[mac4theblind] Re: start up disk full again
- From: "Bubba" <bubbathegeek@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 08:03:30 -0400
Hi, yes that is large files. It sounds like a format is in play and put the
OS back on. Now if you do this and it fixes the problem. I would put all my
work files on another HD this way it would not fill up your HD. Even the
temparley files that you work on . What kind of Mac do you have and how old
is it? Can you put another HD in it? Maybe it might be time to look at a Mac
Pro to do your work? Of course this is lots of money some where in the 2 to
3 grand . But if I was doing that kind of work as you are I think it would
be a good business investment.
Sign,
Bubba
-----Original Message-----
From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sarah Alawami
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 12:52 AM
To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: start up disk full again
Well I ran onyx and it does not seem to have worked. I also ran a repair
disk and an disk utility and no go. I also repaired permitions. it sucks tha
tonly files under 20 mb are defraged. My work has to have me work with files
that are hundreds of mb big and sometimes even about a gig for a whole
project.
Take care.
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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