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Re: How to troubleshoot performance - MacPro, Mavericks

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On 2014-02-08, Gary <gary_w1@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I have an older (5 years) MacPro which, for the last few years, has 
> been progressively degrading in its performance.  Things were getting 
> unbearable when I found myself clicking on Finder in the dock, and 
> waiting for 10-20 seconds for the actual finder window to appear.
>
> I finally got up the energy make an appointment and to lug my machine 
> downstairs and into the car, and went to the Apple store genius bar 
> with my complaints.  The genius I got was truly a genius.  Inside of 25 
> minutes he had waved his magic wand over my machine and restored its 
> performance to much more acceptable levels.  When I had asked him what 
> he had done, he talked about running Console, Repairing Permissions, 
> and generally spoke about things I ought to know a lot more about.  
> What he could not give me was a reference to learn more about what was 
> ailing my machine, and how I could continue a new wave of 
> troubleshooting the performance of an aging machine.

He didn't tell you much then.

> Can anyone suggest (1) how I can learn more about diagnosing problems 
> in my aging computer, and/or (2) some program I can purchase that will 
> do the monitoring and fixing for me?

No, but you can and should start monitoring the system and console logs
whenever you have a problem, and learning about what the messages in
them mean. The kind folks in this news group can help you with that.

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JR

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How to troubleshoot performance - MacPro, Mavericks Gary <gary_w1@hotmail.com> - 2014-02-08 08:19 -0500
  Re: How to troubleshoot performance - MacPro, Mavericks Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-08 09:43 -0500
  Re: How to troubleshoot performance - MacPro, Mavericks Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-08 16:45 +0000
  Re: How to troubleshoot performance - MacPro, Mavericks Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2014-02-08 09:41 -0800
    Re: How to troubleshoot performance - MacPro, Mavericks nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-08 12:54 -0500
      Re: How to troubleshoot performance - MacPro, Mavericks JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-02-08 13:14 -0500
    Re: How to troubleshoot performance - MacPro, Mavericks Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-08 18:45 +0000
    Re: How to troubleshoot performance - MacPro, Mavericks Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-08 21:07 +0000
      Re: How to troubleshoot performance - MacPro, Mavericks Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2014-02-08 14:37 -0800

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