Thanks, Esther. this was the first time I tried to set the font in a document, so I wasn't sure if it was user error. I'll give this another try. What does one do if there is a corrupted font file? thanks, Donna On Nov 30, 2009, at 4:20 PM, Esther wrote:
> Hi Donna, > > You can force quit any app by pressing Command-Option-Escape, and then > choosing the application you want to quit if you cannot exit > regularly. I've not seen this behavior with TextEdit, but I don't > usually try to change to specific font selections. I've read that one > source of occasional mysterious performance problems is having an > occasional corrupted font file, which will cause everything to hang. > This may not be related to your difficulties, but if you experience a > similar hang up when accessing the same font at a later time, this > could be a corrupted font file. > > Cheers, > > Esther > > Donna Goodin wrote: > >> I think it depends on the app. I get this in Safari when pages are >> loading, but it always goes away. This is the first time I've seen >> the Mac get "stuck" in busy mode. >> John W. Carty wrote: >> >>> I don't have an answer but in evaluating a mac for my future leap >>> I've encountered applications busy msg. >>> >>> Is this related to limited ram? >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Donna Goodin [mailto:goodi...@msu.edu] >>> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 2:48 PM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: text Edit Busy? >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I was just working on a document in Text Edit. I went into the Font >>> menu to try and change the font, and when I did, I started getting >>> the >>> message "Text Edit Busy", but the message would not go away, and I >>> couldn't close the program. Has anyone else seen this? Is there >>> anyway to get rid of it besides shutting off the computer? >>> TIA, >>> Donna >>> >>> -- >>> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to >>> macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en >>> . >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to >>> macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en >>> . >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en >> . >> >> > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en > . > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
