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HELP! 8 bounces to launch iTunes on DP867 10.2.4

Listen, I have a ton of stuff I do not want to lose if I reformat... bookmarks, and ESPECIALLY my mail. Where's the mail located so I back it up?

Or would it all resync from .mac?

Also, when I reformat, should I make a seperate partition for the system folder? That way if I have to reformat again sometime, I won't have this problem of reinstalling all my software?
 
any thought given to a h/w problem? it doesn't leap out as such, but you should have a h/w test CD that came w/ your machine. might be worth a check.
 
ummm...i could have SWORN that i posted a reply to this. i guess not :/

trublue is definitely the Classic environment. kill it when you arent using it. it has memory leaks galore...ESPECIALLY when idle. my favorite solution is keeping a disk image file of OS 9 and mounting it when i need it.

if you ware going to reinstall the OS, i HIGHLY recommend using the Backup.app that Apple provides. Just burn a bunch of spanned CDs or DVDs and backup everything you think you might want. This includes prefs and emails and such. Then when you reinstall just run Backup and restore it all.
 
WAIT!

DUDE! Do an archive and install. It gives you a whole new system, but keeps your apps, and home directory stuff.

I didnt it when I was having a problem similar to yours, and another time when something was screwy with my graphics. Just select the "Archive and Install" option, then check off "Save Users and Network Settings". This will fix your problem.,
 
I went ahead and reformatted the drive because I wanted a seperate partition for the system. Was this a bad idea?

Also, I know apps usually install in the Applications folder which is now on the System partition. Is this a problem? Can I move it somewhere else?

I'm so tired, I don't know what I'm doing. :-(
 
Ah.. it probably was a bad idea. I'll go put it all back as one partition. *sadness*

I'm so tired... :-( Want to sleep, but cannot sleep with a sad mac.
 
Originally posted by springscansing
Ah.. it probably was a bad idea. I'll go put it all back as one partition. *sadness*

I'm so tired... :-( Want to sleep, but cannot sleep with a sad mac.
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I personally don't run multiple partitions though I have considered it on numerous occassions. My reasoning is simple. It's a space limitation and with OSX it's easy to outgrow it and then you would have to increase the partition and so on and so on. Personally my thoughts on it is that hard drives are so cheap now that it would be better to just get a second drive and use it as a second partition.

Backing up is very simple if you have Apples Back-Up program. You can back up all the stuff in your home folder very simply to CD/DVD/or .Mac. The only problem I have with Back-Up is it will not let you back-up applications even if they are third party ones that you have installed separately. This means you have to either back them up separately manually or find all your original install disks.
 
Whoa, calm down. Unless I'm missing something here, all you're seeing is 'free' RAM being used up according to top. There's nothing unexpected really there - UNIX and Linux tend just to eat up all the physical memory present, it's how they work. It's part of the reason that apps launch quicker the second time - they're (or some of their components) not emptied from RAM unless they need to be. Don't get worried about the free RAM... it's entirely unlike OS 9.

The VSIZE is just the amount of virtual memory allocated... have a look at RSIZE to see the real RAM hogs. Safari uses 23 megs for me.

However, your first post showed a lot of pageouts - that *is* indicative of needing more RAM, or at least it's a good idea to shove some more in.
 
i agree with richie

coming from a linux perspective - 'top' gets pretty misleading because it's also showing you how much RAM has been buffered, meaning that it's not currently being used but is storing old application info and so can access it faster if you reopen that app. if you boot up a linux box and open and close fifteen applications, you'll see using 'top' that all your ram is being used - but in reality the ram is buffered. it's nothing to freak out about. i'm guessing the itunes problem came about because some application (probably classic) screwed up and took too much ram, thereby meaning itunes had to use VM which is way slow. all it takes is a reboot to fix.

actually linux has a nice command 'free -m' which will show you how much memory is currently used, how much is buffered, and how much is free. much more informative than top. it's not included in the typical os x install but maybe you can get it via fink?

best,
np
 
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