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Rod Terry
Joined: 19 Apr 2004
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Location: Corvallis, Oregon
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 Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 2:11 pm Post subject: PowerCADD is running very slow w/ new upgrade (6.1). |
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What happened? I'm running PC 6.1 DD14. I updated last week. This AM, PC is running very pokey. The little beach-ball keeps popping up. My file size is only 5.5MB. Usually PC flows nicely for me. My other programs (SketchUP) work just as fast as before. Anyone else experiencing oddities? I quite PC and restarted also rebotted with no difference.
I didn't change any-other hardware or other software.
Thanks in advance.
PS, I'm running a G4 cube w/ 1 gig processor & Radeon 9000 graphic card.
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Matt
Joined: 13 Apr 2004
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Location: Sterling, Virginia
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| Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 2:23 pm Post subject: |
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maybe this will help. maybe it's something else. I think it's from the Mac Wiz list
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Forcing Periodic Maintenance
You may know that every night, Mac OS X runs periodic maintenance tasks to get rid of unused logs and cache files. It also backs up some UNIX files.
However, these maintenance tasks were programmed to run at night, at 3, 4, or 5 AM, depending on what they do. That is, unless your computer is turned off or asleep.
The good news is that not running these tasks is more than very unlikely to cause instability. However, running them may free some of your disk space and make logs easier to read over the time.
To perform them on Jaguar or Panther, open your Terminal and type :
sudo periodic daily
sudo periodic weekly
sudo periodic monthly
Press return between each line, and wait until the first command has completed to start the second one.
Updating the Prebinding
Sometimes, for some (apparently) inexplicable reason, your computer slows down to a crawl after you have installed a big application.
In that case, you may want to "update the prebinding." This means forcing Mac OS X to go through all of the application files and make sure that they are correctly linked together. The Mac OS X default installer usually takes care of this by itself, but some third-party installers may be less cautious.
To do this, simply open your Terminal and type:
sudo update_prebinding -root / -force
Then, enter return, type your password, and enter return again.
Don't worry about the lines of text that will scroll on your Terminal. This simply means that the command is doing its work.
The whole process should only take a few minutes. However, it will considerably slow your computer down and for maximum efficiency, you should not use it at the same time.
Once the command has exited, immediately reboot your computer.
Users who still have Classic applications and a Mac OS 9 system folder on their computers do not need to worry: the command will simply ignore the files and won't damage them.
Now that you know what these maintenance steps are, you may wonder when you should perform them.
What to do and when to do it?
Now.
Now would be a good time to back your data up and perform all of these steps, just to give a boost to your Mac and who knows, perhaps even make things better and solve a few issues you may have had.
When you don't do any special installs, etc.
Once a month:
1. Repair the privileges.
2. Repair the drive.
3. Force the periodic maintenance.
After an application crash, a power failure or a force reboot
Immediately:
1. Repair the drive first.
2. Repair the privileges.
Then, if the computer slows down:
1. Force the periodic maintenance.
2. Update the prebinding.
Around the installation of a big new application or a system upgrade
Before, do this:
1. Repair the privileges.
2. Repair the disk.
After, do this:
If this is more than a simple OS incremental update, repair the privileges and the file system again with the new, updated Disk Utility.
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Rod Terry
Joined: 19 Apr 2004
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Location: Corvallis, Oregon
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| Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 1:27 pm Post subject: Didn't do much. |
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Matt,
Thanks for the tips. You may not believe this but it was the first I heard of the 'Terminal' program. It took me a while to figure out what it was and there it was in my utility folder.
I did everything that was suggested and it didn't improve PC's speed.
I think I might give Engineering Software a call and see what they have to say.
Thanks again,
Rod
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Bill Stanley
Joined: 15 Apr 2004
Posts: 315
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| Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 11:48 pm Post subject: |
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Rod,
If you would like to send the file to Mike@EngSw.com with test times I will run it on our hardware and report the times that we observe. Please include the method of testing, the times observed, the build number, and the hardware on which the file was tested.
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PaulH
Joined: 16 Apr 2004
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Location: Los Angeles, CA
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| Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 9:02 am Post subject: Unix repair and cleanup |
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There's a sweet little program called "Macaroni" at atomicbird.com that will do clean up as per Bill's post without having to go into command mode. Easy and it's inexpensive.
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patrickm
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Location: santa barbara, ca
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Rod Terry
Joined: 19 Apr 2004
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Location: Corvallis, Oregon
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| Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 9:04 am Post subject: Everything seems slower. . . |
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Thanks for the help, I bought Macaroni. How can you go wrong for $8.95?
Nothing has helped. I don't think it is PowerCADD related.
Another ongoing 'ongoing' issue' is my Radeon 9000 graphic card. Most of the time I have to reboot my computer when I start it up in the AM. First time, my Cinema display is black, on reboot, my display works.
Curiouser and curiouser.
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Rod Terry
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| Posted: Wed May 05, 2004 8:38 am Post subject: I found out why PC was slow. |
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I took out my Radeon 9000 graphic card and replaced it with a GeForce 4MX. PC is back up to speed. I sent the Radeon back for a replacement.
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