Upgrade to 10.4.5 Caused Spotlight & Clock to Blink Every 15 Seconds

Installed Tiger 10.4.3 and everything worked great, then updated with Combo to 10.4.5 and the clock and Spotlight in upper right hand corner keep blinking once every 10 seconds. Can't use the Spotlight unless you catch it perfectly on that one second. Tried downloading manual version of update from Apple, and it goes all the way to the end and then Safari quits. Updated through Software Update. Went to Date & Time and if i check the box for Date & Time it just unchecks itself.

Computer crashed not long after this!! Long story!!

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I am at a loss and quitting for the night if anyone could help point me in the right direction I would appreciatte the advice. Here goes the code
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Timer;
import java.util.TimerTask;
public class Clock
public static void main(String[] args)
TimerTask task = new DateTimer();
Timer timer = new Timer();
timer.schedule(task, 0, 1000);
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JPanel panel = new JPanel();
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panel.add(label);
frame.add(panel);
class ClockViewer implements ActionListener
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frame.setSize(FRAME_WIDTH, FRAME_HEIGHT);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setVisible(true);
private static final int FRAME_WIDTH = 500;
private static final int FRAME_HEIGHT = 100;
import java.util.*;
public class DateTimer extends TimerTask
public void run()
Date now = new Date();
public Date getDate()
return now;
private final Date now;
Basically I am confused how to print the task out in the label.

Hi,
I have used [javax.swing.Timer|http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/index.html]
Hope this will be useful to you.
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.util.Date;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.Timer;
public class Clock {
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          JPanel panel = new JPanel();
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          panel.add(label);
          frame.add(panel);
          ActionListener listener = new ActionListener()
               public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae)
                    new Timer(1000,this).start();
                    label.setText("Currently : " + new Date().toString());
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          frame.setSize(FRAME_WIDTH, FRAME_HEIGHT);
          frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
          frame.setVisible(true);
     private static final int FRAME_WIDTH = 500;
     private static final int FRAME_HEIGHT = 100;
}Thanks

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According to the console log, the clock on my MacBook Pro seems to be gaining about a second every 45 minutes:
7/10/11 1:11:13 AM    ntpd[7969]    time reset -0.808832 s
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Barney-15E wrote:
It's not your clock. There is more to network time protocol than just setting the system clock that is in the computer. Take a look here: http://www.meinberg.de/english/info/ntp.htm
Well, that's very interesting. Thanks. But it doesn't explain why only one out of three identically configured computers manifests the symptom.

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ITunes causing a "pause" in my PC every second or so.

Thanks for anyone reading this.
I have a "pausing" problem when iTunes is maximized or in a window (problem goes away if iTunes is minimized). The problem also goes away if the display on the top portion of iTunes is the graphical equalizer instead of displaying the track info. Basically whenever iTunes is running and the track info is displayed my computer gets this pause every second or so in every application even just moving the mouse on the desktop (dual monitor setup). If I minimize iTunes or change the display to the equalizer that little annoying pause goes away. obviously I can just keep it minimzed or on the equalizer but sometimes I like to look at the disply to see what song it is and I hate to have to go thru so much work just to see the song title. Just curious if anyone has experienced anything like this??
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- AH
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Thanks for anyone reading this.
I have a "pausing" problem when iTunes is maximized or in a window (problem goes away if iTunes is minimized). The problem also goes away if the display on the top portion of iTunes is the graphical equalizer instead of displaying the track info. Basically whenever iTunes is running and the track info is displayed my computer gets this pause every
second or so in every application even just moving the mouse on the desktop (dual monitor setup). If I minimize iTunes or change the display to the equalizer that little annoying pause goes away. obviously I can just keep it minimzed or on the equalizer but sometimes I like to look at the disply to see what song it is and I hate to have to go thru so much work just to see the song title. Just curious if anyone has experienced anything like this??
Thanks in advance for any replies or suggestions.....
- AH
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My situation wasn't ever this bad, but I noticed that the larger my library was, the slower it seemed to navigate. Anyway, my mouse never really paused every few seconds, but the best I can guess is that you're computer's resources may be being used a lot just to display and navigate iTunes. Don't quote me on this, but if this is indeed the cause of you're problem, you might either have to put up with the pauses, or buy a more powerful computer.
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After upgrading to Firefox 9.0.1, on first run after every reboot, the following warning appears for every installed Add-on.
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extensions.ini
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*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Preferences+are+not+saved
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Delete the files extensions.* (e.g. extensions.sqlite, extensions.ini, extensions.cache) and compatibility.ini in the Firefox profile folder to reset the extensions registry.
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Profiles
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*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Unable+to+install+add-ons
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Some times the java socket connection between the master and remote hosts just is slow, also causing heartbeat timeouts.
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Since the upgrade to 10.4.7, the laptop screen starts to severely flicker after approximately 3-5 minute, rendering it unusable. Moving a window around (even on the 23") will cause large amounts of flickering; the windows on the laptop screen are duplicated for a split second, and then stabilize until the next display refresh takes place.
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Last edited by lilsirecho (2011-11-16 15:34:12)

The problem occurs with many users.
My postings in the following arch post may give you a solution. My views are expressed therein and may not be valid(however, I have had messed up downloads with bad mirrors, despite what has been reported in that post)
Anyhow, there have been successful uses of my approach, even though it may seem off base.
I did the complete list of steps to correct my system. It is possible the mirror download did not include initramfs. My approach was to " cover the bases" in proper pacman order not having left out pertinent possibilities and has helped others to correct their problem.
I suggest you read the whole post , decide what might be useable including the recommend from falconindy. He can well be right but why does it hit more than one user?
Good luck and let us know how it goes...............
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All of pacman is a black art but most definitely needs to be run according to hoyle but system changes such as initramfs need to be compatible with pacman if that is the problem with upgrades(as suggested by falconindy) .
I expect the next kernel upgrade to cause the same failure based on past experience with linux kernels.
Last edited by lilsirecho (2011-11-17 22:08:32)

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