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I'm coming into this exchange in midstream, so possibly my comments are obsolete, but it seems to me some of your problems might be symptomatic of a dying pram battery. 

AlanD


On 12 Jan 2011, at 11:18, paolo savonuzzi wrote:

> 'morning, Žorvaršur
> 
> 
> On 12/gen/2011, at 00.06, Žorvaršur Davķšsson wrote:
> 
>>> startup items reset to "none" and Safari cache emptyied.
>> 
>> You mean cache in Safari is emptied without you being directly involved? 
> 
> sorry: actually not the cache but all bookmarks and "Top Sites" previews are lost
> same as when one zaps the Pram
> 
> actually... it most likely happens on restarts following the installation/update of some app that asks "admin privileges". but also, very randomly, on its own
> 
> 
>> Regarding third party applications, do you possibly use one of the following programs as startup items?
>> 
>> Spark
>> SizzlingKeys
>> SimpleFloatingClock
>> ChronoSync with ChronoSyncBackgrounder
>> Default FolderX with Default FolderX Helper
>> MUMenu
>> Paste Master
>> BusyCal with BusyCalAlarm
>> FlexCalAgent (Part of BusyCal)
>> Chronories
>> Contactizer Pro
>> MaxMenus
>> Typinator
>> Scribblet
>> MenuCalendarClock
> 
> none of those on my Mac(s). but I don't think some sturtup item is necessarily the culprit
> 
> 
>> The Finder crashes now indeed far more often than I am used to. The good thing though is that it automatically relaunches again and very fast
> 
> exactly! and I can reproduce this behaviour whenever I want :-/
> never ever seen this issue prior to 10.6
> 
> 
> how do you say, in english... "mal comune mezzo gaudio"? ;-p
> -- 
> paolo

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