Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail
From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: encrypted swap file
Date: 8 Oct 2015 00:24:16 GMT
Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
Lines: 44
Message-ID: <d7lrdgFt3hcU5@mid.individual.net>
References: <mv40k4$mur$1@dont-email.me> <d7lg6mFqm7qU2@mid.individual.net> <mv46jq$kjj$1@dont-email.me> <D23AFB53.5F6BC%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> <mv4blf$6f5$1@dont-email.me>
X-Trace: individual.net zrRReNGcsp4uujKuMMfT2grWEn2YymWvB/gIOxFcNR+JY5bHWu
Cancel-Lock: sha1:TLwY6Ci7d8sucIREf5K8znOA/F0=
X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1<n@LQ!aZ7vLO_nWbK~@T'XIS0,oAJcU.qLM dk/j8Udo?O"o9B9Jyx+ez2:B<nx(k3EdHnTvB]'eoVaR495,Rv~/vPa[e^JI+^h5Zk*i`Q;ezqDW< ZFs6kmAJWZjOH\8[$$7jm,Ogw3C_%QM'|H6nygNGhhl+@}n30Nz(^vWo@h>Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-)
User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin)
Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:82438

On 2015-10-08, John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> wrote:
> On 10/7/15 7:39 PM, Snit wrote:
>> On 10/7/15, 3:35 PM, in article mv46jq$kjj$1@dont-email.me, "John Somerset"
>> <somerset@nospam.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 10/7/15 5:12 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
>>>> On 2015-10-07, John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> wrote:
>>>>> Pulling down the memory menu from Menu Meters, I saw I had 1 encrypted
>>>>> swap file.  I restarted.  Now it says "0 encrypted swap file present."
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe swap files could be an Achilles heel if I used File Vault, but I
>>>>> don't.  Won't this slow performance if I have to swap?
>>>>
>>>> Seems like you are looking for a problem where there is none.
>>>>
>>>> Also, FileVault doesn't noticeably slow down OS X.
>>>>
>>> I think you're onto something. I had inquired out of curiosity, but now
>>> that you mention it, I've been getting beach balls with Safari since I
>>> went to El Capitan. Apps may open faster than before, but the same app
>>> that opened instantly one time may take a long time, maybe a minute, the
>>> next time.  Back to the 90's!
>>
>> Not seeing that here. You might want to boot into Safe Mode to clear caches
>> and the like and then reboot.
>>
>> To get to Safe Mode: boot holding the Shift key. You can release it once you
>> see the progress bar.
>>
> I'm not seeing it now.  I have no swap files, although there are 326 
> pageins.

Pageins don't decrease performance. Pageouts, on the other hand...

> I'd like to learn more about what cleaning Safe Mode does.  Does it 
> clear System and User caches?

<https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262>

-- 
E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter.
I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead.

JR