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2011 Intel 27" iMac having huge slowness issues
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<blockquote data-quote="lclev" data-source="post: 1641751" data-attributes="member: 307555"><p>It would be nice to know how much memory is on the imac, the size of the hard drive and how much free space is available, and what version of OS X is it running? Also what apps are running? Is there a specific app or activity running when the beach balls occur? When was the last time it was restarted?</p><p></p><p>I can give you some maintenance things to try. </p><p></p><p>1. How full is the hard drive? There should be at least 15% of it free for file swapping.</p><p></p><p>2. Memory can be an issue if there has been an upgrade to OS X. Yosemite likes at least 4GB</p><p></p><p>3. Run Disk Utility to repair permissions and repair disk. Both are good to run occasionally.</p><p></p><p>4. Download Onyx - a free program - and run the automation tab. This will clear out cache clutter and a bunch of other stuff. Be sure to download the version that matches the version of OS X he is running.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.titanium.free.fr/onyx.html" target="_blank">Titanium Software - OnyX</a> </p><p></p><p>Lisa</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lclev, post: 1641751, member: 307555"] It would be nice to know how much memory is on the imac, the size of the hard drive and how much free space is available, and what version of OS X is it running? Also what apps are running? Is there a specific app or activity running when the beach balls occur? When was the last time it was restarted? I can give you some maintenance things to try. 1. How full is the hard drive? There should be at least 15% of it free for file swapping. 2. Memory can be an issue if there has been an upgrade to OS X. Yosemite likes at least 4GB 3. Run Disk Utility to repair permissions and repair disk. Both are good to run occasionally. 4. Download Onyx - a free program - and run the automation tab. This will clear out cache clutter and a bunch of other stuff. Be sure to download the version that matches the version of OS X he is running. [url=http://www.titanium.free.fr/onyx.html]Titanium Software - OnyX[/url] Lisa [/QUOTE]
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