Somthing i noticed....
I have noticed lately that os x has been slowing to a crawl on my 867 G4. I know it wasnt this slow when i first installed 10.1, and when i had to log in as root the other day, i was shocked at how fast the root account seemed compared to mine. i clicked the system prefs. in the dock and it barely bounced once and it was open. when i do that in my normal account, it takes around 10 bouces sometimes. has anyone else come accross this? is there any way to fix it so it will be "normal" again?? does it just sort of happen after a lot of use? if so, is there any way to prevent it?
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There was a misunderstanding some time ago where people thought they should use root because it was faster, but they were actually just encountering this strange phenomena, not realizing that they'd get the same speed boosts with another "unused" user.
<strong>so just create a new user and transfer my stuff to that?</strong><hr></blockquote>Well that really is VERY impressive having to do that with a "modern" OS. I mean is X still in beta, or what? Sheesh . . .
- T.I.
I mentioned a similar thing to one of the Apple guys (in the help booths) at MWSF. They suggested clearing PRAM and rebuilding the desktop in OS 9.
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Thanks for the suggestion, neutrino23.
- T.I.
sudo sh /etc/daily
sudo sh /etc/weekly
sudo sh /etc/monthly
As for wear on the system, the fan might spin a little more (unless you have an iMac with no fan) but the HD goes to sleep and all other solidstate components don't really have 'wear'. I mean, have you ever heard someone say, 'boy, that computer was a server before, so I shouldn't get it because it's worn'?