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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1576164" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>Those Activity Monitor numbers were pretty indicative of a why a computer would be slow. So unless there are mutiple issues...I think that rebooting on a regular basis will keep things speedy.</p><p></p><p>The next common problem folks have is letting their hard drive get too full. You mentioned that you have a 500gig hard drive with 95gig free. This is an approx. 80% full situation (20% free). With OS X...once a hard drive starts to get 85-90% full (10-15% free)...slowdowns can then start to occur. So this is something to keep an eye on as well. </p><p></p><p>Or now is the time to start deleting the "junk", or "off-loading" items that are not used frequently.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1576164, member: 56379"] Those Activity Monitor numbers were pretty indicative of a why a computer would be slow. So unless there are mutiple issues...I think that rebooting on a regular basis will keep things speedy. The next common problem folks have is letting their hard drive get too full. You mentioned that you have a 500gig hard drive with 95gig free. This is an approx. 80% full situation (20% free). With OS X...once a hard drive starts to get 85-90% full (10-15% free)...slowdowns can then start to occur. So this is something to keep an eye on as well. Or now is the time to start deleting the "junk", or "off-loading" items that are not used frequently.;) - Nick [/QUOTE]
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