DW8 slow on Mac OS X. Any remedy?

Question

I've got a G5 single processor 1.8, 2GB SDRAM which is pretty
OK. All
apps are working quite well and as fast as one can expect.
But DW (both
2004 and 8.0.2 which use now) has always been a major PITA.
More or less
each and every command takes 2-4 seconds to execute. It's not
only
frustrating to be forced to wait this "long" time hundreds
(thousands)
of times each day. Precious time is also going out the drain
as I lose
perhaps 1-2 hours/day this way.
I searched Adobe for info, and found just one "fix" which was
to trash
the preference file. I did that, but I can't see any
increased speed.
I also have a gadget that's prioritizing CPU power, and I'm
always
having DW to get all before any other app. DW consumes 40-60%
of the CPU
each time it executes a command.
I don't have many extensions (10-12) but they shouldn't
affect DW
anyway, should they? Further, I don't have more than 6-7
sites defined,
the cache folder in Application Support is a mere 5 MB...
Anyone knows of a fix or tips how to increase speed?
Thanks in advance for suggestions....
Mac

Answer 1

Chris In Madison wrote:
> Not a heck of a lot you can do with this release. It's
just plain slow on
> Macs. It's a shame really.
>
> It's a bit faster than v7.x to be sure, but still not an
acceptable speed
> bump IMO.
>
> The Windows version is *much* faster, even on a slow
machine.
>
> I'm hoping for better performance in the next release
(seems like I've said
> that a lot since v2.x)
>
> Best regards,
> Chris
>
>
> "Macaroni" <fake_address@nothing_at_all.com> wrote
in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> I've got a G5 single processor 1.8, 2GB SDRAM which
is pretty OK. All apps
>> are working quite well and as fast as one can
expect. But DW (both 2004
>> and 8.0.2 which use now) has always been a major
PITA. More or less each
>> and every command takes 2-4 seconds to execute. It's
not only frustrating
>> to be forced to wait this "long" time hundreds
(thousands) of times each
>> day. Precious time is also going out the drain as I
lose perhaps 1-2
>> hours/day this way.
>>
>> I searched Adobe for info, and found just one "fix"
which was to trash the
>> preference file. I did that, but I can't see any
increased speed.
>>
>> I also have a gadget that's prioritizing CPU power,
and I'm always having
>> DW to get all before any other app. DW consumes
40-60% of the CPU each
>> time it executes a command.
>>
>> I don't have many extensions (10-12) but they
shouldn't affect DW anyway,
>> should they? Further, I don't have more than 6-7
sites defined, the cache
>> folder in Application Support is a mere 5 MB...
>>
>> Anyone knows of a fix or tips how to increase speed?
>>
>> Thanks in advance for suggestions....
>> Mac
>
>
running DMX 2004 or Mac OS 10.4 and I never had speed issues
(besides FTP).
I did not upgrade to v.8 though (because I did not have speed
issues with v.7) and heard lots of
complaints about speed issues with 8 and Mac.
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