[mac4theblind] Re: start up disk full again

   Well, like I said, this might be a question for Apple support.  To me, it 
should not be behaving like that.

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 1:43 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:

> 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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