Tiger is Slow as...

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Tiger is Slow as...

Last night I upgraded my OS 10.3.9 to Tiger 10.4.3. I have 512 MB of ram an an 80G HD which has 11.4G available.

Once installed it took forever to go from one windo to another, let alone start an application. I watched half an episode of the Sopranos while Safari was being launched.

Today it is a bit better but launching an aplication takes 5 minutes and they don't work once they are lauched.

Navigating Safari - well ify ou stay on the same page you may be able to scroll without seeing the beach ball - but not always. Going to another window sometimes is fast ans sometimes very slow (read minutes). Webpage context remains equal and it is consistantly random as it demonstrates when I go to previous page - sometimes in a blink; sometimes in 2 minutes.

I did repair permissions. This was very fast. In Panther, it would take 15 minutes, easy.

To do repair disk can I start up from the Tiger disk or do I need to use my first aid disk that cam with my iBook G4?

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iBook G4, Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Posted on Jan 5, 2006 8:43 AM

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Answer 1

a brody

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Jan 5, 2006 9:33 AM in response to Atlas

Before you attempt to repair disk, is your data backed up?

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Answer 2

Jan 5, 2006 10:03 AM in response to Atlas

Maybe free some more hard drive space. Strange things start happening when you run low.

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Jan 6, 2006 5:41 AM in response to Edwin Sneller

Interesting - Tiger Help does not allow me to Edit my post.

So, according to what you are saying, If I have 80G of HD space, and the computer commandeers about 5G for its own needs, the computer then needs even more Gs. It telling me that I have 11.4Gs of available space is a lie? 11.4 Gs is considered Low Memory?

Okay, I'll bite. But how many Gs does it need to run free of issues? 20G? 30G?

Looks like I should buy a 500G external HD and work off of that!

There is only one other post adressing this topic. Does this mean I am the only one this is happening too? I have never been that much of an individual!

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a brody

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Jan 6, 2006 5:43 AM in response to Atlas

The available space is not a lie. Rather it is the available space if you used your computer strictly for storage and nothing else.

There are functions such as the swap file, burning CDs and DVDs from the FInder which need to run into that space. And if you enough large files the operating system's built-in defragmentation can't cope, adding more large files is going to bugger the system. What that size is, I don't know. However, I've successfully run an 80 GB drive with as little as 15 GB free without any slowdown. Your mileage may vary.

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Atlas Author

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Jan 6, 2006 6:36 AM in response to a brody

I understand and understood that.

However, I am not opening more than 1 application at a time, there are no automatic starts at log in or anything else. Safari takes 5 minutes to load. Then sometimes 2 secs and sometimes 2 minutes to get to the same website.

Word loading is 5-10 min and painfully slow to use.

Forget about Quicktime or Real Player. If I do wait for them to load, the video doesn't play without freezing. Once image freezes, it's worthless.

Am considering a clean wipe but then I will loose my AutoCAD program I legally got while at my old office. Once it is cleared/ removed I won't be able to legally reload it. Plus, I don't have the disk even if I would skirt the law - which for the record, I won't.

Can I do a Repir Disk by starting up with the Tiger disk or do I need to use the First Aid disk that came with the computer?

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Answer 6

a brody

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Jan 6, 2006 8:32 AM in response to Atlas

Before a repair disk, consider a backup:

http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html

Use the most current Disk Utility you have on an installer CD to do Repair Disk. If it finds errors it can't fix, get Alsoft Disk Warrior.

Disclaimer: Reference to links I make to my Macmaps.com website are a for your information only type reference. I do not get any profit from this page, and it is open to the public.

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