[mac4theblind] Re: my doc is acting oddly.

  • From: Daniel McGee <venables134@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 17:47:14 +0100

WOW! 50 items, that’s a lot. I’ve only got 24 on mine. Maybe it was because you 
had too many. lol  
Indeed though, I hope that is the end of your Doc troubles.
On 30 May 2014, at 03:01, Sarah k Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Well removing  all items seemed to have worked. Funny ehough my doc was  so 
> slow I did not have to have it exit every time I removed something. lol!  but 
> I just did a time machine back up just in case.  We'll see how long this 
> lasts.
> 
> Take care and be blessed.
> On May 29, 2014, at 6:25 PM, Daniel <venables134@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Well Sarah, I must say, that your more advance than me. I'd never dare do 
>> command line stuff just to get a task done for fear of messing my system up! 
>> Lol 
>> How about restoring to a previous time machine backup and see if that fixes 
>> your doc complications. As a last thought, if your just loading up apps how 
>> about using the standard shift commands. Sure I know the convenience of the 
>> doc can be but if it's that's flow for you, then just bringing up a list of 
>> apps and type the first few letters of it and cmd o seems a lot nor quicker. 
>> Since you say that it's taking 5 seconds or so. It would seem to just do the 
>> above at least for now until you get it resolved. I really can't think why 
>> you are having such strangeness but I hope you get it sorted. 
>> 
>>> On 30 May 2014, at 02:05, 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. I'm at the end of my troubleshooting steps here.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> take care.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Running osx 10.9.3 on a mb air 8 gig ram.
>>>>>>>>> 
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