I do and I did but my mail is still slow and my fiinder is as slow as malisis. I am up to 37 gigs free and my drive is 250 gigs. On Jan 20, 2011, at 8:15 PM, Eric Oyen wrote:
> 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. > -- 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.
