Scott, Until recently I was working on a Mac Mini with a very similar setup and very similar issues. I managed to give it a new lease of life for a while, by backing up pretty much all my files elsewhere and then deleting them from the mini - clean desktop, clean downloads, clean documents… I also ran a utility that went through application files and folders deleting unnecessary fat like instructions in chinese or svengali, which lets face it I hardly ever need. She came back to life, more or less. However, she was still struggling, basically, with modern life. New applications were overwhelming her. I came to the conclusion that essentially she was tired, and it was time for a nice shiny new laptop. Problem solved.
Regards, Heather On 13 Sep 2012, at 07:21, Scott Rossi wrote: > I did just now. If you're a conspiracy theorist, these lines, which appear > dozens of times, are pretty good: > > 9/12/12 10:51:46 PM MasterControlProgram connection attempt made. > 9/12/12 10:52:25 PM MasterControlProgram ** WE ARE __NOT__ CONNECTED ** > > I was concerned for a moment until I realized this is from my online backup > application. At least, I think it is. > > Nothing else immediate that I can see, but there's a ton of stuff in there. > > Regards, > > Scott Rossi > Creative Director > Tactile Media, UX Design > > > Recently, Phil Jimmieson wrote: > >> Have you looked into the console logs to see if anything interesting shows >> up? >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On 13 Sep 2012, at 06:07, Scott Rossi <sc...@tactilemedia.com> wrote: >> >>> The Spotlight processes that I read about are mds and mdworker. I haven't >>> changed anything significant lately (that I think is significant) but the >>> system might think otherwise. I just don't know what else to look for. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Scott Rossi >>> Creative Director >>> Tactile Media, UX Design >>> >>> On Sep 12, 2012, at 9:53 PM, Kay C Lan <lan.kc.macm...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 12:02 PM, Scott Rossi >>>> <sc...@tactilemedia.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> The one thing I found online is that the Spotlight >>>>> indexing process can sometimes go crazy and intermittently bog down the >>>>> processor -- Onyx supposedly allows you to disable this but I'm not >>>>> certain >>>>> this is the problem (not a regular culprit in Activity Monitor). >>>>> >>>> >>>> What are you looking for in Activity Monitor? mdworker not Spotlight is >>>> what you are looking for. Also, you can see the pulsating dot in the >>>> Spotlight magnifying glass. >>>> >>>> Have you changed anything recently? New HD, new External HD, new >>>> TimeMachine HD or TimeCapsule. >>>> >>>> I have TimeMachine and Carbon Copy Cloner backups and if they ever run >>>> simultaneously then things can bog down, so I'll pause one. >>>> >>>> Other than that the worst I've ever had is Spotlight indexing, and it's >>>> just as you describe. >>>> >>>> Good luck. > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode Heather Nagey Customer Services Manager http://www.runrev.com/ LiveCode - Unleash Your Killer App _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
