Crashes Increasing

Question

I use OS 10.3.9 on an iBook G4. In the past two weeks I have had an increasing number of crashes. I may not be using the correct term programs keep quitting unexpectedly. They have occurred while not doing anything like Version Tracker today which launches at start up, it loaded then quit. Mail and Safari are quitting more often as they are used more often. The reason seem random, changing fonts in an email clicking on a link, etc.
I run Disk Utility anytime I do an install or update but nothing else.
Any suggestions? Any news of this being a broad problem?
Thanks
Richard

Answer 1

Hi! Try booting from the install disc and repairing the drive. Repairing permissions is good but sometimes the drive's directory needs repairing and you can only repair a drive while booted from a different volume. Tom
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc that came with your computer, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk.