Carlo, On 30/03/2012, at 8:59 AM, cm wrote:
> Ah yes, a Mac mini of course. When I glanced at the email trail I saw Ronni's > specs by mistake and not yours. In any case if there is no problem with Snow > Leopard then your internet connection is likely not the problem. > > Have you had OS X Lion installed for long? There are a number of processes, > Spotlight indexing in particular, that run for a some hours after the > install. These can slow down the response of the whole system. Yes, I have had Lion for quite some time so the spotlight indexing would not be a problem at this stage. > > Is your Mac mini connected by Wifi to your router or is it an ethernet cable? > Also how is your Macbook connected to the router? Both the Mac Mini and the Macbook are connected by wireless to the Router. I have tried to connect the mini be ethernet direct to the modem and that has not made a difference. Will preserver for now and use the Macbook when I think the mini is too slow. John > > Cheers, > Carlo > > On 30/03/2012, at 8:50 , John Thompson wrote: > >> Thanks for the response Carlo. >> >> On 30/03/2012, at 8:27 AM, cm wrote: >> >>> Hi John, >>> >>> I was a bit suspicious of the solution because you said you had tried >>> Firefox and it also had a problem. So it was not clear to me why two >>> different browser would have a problem at the same time. >>> >>> If it is a problem with Lion that slows down internet connections you would >>> be the first one to find such. So I guess I have a couple of questions that >>> may help identify the source (or not). >>> >>> Are, in fact, both Safari and Firefox slow on your Lion installation? >> Yes. But Safari is slightly slower that Firefox >>> >>> Are either slow on a Snow Leopard installation if you still have one? >> I have Snow Leopard on my Macbook and both browsers work fine >>> >>> Try connecting you MacBook Pro up to someone else's internet / router and >>> see if the problem persists. >> That could be difficult as I don't have access to another router and my main >> computer is a MacMini, not a Macbook Pro. >> >> Thanks >> >> John >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Carlo >>> >>> On 30/03/2012, at 8:05 , John Thompson wrote: >>> >>>> Well, that didn't work for long. Turned the computer on this morning and >>>> back to the same old problem. Tried with my Macbook running SL and all >>>> worked just fine. Can't help think it is something to do with Lion. Have >>>> had no end of little problems since installing same. >>>> >>>> John >>>> On 29/03/2012, at 4:33 PM, John Thompson wrote: >>>> >>>>> Sorry Ronni, >>>>> That should have read Safari Preferences/Privacy, not Security. >>>>> >>>>> John >>>>> On 29/03/2012, at 12:28 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi John, >>>>>> >>>>>> I’m a bit concerned what Data did Primus ask you to clear in Safari >>>>>> Preferences > Security? >>>>>> Safari Preferences > Security has your settings for ‘Fraudulent Sites’ & >>>>>> Web content: Enable plug-ins, Java, JavaScript & Block pop-up windows. >>>>>> >>>>>> Empty Cache and Reset Safari are under Safari (in Menu bar). >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> Ronni >>>>>> >>>>>> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" >>>>>> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD >>>>>> >>>>>> OS X 10.7.3 Lion >>>>>> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 29/03/2012, at 12:01 PM, John Thompson wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Further to my earlier post. On information from my server (Primus) I >>>>>>> have cleared the data stored in Safari Preferences/Security. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> All works fine now >>>>>>> >>>>>>> John >>>>>>> On 29/03/2012, at 10:54 AM, John Thompson wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Good Morning List, >>>>>>>> Hopefully someone may have an answer. Just recently (in the >>>>>>>> last week actually) when clicking on web URL's the spinning sun goes >>>>>>>> on in Safari for quite some time. up to three or more minutes at >>>>>>>> times, before the site activates. I have also tried Firefox. >>>>>>>> Any ideas? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Regards >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> John Thompson >>>>>>>> WAMUG #861 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Mac Mini >>>>>>>> 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo >>>>>>>> 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 >>>>>>>> Mac OS X 10.7.3 >>>>>>>> jet...@iprimus.com.au >>>>>>>> Mail 5.2 >>>>>>>> Safari 5.1.4 >>>>>>>> Firefox 11.0 >>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>>>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>>>>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>>>>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >>>>> >>>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>>>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>>>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >>>> >>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
