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Speeding up a mac; problem installations?
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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 811414" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>That drive icon indicates that you have not installed Firefox or Thunderbird. You are simply opening Firefox from the icon in your picture above. To install Firefox, you need to drag that Firefox icon into the Applications folder shown right there next to it.</p><p></p><p>The same for Thunderbird and any other Mac application that does not come with it's own installer. To install most Mac programs, you simply drag and drop them into the Applications folder. Once you've dropped it into the Applications folder, then you can close that window, close the drive icon, and delete the download you've been using to open the program. The apps that don't have the Applications icon sitting in there, you'll have to open a separate Finder window to drag them over to the App folder.</p><p></p><p>Activity Monitor will show you all the processes that are running on your computer.</p><p></p><p>Part of your issue is going to be the 256MB RAM.</p><p></p><p>Part of your issue is the fact that you have Norton running on the thing, There really is no need to have that or any other anti-virus running full time on your Mac. Without a doubt it is using a big chunk of your CPU and RAM that shouldn't be wasted on your G4 with only 256MB.</p><p></p><p>Get rid of the changing desktop every 5 seconds. You don't have enough memory in that machine to be doing something like that unless you like waiting for things like mousing over the dock or right clicking. Change it to 10 minutes or better, 30 minutes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 811414, member: 24160"] That drive icon indicates that you have not installed Firefox or Thunderbird. You are simply opening Firefox from the icon in your picture above. To install Firefox, you need to drag that Firefox icon into the Applications folder shown right there next to it. The same for Thunderbird and any other Mac application that does not come with it's own installer. To install most Mac programs, you simply drag and drop them into the Applications folder. Once you've dropped it into the Applications folder, then you can close that window, close the drive icon, and delete the download you've been using to open the program. The apps that don't have the Applications icon sitting in there, you'll have to open a separate Finder window to drag them over to the App folder. Activity Monitor will show you all the processes that are running on your computer. Part of your issue is going to be the 256MB RAM. Part of your issue is the fact that you have Norton running on the thing, There really is no need to have that or any other anti-virus running full time on your Mac. Without a doubt it is using a big chunk of your CPU and RAM that shouldn't be wasted on your G4 with only 256MB. Get rid of the changing desktop every 5 seconds. You don't have enough memory in that machine to be doing something like that unless you like waiting for things like mousing over the dock or right clicking. Change it to 10 minutes or better, 30 minutes. [/QUOTE]
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