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<FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>How full is the Powerbook boot disk (what percent full)? A boot disk that is too full can cause this kind of problem, if I remember correctly.<BR>
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On 5/10/07 2:24 PM, "John Baltutis" <baltwo@san.rr.com> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>On 05/10/07, James Hurley <jhurley0305@sbcglobal.net> wrote:<BR>
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> I have two Macs (Powerbook, and MacBook, both 10.4.9)<BR>
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> The MacBook is fine but the Powerbook is glacial. Constantly get the<BR>
> spinning beach ball--while typing, selecting menus, etc.<BR>
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> The activity monitor shows heavy SystemUIServer usage, over 70%<BR>
> during beach ball spins . I get no such activity on the MacBook<BR>
> doing the same operations.<BR>
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> If there a virus going around?<BR>
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None that I know about. I suggest creating a bootable backup/clone (using<BR>
Carbon Copy Cloner, SuperDuper!, etc.) of the PB on to a bootable, external<BR>
FireWire HD, booting into it to ensure it's viable, launching Disk Utility, and<BR>
repairing the disk and permissions. If that doesn't improve things, reinstall<BR>
the latest COMBO update for the machine's OS. If the problem persists, do an<BR>
Archive & Install installation, saving user and network settings. See<BR>
<a href="http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html"><http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html></a> and<BR>
<a href="http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/performance.html"><http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/performance.html></a> for more tips.<BR>
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