Monday, September 6, 2010

Fixing Mac related glitches and freeze ups

Imagine You are during the culmination of some immediate task and suddenly the computer stops. What is the possible way out? Contrary to the generally accepted views, Macintosh users do sometimes experience non systematic freezes when running ordinary programs. The sequence of slowing is not subject to obvious algorithm. It is said that, the current problems are far worse and may affect all Macintosh laptops resulting in the system becoming not usable. The nature of slowing – down is not known thus your Macintosh might freeze at any moment.
Thought an exact cause is not discovered this far, the issue seems to be because of significant inconveniences with integration of modern software versions delivered by Apple with all the currently used hardware. Among the possible workarounds to troubleshoot this behavior are described in this article.
MAIN APPROACHES TO FIXING OF MACINTOSH SLOWDOWN
Try following simple improvements to resolve the problem of freezing:
Boot MacBook using “safe” mode: computer retardation problems may grow from certain incompatible third-party apps. To to check hypothesis, you should activate Mac in “safe mode”, which restricts these external objects from starting while Operational system starts.
Check Programs Setup While Running under “safemode”: To complete the task, attempt eliminating the programs one by one and then check if this removes the problem. Waste majority of described problems happen with software that use network resources to synchronize. A username can also be a reason for software troubles, so try to establish a new account, before another testing of software. In case the problem continues, attempt resetting the relevant programs.
Perform Macintosh Disk Repair Sequence: Those are:
• Going back to previous Mac OS X increment
• Performing an Archive and Install check
• Repartitioning and format of the main disc
FIXES INTENDED FOR MACBOOK FREEZES WHEN LID CLOSED
Sometimes a MacBook slows down while the screen is closed. You may shut the lid in case you put laptop into sleeping mode, or if when all the job is done. This could be because of a latest feature which MacBooks implement, called “safe sleep”, where Macintosh sends information from RAM directly to the hard disc. This is in fact an indigenous security feature applied to the latest MacBooks; if energy source depletes absolutely while your MacBook stays sleep mode, your computer is capable to continue from where you left off once you plug it in.
The problem is, this precaution is not useful, since it greatly slows down falling asleep stage for your Mac. To illustrate this we can mention that, in case of Macintosh with 4 GB of random access memory, recording 2048 Mb of data to the hard disc may require at least 15 minutes. This also means that the computer must utilize no less than 2 GB of extra disk capacity on the drive to write information every time.
To add to mentioned, during earlier described sleep state, the sleeping light shines, and doesn’t pulse. In case that is in pulse mode, you may be sure that the MacBook is still managing some processes. In case the light stays on fixedly, same way as in safemode, CPUs run at full speed speed. The computer gets extremely overheated. Placing the device in a bag in such state may seriously shorten the lifespan of your Mac.
It is therefore pertinent to question if the “safe sleep” tune is really a value-add application for the computer. The mechanism saves your computer in the event of battery failure. If you timely ensure this can’t does not happen, you may probably turn off the Safe sleep. mac freezes
DISABLING SLEEPING MODE
Do the following tasks to disable the “safe sleep” constantly:
1. Type following two sequences in the Terminal, and hit the “return” key:
Sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0
” sudo nvram "use-nvramrc?"=false”
The ‘safe sleep” mode is turned-off.
UTILIZING MAIN DRIVE SPACE TAKEN BY THE SAFE SLEEP MODE
You are expected to find and remove the folder which contains information that your laptop records to your main disc taking it the RAM when in Safe Sleep mode. You can easily delete this file, thus saving your Macintosh some precious data capacity. The name of the directory is “SleepImage”.
To reclaim this space, do such actions:
1. From the Go pad, open the ”finder” application, and choose the ”go to folder” option.
2. Type the following command using the prompt and push “return” key:
"/var/vm"
3. Identify the folder called “SleepImage “.
4. Delete that and clean your ”trash” folder to purge memory