[mac4theblind] Re: start up disk full again
- From: John Panarese <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 14:03:38 -0400
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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