Some system processes slow after 10.4 upgrade
Hey Gang,
Since upgrading to Tiger I've noticed that certain processes(opening some files, one page scroll with a click, folder contents appearance upon opening folder, etc) which took less than a second now usually take several seconds and I get the spinning ball. I checked Activity Monitor and the System Memory results are as follows(I tried to attach a Grab of Activity Monitor but couldn't):
Wired: 69 MB
Active: 266 MB
Inactive: 159 MB
Free: 17 MB
Mail is using around 30 MD; Each Widget is using between 20-30 MB
;CPU usage is low.
I have 512 MB in a 12" 1 Gig iBook G4.
Has anyone else noticed this? Do I need more memory? What is the difference between Inactive and Free Memory?
Steve B.
Since upgrading to Tiger I've noticed that certain processes(opening some files, one page scroll with a click, folder contents appearance upon opening folder, etc) which took less than a second now usually take several seconds and I get the spinning ball. I checked Activity Monitor and the System Memory results are as follows(I tried to attach a Grab of Activity Monitor but couldn't):
Wired: 69 MB
Active: 266 MB
Inactive: 159 MB
Free: 17 MB
Mail is using around 30 MD; Each Widget is using between 20-30 MB
;CPU usage is low.I have 512 MB in a 12" 1 Gig iBook G4.
Has anyone else noticed this? Do I need more memory? What is the difference between Inactive and Free Memory?
Steve B.
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Originally posted by macmaniac
Hey Gang,
Since upgrading to Tiger I've noticed that certain processes(opening some files, one page scroll with a click, folder contents appearance upon opening folder, etc) which took less than a second now usually take several seconds and I get the spinning ball. I checked Activity Monitor and the System Memory results are as follows(I tried to attach a Grab of Activity Monitor but couldn't):
Wired: 69 MB
Active: 266 MB
Inactive: 159 MB
Free: 17 MB
Mail is using around 30 MD; Each Widget is using between 20-30 MB
I have 512 MB in a 12" 1 Gig iBook G4.
Has anyone else noticed this? Do I need more memory? What is the difference between Inactive and Free Memory?
Steve B.
My 1.67 GHz PowerBook with 128MB GPU and 1GB RAM was never that speedy under Tiger, Spotlight takes around 20 seconds! However, it has slowed recently when I put on lots of extra fonts. Make sure you're using 10.4.2, when you installed Tiger did you do a clean install?
Inactive memory is memory that is not being used but still contains info (basically the info hasn't been erased in case you'll need it again). However inactive memory is free and can be used by the system if needed.
Originally posted by Engine Joe
20 seconds? When people claim those kinds of times, I have to wonder if they let Spotlight complete the indexing process. I have three macs in the house of varying "power" and "speed" and Spotlight has never taken more than a couple of seconds to complete its results...
Well most of the time it is a few seconds but can take longer just after login - i think it needs to warm up. What can take ages for me is right clicking on folders in the dock - they can take five seconds or more to open!
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