Applications open by themselves

Occasionally, applications open by themselves.
Specifically, the computer announces in its assigned voice "Opening iWeb". And iWeb opens.
Also does it with "Backup".
Need help stopping this behavior.....
Neither app is set to "open at login".
Seems to happen randomly - don't notice any particular pattern.

Step one, System Preferences->Universal Access->Seeing->turn VoiceOver OFF. For the app launching, check all LaunchAgents, LaunchDaemons, and StartupItems folders for anything associated with iWeb or Backup and then delete them.

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The answer is very simple: You were not the original owner of the phone. Target sold you a phone that had been returned. You can verify the date of the original sale here: Apple - Support - Check Your Service and Support Coverage. I suspect you will find that the warranty expiration date is not one year from the date that you bought it.

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Since the past 3 days, I'm experiencing a problem whenever I open Safari (When it's not running), 3 blank tabs with strange addresses open by themselves. Here are the addresses that may help someone explain how to solve the problem:
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HI,
From the Safari Menu Bar, click Safari / Empty Cache. When you are done with that...
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Blank tabs keep opening by themselves in Safari

Every few minutes, 1-2 blank tabs open by themselves in Safari. The address bar briefly shows a link to "trc.taboola.com" before clearing out and opening a blank, untitled tab. I have AVG on my Mac and also ran AdwareMedic but they haven't found anything. Any ideas on how to fix this?

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Blank tabs open by themselves in Safari.
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can i have multiple applications open on one page?

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Mac OS X Mountain Lion supports multitasking like cbs20 mentioned. Just like MS Windows just press alt+tab to switch to whatever applications you have open.
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There is a strange issue which is being faced by one user. when the user tries to access a Webdynpro ABAP application in Portal then it opens in new window but nothing is displayed in the tray. Now when the user right clicks on the opened window->properties and copies the url from properties and pastes it in new tab (IE 8 is used) then the application opens and works fine.
The portal and backend roles are fine for the user as he can access/work when the application is opened using the copied url.
Please suggest what could be the problem for the user. For other users the issue mentioned is not there.
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Just wanted to know if my assumptions were correct and whether I will be able to get it fixed with Apple Care if this is the case?
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CT wrote:
The 60 C at idle doesn't sound too unusual. The 90 C might be high depending what the "minimal load" means. For example, just using Safari, graphic/flash stuff can get the temperature up there.
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