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Finder Sluggish?
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I Just reinstalled Snow Lep. on my MBP (Late 2008). I also Installed a 500MB 7200RPM Segate Drive. I have been having issues with finder chocking up. Does anyone have a clue as to what this might be?
My MacBook has also been getting very very hot...
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Join Date: Jan 2001
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check your physical install of the new drive. maybe try the original drive again, see if that's ok.
maybe reinstall the OS?
first, tho, make sure you're using the right kind of drive (google this, there are laptop drives that DO NOT play nice with the macbook pros...)
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"At first, there was Nothing. Then Nothing inverted itself and became Something.
And that is what you all are: inverted Nothings...with potential" (Sun Ra)
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Moderator  Join Date: Apr 2000
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Check Activity Monitor to see if something is using all the CPU, then check Console for any error messages.
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The low-end Mac Pro is the most overpriced Mac since the IIvx
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Administrator  Join Date: Apr 2001
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A 7200 RPM Seagate drive should speed everything up-it is almost certainly not your new drive causing this. I upgraded my original model MBP with a Momentus 7200 RPM 500GB drive and reinstalled the OS, and noticed a really nice improvement in speed. Unfortunately I did not think to run any benchmarks for before/after comparisons, but the basic "how long does it take to boot" and "how long does it take to open a new Finder window" times were noticeably shorter.
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Originally Posted by ghporter 
almost certainly not your new drive causing this.
Unless it's D(ying)OA.
Please run SMART Utility and post a screenshot of the attributes here.
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Administrator Join Date: Apr 2001
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Originally Posted by seanc
Unless it's D(ying)OA.
Please run SMART Utility and post a screenshot of the attributes here.
Yes, of course. "Assuming the drive is healthy..." a new, fast drive should speed up a machine.
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Glenn -----
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