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Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar

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On 2017-04-08 01:11:47 +0000, gtr said:

> On 2017-04-07 22:39:13 +0000, Jolly Roger said:
> 
>> On 2017-04-07, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
>>> 
>>> My wife's computer is having some serious slow-down issues I've been
>>> trying to address.  Little maintenance goes on there, and I try to do
>>> my best not to ride her to know/understand/maintain her system.  I do
>>> what I can when I can sneak it in quietly.
>> 
>> Rather than blindly throwing random things at the problem, why not
>> figure out what is actually *causing* the performance issue so you can
>> fix it with precision rather than just guessing?
> 
> I think it's important to make your own guesses, gather your own info, 
> and the provide it here in order to avoid getting an ass-kicking for 
> not at least trying to tote your own water.  I'm pursuing it slowly and 
> methodically, and think I have an approach that will take care of us.
> 
>> Some questions - more detail is better:
>> 
>> What are the exact symptoms of the problem?
>> 
>> What model and year Mac is this?
>> 
>> How much physical RAM is installed?
>> 
>> How much free space is available on the startup drive?
> 
> It's *purely* wifi stuff: We're both on the same connection and I'm 
> getting 55mps and she's getting 1 or 2.  I'll be hooking up an Airport 
> extension that's laying the close...

s/b/ "laying in the closet"

> ...and I think that will address it.  If not I'll be bringing the 
> problem, and the accompanying information to you, be assured.
> 
> The macaroni, onyx & similar question is about my computer as well.  At 
> it is suffering no current issues.  Still I like to keep things up to 
> date.

By the way, the questions that you posed are *exactly the information I 
have pursued* in trying to resolve the issues.  So I figure I'm doing 
better than I was a few years ago.

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Macaroni, Onyx and Similar gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2017-04-07 15:28 -0700
  Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-07 22:39 +0000
    Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-07 23:00 +0000
    Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2017-04-07 18:11 -0700
      Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2017-04-07 18:19 -0700
      Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-07 21:21 -0400
        Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2017-04-07 18:37 -0700
    Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-04-08 14:17 +0000
  Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2017-04-08 00:45 +0200
  Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2017-04-08 09:05 +1100
  Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-07 19:59 -0400
  Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2017-04-07 18:14 -0700
  Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar Tim Lance <not@here.com> - 2017-04-08 12:58 -0500
    Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2017-04-08 11:16 -0700
    Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-08 14:21 -0400
      Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2017-04-08 11:51 -0700
        Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-08 14:55 -0400
          Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-08 19:23 +0000
            Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2017-04-08 17:31 -0700
          Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar Tim Lance <not@here.com> - 2017-04-08 20:08 -0500
            Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-08 21:19 -0400
              Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar Tim Lance <not@here.com> - 2017-04-09 12:46 -0500
            Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-09 02:48 +0000
              Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar Tim Lance <not@here.com> - 2017-04-09 12:46 -0500
                Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2017-04-09 11:11 -0700
  Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-04-08 16:39 -0400

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