Comments on: The Case of the Slow Mac (and how to fix it) http://www.maciverse.com/the-case-of-the-slow-mac-and-how-to-fix-it.html Hints, Tips, and More: Getting the most out of your Mac Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:41:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Stan Beckt http://www.maciverse.com/the-case-of-the-slow-mac-and-how-to-fix-it.html/comment-page-1#comment-4129 Stan Beckt Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:56:22 +0000 http://www.maciverse.com/?p=146#comment-4129 I did this on SNow Lepaord, and it ruined my computer.. I was not able to boot into, I then put my snow lepaord install cd, repaired disk, and did disk utility repair permissions. Nothing worked. Now I have to start from a backup from last month.. PLEASE NO ONE INSTALL THIS SOFTWARE! IT DOES NOT WORK... IF ANYONE KNOWS HOW TO CHANGE WHAT I DID, BEFORE HAND PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I did this on SNow Lepaord, and it ruined my computer.. I was not able to boot into, I then put my snow lepaord install cd, repaired disk, and did disk utility repair permissions. Nothing worked. Now I have to start from a backup from last month.. PLEASE NO ONE INSTALL THIS SOFTWARE! IT DOES NOT WORK… IF ANYONE KNOWS HOW TO CHANGE WHAT I DID, BEFORE HAND PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

]]> By: Pam T http://www.maciverse.com/the-case-of-the-slow-mac-and-how-to-fix-it.html/comment-page-1#comment-4104 Pam T Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:58:14 +0000 http://www.maciverse.com/?p=146#comment-4104 My Imac 24 had become so slow that I could go take a shower and the wheel would still be spinning. I tried several websites on fixing it to no avail. Your Lingon fix was the only one that sped it up considerably. It's not 100% back to "normal", but it's a heck of a lot better than it was with any other advice. I don't know how/why the other guys system would become inoperable. If it didn't work, you simply could go back and reverse the code to what it was. Thank you for Lingon. I'm 3/4 of the way back. My Imac 24 had become so slow that I could go take a shower and the wheel would still be spinning. I tried several websites on fixing it to no avail. Your Lingon fix was the only one that sped it up considerably. It’s not 100% back to “normal”, but it’s a heck of a lot better than it was with any other advice. I don’t know how/why the other guys system would become inoperable. If it didn’t work, you simply could go back and reverse the code to what it was. Thank you for Lingon. I’m 3/4 of the way back.

]]> By: Aaron http://www.maciverse.com/the-case-of-the-slow-mac-and-how-to-fix-it.html/comment-page-1#comment-4084 Aaron Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:30:58 +0000 http://www.maciverse.com/?p=146#comment-4084 Thank you for sharing your opinion and I'm sorry to hear things didn't go so well. I haven't tried using this on Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6) and I don't think it works at all on Tiger (OS X 10.4). But I can say my experience with this fix/tweak on quite a few Macs has been the complete opposite of yours. All the the fix does is tweak the system's logging process in how it treats older entries. Instead of everything bunching up in huge files along with a huge in memory index, it archives things out into separate files. The logging process is not a critical process either. In fact, you can quit the process and your system will still run. Not that you should go without system logging. But judging by the phrase "whole machine was inoperable" would lead me to speculate there were other contributing factors. As always, your mileage may vary and thanks for visiting maciverse.com Thank you for sharing your opinion and I’m sorry to hear things didn’t go so well. I haven’t tried using this on Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6) and I don’t think it works at all on Tiger (OS X 10.4). But I can say my experience with this fix/tweak on quite a few Macs has been the complete opposite of yours.

All the the fix does is tweak the system’s logging process in how it treats older entries. Instead of everything bunching up in huge files along with a huge in memory index, it archives things out into separate files. The logging process is not a critical process either. In fact, you can quit the process and your system will still run. Not that you should go without system logging.

But judging by the phrase “whole machine was inoperable” would lead me to speculate there were other contributing factors.

As always, your mileage may vary and thanks for visiting maciverse.com

]]> By: DO NOT TRY THIS http://www.maciverse.com/the-case-of-the-slow-mac-and-how-to-fix-it.html/comment-page-1#comment-4083 DO NOT TRY THIS Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:41:10 +0000 http://www.maciverse.com/?p=146#comment-4083 I don't recommend anyone using this fix. I tried it and my whole machine was inoperable. Had to take it to Apple to have them fix. I don’t recommend anyone using this fix. I tried it and my whole machine was inoperable. Had to take it to Apple to have them fix.

]]> By: Best of Maciverse August 08 http://www.maciverse.com/the-case-of-the-slow-mac-and-how-to-fix-it.html/comment-page-1#comment-2357 Best of Maciverse August 08 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:26:50 +0000 http://www.maciverse.com/?p=146#comment-2357 [...] The Case of the Slow Mac, and how to fix it – Having speed issues with your Mac? These instructions may help you speed them back up! [...] [...] The Case of the Slow Mac, and how to fix it – Having speed issues with your Mac? These instructions may help you speed them back up! [...]

]]> By: Mac OS X: Lean on Lingon to launch scripts and applications « Michigan Telephone, VoIP and Broadband blog http://www.maciverse.com/the-case-of-the-slow-mac-and-how-to-fix-it.html/comment-page-1#comment-2262 Mac OS X: Lean on Lingon to launch scripts and applications « Michigan Telephone, VoIP and Broadband blog Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:09:19 +0000 http://www.maciverse.com/?p=146#comment-2262 [...] 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 [...] [...] 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: Case of the Slow Mac II: The Memory Hog http://www.maciverse.com/the-case-of-the-slow-mac-and-how-to-fix-it.html/comment-page-1#comment-1680 Case of the Slow Mac II: The Memory Hog Fri, 08 May 2009 03:57:04 +0000 http://www.maciverse.com/?p=146#comment-1680 [...] too hard for you. You can usually tell when that happens when your Mac become less snappy. In the first case of the slow Mac, the problem was a program that was using all of the processor resources, leaving a very [...] [...] too hard for you. You can usually tell when that happens when your Mac become less snappy. In the first case of the slow Mac, the problem was a program that was using all of the processor resources, leaving a very [...]

]]> By: Lorin Rivers http://www.maciverse.com/the-case-of-the-slow-mac-and-how-to-fix-it.html/comment-page-1#comment-455 Lorin Rivers Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:42:49 +0000 http://www.maciverse.com/?p=146#comment-455 Thanks! I hope this solves MY problem Thanks! I hope this solves MY problem

]]> By: Maciverse » Blog Archive » Best of Maciverse: June 08 http://www.maciverse.com/the-case-of-the-slow-mac-and-how-to-fix-it.html/comment-page-1#comment-268 Maciverse » Blog Archive » Best of Maciverse: June 08 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:55:25 +0000 http://www.maciverse.com/?p=146#comment-268 [...] The Case of the Slow Mac and How to Fix it - Noticed reduced performance in your Mac lately?  Check out this article to see what may be your problem. [...] [...] The Case of the Slow Mac and How to Fix it – Noticed reduced performance in your Mac lately?  Check out this article to see what may be your problem. [...]

]]> By: CrabApple Forest » Blog Archive » Lean on Lingon to launch scripts and applications http://www.maciverse.com/the-case-of-the-slow-mac-and-how-to-fix-it.html/comment-page-1#comment-173 CrabApple Forest » Blog Archive » Lean on Lingon to launch scripts and applications Sun, 11 May 2008 05:17:09 +0000 http://www.maciverse.com/?p=146#comment-173 [...] 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 [...] [...] 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 [...]

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