04-13-2010, 03:54 AM
jdc wrote:
I would try the new user as well.
27 mbps is 22 mbps faster than my DSL, and for the most part my pages load lighting fast as well.
Sadly, it might be time for a nuke and pave.
Do you take that backup drive offsite? You are aware you have 3 internal bays... anyone could be used for backup.
This is weird! I know that I just wrote a reply using jdc's quote saying that I was under the impression that my high internet speed should have a positive impact on how fast the webpages open and that I was surprised that his pages opened "lightning fast" when, in fact, he is using much a much slower DSL connection. I don't know what is wrong here, but something has to be, since my webpages often open very slowly???
In my "lost" reply, I responsed to jdc's mention of the MacPro's internal drive bays, saying that I still have my original Apple hard drive and also a Maxtor hard drive installed in my MacPro, but I no longer use either of them because they are both pretty small. It would be easy to replace one of them with the drive from my external backup enclosure. Would doing this make my back ups faster?
Until now, I had been under the impression that you had to have an external hard drive for your back ups. If this isn't necessary, I will certainly move the external Seagate drive into my MacPro.
In the past, I've looked at my computer's functioning using the Activity Monitor, but I've never been able to discern if anything was indicative of my "slow down" issue.
As you can imagine, I dread the thought of having to reinstall all of my apps, but I will see how everything is working when I log in to another user account (after I get some sleep).:zzz:
BTW, I still would appreciate some suggestions for using the utility apps that I mentioned above:… including TechTool Pro, Drive Genius, Onyx, MacPilot and HDCleanup.
Your suggestions mean a lot to me, Thank you, all!
GeneL