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