Performance and Speed are near Abyssmal.

I have no idea, however, as of late, my MBP has been going through periods where everything slows down significantly. The loading wheel comes up and I can't so much as click on anything... or even enlarge icons in my dock. Everything just comes to a grinding halt.
I have Adobe Photoshop CS3 installed. I realize this may be a huge resource hog, however, when I first got the program back in August, it ran fine. I could even have, say, Safari, Illustrator, PS, and maybe Adium open all at the same time and the computer's performance only changed.. minimally? If that.
Now, it may be the source of alot of my problems. But I don't know!
Also: My hard drive is partitioned without a second OS. It was a goof on the part of the hardware and I have yet to fix it because I have no backup media.
I'm just outlining possible reasons. I do not think that any one of these problems are hurting me but I can't say for certain.
Any possible solutions? Thoughts? I'm just getting really concerned. I'm running off 1 Gig of RAM, but I am familiar with many computers (iMacs, in particular) that are phenomenal at 1 Gig with multiple programs open. It just doesn't make sense.

How much free space do you have on your HD?
Look at these links
52 Ways to Speed Up OS X
http://www.imafish.co.uk/articles/post/articles/130/52-ways-to-speed-up os-x/
Tuning Mac OS X Performance
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/performance.html
11 Ways to Optimize Your Mac's Performance
http://lowendmac.com/eubanks/07/0312.html
The Top 7 Free Utilities To Maintain A Mac.
http://mac360.com/index.php/mac360/comments/thetop_7_free_utilities_to_maintain_amac/
Mac OS X: System maintenance
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=607640
 Cheers, Tom

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    같은 과정을 수행하면 된다.
    1. Target instance를 위한 new init.ora를 생성한다. backup이 있다면 이것을
    사용할 수 있다.
    2. Startup nomount your new instance.
    3. RMAN은 시작하나 어떤 connect statement도 수행하지 않는다.
    4. RMAN prompt상에서 DBID를 설정한다. 만약 DBID를 모르면 controlfile autobackup
    의 이름으로부터 이것을 알 수 있다.
    RMAN> set dbid=4159396170;
    5. Dbid를 설정한 후에 nomount로 startup한 target instance에 connect한다.
    RMAN> connect target /
    6. 만약에 backup이 disk상에 있고 controlfile autobackup을 non-default location
    으로 지정하였다면 파일을 다음과 같은 위치로 옮겨 놓는다
    ON UNIX : ORACLE_HOME/dbs
    ON WINDOWS: ORACLE_HOME/database
    RMAN은 controlfile autobackup을 찾기 위해 위 directory를 검색한다.
    만약 controlfile autobackup location을 바꾸지 않으면 위 directory안에
    backup이 생성되게 된다.
    만약에 backup이 tape에 있다면 restore시 channel과 device를 기술하기 위해서
    run block을 사용해야 한다. database가 mount되어 있지 않기 때문에
    default device와 channel을 설정할 수 없다.
    RMAN> run { allocate channel c_1 type 'sbt_tape'
    parms "ENV=(NB_ORA_SERV=rm-wgt)";
    restore controlfile from autobackup;}
    7. Restore the controlfile:
    RMAN> restore controlfile from autobackup;
    8. Mount the database from the restored controlfile:
    RMAN> alter database mount;
    9. Restore datafiles:
    RMAN> restore database;
    10. file들을 restore한 후에 recovery를 수행할 수 있다.
    이때 current online redo log가 없고 또한 backup controlfile을 사용하기
    때문에 incomplete recovery를 수행해야 한다. 이를 수행하기 위해서는
    "UNTIL TIME"을 설정해야 하고 open시에는 resetlogs를 사용해야 한다.
    RMAN> set until time=<time stamp>;
    RMAN> recover database;
    RMAN> alter database open resetlogs;
    REFERENCE DOCUMENT
    NOTE:174623.1

    BACKUP Command Behavior
    ON
    If the backup includes datafile 1, then RMAN does not automatically include the current control file in the datafile backup set. Instead, RMAN writes the control file and server parameter file to a separate autobackup piece.
    Note: The autobackup occurs regardless of whether the BACKUP or COPY command explicitly includes the current control file, for example, BACKUP DATABASE INCLUDE CURRENT CONTROLFILE.
    OFF
    If the backup includes datafile 1, then RMAN automatically includes the current control file and server parameter file in the datafile backup set. RMAN does not create a separate autobackup piece containing the control file and server parameter file.
    BUT Dear Mohammed,
    It is not working accordingly. what I did is :-
    1. I switched off the AUTOBACKUP
    2. Then I took whole database backup, that means it included File # 1
    3. But according to above it is going to include autobackup of controlfile and spfile in the same backupset .
    4. But when I asked it to restore controlfile from autobackup it said NO AUTOBACKUP FOUND.
    COULD YOU PLEASE HELP ME ONCE AGAIN DEAR.
    If it works accroding to above then it should have my Autobackup.
    Regards
    Harpreet Singh

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