Well that sort of worked. it still is a bit slow but it is more managable. Man I'm gogn to miss having all of my items though at hand. Ah well it ort of works. thanks. and i wish there were a way to batch clear out items especially the ones that dont' link to anythign anymore. Ah well Take care. On May 29, 2014, at 6:05 PM, Sarah k Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > i tried removing all items and setting the doc to factory defaults using the > terminal but it didn't work. I don't want to remove 50 items from the doc by > hand. bleh! I wish apple had a way to do this as it would be much easier. > like a plist file I could edit to do this. > > Take care. > On May 29, 2014, at 6:03 PM, Daniel <venables134@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> As much as the thought may not sound nice to do. It would be something I'd >> try before anything drastic as a reinstall. >> >> >>> On 30 May 2014, at 01:58, Daniel <venables134@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> This may sound a bit mad to do but how about getting rid of everything on >>> your doc and then add it back after a while. >>> >>>> On 30 May 2014, at 01:19, Sarah k Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> >>>> I already did that and still no joy. I could try again but that was the >>>> first thing I did. We'll see what happens I guess. Anyone else have any >>>> advice I did not try yet? >>>> >>>> Take care. >>>>> On May 29, 2014, at 4:28 PM, David Hilbert Poehlman >>>>> <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> E there is no guarantee that is gone until it's gone once it's gone then >>>>> run permission repair and see if the Mac works properly. >>>>> >>>>> -- Jonnie Appleseed with his Hands-On Technolog(eye)s touching the >>>>> internet Reducing technologys' disabilities one byte at a time >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On May 29, 2014, at 6:45 PM, Sarah k Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> that might work, except I don't think it will. >>>>> >>>>> I tried removing the correct PList files and logging out of the mac and >>>>> back in, however still no joy. It is very slow. The rest of the machine >>>>> is working fine. >>>>>> On May 29, 2014, at 3:20 PM, David Hilbert Poehlman >>>>>> <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Happens if you remove it >>>>>> >>>>>> On May 29, 2014, at 6:17 PM, Sarah k Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Tha'ts why I reset the prefs. in tinker tool. It reset it to factory >>>>>> defaults but still no go. >>>>>> >>>>>> I even tried rtesting it wiht a new user and it works fine. Either muy >>>>>> doc is way too cluttered or what not. I think I might try reseting it >>>>>> in the retminal terminal or something. This is an odd one. >>>>>>> On May 29, 2014, at 2:18 PM, David Hilbert Poehlman >>>>>>> <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If I had to hazard a guess that is a something weird going on with >>>>>>> tinker tool >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On May 29, 2014, at 5:07 PM, Sarah k Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello to all. since last night my doc takes about 3-5 seconds to load. >>>>>>> and when I right arrow or even vo left and right through, it takes >>>>>>> about 2 seconds for it to even respond. I don't' know how to fix this. >>>>>>> I tried >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 1. a permissions repair >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2. a restart >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 3. reseting all of my prefs in tinker tool >>>>>>> >>>>>>> and nothing has worked. I din't have time to reinstall osx at the >>>>>>> moment so what else would anyone suggest? I tried clearing out some no >>>>>>> longer used items in the doc but that is not happening either. It is >>>>>>> still very slow. 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