Comments on: The Case of the Slow Mac (and how to fix it)

By: eve

eve — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 12:16:56 +0000

dude, you safed my day.

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 03:33:09 +0000

I'm currently running Snow Leopard and this fix did WONDERS for my comp. No longer do I get the spinning "pin-wheel" every time I want to print a page off Safari or open a new tab. Sometimes I would have to wait almost 5 minutes for the info to be sent to my printer.

The only thing I can think of is did you copy the command exactly (include spaces)?
For instance:

/usr/sbin/syslogd(space)-c(space)3(space)-a

By: Nuke61

Nuke61 — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 03:57:43 +0000

Uh, it says some reports of "increased troubles" when used with Snow Leopard. Meanwhile, it sounds like SL users should not use this program or changes under any circumstance.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 12:04:08 +0000

So, you missed that BOLD note at the start of the article that says 10.6 users have reported problems with this approach?

By: Does Not Work with 1

Does Not Work with 1 — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:02:17 +0000

DANGER DANGER!!! This article should be removed, I tried this and it really jacked up my Macbook Pro on Snow Leapard 10.6.4. Froze up at the gray boot screen with spinning wheel. Had to do a LOT of research and boot up single user mode, change root, force out of read only mode, edit the changes the Lingon made. In the end and after several hours of major stress I'm back with a working Macbook. Thanks to those that followed up with a solution or my Mac would have been toast.

By: DO NOT DO THIS!!!

DO NOT DO THIS!!! — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 03:25:13 +0000

I'm having to spend a great deal of time trying to fix what I caused by trying this on my MacBook running OS X 10.6 This should be removed so idiots who don't read past the first line don't mess things up. Luckily there are solutions to the problem here.

By: Mac OS X: Lean on Lingon to launch scripts and applications | Cinema 4d Rocks

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:51:55 +0000

[...] inoperable! As an example of why you might want to do this, we recommend you see the article, “The Case of the Slow Mac (and how to fix it)” at Maciverse. If you think that your Mac is running a bit sluggish, or if you’re seeing the [...]

By: Bjornar Kibsgaard

Bjornar Kibsgaard — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:06:39 +0000

Hi, this article may also help you solve slow mac performance issues: http://www.all-about-apple.com/slow-mac-performan...

By: How To Revert Change

How To Revert Change — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:45:18 +0000

If you find yourself locked out of your computer, here are two relatively easy methods to revert the changes made by Lingon without visiting the Apple or reinstalling OS X. http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=1020...

By: Taggart

Taggart — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:39:36 +0000

SNOW LEOPARD 10.6 USERS – don't do this.

I (like previous posters) modified the syslog startup information, which left my computer unable to boot past the gray apple screen. There were no other changes made… and no, I'm not computer illiterate (built several from scratch for family and friends). It would be helpful if the author posted a warning/aside in the original article now that multiple people have reported bricking their computers with this modification.

I realize the OS doesnt need syslog to run, but there's something about these startup parameters that causes the boot sequence to hang.