Thanks, and it's worth a shot. However, I've seen no improvement at all after doing the PRAM reset, except that Spoken Items seems to respond faster the couple times I've used it. Still, anything to avoid a complete re-install of my OS (and, more to the point, all my apps and settings) is fine with me. On Jan 6, 2014, at 11:38 PM, Chris Blouch <[email protected]> wrote:
> According to Apple you can reset the SMC on a mini by shutting it down, > unplugging it from power for 15 seconds, plugging it back in, waiting 5 > seconds and powering it back up. > > http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964 > > CB > > On 1/6/14 6:59 PM, Alex Hall wrote: >> Thanks. My troubles are more slowness opening mail and apps, and occasional >> audio stuttering even with Voiceover. I still haven't gone ahead with the >> huge step of the clean install, but maybe resetting the PRAM will help >> things. It's worth a shot at least. This SMC reset does not seem as likely >> to help, and I have a Mini so can't remove the battery or anything. >> On Jan 6, 2014, at 5:17 PM, Chris Blouch <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The PRAM reset stuff happens as part of the hardware self-check, long >>> before any boot loaders and other software is executed. What are the >>> advantages of resetting the PRAM? PRAM is used to hold a lot of little >>> details semi-permanently. Things related to which drive/partition to boot, >>> speaker/sound settings, display settings and more. If they get mangled >>> somehow your machine can start behaving badly while it goes on a fruitless >>> search for a drive which doesn't exist or route sound to nowhere. So doing >>> a resent puts things back to factory fresh. Exactly what is stored on PRAM >>> varies between Mac models. There is also the SMC for System Management >>> Controller on Intel Macs. The SMC controls things like power, fans and >>> system performance so you might want to try resetting that as well. On a >>> laptop you'll have to unplug it, pull the battery and hold down the power >>> button for 5 seconds to drain the last bit of juice. That resets the SMC to >>> factory. >>> >>> CB >>> >>> On 1/6/14 4:56 PM, Alex Hall wrote: >>>> What if you have a boot manager? I have Refit installed, so will this work >>>> for me or do I need to boot into Mac and then hold down the keys? Also, >>>> what exactly are the advantages of doing this? I've heard a lot about it, >>>> but am not sure why one might actually need to do it. >>>> On Jan 6, 2014, at 12:53 PM, Chris Blouch <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Power down your machine, hold down command+option+P+R and keep holding >>>>> them while you power up the machine. You should hear the startup sound >>>>> after a bit. I usually keep them down until I've heard the startup sound >>>>> a couple time - maybe three or four - and then let off the keys to allow >>>>> a normal startup. >>>>> >>>>> CB >>>>> >>>>> On 1/6/14 12:13 PM, Les Kriegler wrote: >>>>>> Can someone explain the procedure to reset the Prams on a Mac? My >>>>>> system has slowed down and I think this might help. I tried to search >>>>>> the archives, but could not do so as I didn't find a link in the e-mail >>>>>> message to do so as is the case with the iPhone list. Thanks. >>>>>> >>>>>> Les >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to [email protected]. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> Have a great day, >>>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >> [email protected] >> >> >> > > -- > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
