Why is Lion and VMWare 3 so slow?

Hi,
I run VMWare Fusion 3 (Windows 7) on my MacBook Pro (2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo CPU, 4GB RAM) with Snow Leopard and it runs fine (speed acceptable with a lag now-and-then). I loaded VMWare Fusion 3 (Windows 7) on my faster iMac (3.1 GHz Core i5, 4 GB RAM) with Lion and it runs too slow to use. The speed performance is absolutely poor. I've played with different settings: allocating more, and also less, resources to VMWare, but when I open a program, I get spinning multi-colour wheels and lags. The machine has become unusable even running programs in Mac OS.
Having used the same applications on my MacBook Pro, I know it's not me being impatient.
I’ve tried various advice found on the support forums, and still no luck.
Please help!
Thanks,
Desperate user

Fusion 3.1.3 is the minimum to run on Lion. Fusion 4 is recommended.
4GB of RAM on your host is a bit on the low side. Lion uses a little more RAM than Snow Leopard so try to keep your VMs at 2GB of RAM for Win7. (Allocating more RAM will use take too much and not leave enough for OSX. Allocating less will make Win7 perform slower.) And unless you have a very good reason, only allocate one virtual CPU (vCPU.) More so because both your machines are note quad-core. The host OS needs some CPU time so allocating 2 vCPU on a dual-core host leaves no core available to the host After that, the issue will probably be that your Macbook Pro is limited to SATA 1.5Gbps and if you didn't upgrade to a 7200 rpm drive.
I have a 2008 MBP, 2.4GHz, 4GB RAM. Ordered from Apple with the 200GB/7200rpm drive. I run Fusion4 with a Win7pro VM. If the VM is running, I end up with about 1GB of free RAM. Opening MSAccess & Crystal Reports in the VM, and Safari & Mail in OSX is about the limit of what I can do simultaneously. By this point, lags are quite often, but by limiting anything disk intensive on the Mac, you should get reasonable performance on the VM, depending on what you're doing. (i.e.: if the VM is disk intensive and you had the 5400rpm drive, then your VM performance will suffer, which of course followss the caveat YMMV.) For me, 2GB for Win7 means I'm limited on some of the MSAccess databases I can run.

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01/08/2012 09:42:06.811 SecurityAgent[120]: MacBuddy was run = 0
01/08/2012 09:42:06.836 SecurityAgent[120]: User info context values set for USER
01/08/2012 09:42:06.953 coreaudiod[122]: 2012-08-01 09:42:06.952319 AM [AirPlay] Started browsing for _airplay._tcp.
01/08/2012 09:42:06.953 coreaudiod[122]: 2012-08-01 09:42:06.952750 AM [AirPlay] Started browsing for _raop._tcp.
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01/08/2012 09:42:07.109 loginwindow[46]: USER_PROCESS: 46 console
01/08/2012 09:42:07.450 UserEventAgent[112]: cannot find useragent 1102
01/08/2012 09:42:07.506 fseventsd[52]: Logging disabled completely for device:1: /Volumes/Recovery HD
01/08/2012 09:42:07.551 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[128]: (com.apple.ReportCrash) Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
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01/08/2012 09:42:08.106 com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Session 100005 created
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01/08/2012 09:42:08.617 WindowServer[69]: Display 0x04280300: MappedDisplay Unit 0; ColorProfile { 2, "iMac"}; TransferFormula (1.000000, 1.000000, 1.000000)
01/08/2012 09:42:08.620 BezelServices 235.55[46]: -[DriverServices sendPreferencesToDevice:resetDefaults:] error: classPrefID (null), classPrefs (null)
01/08/2012 09:42:08.797 NetworkBrowserAgent[155]: Starting NetworkBrowserAgent
01/08/2012 09:42:08.835 WindowServer[69]: kCGErrorNotImplemented: receive_notification: CPXSetEventFilter failed
01/08/2012 09:42:11.335 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[128]: ([email protected][184]) Exited with code: 2
01/08/2012 09:42:11.000 kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page(0x1000): p=183[GoogleSoftwareUp] clearing CS_VALID
01/08/2012 09:42:11.349 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[128]: (com.apple.afpstat-qfa[181]) Exited with code: 2
01/08/2012 09:42:11.403 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[128]: (com.apple.mrt.uiagent[172]) Exited with code: 255
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01/08/2012 09:42:18.000 kernel[0]: USBMSC Identifier (non-unique): 39574D35314C474C20202020 0x13fd 0x1340 0x210
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01/08/2012 09:42:19.000 kernel[0]: en1: BSSID changed to b8:c7:5d:08:46:4a
01/08/2012 09:42:19.000 kernel[0]: en1::IO80211Interface::postMessage bssid changed
01/08/2012 09:42:19.000 kernel[0]: AirPort: Link Up on en1
01/08/2012 09:42:19.000 kernel[0]: en1: BSSID changed to b8:c7:5d:08:46:4a
01/08/2012 09:42:19.000 kernel[0]: en1::IO80211Interface::postMessage bssid changed
01/08/2012 09:42:19.000 kernel[0]: AirPort: RSN handshake complete on en1
01/08/2012 09:42:20.550 airportd[25]: _doAutoJoin: Already associated to “Oli Network”. Bailing on auto-join.
01/08/2012 09:42:20.567 airportd[25]: _doAutoJoin: Already associated to “Oli Network”. Bailing on auto-join.
01/08/2012 09:42:20.583 airportd[25]: _doAutoJoin: Already associated to “Oli Network”. Bailing on auto-join.
01/08/2012 09:42:20.598 airportd[25]: _doAutoJoin: Already associated to “Oli Network”. Bailing on auto-join.
01/08/2012 09:42:20.613 airportd[25]: _doAutoJoin: Already associated to “Oli Network”. Bailing on auto-join.
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01/08/2012 09:42:25.207 configd[18]: network changed: v4(en1+:192.168.0.4) DNS+ Proxy+ SMB
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01/08/2012 09:42:25.250 configd[18]: network changed: v4(en1!:192.168.0.4) DNS Proxy SMB
01/08/2012 09:42:24.300 ntpd[99]: proto: precision = 1.000 usec
01/08/2012 09:42:25.760 com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication[116]) Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing
01/08/2012 09:42:28.187 LKDCHelper[214]: Starting (uid=501)
01/08/2012 09:42:31.229 CalendarAgent[178]: [com.apple.calendar.store.log.exchange.queue] [error = Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1013 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (NSURLErrorDomain error -1013.)" UserInfo=0x7fc53acaa530 {NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=DELETEDEWS/Exchange.asmx, CalFailedOperationKey=<CalExchangeSyncAccountOperation: 0x7fc53bc188e0>, NSErrorFailingURLKey=DEKETEDEWS/Exchange.asmx}]
01/08/2012 09:42:31.965 CalendarAgent[178]: [com.apple.calendar.store.log.exchange.queue] [error = Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1013 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (NSURLErrorDomain error -1013.)" UserInfo=0x7fc53b971ad0 {NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=DELETED/EWS/Exchange.asmx, CalFailedOperationKey=<CalExchangeSyncAccountOperation: 0x7fc53bc188e0>, NSErrorFailingURLKey=DELETED/EWS/Exchange.asmx}]
01/08/2012 09:42:33.929 com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Session 100003 created
01/08/2012 09:44:34.000 kernel[0]: (default pager): [KERNEL]: ps_allocate_cluster - send HI_WAT_ALERT
01/08/2012 09:44:34.000 kernel[0]: macx_swapon SUCCESS
01/08/2012 09:45:18.123 WindowServer[69]: CGXSetWindowBackgroundBlurRadius: Invalid window 0xffffffff
01/08/2012 09:45:18.249 WindowServer[69]: CGXSetWindowBackgroundBlurRadius: Invalid window 0xffffffff
01/08/2012 09:48:17.000 kernel[0]: considerRebuildOfPrelinkedKernel prebuild rebuild has expired
01/08/2012 09:48:17.000 kernel[0]: USBMSC Identifier (non-unique): 801130168383 0x152d 0x2329 0x100
01/08/2012 09:48:28.027 WindowServer[69]: CGXDisableUpdate: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Safari" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
01/08/2012 09:48:28.109 WindowServer[69]: reenable_update_for_connection: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Safari" after 1.10 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
01/08/2012 09:48:28.129 CVMServer[78]: Check-in to the service com.apple.cvmsCompAgent_x86_64 failed. This is likely because you have either unloaded the job or the MachService has the ResetAtClose attribute specified in the launchd.plist. If present, this attribute should be removed.
01/08/2012 09:48:31.539 CVMServer[78]: Check-in to the service com.apple.cvmsCompAgent_x86_64 failed. This is likely because you have either unloaded the job or the MachService has the ResetAtClose attribute specified in the launchd.plist. If present, this attribute should be removed.
01/08/2012 09:52:39.174 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[128]: (com.apple.KerberosHelper.LKDCHelper[214]) Exited with code: 1
01/08/2012 09:57:17.113 CalendarAgent[178]: [com.apple.calendar.store.log.exchange.queue] [error = Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1013 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (NSURLErrorDomain error -1013.)" UserInfo=0x7fc53b933a50 {NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=https:/[email protected]/EWS/Exchange.asmx//[email protected]/EWS/Exchange.asmx, CalFailedOperationKey=<CalExchangeSyncAccountOperation: 0x7fc53bc188e0>, NSErrorFailingURLKey=https://[email protected]/EWS/Exchange.asmx//[email protected]/EWS/Exchange.asmx}]

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Preview(3364) deny system-fsctl
Process:         Preview [3364]
Path:            /Applications/Preview.app/Contents/MacOS/Preview
Load Address:    0x102c9a000
Identifier:      Preview
Version:         ??? (???)
Code Type:       X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [114]
Date/Time:       2012-04-24 13:28:40.470 -0700
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.7.3 (11D50d)
Report Version: 7
Backtrace:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x00007fff922a0516 fsctl + 10
1   AppleShareClientCore                    0x0000000105629f4a afp_getMountURL + 112
2   afp                                     0x0000000104e7fe03 AFP_GetMountInfo + 161
3   NetFS                                   0x00007fff8a17c295 NetFSGetMountInfo + 147
4   NetFS                                   0x00007fff8a17e08f GetCompleteMountURL + 68
5   CoreServicesInternal                    0x00007fff86ef1e51 _ZL29addVolumeInfoForURLToBookmarkPK13__CFAllocatorR19BookmarkMutableDataPK7__C FURLmjPK9__CFArrayPP9__CFError + 1535
6   CoreServicesInternal                    0x00007fff86ef12fb _ZL28createBookmarkWithURLAtDepthPK13__CFAllocatorPK7__CFURLmS4_PK9__CFArrayR19 BookmarkMutableDatajbPP9__CFError + 3230
7   CoreServicesInternal                    0x00007fff86ef2443 _CFURLCreateBookmarkData + 1309
8   CoreFoundation                          0x00007fff8d1e3219 -[NSURL bookmarkDataWithOptions:includingResourceValuesForKeys:relativeToURL:error:] + 105
9   Foundation                              0x00007fff91b72fbf -[NSURL(NSURL) encodeWithCoder:] + 239
10 Foundation                              0x00007fff91b2e4ed _encodeObject + 1120
11 Preview                                 0x0000000102cdfb4d
12 AppKit                                  0x00007fff90975f0b -[NSWindow encodeRestorableStateWithCoder:] + 316
13 AppKit                                  0x00007fff90974a00 -[NSPersistentUIRecord generateArchive:] + 177
14 AppKit                                  0x00007fff90975937 recursivelyEncodeInvalidPersistentState + 525
15 AppKit                                  0x00007fff90973ccc -[NSPersistentUIManager flushAllChangesOptionallyWaitingUntilDone:updatingSnapshots:] + 1128
16 AppKit                                  0x00007fff90973836 -[NSPersistentUIManager flushPersistentStateAndClose:waitingUntilDone:] + 182
17 AppKit                                  0x00007fff90973714 __-[NSPersistentUIManager acquireDirtyState]_block_invoke_1 + 53
18 libdispatch.dylib                       0x00007fff8a79b2b6 _dispatch_source_invoke + 635
19 libdispatch.dylib                       0x00007fff8a797f77 _dispatch_queue_invoke + 71
20 libdispatch.dylib                       0x00007fff8a7986f7 _dispatch_main_queue_callback_4CF + 257
21 CoreFoundation                          0x00007fff8d0da06c __CFRunLoopRun + 1724
22 CoreFoundation                          0x00007fff8d0d9676 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 230
23 HIToolbox                               0x00007fff86aa731f RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 277
24 HIToolbox                               0x00007fff86aae5c9 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 355
25 HIToolbox                               0x00007fff86aae456 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 62
26 AppKit                                  0x00007fff90918f5d _DPSNextEvent + 659
27 AppKit                                  0x00007fff90918861 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 135
28 AppKit                                  0x00007fff9091519d -[NSApplication run] + 470
29 AppKit                                  0x00007fff90b93b88 NSApplicationMain + 867
30 Preview                                 0x0000000102c9bdb4
Binary Images:
       0x102c9a000 -        0x102e7efef com.apple.Preview (5.5.1 - 719.16) <EE12E506-F88C-319F-A2B4-5EF997884F0C> /Applications/Preview.app/Contents/MacOS/Preview
       0x104e7f000 -        0x104e86fff com.apple.URLMount.AFPPlugin (4.0 - 4.0) <91C71C5D-562D-37C4-9131-6E6F086288DE> /System/Library/Filesystems/NetFSPlugins/afp.bundle/Contents/MacOS/afp
       0x105618000 -        0x105664ff7 com.apple.AppleShareClientCore (2.5 - 2.5) <CC62F28C-398E-35E2-B2C0-B85A02E57247> /System/Library/Frameworks/AppleShareClientCore.framework/Versions/A/AppleShare ClientCore
    0x7fff86aa5000 -     0x7fff86dcfff7 com.apple.HIToolbox (1.8 - ???) <D6A0D513-4893-35B4-9FFE-865FF419F2C2> /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.fra mework/Versions/A/HIToolbox
    0x7fff86eec000 -     0x7fff86f17ff7 com.apple.CoreServicesInternal (113.12 - 113.12) <C37DAC1A-35D2-30EC-9112-5EEECED5C461> /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreServicesInternal.framework/Versions/A/Cor eServicesInternal
    0x7fff8a17a000 -     0x7fff8a181fff com.apple.NetFS (4.0 - 4.0) <433EEE54-E383-3505-9154-45B909FD3AF0> /System/Library/Frameworks/NetFS.framework/Versions/A/NetFS
    0x7fff8a795000 -     0x7fff8a7a3fff libdispatch.dylib (187.7.0 - compatibility 1.0.0) <712AAEAC-AD90-37F7-B71F-293FF8AE8723> /usr/lib/system/libdispatch.dylib
    0x7fff8d0a1000 -     0x7fff8d275fff com.apple.CoreFoundation (6.7.1 - 635.19) <57B77925-9065-38C9-A05B-02F4F9ED007C> /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation
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    0x7fff92289000 -     0x7fff922a9fff libsystem_kernel.dylib (1699.24.8 - compatibility 1.0.0) <C56819BB-3779-3726-B610-4CF7B3ABB6F9> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_kernel.dylib

"Enable Related Files" isn't the fix for this issue. It's slightly different - I wanted to still load related files, but only the ones local to the file I was editing.
The fix was to use DW's Resolve To IP Address feature. It required adding a registry value - it fixed the issue straight away
This Adobe support doc helped: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/887/cpsid_88742.html

Why can a person buy and/or download Snow Leopard, Lion, and Mountain Lion but not Mavericks???

I am running OS X Lion on a mid 2009 MacBook Pro with 4GB of ram and a 160GB HDD. I was going to download Mavericks from the app store but waited to long. Now that Yosemite is out Mavericks has disappeared from the app store. WHY? A person can buy and/or download Snow Leopard, Lion, and Mountain Lion but not Mavericks??? And the kicker is that it was FREE!!! I just wanted to load Mavericks on my MacBook Pro to see how it performs. If I could live with any slow downs or quirks, I'd leave it installed. If not, I'd roll my system back. Apple's policy of ramrodding unstable product down our throat is BS. I don't want to use Yosemite until it has become more stable!

Upgrading to Snow Leopard
You can purchase Snow Leopard through the Apple Store: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard - Apple Store (U.S.). The price is $19.99 plus tax. You will be sent physical media by mail after placing your order.
After you install Snow Leopard you will have to download and install the Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1 to update Snow Leopard to 10.6.8 and give you access to the App Store. Access to the App Store enables you to download Mavericks if your computer meets the requirements.
Upgrading to Lion
If your computer does not meet the requirements to install Mavericks, it may still meet the requirements to install Lion.
You can purchase Lion at the Online Apple Store. The cost is $19.99 (as it was before) plus tax. It's a download. You will get an email containing a redemption code that you then use at the Mac App Store to download Lion. Save a copy of that installer to your Downloads folder because the installer deletes itself at the end of the installation.
Upgrading to Mountain Lion
To upgrade to Mountain Lion you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or Lion installed. Purchase a redemption code at the Online Apple Store: OS X Mountain Lion. Mountain Lion is $19.99 plus tax. Use the code to redeem a download of Mountain Lion from the App Store. The file is quite large, over 4 GBs, so allow some time to download. It would be preferable to use Ethernet because it is nearly four times faster than wireless.

Mountain lion download is very slow and in-between it hangs of and starts from beginning. Is there a solution i have already purchased it can i download a torrent and authorize it

Mountain lion download is very slow and in-between it hangs of and starts from beginning. Is there a solution I have already purchased it can I download a torrent and authorize it. Somebody pl. Help

Exactly. Some of us don't understand the situation in India. This is a country with sickest internet speeds. The internet segment is dominated by fraudulant companies. There is no consistency that is why most of the data transfer here is through Pen drives and torrent websites. We have never seen a good downlooad speed here. And on the top of inconsistency lies the Mac book Air without a built in RJ45 port.
If i have to do it in an internet cafe it will cost me more time and money than to purchase a Mac book air itself. Apple should start giving us software loaded flash drives at least at premium.

My mac OSX lion is now very slow, any idea why?

my mac OSX lion is now very slow, any idea why?

Things You Can Do To Resolve Slow Downs
If your computer seems to be running slower here are some things you can do:
Start with a visit to: OS X Maintenance - MacAttorney.
Boot into Safe Mode then repair your hard drive and permissions:
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions Pre-Lion/Mountain Lion
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
Repair the Hard Drive - Lion/Mountain Lion
Boot from your Lion Recovery HD. When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported, then click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the main menu. Select Restart from the Apple menu.
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Restart your computer normally and see if this has helped any. Next do some maintenance:
Suggestions for OS X Maintenance
For situations Disk Utility cannot handle the best third-party utility is Disk Warrior; DW only fixes problems with the disk directory, but most disk problems are caused by directory corruption; Disk Warrior 4.x is now Intel Mac compatible.
OS X performs certain maintenance functions that are scheduled to occur on a daily, weekly, or monthly period. The maintenance scripts run in the early AM only if the computer is turned on 24/7 (no sleep.) If this isn't the case, then an excellent solution is to download and install a shareware utility such as Macaroni, JAW PseudoAnacron, or Anacron that will automate the maintenance activity regardless of whether the computer is turned off or asleep. Dependence upon third-party utilities to run the periodic maintenance scripts was significantly reduced since Tiger. These utilities have limited or no functionality with Snow Leopard or Lion and should not be installed.
OS X automatically defragments files less than 20 MBs in size, so unless you have a disk full of very large files there's little need for defragmenting the hard drive. As for virus protection there are few if any such animals affecting OS X. You can protect the computer easily using the freeware Open Source virus protection software ClamXAV. Personally I would avoid most commercial anti-virus software because of their potential for causing problems. For more about malware see Macintosh Virus Guide.
I would also recommend downloading a utility such as TinkerTool System, OnyX 2.4.3, or Cocktail 5.1.1 that you can use for periodic maintenance such as removing old log files and archives, clearing caches, etc.
For emergency repairs install the freeware utility Applejack. If you cannot start up in OS X, you may be able to start in single-user mode from which you can run Applejack to do a whole set of repair and maintenance routines from the command line. Note that AppleJack 1.5 is required for Leopard. AppleJack 1.6 is compatible with Snow Leopard. There is no confirmation that this version also works with Lion.
When you install any new system software or updates be sure to repair the hard drive and permissions beforehand.
Get an external Firewire drive at least equal in size to the internal hard drive and make (and maintain) a bootable clone/backup. You can make a bootable clone using the Restore option of Disk Utility. You can also make and maintain clones with good backup software. My personal recommendations are (order is not significant):
1. Carbon Copy Cloner
2. Data Backup
3. Deja Vu
4. SuperDuper!
5. SyncTwoFolders
6. Synk Pro
7. Synk Standard
8. Tri-Backup
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQs on maintenance, optimization, virus protection, and backup and restore.
Additional suggestions will be found in Mac maintenance Quick Assist.
Referenced software can be found at CNet Downloads or MacUpdate.
Additional Hints
Be sure you have an adequate amount of RAM installed for the number of applications you run concurrently. Be sure you leave a minimum of 10% of the hard drive's capacity as free space.
Add more RAM. If your computer has less than 2 GBs of RAM and you are using OS X Leopard or later, then you can do with more RAM. Snow Leopard and Lion work much better with 4 GBs of RAM than their system minimums. The more concurrent applications you tend to use the more RAM you should have.
Always maintain at least 15 GBs or 10% of your hard drive's capacity as free space, whichever is greater. OS X is frequently accessing your hard drive, so providing adequate free space will keep things from slowing down.
Check for applications that may be hogging the CPU:
Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder. Select All Processes from the Processes dropdown menu. Click twice on the CPU% column header to display in descending order. If you find a process using a large amount of CPU time, then select the process and click on the Quit icon in the toolbar. Click on the Force Quit button to kill the process. See if that helps. Be sure to note the name of the runaway process so you can track down the cause of the problem.
Often this problem occurs because of a corrupted cache or preferences file or an attempt to write to a corrupted log file.

Why does Lion seem slower than Snow Leppard?

Why does Lion seem slower than Snow Leppard?

michaelfromrice lake wrote:
Why does Lion seem slower than Snow Leppard?
It's anyone's guess. Startup and shutdown as well as application launches take longer in Lion than they did in Snow Leopard on the three Macs that I "upgraded," and I also see the spinning beach ball more often than I used to. Add to that the HDMI-related crashes on my Mac mini...
Quite frankly, I have yet to see where I have gained any advantages after upgrading to Lion, and I definititely have problems that I didn't have under Snow Leopard. Of course, all of it must be my fault, as Apple would never ever relase an upgrade that was less than perfect.

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