Eleanora Eden on mon 2 apr 07
My lovely mac powerbook has slowed down to a creep in Eudora. I shut down
and restart and it doesn't help. Clayart is piling up and I can
hardly bear to post,
or look at messages, or just scroll through. It is creepy...literally.
Anybody have any tips?
Eleanora
--
Bellows Falls Vermont
www.eleanoraeden.com
Smith, Judy on mon 2 apr 07
You possible have a virus or some kind of spyware on your computer. Try
updating your virus program and scanning the computer. You should also
download free spyware removal programs from the Internet like Ad-Aware
or Spybot Search and Destroy. Hope this helps.
Judy Smith
-----Original Message-----
From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of Eleanora
Eden
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 9:36 AM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: computer slowdown
My lovely mac powerbook has slowed down to a creep in Eudora. I shut
down
and restart and it doesn't help. Clayart is piling up and I can
hardly bear to post,
or look at messages, or just scroll through. It is creepy...literally.
Anybody have any tips?
Eleanora
--
Bellows Falls Vermont
www.eleanoraeden.com
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John Jensen on mon 2 apr 07
Elenora;
Have you checked to see how much disk space you have used up and how
much is left available? (Me not any kind of expert, me just ask
question and hope is worth something.)
John Jensen, Homewood Pottery
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> Subject: computer slowdown
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> My lovely mac powerbook has slowed down to a creep in Eudora. I
> shut down
> and restart and it doesn't help. Clayart is piling up and I can
> hardly bear to post,
> or look at messages, or just scroll through. It is
> creepy...literally.
> Anybody have any tips?
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> Eleanora
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> www.eleanoraeden.com
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Kathy Forer on mon 2 apr 07
Hi Eleanora,
As you are probably aware, well meaning PC friends either haven't
seen the commercials or it hasn't penetrated that macs don't get
viruses. Well, 99.5% of them don't. pressoffice/news/articles/2006/02/macosxleap.html> There have been a
few viruses in the labs and some in the wild, and macs aren't immune
to being carriers of annoying Microsoft Office infected macros (best
to turn off Macros and use Clam_AV if you deal with a lot of pc-mac-
pc document transfer), but a virus is most likely not the issue. And
spyware written for PC doesn't operate on the Mac either so that's
probably not the problem either. Not to say spyware or viruses can't
be written for Mac, but its Unix underpinnings make for a more secure
system. smug-tirade -- there are enough tedious things you need to do
on a computer, why be bothered with viruses and spyware. That said,
avgfree, adaware and spybot are a good triumvirate for pc people
.
Some possible problems with Eudora
0) Are you using the latest Eudora? Visit
(Does anyone else know if the latest version of Eudora is best or an
earlier version?)
1) a corrupt email? Try rebuilding mailboxes.
"Option-click on the 'size' display in bottom left hand corner of the
mailbox
listing - the numbers that show how many messages selected/in the
mailbox
etc." for more info: @462.gCxkbnn6ES4@>
2) too many messages in In, Out, and Trash mailboxes? Keep your In,
Out, and Trash mailboxes small as they load into memory. Small might
be under 1000 messages each, under 250 is better. Move them to local
folders where they take up fewer active system resources.
3) Try going to Settings: Moodwatch: and turn off Moodwatch checking
in background.
4) If the above don't work, try emptying your ~User Library Caches.
Google it or email me for specifics, this can be a wonder cure-all,
something like stinky water. You want to restart immediately after
emptying trash on a system with nothing much running. Or use one of
various Mac utilities, Onyx, Macaroni, Cocktail... www.applelinks.com/p5/index.php/more/
mac_os_x_system_maintenance_utilities_roundup/>
5) Repair Mac OS X Permissions
5) If all else fails try Eudora Mailbox Cleaner to convert to
Mail.app or Thunderbird
Kathy
--
Kathy Forer
www.foreverink.com
Craig Clark on mon 2 apr 07
Eleanora, I have a few suggestions. If this is a sudden thing, and there
is not a hardware problem, then you may have either a virus or some scum
bag hacker is using your machine for nefarious purposes when you aren't
looking. First thing to do is run a full system scan with your most
recently updated virus protection software. I recommend either Norton of
McAfee.
Next, go ahead and run a scan disk, and then a defrag. This will clean
up your hard drive and if you have not done this in awhile it may very
well be the cause of the slow down. A fragmented hard drive has caused
serious slow downs in many machines. Also, jetison all the temporary
internet files as well as ancient history. Turn off any programs that
may be running in the background that you do not need.
Lastly, I'm going to give you a link to one of our local computer
guru's. The mans name is Jay Lee. he broadcasts weekly on a program on
Pacifica called Technology Bytes, and he has come up with his own method
of defending as well as possible against the hackers and spammers. Once
you get to the home page look at the right hand column and click on the
sub heading titled "Got Spyware?" This will take you to Jay Lee's
debugging method and what he recommends as far as protection for your
machine against the dark forces of the Net. You will be down loading
three programs, all effective, and all free......they are Windows
Defender, Adaware SE, and Spybot Search and Destroy. When the programs
are used in conjunction with each other they are quite effective.
Additionally, if you do not have a hardware type of router it is a good
idea to get one.
Here is the link....http://geekradio.com/
Hope this helps
Craig Dunn Clark
619 East 11 1/2 St
Houston, Texas 77008
(713)861-2083
mudman@hal-pc.org
http://mudman00.blogspot.com/
.Eleanora Eden wrote:
> My lovely mac powerbook has slowed down to a creep in Eudora. I shut
> down
> and restart and it doesn't help. Clayart is piling up and I can
> hardly bear to post,
> or look at messages, or just scroll through. It is creepy...literally.
> Anybody have any tips?
>
> Eleanora
> --
> Bellows Falls Vermont
> www.eleanoraeden.com
>
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Russell Sheptak on mon 2 apr 07
On Apr 2, 2007, at 7:35 AM, Eleanora Eden wrote:
> My lovely mac powerbook has slowed down to a creep in Eudora. I
> shut down
> and restart and it doesn't help. Clayart is piling up and I can
> hardly bear to post,
> or look at messages, or just scroll through. It is
> creepy...literally.
> Anybody have any tips?
Spyware is an unlikely (but not impossible) diagnosis on a Mac, and
all of the tools people have suggested are PC only as far as I know.
The likely cause is anti-virus software, if you have any installed.
Norton Antivirus in particular, seems to significantly slow even new
Macintoshes.
If there's no anti-virus software installed, then slowdowns are
usually caused by too little memory, too little free disk space, or a
runaway process.
If you're running Mac OS X (either 10.3.x or 10.4.x) then the program
Activity Monitor is your friend. Its located in the Utilities Folder
inside the Applications folder. Go ahead and run it and see what you
can find. It will let you see if you have a runaway process (CPU),
disk issues (Disk Usage and Disk Activity), and memory (System
Memory). If you have any questions, feel free to write me off list
and we can discuss what's going on. Likewise, if you're running Mac
OS 9, write me off list and I'll make suggestions.
Memory: Mac OS 10.4.x requires a minimum of 512 Meg of RAM, but more
is better. Mac OS 10.3.x and earlier requires 256 Meg of RAM. When
you look in Activity Monitor at System Memory, you should see that
there is still a fair amount of green (free space) in the pie chart
on the right. If there isn't, then the system either has a process
that's hogging memory, or has too little memory installed, or maybe
even one of your memory SIMMs has shaken loose from bumping the
powerbook.
Disk: You're fine as long as you have about 10% of your disk space
free under Mac OS X (all flavors). As your free space gets smaller,
the operating system takes longer and longer to find a block of free
space on the disk of the size it needs, and everything slows down. I
have run Macintoshes down to less than 1 % free space and they still
run, but they get really slow.
Runaway Process: In Activity Monitor, click on the CPU button. This
display's a list of processes running on your computer. Make sure
the popup at the top says "All Processes" instead of the default "My
Processes". Then go ahead and click on the column heading labeled %
CPU, which will cause all the processes to be sorted by which ones
are using the most CPU time. If none of them are over 15 % then
there's no problem. Make note of any that are over 15% and send me
their names off list.
rus
----------------------
Rus Sheptak rus@sonic.net
David Berg on mon 2 apr 07
A Macintosh computer running OS X is not nearly as
susceptible to viruses and spyware as a PC is. I would
suggest asking your Macintosh related question at one
of the Mac forums. There are lots of friendly
people there with answers.
http://discussions.apple.com/index.jspa
David
On Apr 2, 2007, at 10:35 AM, Eleanora Eden wrote:
> My lovely mac powerbook has slowed down to a creep in Eudora. I
> shut down
> and restart and it doesn't help. Clayart is piling up and I can
> hardly bear to post,
> or look at messages, or just scroll through. It is
> creepy...literally.
> Anybody have any tips?
>
> Eleanora
> --
> Bellows Falls Vermont
> www.eleanoraeden.com
>
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David Berg
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http://bergstoneware.com/
Carl Finch on mon 2 apr 07
At 07:35 AM 4/2/2007, Eleanora Eden wrote:
>My lovely mac powerbook has slowed down to a creep in Eudora. I shut down
>and restart and it doesn't help. Clayart is piling up and I can
>hardly bear to post,
>or look at messages, or just scroll through. It is creepy...literally.
>Anybody have any tips?
http://www.eudora.com has several options for technical assisitance.
And are you using the Paid, Sponsored, or Free version of Eudora?
If you use the Free or Sponsored versions, you won't be eligible for
Qualcomm's own tech support staff, but you can ask questions and read
the answers of others with your problem.
And to do so effectively you'll have to supply the version number of
Eudora and possibly of your operating system.
I went to their Product Support Knowledge Base page
and typed "slow" in
the search box and found, for example, the following:
===============================
Checking or Sending Mail is very slow
Document ID: 1678HQ
ISSUE:
Since upgrading to Eudora 4, checking and sending of mail in Eudora
is very slow.
SOLUTION:
Eudora 4 introduced multi-threaded checking and sending of e-mail. As
a result, you can now read or compose e-mail while Eudora is
downloading new messages. However,by default, Eudora will not deliver
the new messages until it notices 20 seconds of idle time. This can
create the illusion that Eudora is taking forever to deliver mail -
especially if you're still moving your mouse or creating any activity
that makes Eudora think that you're still busy.
Windows Users:
In Eudora, go to Tools: Options: Background Tasks. Set the "Wait for"
time to 1 second. Click OK.
NOTE: if you have 20+ windows open in Eudora this may also cause this
to happen. Hold the shift key down on your keyboard and select File:
Close from the menu of Eudora. This will close all of your open
windows within Eudora
Macintosh Users:
In the Eudora Application folder, look for the folder "Extras".
Inside it is a folder named "Plug-Ins". Take the plug-in named
Esoteric Settings and drag it into the Eudora Stuff folder (found in
the Eudora Application folder). Launch Eudora, then go to Special:
Settings: Threading. Set all the "time" settings here to 1 second. Click OK.
Now Eudora will only wait for 1 second of idle time before it
delivers your e-mail.
===============================
And I see that there is a news group named "comp.mail.eudora.mac"
where you could ask other Mac Eudora users your question.
Soapbox--
I've used Eudora (Windows version) for years and find it great at
handling the huge amount of useful and varied info I get from
Clayart, though I think the Eudora interface....umm...kinda sucks!
BUT... Eudora has allowed me to save every single message posted to
Clayart since I first subscribed six years ago, saves them in less
than one gigabyte (at today's hard drive prices, that's about 30
CENTS worth!), and I can search for (with limited Boolean) and
retrieve via topics, authors, phrases, words, etc., any of these
messages in just a few seconds. So I can live with the interface!
--Carl
in Medford, Oregon
Arnold Howard on tue 3 apr 07
From: "Russell Sheptak"
> Norton Antivirus in particular, seems to significantly
> slow even new
> Macintoshes.
Norton also slows down PCs. When I erased Norton from my
computer at Paragon and the one at home, they came to life.
It was like buying faster computers.
Sincerely,
Arnold Howard
Paragon Industries, L.P., Mesquite, Texas USA
ahoward@paragonweb.com / www.paragonweb.com
Gary Harvey on tue 3 apr 07
Yes, it does slow down computers but so does a hard drive that needs
defragging.
A computer with not enough memory for the software you are running. etc. GH
----- Original Message -----
From: "Arnold Howard"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 7:17 AM
Subject: Re: computer slowdown
> From: "Russell Sheptak"
>> Norton Antivirus in particular, seems to significantly
>> slow even new
>> Macintoshes.
>
> Norton also slows down PCs. When I erased Norton from my
> computer at Paragon and the one at home, they came to life.
> It was like buying faster computers.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Arnold Howard
> Paragon Industries, L.P., Mesquite, Texas USA
> ahoward@paragonweb.com / www.paragonweb.com
>
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sacredclay on tue 3 apr 07
Had that same problem, too. they also wouldn't let me access other
sites, no matter how low I set the firewall. Aggravating. kathryn in
NC --- .
>
> Norton also slows down PCs. When I erased Norton from my
> computer at Paragon and the one at home, they came to life.
> It was like buying faster computers.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Arnold Howard
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