[mac4theblind] Re: start up disk full again
- From: Sarah Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 10:43:27 -0700
The thing is only a year old. Only finder and mail seem to slow to a crawl.
On 19/03/2011, at 9:41, John Panarese <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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