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Fix random few-second freezes in Mountain Lion
So the entire fix is basically to reboot to safe mode, then back out of it?
How does that fix anything?
ackyshake
on April 29, 2013
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Read the apple page on safe mode. It performs several checks which most likely fix the problem.
coldtea
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Because safe mode is a different runlevel (IIRC), it gets the chance to run some maintenance scripts, delete caches, etc, uninhibited by some services that are loaded in normal mode.
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How does that fix anything?