Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar

From	Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: Macaroni, Onyx and Similar
Date	2017-04-08 14:17 +0000
Organization	Miskatonic U
Message-ID	<slrnoehsdd.2ejq.g.kreme@snow.local> (permalink)
References	<oc93qk$go2$1@news.albasani.net> <ekqiohF73djU1@mid.individual.net>

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In message <ekqiohF73djU1@mid.individual.net> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> 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?

> 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?

Hoe many tabs open in Safari?

Is it a laptop? Is she using Chrome? (these things do not go together).

Chances are very good that her usage has changed and the machine cannot
keep up.

-- 
Si Hoc Legere Scis Nimium Eruditionis Habes

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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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