Buona sera, signore! On 12.01.2011, at 12:18, paolo savonuzzi 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 Loosing all bookmarks must be a real nightmare. Hope that will never happen to me. > > >> 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 I thought Spark might perhaps have something to do with it, it was not always 100% reliable in the past. It’s actually a very interesting program, it runs in the background all the time and waits patently until you press a predefined hotkey, then it opens a file, a folder or executes some other command. Now I have disabled it, don’t need it anymore because MaxMenus can do this too. > > how do you say, in english... "mal comune mezzo gaudio"? ;-p Two in distress make sorrow less. http://de.wikiproverbs.com/index.php/Geteilter_Schmerz_ist_halber_Schmerz. http://wikiproverbs.com/index.php/Main_Page Best wishes, Þorvarður Davíðsson OS X 10.6.5 MacBook Pro 17’’