[OS X TeX] Typesetting factor of 2 slower in Leopard

[Warren Nagourney]

When the spotlight programs stopped running, I am back to a 28 second  
typeset. Apparently something is different with Leopard, maybe a  
priority? (Even my crippled PS3 under Ubuntu typesets the book in 12  
seconds).

Cheers,

Warren N

On Jan 21, 2009, at 6:30 PM, Warren Nagourney wrote:

> Unfortunately, re-installing MacTeX had no effect. It is even  
> running slower (but I have Mail and Activity Monitor running).
>
> Actually, even though the spotlight "dot" is not blinking, mds and  
> mdworker are on and this might be what is eating up cpu cycles (I  
> didn't notice them before -  they were probably launched by my re- 
> installation). I'll wait until they finish.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Warren Nagourney
>
> On Jan 21, 2009, at 5:58 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jan 21, 2009, at 7:53 PM, Warren Nagourney wrote:
>>
>>> I just installed Leopard on my G4 Powerbook and found that  
>>> typesetting in TeXshop is a factor of two slower than it was under  
>>> Tiger (10.4.11). I waited until the Spoghtlight indexing was done  
>>> and verified (using the Activity Monitor) that there was very  
>>> little else going on when I did the typeset. I also typeset twice  
>>> in a row; both took about the same time. There was very little  
>>> disk activity according to the Activity Monitor. After booting,  
>>> with little else active (and waiting until the disk settled down),  
>>> it used to take 12-14 seconds to typeset my 245 page manuscript  
>>> (an unfinished book); now it takes about 28 sec. The processor  
>>> setting in the preferences (Energy Saving) is set at the highest.
>>>
>>> I thought I might try to reinstall MacTeX. I am using the 2008  
>>> distribution (MacTeX-2008.mpkg). Do you think that might help?  
>>> Finally, are there any other pitfalls to using TeXshop with Leopard?
>>>
>>> Thanks very much.
>>>
>>> Warren Nagourney
>>>
>>
>>
>> Howdy,
>>
>> How did you install MacTeX? The way the path is set up is different  
>> in Leopard than on prior versions of OS X. If re-installing MacTeX  
>> 2008 isn't an issue I'd recommend doing that.
>>
>> Good Luck,
>>
>> Herb Schulz
>> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
>>
>>
>>
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