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This is to funny. I've had this slowdown problem for years and never been able to solve it, even trying all the suggestions in this article.
I stopped into my local apple store a few days ago and the "genius" pointed out that the Chrome browser, which I'd been using on many platforms for years, was a resource hog. I actually had noticed this in the activity monitor but thought, "This is google, they wouldn't do that".
But apparently they did. I switched to Safari (which is actually pretty good once you get used to it) and performance has been orders of magnitude better. Performance is still not perfect and there are probably a few glitches (see the funny part below) but I hope to understand more as I read Amit Singh's excellent book on OSX internals, but it is enough of an improvement to be a revelation. (Still haven't switched from Thunderbird to Apple Mail, though - it i not cross-platform enough for me).'
The funny part is that I can't post this comment from Safari. I had to switch to Firefox both to register for Macworld and to post this comment. I think it funny that an organization calling itself Macworld does not completely support Safari, at least on my computer. As always, it may be my fault, if you suspect I have something mis-configured please let me know.
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By the way - if you are thinking of switching to Safari, enable the developer options. There is a lot of stuff there you probably won't need but there is one button that lets you open the current page in your choice of alternative browsers and other applications.
Mac troubleshooting: What to do when your computer is too slow
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Posted 14 May 2013 - 03:00 PM
This is to funny. I've had this slowdown problem for years and never been able to solve it, even trying all the suggestions in this article.
I stopped into my local apple store a few days ago and the "genius" pointed out that the Chrome browser, which I'd been using on many platforms for years, was a resource hog. I actually had noticed this in the activity monitor but thought, "This is google, they wouldn't do that".
But apparently they did. I switched to Safari (which is actually pretty good once you get used to it) and performance has been orders of magnitude better. It's still not perfect and I hope to understand more as I read Amit Singh's excellent book on OSX internals, but it is enough of an improvement to be a revelation. (Still haven't switched from Thunderbird to Apple Mail, though - it i not cross-platform enough for me).'
The funny part is that when I tried to post this comment I had to register for Macworld - and I could not do so from Safari - the registration window did not completely fill and would not go away when I clicked submit. I used firefox to register than came back to Safari to enter this comment (which did work, obviously). I think it funny that an organization calling itself Macworld does not completely support Safari, at least on my computer.
By the way - if you are thinking of switching to Safari, enable the developer options. There is a lot of stuff there you probably won't need but there is one button that lets you open the current page in your choice of alternative browsers and other applications.
I stopped into my local apple store a few days ago and the "genius" pointed out that the Chrome browser, which I'd been using on many platforms for years, was a resource hog. I actually had noticed this in the activity monitor but thought, "This is google, they wouldn't do that".
But apparently they did. I switched to Safari (which is actually pretty good once you get used to it) and performance has been orders of magnitude better. It's still not perfect and I hope to understand more as I read Amit Singh's excellent book on OSX internals, but it is enough of an improvement to be a revelation. (Still haven't switched from Thunderbird to Apple Mail, though - it i not cross-platform enough for me).'
The funny part is that when I tried to post this comment I had to register for Macworld - and I could not do so from Safari - the registration window did not completely fill and would not go away when I clicked submit. I used firefox to register than came back to Safari to enter this comment (which did work, obviously). I think it funny that an organization calling itself Macworld does not completely support Safari, at least on my computer.
By the way - if you are thinking of switching to Safari, enable the developer options. There is a lot of stuff there you probably won't need but there is one button that lets you open the current page in your choice of alternative browsers and other applications.
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Posted 14 May 2013 - 03:08 PM
Addendum to my last post. Switching to Safari did greatly speed up the Mac but Safari seems to have compatibility problems. I was having trouble on one site and started a chat with a support representative. To fix my problem (removing something I accidentally added to a shopping cart) he told me to click on the Trash can icon.
I told him there was no Trash can icon. He asked me if I was using Safari on a Mac. I said yes and he told me there problems with its support of certain features.
I'd like to find the best cross-platform HTML5 compliant browser - any suggestions?
Meanwhile I'm diving into the Mac internals to see if I can figure out why it slows down. The console log is helpful but it would be nice if someone could make a pie chart of all resources in use. I'm not exactly sure what to measure, but just like you want to know what your kids are doing at all times, it would be nice to know what your computer is doing, too.
I told him there was no Trash can icon. He asked me if I was using Safari on a Mac. I said yes and he told me there problems with its support of certain features.
I'd like to find the best cross-platform HTML5 compliant browser - any suggestions?
Meanwhile I'm diving into the Mac internals to see if I can figure out why it slows down. The console log is helpful but it would be nice if someone could make a pie chart of all resources in use. I'm not exactly sure what to measure, but just like you want to know what your kids are doing at all times, it would be nice to know what your computer is doing, too.
