Hey people I'm new here
A few weeks ago I purchased one of the new iMacs (the 20" version). I immediately updated it from Tiger to Leopard and it's been running great, i was very impressed by the quality of the computer, the speed and the smoothness of the OS.
(sorry if this is long I am just trying to describe the problem the best way I can)
Lately (two days ago) the iMac is acting up on me, it became considerably slower. For example: when I listen to songs in itunes the music skips once every few seconds, when I watch a video on YouTube the movie also skips, when I'm tying my message right at this moment sometimes it freezes and only after a few seconds i see what i wrote.
I didn't install anything and didn't change anything. Although, the day it became slower was also the day I switched printers. I have one printer hooked up to the mac, I just took out the usb cable from the printer and put in the other printer. So basically the cable was shared between two printers.
I know that in Windows sometimes when you disconnect devices the computer becomes really really slow, maybe it is the same problem here.
Also, one of my widgets is a processor gage, it's low most of the time but once every few seconds it spikes up all the way to the end and then back down.
About the printers thing, I deleted both printers from list and plugged the cable in to the original printer I always use, problem did not stop. When I restart the computer the problem is solved but after an hour or so it comes back.
That's all I can say (again sorry if it's too long), hope someone can help me
A few weeks ago I purchased one of the new iMacs (the 20" version). I immediately updated it from Tiger to Leopard and it's been running great, i was very impressed by the quality of the computer, the speed and the smoothness of the OS.
(sorry if this is long I am just trying to describe the problem the best way I can)
Lately (two days ago) the iMac is acting up on me, it became considerably slower. For example: when I listen to songs in itunes the music skips once every few seconds, when I watch a video on YouTube the movie also skips, when I'm tying my message right at this moment sometimes it freezes and only after a few seconds i see what i wrote.
I didn't install anything and didn't change anything. Although, the day it became slower was also the day I switched printers. I have one printer hooked up to the mac, I just took out the usb cable from the printer and put in the other printer. So basically the cable was shared between two printers.
I know that in Windows sometimes when you disconnect devices the computer becomes really really slow, maybe it is the same problem here.
Also, one of my widgets is a processor gage, it's low most of the time but once every few seconds it spikes up all the way to the end and then back down.
About the printers thing, I deleted both printers from list and plugged the cable in to the original printer I always use, problem did not stop. When I restart the computer the problem is solved but after an hour or so it comes back.
That's all I can say (again sorry if it's too long), hope someone can help me