yes, there are a lot of clean up processes that are run automatically assuming your system is left on to do them.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Castonguay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 1:04 PM Subject: Re: Odd Mac behavior. Please help. Just a quick note about defragging: I could be wrong, but I think the Mac Extended file system may have its own defrag properties. I remember reading somewhere about the different Linux file systems and how they have their own routines which keep the file system working efficiently. I'm sure there are specs on the Mac Extended file system somewhere. -Jason On Jan 12, 2008, at 4:13 AM, John Moore wrote: > I'm guessing the more programs you have running,, the longer it takes > to shut down. I have 1 GB, but I may get another stick put in if this > keeps up. I have a huge ITunes library; that's why I asked about > defraging. Thanks a lot. BTW, I totally screwed up my library earlier > tonight and I have a bunch of duplicates of files with numbers on the > ends of them. that I don't need. Is there a way that I can deleete all > of them at once without selecting every single one? Or, do I have to > select all of them individually? Thanks. Right now, I am selecting > each one individually and deleeting it, but there are hundreds of > them. > > On 1/11/08, Scott Chesworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> It's possible that I'm just being impatient then I guess. Next >> time it >> happens I'll leave the beast running for ages and see if it shuts >> down in >> the end. >> >> Does anyone know why the time can vary so much? During one of >> those mamoth >> 2 minute shutdowns, what's going on? >> >> Scott >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "David Poehlman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac >> OS Xby >> theblind" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 4:21 AM >> Subject: Re: Odd Mac behavior. Please help. >> >> >>> and make sure you wait, it can take up to two full minutes to shut >>> down >>> some >>> times. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Scott Bresnahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac >>> OS X by >>> theblind" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 9:05 PM >>> Subject: Re: Odd Mac behavior. Please help. >>> >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Here's my take on Mac laptops, Mac Book and Mac Book Pro, if you >>> shut >>> the lid before the system shuts down, it will often put it into >>> sleep >>> mode rather than shutting it down. I've found that you need to wait >>> until you hear the fan and hard drive go dead before you close the >>> lid. I've found this is often the cause of such behavior. >>> >>> In addition, the hinge sensor that detects the lid position can be >>> loose and on some Mac Books it will wake up before the lid is >>> opened, >>> draining the battery and causing a hot hot laptop in a padded bag. >>> >>> On the disk fragmentation, imho, it's not even worth worrying about >>> unless you have less than 20 percent free on your hard disk. Rare >>> these days, but possible in some cases. If you are experiencing >>> performance issues, I'd make sure you have at least 1gb of RAM in >>> that Macbook. >>> >>> Best of luck, >>> Scott >>> -- >>> --Scott >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > John Moore > -- Jason Castonguay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I welcome you to visit my web site at http://www.MusicalMomentsWithJason.com/ or listen to a clip by clicking below http://musicalmomentswithjason.com/audio/JASON_CASTONGUAY-Cheek_to_Ch-clip-69-266.m3u
