[mac4theblind] Re: start up disk full again
- From: Sarah Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 12:11:03 -0700
No it should not. If I open let' say 1 or even 4 messages at a time in mail,
my mail acts like it wants to freeze. it is between 1 and 2 seconds or maybe
a bit more until I hear the changing window soundd. and even vo right arrowing
is causing mail or finder to be busy in list mode.
On Mar 19, 2011, at 11:03 AM, John Panarese wrote:
> 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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