Dowloand YASU http://www.jimmitchelldesigns.com/yasu.html Check everything, run, restart. General slowdown can be caused by a buildup of cache files or log files, this program does a good basic spring clean of these things. HTH Rob
On 6/11/05 7:16 PM, "Jon Davison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Bill. Yes I do this but it does not take long before it slows > again. Is there a pref or something that needs > replacing? Nobody else has responded, so I guess there is no answer to > it, or that no one has had the same problem. > Cheers and thanks again > Jon > > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Denise & Bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: 6 November 2005 6:40:05 PM >> To: "WAMUG Mailing List" <wamug@wamug.org.au> >> Subject: Re: G5 slowing down >> >> My G5 did the same thing. Fixed it by turning it off and re-booting. >> Now I >> turn it off about once per week. Keeps it sweet. >> Bill Currie >> >> >> On 4/11/05 6:51 PM, "Jon Davison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Hi everyone. I think this has been dealt with before so excuse me if >>> it >>> has. My G5/1.6/768RAM/OS.X.3.9 is slowing down by the day. What is the >>> best way to deal with this. I regularly close all apps I am not using, >>> but use Photoshop CS2 and Dreamweaver MX daily. I have an eDrive >>> partition that I use with TechTools Pro V4, and Optimize every now and >>> then. >>> >>> I hardly use Classic, my kids sometimes download MSM which I delete if >>> I find it. They have an eMac for this. so no 3rd part apps. As this is >>> my work machine I would like it to get back to how it performed a year >>> ago. I have two HD's (47GB and 37GB left, so space is okay). Could it >>> be RAM? Should I trash >>> Finder prefs? >>> >>> Any ideas on why it is going so slow. Normal simple Photoshop actions >>> are a pain as they take so long. My iBook 1.6 is like lightning by >>> comparison. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Jon >>> >>> Beneath Southern Seas >>> A new coffee-table book celebrating the Australian Submariner >>> Published by UWA Press >>> and developed by >>> Eye in the Sky Productions >>> Western Australia & Queensland >>> Email Jon Davison, WA (photog & production): <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Email Tom Allibone, Qld (Interviews & marketing): >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Email: Michael Adeane, WA (Design & print management): >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> W: <http://www.eyeinthesky.com.au/runsilent/chapters.html> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>> WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro >> >> > Upon Southern Seas (BSS4) > A new coffee-table book celebrating the Australian Warship > Publisher TBA > Developed by > Eye in the Sky Productions > Western Australia & Queensland > Email Jon Davison, WA (photog & production): <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Email Tom Allibone, Qld (Interviews & marketing): > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Email: Michael Adeane, WA (Design & print management): > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > W: <http://www.eyeinthesky.com.au/bss3_frigates.html> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro >
