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iBook G4 runs as slow as my PC!!
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<blockquote data-quote="Soulwar" data-source="post: 646978" data-attributes="member: 46986"><p>Welcome to Mac-Forums!</p><p></p><p><strong>Which OS are you using?</strong> </p><p></p><p>You may want to try <a href="http://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs2/english/download.html" target="_blank">OnyX</a> or <a href="http://www.santasw.com/" target="_blank">Mainmenu</a> You can delete caches, logs and run maintenance scripts.</p><p></p><p>Also, use Disk Utility and check the SMART status of the HDD. (select the top HDD and it will display the info at the bottom of the window) And while you're there, might as well Repair permissions with Disk Utility.</p><p></p><p>512 mb of ram really isn't enough for OSX. If you can post some info (processor speed, screen size) for your iBook, we can see what the max is and some good sites to look at.</p><p></p><p>If you're running Tiger, you can use <a href="http://members.cox.net/18james/anacron-tiger.html" target="_blank">Anacron</a>. For older OS's, there's a link on their website.</p><p></p><p>"Anacron runs the periodic daily, weekly and monthly tasks on your Mac even if the machine (a laptop, for example) spends much of its time asleep or switched-off. Anacron silently checks when you reboot and every sixty minutes while the computer is running to see if the various periodic scripts are overdue, and runs them if necessary. The advantage of Anacron over many other solutions to this issue is that it runs as a proper Unix background process, requires no user intervention, and uses the regular periodic scripts."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Soulwar, post: 646978, member: 46986"] Welcome to Mac-Forums! [B]Which OS are you using?[/B] You may want to try [URL="http://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs2/english/download.html"]OnyX[/URL] or [URL="http://www.santasw.com/"]Mainmenu[/URL] You can delete caches, logs and run maintenance scripts. Also, use Disk Utility and check the SMART status of the HDD. (select the top HDD and it will display the info at the bottom of the window) And while you're there, might as well Repair permissions with Disk Utility. 512 mb of ram really isn't enough for OSX. If you can post some info (processor speed, screen size) for your iBook, we can see what the max is and some good sites to look at. If you're running Tiger, you can use [URL="http://members.cox.net/18james/anacron-tiger.html"]Anacron[/URL]. For older OS's, there's a link on their website. "Anacron runs the periodic daily, weekly and monthly tasks on your Mac even if the machine (a laptop, for example) spends much of its time asleep or switched-off. Anacron silently checks when you reboot and every sixty minutes while the computer is running to see if the various periodic scripts are overdue, and runs them if necessary. The advantage of Anacron over many other solutions to this issue is that it runs as a proper Unix background process, requires no user intervention, and uses the regular periodic scripts." [/QUOTE]
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