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<blockquote data-quote="Brown Study" data-source="post: 604768" data-attributes="member: 3889"><p>There could be quite a few variables, from running too many apps at once to IE 5, if that's what you're using. Try cleaning its cache, history and its download history. I think it was prone to sluggishness when those files grew too large, if I remember correctly. </p><p></p><p>I doubt this will help the slowdown issue, but who knows. As one of OS 9's forever-maintenance procedures, you could try rebuilding the desktop. OS 9 doesn't need extensions on file names, such as .exe or .doc, because it has an invisible database (also and confusingly) called the desktop, that links the apps' creator codes to their icons. So clicking on a document icon finds the app to open through this desktop database.</p><p></p><p>But over time the database can become clogged (like the interweb's tubes) and corrupt, making a "desktop rebuild" necessary. To do this, restart the Mac while holding down the Option/Alt and Command/Apple keys. A popup (eventually) will say, "Are you sure you want to rebuild the desktop?"</p><p></p><p>Click on OK or Yes, or whatever the affirmative is, and the desktop database will be cleaned up. There are freeware apps that do a better job of this, one of them being TechTool Lite (for OS 9, of course).</p><p></p><p>Rather than simply rebuilding the desktop, TechTool Lite nukes it, and rebuilds the desktop from scratch. This is better, because 9 might be rebuilding any original corruption.</p><p></p><p>Total Desktop Rebuild is another free app that also deletes the desktop. (Search for them on the web. Versiontracker and Mac Update might still have them.)</p><p></p><p>Total Desktop Rebuild is a system extension that goes into the Extensions folder. Once it's in place, it takes over when you hold down the Option and Command keys. But for now, rebuild the desktop plain vanilla. It might cure any other problems, as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brown Study, post: 604768, member: 3889"] There could be quite a few variables, from running too many apps at once to IE 5, if that's what you're using. Try cleaning its cache, history and its download history. I think it was prone to sluggishness when those files grew too large, if I remember correctly. I doubt this will help the slowdown issue, but who knows. As one of OS 9's forever-maintenance procedures, you could try rebuilding the desktop. OS 9 doesn't need extensions on file names, such as .exe or .doc, because it has an invisible database (also and confusingly) called the desktop, that links the apps' creator codes to their icons. So clicking on a document icon finds the app to open through this desktop database. But over time the database can become clogged (like the interweb's tubes) and corrupt, making a "desktop rebuild" necessary. To do this, restart the Mac while holding down the Option/Alt and Command/Apple keys. A popup (eventually) will say, "Are you sure you want to rebuild the desktop?" Click on OK or Yes, or whatever the affirmative is, and the desktop database will be cleaned up. There are freeware apps that do a better job of this, one of them being TechTool Lite (for OS 9, of course). Rather than simply rebuilding the desktop, TechTool Lite nukes it, and rebuilds the desktop from scratch. This is better, because 9 might be rebuilding any original corruption. Total Desktop Rebuild is another free app that also deletes the desktop. (Search for them on the web. Versiontracker and Mac Update might still have them.) Total Desktop Rebuild is a system extension that goes into the Extensions folder. Once it's in place, it takes over when you hold down the Option and Command keys. But for now, rebuild the desktop plain vanilla. It might cure any other problems, as well. [/QUOTE]
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