I thought Time Machine was the problem, so turned it off, but that made no difference. I've had Mavericks installed for over a month now, so I thought any indexing would have finished. How would I check? Activity Monitor shows no unusually resource-hungry processes I can see. On Jan 7, 2014, at 11:13 AM, Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> wrote:
> Wonder if Spotlight is indexing your drive or maybe a time machine backup > running? Have you poked around in Activity Monitor to check CPU load or disk > activity levels? > > CB > > On 1/7/14 11:05 AM, Alex Hall wrote: >> Assuming I did it right, nothing changed. It took at least fifteen to twenty >> seconds to open an Mp3 file with VLC, and that's normal under Mavericks. VO >> stutters, audio sometimes breaks up, Safari can take a few seconds to >> respond when I switch to it, and the whole system just feels sluggish in >> most cases. Some things are fine, like writing text or arrowing around >> tables, but opening apps or windows, or switching windows, almost makes me >> wish I were on Windows. I hate to say that, but weever I boot into Windows I >> love how the OS does what I tell it to with no delays, instead of the small >> to large delays under Mavericks. Even previous OS10 versions had that bit of >> lag, sort of like using a Windows screen reader with a large voice, but >> worse in some ways. Mavericks seems to have intensified those problems. >> On Jan 7, 2014, at 9:59 AM, Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> wrote: >> >>> Interesting. So it's not memory unless you're running something really >>> memory hungry like some virtual machines or something. Did the SMC reset do >>> anything? >>> >>> CB >>> >>> On 1/7/14 12:18 AM, Alex Hall wrote: >>>> My Mini came with 2gb, and that was miserable. I had half-formed dreams of >>>> switching to a Macbook, but I finally caved about ten months ago and got >>>> 8gb from new egg.com. The difference is extraordinary! I never run out >>>> now, though, as I said, performance is worse now than under Mountain Lion. >>>> That's ironic, as one big feature of Mavericks was the lower memory usage >>>> and better performance. Whatever Apple says, when a 2007 Mini running Lion >>>> feels way snappier than my 2011 Mini running Mavericks, we have a serious >>>> problem. >>>> On Jan 7, 2014, at 12:09 AM, Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hope it helps. I usually start having performance issues when I run out >>>>> of RAM than anything else. Not as big an issue now that I have 8GB but it >>>>> was kinda tight when I had 4. >>>>> >>>>> CB >>>>> >>>>> On 1/6/14 11:48 PM, Alex Hall wrote: >>>>>> Thanks, and it's worth a shot. However, I've seen no improvement at all >>>>>> after doing the PRAM reset, except that Spoken Items seems to respond >>>>>> faster the couple times I've used it. Still, anything to avoid a >>>>>> complete re-install of my OS (and, more to the point, all my apps and >>>>>> settings) is fine with me. >>>>>> On Jan 6, 2014, at 11:38 PM, Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> According to Apple you can reset the SMC on a mini by shutting it down, >>>>>>> unplugging it from power for 15 seconds, plugging it back in, waiting 5 >>>>>>> seconds and powering it back up. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> CB >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 1/6/14 6:59 PM, Alex Hall wrote: >>>>>>>> Thanks. My troubles are more slowness opening mail and apps, and >>>>>>>> occasional audio stuttering even with Voiceover. I still haven't gone >>>>>>>> ahead with the huge step of the clean install, but maybe resetting the >>>>>>>> PRAM will help things. It's worth a shot at least. This SMC reset does >>>>>>>> not seem as likely to help, and I have a Mini so can't remove the >>>>>>>> battery or anything. >>>>>>>> On Jan 6, 2014, at 5:17 PM, Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The PRAM reset stuff happens as part of the hardware self-check, long >>>>>>>>> before any boot loaders and other software is executed. What are the >>>>>>>>> advantages of resetting the PRAM? PRAM is used to hold a lot of >>>>>>>>> little details semi-permanently. Things related to which >>>>>>>>> drive/partition to boot, speaker/sound settings, display settings and >>>>>>>>> more. If they get mangled somehow your machine can start behaving >>>>>>>>> badly while it goes on a fruitless search for a drive which doesn't >>>>>>>>> exist or route sound to nowhere. So doing a resent puts things back >>>>>>>>> to factory fresh. Exactly what is stored on PRAM varies between Mac >>>>>>>>> models. There is also the SMC for System Management Controller on >>>>>>>>> Intel Macs. The SMC controls things like power, fans and system >>>>>>>>> performance so you might want to try resetting that as well. On a >>>>>>>>> laptop you'll have to unplug it, pull the battery and hold down the >>>>>>>>> power button for 5 seconds to drain the last bit of juice. That >>>>>>>>> resets the SMC to factory. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> CB >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 1/6/14 4:56 PM, Alex Hall wrote: >>>>>>>>>> What if you have a boot manager? I have Refit installed, so will >>>>>>>>>> this work for me or do I need to boot into Mac and then hold down >>>>>>>>>> the keys? Also, what exactly are the advantages of doing this? I've >>>>>>>>>> heard a lot about it, but am not sure why one might actually need to >>>>>>>>>> do it. >>>>>>>>>> On Jan 6, 2014, at 12:53 PM, Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Power down your machine, hold down command+option+P+R and keep >>>>>>>>>>> holding them while you power up the machine. You should hear the >>>>>>>>>>> startup sound after a bit. I usually keep them down until I've >>>>>>>>>>> heard the startup sound a couple time - maybe three or four - and >>>>>>>>>>> then let off the keys to allow a normal startup. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> CB >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On 1/6/14 12:13 PM, Les Kriegler wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> Can someone explain the procedure to reset the Prams on a Mac? My >>>>>>>>>>>> system has slowed down and I think this might help. I tried to >>>>>>>>>>>> search the archives, but could not do so as I didn't find a link >>>>>>>>>>>> in the e-mail message to do so as is the case with the iPhone >>>>>>>>>>>> list. Thanks. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Les >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>> ￣\_(ツ)_/￣ >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>>>>>>> send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to >>>>>>>>>>> macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>>>>>>> Have a great day, >>>>>>>>>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>>>>>>>>> mehg...@gmail.com >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> ￣\_(ツ)_/￣ >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>>>>> send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>>>>> Have a great day, >>>>>>>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>>>>>>> mehg...@gmail.com >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> ￣\_(ツ)_/￣ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>>> Have a great day, >>>>>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>>>>> mehg...@gmail.com >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> ￣\_(ツ)_/￣ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> Have a great day, >>>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>>> mehg...@gmail.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> ￣\_(ツ)_/￣ >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >> mehg...@gmail.com >> >> >> > > -- > ￣\_(ツ)_/￣ > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. 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