Agreed, it most certainly can. Have had that happen a few times.
Time to externally store some stuff and clear out some room *lol.*
Of course I back up a lot of stuff onto cd anyway they're not overly
expensive and as long as they're maintained can get back into them
much later and find
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?
You bett. That's one of the reasons I had to do a backup and reinstall a fresh
copy of Mac OS X. Now, my Mac works like new again.
On Jan 20, 2011, at
Oh. Yeah I have to do that now as Even though I cleared a lot of stuff my mac
is refusing to go lightning fast. It is just chugging along like me with out
that morning cup of water.
S
On Jan 21, 2011, at 5:02 PM, Jes Smith wrote:
Hey all my start up disk is almost full and I notice some very
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
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 Im thinking that this might be the cause. I
Any computer whether it's a pc or a mac will slow down if it's start up disk is
full. It's mostly because the computer is trying to use hard disk space as
virtual memory and when the disk is full that becomes harder, making they
computer work harder.
On 2011-01-20, at 7:21 PM, Sarah Alawami
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
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
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
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
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
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
Oops? how do I do this snapshot thing? Sorry I'm still a bit ignerent about
this stuff. lol!
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
well, in the case of a terminal,
just run top for about 5 seconds, then terminate it and copy/paste the results
from the terminal window as a text entry here.
-Eric
On Jan 20, 2011, at 10:45 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
Oops? how do I do this snapshot thing? Sorry I'm still a bit ignerent about
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.
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