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Tue Jan 1, 2013 10:39 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Dave C" davec2468
Activity monitor shows Safari taking a few percent CPU. But there is also "Safari Web Content" taking from 30 to 100 percent (it jumps as I watch AM's numbers).
I don't recall seeing Safari Web Content listed in AM before. It was just the Safari app taking processor power.
What defines "Safari Web Content" such that it is different from what falls under "Safari" usage?
Is there some way to know (without going tab-by-tab and guessing) which web page is requiring such a large bite of resources?
Thanks,
Dave
Safari 5.1.7
2011 Mini 2.7 GHz dual i7 / 16 GB / 250 GB & 750 GB
OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard
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I don't recall seeing Safari Web Content listed in AM before. It was just the Safari app taking processor power.
What defines "Safari Web Content" such that it is different from what falls under "Safari" usage?
Is there some way to know (without going tab-by-tab and guessing) which web page is requiring such a large bite of resources?
Thanks,
Dave
Safari 5.1.7
2011 Mini 2.7 GHz dual i7 / 16 GB / 250 GB & 750 GB
OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard
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Tue Jan 1, 2013 11:12 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Dave C" davec2468
There is a separate item in Activity Monitor for "Flash Player (Safari Internet plug-in)", so the "Safari Web Content" doesn't include Flash content.
Confused,
Dave
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> Activity monitor shows Safari taking a few percent CPU. But there is also "Safari Web Content" taking from 30 to 100 percent (it jumps as I watch AM's numbers).
>
> I don't recall seeing Safari Web Content listed in AM before. It was just the Safari app taking processor power.
>
> What defines "Safari Web Content" such that it is different from what falls under "Safari" usage?
>
> Is there some way to know (without going tab-by-tab and guessing) which web page is requiring such a large bite of resources?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>
> Safari 5.1.7
> 2011 Mini 2.7 GHz dual i7 / 16 GB / 250 GB & 750 GB
> OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard
>
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Confused,
Dave
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> Activity monitor shows Safari taking a few percent CPU. But there is also "Safari Web Content" taking from 30 to 100 percent (it jumps as I watch AM's numbers).
>
> I don't recall seeing Safari Web Content listed in AM before. It was just the Safari app taking processor power.
>
> What defines "Safari Web Content" such that it is different from what falls under "Safari" usage?
>
> Is there some way to know (without going tab-by-tab and guessing) which web page is requiring such a large bite of resources?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>
> Safari 5.1.7
> 2011 Mini 2.7 GHz dual i7 / 16 GB / 250 GB & 750 GB
> OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard
>
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Tue Jan 1, 2013 12:54 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Dave C" davec2468
AM shows that "Safari" uses 1.16 GB; "Safari Web Content" uses just about twice that: 3.23 GB.
Safari Flash Content (thanks to using "ClickToFlash" plugin) uses a "mere" 55 MB.
Still puzzled as to what "Web Content" is that doesn't include Flash and is taking so much processor and memory resources...
Dave
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There is a separate item in Activity Monitor for "Flash Player (Safari Internet plug-in)", so the "Safari Web Content" doesn't include Flash content.
Confused,
Dave
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> Activity monitor shows Safari taking a few percent CPU. But there is also "Safari Web Content" taking from 30 to 100 percent (it jumps as I watch AM's numbers).
>
> I don't recall seeing Safari Web Content listed in AM before. It was just the Safari app taking processor power.
>
> What defines "Safari Web Content" such that it is different from what falls under "Safari" usage?
>
> Is there some way to know (without going tab-by-tab and guessing) which web page is requiring such a large bite of resources?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>
> Safari 5.1.7
> 2011 Mini 2.7 GHz dual i7 / 16 GB / 250 GB & 750 GB
> OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard
>
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Safari Flash Content (thanks to using "ClickToFlash" plugin) uses a "mere" 55 MB.
Still puzzled as to what "Web Content" is that doesn't include Flash and is taking so much processor and memory resources...
Dave
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There is a separate item in Activity Monitor for "Flash Player (Safari Internet plug-in)", so the "Safari Web Content" doesn't include Flash content.
Confused,
Dave
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> Activity monitor shows Safari taking a few percent CPU. But there is also "Safari Web Content" taking from 30 to 100 percent (it jumps as I watch AM's numbers).
>
> I don't recall seeing Safari Web Content listed in AM before. It was just the Safari app taking processor power.
>
> What defines "Safari Web Content" such that it is different from what falls under "Safari" usage?
>
> Is there some way to know (without going tab-by-tab and guessing) which web page is requiring such a large bite of resources?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>
> Safari 5.1.7
> 2011 Mini 2.7 GHz dual i7 / 16 GB / 250 GB & 750 GB
> OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard
>
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Tue Jan 1, 2013 10:56 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Dave C" davec2468
Dale,
How much RAM do you have now? Do you have any large applications (ie, any Adobe applications, graphics, sound apps, etc.) you use regularly?
I have the 2011 i7 dual-core mini. I upgraded 4 GB to 16 GB and saw a great improvement: no sluggishness in response to changing applications, opening new web sites, etc. But I have, usually, at least 12 applications open at a time, including 2 different web browsers with many (today's count: greater than 100) web pages displayed in unique tabs.
I find that web browsers use the most of any application I use and have the greatest effect on the mini's overall performance. If I'm experiencing any lack of "peppiness", closing the web browser(s) usually fixes the problem. (I've found that Flash content on web sites eats up processor power in huge amounts. I use a browser add-on such as "ClickToFlash" which disables Flash by default on all web pages, and all you need to do is click on the placeholder on the web page and it enables Flash for that page. Very helpful to keep the mini from bogging down.)
The best way to decide for yourself how your memory usage is doing is to open Activity Monitor and click the System Memory tab (at the bottom). If you have much free memory, you probably don't have much to worry about. But if your free memory is very small, and you experience some sluggishness, you could probably use more memory.
Keep Activity Monitor open all the time and check it throughout the day. The memory usage changes all the time and you can get a sense of how much your applications are using.
Enjoy that mini! It's a great Mac.
Dave
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On 1 January 2013, at 7:15 AM, yash@aol.com wrote:
> I have a mac mini I-5 multi core. I have read in a whole lot of postings and sites that the mac mini, can use 16 gig of ram,not just the 8 as stated by apple. First is this correct? second is the additional 8 gigs of memory going to make a big or even a small change in the mini operation. What will be affected the most?
> thanks
> dale
How much RAM do you have now? Do you have any large applications (ie, any Adobe applications, graphics, sound apps, etc.) you use regularly?
I have the 2011 i7 dual-core mini. I upgraded 4 GB to 16 GB and saw a great improvement: no sluggishness in response to changing applications, opening new web sites, etc. But I have, usually, at least 12 applications open at a time, including 2 different web browsers with many (today's count: greater than 100) web pages displayed in unique tabs.
I find that web browsers use the most of any application I use and have the greatest effect on the mini's overall performance. If I'm experiencing any lack of "peppiness", closing the web browser(s) usually fixes the problem. (I've found that Flash content on web sites eats up processor power in huge amounts. I use a browser add-on such as "ClickToFlash" which disables Flash by default on all web pages, and all you need to do is click on the placeholder on the web page and it enables Flash for that page. Very helpful to keep the mini from bogging down.)
The best way to decide for yourself how your memory usage is doing is to open Activity Monitor and click the System Memory tab (at the bottom). If you have much free memory, you probably don't have much to worry about. But if your free memory is very small, and you experience some sluggishness, you could probably use more memory.
Keep Activity Monitor open all the time and check it throughout the day. The memory usage changes all the time and you can get a sense of how much your applications are using.
Enjoy that mini! It's a great Mac.
Dave
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On 1 January 2013, at 7:15 AM, yash@aol.com wrote:
> I have a mac mini I-5 multi core. I have read in a whole lot of postings and sites that the mac mini, can use 16 gig of ram,not just the 8 as stated by apple. First is this correct? second is the additional 8 gigs of memory going to make a big or even a small change in the mini operation. What will be affected the most?
> thanks
> dale
Tue Jan 1, 2013 1:10 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Dave C" davec2468
Received a PDF file (100+ pages) with page order reversed (page 1 is the last in the file).
What's the simplest way to get the order right way 'round?
Thanks,
Dave
Pages 5.0.3
2011 Mini 2.7 GHz dual i7 / 16 GB / 250 GB & 750 GB
OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard
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What's the simplest way to get the order right way 'round?
Thanks,
Dave
Pages 5.0.3
2011 Mini 2.7 GHz dual i7 / 16 GB / 250 GB & 750 GB
OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard
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Tue Jan 1, 2013 4:51 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Daly Jessup" dalyjessup
On Jan 1, 2013, at 1:10 PM, Dave C wrote:
> Received a PDF file (100+ pages) with page order reversed (page 1 is the last in the file).
>
> What's the simplest way to get the order right way 'round?
Someone else may know a better way, but I think you may be doomed to spending half an hour dragging them into order, with thumbnails showing in Preview. Or ask the sender to reverse the order if he/she can.
Daly
Tue Jan 1, 2013 8:36 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"bj" jblair44
What I did as a test, with a 16page doc, in AcrobatX-Pro (Win7).
(your question got me curious so I tried it out)
open the doc, print, and under where you can select pages choose
More Options -- there's one to reverse pages.
I printed to Docname-reverse & it worked.
Opened as expected in the "new" order.
Adobe ReaderX also shows a Reverse Pages choice in the print box
but I didn't actually try it out.
I have no idea if the Mac s/w or what may be available to you
has the same options.
Good luck!
bj
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave C
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2013 4:10 PM
To: OS X Support
Subject: [macsupport] How to reverse page order in PDF?
Received a PDF file (100+ pages) with page order reversed (page 1 is the
last in the file).
What's the simplest way to get the order right way 'round?
Thanks,
Dave
Pages 5.0.3
2011 Mini 2.7 GHz dual i7 / 16 GB / 250 GB & 750 GB
OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard
(your question got me curious so I tried it out)
open the doc, print, and under where you can select pages choose
More Options -- there's one to reverse pages.
I printed to Docname-reverse & it worked.
Opened as expected in the "new" order.
Adobe ReaderX also shows a Reverse Pages choice in the print box
but I didn't actually try it out.
I have no idea if the Mac s/w or what may be available to you
has the same options.
Good luck!
bj
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave C
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2013 4:10 PM
To: OS X Support
Subject: [macsupport] How to reverse page order in PDF?
Received a PDF file (100+ pages) with page order reversed (page 1 is the
last in the file).
What's the simplest way to get the order right way 'round?
Thanks,
Dave
Pages 5.0.3
2011 Mini 2.7 GHz dual i7 / 16 GB / 250 GB & 750 GB
OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard
Tue Jan 1, 2013 8:46 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"bj" jblair44
oops -- I left out that I printed it to PDF not a paper-printer.
I don't know what other print-to-PDF s/w may be able to do.
bj
-----Original Message-----
From: bj
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2013 11:36 PM
To: macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [macsupport] How to reverse page order in PDF?
What I did as a test, with a 16page doc, in AcrobatX-Pro (Win7).
(your question got me curious so I tried it out)
open the doc, print, and under where you can select pages choose
More Options -- there's one to reverse pages.
I printed to Docname-reverse & it worked.
Opened as expected in the "new" order.
Adobe ReaderX also shows a Reverse Pages choice in the print box
but I didn't actually try it out.
I have no idea if the Mac s/w or what may be available to you
has the same options.
Good luck!
bj
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave C
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2013 4:10 PM
To: OS X Support
Subject: [macsupport] How to reverse page order in PDF?
Received a PDF file (100+ pages) with page order reversed (page 1 is the
last in the file).
What's the simplest way to get the order right way 'round?
Thanks,
Dave
Pages 5.0.3
2011 Mini 2.7 GHz dual i7 / 16 GB / 250 GB & 750 GB
OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard
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I don't know what other print-to-PDF s/w may be able to do.
bj
-----Original Message-----
From: bj
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2013 11:36 PM
To: macsupportcentral@
Subject: Re: [macsupport] How to reverse page order in PDF?
What I did as a test, with a 16page doc, in AcrobatX-Pro (Win7).
(your question got me curious so I tried it out)
open the doc, print, and under where you can select pages choose
More Options -- there's one to reverse pages.
I printed to Docname-reverse & it worked.
Opened as expected in the "new" order.
Adobe ReaderX also shows a Reverse Pages choice in the print box
but I didn't actually try it out.
I have no idea if the Mac s/w or what may be available to you
has the same options.
Good luck!
bj
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave C
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2013 4:10 PM
To: OS X Support
Subject: [macsupport] How to reverse page order in PDF?
Received a PDF file (100+ pages) with page order reversed (page 1 is the
last in the file).
What's the simplest way to get the order right way 'round?
Thanks,
Dave
Pages 5.0.3
2011 Mini 2.7 GHz dual i7 / 16 GB / 250 GB & 750 GB
OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard
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Wed Jan 2, 2013 5:25 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Daly Jessup" dalyjessup
On Jan 1, 2013, at 8:36 PM, bj wrote:
> What I did as a test, with a 16page doc, in AcrobatX-Pro (Win7).
> (your question got me curious so I tried it out)
> open the doc, print, and under where you can select pages choose
> More Options -- there's one to reverse pages.
> I printed to Docname-reverse & it worked.
> Opened as expected in the "new" order.
>
> Adobe ReaderX also shows a Reverse Pages choice in the print box
> but I didn't actually try it out.
I thought that was very clever, and tried it with Adobe Reader 10.1.4. Clicking the Reverse option did make the preview of the document reverse directions. I'm quite sure that if I had printed to a printer, the pages would have been in reverse order. Great tip!
However, I could find no way to reverse the order of the pages permanently. How did you manage to change the sequence in such a way that when you opened the document again it kept the reverse order? And how were you able to change the name of the document before printing?
Daly
Wed Jan 2, 2013 5:26 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Daly Jessup" dalyjessup
On Jan 1, 2013, at 8:45 PM, bj wrote:
> oops -- I left out that I printed it to PDF not a paper-printer.
> I don't know what other print-to-PDF s/w may be able to do.
BJ, that was what stymied me using Adobe Reader. How did you get it to print to PDF using Adobe's driver?
Daly
Tue Jan 1, 2013 1:20 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Jeannie" chloe898
I am so annoyed.
Photshop CS6 ext just kidnapped my computer again! I put in the fix right
away. is this going to happen every week? I think I had better write down
my serial number for CS6, so I don't have to go to a closet shelf to drag
down the disk of CS6 to see the number. GRR!!!
At least this time I didn't have to call adobe and wait 30 minutes.
Jeannie
--
Jeannie
View my images :
http://www.pbase.com/nikonjeannie
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Photshop CS6 ext just kidnapped my computer again! I put in the fix right
away. is this going to happen every week? I think I had better write down
my serial number for CS6, so I don't have to go to a closet shelf to drag
down the disk of CS6 to see the number. GRR!!!
At least this time I didn't have to call adobe and wait 30 minutes.
Jeannie
--
Jeannie
View my images :
http://www.pbase.
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Tue Jan 1, 2013 1:37 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Jim Hamm" jimhamm90
Take a read on this <http://pondini.org/TM/C4.html >....Jim
On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 10:11 AM, Robin <roblenhart@earthlink.net > wrote:
> **
>
>
> Tried doing a backup and received the following message -
>
> Backup is too large for the backup disc.
>
> I am trying to backup 154GB of data - message says only 107.9GB of free
> space is available
>
> Isn't TM supposed to delete the oldest files if sufficient space is not
> available.
>
> ???
>
> Rob Lenhart
>
>
>
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On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 10:11 AM, Robin <roblenhart@earthlin
> **
>
>
> Tried doing a backup and received the following message -
>
> Backup is too large for the backup disc.
>
> I am trying to backup 154GB of data - message says only 107.9GB of free
> space is available
>
> Isn't TM supposed to delete the oldest files if sufficient space is not
> available.
>
> ???
>
> Rob Lenhart
>
>
>
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Wed Jan 2, 2013 4:29 am (PST) . Posted by:
"James Robertson" jamesrob328i
On Dec 30, 2012, at 7:57 PM, Don <y-photo.96705@
> I'm not sure of the power use by an iMac my MacPro currently is running at 200 watts, according to the power meter on my UPS. Sleeping it uses 3 watts or less. That's just over $2.00 per day that not sleeping costs where I live, using the highest cost electricity in the USA.
This thread has opened my eyes regarding the need for power conservation. I have my Mac Pro set to sleep "never", although I sleep my displays at 15 minutes. I don't have a UPS, so I don't have an easy way to measure how much power the computer is consuming. Is there software available that runs on the Mac itself that can monitor it?
Thanks so much,
--
Jim Robertson
Wed Jan 2, 2013 5:00 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Otto Nikolaus" nikyzf
On 2 January 2013 12:29, James Robertson <jamesrob@sonic.net > wrote:
>
> This thread has opened my eyes regarding the need for power conservation.
> I have my Mac Pro set to sleep "never", although I sleep my displays at 15
> minutes. I don't have a UPS, so I don't have an easy way to measure how
> much power the computer is consuming. Is there software available that runs
> on the Mac itself that can monitor it?
>
> Thanks so much,
>
You might prefer a plug-in power monitor, as this can be used to show usage
of any device connected through it, not just your computer. These cost from
about $20 upwards. Look for 'power monitor' at, e.g., Amazon.
There are also power monitors that show the instantaneous usage for the
whole house.
Otto
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>
> This thread has opened my eyes regarding the need for power conservation.
> I have my Mac Pro set to sleep "never", although I sleep my displays at 15
> minutes. I don't have a UPS, so I don't have an easy way to measure how
> much power the computer is consuming. Is there software available that runs
> on the Mac itself that can monitor it?
>
> Thanks so much,
>
You might prefer a plug-in power monitor, as this can be used to show usage
of any device connected through it, not just your computer. These cost from
about $20 upwards. Look for 'power monitor' at, e.g., Amazon.
There are also power monitors that show the instantaneous usage for the
whole house.
Otto
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Wed Jan 2, 2013 5:34 am (PST) . Posted by:
"James Robertson" jamesrob328i
On Jan 2, 2013, at 4:59 AM, Otto Nikolaus <otto.nikolaus@
> You might prefer a plug-in power monitor, as this can be used to show usage
> of any device connected through it, not just your computer. These cost from
> about $20 upwards. Look for 'power monitor' at, e.g., Amazon.
My hopes are to learn whether I can reduce my own electricty bills by changing the power consumption of my Mac Pro. Hence the hope that there's something that runs on the computer itself and presents its data on my screen.
The main problem I can see with a plug-in power monitor is that I won't be able to see it (the nest of power cords, data cables, transformer bricks, power strips, routers, cable system terminal adapters, etc., behind my desk strikes fear into the hearts of all!
I've also considered trying to save natural gas and electricity with the "Nest" thermostat, but haven't done that because it supposedly "learns" when it should be warming the house, when it should be cooling it, and I don't think there's a person alive who can figure out when my wife will want it warmer, when she'll want it cooler!
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