnerability, and the hackers got root. Naturally, some changes were made to close the security hole, and this could have something to do with the rendered HTML of a page.

blud was running DaniWeb off of an alternate server while he did a complete OS reload of the primary server. I don't know if DaniWeb's still running off that, but if it is, that could account for the slowness.

Sorry to hear that. They're hacking phones in unbelievable ways now too.
But this problem went back months ago when there were a lot of java problems and Daniweb had changed the site.

I think, just my uneducated opinion, that Safari, on OS X3.9 is just slow and a memory hog. Daniweb loads fine on Camino.

Thanks for the reply.

Working for me too now, however it takes a looong time to load a page. Keep waiting for the crash but it hasn't happened yet.

Glad to hear it's working for you too. Safari was loading slowly on Daniweb for me too. So I'm back with Camino and glad for it. Loads pages much faster than Safari.

This site now works on Safari. I don't know what happened to stop the problem and can't find the solved link to mark it solved without replying, so I apologize for bringing this old thread up again. Still using Camino as it uses less memory.

That's an odd one. Be proud that you figured a temporary workaround!

I have no clues, so hopefully somebody else knows of this issue.

Best of luck,
Danarchy

Thanks for the replies folks.
I tried unchecking the scripting. Crash. Tried unchecking contextual advertising. Crash.
Just tried YouTube and it's loading fine now.

It seems like it must be something new on this site.
That's a shame, since I like this site And Safari too.
Using Camino at this moment.

Hmm, have had so many problems with safari being so strict on correctly complying web sites I have changed to Fire Fox. Safari plays by the rules, others do not so how can Safari move a mountain? Safari is otherwise such a good browser.

You apparently know more than do I (not unusual). Correctly complying sites? Safari plays by the rules. Meaning the others don't? I need to do some more reading.

Firefox is fine if you want to go through the scripting options all the time.

Camino and Opera work fine for me. Though there may be security issues with them that I'm not aware of.

I too recommend Firefox - was quicker than trying to sort out whatever it was with Safari, though now I am curious about it too as I have had it happen to me as well. I mess with Apples when other people have problems with them, there is one in the house that I've been known to resurrect from total catastrophe during FINALS! I have a dead iBook G4 looking pretty on a shelf in front of me...needs a keyboard and some display stuff. I want to get it working! Tip: it's not a good idea to throw your Apple down the subway stairs...

Some stuff on sites, particularly javascript, seem to have a knack for busting Safari. In the case of Daniweb it could be some scripting in the features...likely the type of stuff the site's developers would know about. Knowing that like 3% (guessing) of their browser traffic is Safari might not place it high on the list of priorities. Or maybe you need to empty a cache or something. Who knows...it's hackers! There probably is a better place to ask this question. I would imagine someone more savvy on scripting and Safari could probably tell us what it is pretty quickly. Apparently Safari does have high thresholds for design standards so it barfs on certain stuff. I am not a programmer but I have had to deal with a lot of the nightmarish crap that is their world. It sucks. This is just one small part of …

Having the same problem last 2 weeks. Computer is same specs as OP's.

Using Internet Explorer to make this post.

Sorry to hear this.
I've read that folk using Tiger and Safari 3 are having problems accessing youtube but only you and me, so far, reporting this issue on Daniweb. Maybe not enough using Safari 1.3.2 on this board.

Thanks for your input. I now know that I'm not the only one on this site with this problem.
Using Camino to access this site now.

Safari 1.3.2 again crashing @ Daniweb.com and now youtube.com.

So I didn't fix it.

Any ideas, other than spending money that I don't have to upgrade to Leopard, which I'm not sure my machines would handle well, would be greatly appreciated.

Others are having this problem on the Apple site, but no answers. Other tech sites I've run into are talking greek, to me, in their assessments of the issue.

Thanks in advance to anyone that can help.

Okay, I'm in with Safari. Yay!
Not sure why. I followed the instructions from Apple below and unchecked all 4. Then rechecked from the bottom one by one. Each time being able to load Daniweb, all the way until they are all checked again. Not being very tech savvy, I don't understand why it's now working with all the security settings being the same as they were.

To isolate an issue to active content, you may temporarily disable it. Follow these steps:

1. From the Safari menu, choose Preferences.
2. Click the Security icon.
3. Deselect the four checkboxes to the right of Web Content.
4. Close the Preferences window.
5. Go back to the page where the issue occurs.

Note that many web page features will not be available when these web content options are turned off. But if the issue does not occur when they are off, the issue is probably linked to one of them. You can turn them back on one at a time, testing after each. Though this may not lead to an immediate solution, this can help you submit feedback to the site owner or to Apple.

Problem solved!

Not having any replies to this, I'm just reporting as I go to what more I've tried. Like below, but haven't contacted Daniweb yet.
I also updated Flash Player as advised by Secunia.org. They also show a problem with Java. I've checked in Terminal and have the proper java according to Apple. On to do some more with Java.

From Apple:
Note where Safari quits

If your software is up to date and Safari always quits on the same website, then the cause is most likely a piece of incompatible content on that website. Completing the other steps in this document could help, but in many cases there is no immediate solution. When that is the case, you should use feedback links on the affected website to describe the issue to its owners. You can also notify Apple of the issue. To do that, from the Safari menu, choose Report Bugs to Apple.

Hello,
Just in case someone needs a crash report from this, here it is. I've tried everything I know and read the Apple forums to no avail.

Thanks again, in advance, for any ideas.

Danarchy

OS Version: 10.3.9 (Build 7W98)
Report Version: 2

Command: Safari
Path: /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari
Version: 1.3.2 (312.6)
PID: 399
Thread: 0

Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS (0x0001) at 0xffffffff

Thread 0 Crashed:
0 com.apple.JavaScriptCore 0x961d1f64 compile_branch + 0x2dc

Thread 1:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90007878 mach_msg_trap + 0x8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x900073f8 mach_msg + 0x38
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x901c2258 __CFRunLoopRun + 0x350
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x901c69e4 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 0x148
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x90a2d038 -[NSRunLoop runMode:beforeDate:] + 0xac
5 com.apple.Foundation 0x90a45c44 -[NSRunLoop run] + 0x4c
6 com.apple.WebKit 0x99213e6c +[WebFileDatabase _syncLoop:] + 0xa8
7 com.apple.Foundation 0x90a6a398 forkThreadForFunction + 0x6c
8 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024930 _pthread_body + 0x28

Thread 2:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90007878 mach_msg_trap + 0x8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x900073f8 mach_msg + 0x38
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x901c2258 __CFRunLoopRun + 0x350
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x901c69e4 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 0x148
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x90a2d038 -[NSRunLoop runMode:beforeDate:] + 0xac
5 com.apple.Foundation 0x90a45c44 -[NSRunLoop run] + 0x4c
6 com.apple.Foundation 0x90a97f0c +[NSURLConnection(NSURLConnectionInternal) _resourceLoadLoop:] + 0x20c
7 com.apple.Foundation 0x90a6a398 forkThreadForFunction + 0x6c
8 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024930 _pthread_body + 0x28

Thread 3:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9000b42c select + 0xc
1 com.apple.Foundation 0x90a22844 _loadRunLoop + 0xd4
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024930 _pthread_body + 0x28

Thread 4:

Hello,
Whenever I get an update email from Daniweb, I click on any of the subject links and Safari crashes. Same if I type in the Daniweb url. I'm using Opera, latest version to get around this.
This started happening about amonth ago.
I'm not currently going through my router, but it happened when I was also.
Any ideas why?

Thanks for any thoughts,
Dan

eMac 1G OSX3.9
Safari 1.3.2 (v312.6)

Do let us know what happens as it enlightens those who try and solve problems reported here.

Okay,
I really appreciated your input and just your reply.

This machine is so full of viri, trojans, spy & malware that I think it's beyond repair. Well, in relation to money for repairing and time not paid for. I learned a lot from y'all and from reading after this. And from spending 14 straight hours dealing with this machine. Shut down about 20 times.
But I think I learned from a tech repairman that some things are best left to destroy and install. Some just to destroy.
I found out that this machine was worked on before to the point of the tech giving up and offering to replace the hard drive. Why it stayed with MS 2000 SP4, I'll never know.

If one replaces a hard drive don't they have to replace/install an OS?

There were too many hijackers on there to allow me to get past one page. So downloading was near impossible. I lucked out twice. Adaware(not Free though I tried to get that page)
scan found over 12,375 infections, worms, trojans and what not.

I rid the machine of some of these and it sped up. SpywareDoctor(free version) catches two per startup. Then they started reinstalling. Microsoft is a challenge. Not for the unknowing.

I haven't tried your download yet because i was trying to stay on line and …

Do let us know what happens as it enlightens those who try and solve problems reported here.

I will.
Got to get the working/slow PC set up and all.

Dan

==Download SmitfraudFix (by S!Ri) from http://siri.urz.free.fr/Fix/SmitfraudFix.zip
Extract the content (a folder named SmitfraudFix) to your Desktop.
- Restart your computer in Safe Mode.
- Open the SmitfraudFix folder and double-click SmitfraudFix.cmd, select option #2 - Clean [type 2 and Enter]
You will be prompted: "Registry cleaning - Do you want to clean the registry?"; answer Y and Enter [which will remove the desktop background and clean registry keys associated with the infection].
The tool will next check if wininet.dll is infected- if it is you will be prompted to replace the file ; type Y and press "Enter".
It will also create a log named rapport.txt in the root of your drive, eg: Local Disk C:\
Restart in normal Windows. Please post C:\rapport.txt
[You may also have to restore your desktop background...
If so, go Start >run, type regedit and <enter>. Navigate to this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Please export that key: in the left pane highlight system with a lclick, go File, export... , save as bluewall with file type .txt. Close regedit and post that txt file.]
==Download this file to your desktop: http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/sUBs/ComboFix.exe
- to run it dclick combofix.exe and follow the prompts to start it. When finished, it will produce a log, C:\Combofix.txt - post that log in your next reply.
A word of caution - do not touch your mouse/keyboard until the scan has completed. The scan will temporarily …

If you can't get onto the internet, you have a problem unless you have a second PC and a portable drive to download remedial stuff.

The Anti-Spyware forum here will take you through what to do and it's long winded.

You might also consider my manual method which is described in a post in the spyware forum dated 24-Aug-2007. This also needs a secoind PC for you to operated on the screwed up system disk.

Good luck.

Thanks Suspishio.
I have two PC's to try to fix. I do have an old PC that can get on line. Very slow machine.
But I see why I need another from your reply.
I can't use my macs to solve these problems, obviously.

Thanks for the reply,
Dan

Pardon any naivete about Windows 2000 and Windows in particular. I'm a mac user and windows maintainer. He put Spycrusher on here and that seems to be a horrible thing to do. Ahh, yeah. From what I've read anyway. Hard to get rid of all of it.
This friend's machine was scanned by WinAntiVirusPro 2006(guessing it was real) by it's own doing and me allowing it. I just turned it(the machine) on, dug around and shut down auto spy-ware apps I've never heard of in the Windows world. Done lots of research on Windows viri, spys, malware and such but never come across this degree of infection.
Well, his uncle's is worse. It just shuts down from all the errors and junk.
Oh yeah. WinAntivirusPro2006 popped up hours after I shut the machine down. As did the Spycrusher.
I think they think it's a TV. Just change the channels (site).

Is there anything I can do, short of pulling and replacing the hard drive? Or putting a Radio Shack demagnetizer to it and installing XP? Doubt that it could handle Vista. Vista seems to be slow on a fast machine. I don't know the RAM in it yet. But not enough I'm sure.

I don't mind the challenges.
If you need more specs on the machine, fine. I can give you that too. The rest I can't get to. No program access or delete. Control panel is useless!! No internet connection. That's denied. …

It came back just a smidgen, after my last post, then stopped again.
I'd bettet get a new soldering iron as my gun is not working well and too big for that work. If I can tackle fixing my monitor soldering, maybe i can apply to Apple or some retailer for a new job. Used to love working with wiring and solder.

Thanks junt!

This problem has stopped with no known reason

That is weird.
But I know now that it's not just CRTs nor Macs.

Cooling fan didn't help. Seems that the damage is done. Looking for a replacement or just a portrait/landscape pivot LCD to use instead of the CRT.

Good luck with yours.

I get the same thing on my thinkpad

So maybe it's not just a crt issue.
Let me know if you find any answer. I have to wait a bit to get my machine in to have it checked.

Thanks

Hmm..
That's more possibilities than I thought. It may be worth it to take it in for a diagnosis then.
I have filters on the under side air intakes because of dust and smoke. May be time to change them or just remove them and put a small fan blowing under it. I thought, originally, that the intake vent was at the round back, and it may have some intake back there, but when I last changed the filters below, it made me realize that most of the incoming air seems to be from those vents below.

I'll probably take it in for an assessment.

Thanks a lot Junt.

Thanks for the reply junt.
I realized after more observation that it happens on the desktop and doesn't, as you say, matter about any application or browser. It's just intermittent. It does it after it starts up sometimes too and goes away for a while. I did find some info that it happened to iMacs with CRTs too. And some one said it's The 'flyback transformer'. But the repair cost is about the same as the computer is worth or more. And they said that one experiencing this issue should make regular backups for when the CRT dies. And someone else said that one can just connect a flat panel monitor and disconnect the CRT.

Pardon my ignorance, but how would I put a cooling system to an eMac that is an all in one machine? Doesn't seem to be much space in there.

Thanks again,
Dan

Hello,
I'm afraid to hear the possible truth to this question, but...

The screen on my eMac contracts a bit in size for a fraction of a second to a second. Seems to only do it when using a browser, not just when my slide show is running or if I have a solid color background on the desktop.

It doesn't always do it, but seems to happen after it has warmed up a bit. Doesn't seem to matter if I put it to sleep or shut it down.

I've read a bit near to this subject but none have had exactly the same problem. They had jittery desktops for the most part.

I'm afraid that it might be the motherboard and or a chip. But it seems that replaciing it might not be cost effective as most repairers won't replace the affected chip, just swap out the logic/motherboard.

This started happening soon after switching up to 10.3.9
Any ideas will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your attention to this matter,
Dan

eMac 1 GHz, 1GB RAM, OSX 3.9, Safari, Opera, Firefox, Camino, Mozilla; used in that order of preference.

Thanks Joe.
I may have left some of the tracks as AIFF or something else that was unreadable by the CD/MP3 player and or the player was not the best, as I got it for cheap at WalMart as an experiment.

Dan

Yes.
That's what they were talking about.
I did get a portable CD/MP3 player, but I'm ignorant on how to get that many tracks on a cd. What I did get on there didn't play well. Probably because I was too ignorant to know to make sure they were in MP3 format?
What format and or how do I compress them to fit.

Thanks for reviving this.
Dan

Thanks Joe.
I kind of figured that, but thought there might be some way to change it to the opposite function.
I am familiar with Firefox's ability. Opera works the same way.

Hello.

Yes, I finally upgraded again to X 3.9.

But if I right click an image to save to a folder or such, I have to click the Option key to get the Contextual box to change from Save to Desktop to Save As.

Just wondering if there is a workaround for this? Like in Terminal or something. So the contextual box has Save As as it's default.

Thanks in advance for any ideas,
Dan

eMacs 700MHz 10.3.8 1GB Ram
1GHz 10.3.9 1GB Ram