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 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >