Dear Simeon, Thanks for your suggestions. Best, -- Takamitsu On 16/04/2013 15:08, "Simeon Chavel" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I still find the following old actions to be helpful when my computer (MacBook > Air OS 10.8.3) gives me trouble: > ? restarting several times in a row > ? repair permissions > ? running maintenance scripts > ? clearing cache > ? rebuilding services > Onyx is a good piece of free software > (http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/11582/onyx) that does these and other > maintenance things (aside from restarting several times in a row.) > Before doing all these, be sure to back up. > - Simi > -------------------------------------------------- > Simeon Chavel > Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible > The University of Chicago Divinity School > http://divinity.uchicago.edu/faculty/chavel.shtml > <http://divinity.uchicago.edu/faculty/chavel.shtml> > -------------------------------------------------- > > On Apr 16, 2013, at 7:56 AM, 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 it©ös turning round, I can©öt work on >>>>> the file. Does anyone know what this is and how >>>>> can I stop this or get rid of this sunflower? >>>>> It©ös a real nuisance. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Takamitsu > >