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My Mac is Going Really, Really Slow
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<blockquote data-quote="Soulwar" data-source="post: 656883" data-attributes="member: 46986"><p>Use <a href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214" target="_blank">Disk Utility</a> to <a href="http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/durepairfns.html" target="_blank">Repair Permissions / Verify disk</a> and also, try running the <a href="http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/maintscripts.html#Anchor-Manually-49575" target="_blank">maintenance scripts.</a></p><p></p><p>What are the specs of you iMac? (processor speed, screen size)</p><p></p><p>As mentioned before, <a href="http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/lackofram.html" target="_blank">the more ram, the better.</a> </p><p>For the year you mention, it'll probably be 3 GB max for the ram. Consider maxing out the ram for maximum performance.</p><p></p><p>Try <a href="http://www.santasw.com/" target="_blank">Mainmenu</a> for cleaning up your system. Even some of the procedures I described, can be done thru it.</p><p></p><p>Use Software update and check for updates.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Soulwar, post: 656883, member: 46986"] Use [URL="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214"]Disk Utility[/URL] to [URL="http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/durepairfns.html"]Repair Permissions / Verify disk[/URL] and also, try running the [URL="http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/maintscripts.html#Anchor-Manually-49575"]maintenance scripts.[/URL] What are the specs of you iMac? (processor speed, screen size) As mentioned before, [URL="http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/lackofram.html"]the more ram, the better.[/URL] For the year you mention, it'll probably be 3 GB max for the ram. Consider maxing out the ram for maximum performance. Try [URL="http://www.santasw.com/"]Mainmenu[/URL] for cleaning up your system. Even some of the procedures I described, can be done thru it. Use Software update and check for updates. [/QUOTE]
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