HT203172: Mac OS X: Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions messages that you can safely ignore
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Q: Suddenly computer slowing down significantly and after running disk utility I noticed this message at top...Warning: SUID file ... more
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Dec 3, 2012 6:38 PMby Badunit,That's not the problem. Search for "RemoteManagement" on the page in the following link. It is on the list so "not a cause for concern".
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1448?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
How much free space do you have on your main hard drive? That is often the reason for a massive slowdown.
Also, you can run Activity Monitor and see if some app/process is eating lots of CPU cycles.
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Dec 3, 2012 7:00 PMby alaskanstomper,1 Tbite total with about 550 G available. !6 G RAM total with 1 G available. Then, I believe the root of the problem is... downloaded an advent calendar from JL Alpine. Not being a computer wiz, I do know that it runs in the desktop since I cant find it anywhere else. I trashed it(unmounted it) last night and computer went to be as normal. Installed it again this morning and computer went back to real slow performance. Trashed the calendar again, but this time computer hasn't recovered. In the mean time I've tried booting multiple times and running disk repair and that's when I noticed that message. It might be that the calendar app was corrupt since it was a download from the web. How do I fully get rid of it, if that's the case? Not sure what to do. Is there a faster way to communicate, as in chatting instead of emailing? Sorry I'm not too savvy on this...
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Dec 3, 2012 7:36 PMby alaskanstomper,1 Tbite total with about 550 G available. !6 G RAM total with 1 G available. Then, I believe the root of the problem is... downloaded an advent calendar from JL Alpine. Not being a computer wiz, I do know that it runs in the desktop since I cant find it anywhere else. I trashed it(unmounted it) last night and computer went to be as normal. Installed it again this morning and computer went back to real slow performance. Trashed the calendar again, but this time computer hasn't recovered. In the mean time I've tried booting multiple times and running disk repair and that's when I noticed that message. It might be that the calendar app was corrupt since it was a download from the web. How do I fully get rid of it, if that's the case? Not sure what to do. Is there a faster way to communicate, as in chatting instead of emailing? Sorry I'm not too savvy on this...
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Dec 4, 2012 5:04 AMby Badunit,Looking at the help FAQ on the Jacquie Lawson website, it sounds like it needs Adobe Air and maybe Adobe Flash. It also says that deleteion of the calendar is a simple drag and drop to the trash. I assume it installs to your Applications folder. Is that where you are deleting it from?
I would start up Activity Monitor and see if something is taking a lot of CPU cycles or is "not responding". Another place to look is Console (another diagnostic app on your Mac) and see if you have error messages that might lead you to the problem.
You might first try redownloading and reinstalling Adobe Flash and Adobe Air from adobe.com. Maybe your versions aren't the most up to date or maybe a reinstall will fix some hiccup. No guarantees, just something to try.
Did you try contacting Jacquie Lawson (well, not her exactly but whoever is doing IT for her)?
http://www.jacquielawson.com//faq/answer.asp?Category=Advent%20Calendar&Question ID=4700
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Dec 4, 2012 5:25 AMby alaskanstomper,Well, first of all, at this point I'm not really interested on the calendar anymore. I saved a copy of it on an external drive. It actually saves on the desktop. so, I went ahead and drag and trashed it. Mounted it again, and trashed it once again... thinking it would delete any residual info. Anyway, that didn't work. The problem now is that even after deleting from the desktop(assuming there are not other files floating around) still the computer behaves the same. Yes! I know about the Activity Mon and even though it shows NOTHING else but the actual Activity Monitor using RAM, on the bottom section (pie diagram and under 'free' shows about 1 gig available... pie showing red as in 'wired'. One more thing. I accidentally turned the switch of the power outlet where the computer is plugged in. Turned it on again, and it's back to normal. Rebooted and it was slow again. So, I went and did it again(simply turn the power strip switch to off and then on), turned the computer on and It has been fine. I know not to do this, but under the circumstances I noticed that every time I would simulate a black out, it would boot up normally and stays and performs normally. If I reboot after that, then it goes back to very slow boot, evn asking me to log-in when normally I dont have to since I have it set so it automatcally goes to desktop.
HOPE ALL THIS MAKES SENSE TO YOU. I think at this point, though the calendar might have created the problem, it has moved on to something else being triggered while 'starting' under normal conditions.
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Dec 4, 2012 12:37 PMby Badunit,When you say you "mounted" it, that term is usually used to mean you opened a disk image (a DMG file). Applications are often downloaded in DMG files which are like virtual disks. You click on the DMG file to "mount" it and finally you either click on the installer or drag the application to the Applications folder or follow whatever other instructions are given if not that. I'm surprised anything would install directly to the desktop other than an alias (a shortcut that points to where the application really is). I mention all this because I'm not really sure what kind of file was downloaded or how it was installed it or what you moved into the trash.
Is there a "Jacquie Lawson Advent Calendar application folder" in your Applications folder or is this what is installing on your desktop?
If this Advent calendar is a desktop, look in System Preferences/Desktop and see what is selected there. Choose a static image.
Look in System Preferences/Accounts (or Users & Groups) / Login Items (or start up items). Is there a start-up item related to the Advent calendar? If so, delete it.
And, while you said you know about Activity Monitor, you didn't look at the right thing. I wasn't asking about memory, i was asking about CPU usage. In the top section there is a long list of the processes running. Each has the % of CPU being used. Sometimes when things are slow, one process is taking a high percentage or is not responding.
