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Disk memory black hole! Something hidden writes to HD (Snow Leopard)
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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1579422"><p>OK, that was weird. From that description, you haven't installed Onyx yet, you just have the .dmg file with the installer on it. I don't remember if Onyx has an installer or if it just needed to be copied to the Applications folder, but you can go ahead and install it, then run it and let it run. Something is eating your main memory, which is triggering swap, which is filling up your hard drive and slowing things down. </p><p></p><p>But before we get to that, can you run Activity Monitor (In the Programs/Ulitities folder)? Look at the Memory tab, click on the column header Memory to sort so that the biggest is up at the top and let us know what you see (a screen shot would be best, but just look for what's the biggest memory user(s) at the top of that display). Maybe we can kill the offending application and stop the consumption of memory that is forcing swap.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1579422"] OK, that was weird. From that description, you haven't installed Onyx yet, you just have the .dmg file with the installer on it. I don't remember if Onyx has an installer or if it just needed to be copied to the Applications folder, but you can go ahead and install it, then run it and let it run. Something is eating your main memory, which is triggering swap, which is filling up your hard drive and slowing things down. But before we get to that, can you run Activity Monitor (In the Programs/Ulitities folder)? Look at the Memory tab, click on the column header Memory to sort so that the biggest is up at the top and let us know what you see (a screen shot would be best, but just look for what's the biggest memory user(s) at the top of that display). Maybe we can kill the offending application and stop the consumption of memory that is forcing swap. [/QUOTE]
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