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Q: Appleworks 6.2.9 running slowly - beach ball spinning. . .

Hi,

 

I posted this a while ago and got some great answers but it's happened again and I cannot find my files from the last repair suggestions. . .

 

My Appleworks program keeps getting slower and slower to open files and basically do all functions within the application. Is there some are where a "cache" is stored or some other area where files can be thrown away to get rid of files that are slowing it down? It doesn't matter if it's just a basic text page or a more elaborate file that I am opening or working with - it's just slow all the time. I am using Mac OS 10.4.11 and it is Appleworks 6.2.9

 

Any help would be appreciated.

 

Thank you

Posted on Nov 22, 2011 8:05 PM

by Roger Wilmut1,Solvedanswer
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You should go to (user)/Documents/AppleWorks User Data/Starting Points/Recent Items and clear it out. Appleworks dumps aliases of every item you open here, and over a long period this can become a very long list and it slows AW down horrendously. It's worth clearing it out on a regular basis.

Posted on Nov 22, 2011 11:41 PM

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  • by Roger Wilmut1,Solvedanswer

    Roger Wilmut1 Roger Wilmut1 Nov 22, 2011 11:41 PM in response to Strumminking
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    Nov 22, 2011 11:41 PM in response to Strumminking

    You should go to (user)/Documents/AppleWorks User Data/Starting Points/Recent Items and clear it out. Appleworks dumps aliases of every item you open here, and over a long period this can become a very long list and it slows AW down horrendously. It's worth clearing it out on a regular basis.

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    Strumminking Strumminking Nov 23, 2011 7:35 PM in response to Roger Wilmut1
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    Nov 23, 2011 7:35 PM in response to Roger Wilmut1

    Roger, Thanks a lot, that seemed to have done the trick.  I remembered there was something like that but could not for the life of me remember the steps to complete the task.

     

    All the best!

     

    Don

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    Strumminking Strumminking Dec 7, 2011 10:55 AM in response to Strumminking
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    Dec 7, 2011 10:55 AM in response to Strumminking

    Hi Roger,

     

    I'm thinking that there is one other thing I can do to help my Appleworks 6.2.9 work more efficiently/faster.  Isn't there another area where I can go into Library or preferences, etc. and dump two different cache files or something like that?  Any help would be appreciated.  I deleted all of the aliases in the recently opened folder but Appleworks still working a glacial speed.

     

    Thanks,

     

    Don

  • by Roger Wilmut1,Helpful

    Roger Wilmut1 Roger Wilmut1 Dec 7, 2011 3:04 PM in response to Strumminking
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    Dec 7, 2011 3:04 PM in response to Strumminking

    You could try going to (user)/Library/Preferences/Appleworks and deleting the contents other than 'AppleWorks 6 Button Bars' (if you haven't set up any custom buttons you can delete that as well). Do this while AW is not running.

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    Strumminking Strumminking Dec 7, 2011 3:44 PM in response to Roger Wilmut1
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    Dec 7, 2011 3:44 PM in response to Roger Wilmut1

    Thanks Roger, I believe that was the additional fix I was thinking of but could not remember the chain to get me where I needed to go or what to do when I got there.  A little over a year ago, someone named 'Peggy' sent me a link to a web site called "Sticks and Stones"? or something like that - and they had the fix that you've suggested on there but I could not find that older file so your fix, I believe, was that one that has worked previously for me.

     

    Thanks so much for your assistance!

     

    Don

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    Strumminking Strumminking Dec 7, 2011 3:46 PM in response to Roger Wilmut1
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    Dec 7, 2011 3:46 PM in response to Roger Wilmut1

    whoops,

     

    Roger, I tried to put correct answer but for some reason it came up "helpful answer"  Sorry about that. . .

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    Roger Wilmut1 Roger Wilmut1 Dec 7, 2011 11:32 PM in response to Strumminking
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    Dec 7, 2011 11:32 PM in response to Strumminking

    You can only award one answer as 'correct', but 'helpful' is appreciated.