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    From C-A Berseth@nospam@nospam.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Friday, April 21, 2006 08:34:13
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    Hi all,

    I need to optimize my PB G4-OS X.4 as it has become quite "heavy" with successive OS updates and installation
    of softwares. Is there a good "how-to" around ?
    A few ideas :
    - Which system processes are useless and might be remoed? Or started only
    when useful ?
    - Which processes might be waiting for some response (from page in, network, web, other process, ...) ?
    - Which processes are remnants of old software that was incompletely removed
    ?
    - Which processes start up automatically and instead might be started on demand ?
    Thanks for any inputs !
    Claude-Albert


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  • From Gregory Weston@uce@splook.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Friday, April 21, 2006 09:04:59
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    In article <1145601254_117@sicinfo3.epfl.ch>,
    "C-A Berseth" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

    Hi all,

    I need to optimize my PB G4-OS X.4 as it has become quite "heavy" with successive OS updates and installation
    of softwares. Is there a good "how-to" around ?
    A few ideas :
    - Which system processes are useless and might be remoed? Or started only when useful ?
    - Which processes might be waiting for some response (from page in, network, web, other process, ...) ?
    - Which processes are remnants of old software that was incompletely removed ?
    - Which processes start up automatically and instead might be started on demand ?
    Thanks for any inputs !
    Claude-Albert

    Counter-question: What actual problem are you seeing for which you would
    like a solution?

    --
    "Congurutulation!!!" - The subject line on some spam I received recently.
    I have no idea what it means, but it's such a cool "word" (by which I mean pronouncable sequence of letters) regardless.
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  • From Howard S Shubs@howard@shubs.net to comp.sys.mac.system on Friday, April 21, 2006 09:22:06
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    In article <1145601254_117@sicinfo3.epfl.ch>,
    "C-A Berseth" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

    Thanks for any inputs !

    Backup your system completely, then reinstall from your MacOS X
    distribution. Restore your files and the apps you use. Anything
    running is necessary.

    --
    We are the music makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams,
    Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams.
    from "Ode", Arthur O'Shaughnessy
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  • From C-A Berseth@nospam@nospam.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Friday, April 21, 2006 15:51:34
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    Well, gradual slow-down in the course of successive OS updates... The G4
    came with OS X.1, so until today
    there have been many major and minor updates piling up.
    Of course after each update there is some "optimization" but this might not
    be complete.
    Also, I have a feeling that the OS updates install some system features that
    I don't necessarily need.

    Claude-Albert

    "Gregory Weston" <uce@splook.com> wrote in message news:uce-1E3A51.09045921042006@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
    In article <1145601254_117@sicinfo3.epfl.ch>,
    "C-A Berseth" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

    Hi all,

    I need to optimize my PB G4-OS X.4 as it has become quite "heavy" with
    successive OS updates and installation
    of softwares. Is there a good "how-to" around ?
    A few ideas :
    - Which system processes are useless and might be remoed? Or started only
    when useful ?
    - Which processes might be waiting for some response (from page in,
    network,
    web, other process, ...) ?
    - Which processes are remnants of old software that was incompletely
    removed
    ?
    - Which processes start up automatically and instead might be started on
    demand ?
    Thanks for any inputs !
    Claude-Albert

    Counter-question: What actual problem are you seeing for which you would
    like a solution?

    --
    "Congurutulation!!!" - The subject line on some spam I received recently.
    I have no idea what it means, but it's such a cool "word" (by which I mean pronouncable sequence of letters) regardless.


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  • From Dave Balderstone@dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca to comp.sys.mac.system on Friday, April 21, 2006 08:08:02
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    In article <1145627494_17@sicinfo3.epfl.ch>, C-A Berseth
    <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

    Well, gradual slow-down in the course of successive OS updates... The G4 came with OS X.1, so until today
    there have been many major and minor updates piling up.
    Of course after each update there is some "optimization" but this might not be complete.
    Also, I have a feeling that the OS updates install some system features that I don't necessarily need.

    What model of powerbook, how much RAM, how big is the hard drive, and
    how much free space is available?
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  • From Richard Tomkins@tomkinsr@istop.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Friday, April 21, 2006 10:50:47
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    After upgrading to 10.4, I found a demo copy of OpenBase, an expensive SQL Server running some processes on my system. I got rid of it.


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  • From C-A Berseth@nospam@nospam.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Friday, April 21, 2006 17:32:38
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    PB G4/667
    1GB RAM (originally 512MB)
    80GB HD (originally 30GB), 20GB used

    "Dave Balderstone" <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote in message news:210420060808020909%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca...
    In article <1145627494_17@sicinfo3.epfl.ch>, C-A Berseth
    <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

    Well, gradual slow-down in the course of successive OS updates... The G4
    came with OS X.1, so until today
    there have been many major and minor updates piling up.
    Of course after each update there is some "optimization" but this might
    not
    be complete.
    Also, I have a feeling that the OS updates install some system features
    that
    I don't necessarily need.

    What model of powerbook, how much RAM, how big is the hard drive, and
    how much free space is available?


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  • From Dave Balderstone@dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca to comp.sys.mac.system on Friday, April 21, 2006 09:39:02
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    In article <1145633558_27@sicinfo3.epfl.ch>, C-A Berseth
    <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

    PB G4/667
    1GB RAM (originally 512MB)
    80GB HD (originally 30GB), 20GB used

    Then if you've indeed upgraded on top of each release since 10.1 and
    never done a clean install I'd say backup your user folder and any
    other personal data, then do an archive and install to get a clean OS
    install.

    There's likely all kinds of cruft there...
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  • From Eberhard Lisse@nospam@lisse.NA to comp.sys.mac.system on Saturday, April 22, 2006 01:30:10
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system



    on 4/21/06 3:22 PM Howard S Shubs said the following:
    In article <1145601254_117@sicinfo3.epfl.ch>,
    "C-A Berseth" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

    Thanks for any inputs !

    Backup your system completely, then reinstall from your MacOS X distribution. Restore your files and the apps you use.

    Anything running is necessary.

    That statement is remarkable in its ignorances.

    I find that OpenBase is quite unnecessary. So is the Dashbord and
    SpotLight. Then httpd (Personal web) may or may not be necessary.
    AppleSpell is arguable.

    el

    --
    If you want to email me, replace nospam with el
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