You know how after using a Windows PC for a few months it stops being quite so responsive to your clicks? You start seeing the hour-glass more often, it takes longer to boot and log-in, and starting applications that previously opened almost instantly now gives you time to go and make a cup of tea? We call it “Windows-cruft” and it’s universally understood by the Windows community.
I didn’t think that Macs, especially OS X, suffered, but suffer they do. “OS X Cruft” is just as bad as Windows-cruft, and the delays and glitches are just as infuriating. For the third time in as many days I’ve had to hold down the power button on my G5 to switch it off while the spinning beachball of death obstinately refusued to go away. My crime - opening Safari. Or closing safari. Or closing a finder window. Or attempting to click something on the menu, or the dock, or ANYWHERE on the screen!
Sheesh.
“Macs don’t crash.”
“Macs are faster.”
Bull. Time for a rebuild I think…
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