Slow iMac

dwrenaud · dwrenaud #1 (**permalink**)

10-23-2010, 07:33 AM

My 3 year old iMac is running very slow; opening files and apps as well as accessing internet There are 3 accounts on this Mac. My daughter's account is extremely slow. The disk drive is working hard for everyntask.

I've run disk permissions and have about 25 gigs of 250 remaining.

I'm not new to macs, however this is the 1st time with issues like this? Any suggestions on actions to take?

Thanks

pigoo3 · pigoo3 #2 (**permalink**)

10-23-2010, 07:37 AM

The almost full hard drive is probably the problem. You only have about 10% free...which is getting pretty low. I would recommend deleting a bunch of stuff from the hard drive if possible...or upgrading to a bigger HD.

HTH,

- Nick

dwrenaud · dwrenaud #3 (**permalink**)

10-23-2010, 08:05 AM

What I'm finding is Internet access is really slow on my daughter's account but not then others. I've cleared safari cache but no improvement.

bobtomay · bobtomay #4 (**permalink**)

10-23-2010, 08:21 AM

Note: Moved to appropriate forum. This has nothing to do with community suggestions / comments.

pigoo3 · pigoo3 #5 (**permalink**)

10-23-2010, 08:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dwrenaud

What I'm finding is Internet access is really slow on my daughter's account but not then others. I've cleared safari cache but no improvement.

I'm not exactly sure why just this one account is slower than the others...but the 90% (or more) full hard drive already is...or soon will effect all accounts.

- Nick

vansmith · vansmith #6 (**permalink**)

10-23-2010, 11:07 AM

Just for clarification - is the browser itself slow or is your connection slow? Also, have you tried another browser?

mapple · mapple #7 (**permalink**)

10-23-2010, 03:58 PM

I use a little prog called clean my mac its great for keeping everything tip top.

chas_m · chas_m #8 (**permalink**)

10-23-2010, 11:56 PM

At three years old, that hard drive may be due for replacement. That's a cheap option.

Rizzy · Rizzy #9 (**permalink**)

10-27-2010, 08:55 PM

Well, if this helps anything, Macs use whatever remaining space on your hard drive as virtual RAM/memory. Not only will things "in general" slow down because of your drive being filled almost to capacity (mechanically it will slow down as it has to "look harder" for things) but now that you've only got 25GB's available of 250, then some of your virtual RAM may be "down" too...which would also slow the machine down.

Food for thought.

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Member Since: May 20, 2008 Location: U.S. Posts: 20,336 Mac Specs: 13" MB 2.4ghz, 2gig ram, OS 10.7.4	10-23-2010, 07:37 AM The almost full hard drive is probably the problem. You only have about 10% free...which is getting pretty low. I would recommend deleting a bunch of stuff from the hard drive if possible...or upgrading to a bigger HD. HTH, - Nick - Computer slow, too many "beachballs", read this: Beachballs - Computer seems slower than it used to? Read this for some speedup tips: Speedup - Almost full hard drive? Some solutions. Out of Space - Apple Battery Info. Battery
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dwrenaud #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 23, 2010 Posts: 2	10-23-2010, 07:33 AM My 3 year old iMac is running very slow; opening files and apps as well as accessing internet There are 3 accounts on this Mac. My daughter's account is extremely slow. The disk drive is working hard for everyntask. I've run disk permissions and have about 25 gigs of 250 remaining. I'm not new to macs, however this is the 1st time with issues like this? Any suggestions on actions to take? Thanks
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mapple #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 09, 2010 Posts: 17 Mac Specs: iMac 2.93 GHz Intel Core i7 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3	10-23-2010, 03:58 PM I use a little prog called clean my mac its great for keeping everything tip top.
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Rizzy #9 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 31, 2010 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 25 Mac Specs: 2010 27" iMac: CPU - Intel i5, 2.66GHz, 4GB RAM, 1TB HDD, running Snow Leopard 10.6.4	10-27-2010, 08:55 PM Well, if this helps anything, Macs use whatever remaining space on your hard drive as virtual RAM/memory. Not only will things "in general" slow down because of your drive being filled almost to capacity (mechanically it will slow down as it has to "look harder" for things) but now that you've only got 25GB's available of 250, then some of your virtual RAM may be "down" too...which would also slow the machine down. Food for thought.
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