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iWonder

iWonder


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Your Mac's Specs
iBook 12" G4, 30 GB, 768 MB RAM. iPod 5G 30GB.
my iBook g4 seems to be quitting programs alot and the typing on it is really reallyu laggy.. its really slow to! ive tried disk utility and am about to try a script runner like cocktail or onyx. any ideas why?
 
Benjamindaines

Benjamindaines


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A religiously oppressed state
Your Mac's Specs
17" MacBook Pro
You're feeling the wrath of Graphite JK
Try freeing up some hard drive space if you have less then 10gig available. You might also want to look into upgrading your memory if you still have the stock 256mb.
 
macAttack

macAttack


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iBook
take a look in activity monitor, too. See whats taking up all that memory
 

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