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Title: found out why my Mac has slowed down a bit
Post by: Jay w on 16 November 2008, 14:27:27
I have an old Mac min that i use in the office, its a few years old but as relaible as hell.

I have a belkin hub and a 250Gb external hard drive for all the business info, but recently i have noticed that the mac is locking up a bit and slowing down, so tidat i was looking through the files and folders on the machine....

25GB of pictures  :o :o this is addition to the 75Gb i have on a small WD external unit

Cleared them all off and the little beauty is flying again  ;) :y
Title: Re: found out why my Mac has slowed down a bit
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 16 November 2008, 14:50:46
yep..a full file system will slow down any machine..
Title: Re: found out why my Mac has slowed down a bit
Post by: tunnie on 16 November 2008, 15:53:56
i got a Mac mini, one of the later intel ones, with a duel core chip, cracking little machine  :y
Title: Re: found out why my Mac has slowed down a bit
Post by: MikeDundee on 16 November 2008, 16:06:37
Thankfully I don't have that problem :y...................cause I don't have one ;D
Title: Re: found out why my Mac has slowed down a bit
Post by: Jay w on 16 November 2008, 17:00:11
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Thankfully I don't have that problem :y...................cause I don't have one ;D

someone has to have a windows machine i suppose  ;D :P
Title: Re: found out why my Mac has slowed down a bit
Post by: PaulW on 16 November 2008, 17:53:52
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Thankfully I don't have that problem :y...................cause I don't have one ;D

someone has to have a windows machine i suppose  ;D :P

which suffers the same issue when the hdd gets full  ;D
Title: Re: found out why my Mac has slowed down a bit
Post by: TheBoy on 16 November 2008, 17:56:25
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Thankfully I don't have that problem :y...................cause I don't have one ;D

someone has to have a windows machine i suppose  ;D :P

which suffers the same issue when the hdd gets full  ;D
Every OS I've come across does - Windows, Mac, Linux, Solaris etc
Title: Re: found out why my Mac has slowed down a bit
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 16 November 2008, 20:35:55
theres a solution, named EMC costing megabucks ;D

http://images.google.com.tr/imgres?imgurl=http://www.b2net.co.uk/i/emc_clariion_cx3_model_80.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.b2net.co.uk/emc/emc_clariion_cx3_model_80.htm&usg=__HpqvhfBhJhX3rnc1wU1Zgiz_OEM=&h=284&w=298&sz=18&hl=tr&start=20&um=1&tbnid=XpF2eIlgh2Qn7M:&tbnh=111&tbnw=116&prev=/images%3Fq%3DEMC%2Bdisk%2Barray%2Bsystem%26um%3D1%26hl%3Dtr%26sa%3DG
Title: Re: found out why my Mac has slowed down a bit
Post by: TheBoy on 16 November 2008, 20:39:00
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theres a solution, named EMC costing megabucks ;D

http://images.google.com.tr/imgres?imgurl=http://www.b2net.co.uk/i/emc_clariion_cx3_model_80.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.b2net.co.uk/emc/emc_clariion_cx3_model_80.htm&usg=__HpqvhfBhJhX3rnc1wU1Zgiz_OEM=&h=284&w=298&sz=18&hl=tr&start=20&um=1&tbnid=XpF2eIlgh2Qn7M:&tbnh=111&tbnw=116&prev=/images%3Fq%3DEMC%2Bdisk%2Barray%2Bsystem%26um%3D1%26hl%3Dtr%26sa%3DG
Thats what we used to use at work (well, still do, but new stuff going on HP storage).
Title: Re: found out why my Mac has slowed down a bit
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 16 November 2008, 21:02:55
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theres a solution, named EMC costing megabucks ;D

http://images.google.com.tr/imgres?imgurl=http://www.b2net.co.uk/i/emc_clariion_cx3_model_80.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.b2net.co.uk/emc/emc_clariion_cx3_model_80.htm&usg=__HpqvhfBhJhX3rnc1wU1Zgiz_OEM=&h=284&w=298&sz=18&hl=tr&start=20&um=1&tbnid=XpF2eIlgh2Qn7M:&tbnh=111&tbnw=116&prev=/images%3Fq%3DEMC%2Bdisk%2Barray%2Bsystem%26um%3D1%26hl%3Dtr%26sa%3DG
Thats what we used to use at work (well, still do, but new stuff going on HP storage).

These are the toys I like, but its been long time I'm away from them  :-/
Title: Re: found out why my Mac has slowed down a bit
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 16 November 2008, 21:05:06
Remembering how many hrs I spent in systems room in the bank..Now I rarely go in.if only theres a failure..as the system group is seperate.. :(
Title: Re: found out why my Mac has slowed down a bit
Post by: PaulW on 16 November 2008, 21:11:18
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Thankfully I don't have that problem :y...................cause I don't have one ;D

someone has to have a windows machine i suppose  ;D :P

which suffers the same issue when the hdd gets full  ;D
Every OS I've come across does - Windows, Mac, Linux, Solaris etc

Yup!
Title: Re: found out why my Mac has slowed down a bit
Post by: TheBoy on 17 November 2008, 09:32:26
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Remembering how many hrs I spent in systems room in the bank..Now I rarely go in.if only theres a failure..as the system group is seperate.. :(
I'm the same, only get to go in the datacentres if its a job we can't do remotely (which for the servers I look after is a fair proportion of the builds fortunately, unlike many of my colleagues).
Title: Re: found out why my Mac has slowed down a bit
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 17 November 2008, 09:39:39
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Remembering how many hrs I spent in systems room in the bank..Now I rarely go in.if only theres a failure..as the system group is seperate.. :(
I'm the same, only get to go in the datacentres if its a job we can't do remotely (which for the servers I look after is a fair proportion of the builds fortunately, unlike many of my colleagues).

Believe me system maintenance much better than programming..

its been more than 20 years amd still I continue to carry the hassle of end users and their endless demands .. :(
Title: Re: found out why my Mac has slowed down a bit
Post by: Gaffers on 17 November 2008, 09:47:24
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Remembering how many hrs I spent in systems room in the bank..Now I rarely go in.if only theres a failure..as the system group is seperate.. :(

oh how I dont miss spending hours in a server room with a puffa jacket on, freezing my balls off fixing machines the client broke...... wait a min......now I get cold and wet outside in a tent in the middle of nowhere waiting for someone to fix......d'oh!

Oh well at least the money os better!  ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: found out why my Mac has slowed down a bit
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 17 November 2008, 10:09:27
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Remembering how many hrs I spent in systems room in the bank..Now I rarely go in.if only theres a failure..as the system group is seperate.. :(

oh how I dont miss spending hours in a server room with a puffa jacket on, freezing my balls off fixing machines the client broke...... wait a min......now I get cold and wet outside in a tent in the middle of nowhere waiting for someone to fix......d'oh!

Oh well at least the money os better!  ;D ;D ;D ;D

yep..at least server room is better..if you are not locked inside ;D