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Lag Whenever An App Uses Spell Check?
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Sep 25, 2003, 07:10 PM
 
Hey I've noticed whenever I use spell check for the first time since opening iChat, or Safari or Text edit I get the spinning beach ball for like thirty seconds on my brand new iBook... anyone got a clue what's up with this problem?
     
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Sep 27, 2003, 07:12 AM
 
did you try a permissions repair?
     
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Sep 27, 2003, 07:13 AM
 
Perhaps fix_prebinding slows down the computer for some reason. Try to open a terminal with "top" and look if it shows what's eating the CPU time when you start the spelling check.
     
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Sep 27, 2003, 09:52 AM
 
Permission repairs would probably help I believe.

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Sep 27, 2003, 07:18 PM
 
How would I repair permissions?
     
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Sep 27, 2003, 07:27 PM
 
Originally posted by Superchic[k]en:
Hey I've noticed whenever I use spell check for the first time since opening iChat, or Safari or Text edit I get the spinning beach ball for like thirty seconds on my brand new iBook... anyone got a clue what's up with this problem?
Yep, I have the same problem, Spell checking Using apples own is slow and laggy, so i use word, i always keep it open. Latest update of word is great!!!
     
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Sep 29, 2003, 01:11 PM
 
Hey in disk utility if you repair the permissions it fixes the problem.
     
   
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