oh. do you have the ability to plug in a USB device on that machine? if you can offload some of the large files (like videos, music, etc) it should free up some space for the system to use.
-Eric On Jan 20, 2011, at 9:01 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Ah I don't have a router anymore. I'm runing from a portable hot spot. lol so > a nas is out.! > On Jan 20, 2011, at 7:19 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: > >> that is entirely likely Sarah. a lack of space for system maintenance tasks >> can cause a severe performance hit on any system (not just OS X). this is >> why I usually save off a lot of my files to a network drive. anything that I >> want to save long term goes either onto optical media, or large memory >> sticks. >> >> -Eric >> >> On Jan 20, 2011, at 5:21 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. >> > > -- > 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.
