well, in the case of a terminal, just run top for about 5 seconds, then terminate it and copy/paste the results from the terminal window as a text entry here.
-Eric On Jan 20, 2011, at 10:45 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Oops? how do I do this snapshot thing? Sorry I'm still a bit ignerent about > this stuff. lol! > On Jan 20, 2011, at 9:17 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: > >> how long has it been since you rebooted your device? there might be a rogue >> process or a memory leak happening. is there any way you can pull up a >> terminal and copy paste a snapshot of top? >> >> -Eric >> >> On Jan 20, 2011, at 9:33 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: >> >>> 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. 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