> Hmmm, sounds a lot like the Finder is busy rebuilding the desktop. Every day? And in any case, it takes a lot longer to rebuild it than that. Could be a partial rebuild, or optimisation.
> Have you run Disk First Aid and done a disk check lately? This has been happening as long as I can remember - I've run Norton plenty of times within that time. > It's either that or some sort of attempt at a network connection, is my guess. A network connection attempt doesn't involve the hard disc. > I presume you are running HFS+? yeah. > During the pause between the DeskTop picture showing up and hard drive > icons showing up, the Finder is loading. Yeah, just established that. > Of the many things it does when Finder starts up, two come to mind that may be > affecting your Max. If you have an alias of your hard drive(s) in your Apple > menu... I thought exactly that, ages ago now, so I took out all the aliases to large folders (and I mean large, like, all my apps, music, files, are in there), and rebooted - no effect at all. Which is odd, as considering the behaviour of when you remove and replace such a folder into Apple Menu Items, it matches. Might be worth trying this one again. > to scan your drives and create the list. The second is loading of the > desktop items. Is the desktop not just a set of folders, one per drive? Dunno why that should take a while to scan. > I think it might help if you run the freeware TechTool Lite to rebuild your > desktop. I'd really rather not - I rely on the Finder maintaining my file comments, as I have a huge quantity of URLs and long filenames (courtesy of Joliet Volume Access) in them. > Another thing to try is to trash the Finder Preferences file. I'll try the Apple menu one, and removing A-Dock and stuff first. -- StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
