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Slow Mac when watching anything online - help?
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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1204622"><p>a. Having "60GB free" doesn't really tell us much. If that's 60GB out of a 750GB drive with 8GB RAM, that would be considered very low.</p><p></p><p>b. What precisely do you mean by "watch online?" YouTube? Hulu? Something else?</p><p></p><p>c. The advice to switch browsers was meant to help you figure out if the problem was due to web caches. Doesn't seem to be the issue.</p><p></p><p>d. Have you updated to the latest versions of: Flash player, <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/wmcomponents.mspx" target="_blank">Flip4Mac WMV Player</a> and <a href="http://perian.org" target="_blank">Perian</a>?</p><p></p><p>e. Finally, try this: open Activity Monitor, set it to monitor CPU use and then keep an eye on it while you try to play a video. Let us know what you find out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1204622"] a. Having "60GB free" doesn't really tell us much. If that's 60GB out of a 750GB drive with 8GB RAM, that would be considered very low. b. What precisely do you mean by "watch online?" YouTube? Hulu? Something else? c. The advice to switch browsers was meant to help you figure out if the problem was due to web caches. Doesn't seem to be the issue. d. Have you updated to the latest versions of: Flash player, [URL="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/wmcomponents.mspx"]Flip4Mac WMV Player[/URL] and [URL="http://perian.org"]Perian[/URL]? e. Finally, try this: open Activity Monitor, set it to monitor CPU use and then keep an eye on it while you try to play a video. Let us know what you find out. [/QUOTE]
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