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macOS - Desktop Hardware
colored disk/slow mac
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<blockquote data-quote="dawson1112" data-source="post: 1487342" data-attributes="member: 264710"><p>being a core duo model is gonna limit your ram upgrade. This is an early 2006 model mac your likely only gonna be able to upgrade to 2 gigs of ram. But its still quite capable of being a usefull computer. </p><p></p><p> I would check the startup items folder and see if it has a lot of stuff loading at startup , eliminate any startup items you don't need running. Use disk utilities to repair the disk and permissions. </p><p> </p><p> It also wouldn't hurt being this old of a mac to either take it and have it cleaned out and new thermal paste applied to the heatsinks , or if you are comfortable doing it yourself , ( I warn you though disassembling a laptop of any type can be very time consuming , and may cause damage if you don't know how to do it. ) But I think that a good cleaning of all the dust will help the unit run cooler and ultimately breathe some life back into the unit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dawson1112, post: 1487342, member: 264710"] being a core duo model is gonna limit your ram upgrade. This is an early 2006 model mac your likely only gonna be able to upgrade to 2 gigs of ram. But its still quite capable of being a usefull computer. I would check the startup items folder and see if it has a lot of stuff loading at startup , eliminate any startup items you don't need running. Use disk utilities to repair the disk and permissions. It also wouldn't hurt being this old of a mac to either take it and have it cleaned out and new thermal paste applied to the heatsinks , or if you are comfortable doing it yourself , ( I warn you though disassembling a laptop of any type can be very time consuming , and may cause damage if you don't know how to do it. ) But I think that a good cleaning of all the dust will help the unit run cooler and ultimately breathe some life back into the unit. [/QUOTE]
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