[OSX-Users] Re: Outlook 11 Problems

[Hugh Glaser]

Thanks Jules.
On 14 Dec 2011, at 14:29, Jules Field wrote:

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> 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).
Trouble is that it won't let me re-install unless my app store account bought Lion - any advice please?
(I'm using the ECS version.)
I suppose it would work off the DVDs.
And presumably the full install would have the same problem.
Cheers

> 
> Jules.
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>> (Which is why I have been putting it off.)
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>> On 14 Dec 2011, at 13:55, Jules Field wrote:
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>>> 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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