Help please

Hi all, I've had my 21.5" iMac for six months and I love it. Sadly in the last month or so, things have slowed down. It takes forever to load some web pages and email load speed is terrible. What has happened? Is there a way to fix this by myself or do I need some help? I'm a 55 year old idiot so be gentle.

Let's start with some simple maintenance tasks. I highly recommend this guide:

http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/os-x-operating-system/93819-basic-os-x-mac-troubleshooting.html

Also, if you could tell us a little bit about how you connect to the Internet, that may help as well.

OK, I'll start with those steps.

I am plugging my iMac directly into an AT&T 2701HG-B 2 Wire Gateway DSL modem. I've also got a PS3 and an old PC laptop in the basement that wirelessly connect to the Gateway. Neither one of them has been turned on, or using the connection for weeks so they shouldn't be causing any trouble. I'm not sure when the slow down started, but it may have been after the last software update, I've seen some others complaining about similar slow downs after the update.

Which is the Apple key on the newer wireless keyboards?

style0 said:

Which is the Apple key on the newer wireless keyboards?

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It's the "command" key. I guess Apple has decided not to print the Apple symbol on that key anymore (both wired & wireless keyboards).

- Nick

pigoo3 said:

It's the "command" key. I guess Apple has decided not to print the Apple symbol on that key anymore (both wired & wireless keyboards).

- Nick

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Thanks

kunlunmac said:

I think there might be too much trash on your Mac, use CleanMyMac to get it fresh.

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Onyx, referenced in the guide I posted previously, is free and will clean out caches just like this one will. Regardless, that's probably not the cause.