Forgot to include the link for MacJanitor, my mind is on early. [1] http://personalpages.tds.net/~brian_hill/macjanitor.html
On May 26, 2006, at 9:35 AM, Jerry Freeman wrote: > First, "backup your data asap" if you have not done so. You > problems may be software or hardware, hard to tell without > systematic elimination. The simple stuff first: > > 1. How much HD space do you have available? If the disk is near > full that could be the simple problem. > 2. How much installed RAM is available? You may need more. > 3. Do you you have to reset the date and time after a systems > crash? Replacing the battery may be in order. > 4. Run [1] Macjanitor, freeware that does unix maintenance that is > probably not being done. > 5. Simply reinstalling the software?or upgrading to a more recent > version?then add you backed up data. > > On the hardware side, the usual suspects are: > > 1. Failing HD. Inexpensive and simple to replace > 2. Logic board. not so inexpensive or easy to replace. > > On May 26, 2006, at 9:12 AM, usafdesigner at insightbb.com wrote: > >> I have a mac at work running 10.2.8. A quicksilver, I think? >> Recently we have been getting frequent system crashes, about 1 a >> week. Applications are running really slow and we spend a lot of >> time looking at the spinning beach ball. Also, we keep 'losing' >> all the printers and have to reset the print system. This happened >> once several months ago, again once last week, then yesterday it >> happened twice and so far today it has happened once. >> >> Any advice on the best way to try to get it back in shape? I am >> afraid we are on the path to some serious problems. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Diane Stinnett > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be June 27 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. > | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be June 27 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
