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Tarka the Duck
11th February 2012, 11:04
Hello.
I run OSX10.6.8 on a Macbook.
I find that I can't have a text edit application open (I use Open Office) at the same time as Safari - as soon as I open Safari, the other applications close. Not just minimise to the dock: the window disappears completely, but I still have the little dot next to the icon on the dock and I have to click on that to re-open the application.
I'm trying to transcribe a video so I need Youtube running while I type...any suggestions?
Many thanks
Kathie
Humanbean
11th February 2012, 11:39
All I would say is that I had lots of little niggles running with safari, so much so that in the end I switched to chrome and everything smoothed out. Firefox would be another choice. I don't know if safari is the issue in your case, but it's easy to download another browser and find out. Good luck!
Tarka the Duck
11th February 2012, 11:50
Thanks for that - good idea! I'm downloading Firefox now...
Cidersomerset
11th February 2012, 13:43
No idea what you are talking about Tarka, but i can give you a computor Nerd....LOL...

No help at all ...Steve.....other than I use firefox and its fine......

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Tarka the Duck
11th February 2012, 13:47
Thanks Steve...:rolleyes:!
So with Firefox, can you have 2 windows open at the same time - one for the internet and one for a word processing application? Can you watch a video on Youtube while typing transcription of that video?
Kathie
seko
11th February 2012, 14:55
I use firefox and I can have many windows and programs open at the same time no prob.

I don't use safari......I just don't like it. hihihi.
Nasu
11th February 2012, 16:34
I would use txt edit rather than word, more stable with browsers, then copy and paste it into word if it has to be saved as a doc... N
shadowbox
11th February 2012, 16:56
goto utilities > terminal
type "sudo mv /Library/Preferences Preferences.old"
type password (make sure your user account has a password or this won't work)
hit enter
log out (cmd + shift + Q)
log back in... working now?

how much space do you have on the hard drive?
how much memory do you have?
goto utilities > disk utility
run "verify disk" & permissions repair

i work at apple so fire back if that didnt help

alex