Loosing preferences in OS X

[georgeocrawford]

Hi,

Can ANYONE suggest why certain preferences keep disappearing on my computer? I'm running OS 10.2.3 on a G4 mac, and have just spent the last hour resetting the preferences for seemingly random applications (like Pitbull, Safari and Internet Explorer) - applications which I have been running quite happily for months. The computer didn't crash, I just restarted because it had got a bit sluggish (and had been on for a few days), and found I had to re-enter my serial code for a few programs, and reset my home page in Safari, ect.

I don't understand this at all - it's extremely frustrating, and has happened twice before. I can't remember it happening before I upgraded to 10.2.3 - could that be it?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

George Crawford

 

[GuyMac]

Maybe PRAM battery empty?
Try and run diskfirstaid and reset the privilleges. It's best you do that after evry major update.

just an idea of me

 

[tommarsh]

I use OSX on a G4 at work (Apple)and never have a your problem.
We don't use Safari though.
I heard that Safari is kind of buggy still.
Check for updates?
good luck........