[X-Apps] Printing from classic mode

[David Tinker]

On Saturday, March 29, 2003, at 06:20  AM, Francine Mack wrote:

> the system was very slow. I need to
> troubleshoot that issue today. Any suggestions?

Francine

Spring cleaning, eh?

It's been a long time since I used Tech Tool, and I can't remember if 
it will rebuild a defragmented HD, but here's a regimen that I use.

Go to VersionTracker and find MacJanitor. This is a utility that does 
all the diagnostics that the computer would do to itself at 3 am if it 
was on.

So, install that in OSX and click the "Run All" button and let it do 
its thing. It takes about 3 minutes, so give it some time.

Go to Applications > Utilities > Disc Utility and open that. Click on 
"Repair Permissions" and let it do its thing. For an especially good 
time, do it twice.

Go to System Preferences > Classic > Advanced and click on "Rebuild 
Desktop" and let it do its thing.

Do the above every Sunday afternoon.

Now reboot into OS9 and run TechTool. If it has an option to 
defragment, do that as well. I use DiskWarrior, supposedly the best of 
the bunch.

If you want to get really, really clean, go to VersionTracker and get 
FontDoctor X and run that. It looks for corrupt fonts, which can really 
gum up the system. The free download will tell you which fonts are 
broken so you can trash them. The paid version will fix them.

Get some more RAM, you can never have too much RAM :-)

Have fun!

Dave Tinker
WhateverWerx Multimedia