[mac4theblind] Re: start up disk full again

  • From: Sarah Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:12:21 -0700

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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