[mac4theblind] Re: start up disk full again
- From: John Panarese <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 23:14:15 -0400
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
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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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