[G4] os help

[Harry Freeman]

Greetings ( + )!( + )

If you disk is being accessed when you move you mouse it sounds like  
you are low on memory/swap space.
Open your "Activity Monitor" (you'll find it in you "application/ 
Utilities folder.

After you have opened the activity monitor click on the Disk Usage tab  
an see how much disk space is being used.
Then click on the System Memory tab to see how memory is being used.  
Pay particular attention to the one called VM size.
The VM memory size should be fairly large, say more than 4-5Gb's
Unix runs real slow when the virtual memory is very small.
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On Apr 29, 2008, at 3:55 PM, bill ritchey wrote:

> so my g4 is running slow and the hard drive is making
> a noise whenever i move the mouse.
> if it were an os 9 machine, i would clean up the desk
> top files and it would be fine. is there something to
> do to x when it is running slow?  thanks b
>
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