TextEdit not responding

[Stormbringer]

If I open TextEdit, it seems to work ok. But if I open an existing file (RTF), TextEdit opens but is "not responding" (says the Activity Monitor), for about 2 minutes. Then the file I wanted to open suddenly appears and works fine.

How come? And how can I make TextEdit work normally again?

 

[old-wiz]

Does this happen with all .rtf files or just one specific file? I use rtf with TextEdit a lot and never have an issue. Also how big is the file? What vesion of OSx?

 

[Stormbringer]

Sorry for my late respons, I somehow missed the notification...

Anyway, I did some more "research" and this is what I got:

When opening files of specific applications, they are not responding for a while, but after a while they seem to work fine. For example, if I open a tiny text in RTF, TextEdit startups but goes "not responding" immediately. After a couple of minutes my few words suddenly appear. Other example: If i open Pages I get the usual "choose your template"-screen. But when I select one ("Blank"), Pages goes "not responding".

I can't see strange things Activity Monitor or Console.

I've encountered the following delays when starting up an app:
1) TextEdit (2:30 min)
2) Pages (2:30 min)
3) Logic (2:40 min)
4) GarageBand (3:30 -5:00 min.)
5) Numbers (8:00-10:00 min.)

What's important, is that I upgraded my low end unibody Macbook with a 320GB 7200rpm HD and 4GB RAM using Time Machine. It is very possible that the problems took place after his upgrade, but I don't know for sure. The rest of my system works great.

So if someone has any ideas I would be very grateful. Oh, and it's about OSX 10.5.6.

I've almost given up and I'm thinking about reinstalling OSX manually and copy my personal files manually afterwards, just like the old Windows times.