Recent content by Gnophos

To answer ElDiablo, it's the factory drive. But it's reassuring to hear that I'm not the only one who has this problem. I guess I'm still used to the Classic OS, which basically never used the HD unless you were doing something. Oh well. I don't think there are any suspicious processes...

My HDD is set to spin down after like 20 minutes of inactivity. However, on the few occasions I have been sitting at the G5 when it does this, I hear: PHEWWwww... (that's the spin down) (a little time goes by) (pheeeWWW-CHUNK) (now it spun up again and engaged) Then it spins down...

Yeah, an external HD is the way to go for backups, I just use SilverKeeper for its straightforwardness. I have another program that does "evolutive" backups (saving successive versions of files as they are changed between backups), but I don't even use it. It's Data Backup from the Data Safety...

I will have to check that page-out/page-in ratio, and maybe adjust Photoshop; I think it's turned up pretty high in memory usage. Thanks for the help, guys. I'll probably get another gig, it's only like $100.

In the Classic OS, it was so easy to see when you were getting around to needing a RAM upgrade. Programs would each take up a preset amount of memory, and when they started using so much that you needed to turn on VM, you were in upgrade territory. Now I am all up-to-date with OS X, since...

I am loving Tiger, but certain random tasks suddenly take much longer. Here are some examples that always hold up the computer (G5) for several seconds: - saving in TextEdit - opening in AppleWorks - loading Photoshop Well, I took a gander at the system log, and found that each pause was...

(Actually, they'll probably be easy for some of you, but saying they're tricky tends to attract potentially helpful people ;-) Okay, hi there, I have been programming on the Mac for years in various languages, so I know all the basics, but still have a lot to learn. I have been learning how...