MBP 13" issues (sort of)... HELP!

[ordo1980]

If your routine (daily, weekly, monthly) tasks haven't been running automatically, running them manually may help speed things up.

Apple: Mac OS X: How to force background maintenance tasks (logs and temporary items)

Wow, disturbing. I just tried this and it said no such file or directory i think was the error message. Ugh, I'm preparing backups to do clean install as we speak. Unless there are other suggestions? Anyone know why i wouldn't be able to do a maintanence task and why i'd getting an error trying to do so? I double checked and triple checked to make sure i was following the directions. Help anyone?

 

[DewGuy1999]

Wow, disturbing. I just tried this and it said no such file or directory i think was the error message. Ugh, I'm preparing backups to do clean install as we speak. Unless there are other suggestions? Anyone know why i wouldn't be able to do a maintanence task and why i'd getting an error trying to do so? I double checked and triple checked to make sure i was following the directions. Help anyone?

If you were using terminal, I'm guessing you made a typo. I use this widget, Maintidget, to run my routine tasks, maybe you could download that and give it a try. You could do a clean install, but unlike the Windows world, generally re-installs of the OS are not need with OS X.

 

[Jigsawjammer]

I thought it is common to get and error repairing a disk or whatever it is (someone posted a link to an Apple website talking about this on here the other day but I can't find it now)

Also, in activity monitor, under system memory, how many pages do you have in and how many do you have out? I would think 4GB would be more than enough to handle your requirements but I sometimes get all my RAM used doing Safari, Word and Keynote.

 

[geoffreak]

As 2003 has said, a simple calibration once a month or so is enough to keep the battery in optimal shape. Increasing cycles by draining the battery needlessly will guarantee that the battery runs out of juice quicker, so "more cycles" is not better.

Actually, "as 2003 has said", more cycles are better. Apple even recommends more.

 

[ordo1980]

Hey guys. I never could figure out what the cause was for the slowdown. I just reformated and restored. Contrary to some posters' assertions, my computer was NOT normal. I just opened safari with ONE bounce. Mail opened in ONE bounce. Itunes took 3 I think (but I'm pretty sure that's normal, right?). So my system is back to peak performance.

And ya know, I really liked the clean install. I was able to remove unnecessary printer drivers and languages. Very cool! But I do have a question ... I have yet to install ilife, and I thought this would be a good place to come to for advice. What exactly should I install? I'm not even sure what all programs are included with it. I'm just a law student, so I'm sure most of those apps I'd never need. I know garage band I don't need. But really I think the better question is which of those programs do I need (rather than not need)? So ... Advice on which programs to install? Anyone?

Oh yeah, and thanks to everyone who helped me in this thread. It might not have solved my issues, but I learned a lot about troubleshooting. So really, thank you so much guys!!!