iMac AND iPhone running really slowly!

[olicorse]

Hi guys,

I've got an iMac that's about 2 years old. It's been running pretty slow for a while and I don't know what's wrong with it. I've tried cleaning it with Onyx and that improves it temporarily (although nowhere near fully) but then a few days later it's back to how it was before.

Also my iPhone now runs really slowly and can take about 10 seconds just to open the clock! It's only an iPhone 3G and I've got the latest OS installed on it, but I've been told that shouldn't make that much of a difference.

Do you think whatever's wrong with my iMac could somehow have been transferred to my phone too?

I was thinking of doing a complete reinstall of my iMac but if I restore my files from Time Capsule, will whatever's slowing it down be stored on there too? Please can someone advise the best way of cleaning everything up.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

Oli

 

[rzj90059]

Hello Oli, I am pretty sure that whatever is wrong with your computer isn't being transferred over to your phone. The nature of the iPhone 3G being slow nowaday is simply something most folks have learned to live with. Thats why multitasking has been left out for the poor 3G, its the lack of ram. As far as your computer, before doing any type of restore, take a look at your Activity Monitor (/Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor). See whats eating up all the RAM/CPU. Kill that app and see if there is any improvement.