It’s seldom I shutdown or reboot my MacBook Pro unless I’m installing an OS X update. I usually put the Mac to sleep and crack the lid open when I reach my next destination.

A few days ago OmniOutliner kept locking up on me. I’d open a document and it would freeze. Open OO directly and it would freeze. Force Quit was all I could do.

As any diligent Mac user might do, I deleted the preference file in Application Support. I moved my documents in the rare event one was corrupt and OO was trying to open it by default. Still no joy.

A support request was sent to Omni Technologies and I got a nice response in return with some advanced debugging options. Then it hit me… Why not reboot? I dismissed the idea because it’s “so Windows” but I tried it anyway. OmniOutliner came back to life, documents and all.

If I were running Windows, a reboot would have been the first thing I’d have done. With the Mac it didn’t even dawn on me because it’s so seldom I have trouble. Another reminder that with Mac there is more time spent Geting Things Done rather than perform system maintenance.

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