Any computer whether it's a pc or a mac will slow down if it's start up disk is full. It's mostly because the computer is trying to use hard disk space as virtual memory and when the disk is full that becomes harder, making they computer work harder.
On 2011-01-20, at 7:21 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Hey all my start up disk is almost full and I notice some very sluggish > behavior everywhere. Can this be the cause of my slow computer behavior? my > mail takes forever to refresh, my finder is bush when sorting and a bit more. > the fan is not going but I"m thinking that this might be the cause. I will be > freeing up some space to make the system defrag when it can but just > wondering. > > S > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
