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software regularly crashing ... thought this was a Mac??
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Brand new MacBook? What's the config?
Have you added any RAM?
How about other programs, Safari etc ok? Have you tried trashing the offending ones and installing them again?
Have you added any RAM?
How about other programs, Safari etc ok? Have you tried trashing the offending ones and installing them again?
If it's third party RAM it could quite possibly be faulty. The way OS X manages memory is great, IMHO, but it really seems to make dodgy RAM obvious!
Firefox can be flakey, although i personally haven't had any significant problems with it.
the latest version of VLC has a bug that causes crashes on some machines. Does it crash as soon as you open a video file?
IIRC you need to open VLC by itself, go to the advanced video preferences, and change the playback module from openGL to something else ... I don't remember exactly, but google should help pin it down.
the latest version of VLC has a bug that causes crashes on some machines. Does it crash as soon as you open a video file?
IIRC you need to open VLC by itself, go to the advanced video preferences, and change the playback module from openGL to something else ... I don't remember exactly, but google should help pin it down.
I've used VLC and Firefox for several years and on at least 5 Macs. Yes, they crash often, but they are after all Third Party. Are your Tiger applications are crashing regulalry too?
