AltecXP Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 So I'll be using SL and everything running fine and smooth then it will just hang for 2-3seconds and I'll get a beach ball, then it will be back to good then a beach ball a few minutes later. This is a clean install, on a unibody, MacBook and not using anything more than Adium, Safari and iTunes. The only other apps installed are Unison, VLC, Colloquy, Growl, and Gmail Notifier. I have also noticed streaming video having more lag then it did in Leopard if its not in the foreground. There is nothing running high in CPU or memory usage, and my HDD does not seem to be having any issues (passes the check in Disk Utility and I have repaired Perm's just for the sake of doing so). 10.6.1 doesn't seem to have helped. The machine specs are: C2D 2.4GHz 4GB DDR3 1067MHz 320GB 7200RPM HDD, about 220GB free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 I wish I could help, but you've got me stumped. :\ I've seen more occurrences of the beach ball in Snow Leopard, but no more hanging than normal. I think Apple's just done better to show when your application won't really respond for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giga Veteran Posted September 17, 2009 Veteran Share Posted September 17, 2009 Do an SMC reset. If that doesn't help, zap the pram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AltecXP Posted September 17, 2009 Author Share Posted September 17, 2009 I still don't understand those 2 enough to know how they effect how the OS runs, but I'll try them. I don't have to reset my BIOS on my PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AltecXP Posted September 18, 2009 Author Share Posted September 18, 2009 Thanks that seems to have fixed it, not sure how though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Thanks that seems to have fixed it, not sure how though. The SMC and PRAM control and hold information pertaining to how just about all the internals of the system run (power management, battery management, etc.). Resetting them sometimes can help some settings that might've gotten corrupt somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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