New Mac User - Slowing down system

Munazza · Munazza #1 (**permalink**)

03-25-2012, 04:41 AM

Dear Crowd,

I am a new Mac user (two-months old), happily discovering my new machine. For the past two days, have been experiencing a continuously slowing-down laptop. It seems to be reading everything constantly, is late in opening applications/ browsing data ... the only new thing I did was download Picassa for Mac (two days ago) which I am hoping is the only problem that would go away if I have to uninstall it!

Any advice (in layman language) from any corner would be much appreciated.

Warmest,
M

madwolfe · madwolfe #2 (**permalink**)

03-25-2012, 06:04 AM

Check how much space is left on your Hard Drive, roughly 15% should be free.
You can also check Activity Monitor and see the amount of CPU and RAM is available.

Chuckoir · Chuckoir #3 (**permalink**)

03-25-2012, 07:29 AM

Have you downloaded/any sort of anti virus software as these can cause catastrophic problems.

harryb2448 · harryb2448 #4 (**permalink**)

03-25-2012, 05:48 PM

And that includes MacKeeper and Mac Defender.

harryb2448 #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 28, 2007 Location: Nambucca Heads Australia Posts: 14,103 Mac Specs: iMac i5 2.7GHz OS X.8.3	03-25-2012, 05:48 PM And that includes MacKeeper and Mac Defender. *Hang on to those original install discs like grim death! Using OS X.7 or later make a bootable USB thumb drive before running Installer!*
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Munazza #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 22, 2012 Posts: 1	03-25-2012, 04:41 AM Dear Crowd, I am a new Mac user (two-months old), happily discovering my new machine. For the past two days, have been experiencing a continuously slowing-down laptop. It seems to be reading everything constantly, is late in opening applications/ browsing data ... the only new thing I did was download Picassa for Mac (two days ago) which I am hoping is the only problem that would go away if I have to uninstall it! Any advice (in layman language) from any corner would be much appreciated. Warmest, M
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madwolfe #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 24, 2011 Posts: 89 Mac Specs: 20" iMac, Late 2007, 2.4GHz (Dual Core), 1GB RAM, Radeon 2600HD OSX 10.6.8	03-25-2012, 06:04 AM Check how much space is left on your Hard Drive, roughly 15% should be free. You can also check Activity Monitor and see the amount of CPU and RAM is available.
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