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"Plugins?" is close. After removing every Python app I could find on my hard drive, I finally tracked down JunkMatcher in the App Support folder in the Library. I apparently installed it about 3 months ago, and promptly forgot it was there. I didn't know it was a Python app in the first place...

Ooops... I spoke too soon. Python has come back to grab about 30-40% of my CPU again. I can't see anything else in my start-up items that could be using python, and it's strange that it's only choking my performance when I'm doing stuff in Mail. I can switch to another app and not see any...

Thanks a bunch! Unfortunately, I'm one of those guys who's constantly downloading freeware, shareware, bets, etc., then not getting rid of them after finding that they're not for me. In this case the culprit appears to have been SoonR -- a beta app that runs in the background to allow you...

I'm not sure I've solved my problem, but if I have I'd still like an opinion or two on just what I've done. First of all, after running through the Spotlight routine, I was still having major slowdowns with simple Mail tasks. Then I went back to the Utilities recommendations again, and noticed...

After running the utilities and fixing a few permissions etc., I also ran TechTool for a more thorough analysis/repair. Still no success, so I'm going to try the Spotlight solution. I'm nervous about this since I know nothing about Unix and stay away from Terminal most of the time. Before...

Hi... I'm new here, but hope to take advantage of the collective wisdom. First, it was iCal. I'd type in a few characters of a new entry and then have to watch the rolling beach ball for 2-3 minutes before I could finish my entry. After that, evrything was back to normal wrt additional...