I Know this is way off topic - I have noticed that my computer (MBP 17" late 2011) is acting very slow and groggy over the past few days… I have repaired permissions, cleaned cashes for safari and firefox - cleaned out iPhoto.
I am using Lion -
i only have 150g filled out of 750 - so not even close to max.
Julie, have you tried something as simple as restarting it?
I tend to leave my mac on the whole time and it seems to get clogged up with various programmes being opened and closed and a restart normally does the trick.
Trev
On 16 Jul 2012, at 12:55, Julie Maxwell Allen wrote:
Good morning,
I Know this is way off topic - I have noticed that my computer (MBP 17" late 2011) is acting very slow and groggy over the past few days… I have repaired permissions, cleaned cashes for safari and firefox - cleaned out iPhoto.
I am using Lion -
i only have 150g filled out of 750 - so not even close to max.
Is there any other suggestions on how to prevent this from happening?
J
On Jul 16, 2012, at 8:00 AM, Trevor Reaveley wrote:
Julie, have you tried something as simple as restarting it?
I tend to leave my mac on the whole time and it seems to get clogged up with various programmes being opened and closed and a restart normally does the trick.
Trev
On 16 Jul 2012, at 12:55, Julie Maxwell Allen wrote:
Good morning,
I Know this is way off topic - I have noticed that my computer (MBP 17" late 2011) is acting very slow and groggy over the past few days… I have repaired permissions, cleaned cashes for safari and firefox - cleaned out iPhoto.
I am using Lion -
i only have 150g filled out of 750 - so not even close to max.
I’m not sure about modern versions of OS X, but there are some cleanup scripts that run at 1AM local time every night/week/month that really help keep your Mac on task. Cleaning out logs, etc. If your Mac sleeps all throughout the night, then it might miss these. I set my big Mac to sleep the display only, and it runs (blissfully quiet, due to the giant slow-moving fans) 24/7. It stays up for months at a time. (The old Unix joke is “restarting is for hardware upgrades”.)
Walter
On Jul 16, 2012, at 10:26 AM, Julie Maxwell Allen wrote:
I have thank you! That does make a difference…
Is there any other suggestions on how to prevent this from happening?
J
On Jul 16, 2012, at 8:00 AM, Trevor Reaveley wrote:
Julie, have you tried something as simple as restarting it?
I tend to leave my mac on the whole time and it seems to get clogged up with various programmes being opened and closed and a restart normally does the trick.
Trev
On 16 Jul 2012, at 12:55, Julie Maxwell Allen wrote:
Good morning,
I Know this is way off topic - I have noticed that my computer (MBP 17" late 2011) is acting very slow and groggy over the past few days… I have repaired permissions, cleaned cashes for safari and firefox - cleaned out iPhoto.
I am using Lion -
i only have 150g filled out of 750 - so not even close to max.
On Jul 16, 2012, at 10:31 AM, Walter Lee Davis wrote:
I’m not sure about modern versions of OS X, but there are some cleanup scripts that run at 1AM local time every night/week/month that really help keep your Mac on task. Cleaning out logs, etc. If your Mac sleeps all throughout the night, then it might miss these. I set my big Mac to sleep the display only, and it runs (blissfully quiet, due to the giant slow-moving fans) 24/7. It stays up for months at a time. (The old Unix joke is “restarting is for hardware upgrades”.)
Walter
On Jul 16, 2012, at 10:26 AM, Julie Maxwell Allen wrote:
I have thank you! That does make a difference…
Is there any other suggestions on how to prevent this from happening?
J
On Jul 16, 2012, at 8:00 AM, Trevor Reaveley wrote:
Julie, have you tried something as simple as restarting it?
I tend to leave my mac on the whole time and it seems to get clogged up with various programmes being opened and closed and a restart normally does the trick.
Trev
On 16 Jul 2012, at 12:55, Julie Maxwell Allen wrote:
Good morning,
I Know this is way off topic - I have noticed that my computer (MBP 17" late 2011) is acting very slow and groggy over the past few days… I have repaired permissions, cleaned cashes for safari and firefox - cleaned out iPhoto.
I am using Lion -
i only have 150g filled out of 750 - so not even close to max.
You don’t do anything, just make sure your Mac is on and not sleeping overnight.
Walter
On Jul 16, 2012, at 10:48 AM, Julie Maxwell Allen wrote:
That sounds great - where can I find these
On Jul 16, 2012, at 10:31 AM, Walter Lee Davis wrote:
I’m not sure about modern versions of OS X, but there are some cleanup scripts that run at 1AM local time every night/week/month that really help keep your Mac on task. Cleaning out logs, etc. If your Mac sleeps all throughout the night, then it might miss these. I set my big Mac to sleep the display only, and it runs (blissfully quiet, due to the giant slow-moving fans) 24/7. It stays up for months at a time. (The old Unix joke is “restarting is for hardware upgrades”.)
Walter
On Jul 16, 2012, at 10:26 AM, Julie Maxwell Allen wrote:
I have thank you! That does make a difference…
Is there any other suggestions on how to prevent this from happening?
J
On Jul 16, 2012, at 8:00 AM, Trevor Reaveley wrote:
Julie, have you tried something as simple as restarting it?
I tend to leave my mac on the whole time and it seems to get clogged up with various programmes being opened and closed and a restart normally does the trick.
Trev
On 16 Jul 2012, at 12:55, Julie Maxwell Allen wrote:
Good morning,
I Know this is way off topic - I have noticed that my computer (MBP 17" late 2011) is acting very slow and groggy over the past few days… I have repaired permissions, cleaned cashes for safari and firefox - cleaned out iPhoto.
I am using Lion -
i only have 150g filled out of 750 - so not even close to max.
ok I can do that - is this automatic no settings to mess with? I am Lion
J
On Jul 16, 2012, at 10:51 AM, Walter Lee Davis wrote:
You don’t do anything, just make sure your Mac is on and not sleeping overnight.
Walter
On Jul 16, 2012, at 10:48 AM, Julie Maxwell Allen wrote:
That sounds great - where can I find these
On Jul 16, 2012, at 10:31 AM, Walter Lee Davis wrote:
I’m not sure about modern versions of OS X, but there are some cleanup scripts that run at 1AM local time every night/week/month that really help keep your Mac on task. Cleaning out logs, etc. If your Mac sleeps all throughout the night, then it might miss these. I set my big Mac to sleep the display only, and it runs (blissfully quiet, due to the giant slow-moving fans) 24/7. It stays up for months at a time. (The old Unix joke is “restarting is for hardware upgrades”.)
Walter
On Jul 16, 2012, at 10:26 AM, Julie Maxwell Allen wrote:
I have thank you! That does make a difference…
Is there any other suggestions on how to prevent this from happening?
J
On Jul 16, 2012, at 8:00 AM, Trevor Reaveley wrote:
Julie, have you tried something as simple as restarting it?
I tend to leave my mac on the whole time and it seems to get clogged up with various programmes being opened and closed and a restart normally does the trick.
Trev
On 16 Jul 2012, at 12:55, Julie Maxwell Allen wrote:
Good morning,
I Know this is way off topic - I have noticed that my computer (MBP 17" late 2011) is acting very slow and groggy over the past few days… I have repaired permissions, cleaned cashes for safari and firefox - cleaned out iPhoto.
I am using Lion -
i only have 150g filled out of 750 - so not even close to max.
As far as I know. It’s deep in the Unix core of Mac OS X, and there’s no interface to configure it, although there is or was a GUI to force it to run at any time, built into Onyx.app and maybe other “deep geek” settings-tweaking apps.
Walter
On Jul 16, 2012, at 11:07 AM, Julie Maxwell Allen wrote:
ok I can do that - is this automatic no settings to mess with? I am Lion
J
On Jul 16, 2012, at 10:51 AM, Walter Lee Davis wrote:
You don’t do anything, just make sure your Mac is on and not sleeping overnight.
Walter
On Jul 16, 2012, at 10:48 AM, Julie Maxwell Allen wrote:
That sounds great - where can I find these
On Jul 16, 2012, at 10:31 AM, Walter Lee Davis wrote:
I’m not sure about modern versions of OS X, but there are some cleanup scripts that run at 1AM local time every night/week/month that really help keep your Mac on task. Cleaning out logs, etc. If your Mac sleeps all throughout the night, then it might miss these. I set my big Mac to sleep the display only, and it runs (blissfully quiet, due to the giant slow-moving fans) 24/7. It stays up for months at a time. (The old Unix joke is “restarting is for hardware upgrades”.)
Walter
On Jul 16, 2012, at 10:26 AM, Julie Maxwell Allen wrote:
I have thank you! That does make a difference…
Is there any other suggestions on how to prevent this from happening?
J
On Jul 16, 2012, at 8:00 AM, Trevor Reaveley wrote:
Julie, have you tried something as simple as restarting it?
I tend to leave my mac on the whole time and it seems to get clogged up with various programmes being opened and closed and a restart normally does the trick.
Trev
On 16 Jul 2012, at 12:55, Julie Maxwell Allen wrote:
Good morning,
I Know this is way off topic - I have noticed that my computer (MBP 17" late 2011) is acting very slow and groggy over the past few days… I have repaired permissions, cleaned cashes for safari and firefox - cleaned out iPhoto.
I am using Lion -
i only have 150g filled out of 750 - so not even close to max.
As a “visual filer” and Mac user since `85, I’ve found that one sure way to slow things down considerably is to have too many desktop files. While increased horsepower over the decades has helped, too many desktop folders and files appears to be a real resource hog.