Hola, I have been working with several, rather lots of large psd and indd files at the same time, switching back and forth, updating, adding etc. I generally don't have any other 'major' apps open at the same time, but I would like to have Illustrator in there! After a while, everything sslllows down. I get the spinning beach ball all the time, for even switching apps. It reminds me of when I had a beige ppc and had to restart it after intensive photoshop or illustrator workings.
Anyway, what do I do? Is there a way to purge something? I don't know if that's the right word. I've restarted a few times, but I thought that OS X didn't work that way somehow? Obviously I'm well versed at this, sorry. I don't keep too many large files open at the same time, but sometimes 3 or 4 psd files while 1 or 2 indd files are open to edit parts of a book, etc. InDesign seems to respond the worst; sometimes key commands won't work anymore or it takes 3 or 4 minutes to save or close files.
I'm using a iBook 1.42 G4 w 1GB ram + running 10.4.6 (and yes I know it's not the biggest or bestest, but it works well after I restart... and then begins to get bogged down.) I feel like I repair permissions more often than one is supposed to: every couple of days... is that too often?
Also when this begins to happen, windows from one application will stay 'in front' when I've already switched applications. ie: finder windows will be on top of Camino, while I'm typing in Camino.
Any thoughts would be appreciated, thanks!
Anyway, what do I do? Is there a way to purge something? I don't know if that's the right word. I've restarted a few times, but I thought that OS X didn't work that way somehow? Obviously I'm well versed at this, sorry. I don't keep too many large files open at the same time, but sometimes 3 or 4 psd files while 1 or 2 indd files are open to edit parts of a book, etc. InDesign seems to respond the worst; sometimes key commands won't work anymore or it takes 3 or 4 minutes to save or close files.
I'm using a iBook 1.42 G4 w 1GB ram + running 10.4.6 (and yes I know it's not the biggest or bestest, but it works well after I restart... and then begins to get bogged down.) I feel like I repair permissions more often than one is supposed to: every couple of days... is that too often?
Also when this begins to happen, windows from one application will stay 'in front' when I've already switched applications. ie: finder windows will be on top of Camino, while I'm typing in Camino.
Any thoughts would be appreciated, thanks!
