On May 26, 2006, at 10:04 AM, usafdesigner at insightbb.com wrote: > Thanks, I will try both. > > Jerry, how long does Mac Janitor take to run? Is it something we > may want to do over the weekend or does someone need to watch it > for prompts?
Minutes! Launch MacJanitor, select "all" task, enter admin password, go get a cuppa, it will be done when you come back. It does a cache dump and cleans the log files, just stuff the built-in maintenance would do were the machine on at 3 AM...jf > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jerry Freeman > Date: Friday, May 26, 2006 9:47 am > Subject: Re: MacGroup: System crashes and lost printers > To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > > > 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 . > > > | List posting address: > > > | List Web page: > > > > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > > | be June 27 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. > > | The LCS Web page is . > > | List posting address: > > | List Web page: > > | 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>
