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    tiger running SO SLOW on G4 powebook

    Okay, i am in safe mode (i figured i worked 12 hours today, what's one more, right?) It is pretty strange...looks a little like system 9. i haven't seen the spinning stopwatch in a long time. So, it is fast. Normally so...back to normal speed. whew. I don't think i realized how annoying it...
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    tiger running SO SLOW on G4 powebook

    spotlight is working fine, and i have 14.48 gb vm. I haven't had a chance to restart in safe mode, i have been working...and i am scared. i can't afford to have things get any worse! ok i'll do it now. thanks for all your help...i'll update tomorrow. jennie
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    tiger running SO SLOW on G4 powebook

    I have almost 12GB free on a "80" (really 74) GB hardrive (the original). enough? yeah i have been leaving the console log up and looking at it while i work.
  4. J

    tiger running SO SLOW on G4 powebook

    5.0.4. I don't use it, though. I assume it got updated with the clean install and the 10.4.8 combo update? I checked out your website, by the way. cool t-shirts. jennie
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    tiger running SO SLOW on G4 powebook

    No, it is currently taking 00.00% with 4 threads. I am 100% sure that spotlight is done. I have been running Tiger for days now, because I am too busy to restore Panther! That is part of what is weird--nothing is hitting the cpu hard all the time. it seems that switching, from photoshop to...
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    tiger running SO SLOW on G4 powebook

    I am going crazy! Ok, so I am not exactly an early adopter, but I just updated my g4 powerbook from panther (10.3.9) to Tiger. And, it so much slower, i can't stand it. everything is slower, all my applications are incredibly slow to load (sometime over 60 sec), switching between apps is slow...
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