Re: Yet another problem I only get...phantom iTunes

GreyCloud stated in post 9NadnWtr2qyDL6TXnZ2dnUVZ_oJi4p2d@xxxxxxxxxxx on
6/17/09 8:19 PM:

Steve Carroll wrote:
On Jun 17, 3:46 pm, Steve de Mena <st...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
OK, got another one for you. With a video, so I don't hear how I cut
and pasted this problem from a web site or pulled it out of my ass.

This is on my Mac Pro. Uptime: about 12 hours. 13GB of RAM. A pretty
healthy beast.

I connected my iPhone 3G to iTunes and was updating some apps. They
had all downloaded from ITS to my PC. But there was a beachball on
the screen. After 10 minutes it was still there. So I killed the
iTunes task in Activity Monitor.

Now look at the video:
1) The iTunes icon still shows the "loaded" indicator beneath it
2) It's not listed in Activity Monitor
3) Right clicking the icon and choosing "Force Quit" does nothing
4) Clicking the icon to reload it does nothing.

I need to restart the system (maybe forcibly) to correct this.

Try killing the process (via process ID in a terminal window, you can
find the ID with "top")? Usually works for me.

(Did I have another option?)

I think the one I just gave would have worked... can't guarantee it,
though, after all, you *are* Steve de Mena;)

I smell photoshop in his screencast here. I've yet to see a UNIX system
not restart or shutdown over a few
user apps. Looks to me like it is all baloney.

If I have some time I might try to replicate the situation... just open a
bunch of apps and hit restart. It is likely to happen.


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