Hi Laura Ann, Sorry, I was ignoring this thread for a while but it looks like your computer needs some attention. Let us know how your MBP responds after the repairing of Disk Permissions. There may be a few other things that we can do to improve its performance.
Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2012-07-27, at 9:29 PM, "Laura ann Grymes, LMT" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you, > so I go to disc utility, then select the mac hard drive and then select the > first aid tab and choose repair permissions? > > All new and learning. > So appreciate all you guys help. > I have loved learning and been a mac user since November of last year and > love the list and many of the pod cast I am learning from. > Laura Ann > > On Jul 27, 2012, at 10:00 PM, Esther wrote: > >> Hi Laura, >> >> That time estimate should go down a lot once you get started. It's an >> extrapolation based on how the process starts when you repair permissions. >> I'd be surprised if it takes anywhere near that long -- or even more than >> about 20 minutes. >> >> I'm not sure how to give explicit instructions to troubleshoot this, but >> maybe Tim, Chris, or others can make suggestions. You should not be having >> these kinds of busy messages with your machine. A few things that I can >> think of, if Lion is your first operating system. By default, there are a >> lot of settings that will make Lion run with an apparently higher load >> factor than earlier Mac OS systems like Snow Leopard. By default it will >> re-open all the windows in applications like Mail and your Safari web >> browser when you launch each app. If you want to stop Lion from re-opening >> old windows in applications when you quit them, try using Command-Option-Q >> instead of Command-Q to quit. If you genuinely don't want the system to >> store all the states of your previously open windows, this will help >> minimize the load. Not having a lot of windows open at one time, especially >> in Safari, will help. >> >> Apart from that, it's possible you just have some runaway process that would >> show up in Activity Monitor, and that can easily be identified and killed by >> someone at the Apple Store Genius bar. >> >> You can make an appointment for this quite accessibly from the web site. I'd >> probably start at this page if you're in the U.S.: >> http://concierge.apple.com/reservation/us/en/techsupport/ >> Then I'd select my state and store and go the next step and choose "Mac" as >> the subject for your visit. You'll be able to choose you time slot, and >> make your reservation, optionally giving a short description of the issue. >> >> HTH. Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> On Jul 27, 2012, at 4:45 PM, Laura ann Grymes, LMT wrote: >> >>> I have a 500 gb HD and when I went to go start the process it said 1 hr 55 >>> mn. >>> wow. >>> Laura Ann >>> >>> On Jul 27, 2012, at 9:43 PM, Les Kriegler wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Laura, >>>> >>>> I have a similar system to yours, and it takes less than 10 minutes. I >>>> have a 1 Terrabyte drive if that matters, not that much on it. >>>> >>>> Les >>>> On Jul 27, 2012, at 10:03 PM, "Laura ann Grymes, LMT" >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> How long should repairing permissions take and do I need to do anything >>>>> before doing that? >>>>> It has done this from day one out of the box new. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Laura Ann >>>>> >>>>> On Jul 27, 2012, at 6:24 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Oh. nuts. well, there goes that theory. :) Hmmm. repairing disk >>>>>> permissions would be my next step, as I don't know of any malware that >>>>>> could do it, even though that's what the behavior sounds like. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> • Mark BurningHawk Baxter >> >> -- >> 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.
