Anybody think radio acts slower and slower as time goes on? My last post took 60 seconds to get a reply from the server. What's the point of having the server on the desktop if it takes longer than a typical remote server to answer? [ Mathieu's Radio Weblog]
Since I noticed exactly that today, I followed the tip and compacted my database. To do this, simply go to the Radio menu, into the Utilities submenu, and call Compact Databases. After confirming, Radio rattled away for a while and my databases shrank from 24 MB to 3.3 MB. After that it's faster. You should run this point regularly (once or twice a week?) so that Radio doesn't get too slow. To be safe, you should make copies of the database files beforehand, in case something goes wrong during compression and Radio still runs.
Found at Garth Kidd: Deadly Bloody Serious about Radio UserLand.