Dear Alan, I have tried this tack, but regrettably it hasn't produced the desired results. I'm seriously considering moving over to Mellel. Best, Takamitsu On 16/04/2013 14:56, "Alan Dow" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hello Takamitsu, > So it would seem you have plenty of hard disk space. > > The other common cause of system slowdown is "Spotlight". > Spot light causes two kinds of problem. > (1) It creates huge invisible files on your hard drive, and > (2) It runs an invisible program in the > background on your computer called 'MDS' which > can use processing power and can cause delays in > reading and writing files to the disk (such as > when Nisus tries to open a file?) > > As a first (easily reversible) step which can > help with (2) above, go to your system > preferences, click on the 'Spotlight' icon, then > click on 'Privacy'. > Either drag your hard disk icon into the window, > or click the '+' button and add your hard disk > icon using the dialog. > To be sure this setting is applied, you could > then restart your computer, and see if the > problem with Nisus is better... > > hth.. > > ----------------------------------------- > At 9:46 AM +0200 16/4/13, t muraoka wrote: >> Dear A;am. >> >> Many thanks for your advice, which is lucid for a neophyte like me. >> My MacbookPro's memory is 4GB. My hard disk is using 92GB and has still >> 227GB available. My iMac has 2GB, and its hard disk is using 65GB, and has >> still 232GB available. It appears then that both still have plenty of free >> space, doesn't it? >> >> Cheers, >> Takamitsu >> >> >> On 16/04/2013 04:47, "Alan Dow" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> Are you running out of space on your hard drive? >>> >>> The amount of free space you need can vary >>> depending on how much RAM memory your computer >>> has. >>> Look under your Apple Menu -> "About This Mac". >>> You will see the amount of memory shown there. >>> >>> As a rough calculation to find how much hard disk >>> space you need (in GB), double the above figure >>> for memory, and add 2. >>> Nearly all computers now will show the memory in >>> Gigabytes (GB). If your computer is old, you may >>> see the number quoted as Megabytes (MB). In that >>> case, divide by 1000 to convert the number into >>> GB. >>> >>> For example - my current computer has 4GB RAM >>> installed. So I should have a minimum of 10GB >>> hard drive space on my startup disk. >>> >>> If the hard drive space is a problem, you can >>> often reclaim large amounts of space by disabling >>> "Spotlight" on your computer, and deleting the >>> Spotlight database files from your hard drive. >>> These files are hidden, and after years of use >>> they can occupy huge amounts of disk space. Of >>> course, the down side of disabling spotlight is >>> that you lose the indexes which enable your >>> computer to speedily search all the files on your >>> computer. >>> >>> You can disable Spotlight by entering commands in >>> the Terminal program (google "Disable Spotlight" >>> for instructions). If you find that challenging, >>> you may consider buying software called >>> "Spotless". It comes in separate versions for OS >>> 10.5 and 10.6, so your best path would be to buy >>> the 10.5 version first, then pay the upgrade >>> price for the 10.6 version. >>> >>> hth.. AD >>> >>> ========================================== >>> At 7:18 PM +0200 15/4/13, t muraoka wrote: >>>> Hello everybody, >>>> >>>> I wonder if any of you could help me. >>>> >>>> When I start working on a NW file, a >>>> multi-coloured sunflower-like thing appears and >>>> starts revolving, which seems to last for ages. >>>> So long as itıs turning round, I canıt work on >>>> the file. Does anyone know what this is and how >>>> can I stop this or get rid of this sunflower? >>>> Itıs a real nuisance. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Takamitsu