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

[Warren Nagourney]

Yes, I am typesetting with TeXshop. The logs seem similar but I  
haven't examined them in detail (the document is 245 pages long). Of  
course, typesetting a small file is fast - I am afraid that both of my  
machines are running Leopard, so I can't do a comparison. For what it  
is worth, my 800 MHz iBook does it in 35 sec; formerly the iBook took  
twice as long, so something seems to have changed in the Powerbook  
(for the worse).

I did an "upgrade install" when I installed Leopard, perhaps I should  
have done a cleaner install (like "archive and install").

Cheers,

wn

On Jan 21, 2009, at 7:02 PM, Adam M. Goldstein wrote:

> This is odd. I have an intel mac, and typesetting is really fast,  
> and in any case, didn't change when I upgraded to Leopard. How are  
> you typesetting? With TeXShop? I wonder if you can take a minimal  
> document, say, a page long article, and typeset it from the command  
> line? That might narrow the problem down a little, at least. I have  
> no idea what could be causing this and am not a particularly sharp  
> troubleshooter with this sort of thing, but maybe that's a good  
> place to start.
>
> Are the logs the same in Leopard as in Tiger? Does it seem to be  
> doing anything different?
>
> mds and mdworker always seem to be doing something on my system,  
> sometimes not using much processing power, sometimes using lots.
>
> -Adam
>
> On Jan 21, 2009, at 9:39 PM, Warren Nagourney wrote:
>
>> 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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