Mail and Safari windows close abruptly

Recommended updates to Itunes, Quicktime player and Security patches were applied. After that, Mail and Safari are going crazy.
Any attempt to navigate using keyboard (eg. Tab) in form fill, or clicking on certain legitimate links is causing Safari to close down with no message whatsoever.
Simiar attempts to use keyboard to move up/down or attempt to reply or forward a mail from the mail main window is causing Mail to shut down with no message.
Can anyone help me?

Further diagonisis on this problem: It doesn't have to be keyboard operation. Even when I am using mouse to navigate, it is crashing (window closing down with no message whatsoever).
Very Very Very Very Very frustrating. Some immediate help needed please.

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Click "Print" and Mail and Safari close

I have an HP 6840 connected to my iBookG4 using an Airport Extreme Base Station(g) and Airport Express. The printer is connected to the AX using a USB cable. I was able to print until I tried to connect and install a Canon scanner. The install did not take. I disconnected the scanner and trashed the installation items from my desk top. Since then when I go to print an e-mail or a page in Safari either Mail or Safari abrubtly closes. What have I done to cause this and how do I get my printer back?

Dumb, dumb, dumb. Got help. Installed latest software for the printer. Bingo!

Problems with Mail and Safari

Hi,
I'm running OS 10.11 and am having some consistent problems with Mail and Safari on my MacPro Dual 2.66. Here they are:
Sometimes, for no apparent reason, selecting these applications from the dock no longer opens the application (or a new window if already opened), but causes them to be revealed in the finder.
In Safari, when this problem occurs, another symptom seems to be that new windows will ONLY open in a new tab, even though I have preferences set to open links in a new window. If I click on a bookmark within a folder in the bookmark toolbar, Safari will open ALL the bookmarks in the folder in new tabs!!
In Mail, when I open my Inbox, clicking on various messages will highlight (in blue) ALL the messages I'm clicking on, instead of simply displaying the highlighted message in the reader.
The only way to get things back to normal is to reboot my machine, which is getting to be a total drag, especially since this seems to happen fairly often.
One other thing that may be related- if my screen saver is running, and I move the mouse to go to an active screen, the computer will "freeze." It stays like this indefinitely- I figured out that if I press the button on the machine itself it will go to sleep, and I can wake it up and then everything is fine, but I don't understand what's going on.
I have tried using Disk Utility and Disk Warrior, and have used OnyX to clean out my system cache and aall sorts of other stuff, but to no avail.
Is anybody else experiencing any of this? I'm starting to get really frustrated. Thanks for any advice.
Cheers,
Andrew

Scott,
I had posted earlier that I had Flash payer problems and then QuickTime and PDF preview problems too, on my Intel PowerMac. I could not figure out what the problem was, because fixing permissions and moving plugins did not work. Console indicated that the Quicktime components were not found, with the problem in a webkit pref file somewhere (nil field value). Anyway, I bailed and reinstalled Leopard from a 10.5.0 DVD, and then updated using the combo updater to 10.5.3. Everything worked. Then, after the 'Java for Mac OSX 10.5 Update 1', it all broke again. This time, repairing permissions resulted in:
User differs on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.4.2/Home/lib/jvm.cfg", should be 0, user is 95.
User differs on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.4.2/Libraries/classlist" , should be 0, user is 95.
Now it all works again. This is obviously a flaw with the Java update, and also somehow Disk Utility did not find it earlier. Anyway, take a look at reverting the Java update, or manually changing user for those files (I suppose user 0 is root, but maybe it is nobody).
Obscure....

Mail and safari hogging cpu - corrupt preferences?

I am having a major problem when I run Mail or Safari under Mavericks on my iMac - they hog all the CPU making it hard to do other things unless I keep quitting the Mail Web Content or Safari Web Content processes using Activity Monitor. This also has shown up in other discussions on this board and no one seems to have a resolution to the problem. But the curious thing is that I only have the problem on my older iMac, but on my new MacBook Pro that also runs Mavericks, runs Mail with identical settings (and is accessing the same server) and runs Safari with the same bookmarks there is no problem. So the problem must be with something on my iMac that is causing Mail and Safari to keep running these Web Content processes and taking over the CPU.
In the old days I would have assumed it was a corrupt Preferences file and deleted that, but no one has sugggested this. Is this possible? If so, what should be deleted?

While everything had been working fine, this morning I installed the latest update to the operating system and I am back with the same problem (although I am only having Mail Web Content hogging the CPU and not Safari Web content this time). I am posting below some information from the log as you suggested (sorry if it is too much but I don't know what you are looking for). Let me know if there is anything else you need. Thanks for the help LInc.
12/17/13 12:23:22.645 PM WindowServer[114]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Safari" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
12/17/13 12:23:22.983 PM Safari[226]: CGWindowContextCreate: failed to create window context delegate.
12/17/13 12:23:22.983 PM Safari[226]: CGWindowContextCreate: failed to create window context delegate.
12/17/13 12:23:22.983 PM Safari[226]: CGContextSaveGState: invalid context 0x0. This is a serious error. This application, or a library it uses, is using an invalid context and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system stability and reliability. This notice is a courtesy: please fix this problem. It will become a fatal error in an upcoming update.
12/17/13 12:23:23.181 PM Safari[226]: CGContextResetCTM: invalid context 0x0. This is a serious error. This application, or a library it uses, is using an invalid context and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system stability and reliability. This notice is a courtesy: please fix this problem. It will become a fatal error in an upcoming update.
12/17/13 12:23:23.184 PM Safari[226]: CGContextResetClip: invalid context 0x0. This is a serious error. This application, or a library it uses, is using an invalid context and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system stability and reliability. This notice is a courtesy: please fix this problem. It will become a fatal error in an upcoming update.
12/17/13 12:23:23.188 PM Safari[226]: CGContextTranslateCTM: invalid context 0x0. This is a serious error. This application, or a library it uses, is using an invalid context and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system stability and reliability. This notice is a courtesy: please fix this problem. It will become a fatal error in an upcoming update.
12/17/13 12:23:23.206 PM Safari[226]: CGContextScaleCTM: invalid context 0x0. This is a serious error. This application, or a library it uses, is using an invalid context and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system stability and reliability. This notice is a courtesy: please fix this problem. It will become a fatal error in an upcoming update.
12/17/13 12:23:23.209 PM Safari[226]: CGContextSaveGState: invalid context 0x0. This is a serious error. This application, or a library it uses, is using an invalid context and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system stability and reliability. This notice is a courtesy: please fix this problem. It will become a fatal error in an upcoming update.
12/17/13 12:23:23.212 PM Safari[226]: clip: invalid context 0x0. This is a serious error. This application, or a library it uses, is using an invalid context and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system stability and reliability. This notice is a courtesy: please fix this problem. It will become a fatal error in an upcoming update.
12/17/13 12:23:23.215 PM Safari[226]: CGContextRestoreGState: invalid context 0x0. This is a serious error. This application, or a library it uses, is using an invalid context and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system stability and reliability. This notice is a courtesy: please fix this problem. It will become a fatal error in an upcoming update.
12/17/13 12:23:23.219 PM Safari[226]: CGContextTranslateCTM: invalid context 0x0. This is a serious error. This application, or a library it uses, is using an invalid context and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system stability and reliability. This notice is a courtesy: please fix this problem. It will become a fatal error in an upcoming update.
12/17/13 12:23:23.222 PM Safari[226]: CGContextTranslateCTM: invalid context 0x0. This is a serious error. This application, or a library it uses, is using an invalid context and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system stability and reliability. This notice is a courtesy: please fix this problem. It will become a fatal error in an upcoming update.
12/17/13 12:23:23.225 PM Safari[226]: CGContextRestoreGState: invalid context 0x0. This is a serious error. This application, or a library it uses, is using an invalid context and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system stability and reliability. This notice is a courtesy: please fix this problem. It will become a fatal error in an upcoming update.
12/17/13 12:23:23.228 PM Safari[226]: CGContextSynchronize: invalid context 0x0. This is a serious error. This application, or a library it uses, is using an invalid context and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system stability and reliability. This notice is a courtesy: please fix this problem. It will become a fatal error in an upcoming update.
12/17/13 12:23:23.618 PM WindowServer[114]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Safari" after 1.97 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
12/17/13 12:23:34.580 PM sandboxd[268]: ([440]) com.apple.WebKit(440) deny file-read-data /Library/Preferences/com.apple.security-common.plist
12/17/13 12:27:55.684 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[172]: (com.apple.mdworker.shared.01000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000[382]) Exited: Killed: 9
12/17/13 12:29:57.739 PM xpcproxy[449]: assertion failed: 13B42: xpcproxy + 3438 [EE7817B0-1FA1-3603-B88A-BD5E595DA86F]: 0x2
12/17/13 12:29:58.415 PM recentsd[396]: Failed to get Mail account information in a timely manner
12/17/13 12:30:04.973 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[172]: (com.apple.PackageKit.InstallStatus) Throttling respawn: Will start in 9 seconds
12/17/13 12:30:11.256 PM com.apple.IconServicesAgent[279]: Icon filename entry missing from bundle info dictionary for bundle at URL: file:///System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MailService.framework/Versions/A/XPCSe rvices/com.apple.MailServiceAgent.xpc/
12/17/13 12:30:14.797 PM WindowServer[114]: CGXGetConnectionProperty: Invalid connection 76299
12/17/13 12:30:39.935 PM loginwindow[43]: Could not find image named 'NSApplication'.
12/17/13 12:30:39.936 PM loginwindow[43]: Could not find image named 'hgfhfg'.
12/17/13 12:30:44.539 PM WindowServer[114]: CGXGetConnectionProperty: Invalid connection 70411
12/17/13 12:30:45.099 PM com.apple.SecurityServer[14]: Killing auth hosts
12/17/13 12:30:45.099 PM com.apple.SecurityServer[14]: Session 100021 destroyed
12/17/13 12:30:45.103 PM com.apple.SecurityServer[14]: Session 100023 created
12/17/13 12:30:45.825 PM Wallet[233]: Unknown class 'SUUpdater', using 'NSObject' instead. Encountered in Interface Builder file at path /Applications/Wallet.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/MainMenu.nib.
12/17/13 12:30:45.826 PM Wallet[233]: Could not connect the action checkForUpdates: to target of class NSObject
12/17/13 12:30:47.135 PM com.apple.AppSandboxSMLoginItemEnabler[463]: FAILURE: Job com.acrylic.WalletAgent is not loaded in launchd.
12/17/13 12:30:48.270 PM sandboxd[268]: ([400]) com.apple.WebKit(400) deny file-read-data /Library/Preferences/com.apple.security-common.plist
12/17/13 12:31:16.272 PM VDCAssistant[466]: AVF error: AVDLoadAllAccelerators machine not supported
12/17/13 12:31:17.108 PM Adobe Illustrator[231]: CoreText performance note: Client called CTFontCreateWithName() using name "Times Roman" and got font with PostScript name "Times-Roman". For best performance, only use PostScript names when calling this API.
12/17/13 12:31:17.108 PM Adobe Illustrator[231]: CoreText performance note: Set a breakpoint on CTFontLogSuboptimalRequest to debug.
12/17/13 12:31:17.132 PM Adobe Illustrator[231]: CoreText performance note: Client called CTFontCreateWithName() using name "Arial" and got font with PostScript name "ArialMT". For best performance, only use PostScript names when calling this API.
12/17/13 12:36:00.218 PM mdworker[448]: (Normal) Import: Spotlight giving up on importing file after 481.542 seconds, (0 seconds in Spotlight importer plugin, was sizing:0) - diagnostic:0 - find suspect file using: sudo mdutil -t 4554493
12/17/13 12:36:00.220 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[172]: (com.apple.mdworker.shared.01000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000[448]) Exited with code: 75
12/17/13 12:40:05.535 PM WindowServer[114]: device_generate_desktop_screenshot: authw 0x0(0), shield 0x7fb189ddd3b0(2001)
12/17/13 12:40:05.600 PM WindowServer[114]: device_generate_lock_screen_screenshot: authw 0x0(0), shield 0x7fb189ddd3b0(2001)
12/17/13 12:40:05.601 PM WindowServer[114]: device_generate_desktop_screenshot: authw 0x0(0), shield 0x7fb189ddd3b0(2001)
12/17/13 12:42:24.368 PM WindowServer[114]: handle_will_sleep_auth_and_shield_windows: Deferring.
12/17/13 12:42:24.370 PM WindowServer[114]: CGXDisplayDidWakeNotification [2043353335863]: posting kCGSDisplayDidWake
12/17/13 12:43:10.608 PM xpcproxy[474]: assertion failed: 13B42: xpcproxy + 3438 [EE7817B0-1FA1-3603-B88A-BD5E595DA86F]: 0x2
12/17/13 12:43:32.092 PM WindowServer[114]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Finder" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
12/17/13 12:43:32.572 PM WindowServer[114]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Finder" after 1.48 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
12/17/13 12:43:46.758 PM WindowServer[114]: CGXSetWindowListSystemAlpha: Invalid window 156 (index 0/1)
12/17/13 12:43:46.758 PM WindowServer[114]: CGXSetWindowListSystemAlpha: Invalid window 157 (index 0/1)
12/17/13 12:44:02.078 PM mdworker[471]: (Normal) Import: Spotlight giving up on importing file after 480.36 seconds, (0 seconds in Spotlight importer plugin, was sizing:0) - diagnostic:0 - find suspect file using: sudo mdutil -t 4554493
12/17/13 12:44:02.081 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[172]: (com.apple.mdworker.shared.01000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000[471]) Exited with code: 75
12/17/13 12:44:38.201 PM Console[491]: setPresentationOptions called with NSApplicationPresentationFullScreen when there is no visible fullscreen window; this call will be ignored.
12/17/13 12:44:40.829 PM WindowServer[114]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Console" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
12/17/13 12:44:41.949 PM WindowServer[114]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Console" after 2.12 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
12/17/13 12:44:47.000 PM kernel[0]: ALF: ifnet_get_address_list_family error 12
12/17/13 12:47:44.287 PM mdworker32[510]: CGSConnectionByID: 0 is not a valid connection ID.
12/17/13 12:47:44.287 PM mdworker32[510]: CGSGetSpaceManagementMode: No connection with id 0x 0

Slow opening of mail and safari!

Mail and Safari take a very long time - one.2 minutes to open on my imac with 10.3.
Safari keeps bouncing in the dock. Then, after 20 bounce, it stops. The black triangle under the icon isn't displayed. After 20 seconds safari opens!!!
mail: bounce just 4-5 times, then stops bouncing, the triangle is displayed, but no windows is opened. If i right click on the icon, the windows says "application not responding".
After a minute the window opens.
WHY?
please help
bye
mic

As a first step check this link for system troubleshooting procedures and when doing so, follow all steps/instructions in the order provided.
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/repairprocess.html
If this doesn't resolve it, check this link.
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/multipleappsquit.html

Safari and 10.6.2 upgrade. Mail and Safari will not open.

I upgraded to 10.6.2 and Safari. Now I cannot open my Mail or Safari. I get a message that says it Unexpectedly Quit. I see in the details it says unable to gather system configuration information. Does anybody have an idea how to fix this?

HI,
Try deleting this file.
com.apple.launchservices.plist
~/Library/Preferences.
Move that file to the Trash, restart your Mac and try to launc Mail and Safari. If that doesn't help...
Download and install the Mac OS X v10.6.2 Update (Combo)
It's ok to do this even though you are running 10.6.2. Make sure and repair disk permissions after the installation.
Quit any open applications/programs. Launch Disk Utility. (Applications/Utilities) Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left, select the FirstAid tab. Click: Repair Disk Permissions. When it's finished from the Menu Bar, Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac. If you see a long list of "messages" in the permissions window, it's ok. That can be ignored. As long as you see, "Permissions Repair Complete" when it's finished... you're done. Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac.
Caroyn

Is it possible to view apple mail and safari on the imac at the same time?

I am running 10.6 and would like to view mail and safari at the same time. When I open one the other goes away

Reader is what I meant. 8^(
When I have a Safari window open and then open mail, the Mail window becomes active but the Safari window remains on the desktop. Does yours minimize to the Dock?
Joe

10.5.3 - Mail and Safari dead

After installing 10.5.3 today I can't run Mail and Safari.
Mail icon in Dock jump once and that's all, Safari shows a message:
"Safari cannot open a browser window and may be missing important recources. Try installing Safari again." And now the horror just begins...
I tried to repaire permissions - didn't help
I tried to create another user account - nothing
I installed COMBO update - nothing
I tried to install Safari again - this one is the best: "You cannot install Safari on this volume. This update requires Mac OS X 10.5.2 or newer." !!!!!!!
Give me my e-mails back!!! HELP.

If you tried all this an nothing worked i would back up my stuff quik as "¤#% and erase and instal.
Regarding your emails:
If you have IMAP you will still be able to acsess them by your webmail
" E-mail clients using IMAP generally leave messages on the server until the user explicitly deletes them"
If you have POP3
"Although most clients have an option to leave mail on server, e-mail clients using POP3 generally connect, retrieve all messages, store them on the user's PC as new messages, delete them from the server, and then disconnect."
This is just an idea, and it migth not work, but you should give it a try:
Try safe-boot and see if its the same problem opening mail, if you manage to open it in safe boot you should be able to back up you emails from there.
Safe-boot:
Hold down the <Shift> during startup until you see the login window with red text saying "Safe boot"
I migth be wrong, but i think there is another way to back up your mails from some system folder-not sure what one tho, someone else here or apple support can prbly awnser that
Good luck

Mail and safari crash after update to 10.4.10

I have recently installed the update to Tiger (OSX 10.4.10) and ever since I have installed the update I have a problem with both Mail and Safari. In Safari the browser just closes (no dialog pops up, it's as if I'd just quit it). This doesn't have a particular point when it closes, it could be after as little as 5 seconds, or as much as an hour or so.
Safari does something similar however it is only when I click "New" or Forward/Reply, to create a new email, it just closes. It recieves and opens emails normally.
I don't know what I can do, so far I've had no luck finding anyone else with this problem. However I need my email for work, so it's getting quite a problem.
As a note using Fire-Fox I don't have any problems with programs closing, it is only these two programs.

Problems arising right after installing a system update are usually the result of the problem already being there, or some filesystem corruption that should have been fixed first, or not having installed the update properly (e.g. applications running while installing it), or having ignored Apple’s “Important: Please read before installing” warnings, etc.
Quit all the applications and verify/repair the startup disk (not just permissions), as described here:
The Repair functions of Disk Utility: what's it all about?
After having fixed all the filesystem issues, if any, if you’ve installed Safari 3 Beta, uninstall that first, then reinstall the Combo Update for the type of computer and the version of Mac OS X you’re using, unless this is the version of Mac OS X that came with the computer:
About the Mac OS X 10.4.10 Combo Update
Mac OS X 10.4.10 Combo Update for PowerPC
Mac OS X 10.4.10 Combo Update for Intel
After installing the Combo Update, the computer may restart twice and the first restart may take several minutes. This is normal.
If you installed the latest Security Update, you may need to reinstall that as well:
Security Update 2007-006 (Universal)
Take a look at the following articles for guidelines on how to properly install system updates:
Troubleshooting installation and software updates
Installing software updates
Basically, you should verify/repair the startup disk and back up before installing the update, no applications should be running while installing it, and you may experience unexpected results if you have third-party system software modifications (not normal applications) installed.
BTW, please update the Operating System field on your My Settings’s profile (and click Save), so that the version of Mac OS X you’re running now automatically appears in all your posts and not just in some of them.

Since upgrading to Mavericks, I can't run Mail and Safari at the same time.

Since upgrading to Mavericks, I can't run Mail and Safari at the same time.
Either Mail will crash or the iMac will run so slowly as to be unusable. With both running, the HDD spins constantly at a high rate of speed.

Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
Step 1
Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. If you don't see that menu, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
Enter the name of the crashed application or process in the Filter text field. Select the messages from the time of the last crash, if any. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message (command-V).
When posting a log extract, be selective. In most cases, a few dozen lines are more than enough.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Important: Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.
Step 2
In the Console window, look under User Diagnostic Reports for crash reports related to the crashed process. The report name starts with the name of the process, and ends with ".crash". Select the most recent report and post the entire contents — again, the text, not a screenshot. In the interest of privacy, I suggest that, before posting, you edit out the “Anonymous UUID,” a long string of letters, numbers, and dashes in the header of the report, if it’s present (it may not be.) Please don’t post shutdownStall, spin, or hang logs — they're very long and not helpful.

Problems accessing mail on Mac Mail and Safari

I'm having problems with accessing my email account, both through Mac Mail and Safari. The domain appears to be blocked. I receive the following error message when I click on the alert icon beside my inbox in Mail:
Unable to Connect
There may be a problem with the mail server or network. Verify the settings for account “***” or try again.
The server returned the error: The server “email domain” cannot be contacted on port 993.
In Safari, I receive a message that it can't find the server when I try the URL.
Both methods of accessing email work on my laptop on the same internet connection, so it appears to be a problem unique to this machine.
What should I do?
Will

Double-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it, then copy it to the Clipboard (command-C):
wmail.speakeasy.net
Launch the Network Utility application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Network Utility in the icon grid.
Step 1
Select the Lookup tab and paste into the address field (command-V). Press return. Post the output that appears below – the text, please, not a screenshot.
Step 2
Select the Ping tab and do the same. Please enter the same input as you did in Step 1. Don't use the output of Step 1 as input to Step 2.
Important Note
Some web browsers and mail clients will automatically convert a domain name such as "www.example.com" to a clickable URL, such as http://www.example.com. That will interfere with the test. If necessary, edit the input in the Network Utility window to remove any added characters.

Mail and Safari say goodbye in Leopard

I installed Leopard and so far have encountered this problem: Mail and Safari will, although open and running, not open new windows. Regardless of how I try to open a new browser Safari just sits there. Same in Mail: after a while it just hangs, no windows can be opened, but new mail is received and diplayed in the dock mail icon. It seems to have to do with sleep mode, I first linked the problem to Time Machine, but the freeze still occurs although I switched Time Machine off.
Any hints anyone?
If I log off and back on the programs will open correctly, just quitting them has no effect, i.e. no windows.
Message was edited by: Oliver Trific

I am not alone with this problem. But thankfully, someone has already helped.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1203894&tstart=15
Anyone know when Apple plans to release 10.5.1? They better hurry.

Mail and Safari still freeze all the time-help

Even with the latest Mavericks updates, Apple mail and Safari freeze contstantly to the point that I can't send email or use Safari. I had after the initial mavericks release gotten mail to function by shutting off 2 Gmail accounts I had on my MacPro. After the update that supposedly fixed the Gmail issues, I turned on my Gmail accounts and Mail started freezing almost immediately on startup. Was able to get in and shut the accounts don again, but Mail keeps freezing. I even removed the Gmail accounts from Mail prefs, but that didn't help either. I can usually get Mail to launch and for the most part can read email, but if I try to respond, once i type and email and try to send, Mail freezes and I have to force quit. Once Mail hangs Safari hangs shortly thereafter or if it's not even launched I can't launch.
I have been using macs for a long time and have never had such a bad time with an upgrade. Have tried most of the solutions posted, and am baffled as to how to make things work.
Any suggestions welcome.

here's your report with some comments in red:
Hardware Information:
          Mac Pro (Early 2009)
          Mac Pro - model: MacPro4,1
          1 2.66 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon CPU: 4 cores
          8 GB RAM
Video Information:
          NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 - VRAM: 512 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
          AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
Startup Items:
          DynDNSUpdater: Path: /Library/StartupItems/DynDNSUpdater   these may be a problem. See comments below.
          EyeConnect: Path: /Library/StartupItems/EyeConnect
          ProTec6b: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ProTec6b
          VirtualBox: Path: /Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox
System Software:
          OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 0 days 1:6:49
Disk Information:
          HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GH41N
          WDC WD6400AAKS-41H2B0 disk1 : (640.14 GB)
                    EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    MacPro HD (disk1s2) /: 639.28 GB (305.06 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk1s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 disk0 : (1 TB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Internal 1TB HD (disk0s2) /Volumes/Internal 1TB HD: 999.86 GB (16.64 GB free)
USB Information:
          Apple Computer, Inc. Apple Cinema Display
          Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
                    Logitech USB Receiver
                    Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard
          Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
          Initio ST380013A 400mbit - 400mbit max
                    disk3s1 (disk3s1) <not mounted>: 32 KB
                    80GB MadDog (disk3s3) /Volumes/80GB MadDog: 79.89 GB (1.89 GB free)
          Oxford Semiconductor Ltd. OXFORD IDE Device 400mbit - 400mbit max
                    disk5s1 (disk5s1) <not mounted>: 32 KB
                    disk5s2 (disk5s2) <not mounted>: 51 KB
                    OWC Mercury Express (disk5s3) /Volumes/OWC Mercury Express: 20 GB (1.5 MB free)
          OWC Mercury Elite Pro AL OXFORD IDE Device 1 400mbit - 400mbit max
                    disk2s1 (disk2s1) <not mounted>: 32 KB
                    disk2s2 (disk2s2) <not mounted>: 29 KB
                    disk2s3 (disk2s3) <not mounted>: 29 KB
                    disk2s4 (disk2s4) <not mounted>: 29 KB
                    disk2s5 (disk2s5) <not mounted>: 29 KB
                    disk2s6 (disk2s6) <not mounted>: 262 KB
                    disk2s7 (disk2s7) <not mounted>: 262 KB
                    disk2s8 (disk2s8) <not mounted>: 262 KB
                    OWC Mercury Elite (disk2s10) /Volumes/OWC Mercury Elite : 249.92 GB (20.51 GB free)
          WD My Book 800mbit - 800mbit max
                    disk4s1 (disk4s1) <not mounted>: 32 KB
                    My Book (disk4s3) /Volumes/My Book: 1 TB (155.85 GB free) Big Problem. WD drives have software (and firmware) on them which are incompatible with Macs. I would rip the drive out of this, erase it, and put it in another (non-WD) enclosure, smash the WD enclosure to bits with a sledgehammer, and mail it back to WD.
Thunderbolt Information:
The next categories are loaded at startup and are potential causes for poor performance, as they run all the time, in the background. The green ones are potential problems, the red ones are definite problems. See below for my suggestions.
Kernel Extensions:
          com.rogueamoeba.InstantOn          (6.0.4 - SDK 10.8) Pretty sure the rogue amoeba stuff is not compatible with Mavericks yet.
          com.Logitech.Control Center.HID Driver          (3.2.0)
          com.Logitech.Unifying.HID Driver          (1.1.0)
          org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv          (4.2.6)
          org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB          (4.2.6)
          com.rogueamoeba.InstantOnCore          (6.0.4 - SDK 10.8)
          com.logmein.driver.LogMeInSoundDriver          (1.0.2 - SDK 10.5)
          com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower          (1.5.3 - SDK 10.6)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.acquia.drupal.apache0.plist
          [loaded] com.acquia.drupal.mysql0.plist
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
          [loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
          [loaded] com.barebones.authd.plist
          [loaded] com.barebones.textwrangler.plist
          [loaded] com.cocoatech.pathfinder.SMFHelper.plist
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist   this is spyware from Google.
          [not loaded] com.logmein.logmeinblanker.plist
          [loaded] com.logmein.logmeinserver.plist
          [loaded] com.logmein.raupdate.plist
          [loaded] com.memeo.WDMemeod.plist
          [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
          [invalid] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist
          [loaded] com.quark.quarkupdate.plist
Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
          [loaded] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist
          [loaded] com.adobe.CS4ServiceManager.plist
          [loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist
          [loaded] com.extensis.FMCore.plist
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist   spyware from Google
          [loaded] com.Logitech.Control Center.Daemon.plist
          [failed] com.logmein.LMILaunchAgentFixer.plist
          [loaded] com.logmein.logmeingui.plist
          [loaded] com.logmein.logmeinguiagent.plist
          [not loaded] com.logmein.logmeinguiagentatlogin.plist
          [invalid] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist
          [loaded] com.quark.quarkupdate.agent.plist
          [loaded] com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist
User Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
          [loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
          [loaded] com.akamai.client.plist
          [loaded] com.akamai.single-user-client.plist
          [loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist
          [not loaded] com.linotype.FontFolderProtector.plist
          [loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.trashSizeWatcher.plist This may be the majority of your problem. CleanMyMac is second only to MacKeeper in the royalty of crapware. MacKeeper is the King of Crapware. Crapware is stuff like "cleaners', "optimizers", "defragmenters". Unnecessary on macs, usually poorly written, often harmful to your OS. Can be impossible to uninstall. Popular with recent converts from the Windows world. CleanMyMac should really be called "TakeABigShitOnMyMac". Needs to be uninstalled.
          [not loaded] jp.co.canon.Inkjet_Extended_Survey_Agent.plist
          [not loaded] org.virtualbox.vboxwebsrv.plist
          [loaded] ws.agile.1PasswordAgent.plist
User Login Items:
          iTunesHelper
          BusyCalAlarm
          Reminder
          Reminder two of these can't be good.
          Dropbox
          AdobeResourceSynchronizer
          ConnectService
          SFCoreHelper
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Akamai NetSession Preferences
          Default Folder X
          EyeConnect
          Flash Player
          Flip4Mac WMV
          Logitech Control Center
          MacFUSE
          Microsoft Mouse
          MusicManager
          Quark Update Preferences
          WacomTablet
Internet Plug-ins::
          OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.2
          AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.04 - SDK 10.6
          Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.152 - SDK 10.6
          AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.04 - SDK 10.6
          LogMeInSafari32: Version: 1.0.961 - SDK 10.7
          EPPEX Plugin: Version: 3.0.5.0
          WidevineMediaOptimizer: Version: 6.0.0.12607 - SDK 10.7
          AdobeExManDetect: Version: AdobeExManDetect 1.1.0.0 - SDK 10.7
          iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.152 - SDK 10.6
          AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7
          AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin: Version: AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin 1.0.17
          AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin1017277: Version: AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin 1.0.17
          Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20125.0 - SDK 10.6
          LogMeIn: Version: 1.0.961 - SDK 10.7
          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
          Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.4.2.4
          SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.1.4 - SDK 10.6
          WacomSafari: Version: 1.1.0-5
          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Outdated! Update
          WacomNetscape: Version: 1.1.0-5
User Internet Plug-ins::
          fbplugin_1_0_3: Version: (null)
          DazzboardNPAPIPlugin: Version: 0.9.18
          fbplugin_1_0_1: Version: (null)
Bad Fonts:
          None
Old applications: you have a lot of these. Make sure they are all up to date.
          Audacity:          Version: 2.0.3.0 - SDK 10.4
                    /Applications/Audacity/Audacity.app
          DockPlistEdit:          Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.5
                    /Library/Parallels/Uninstaller/Parallels Hypervisor/DockPlistEdit.app
          FacebookVideoCalling:          Version: 1.2.0.157 - SDK 10.5
                    /Users/jeffreysternMacPro/Library/Application Support/Facebook/video/1.2.0.158/FacebookVideoCalling.app
          Freeway 5:          Version: 5.6.5 - SDK 10.5
                    /Applications/Freeway 5.5 Pro.app
          Intaglio:          Version: 3.4.2 - SDK 10.5
                    /Applications/Intaglio.app
          Microsoft Alerts Daemon:          Version: 14.1.4 - SDK 10.5
                    /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Alerts Daemon.app
          Microsoft Chart Converter:          Version: 14.1.4 - SDK 10.5
                    /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Chart Converter.app
          Microsoft Clip Gallery:          Version: 14.1.4 - SDK 10.5
                    /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Clip Gallery.app
          Microsoft Database Daemon:          Version: 14.1.4 - SDK 10.5
                    /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Database Daemon.app
          Microsoft Database Utility:          Version: 14.1.4 - SDK 10.5
                    /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Database Utility.app
          Microsoft Document Connection:          Version: 14.1.4 - SDK 10.5
                    /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft Document Connection.app
          Microsoft Excel:          Version: 14.1.4 - SDK 10.5
                    /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft Excel.app
          Microsoft Graph:          Version: 14.1.4 - SDK 10.5
                    /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Graph.app
          Microsoft Language Register:          Version: 14.1.4 - SDK 10.5
                    /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Additional Tools/Microsoft Language Register/Microsoft Language Register.app
          Microsoft Office Reminders:          Version: 14.1.4 - SDK 10.5
                    /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Office Reminders.app
          Microsoft Outlook:          Version: 14.1.4 - SDK 10.5
                    /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft Outlook.app
          Microsoft PowerPoint:          Version: 14.1.4 - SDK 10.5
                    /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft PowerPoint.app
          Microsoft Upload Center:          Version: 14.1.4 - SDK 10.5
                    /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Upload Center.app
          Microsoft Word:          Version: 14.1.4 - SDK 10.5
                    /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft Word.app
          My Day:          Version: 14.1.4 - SDK 10.5
                    /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/My Day.app
          Open XML for Excel:          Version: 14.1.4 - SDK 10.5
                    /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Open XML for Excel.app
          Pages:          Version: 4.3 - SDK 10.5
                    /Applications/iWork '09/Pages.app
          QuarkUpdate:          Version: 1.1.0.1 - SDK 10.5
                    /Library/Application Support/Quark/AutoUpdate/QuarkUpdate.app
          RockMelt:          Version: 0.16.91.371 - SDK 10.5
                    /Applications/RockMelt.app
          SLLauncher:          Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5
                    /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Silverlight/OutOfBrowser/SLLauncher.app
          SyncServicesAgent:          Version: 14.1.4 - SDK 10.5
                    /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/SyncServicesAgent.app
          XLD:          Version: 20120407 - SDK 10.4
                    /Users/jeffreysternMacPro/Downloads/xld-gui-20120407/XLD.app
          dynamiclinkmanager:          Version: 6.0.0 - SDK 10.5
                    /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/dynamiclink/CS6/dynamiclinkmanager.app
          dynamiclinkmediaserver:          Version: 6.0.1 - SDK 10.5
                    /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/dynamiclinkmediaserver/1.0/dynamiclinkmediaserver.app
Time Machine:
          Skip System Files: NO
          Auto backup: YES
          Volumes being backed up:
                    MacPro HD: Disk size: 595.37 GB Disk used: 311.26 GB
                    OWC Mercury Elite : Disk size: 232.76 GB Disk used: 213.66 GB
                    My Book: Disk size: 931.39 GB Disk used: 786.24 GB
          Destinations:
                    Internal 1TB HD [Local] (Last used)
                    Total size: 931.19 GB
                    Total number of backups: 124
                    Oldest backup: 2012-01-01 05:49:38 +0000
                    Last backup: 2013-12-09 00:35:29 +0000
                    Size of backup disk: Too small
                              Backup size 931.19 GB < (Disk used 1 X 3)
          Time Machine details may not be accurate.
          All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
               2%          EtreCheck
               1%          WindowServer
               1%          Mail
               0%          LCCDaemon
               0%          2BUA8C4S2C.com.agilebits.onepassword4-helper
Top Processes by Memory:
          393 MB          mds_stores

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First, try force closing the two apps if they're running in the background:
Double-click the Home button.
Swipe left or right until you have located the app you wish to close.
Swipe the app up to close it.
from: iOS: Force an app to close
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5137
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Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button together for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
from: iPhone, iPad, iPod touch: Turning off and on (restarting) and resetting
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1430
And if that doesn't resolve the issue then I would backup the device to iTunes and restore it. Just be cautious and back up first, since restoring deletes all content and settings:
iOS: How to back up and restore your content
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
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Delgadoh

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Please read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a diagnostic test. It’s unlikely to solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
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Safe mode is much slower to boot and run than normal, and some things won’t work at all, including sound output andWi-Fi on certain iMacs. The next normal boot may also be somewhat slow.
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