MacOS 10.7 needs a new name
I propose Lion King, as in "The Lion Sleeps Tonight .."
On a serious note, this OS is truly slow, as in snail's pace.
The simplest actions: opening/closing a file, quitting out of an application, or, on opening Preview, and clicking on File->Open Recent,
take many (approx 5-10) seconds. I have 2 machines running Lion, a MacBookPro with FileVault enabled, and an iMac with FileVault disabled.
They are both slow, with no noticeable difference in speed. But both of them are 20x slower than Snow Leopard for the kinds of operations listed above.
Whatever Apple has done to make a homogeneous environment for iOS, MacOS has killed performance. I am really disappointed.
Hi --
This is a real mystery, as you will see.
First, here are the specs for the iMac I am using now:
2.4Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
HD is 53% full, memory about 50% used
I made a new admin account and didn't see much difference in response there.
I ran Disk Utility. I repaired permissions and was in the midst of a Verify Disk when the machine froze.
I had to force-reboot.
Then when the machine came up I killed most apps and started them up one by one. At each step I was judging the responsiveness of the system by starting Preview and looking at the time it takes to pop up the Open Recent list, as well as to open and close a file.
I now have open most of the apps I normally run: Mail, Safari (several tabs), Chrome (several tabs)
Here is the mystery part: the response of my machine is back to normal!
There are a couple of things that seem different however -- one is that Preview shuts down by itself when I have closed the only file it had open. I don't recall that happening before. And my snapZ Pro has lost its license key, which I had to re-enter again.
I can't make any sense of this -- unless there is a memory leak somewhere that gets fixed by the reboot.
Before the reboot I had Lightroom 3, Graphic Converter 7.6.2 open.
The problem is not as simply related to Lion as I had thought but these symptoms were not present before the upgrade.
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On 11/13/2007 I spoke with an Apple Customer Service Representative and received an Apple Issue Number and Case Number. I was told that it should be resolved in a few days. It wasn't.
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11/23/2007, I was told again that nothing would be shipped until after an investigation had been completed. So did they lie? I spoke with a manager who kept repeating that he was sorry for the mis-communication. That became very frustrating to say the least. Remember, FedEx requires a signature. Without it or my permission to deliver somewhere else they must deliver to me and get my signature. The FedEx PDF clearly shows another persons signature.
Equally frustrating is the fact that they will not keep me informed as to the status. I have to call them and wait on hold. I did get a couple of emails with text along the lines of, "We continue to work with our carrier on your lost package. "
However, there is no way to reply to these form letters. The only way to stay in touch with Apple is to call and be put on hold.
Twice, after giving them my order number and being put on hold "while they look up my records" or whatever, the call was disconnected. I'm not saying they did so on purpose but the results were the same. Another call, another round of giving my order number and explaining to yet again a new person the details of the situation.
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Apple entrusted your package to FedEx in good faith that it would be delivered to you, and that your signature would be required for you to receive it. That should have resulted in you receiving it. however, due to a false signature, you did not. Clearly, FedEx is responsible.
If the package was supposedly delivered to your address, but has a false signature, I wonder if the driver might have signed the delivery ticket or gotten someone else to sign it and just left it on your porch or something like that. If so, it could have been subsequently stolen. If something like this happened, it might explain why things are so bogged down in the investigation at Apple. From their viewpoint, the package was delivered and a signature was obtained and they are probably being stonewalled by FedEx.
A user to user discussion forum such as Apple Discussions won't help with delivery problems. It's best to report them directly to Apple as you have done. If you continue to have problems, you can call Apple and ask to speak to Apple Customer Relations. They may well be able to cut through the red tape. You could also express your concern in the "Feedback to Apple" section. Maybe if enough people complain, they might consider awarding the shipping contract to someone else. Or perhaps the other shippers are even worse.
One of my recent shipments was evidently lost in a typhoon. But when I called Apple, a replacement was sent out immediately. This is more what I would expect of Apple, and you have every right to expect similar treatment.
If FedEx delivered to the wrong address and got a wrong signature, they should be expected to go back and retrieve the package. But if they delivered to your address and did not get your signature, then you would be well within your rights to go to your local Better Business Bureau and file a complaint against FedEx. That might possibly get some action of some sort. FedEx cannot ignore the BBB as easily as they can ignore you. If your signature was actually forged, you will certainly be able to prove that the signature on the delivery ticket is definitely not yours. And you could forward the BBB complaint to Apple. I don't know if this would help or just muddy the water, but it would put a little more pressure on FedEx I would think.
In the meantime, I would certainly speak to Apple Customer Relations and see if they can help you out here. They want happy Apple customers, and I think they would like to know about the extreme frustrations you are experiencing through no fault of your own.
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Ok... need the specs of the PBook. Click the Apple log in the Apple Menu, then click: About This Mac.
What is the info for the Processor??
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I need a new external hard drive for my :
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Here's a cheap SATA external hard drive case on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/SATA-Hard-Drive-Case-Enclosure/dp/B001AAVA08/ref=pd_cp_e_0
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Hi!
My client said his four years MacBook Pro's old battery doesn't last long these days -- about 20 minutes and then shuts off. No warnings or anything. Even the status show 25% battery power left. Does this old MBP need to get a new battery or need to reset/fix the charge status? If it just needs a reset/fix, then what's the best/correct way to do that? Also, Mac OS X 10.5.8 has all the updates. If it needs a new battery, then what's the best place to get a new one in Los Angeles/L.A. or Orange County/O.C. area? From a local Apple store?
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Manufacturer: Sony
Device name: ASMB012
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PCB Lot Code: 0000
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Hardware Revision: 0500
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Fully charged: Yes
Charging: No
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Many Thanks for the feedback.
The terminology 'migrate' was used based around the fact I will be decommissioning the old 2007 physical environment. This is after moving all DB's over to the new newly created Virtual environment that will host all roles.
The solution I ended up using yesterday, was the following:
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2) I then ticked the 'This database can be overwritten by a restore option' box.
3) Copied over the old named DB (OLDDB) to the same location, & overwrote using the new name (NEWDB).
4) Re-mounted the (NEWDB).
5) Ran the following 2 PowerShell commands:
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Get-MailboxDatabase NEWDB | ResetSearchIndex.ps1 -force
6) Checked to make sure the clients were working ok, in the now the new (NEWDB) environment.
Rich: Many thanks for your PS script, which I will test with future DB moves & provide feedback
J
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