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My mac is slow
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1532434" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>As you can see...the "Kernel Task" is taking up 336%...which is certainly slowing things down.</p><p></p><p>1. Have you tried rebooting the computer?</p><p>2. Do you have any 3rd party "OS customization" programs installed?</p><p>3. Do you have any external devices connected to this computer?</p><p>4. Try an SMC and PRAM reset:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964" target="_blank">Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)</a></p><p><a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379" target="_blank">About NVRAM and PRAM</a></p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1532434, member: 56379"] As you can see...the "Kernel Task" is taking up 336%...which is certainly slowing things down. 1. Have you tried rebooting the computer? 2. Do you have any 3rd party "OS customization" programs installed? 3. Do you have any external devices connected to this computer? 4. Try an SMC and PRAM reset: [url=http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964]Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)[/url] [url=http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379]About NVRAM and PRAM[/url] - Nick [/QUOTE]
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