[OSX-Users] Re: Outlook 11 Problems

[Jules Field]

On 14/12/2011 14:20, Hugh Glaser wrote:
> Thanks mate.
> Helpful to have it all laid out.
> Mind you, once I have alt-booted I might just go into Boot Camp and stay in Windows :-)
No comment.
>
> Do you think one or other might help?
Can't do any harm.
> A painful problem is that after Safari has been running for any length of time, downloading a file causes it to crash.
> Would a simple re-install help, or do I need to go for the full monty?
I would start with a simple re-install. It may not help but it doesn't 
take long and does no damage to anything (you'll just need to reapply 
Software Updates once it's finished).

Jules.

> (Which is why I have been putting it off.)
>
> On 14 Dec 2011, at 13:55, Jules Field wrote:
>
>>
>> On 14/12/2011 13:01, Hugh Glaser wrote:
>>> I have a sense that a problem for me is around the file system - something is just not quite right. I also suspect that if I hosed the disk and did a re-install things would be better, but that is quite a business to do in particular because Apple decided not to facilitate that.
>> You can do a Lion reinstall very easily. Just hold down Alt when you power on your Mac.
>>
>> Boot from the Recovery HD and from there you can do a totally non-destructive Lion reinstall.
>> Or if you want to wipe it and reinstall then run Disk Utility from the Recovery HD, reformat the Macintosh HD partition and then reinstall, again straight from the Recovery HD.
>>
>> In case it decides it wants to download Lion to do this, do it while connected at work so you have a good fast network, as it may well want to download the latest Lion image to reinstall it.
>>
>> I've done this several times on several Macs and it all works fine.
>>
>> Jules
>>
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Jules

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