[mac4theblind] Re: start up disk full again
- From: John Panarese <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 12:41:07 -0400
Even with those size files, the entire system shouldn't be slowing down
like that. Honestly, I am out of ideas. There is probably something obvious
that is being missed, but I would really contact the local Apple Store or call
Apple. How old is this machine?
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 19, 2011, at 12:51 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
> 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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