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Uh Oh..Programs Still Running Problem is Still Running - IronMac - 04-20-2009
A couple of days ago, I posted how at least two of my programs - Opera and Word - would still show up in the Finder and Dock as running programs but not in Activity Monitor:
http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1,713883,713883#msg-713883
I used Onyx and cleared everything and things seemed fine until now. The problem is back. I have yet to shut down the MBP but I suspect that it might hang again.
Any further suggestions? I am going to run TTPro on it in a little while. Thanks.
Re: Uh Oh..Programs Still Running Problem is Still Running - hal - 04-20-2009
use the activity monitor to force quit the apps - then restart
don't run ttp - can't imagine it would help
Re: Uh Oh..Programs Still Running Problem is Still Running - IronMac - 04-21-2009
Activity Monitor goes through the motions of force quitting but it does not work.
Shutting down hangs once again.
Re: Uh Oh..Programs Still Running Problem is Still Running - hal - 04-21-2009
hey sorry - it's never failed me
there's something fishy going on round here...
Re: Uh Oh..Programs Still Running Problem is Still Running - Doc - 04-21-2009
You cleaned out your system, user, browser and font caches when you used Onyx?
Have you recently upgraded your Mac's RAM or added a USB or FireWire peripheral?
Re: Uh Oh..Programs Still Running Problem is Still Running - IronMac - 04-21-2009
Yep, all of those caches cleaned out.
No new memory. Just started using a new 3G USB wireless modem and a cellphone that recharges through USB.
Re: Uh Oh..Programs Still Running Problem is Still Running - Doc - 04-21-2009
'Any chance you could stop using the 3G modem for awhile and see if that fixes it?
It could be something wacky with a corrupt cache causing the apps to quit improperly, but that issue seems to have been eliminated via Onyx.
The remaining scenario is that your apps are becoming "zombies." Some errant process is snagging them and becoming their "parent" when they go to quit. If it wasn't happening all along then some new app or previously unused driver is the most likely culprit and if you've added that modem recently...
Re: Uh Oh..Programs Still Running Problem is Still Running - IronMac - 04-21-2009
Oh, I forgot...just added in a new Brother DCP-7030 but why would any new item only affect those two programs? And only after using them for a while.
I am switching over to a WLAN connection with another provider for the next day or so so we will see what happens.
Re: Uh Oh..Programs Still Running Problem is Still Running - Doc - 04-21-2009
IronMac wrote:
Oh, I forgot...just added in a new Brother DCP-7030 but why would any new item only affect those two programs?
It takes work to ensure that a complex app quits gracefully.
Odds are that it would affect more apps if you ran more apps.
Re: Uh Oh..Programs Still Running Problem is Still Running - IronMac - 04-21-2009
I'm running about eight apps at a time.