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Re: Re: Slow performance on OS X?

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• Subject: [mg56669] Re: [mg56616] Re: Slow performance on OS X?
• From: Igor Antonio <igora at wolf-ram.com>
• Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 05:26:21 -0400 (EDT)
• Organization: Wolfram Research, Inc.
• References: <d4q1mb$og1$1@smc.vnet.net> <d4so1c$abo$1@smc.vnet.net> <200504300527.BAA23906@smc.vnet.net>
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Kenneth Bowman wrote:
> In article <d4so1c$abo$1 at smc.vnet.net>, "ragfield" <ragfield at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>>2.5 GHz, dual-processor G5 with 2 GB of RAM and OS X 10.3.9
>>
>>I have the exact same machine you describe and I have never seen
>>problems like this (at least 5.0 & 5.1, I don't have 4.1.5 or 4.2
>>handy).  Try quitting & moving your ~/Library/Mathematica folder to
>>your desktop to see if the problem still happens.  
> 
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion, but that didn't help.
> 
> 
>>Look at the CPU usage with the 'top' command or
>>/Applications/Utilities/ActivityMonitor.app.  Does Mathematica use
>>excessive amounts of CPU time?
> 
> 
> No.  CPU usage remains minimal.  It takes 45-60 seconds for Mathematica to 
> start, during which time Activity Monitor frequently shows the process as 
> "hung".  Opening a short, 3-line Mathematica file takes about 20 seconds.
>  This is on a nearly new system.  I don't have slow-downs with any other apps.
> 
> Ken Bowman

Are you connecting to a Mathematica License Manager?

I suggest you contact technical support: support at wolfram.com


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