Yeah, if these are serious projects, you might need something more powerful. Or, consider upgrading your RAM to 8 GB. Bubba has a great suggestion by working off of an external drive on your work if possible. 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 8:03 AM, Bubba wrote: > Hi, yes that is large files. It sounds like a format is in play and put the > OS back on. Now if you do this and it fixes the problem. I would put all my > work files on another HD this way it would not fill up your HD. Even the > temparley files that you work on . What kind of Mac do you have and how old > is it? Can you put another HD in it? Maybe it might be time to look at a Mac > Pro to do your work? Of course this is lots of money some where in the 2 to > 3 grand . But if I was doing that kind of work as you are I think it would > be a good business investment. > > > > Sign, > Bubba > > -----Original Message----- > From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sarah Alawami > Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 12:52 AM > To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: start up disk full again > > 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 >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > >