Problems with Force Quit

Since I've updated to 10.5.6, there's been quite a few times in which an app suddently hangs, and the system seems unable to Force Quit. I try to restart the system, but doing so seems only possible through pressing the power button.
Any help? Such thing never happened to me before this update. In between, I've also installed Pro Tools 8 LE and Logic, but i don't believe that they're the source of the problem.
Avoiding this kind of stuff was the main reason why i got a mac, anyway.

I'm having the same problem. iTunes will lock out and I can't force quit. Once this happens, I can't even restart without holding down the button. iPhoto and Safari will do this also. I'm not sure if Time Machine is involved, but it happens more when this is on auto settings. I have turned it off and it happens less, but still happens.
I have called apple multiple time and went to the store. No Luck.

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This is a fairly lengthy diatribe but it was driving me nuts and so hopefully will help someone else:
The Problem:
I have an XPS M1710 running Windows Vista. A couple of days ago all Apple programs started to malfunction, specifically iTunes, QuickTime. When I try to start iTunes it quits immediately and I get the message “A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available”. The same thing happens with Quicktime. When I go to Internet Explorer this works fine until I go to the Apple website and try to Download iTunes (to reinstall) or even to go to the Apple Support page, Then the Apple site seems to “force” IE to quit. The same thing happens when I use the Apple Safari Browser (works generally but quits on Apple iTunes or support site). I am not sure if it is relevant but we bought some iTunes songs online in the last couple of days using another laptop. That machine is still working fine as are two other laptops in the house re iTunes (they are Windows XP Dells, my machine is Windows Vista). I received an email receipt on my XPS for the purchases in the usual fashion. I can open it, but when I click the links to the iTunes site it doesn’t work (does work using other computers).
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Today I phoned XPS support. I was initially told to leave my number and someone would call me back. 2 hours later no-one had so I phoned again and got someone who suggested doing a full scan disk (ie by getting into diagnostics at startup by pressing F12). I did this – no problems found. The person had also suggested trying to access iTunes using a different logon account. I switch on “guest” account and tried from there but the same problem persisted.
I have checked Windows Defender and Windows Firewall and as far as I can see iTunes is allowed to access the internet. No sign that it is deliberately blocked. As far as I can tell from the Windows updater the system is up to date (as it was when the problem first happened, and not fixed by rolling back many updates via the system restores).
I have run a full Virus check using Kaspersky (with latest updated database) and nothing was found.
So, no matter what I try, my computer is suddenly blocking everything to do with iTunes (and Quicktime), including Apple’s own support site. The failure of iTunes or QuickTime to launch happens whether or not I am connected to the Internet at the time. All other programs seem to be working.
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I have only just now solved the problem (two weeks down the track). The Dell technician that I spoke to over the phone tried hard but we could not get the issue solved completely, although the problem with accessing the iTunes website we did solve by turning off some internet explorer add-ons. As it turned out the problem was with QuickTime. The clue was that although I had attempted to uninstall iTunes + Quicktime many times the QuickTime component never disappeared. So when I reinstalled iTunes + QuickTime (which I did many times) the problem remained. After again uninstalling iTunes + QuickTime (by going to control panel, selecting iTunes and uninstall, then QuickTime and unintstall in the usual way, and realising that QuickTime did not uninstall properly, I then selected QuickTime and chose the "repair" option at the top of the control panel dialogue box instead of uninstall. After that I was then able to open QuickTime properly, and then when I reinstalled iTunes it worked! This had been driving me nuts, and I was on the verge of re-installing the operating system. Can I suggest that you enter this solution into your database for future reference.

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I did some search over the Internet before posting this message, and found one to be a possible solution to my problem: _http://discussions.info.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2771968&tstart=15_
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i'd like to keep all modified files because it took me quite some work to edit the pictures
Then recover them from the damaged Library and import them to the new one. That said, remember they will be treated as "new" photos, not as edited versions of the others. There is no way to recreate that link.
1) Would it be bad for me to keep working with my old iPhoto library?
This library is corrupted. It is known to be damaged. The chances of dataloss are greatly increased. You will have more problems. Personally, I wouldn't.
2) How to *back up*? And I assume it should be conducted regularly?
*Most Simple Back Up:*
Drag the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to another Disk. This will make a copy on that disk.
*Slightly more complex:*
Use an app that will do incremental back ups. This is a very good way to work. The first time you run the back up the app will make a complete copy of the Library. Thereafter it will update the back up with the changes you have made. That makes subsequent back ups much faster. Many of these apps also have scheduling capabilities: So set it up and it will do the back up automatically. Examples of such apps: Chronosync or DejaVu . But are many others. Search on MacUpdate
*I'm Serious about Back Ups.* +And you should be too.+
My Library lives on my iMac. It’s Backed up to two external hard disks every day. These disks are permanently attached to the iMac. These back ups run automatically. One is done by Time Machine, one is a bootable back up done by SuperDuper
It’s also backed up to a portable hard disk when ever new photos are added. This hard disk lives in my car. For security, this disk is password protected.
I have a second off-site back up at a relative’s house across town. That’s updated every 3 or 4 months.
My Photos are backed up online. There are many options: Flickr, Picasa, SmugMug etc. However, check the terms of your account carefully. While most sites have free uploading, you will often find that these uploads are limited in terms of the file size or the bandwidth you can use per month. For access that allows you to upload full size pics with no restrictions you may need to pay.
Every couple of months I test the back ups to make sure they are working correctly. It’s very easy to mis-configure a back up application, and the only way to protect against that is to do a trial restore.
3) Should I un-do the removal of ~/Library/Caches/, ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iPhoto.LSSharedFileList.plist, and ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iPhoto.plist, as well as the delete of iphoto.apple.com inside Keychain Access?
No.
Regards
TD
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I thought I'd try this again
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I'm sure over time, whatever is causing the freezes will be fixed and the stability of my system will return but Snow Leopard was supposed to be a more compact and finely tuned version of Leopard, re-written to support 64 bit and getting rid of most of the old Carbon system applications. The Finder was supposed to be a primary beneficiary of that effort and from my experience, it's less stable and provides no additional protection from locking when another application hangs.
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Overall, I'm sure the numbers are small but the point of these forums to is discuss real problems people are having.
I never denied that you're having problems, and tried to give you some suggestions and get more information to help you further. However, because I pointed out that your statements about being disappointed in SL are unfounded, you jump down my throat! Do you want to solve your problems or do you just want to whine about it?
Now...could something on my machine be corrupt?
Certainly.
Could one of my programs have a bug and be causing the issue?
Certainly.
Could be but generally when this has happened, only Apple software has been running
Are you certain? There are often little third-party background processes or kernel extensions that people forget about, since they don't show up on the Dock. This is one reason I've asked you about starting up in safe mode.
Somehow I fail to see how the OS is blameless. Because it should work but doesn't means something has gone wrong somewhere.
The OS cannot be blamed for bugs in third-party software or corruption from any number of possible causes, both of which are the most likely reasons for your problems. The bottom line is that there is no consistent pattern of issues with the current version of Snow Leopard that would indicate that bugs in the system are causing your problem. (Note that I'm not basing this solely on the behavior of my machine, but on the behavior of multiple machines that I have seen as well as reports on forums.)
I just wished Forced Quit was more reliable.
Force quit is reliable, unless you have a third-party app that is interfering with it at a very low level or a very serious problem. That's my third time saying that, and it's based on experience with probably more than 100 Macs in more than two decades, as a user, developer and system administrator.
Do you want to solve the problems that are behind your issues with force quit or not? You have not told us what you have tried. You have not responded to my questions about repairs to the hard drive, starting in safe mode or using another user account.

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