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- MacBook Pro 17" i7 500Gb, 2.66GHz. iPhone 5 32Gb, 16Gb iPod Nano, 8Gb iPod Nano
I recently deleted a whole lot of superfluous music files from my MacBook Pro and thought I would run the free space eraser to maximise the freed-up space. I used to do this on my PC and it gave me more free space after I deleted files. Anyway after doing it, I discovered that my MacBook Pro is a bit more slow. It was lightning quick to startup and shut down however now it thinks for around 20 seconds whilst it starts up and shuts down. I don't like this.
I have run the disk scanning thing with no problems. I have run the permissions check and there were a couple of anomalies so I fixed them (a couple couldn't be fixed) yet the problem still remains.
I am thinking of just reinstalling OS X as it will also allow me to change my short name with no hassle, however there seems to be no software CD or DVD in the box. I just purchased the MacBook Pro new from an Apple Store around a month ago but for some reason there is no installation disc. Is this strange?
So, what can I do about it? Time Machine doesn't seem to be switched on (I recently switched from PC and Time Machine seems to be switched off by default and I didn't change it as I wasn't sure as to what it did) so restoration isn't an option.
Would it be worth just buying a new Snow Leopard CD? I have had my eye on Snow Leopard but am not sure what the benefits (if any) are. I currently have OS X 10.6.4
Any help would be appreciated!
- Chris
I have run the disk scanning thing with no problems. I have run the permissions check and there were a couple of anomalies so I fixed them (a couple couldn't be fixed) yet the problem still remains.
I am thinking of just reinstalling OS X as it will also allow me to change my short name with no hassle, however there seems to be no software CD or DVD in the box. I just purchased the MacBook Pro new from an Apple Store around a month ago but for some reason there is no installation disc. Is this strange?
So, what can I do about it? Time Machine doesn't seem to be switched on (I recently switched from PC and Time Machine seems to be switched off by default and I didn't change it as I wasn't sure as to what it did) so restoration isn't an option.
Would it be worth just buying a new Snow Leopard CD? I have had my eye on Snow Leopard but am not sure what the benefits (if any) are. I currently have OS X 10.6.4
Any help would be appreciated!
- Chris