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Hey everyone.. new here. I've been reading your forums to figure out other issues but I've gotten so frustrated with this computer I had to make an account to ask it myself!!!
I have a 2009 Macbook Pro unibody, 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, and a 500 GB HD. (OS X version 10.6.8)
It came with 4 GB of memory but since it has been running SO FRUSTRATINGLY SLOW for the past few months, I recently bought 8GB of memory and replaced it.. still slow as molasses.
I edit with Final Cut Pro, so I need my computer to go fast. It used to be fine, but now it's taking 5-6 second files 6 or more minutes to render!
I've also had issues with my wireless internet going slow as well, I've tried changing the DNS stuff and it didn't really work. Flash videos start out fine, then after a few minutes become unwatchable as they basically only play a few frames per second of the video while the audio stays normal.. so I only get a few moving pictures with all the sound.. It's SO annoying! I'm trying to edit a music video and it's going to take way longer than it should.
My mouse sometimes freezes and then jumps ahead too.
Can someone give some suggestions how to fix this? I've already cleared out a lot of files on my hard drive, to the point where it was less than half full, but still running slow.
The memory did show up in the About this Apple so I'm assuming I installed it correctly.
I tried getting different kinds of coolbook applications to slow down the fans but I heard those aren't really good for the computer.. what else can I do??
Thanks for your help!
I have a 2009 Macbook Pro unibody, 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, and a 500 GB HD. (OS X version 10.6.8)
It came with 4 GB of memory but since it has been running SO FRUSTRATINGLY SLOW for the past few months, I recently bought 8GB of memory and replaced it.. still slow as molasses.
I edit with Final Cut Pro, so I need my computer to go fast. It used to be fine, but now it's taking 5-6 second files 6 or more minutes to render!
I've also had issues with my wireless internet going slow as well, I've tried changing the DNS stuff and it didn't really work. Flash videos start out fine, then after a few minutes become unwatchable as they basically only play a few frames per second of the video while the audio stays normal.. so I only get a few moving pictures with all the sound.. It's SO annoying! I'm trying to edit a music video and it's going to take way longer than it should.
My mouse sometimes freezes and then jumps ahead too.
Can someone give some suggestions how to fix this? I've already cleared out a lot of files on my hard drive, to the point where it was less than half full, but still running slow.
The memory did show up in the About this Apple so I'm assuming I installed it correctly.
I tried getting different kinds of coolbook applications to slow down the fans but I heard those aren't really good for the computer.. what else can I do??
Thanks for your help!