[mac4theblind] Re: start up disk full again
- From: Sarah Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 21:29:11 -0700
Yeah, but merfy's law always takes effect when I do that lol! but I will keep
you all posted.
On Mar 17, 2011, at 8:14 PM, John Panarese wrote:
> Keep us posted, Sarah. When all else fails, a call to Apple support or a
> visit to an Apple Store is always an option as well.
>
> Take Care
>
> John D. Panarese
> Director
> Mac for the Blind
> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.macfortheblind.com
>
> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE
> MAC VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
>
> On Mar 17, 2011, at 11:12 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>
>> I also run cached out. spelled it wrong but for those that need something
>> else it's a good good tool. I'll try onyx and see if it fixes it. Maybe the
>> third time will be a chrm. I'm frustrated by tghis!
>> On Mar 17, 2011, at 7:50 PM, John Panarese wrote:
>>
>>> That is a good application. There are utilities in there worth running
>>> and scheduling. Clearing the cache and such. I use Cocktail, but it's the
>>> same thing.
>>>
>>> I'd still run a disk permissions repair off of your install disk for the
>>> heck of it as well.
>>>
>>> Take Care
>>>
>>> John D. Panarese
>>> Director
>>> Mac for the Blind
>>> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> http://www.macfortheblind.com
>>>
>>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE
>>> MAC VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
>>>
>>> On Mar 17, 2011, at 10:47 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>>>
>>>> I checked all of this and it seems to be speeding up slowly but this is
>>>> getting rediculous. I have not yet run permitions again. well I did a few
>>>> weeks ago but I need to get back inthe habit. I wonder what onyx will do
>>>> for me lol! that is a pretty good suite of stuff to fun.
>>>> On Mar 17, 2011, at 7:36 PM, John Panarese wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Honestly, this shouldn't be happening with a Mac. You are not using that
>>>>> much disk space.
>>>>>
>>>>> Other ideas would be running a disk permissions check from Utilities off
>>>>> of your install disk. Also, check activity monitor to see if anything is
>>>>> running that you are not aware of. Check to see if you have anything
>>>>> starting up with the system in your login area of system preferences
>>>>> under Accounts.
>>>>>
>>>>> Take Care
>>>>>
>>>>> John D. Panarese
>>>>> Director
>>>>> Mac for the Blind
>>>>> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> http://www.macfortheblind.com
>>>>>
>>>>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE
>>>>> MAC VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mar 17, 2011, at 10:25 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I disabled the dash board as I don't know how to use it. I have 4 gigs
>>>>>> of ram on this thing and I do empty my trash. the last time I repaired
>>>>>> permitions it worked, for about 10 minutes and then it went back to
>>>>>> slowness. that was a few months ago when this happened.
>>>>>> On Mar 17, 2011, at 7:04 PM, John Panarese wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Well, you can try running permissions first. See if that helps. Also,
>>>>>>> make sure you don't have anything eating your processor power. It's
>>>>>>> not as big a deal on a Mac, but how much RAM to you have? Also, make
>>>>>>> sure you empty the trash and you don't have open widgets running in
>>>>>>> background.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Take Care
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> John D. Panarese
>>>>>>> Director
>>>>>>> Mac for the Blind
>>>>>>> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>> http://www.macfortheblind.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE
>>>>>>> MAC VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mar 17, 2011, at 10:01 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Most of my stuff is projects I do for other people that are huge up
>>>>>>>> to 3 or 4 gigs in size. OH fun! but yeah this is ridiculous. I
>>>>>>>> thought that it would have defraged itself by now but I'l be patient.
>>>>>>>> On Mar 17, 2011, at 6:15 PM, John Panarese wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> That's a lot of downloaded material. Yes, an external drive to back
>>>>>>>>> it all up and also eliminating anything not important. I have had my
>>>>>>>>> MBP for two years and I haven't filled forty percent of the HD yet.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Take Care
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> John D. Panarese
>>>>>>>>> Director
>>>>>>>>> Mac for the Blind
>>>>>>>>> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>> http://www.macfortheblind.com
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE
>>>>>>>>> MAC VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Mar 17, 2011, at 8:40 PM, Bubba wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Yep that was what I thought. This person must really have a lot of
>>>>>>>>>> stuff on
>>>>>>>>>> her HD. It might be time to get a external HD.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Sign,
>>>>>>>>>> Bubba
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>>>> From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>>> [mailto:mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Panarese
>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 7:43 PM
>>>>>>>>>> To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>>> Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: start up disk full again
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> You mean your actual hard drive? How did you fill it up so much? A
>>>>>>>>>> drive filling up shouldn't slow a system down until you have really
>>>>>>>>>> filled
>>>>>>>>>> it beyond 75 percent capasity from personal experience.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Take Care
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> John D. Panarese
>>>>>>>>>> Director
>>>>>>>>>> Mac for the Blind
>>>>>>>>>> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>>> http://www.macfortheblind.com
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC VOICEOVER TRAINING AND
>>>>>>>>>> SUPPORT
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Mar 17, 2011, at 7:32 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I mean at the time my start up disk was a 0 kb and before then
>>>>>>>>>>> everythign
>>>>>>>>>> was slowing down to a crawl well finder and mail mainly. Now I'm at
>>>>>>>>>> 91 or
>>>>>>>>>> so out of 250 gigs free and everythign is still slow.
>>>>>>>>>>> On Mar 17, 2011, at 4:23 PM, John Panarese wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> What do you mean by full startup disk?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Take Care
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> John D. Panarese
>>>>>>>>>>>> Director
>>>>>>>>>>>> Mac for the Blind
>>>>>>>>>>>> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.macfortheblind.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC VOICEOVER TRAINING
>>>>>>>>>>>> AND
>>>>>>>>>>>> SUPPORT
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mar 17, 2011, at 5:53 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ok once again I have a full start up disk. If I clear at least
>>>>>>>>>>>>> half of
>>>>>>>>>> that my mail and finder are still as slow as ever in rendering
>>>>>>>>>> tables and
>>>>>>>>>> stuff in the message list views and in list mode in finder. How can
>>>>>>>>>> I make
>>>>>>>>>> things faster with out reinstalling? I don't want to go that rout.
>>>>>>>>>> Not
>>>>>>>>>> again. I have too much to focus on this week with mid terms coming
>>>>>>>>>> up.
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> update: I've now freed up to 93 gigs of space but the darned
>>>>>>>>>>>>> thing is
>>>>>>>>>> still slow especially in the mail program at rendering the table for
>>>>>>>>>> my
>>>>>>>>>> messages when I'm done reading a few. How can I fix this?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sarah Alawami
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you need an edit done on a small project go to
>>>>>>>>>> http://music.marrie.org/master.html for more info. If you need to
>>>>>>>>>> contact me
>>>>>>>>>> my info is below.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> MSN and AIM: marrie12@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> website: http://music.marrie.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Podcast: http://marrie.podbean.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>> youtube: http://youtube.com/marrie125
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