Paging ***** in 10.6.2

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Paging ***** in 10.6.2

Paging performance quickly deteriorates in 10.6.2 to the point where, for example, creating a new tab in Safari causes page faults over over 1000/sec to persist for 10 seconds or more.

At this point a reinstall to preserve my sanity is necessary. Repeat ad nauseam.

I broke the chain of insanity and went back to 10.6.1 where it has been stable for over a week.

I have advised going back to 10.6.1 for others with this problem.

Apple please fix this in 10.6.3

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.2), 2GB RAM, 320GB HD

Posted on Feb 12, 2010 12:42 PM

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Answer 1

thomas_r.

Level 7

31,989 points

Feb 12, 2010 1:12 PM in response to Rob Hill

Paging performance quickly deteriorates in 10.6.2 to the point where, for example, creating a new tab in Safari causes page faults over over 1000/sec to persist for 10 seconds or more.

This is not normal. I'm using Safari and 10.6.2 without issue, as are numerous other people. Something is wrong with your system. If you post details, perhaps someone can help you with the problem.

Apple please fix this in 10.6.3

Apple is not reading this, but regardless, this is not Apple's problem to fix, though they will help you fix your machine if you take this to their support channels.

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Answer 2

baltwo

Level 9

62,362 points

Feb 12, 2010 3:57 PM in response to Rob Hill

See these for performance improvements:

Mac Maintenance Quick Assist,
Mac OS X speed FAQ,
Speeding up Macs,
Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
Essential Mac Maintenance: Get set up,
Essential Mac Maintenance: Rev up your routines,
Maintaining OS X, and
Myths of required versus not required maintenance for Mac OS X

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