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bentoon
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Oct 27, 2007, 02:12 AM
 
It takes 25 seconds to move any simple folder from the finder to the desktop. Wtf?
There are other ways too in which Leopard seems crippled on my macbook Pro 233 w 2 G's of Ram ?
     
beez1717
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Oct 27, 2007, 02:27 AM
 
have you tried restarting your computer yet?
     
AC Rempt
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Oct 27, 2007, 02:45 AM
 
Yeah, my folders show up almost instantly. What size folders are you moving, and what's the configuration of your machine?
     
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Oct 27, 2007, 03:30 AM
 
Has spotlight finished indexing?
     
bentoon  (op)
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Oct 27, 2007, 12:08 PM
 
Regular folders.
restarted
Spotlight didn't do the same indexing thing that it did with Tiger ie. visibly
Even when I click on a folder it opens fast, but takes about 5 seconds to display
??
Insane
Maybe I shouldn't have pre ordered
maybe I should do a clean install
     
Cold Warrior
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Oct 27, 2007, 12:11 PM
 
what kind of install did you do?
     
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Oct 27, 2007, 12:13 PM
 
Everything is at least 30% faster since I installed Leopard. It was an upgrade I did. Amazing. All my issues with firefox (where it was slow) magically disappeared too.
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bentoon  (op)
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Oct 27, 2007, 12:15 PM
 
Basic install
I wasn't even given the option to do a clean one
Funny?
it was like an idiots guide to installing - it just did it
     
bentoon  (op)
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Oct 27, 2007, 12:16 PM
 
Maybe Spotlight is indexing in the Bg still...?
     
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Oct 27, 2007, 12:17 PM
 
you should do an archive-install. You should be able to do it even with your current Leopard installation. Just boot from the disc and choose it.
     
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Oct 27, 2007, 12:18 PM
 
So there is no dot in the Spotlight magnifying glass? Because my system was slow while Spotlight was indexing, but now it's downright zippy.
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Oct 27, 2007, 12:25 PM
 
No there is no dot is Spotlight
I thought maybe it had to do with the Time machine backing up
but thats long over
or maybe that the external drive was connected w/ Firewire 400

Thanks Code Warrior, y es I might end up doing the Archive install.
     
   
 
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