OT: Mac mini slowing down- Conclusion

I've tested OnyX on my Lombard, and, based on my results with it, I believe it'll solve the mini problems. Thanks for the recommendation, everyone. Thanks for all the help, and have a Merry Christmas, Caleb -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicsht

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I'll be sure to try that. I remember how upset I was when the power connector broke on my PB 190, which took away my uptime record. :( (Two months, three days for the 190 and with a new battery, the Lombard should break that.) Well, I'm going to be sure to give OnyX a shot. For some reason, e

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Well, the only programs he uses with any regularity are Safari, Mail and iPhoto. I'll try MacJanitor on my Lombard, and see what that does. Now, where can I find it? As far as autostart utilities go, I'll take a look at those. The thing has only had a total of 3 hours downtime since the d

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Hi Caleb, I have a mini and a G4 iBook and the mini runs faster than the book. There is indeed only one RAM slot and it's hard to get to. But more RAM would help. I suspect there are accumulated cache files that could be fouling things us. If he's using Tiger then those cron jobs get run

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MacJanitor, Onyx (my choice) Cocktail, etc. can all be found at versiontracker.com. If you're looking for just about any software try there first. Including upgrades for commercial programs. John On Dec 19, 2005, at 10:30 AM, Caleb Cupples wrote: Well, the only programs he uses with any reg

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Looks like I'll have to fix that one... Thanks for all the help, guys. Caleb On Monday, Dec 19, 2005, at 10:10 America/Chicago, Laurent Daudelin wrote: Except that it won't. Unless you schedule it specifically in Energy Saver, the Mac won't wake up when it's sleeping... -Laurent. -- G-Bo

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Except that it won't. Unless you schedule it specifically in Energy Saver, the Mac won't wake up when it's sleeping... -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin Developer, Multifamily, ESO, Fannie Mae mailto:[EMAIL PROTE

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Actually, it lives in sleep mode when he's not using it, so it should wake up and do the cron jobs on its own.. On Monday, Dec 19, 2005, at 09:58 America/Chicago, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Dec 18, 2005, at 9:34 PM, Caleb Cupples wrote: I've been talking with my grandpa, whom I converted to a Ma

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On Dec 18, 2005, at 9:34 PM, Caleb Cupples wrote: I've been talking with my grandpa, whom I converted to a Mac, but he's been complaining of his mini feeling slower than when it was new. I'm speaking from my limited experience with OS X and its behavior but running Jaguar on my Lombard (G3

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On 19/12/05 10:30, "Caleb Cupples" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, the only programs he uses with any regularity are Safari, Mail > and iPhoto. I'll try MacJanitor on my Lombard, and see what that does. > Now, where can I find it? > > As far as autostart utilities go, I'll take a look at those

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Well, the only programs he uses with any regularity are Safari, Mail and iPhoto. I'll try MacJanitor on my Lombard, and see what that does. Now, where can I find it? As far as autostart utilities go, I'll take a look at those. The thing has only had a total of 3 hours downtime since the day Ti

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Have him download the utility "OnyX" and run it often. This utility is free and has daily, weekly, and monthly maintenance and cleaning features which get rid of things that slow things down. Art Richard (St. Petersburg, FL) On Dec 18, 2005, at 11:34 PM, Caleb Cupples wrote: I've been talki

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On Dec 18, 2005, at 11:34 PM, Caleb Cupples wrote: I've been talking with my grandpa, whom I converted to a Mac, but he's been complaining of his mini feeling slower than when it was new. I'm speaking from my limited experience with OS X and its behavior but running Jaguar on my Lombard (G3

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On Dec 18, 2005, at 8:34 PM, Caleb Cupples wrote: I've been talking with my grandpa, whom I converted to a Mac, but he's been complaining of his mini feeling slower than when it was new. I'm speaking from my limited experience with OS X and its behavior but running Jaguar on my Lombard (G3

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Well, I mentioned the RAM upgrade, but he wants to hold out. As far as system resources, everything looks normal. Nothing is really hogging the CPU or memory. I didn't even think of checking the permissions, because it never was an issue on my Linux boxes, or my Lombard, so I never thought about

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On Dec 18, 2005, at 11:52 PM, Caleb Cupples wrote: I did when it started, and it's showing all 256 MB. If I remember correctly, the mini only has one bank of RAM, so if it didn't show up, it wouldn't run. I may be wrong on my assumption that it's only got one RAM slot, though. It still sho

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I did when it started, and it's showing all 256 MB. If I remember correctly, the mini only has one bank of RAM, so if it didn't show up, it wouldn't run. I may be wrong on my assumption that it's only got one RAM slot, though. It still shows all 256 MB RAM. This is my question, would the file

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Check that the amount of RAM it thinks it has is the amount it's supposed to be. On Dec 18, 2005, at 8:34 PM, Caleb Cupples wrote: I've been talking with my grandpa, whom I converted to a Mac, but he's been complaining of his mini feeling slower than when it was new. I'm speaking from my

OT: Mac mini slowing down...

I've been talking with my grandpa, whom I converted to a Mac, but he's been complaining of his mini feeling slower than when it was new. I'm speaking from my limited experience with OS X and its behavior but running Jaguar on my Lombard (G3/400, 192 MB RAM) feels more responsive than his Rev. A