I’m having a strange problem. It has happened occasionally in the past after a having the computer on for a couple of days with no restart and lots of entry into DT that on quitting, DT hangs up and I have to force quit.
Now it’s happening much more often and not under the same conditions. I’d say more than half the time I try to quit DT the db closes and then DT hangs and hangs and I have to force quit. When I get the force quit window it says Dt is not responding. I have taken to shutting my computer down each night and rebooting the next morning since everything seems to work more efficiently, but this problem is still happening. I always do lots of work in DT, so that will never change. It’s my workhorse and the foundation of everything I do.
Another thing I’ve noticed is that my system memory usage has really gone up since the last OS update—it might have been going up all along, but I never noticed. I was noticing slowdowns so I started to monitor this more closely. Anyway, as a result I stopped using all but the most essential widgets and programs and got a lot more streamlined (can’t afford more RAM right now). I would have expected that I would see less of this issue, but it hasn’t changed.
So, I’m wondering if there are any ideas on why this is happening and how I can get it to stop. I’m running DT on an iBook, 12" 1.2 mhz, 768 RAM, 80 gig hard drive (only half full). I’ve never had a problem with DT—my searches are very fast, no slowdowns, etc.—before except for the occasional hang up which was never a big issue. I’m concerned about why this might be happening so often now.
Thanks!!!
Alexandria