I refresh Safari. I've run first aid under disk utility to see if there are errors. I've also gone to the processes to see if something is stuck running, like a print job. I've only been a Mac user for 18 months,so maybe I'm just not understanding her question? On Oct 18, 2011, at 7:45 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> Hi there, > it seems my friend Rita means refreshing her mac, something she says she does > often when it starts to run slowly? > How often do you personally refresh your drive? > She says she has been using the disc utility since 2006 for this purpose. > thoughts? > Karen > > On Tue, 18 Oct 2011, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: > >> Hi: >> Pages works great! You do not need to defray your mac. No registry keys! >> On Oct 18, 2011, at 1:49 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> In fact my friend Rita wishes to join the list. I am including her address >>> in the to field hoping a mod can subscribe her. I wrote privately about >>> this a while back, but it seems she still cannot join. >>> for the moment though I am going to post her questions and share the >>> answers. >>> she has snow leopard, 10.6.8, running on a mac mini. >>> >>> She wants to clean up her disc. Forgive me if this seems strange, but I >>> have never read of anyone needing to run defrag on their mac, but such is >>> her goal. needful? if so, how is it best done? >>> its all mac, no virtual box with windows. >>> Her next question is one know that gets asked allot, so think in terms of >>> her specific edition of snow leopard. >>> best voiceover friendly word processor? I know there is a recent edition >>> of open office, how is iworks these days? She is a professional writer, so >>> I think needs more than textedit. >>> I recall a person posting an entirely different writing program in fact? >>> >>> Thanks for the house wisdom usual, >>> Karen >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
