Pages are slow
PAGES take a long time updating my changes.
Quite possible, something maybe to do with excessively complex text flow.
As a Studio Manager of long experience, I recommend you just go with what works, you can't run an autopsy on every DTP corpse or you'll never get anything done. I have a long list of bugs, errors, silly mistakes in Apple's software and dutifully pass them on via feedback, but truth to tell nothing ever eventuates, or so late that it is practically irrelevant.
You just have to manage with what you are dealt.
Frequently tossing it all up and starting somewhere else is enough to shake off the problem. Just had one today with glitches in Pages Layout breaks and text formatting. The results from careful design just defied logic. I extracted the contents and started in a fresh master page, much as you did with the document and left the problem behind, having devoted too much time trying to work out what exactly was causing it.
Peter
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Pages are slow to load or stop loading
Once I'm connected to wi-fi, my pages are slow to load or stop loading and tell me 'I'm not connected".
If you are having the problem on more than one computer it would appear not to be a computer fault or your browser that is the problem.
The first thing I would do is a factory reset of the homehub by pressing a pin into the recess button on the rear for about 20 seconds. This can often sort out problems and will also give you a "clean sheet" to start some diagnostics from.
If this doesn't help please post what Infinity package you are on, I assume with 18Mbps it's Infinity 1 but please confirm, and do you have an Openreach modem and what homehub you have.
Also run this checker and post back a screen shot of the results
http://www.dslchecker.bt.com/adsl/adslchecker.welcome
and use this speed tester then carry out the further diagnostics and post back a screen shot of all the results including your IP profile for up and down. This test must be done with a wired connection.
http://speedtest.btwholesale.com/ -
I have a pretty good but basic understanding of web site
management but have discovered during testing that some of my sites
are pretty slow to respond. I understand how to set image densities
to 72ppi for monitor display and have been pretty consciencous
about that, but I'm finding that certain sites I have built are
still slow in spite of my best efforts.
Obviously there are some techniques I could use a little
education on.
Without getting too exotic, are there some simple, common
practices designers use to help the load speed of web pages?
I'm using simple html (no dynamics) and are just dealing with
text and images.
If you need to see an example, this site's homepage sometimes
can take a bit to load. I did say "sometimes" so obviously not all
the loading issues are design related. PLEASE note this is a PG-13
site (no porn or anything too bad; just adult humor and comment).
http://home.comcast.net/~buckanddusty/
Thanks
TomThat particular page is 257K. As such, it will take about 60
seconds to
completely load when accessed on a 56k dialup connection.
There is no magic
about this effort to minimize this loading time -
1. Use as few images as you can
2. Those images that you use should be no larger
(dimensionally) than the
smallest you can get away with to deliver the look/message
3. Those images that you use should be optimized (by reducing
their
quality) until they are almost unacceptable
That is about all you can do.
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>I have a pretty good but basic understanding of web site
management but
>have
> discovered during testing that some of my sites are
pretty slow to
> respond. I
> understand how to set image densities to 72ppi for
monitor display and
> have
> been pretty consciencous about that, but I'm finding
that certain sites I
> have
> built are still slow in spite of my best efforts.
>
> Obviously there are some techniques I could use a little
education on.
>
> Without getting too exotic, are there some simple,
common practices
> designers
> use to help the load speed of web pages?
>
> I'm using simple html (no dynamics) and are just dealing
with text and
> images.
>
> If you need to see an example, this site's homepage
sometimes can take a
> bit
> to load. I did say "sometimes" so obviously not all the
loading issues
> are
> design related. PLEASE note this is a PG-13 site (no
porn or anything too
> bad;
> just adult humor and comment).
>
>
http://home.comcast.net/~buckanddusty/
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom
>
>
> -
Web pages are slow to load up.
I am having trouble loading up web pages, they do eventually load but its very slow. I wan't to delete unwanted/ junk files how do i do this
The first thing you should do is check your internet connection, try it out here:
http://www.speedtest.net
One important thing to note is to ignore the ads at ALL COSTS, that mac clean thing is NOT something you want
If your results are 5mbs or less, I would say its your internet connection to check.
Secondly, use an up to date browser such as chrome or safari. If you have any exemptions, turn them off.
Those are some tips I have, I have no clue how to remove junk files to speed up your browsing experience.
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Ever since upgrading to 6.0.2, I have constant problems with sites loading. For example, msnbc.com, I click on the link and get a blank page with the continuously spinning clockwise arrow. This happens on most links.
Start Firefox in <u>[[Safe Mode]]</u> to check if one of the extensions is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
*Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
A possible cause is security software (firewall) that blocks or restricts Firefox or the plugin-container process without informing you, possibly after detecting changes (update) to the Firefox program.
Remove all rules for Firefox from the permissions list in the firewall and let your firewall ask again for permission to get full unrestricted access to internet for Firefox and the plugin-container process and the updater process.
See:
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Server+not+found
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Firewalls -
When I'm typing in the key words in the search field, there is a delay between my key stroke and the appearance of the letter in the search field. If I type at a normal speed, usually one or two letters are skipped and have to back track or start over. My key words will appear correctly if I wait for a letter to appear before I enter the next key stroke.
Many of my web pages are slow to load, or they time out.Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of your add-ons is causing your problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes).
* Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
See [[Troubleshooting extensions and themes]] and [[Troubleshooting plugins]] -
A Pages document will not open and there is a screen annoucement it will not open. Other Pages documents do open, but are slow. The one that will not open now was also very slow. My last visit to the Apple store the Genius Bar said I needed a new HD. Is this the final straw and it's time to take it in and let them replace it? Under warrently.
Do we know what document won't open?
Do we also know what version of Pages you are talking about, on what MacBook Pro?
Something tells me you are not using Mac OSX (10.7), the only thing you have noted.
If your Mac is running slow, the usual reason is your hard drive is too full. OSX likes 10-15% free space.
Peter -
my wireless is so slow i have tried everything and called apple and nothing has worked is there any reason for this or anything i can do also i use limewire do download music and it all downloads fine but when i go to listen to music it is gone help!!?!?!?!
more information on what you're experiencing would be helpful.
what kind of wireless router/base station are you connecting to? what kind of internet service do you have (cable, dsl, dial-up)? what is your ISP? what browser are you using? how much RAM do you have installed? what other applications are running while you're using your web browser? are there any specific web sites that are slower than others?
i'm not sure if you'll get help with your limewire issue in these forums since it's highly likely you are downloading music illegally... -
Last week I updated to Firefox 3.6.22 (?)and since then a whole host of problems have occurred:
web pages are taking forever to load
downloads (like ccleaner and registry booster) wont work
some programs I've used often aren't working correctly (MS Picture manager)
I would like to uninstall 3.6.22 and get back to having a healthy computer again.
Today the web page problem became extreme - pages simply not loading at al and so I have just reloaded 3.6.22 in case something was wrong the first time.
Suggestions please!
I'm not that tech savvy and don't know if the installed plugins you've listed below are correct.....
sueFirefox 4.0 was released in March, over 3 months ago. If you have some add-ons that haven't been updated yet for Firefox 4.0, much less for Firefox 5.0, it is time for you to find similar replacements for those add-ons. IMHO, extensions like that should be considered as "abandoned" by their developer.
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My pages are not loading: none or are extremely slow
pages are not loading at all or very slowly: I have firefox 4 and us windows xp proffessional: this is somthing that just started withing the last month>
A possible cause is security software (firewall) that blocks or restricts Firefox or the plugin-container process without informing you, possibly after detecting changes (update) to the Firefox program.
SRemove all rules for Firefox from the permissions list in the firewall and let your firewall ask again for permission to get full unrestricted access to internet for Firefox and the plugin-container process and the updater process.
See:
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Server+not+found
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Firewalls -
my mail is loading very slowly all of the sudden,web pages are instant,takes forever to click on a mailbox and read the mail ,any ideas
Using mail or an other application?
Same problem on different mailbox?
1- try an other mail client
2- try with different mailbox (google, icloud, ...)
This can be a temporary problem from your mailserver ... wait 2 or 3 hours ... -
Latest update 4 is slower, applications are slower and I don't have a home page tab any more
Loading pages is slower since latest update.
The change has affected games in facebook and other applications.
We have no "home" tab...if we want to return to home page, we have to close internet down and reopenYou might want to try reinstalling iTunes.
Go to Control Panel > Add or Remove programs. Find "iTunes" from this list, and click on "Remove".
Your music will still be saved on your computer in a folder called "iTunes Music", which is inside a folder called "iTunes".
After you've removed iTunes from your system, install it again from Apple's website here:
iTunes - Download iTunes
-Kylene -
SI since upgrading to ios8, Safari pages are very slow to load, Kindle crashes upon opening, and I can no longer read saved artices from my reading list when offline. Big disappointment. Is it possible to downgrade to previous ios?
I actually managed to fix it! But unfortunately I don't know what I was that I did that helped.
Anyways, this is kind of what I did.
1. I tried to reset form bakup via iTunes, no change.
2. I tried to reset as a new iPhone, problem still there and reading list also as bookmarks!? (several hundred)
3. Noticed that I could delete a bookmark, once in a while, the other times I got the 'Bookmarks are being synced. Please edit the bookmarks once syncing has completed.' message.
4. Because I figured that it was a memory problem, I thought it made sense to delete as many as possible, witch I did.
5. Noticed that it was more likely that I coould delete a bookmark if I restarted Safari.
6. Notice that it was even more likely that I could delete a bookmark if I turned the Safari sync with iCould off (with option detete information on iPhone) and then back on again.
7. When I was about half way through deleting the bookmark list I suddenly discovered that all but one of the items in my reading list was 'waiting' and one was downloading. I kind of was 'unstuck' now.
8. I started to delete items in my reading list, but every other time I got the 'Bookmarks are being synced. Please edit the bookmarks once syncing has completed.' message.
9. It took a while to delete all bookmarks and items in the reading list.
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After Upgrade to Yosemite, all apps are slow.
I upgraded to Yosemite and all applications are slow. ( as e.g.. starting to type in this box give me beachball for 2 seconds initially) A big difference in speed from Mavericks to Yosemite. Opening system preferences takes 3 seconds to load, and clicking on Users & Groups takes 25 seconds to open.
I do not have fire vault enabled. I did a safe boot and some apps did appear to open faster. Also did a repair disk and rebooted. No change. When Safari is open it takes 5 seconds to open a new window. I ran EtreCheck and the report is as follows;
Thanks for any help;( After pasting the EtreCheck text file, I clicked on this box to add the Thanks... , it took 2-3 seconds for the beach ball to stop spinning.)
Problem description:
After upgrading to Yosemite, all apps are slow,
EtreCheck version: 2.0.6 (91)
Report generated October 20, 2014 at 11:46:01 AM MDT
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iMac (24-inch, Early 2009) (Verified)
iMac - model: iMac9,1
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BANK 0/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
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Burr-Brown from TI USB Audio CODEC
Canon MP480 series
Western Digital My Book 1140 2 TB
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MyBookMovies (disk2s2) /Volumes/MyBookMovies : 2 TB (549.58 GB free)
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ALCOR Generic USB Hub
Prolific Technology Inc. USB-Serial Controller
Prolific Technology Inc. USB-Serial Controller
Hewlett-Packard hp LaserJet 1012
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Prolific Technology Inc. USB-Serial Controller D
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
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Mac App Store and identified developers
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/Applications/Toast 11 Titanium/Spin Doctor.app
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/Library/Application Support/VirtualBox
[loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (4.3.12) Support
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[loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (4.3.12) Support
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/Users/[redacted]/Library/Services/ToastIt.service/Contents/MacOS
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Startup Items: ℹ️
HP IO: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP IO
Startup items are obsolete and will not work in future versions of OS X
Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️
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Launch Agents: ℹ️
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Mail ApplicationHidden (/Applications/Mail.app)
Contacts ApplicationHidden (/Applications/Contacts.app)
PowerboxInjector Application (/Applications/PowerboxInjector.app)
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DirectorShockwave: Version: 12.0.4r144 - SDK 10.6 Support
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Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.2.0.16 - SDK 10.8 Support
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.2.0 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
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Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 9.5.5 Support
GarminGpsControl: Version: 4.2.0.0 - SDK 10.8 Support
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JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 15.0.0 - SDK 10.10 Check version
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1Password
AdBlock
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Print Plus (Disabled)
ClickToPlugin (Disabled)
OpenIE
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Flash Player Support
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Growl Support
MacFUSE (Tuxera) Support
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Perian Support
QuickTime Player X Preferences Support
WDQuickView Support
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5% syncdefaultsd
4% Safari
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258 MB Safari
180 MB Finder
137 MB WindowServer
136 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
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978 MB Wired RAM
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0 B Page-outsYou could do that, but when setting up your new iMac it is a much better idea to transfer only your existing User Accounts. In other words when Setup Assistant appears, de-select "Applications", "Computer and Network Settings" and "Other files and folders". That way you will eliminate the possibility of reinstalling potentially incompatible software from your existing Mac or its TM backup. It's best to create new printer queues and preferences anyway.
Your venerable HP 1012 will probably work without any difficulty but if you need its driver download it here. If it gives you trouble try OS X's generic PostScript driver.
After configuring your user account, install original versions of your essential software from their original sources. In other words if you installed them via download from the developer's website, download them again. You might need license keys so gather them. Obviously the Mac App Store makes things easy since anything you obtain from there is already linked to your Apple ID and is easily reinstalled by going to your Purchases page.
Don't reinstall things like AppCleaner, CleanMyMac, Western Digital "Smartware" or any of that junk. You don't need it. MacFUSE is outdated. Research Prolific Technology for potential updates for their serial controller. The one you have may work, or not, but you should re-download its driver.
Consider abandoning Microsoft altogether and migrating to better solutions such as Pages, Numbers, and Keynote. They are all free with a purchase of a new Mac and are far more integrated with OS X than anything Microsoft will ever be able to accomplish.
The Burr-Brown USB device is unknown to me, so research TI's website for support if you need it.
If your essential software was distributed on optical media, you can use OS X's "DVD or CD sharing" feature to remotely mount the older iMac's optical drive so that you can install its software. It will work as though that drive were physically installed on your new Mac. Having said that, anything that was distributed on optical media is highly likely to have been outdated a long time ago.
If your essential software is old, orphaned, no longer supported, or is no longer available, meaning you have the only viable copy, the only option is to transfer it from the TM backup or older Mac. In that case be very cognizant of the likelihood for incompatibility, and have a plan for uninstalling it should it cause adverse effects. Creating a new TM backup is the way to do that. A new external HD dedicated to the new Mac is a cheap investment. When you are certain you no longer require the older Mac's TM backup, you can erase it and use it as an additional, redundant TM backup or "clone" repository – whichever you decide is best for your backup needs. -
IWeb sites are slow to upload. text columns turn to heavy png files
Hi!
Yes I've noticed that iweb sites for some odd reason are slower to load on any browser. No matter what the hosting is. I use Me.com for a few years and iWeb as I don't have the time or patience to bother with Dreamweaver. I use Me.com for hosting as well as another web hosting server. If there is graphic material on the page, it takes so long to open. Apple must do something about it for sure.
The program iWeb itself doesn't open up fast enough if you have more than 3 pages on it (which any normal site would have). I'm glad Apple made good changes in iWeb09, but it needs to do something about the speed of the program, the sites it makes and how it processes simple matter on it.
Even though, I have come across some good examples of iWeb made sites that are easy and relatively faster to open or they open at a normal speed. The authors also have used flash material on their iWeb sites. I have a non-registered program (web site Maestro) that claims to ease up and streamline the graphic and other heavy content on a iWeb site to make it lighter with loading.
But the unregistered version works on 70 percent files only. And I don't really notice any difference with it either. So I'm doubtful of buying the full version.
Any thoughts? Solutions? Would really appreciate.
ANOTHER ISSUE that I have discovered while making iWeb site is that a text column put on a shape after publishing turns into a heavy PNG picture file that can weight almost upto 1 whole megabyte!!!
And you keep wondering why the darn page is so slow to open!!! Cuz a simple text could've been just about 50kb. But it turns into a 900kb picture in png!!! Is there a way to change this?? I guess, taking out the picture from the published site folder and reediting it in - say - Photoshop reducing its size may help. But its so cumbersome and arduous to go into every darn folder and open all the text now converted into pics and re-edit them!! And then their reduced quality will make the text look feeble and bad quality too.
This is a problem that APPLE iWEB experts Must work on. iWeb gives a certain flexibility as its like a free flowing canvas. But then its also a known fact that iWeb sites are exceptionally heavier to open, unless you know many other tweaks here and there to make it work right. But again, this is contrary to the purpose of iWeb, cuz its made for amateur site makers.
I wish there is a work around this thing really.
ANY SUGGESTIONS FRIENDS?? WOULD LOVE TO HEAR. PLEASE SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND SOLUTIONS.
Thanks.
Regards,
NiteshWelcome to the Apple Discussions. Shapes by their very nature are graphic elements that end up a png file whether there's text in them or not. You should try adding the text in a text box above the shape and see if there's any difference. Just be sure to use a Web Safe Font and not add any enhancements that will turn it into a image file:
Click to view full size
You may not notice a difference with loading with WSM but those with Internet Explorer should. Have you tested your site with and without WSM on a PC?
In WSM you can set the amount of optimizing for graphics. I've set it at about 60% (moderate) and haven't tested other settings for image quality. I'm sure a lower quality level, i.e. more compression, will have a impact on file loading. I just don't have a feel for the greatest amount of compression that will still have acceptable image quality. You'll just have to experiment.
If your site is a commercial site then using a commercial hosting server is the best option. Also, it's reported that using a Text Based Navbar instead of iWeb's java based one will help dark side compatibility.
Be sure to put in feature requests for the improvements that you see necessary to Apple via http://www.apple.com/feedback/iweb.html.
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