Maybe try repairing disk permissions. On 2011-01-20, at 11:33 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 >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
