On Jul 14, 2006, at 8:32 PM, Steve Goldstein wrote: > At 4:50 PM -0500 7/14/06, Ron Reames wrote: >> Have you used a utility like Onyx yet? > > > Not yet on this 'puter. But, the OS does all that housekeeping > itself behind the scenes. Your Mac only runs the maintenance routines at 3:15 am and if your computer is asleep or off, they don't run. Onyx, as was suggested is a very good tool for doing what doesn't get done if what I mentioned it true. > >> Have you tried booting in Safe mode? > > > Why? I am fine until I have been running for a a day or so with > lots of open applications. What would I gain by booting into Safe > Mode? > > Thanks for responding, > Booting into safe mode can cure a ton of troubles as it repairs many ills. It's easy to do also. Simply reboot while holding down the shift key....log in and then restart normally. When I was experiencing a slow down and a miscellaneous app crash or two, the nice folks at Apple recommend it to me. It worked too. > > --Steve > > > _______________________________________________ > iMac mailing list > iMac at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/imac > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 -- Tim Collier