On Nov 25, 2009, at 10:09 AM, Dan wrote: > At 6:48 PM -0500 11/24/2009, carter foreman wrote: >> G4 dual 1ghz 1.5 GB RAM, OS 10.4.11. > > Fully updated, Safari 4.0.4 also?
yep > Spotlight indexing enabled? yep > >> Lately i have been having an issue with the widgets taking way too >> much cpu time. >> So i turned them off. > > Dashboard can be problematic. It always runs, using both memory and > cpu resources. Once a widget is loaded, it's always running too. > > Try temporarily disabling Dashboard altogether using a tool like OnyX. i havent done that yet but i did take all the widgets off the board, an empty dash board. Ill look into the OnyX soon > >> Safari keeps quiting and it takes way too much CPU time too. >> Apps quit too frequently and memory seems to be leaking. > > Any kernel panics (whole OS crashes)? No kernel panics so far , just certian aps like to quit like mail safari yahooim ichat. QuickTime dosnt crash just seems to be like net oriented apps. > > What does Activity Monitor say are the top cpu pigs? Something happened that made some pigs. Mail, Safari, Yahoo messenger, any widget, I first noticed this when i came home from work and i had left dashboard up all day, and then they were hogs. even when in the background, so i deactivated all the widgets though Dashboard is still running. ill try OnyX to see what there is to see and I'll send off this email before mail quits. Thanks > > What do the app crash logs say? (If you don't know how to read > them, please take a bunch, zip 'em up and email them to me directly. > I'll take a quick look. Please DO NOT post them into the group). > > In Safari, do you have the page previews enabled? do you have > fraudulent site checking enabled? Those two "features" greatly slow > Safari and make it chew a LOT of cpu time. > >> Right now i am running MAIL and Activity Monitor and that is all, >> aside from Finder. >> I have 16.36MB Free memory and 917 MB active 461MB inactive, 140MB >> wired >> >> How is this possible? > > You gots something else running. > > Try disabling Dashboard then re-check. > > - Dan. > -- > - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a > group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a > particular focus on Power Macs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ > group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
