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<blockquote data-quote="pendlewitch" data-source="post: 1492135" data-attributes="member: 214663"><p>No probs ros5e all seems in order apart from I like to power down everything completely and disconnect everything once in a while.</p><p></p><p>When you say things are locking up, I take it that this is the spinning pinwheel you are experiencing.</p><p></p><p>Here are a few things that you could do to start if you haven't already..</p><p></p><p>Run 'Repair Disk Permissions' on your HDD in Applications>Disk Utility when it's over shutdown and reboot or restart.</p><p></p><p>Whilst in Disk Utility check how much available free space there is on your HDD. I work on a minimum of 20% headroom but some work on 15%. If your HDD is getting full then it's gonna slow things up no question so you need to be thinking about an archiving strategy.</p><p></p><p>Go to Finder>Desktop and on the menu bar click File>Get Info...if you have shedloads of Mb's on your desktop it's going to slow things up so move them off...all mine reside in my 'Home' folder as an example. A clean desktop is the best one.</p><p></p><p>Download a free app called Onyx <a href="http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/11582/onyx" target="_blank">Download OnyX for Mac - Maintenance and optimization tool. MacUpdate.com</a> Run the app, let it do the SMART verification first and run the prescribed fixes as listed in the 'Automation' tab.</p><p></p><p>Let's see if that helps any and report back if you can. </p><p></p><p>The serious issues for you would be making a back up and a bootable back up. I would recommend two external HDD's, one for a Time Machine backup <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1427" target="_blank">Mac Basics: Time Machine</a> and one for a bootable backup using a proprietary software such as Super Duper or Carbon Copy Cloner (I think Super Duper might have a free one)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pendlewitch, post: 1492135, member: 214663"] No probs ros5e all seems in order apart from I like to power down everything completely and disconnect everything once in a while. When you say things are locking up, I take it that this is the spinning pinwheel you are experiencing. Here are a few things that you could do to start if you haven't already.. Run 'Repair Disk Permissions' on your HDD in Applications>Disk Utility when it's over shutdown and reboot or restart. Whilst in Disk Utility check how much available free space there is on your HDD. I work on a minimum of 20% headroom but some work on 15%. If your HDD is getting full then it's gonna slow things up no question so you need to be thinking about an archiving strategy. Go to Finder>Desktop and on the menu bar click File>Get Info...if you have shedloads of Mb's on your desktop it's going to slow things up so move them off...all mine reside in my 'Home' folder as an example. A clean desktop is the best one. Download a free app called Onyx [url=http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/11582/onyx]Download OnyX for Mac - Maintenance and optimization tool. MacUpdate.com[/url] Run the app, let it do the SMART verification first and run the prescribed fixes as listed in the 'Automation' tab. Let's see if that helps any and report back if you can. The serious issues for you would be making a back up and a bootable back up. I would recommend two external HDD's, one for a Time Machine backup [url=http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1427]Mac Basics: Time Machine[/url] and one for a bootable backup using a proprietary software such as Super Duper or Carbon Copy Cloner (I think Super Duper might have a free one) [/QUOTE]
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