ok, I am also doing a little internet searching for this problem. 

btw, if you need some over the phone assistance, don't hesitate to call me. the 
number is 623-399-5635.

-Eric

On Jan 20, 2011, at 10:44 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:

> I rebooted about 3 hours ago. lol! I'll see about the snapshot.
> 
> S
> On Jan 20, 2011, at 9:17 PM, Eric Oyen wrote:
> 
>> how long has it been since you rebooted your device? there might be a rogue 
>> process or a memory leak happening. is there any way you can pull up a 
>> terminal and copy paste a snapshot of top?
>> 
>> -Eric
>> 
>> On Jan 20, 2011, at 9:33 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>> 
>>> I do and I did but my mail is still slow and my fiinder is as slow as 
>>> malisis. I am up to 37 gigs free and my drive is 250 gigs.
>>> On Jan 20, 2011, at 8:15 PM, Eric Oyen wrote:
>>> 
>>>> oh. do you have the ability to plug in a USB device on that machine? if 
>>>> you can offload some of the large files (like videos, music, etc) it 
>>>> should free up some space for the system to use.
>>>> 
>>>> -Eric
>>>> 
>>>> On Jan 20, 2011, at 9:01 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Ah I don't have a router anymore. I'm runing from a portable hot spot. 
>>>>> lol so a nas is out.!
>>>>> On Jan 20, 2011, at 7:19 PM, Eric Oyen wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> that is entirely likely Sarah. a lack of space for system maintenance 
>>>>>> tasks can cause a severe performance hit on any system (not just OS X). 
>>>>>> this is why I usually save off a lot of my files to a network drive. 
>>>>>> anything that I want to save long term goes either onto optical media, 
>>>>>> or large memory sticks. 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -Eric
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Jan 20, 2011, at 5:21 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hey all my start up disk is almost full and I notice some very sluggish 
>>>>>>> behavior everywhere. Can this be the cause of my slow computer 
>>>>>>> behavior? my mail takes forever to refresh, my finder is bush when 
>>>>>>> sorting and a bit more. the fan is not going but I"m thinking that this 
>>>>>>> might be the cause. I will be freeing up some space to make the system 
>>>>>>> defrag when it can but just wondering.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> S
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