04-09-2009, 09:26 PM
Ok, you do have a lot of apps and it would take a while to start from scratch.
One thing to remember-- recent barefeats.com tests show that an HD slows down as you fill it past the 50% mark.
At this point, I'd suspect that the clone of your internal HD is buggy- that maybe during the cloning process something didn't get completed and now the installed clone thinks something is going on.
Did you zero the HD?
maybe i should just live on the external...
Since the external is definitely faster than the internal, that's the way I'd go anyway. DISCLAIMER: That's just me.
If you decide to do a fresh Install-- you can Erase and Install, in one step. I don't remember if you have to boot from a drive to update the OS. The Installer would tell you, though.
I have no clue to how MA works, but I'm guessing it would do just fine. Remember, *if* there is a problem with a file on your clone, you might be importing it back. It might be worth the time to redo the clone.
And just for the heck of it, try this first-- reboot the mini while holding the Shift key for a minute or two. It will take longer than normal to boot, but you'll be in Safe Boot (deja vu?) then immediately restart. See if that makes Disk Utility/First Aid happy.
One thing to remember-- recent barefeats.com tests show that an HD slows down as you fill it past the 50% mark.
At this point, I'd suspect that the clone of your internal HD is buggy- that maybe during the cloning process something didn't get completed and now the installed clone thinks something is going on.
Did you zero the HD?
maybe i should just live on the external...
Since the external is definitely faster than the internal, that's the way I'd go anyway. DISCLAIMER: That's just me.
If you decide to do a fresh Install-- you can Erase and Install, in one step. I don't remember if you have to boot from a drive to update the OS. The Installer would tell you, though.
I have no clue to how MA works, but I'm guessing it would do just fine. Remember, *if* there is a problem with a file on your clone, you might be importing it back. It might be worth the time to redo the clone.
And just for the heck of it, try this first-- reboot the mini while holding the Shift key for a minute or two. It will take longer than normal to boot, but you'll be in Safe Boot (deja vu?) then immediately restart. See if that makes Disk Utility/First Aid happy.