11/08/2011

[macsupport] Digest Number 8539

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1a.

Re: Plenty of space, but "file too big to copy": will iDefrag help?

Posted by: "jamesrob@sonic.net" jamesrob@sonic.net   jamesrob328i

Mon Nov 7, 2011 10:09 pm (PST)





--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, Tod Hopkins <hoplist@...> wrote:

> You are likely hitting a file size limit. Defrag will not help. Never heard of fragmentation causing such a problem.

Once iDefrag finished moving fragments around on my partition, the Finder was able to copy the file from my old Mac to my new one. I don't have another explanation other than that there wasn't enough contiguous free space before defragmentation, but there was afterwards.

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Activity Monitor?

Posted by: "neelie" neeliec2000@yahoo.com   neeliec2000

Mon Nov 7, 2011 10:20 pm (PST)



For the last week or so, my iMac (circa 2007), running OS 10.6.8, has been been running excruciatingly slow when using Firefox 7.0.1. It's also slow in Safari 5.1.1. But it also just runs slowly, even when I'm not in a browser window.

I have lots of HD space and memory. I've done all the usual maintenance things, but I'm stumped.

Clicking on links results in having to wait and wait while the colored beach ball spins incessantly. Opening web pages takes 10 times longer than it should.

Even typing messages results in many many hesitations as I have to wait to move forward.

I also can often hear what I always call "grinding and churning" inside my computer - what it sounds like when something is "working."

Am running Carbonite in the background, but have very often had NO hesitation or slowness issues while it's running. I have put it on pause several times to see if that makes any difference with the slowness, and it doesn't.

I've checked my Activity Monitor, but have no idea how to "read" it. Is there some way to find out what's churning/working and thus what might be causing the slowness?

Also, are there other things that would make my usually fast computer get so bogged down that it impacts my productivity? I've checked for viruses, repaired permissions, cleared the caches, restarted, etc.

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Re: Activity Monitor?

Posted by: "Randy B. Singer" randy@macattorney.com   randybrucesinger

Mon Nov 7, 2011 10:34 pm (PST)




On Nov 7, 2011, at 10:20 PM, neelie wrote:

> Also, are there other things that would make my usually fast
> computer get so bogged down that it impacts my productivity?

Sometimes running an outdated version of a stay-resident program will
slow things to a crawl and cause rotating beachballs. The most
common culprits are Adobe utilities.

Try this:

Uninstall the copy of Flash that you have installed with this
uninstaller:
<http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/
uninstall_flash_player_osx.dmg>
or
http://is.gd/lrnKUG

Then download the latest version of Flash directly from Adobe, and
install it:
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

If you currently have them installed, download and install the latest
versions of the following:

Adobe Air
http://get.adobe.com/air/?PID=3146232

Flip4Mac
http://dynamic.telestream.net/downloads/download-flip4macwmv.asp

Please let us know if that helps. If it doesn't, I can tell you how
to track down the problem.

___________________________________________
Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)

Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html
___________________________________________

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Re: easiest way to download iBooks from iPad to computer?

Posted by: "N.A. Nada" whodo678@comcast.net

Mon Nov 7, 2011 11:21 pm (PST)



Sync the book from your iPad to you iMac with iTunes. If the book is in PDF format, then you can read it in Preview.

Other formats you will need another app to read it.

What format and where did you buy the book?

Brent

On Nov 7, 2011, at 7:18 AM, halboye18 wrote:

> The books are on iPad2 and I want to down load them to my computer... iMac 10.6.8
>
> Thanks, hal
>
> --- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, "N.A. Nada" <whodo678@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hal,
> >
> > What's your computer, Mac or Windows? And what is your OS version?
> >
> > Usually that is done with iTunes. At least for me going from MacBook Pro to iPhone.
> >
> > iCloud might also do it, that is why I as what your computer is.
> >
> > Common folks this is a mixed computer and mixed OS community.
> >
> > Brent
> >
> > 15" MacBook Pro 2.4 GHz, early 2008, Mac OS X 10.7.2 & 10.6.8,
> > & iPhone 3GS, iOS 4.3.5, nearby.
> >
> >
> > On Nov 6, 2011, at 7:14 AM, halboye18 wrote:
> >
> > > What's the best --easy + dummy-proof - way to download iBooks on my iPad to my computer? Anyone have experiences to share?
> > >
> > > I appreciate your assistance, hal
> >
>
>

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Re: easiest way to download iBooks from iPad to computer?

Posted by: "Bekah" bekah0176@sbcglobal.net   bekalex

Mon Nov 7, 2011 11:35 pm (PST)



If the books are Kindle format you can download the Kindle for Mac app free from the Amazon website.

Bekah

On Nov 7, 2011, at 11:21 PM, N.A. Nada wrote:

> Sync the book from your iPad to you iMac with iTunes. If the book is in PDF format, then you can read it in Preview.
>
> Other formats you will need another app to read it.
>
> What format and where did you buy the book?
>
> Brent
>
>
> On Nov 7, 2011, at 7:18 AM, halboye18 wrote:
>
>> The books are on iPad2 and I want to down load them to my computer... iMac 10.6.8
>>
>> Thanks, hal
>>
>> --- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, "N.A. Nada" <whodo678@...> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hal,
>>>
>>> What's your computer, Mac or Windows? And what is your OS version?
>>>
>>> Usually that is done with iTunes. At least for me going from MacBook Pro to iPhone.
>>>
>>> iCloud might also do it, that is why I as what your computer is.
>>>
>>> Common folks this is a mixed computer and mixed OS community.
>>>
>>> Brent
>>>
>>> 15" MacBook Pro 2.4 GHz, early 2008, Mac OS X 10.7.2 & 10.6.8,
>>> & iPhone 3GS, iOS 4.3.5, nearby.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Nov 6, 2011, at 7:14 AM, halboye18 wrote:
>>>
>>>> What's the best --easy + dummy-proof - way to download iBooks on my iPad to my computer? Anyone have experiences to share?
>>>>
>>>> I appreciate your assistance, hal
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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