Slow System with K7N420
I have a system with a K7N420 in which I had 256MB(x2) of Crucial memory. I stole on stick for a new box I was building while I waited for prices to go down. When they did I moved the second stick back to the K7N420 box. When I moved it back I also did some live updates on the drivers. Now the system takes a minimum of ten minutes to boot. At least 8 of those bedfore the USB comes up (intellimouse goes red?). When I check the system it shows that I only have 480MB of memory instead of the 512MB that is there. I boot seperatly on each card and they each register as 224MB. I have moved them from slot 0 to 1 or 2 with the same results. I upgraded to BIOS V2.8 and that didn't help. Have I introduced something ro has the board gone bad? Any suggestions? Thanks.
32mb goes to the onboard video, but the long boot problem?
Well I am thinking one of those updates is causing problems or your HD may be going bad. If you have nothing to lose but time then I suggest a clean install, SP1 and then the unified drivers 2.03.
Stay away from live update or any MSI drivers for now.
Oh and if you used BootVis from micromush that could also be causing some problems.
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Shut down the notebook. Tap away at the esc key as you start the notebook to enter the Start-up Menu. Select the Bios option ( usually f10 ) and under the Advanced or Diagnostic tab you should find the facility to run tests on both the Hard Drive and Memory. Post back with the details of any error messages.
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Portable Bit Map 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
Poster Edges 13.0
Radial Blur 13.0
Radiance 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
Range 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
Read Watermark 4.0
Reticulation 13.0
Ripple 13.0
Rough Pastels 13.0
Save for Web 13.0
ScriptingSupport 13.1.2
Shear 13.0
Skewness 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
Smart Blur 13.0
Smudge Stick 13.0
Solarize 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
Spatter 13.0
Spherize 13.0
Sponge 13.0
Sprayed Strokes 13.0
Stained Glass 13.0
Stamp 13.0
Standard Deviation 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
STL 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
Sumi-e 13.0
Summation 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
Targa 13.0
Texturizer 13.0
Tiles 13.0
Torn Edges 13.0
Twirl 13.0
Underpainting 13.0
Vanishing Point 13.0
Variance 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
Variations 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
Water Paper 13.0
Watercolor 13.0
Wave 13.0
Wavefront|OBJ 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
WIA Support 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
Wind 13.0
Wireless Bitmap 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
ZigZag 13.0
Optional and third party plug-ins:
DAZ Studio 3D Bridge 12.0
DazUpdateScene 12.0
Plug-ins that failed to load: NONE
Flash:
Mini Bridge
Kuler
Installed TWAIN devices: NONEGreat news!
I followed your suggestion, Noel, and uninstalled my drivers with the Catalyst Uninstall Utility (which I hadn't used before), rebooted, reinstalled Catalyst 13.2 Beta 7, rebooted, deleted the PS Prefs, started PS, and now the performance is radically improved!
It baffles me why I would need to do a clean driver uninstall in a new system environment that has only ever had this video card, and is only a few months old, but that action seems to be what's improved the situation. Note that because I deleted the PS preferences, the good performance now occurs with the default Use Graphics Processor enabled, and Drawing Mode set to Advanced (with every feature in the Advanced dialog checked except 30bit display).
Having no reference point, I can't tell for sure if performance is as good as it theoretically ought to be for my system specs, but using the standard 13px brush is only slightly laggy behind the cursor, even if I become reckless and squiggle on the canvas violently. It wasn't just sluggish response before: Photoshop seemed to be in pain trying to draw the line segments as it laboured to catch up to the cursor. That is pretty much gone now.
Much more tellingly, zooming and panning the canvas is like it ought to be, responsive and clean, more or less like it was for me in CS4 with my old Nvidia 9600GT. The poor performance with zooming and panning was the most worrying aspect of the issue. It's a great relief to see these working more properly now.
I have to confess I'm a little embarrassed to have drug you through all this hassle only to discover that something as rudimentary as properly cleaning out the drivers would be the apparent solution. I never would have imagined that doing that, with such a new and stable system, would make any difference, since I don't have a legacy of older drivers dotting my hard drive. In any event, I'm really grateful that you guys took the time to try to help me.
In the interest of completeness, here's the relevant portion of my system info after doing the reinstall steps I mentioned above:
Adobe Photoshop Version: 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00) x64
Operating System: Windows 8 64-bit
Version: 6.2
System architecture: Intel CPU Family:6, Model:14, Stepping:5 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Physical processor count: 4
Processor speed: 2665 MHz
Built-in memory: 16379 MB
Free memory: 13680 MB
Memory available to Photoshop: 14695 MB
Memory used by Photoshop: 60 %
Image tile size: 1024K
Image cache levels: 4
OpenGL Drawing: Enabled.
OpenGL Drawing Mode: Advanced
OpenGL Allow Normal Mode: True.
OpenGL Allow Advanced Mode: True.
OpenGL Allow Old GPUs: Not Detected.
OpenCL Version: 3.0
OpenGL Version: 3.0
Video Rect Texture Size: 16384
OpenGL Memory: 2048 MB
Video Card Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
Video Card Renderer: AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
Display: 1
Display Bounds: top=0, left=0, bottom=1080, right=1920
Video Card Number: 2
Video Card: AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
Driver Version:
Driver Date:
Video Card Driver: aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.d ll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm64.dll
Video Mode: 1920 x 1080 x 4294967296 colors
Video Card Caption: AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
Video Card Memory: 2048 MB
Video Card Number: 1
Video Card: Microsoft Basic Render Driver
Driver Version: 12.100.17.0
Driver Date: 20130226000000.000000-000
Video Card Driver:
Video Mode:
Video Card Caption: Microsoft Basic Render Driver
Video Card Memory: 0 MB
As you can see, the Microsoft Basic Render Driver still appears as a Video Card in the list. This presumably has something to do with Windows 8, and I really don't know if its presence here is still a sign that my card is not being used to its optimal capability. I have a hunch that the slight lag that I am still experiencing with the brush when Use Graphics Processor is on -- totally absent with the acceleration turned off -- implies that Photoshop is still unable to take maximum advantage of my card. I would assume that the brush tool should be more responsive with acceleration on than off, in a rig without any issues, but that's just assumption on my part. If you turn off Use Graphics Processor on your systems, is the brush tool more or less responsive?
But again, panning the canvas with the hand tool is now extremely responsive, without any screen tearing or visible lag, and that's a massive improvement over the total meltdown of performance I was suffering from before.
Thanks again very much for your help. I'm grateful to all of you who took the time to chime in. -
Disk too slow / System overload HELP?
I'm really hoping someone can help me out with this!:
I purchased a G4 PowerBook around six months ago, with Logic Pro pre-installed. Since then, I have mixed and mastered lots of music that was recorded on a previous system and imported. I was running multiple tracks simultaneously with tons of plug-ins and everything ran smoothly on my new Mac. HOWEVER, within the last month, my playback capabilities have been severely reduced. When I try to play back even two tracks simultaneously (with just one compressor or reverb), I get the error message, "Disk too slow / System overload."
My first reaction to this problem was to check my disk space and see how much room I had left: it turns out I have over one third of my harddrive space still available. I checked my memory capabilities and they seem to be more than adequate. I bought new virus protection, too, and ran scans to see if that might make a difference, but it hasn't. I don't understand why this is happening on a system so new. ANY ADVICE YOU CAN OFFER WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!
Many thanks.
Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.6)It is generally not a good idea to run logic on the same drive that contains your audio files and samples. Most of the data involved with logic whether it be programs or individual audio files will be saved physically all over the place on your hard drive. At a certain point the actual part of the drive that reads the data will not be able to move around to all the little different audio files it needs to access for the session on top of running the program and whatever other software that is up. It is best to save all your audio files and samples to a fast external drive (7200rpm at least) otherworldcomputing.com has great drives that have high quality cases and the option to put any drive they have in stock into the case. (i would recommend seagate) If you are going to continue running your entire sessions off the internal drive then you need to keep up with your basic mac housekeeping. You should repair your permissions 2 times a month (use disk utility) You should buy a good directory repair program such as disk warrior. The directory is exactly what it sounds like. It keeps track of where everything is on the computer. If your directory is corrupt the computer will have to do an extra manual search to find what its looking for. If your directory is healthy your computer will make a straight shot to the file you are looking for.
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I cannot update from OS X 10.9.4 t0 10.9.5> Whenever I try I get the following message: File couldn't be installed error (513) and something about not having the proper permission. Under the Macintosh HD sharing and permissions settings I have customized the settings so that (Me) has read and write permission followed by the system with read and write permission, wheel and everyone have Read permissions.
I have no problems updating apps such as Adobe CC or iTunes but cannot update the operating system, can someone help me? Thanks.1. Restart the computer in safe mode. Certain caches maintained by the system will be rebuilt.
Safe mode is much slower to start up than normal. The next normal startup may also be somewhat slow.
When the login screen appears, restart as usual (not in safe mode) and test. There's no need to log in while in safe mode.
Note: If FileVault is enabled, or if a firmware password is set, or if the startup volume is a software RAID, you can’t start in safe mode. In that case, go to Step 2.
If there's no change after taking this step, continue.
2. Back up all data before proceeding.
Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
/var/folders
Right-click or control-click the highlighted line and select
Services ▹ Reveal in Finder (or just Reveal)
from the contextual menu.* A folder should open with an item named "folders" selected. Move the selected item to the Trash. You may be prompted for your administrator login password. Restart the computer and empty the Trash.
*If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder...
from the menu bar and paste into the box that opens by pressing command-V. You won't see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return. -
Extremely slow system help on ETRE report
my mac became exteremely slow, in even the most basic tasks like switching between applications, copy&paste, etc. I suspect that there are running strange processes that are slowing down the system. I paste the report from ETRE herunder. Could someone take a check it and give me some recomendations? Would be great thank you!
Kris
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
8 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 1024 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
System Software:
OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 0 days 0:9:18
Disk Information:
APPLE HDD TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500,11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209,7 MB
WIEDER-HIER (disk0s2) /: 499,25 GB (83,99 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS31N
USB Information:
Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Kernel Extensions:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[loaded] com.anchorfree.ajaxserver.plist
[loaded] com.barebones.bbedit.plist
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist
Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist
User Launch Agents:
[not loaded] Verbindungsassistent
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
Music Manager
GrowlHelperApp
Rogue Amoeba Schedule Helper
PopChar
Linotype FontExplorer X
TransmitMenu
Google Chrome
Dropbox
FontExplorerXAutoload
iAntiVirus
Dropbox
Dropbox
iSkysoft Helper Compact
iSkysoft_TunesOver_Watch
Box Edit
SFCoreHelper
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player
Java
Internet Plug-ins::
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.8
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.8
Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.2.4 - SDK 10.6
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20513.0 - SDK 10.6
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 45
User Internet Plug-ins::
Box Edit: Version: BoxEdit 1.1.36.0 - SDK 10.0
Bad Fonts:
None
Old applications:
None
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
WIEDER-HIER: Disk size: 464.96 GB Disk used: 386.74 GB
Destinations:
RESERVOIR [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 2
Total number of backups: 21
Oldest backup: 2012-09-12 13:33:15 +0000
Last backup: 2013-11-28 06:49:27 +0000
Size of backup disk: Excellent
Backup size 2 > (Disk size 464.96 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
1% mds
1% EtreCheck
0% Dropmark
0% WindowServer
0% Dropbox
Top Processes by Memory:
279 MB mds_stores
156 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
74 MB Dropbox
57 MB Finder
41 MB WindowServer
Virtual Memory Statistics:
5.90 GB Free RAM
1.16 GB Active RAM
244 MB Inactive RAM
722 MB Wired RAM
245 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outshi john, hi all,
i was not able to remove all "User Login Items", because they did not show up, wether in the "pref pane / user / login items" nor in the library.
all cleaning did not have any effect.
So i decided to backup my data, formal the HD and install a virgin system. To avoid infecting the new system with any "germs" from the old system, I did not migrate all the old data, but copied manually only my documents, but not system files etc.
Nontheless, my macbook pro is still slow in basic tasks (in particular opening windows and dialogs, typing i search fields of spotlight, mail, browser, etc, othe UI-interaction).
Does anybody have an idea, what is wrong?
After formating and before installing the new OS10.9 i run ckecks with:
- disk utility
- dr. web (antivirus)
- virus barrier (antivirus)
- onyx
no fatal errors where found. Everything was cleaned/fixed
Here is the current EtreCheck:
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
8 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 1024 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
System Software:
OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 0 days 6:42:55
Disk Information:
APPLE HDD TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500,11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209,7 MB
WIEDER-HIER (disk0s2) /: 499,25 GB (342,5 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS31N
USB Information:
LaCie Rugged USB 3 1 TB
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209,7 MB
HIER_CLONE (disk1s2) /Volumes/HIER_CLONE: 999,35 GB (484,54 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk1s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Kernel Extensions:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
Launch Agents:
User Launch Agents:
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
3rd Party Preference Panes:
None
Internet Plug-ins::
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Bad Fonts:
None
Old applications:
None
Time Machine:
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
3% WindowServer
1% EtreCheck
1% mds_stores
0% mds
0% imagent
Top Processes by Memory:
369 MB mds_stores
197 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
131 MB softwareupdated
115 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
115 MB mds
Virtual Memory Statistics:
4.71 GB Free RAM
2.09 GB Active RAM
324 MB Inactive RAM
907 MB Wired RAM
2.90 GB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs -
Very Slow Query with CTE inner join
I have 2 tables (heavily simplified here to show relevant columns):
CREATE TABLE tblCharge
(ChargeID int NOT NULL,
ParentChargeID int NULL,
ChargeName varchar(200) NULL)
CREATE TABLE tblChargeShare
(ChargeShareID int NOT NULL,
ChargeID int NOT NULL,
TotalAmount money NOT NULL,
TaxAmount money NULL,
DiscountAmount money NULL,
CustomerID int NOT NULL,
ChargeShareStatusID int NOT NULL)
I have a very basic View to Join them:
CREATE VIEW vwBASEChargeShareRelation as
Select c.ChargeID, ParentChargeID, s.CustomerID, s.TotalAmount, isnull(s.TaxAmount, 0) as TaxAmount, isnull(s.DiscountAmount, 0) as DiscountAmount
from tblCharge c inner join tblChargeShare s
on c.ChargeID = s.ChargeID Where s.ChargeShareStatusID < 3
GO
I then have a view containing a CTE to get the children of the Parent Charge:
ALTER VIEW [vwChargeShareSubCharges] AS
WITH RCTE AS
SELECT ParentChargeId, ChargeID, 1 AS Lvl, ISNULL(TotalAmount, 0) as TotalAmount, ISNULL(TaxAmount, 0) as TaxAmount,
ISNULL(DiscountAmount, 0) as DiscountAmount, CustomerID, ChargeID as MasterChargeID
FROM vwBASEChargeShareRelation Where ParentChargeID is NULL
UNION ALL
SELECT rh.ParentChargeID, rh.ChargeID, Lvl+1 AS Lvl, ISNULL(rh.TotalAmount, 0), ISNULL(rh.TaxAmount, 0), ISNULL(rh.DiscountAmount, 0) , rh.CustomerID
, rc.MasterChargeID
FROM vwBASEChargeShareRelation rh
INNER JOIN RCTE rc ON rh.PArentChargeID = rc.ChargeID and rh.CustomerID = rc.CustomerID
Select MasterChargeID as ChargeID, CustomerID, Sum(TotalAmount) as TotalCharged, Sum(TaxAmount) as TotalTax, Sum(DiscountAmount) as TotalDiscount
from RCTE
Group by MasterChargeID, CustomerID
GO
So far so good, I can query this view and get the total cost for a line item including all children.
The problem occurs when I join this table. The query:
Select t.* from vwChargeShareSubCharges t
inner join
tblChargeShare s
on t.CustomerID = s.CustomerID
and t.MasterChargeID = s.ChargeID
Where s.ChargeID = 1291094
Takes around 30 ms to return a result (tblCharge and Charge Share have around 3.5 million records).
But the query:
Select t.* from vwChargeShareSubCharges t
inner join
tblChargeShare s
on t.CustomerID = s.CustomerID
and t.MasterChargeID = s.ChargeID
Where InvoiceID = 1045854
Takes around 2 minutes to return a result - even though the only charge with that InvoiceID is the same charge as the one used in the previous query.
The same thing occurs if I do the join in the same query that the CTE is defined in.
I ran the execution plan for each query. The first (fast) query looks like this:
The second(slow) query looks like this:
I am at a loss, and my skills at decoding execution plans to resolve this are lacking.
I have separate indexes on tblCharge.ChargeID, tblCharge.ParentChargeID, tblChargeShare.ChargeID, tblChargeShare.InvoiceID, tblChargeShare.ChargeShareStatusID
Any ideas? Tested on SQL 2008R2 and SQL 2012>> The database is linked [sic] to an established app and the column and table names can't be changed. <<
Link? That is a term from pointer chains and network databases, not SQL. I will guess that means the app came back in the old pre-RDBMS days and you are screwed.
>> I am not too worried about the money field [sic], this is used for money and money based calculations so the precision and rounding are acceptable at this level. <<
Field is a COBOL concept; columns are totally different. MONEY is how Sybase mimics the PICTURE clause that puts currency signs, commas, period, etc in a COBOL money field.
Using more than one operation (multiplication or division) on money columns will produce severe rounding errors. A simple way to visualize money arithmetic is to place a ROUND() function calls after
every operation. For example,
Amount = (Portion / total_amt) * gross_amt
can be rewritten using money arithmetic as:
Amount = ROUND(ROUND(Portion/total_amt, 4) *
gross_amt, 4)
Rounding to four decimal places might not seem an
issue, until the numbers you are using are greater
than 10,000.
BEGIN
DECLARE @gross_amt MONEY,
@total_amt MONEY,
@my_part MONEY,
@money_result MONEY,
@float_result FLOAT,
@all_floats FLOAT;
SET @gross_amt = 55294.72;
SET @total_amt = 7328.75;
SET @my_part = 1793.33;
SET @money_result = (@my_part / @total_amt) *
@gross_amt;
SET @float_result = (@my_part / @total_amt) *
@gross_amt;
SET @Retult3 = (CAST(@my_part AS FLOAT)
/ CAST( @total_amt AS FLOAT))
* CAST(FLOAT, @gross_amt AS FLOAT);
SELECT @money_result, @float_result, @all_floats;
END;
@money_result = 13525.09 -- incorrect
@float_result = 13525.0885 -- incorrect
@all_floats = 13530.5038673171 -- correct, with a -
5.42 error
>> The keys are ChargeID(int, identity) and ChargeShareID(int, identity). <<
Sorry, but IDENTITY is not relational and cannot be a key by definition. But it sure works just like a record number in your old COBOL file system.
>> .. these need to be int so that they are assigned by the database and unique. <<
No, the data type of a key is not determined by physical storage, but by logical design. IDENTITY is the number of a parking space in a garage; a VIN is how you identify the automobile.
>> What would you recommend I use as keys? <<
I do not know. I have no specs and without that, I cannot pull a Kabbalah number from the hardware. Your magic numbers can identify Squids, Automobile or Lady Gaga! I would ask the accounting department how they identify a charge.
>> Charge_Share_Status_ID links [sic] to another table which contains the name, formatting [sic] and other information [sic] or a charge share's status, so it is both an Id and a status. <<
More pointer chains! Formatting? Unh? In RDBMS, we use a tiered architecture. That means display formatting is in a presentation layer. A properly created table has cohesion – it does one and only one data element. A status is a state of being that applies
to an entity over a period time (think employment, marriage, etc. status if that is too abstract).
An identifier is based on the Law of Identity from formal logic “To be is to be something in particular” or “A is A” informally. There is no entity here! The Charge_Share_Status table should have the encoded values for a status and perhaps a description if
they are unclear. If the list of values is clear, short and static, then use a CHECK() constraint.
On a scale from 1 to 10, what color is your favorite letter of the alphabet? Yes, this is literally that silly and wrong.
>> I understand what a CTE is; is there a better way to sum all children for a parent hierarchy? <<
There are many ways to represent a tree or hierarchy in SQL. This is called an adjacency list model and it looks like this:
CREATE TABLE OrgChart
(emp_name CHAR(10) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
boss_emp_name CHAR(10) REFERENCES OrgChart(emp_name),
salary_amt DECIMAL(6,2) DEFAULT 100.00 NOT NULL,
<< horrible cycle constraints >>);
OrgChart
emp_name boss_emp_name salary_amt
==============================
'Albert' NULL 1000.00
'Bert' 'Albert' 900.00
'Chuck' 'Albert' 900.00
'Donna' 'Chuck' 800.00
'Eddie' 'Chuck' 700.00
'Fred' 'Chuck' 600.00
This approach will wind up with really ugly code -- CTEs hiding recursive procedures, horrible cycle prevention code, etc. The root of your problem is not knowing that rows are not records, that SQL uses sets and trying to fake pointer chains with some
vague, magical non-relational "id".
This matches the way we did it in old file systems with pointer chains. Non-RDBMS programmers are comfortable with it because it looks familiar -- it looks like records and not rows.
Another way of representing trees is to show them as nested sets.
Since SQL is a set oriented language, this is a better model than the usual adjacency list approach you see in most text books. Let us define a simple OrgChart table like this.
CREATE TABLE OrgChart
(emp_name CHAR(10) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
lft INTEGER NOT NULL UNIQUE CHECK (lft > 0),
rgt INTEGER NOT NULL UNIQUE CHECK (rgt > 1),
CONSTRAINT order_okay CHECK (lft < rgt));
OrgChart
emp_name lft rgt
======================
'Albert' 1 12
'Bert' 2 3
'Chuck' 4 11
'Donna' 5 6
'Eddie' 7 8
'Fred' 9 10
The (lft, rgt) pairs are like tags in a mark-up language, or parens in algebra, BEGIN-END blocks in Algol-family programming languages, etc. -- they bracket a sub-set. This is a set-oriented approach to trees in a set-oriented language.
The organizational chart would look like this as a directed graph:
Albert (1, 12)
Bert (2, 3) Chuck (4, 11)
/ | \
/ | \
/ | \
/ | \
Donna (5, 6) Eddie (7, 8) Fred (9, 10)
The adjacency list table is denormalized in several ways. We are modeling both the Personnel and the Organizational chart in one table. But for the sake of saving space, pretend that the names are job titles and that we have another table which describes the
Personnel that hold those positions.
Another problem with the adjacency list model is that the boss_emp_name and employee columns are the same kind of thing (i.e. identifiers of personnel), and therefore should be shown in only one column in a normalized table. To prove that this is not
normalized, assume that "Chuck" changes his name to "Charles"; you have to change his name in both columns and several places. The defining characteristic of a normalized table is that you have one fact, one place, one time.
The final problem is that the adjacency list model does not model subordination. Authority flows downhill in a hierarchy, but If I fire Chuck, I disconnect all of his subordinates from Albert. There are situations (i.e. water pipes) where this is true, but
that is not the expected situation in this case.
To show a tree as nested sets, replace the nodes with ovals, and then nest subordinate ovals inside each other. The root will be the largest oval and will contain every other node. The leaf nodes will be the innermost ovals with nothing else inside them
and the nesting will show the hierarchical relationship. The (lft, rgt) columns (I cannot use the reserved words LEFT and RIGHT in SQL) are what show the nesting. This is like XML, HTML or parentheses.
At this point, the boss_emp_name column is both redundant and denormalized, so it can be dropped. Also, note that the tree structure can be kept in one table and all the information about a node can be put in a second table and they can be joined on employee
number for queries.
To convert the graph into a nested sets model think of a little worm crawling along the tree. The worm starts at the top, the root, makes a complete trip around the tree. When he comes to a node, he puts a number in the cell on the side that he is visiting
and increments his counter. Each node will get two numbers, one of the right side and one for the left. Computer Science majors will recognize this as a modified preorder tree traversal algorithm. Finally, drop the unneeded OrgChart.boss_emp_name column
which used to represent the edges of a graph.
This has some predictable results that we can use for building queries. The root is always (left = 1, right = 2 * (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM TreeTable)); leaf nodes always have (left + 1 = right); subtrees are defined by the BETWEEN predicate; etc. Here are
two common queries which can be used to build others:
1. An employee and all their Supervisors, no matter how deep the tree.
SELECT O2.*
FROM OrgChart AS O1, OrgChart AS O2
WHERE O1.lft BETWEEN O2.lft AND O2.rgt
AND O1.emp_name = :in_emp_name;
2. The employee and all their subordinates. There is a nice symmetry here.
SELECT O1.*
FROM OrgChart AS O1, OrgChart AS O2
WHERE O1.lft BETWEEN O2.lft AND O2.rgt
AND O2.emp_name = :in_emp_name;
3. Add a GROUP BY and aggregate functions to these basic queries and you have hierarchical reports. For example, the total salaries which each employee controls:
SELECT O2.emp_name, SUM(S1.salary_amt)
FROM OrgChart AS O1, OrgChart AS O2,
Salaries AS S1
WHERE O1.lft BETWEEN O2.lft AND O2.rgt
AND S1.emp_name = O2.emp_name
GROUP BY O2.emp_name;
4. To find the level and the size of the subtree rooted at each emp_name, so you can print the tree as an indented listing.
SELECT O1.emp_name,
SUM(CASE WHEN O2.lft BETWEEN O1.lft AND O1.rgt
THEN O2.sale_amt ELSE 0.00 END) AS sale_amt_tot,
SUM(CASE WHEN O2.lft BETWEEN O1.lft AND O1.rgt
THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS subtree_size,
SUM(CASE WHEN O1.lft BETWEEN O2.lft AND O2.rgt
THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS lvl
FROM OrgChart AS O1, OrgChart AS O2
GROUP BY O1.emp_name;
5. The nested set model has an implied ordering of siblings which the adjacency list model does not. To insert a new node, G1, under part G. We can insert one node at a time like this:
BEGIN ATOMIC
DECLARE rightmost_spread INTEGER;
SET rightmost_spread
= (SELECT rgt
FROM Frammis
WHERE part = 'G');
UPDATE Frammis
SET lft = CASE WHEN lft > rightmost_spread
THEN lft + 2
ELSE lft END,
rgt = CASE WHEN rgt >= rightmost_spread
THEN rgt + 2
ELSE rgt END
WHERE rgt >= rightmost_spread;
INSERT INTO Frammis (part, lft, rgt)
VALUES ('G1', rightmost_spread, (rightmost_spread + 1));
COMMIT WORK;
END;
The idea is to spread the (lft, rgt) numbers after the youngest child of the parent, G in this case, over by two to make room for the new addition, G1. This procedure will add the new node to the rightmost child position, which helps to preserve the idea
of an age order among the siblings.
6. To convert a nested sets model into an adjacency list model:
SELECT B.emp_name AS boss_emp_name, E.emp_name
FROM OrgChart AS E
LEFT OUTER JOIN
OrgChart AS B
ON B.lft
= (SELECT MAX(lft)
FROM OrgChart AS S
WHERE E.lft > S.lft
AND E.lft < S.rgt);
7. To find the immediate parent of a node:
SELECT MAX(P2.lft), MIN(P2.rgt)
FROM Personnel AS P1, Personnel AS P2
WHERE P1.lft BETWEEN P2.lft AND P2.rgt
AND P1.emp_name = @my_emp_name;
I have a book on TREES & HIERARCHIES IN SQL which you can get at Amazon.com right now. It has a lot of other programming idioms for nested sets, like levels, structural comparisons, re-arrangement procedures, etc.
--CELKO-- Books in Celko Series for Morgan-Kaufmann Publishing: Analytics and OLAP in SQL / Data and Databases: Concepts in Practice Data / Measurements and Standards in SQL SQL for Smarties / SQL Programming Style / SQL Puzzles and Answers / Thinking
in Sets / Trees and Hierarchies in SQL -
Slow Mac with recurrent spinning ball of doom
Please help,
My Mac has always been slow since I had it and migrated my PC content to my Mac. I have run EtreCheck and hope that this might illuminate the cause of my issues, but worry that it may not. ANYTHING I ask the Mac to do will be slow and inevitably cause a spinning ball for a while. I have kept the system up to date. I have a lot of photos in iPhoto but can't imagine this can be the cause?
Any help is much appreciated. The Etrecheck output is below:
Many thanks.
Problem description:
Slow Mac with poor internet connectivity and recurrent spinning circle of doom
EtreCheck version: 2.1.6 (109)
Report generated 16 January 2015 20:09:37 GMT
Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck
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Click the [Adware] links for help removing adware.
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012) (Technical Specifications)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,1
1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
4 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 110
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 4000
Color LCD 1440 x 900
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - VRAM: 512 MB
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Time since boot: 10 days 7:54:28
Disk Information: ℹ️
APPLE HDD ST500LM012 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 498.88 GB (226.60 GB free)
Core Storage: disk0s2 499.25 GB Online
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-8A8
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️
[killed] com.apple.CallHistoryPluginHelper.plist
[killed] com.apple.EscrowSecurityAlert.plist
[killed] com.apple.icloud.fmfd.plist
[killed] com.apple.Maps.pushdaemon.plist
[killed] com.apple.printtool.agent.plist
[killed] com.apple.scopedbookmarkagent.xpc.plist
[killed] com.apple.spindump_agent.plist
[killed] com.apple.telephonyutilities.callservicesd.plist
8 processes killed due to memory pressure
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[killed] com.apple.AssetCacheLocatorService.plist
[killed] com.apple.ctkd.plist
[killed] com.apple.emond.aslmanager.plist
[killed] com.apple.ifdreader.plist
[killed] com.apple.nehelper.plist
[killed] com.apple.periodic-daily.plist
[killed] com.apple.periodic-monthly.plist
[killed] com.apple.periodic-weekly.plist
[killed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist
[killed] com.apple.xpc.smd.plist
[killed] org.cups.cupsd.plist
11 processes killed due to memory pressure
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[running] com.mcafee.menulet.plist [Support]
[running] com.mcafee.reporter.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Support]
[running] com.bombich.ccchelper.plist [Support]
[invalid?] com.mcafee.ssm.ScanFactory.plist [Support]
[invalid?] com.mcafee.ssm.ScanManager.plist [Support]
[running] com.mcafee.virusscan.fmpd.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Support]
[running] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Support]
[loaded] com.f-secure.sync.BTCloud.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
Mail Application (/Applications/Mail.app)
BT Cloud Application (/Applications/BT Cloud.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
SiteAdvisor: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.1 [Support]
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.257 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.257 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
CitrixICAClientPlugIn: Version: 11.1.0 [Support]
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.7 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30214.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
MeetingJoinPlugin: Version: Unknown - SDK 10.6 [Support]
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 71 Check version
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
SiteAdvisor [Installed]
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Citrix online plug-in [Support]
Flash Player [Support]
Java [Support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 498.88 GB Disk used: 272.28 GB
Destinations:
My Book [Local]
Total size: 2.00 TB
Total number of backups: 0
Oldest backup: -
Last backup: -
Size of backup disk: Excellent
Backup size 2.00 TB > (Disk size 498.88 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
6% WindowServer
1% BT Cloud
0% ocspd
0% fontd
0% AppleSpell
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
180 MB Mail
113 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
103 MB BT Cloud
94 MB Safari
77 MB Google Chrome
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
41 MB Free RAM
1.18 GB Active RAM
1.16 GB Inactive RAM
918 MB Wired RAM
54.83 GB Page-ins
725 MB Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
Jan 16, 2015, 01:20:19 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Finder_2015-01-16-132019_[reda cted].crash1. This procedure is a diagnostic test. It changes nothing, for better or worse, and therefore will not, in itself, solve the problem. But with the aid of the test results, the solution may take a few minutes, instead of hours or days.
Don't be put off by the complexity of these instructions. The process is much less complicated than the description. You do harder tasks with the computer all the time.
2. If you don't already have a current backup, back up all data before doing anything else. The backup is necessary on general principle, not because of anything in the test procedure. Backup is always a must, and when you're having any kind of trouble with the computer, you may be at higher than usual risk of losing data, whether you follow these instructions or not.
There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
3. Below are instructions to run a UNIX shell script, a type of program. As I wrote above, it changes nothing. It doesn't send or receive any data on the network. All it does is to generate a human-readable report on the state of the computer. That report goes nowhere unless you choose to share it. If you prefer, you can act on it yourself without disclosing the contents to me or anyone else.
You should be wondering whether you can believe me, and whether it's safe to run a program at the behest of a stranger. In general, no, it's not safe and I don't encourage it.
In this case, however, there are a couple of ways for you to decide whether the program is safe without having to trust me. First, you can read it. Unlike an application that you download and click to run, it's transparent, so anyone with the necessary skill can verify what it does.
You may not be able to understand the script yourself. But variations of it have been posted on this website thousands of times over a period of years. The site is hosted by Apple, which does not allow it to be used to distribute harmful software. Any one of the millions of registered users could have read the script and raised the alarm if it was harmful. Then I would not be here now and you would not be reading this message. See, for example, this discussion.
Nevertheless, if you can't satisfy yourself that these instructions are safe, don't follow them. Ask for other options.
4. Here's a summary of what you need to do, if you choose to proceed:
☞ Copy a line of text in this window to the Clipboard.
☞ Paste into the window of another application.
☞ Wait for the test to run. It usually takes a few minutes.
☞ Paste the results, which will have been copied automatically, back into a reply on this page.
The sequence is: copy, paste, wait, paste again. You don't need to copy a second time. Details follow.
5. You may have started the computer in "safe" mode. Preferably, these steps should be taken in “normal” mode, under the conditions in which the problem is reproduced. If the system is now in safe mode and works well enough in normal mode to run the test, restart as usual. If you can only test in safe mode, do that.
6. If you have more than one user, and the one affected by the problem is not an administrator, then please run the test twice: once while logged in as the affected user, and once as an administrator. The results may be different. The user that is created automatically on a new computer when you start it for the first time is an administrator. If you can't log in as an administrator, test as the affected user. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this section doesn’t apply. Don't log in as root.
7. The script is a single long line, all of which must be selected. You can accomplish this easily by triple-clicking anywhere in the line. The whole line will highlight, though you may not see all of it in the browser window, and you can then copy it. If you try to select the line by dragging across the part you can see, you won't get all of it.
Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it:
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CS5 on mac 10.6.4 slows system to a crawl, render times really long
We recently upgraded our towers to 10.6.4 and all productivity has slowed to a snails pace using After Effects. On 10.5 the speed was almost TOO fast on our renders...it was awesome. Now I'm looking to get that speed back.
I have a few very simple comps. 1920 x 1080, 23.98fps, 5 layers (4 QT renders from final cut XDCAM and Animation codec, 1 adjustment layer with levels and hue/saturation for color correction). Approx 40 seconds long each.
I've followed the Adobe advice of turning the multiprocessing on and using the following settings from here http://forums.adobe.com/thread/543440
leave 4gb for other apps, set minimum 3gb per processor = 33min render
setting it back to what WAS screaming fast on 10.5:
leave 3gb for other apps, set minimum 0.75gb per processor = 19min render
turning multiprocessing off = 5min render
same project on 10.5 system with multiprocessing turned ON with the above mentioned settings = 2min render
what is going on here? is there a compatibility problem with CS5/10.6 and Animation codec files? that seems to be the bulk of the slowdown, but still over twice as slow?
additionally, when AE is rendering the rest of the system becomes unusable...every action, even dragging a finder window around, results in beachballs and a 30 - 40 second lag in response. this happens with or without multiprocessing.
I just want to get back to work...any ideas on how i can configure this beast to get back to my former speeds?
8 core mac Pro
OS 10.6.4
12gb RAM
many thanks in advance. i'm willing to send beer for a winning fix.Good to know, thanks for the update. 10.6.x does manage memory differently, but our testing for performance has shown a slight improvement in the newer OS. So I am guessing that the OS update is not the issue. I just ran another test on a Mac with your configuration and saw a 4% improvement on 10.6.4 over 10.5.8.
It's uncertain what state the system memory was in when you started your tests. That's why I asked for a restart of the computer. The times reported seemed like there was a possibility that the OS was swapping. XDCAM footage places a high demand on system resources. But it's hard to say without being there.
What I was seeing with the initial post was that the two extremes of allocation per background cpu were tried, but not the middle ground. To better see this, launch the Activity Monitor utility or look at the last line of the MP preference. With the 4GB reserved and the 3GB/ bkgnd cpu setting you weren't getting any extra processes spawned for multiprocessing. You can see this in the preferences multiprocessing section as "Actual CPUs that will be used = 0". Then, by setting the pref to .75GB/bkgnd the app launched 8 bkgnd processes, but for the task at hand, I am guessing that they were starved for memory and sometimes failed to render. This was faster than the first test, but still slow. By setting the pref to 1.5GB/bkgnd cpu you were now getting 4 new processes spawned for multiprocessing. The background processes had enough memory to succeed so that made it render faster still.
Now, try setting it to 1GB/bkgnd cpu. That will launch 6 processes which should render faster as long as that is enough memory for the task. If the Memory pref for Reserve RAM for other apps is set back to 3GB, it will allow the spawning of 7 bkgnd processes. If that is a successful balance for this project then it will be the fastest render time. But, our testing shows it will be at the risk of starving the OS for memory, thus the more conservative 4GB recommendation for a 12GB system.
It's a fine line and why we are recommending that one give up a little speed by reserving more memory for other apps. True, there will be less processes spawned for multiprocessing, but there will also be less chance for the OS to start swapping to disk which greatly slows down performance for all tasks. If that compromise is not acceptible, then the alternative is to buy more ram so that all 8 processes can adequately receive enough memory for the job, and yet still maintain adequate reserves for the OS and other apps. -
How many people can be on the system with a 512 K connection in BPC 7 MS
Hi,
It appears that BPC uses a large piece of the band width and more than one computer and user with a 512 K connection using BPC will not work.How many people can be on the system with a 512 K connection? -BPC 7 ms version.
Thx
PLNI would like to precise more things regarding the network.
I did a case study for one customer and really to have good performances with SAP BPC client the network required the follow:
Bandwitdth 1024kb/s
Latency smaller than 200 ms between BPC client and BPC server
Otherwise the users will experience problems:
1. IBandwitdh < 1024Kb/s then to download 80 MB or more (templates + dimensions) will require a lot of time and that's means the login time will be very slow every time when a dimension is changed or security is process
2. When an report is executed (a medium report not very complex report) around 100 mesage are send between bpc client and server. So if latency > 200 ms than a simple calculation is saying just into network it will be lost 200 * 100 ms = 20 s.
So for a report which normally is taking 5 - 10 second it will take 30s or even more into client with latency bigger than 200 ms.
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How should I go about this? (resetting my system with minimal losses?)
Hey,
I want to 'reset' my system with as little change as possible. I actually just wanted to install Windows XP with Boot Camp, but I ran into some problems. Soon thereafter some other weird things arose. After getting some help from very assisting folks here on Apple Discussions and on IRC, I understand that my best bet is probably to reformat my iMac's internal hard drive and, consequently, either reinstall Mac OS X or copy everything from an external hard drive back to the internal one.
My question is, which of these two options would be preferable? If I erase the internal disk and reinstall OS X with the install DVD, can I use a Time Machine backup to 'migrate' everything back? or do I need to do this with some other backup software; or do I just 'restore from backup'?
How would I make a backup which I could then copy back to the internal disk and continue using my Mac as before? Would this have to be a so-called "bootable backup"?
Which way is (more) likely to fix any issues with the file system and/or operating system? Did I even get all of the above right?
*Thanks a lot in advance for any tips!*
P.S. Is it true that Time Machine doesn't backup certain files like cache files? If so, is there anything else that Time Machine ignores? (aside from non-file metadata which is needed to create a bootable backup disk/partition)temhawk wrote:
Hey,
I want to 'reset' my system with as little change as possible. I actually just wanted to install Windows XP with Boot Camp, but I ran into some problems. Soon thereafter some other weird things arose. After getting some help from very assisting folks here on Apple Discussions and on IRC, I understand that my best bet is probably to reformat my iMac's internal hard drive and, consequently, either reinstall Mac OS X or copy everything from an external hard drive back to the internal one.
My question is, which of these two options would be preferable? If I erase the internal disk and reinstall OS X with the install DVD, can I use a Time Machine backup to 'migrate' everything back? or do I need to do this with some other backup software; or do I just 'restore from backup'?
From my experiences, the restore from backup feature is excruciatingly slow. I'd re-install OS X from scratch, hook up your TM drive (which will be automatically recognized as such), and then manually copy files over. This will also help prevent copying back corrupt plists and other files which caused your previous issue.
How would I make a backup which I could then copy back to the internal disk and continue using my Mac as before? Would this have to be a so-called "bootable backup"?
Bootable is always great, but is not necessary. Just keep your TM up to date.
Which way is (more) likely to fix any issues with the file system and/or operating system? Did I even get all of the above right?
As long as you don't do a complete restore of either (which would put everything back, either method works.
P.S. Is it true that Time Machine doesn't backup certain files like cache files? If so, is there anything else that Time Machine ignores? (aside from non-file metadata which is needed to create a bootable backup disk/partition)
Yes. Check the TM pane in System Preferences and click on Options to see a list of excluded files and folders. Otherwise, all other files (minus cache and temporary files that would automatically get purged quickly) are backed up. -
what is the good IDE with drag and drop interface for slow system running on P3 500mhz ,ram256
I said relatively svelte. If Eclipse seemed slow, you'd shoot yourself in the head after trying to use TogetherSoft or TogetherJ or whatever the hell it's called. At one place I worked, where they wanted us all to use that IDE, I used to start the thing up, then leave to get a cup of coffee. I mean, I went downstairs, waited in line at the Starbucks, etc., and when I got back it still wasn't even finished starting up.
Later I learned that they didn't even check what IDEs we were using, so I just used vi. I also tried using Eclipse and it ran OK but I prefer vi.
I tend not to use IDEs much but when I've used Eclipse, it's always been pretty good, and it was never on the latest and greatest hardware.
So try it, and if it doesn't seem fast enough, use something else. I suggest vi.
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Photos does not support external editing like iPhoto. Is there likely to be an upgrade to change this or will I abandon Photos for software that does support editing in Photoshop?
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Safari 2.0.4 crash after transferring all files
Hello I bought a new iMac so i transferred all my files using FireWire cable. All the apps are working fine except Safari which is crashing every time i run it. I installed Safari 3 BETA and its working great, but i still want to use my old version.
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Battery draining since upgrade to Yosemite. Mac running very slowly. Etrecheck report included.
Hi! Can someone please see this report and advise. I'll warn you I am NO techie. Just a mom trying to use my macbook which is draining battery very rapidly and even prior to the upgrade to Yosemite was running like a tortoise. Thanks for your help! P
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Create multi level fillable forms
I need to create a form that would be sent to my boss to complete part of it and once she has completed her part, it needs to be sent to another party to complete the content, but I need for my boss' input to be locked. Is there a way to do that?
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zoom blur filter I am using zoom blur: amount- goes from 100 to 0 with no keyframes except at beginning and end and steps- goes from 10 to 0 with no keyframes except at beginning and end --- WHY DOES IT jerk instead of playing smoothly? Mac G5 Mac