Safari and iTunes Wont Load Anymore After Beer Spill

[rkarkar]

So dont ask me how but a beer spilt on my laptop keyboard (ibook g4). Afterwards, I quickly tilted it over and then removed the keyboard and dried it with a blow dryer. I later noticed that the computer shut down by itself bc I dont recall turning it off. Anyway, I got a little impatient/curious after an hour and restarted it. Not the smartest i know. It worked and I ran iTunes and played some music for my guests and then also was surfing the net a little. All was fine. Well we all went outside for a little and when I came back 20 minutes later, the computer had gone into sleep mode but wouldnt respond to keyboard presses so I shut it off for the rest of the night.

Fortunately this morning, the computer turned on fine. However, some of my Mac applications are not working, so far I know that Safari, iTunes and iChat arent opening but iPhoto and Quicktime are. I think all my other non-Mac apps work fine...So then I tried redownloading iTunes but that didnt work either. I also tried opening a song from my Finder and it wouldnt open in iTunes. Basically the icon loads on the bottom of the screen for a split second and then stops. I have the original software so I guess I could reinstall it but I was wondering if someone knew an easier way?

I feel pretty fortunate that my cpu works and at least I can use another browser/music player. Could have been much worse. Not to mention I can always get a new keyboard. Suggestions??

 

[kolax]

Maybe iTunes and Safari are still a bit wet. Try the hair dryer on them too.

Try trashing their .pref files, maybe got corrupted during the accident.

 

[SnowLeopard2008]

^ LOL, the first line of the above post is hilarious. What did you expect? Just try trashing their .plist files like the above poster suggested.

 

[rkarkar]

yes rather funny i agree. almost had me for a second...

so how exactly do i do this? I've found a lot of different .plist files and not sure which folders to go into.

 

[kolax]

so how exactly do i do this? I've found a lot of different .plist files and not sure which folders to go into.

Quit iTunes and delete the com.apple.iTunes.plist from "Users/Your Home Folder/Library/Preferences".

 

[rkarkar]

Thanks but it doesnt seem to change anything. I tried it for both Safari and iTunes. Other options?