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<blockquote data-quote="Steve3664" data-source="post: 1603275" data-attributes="member: 332579"><p>Hi guys. </p><p></p><p>Ive been a long time Mac user and its very rare Ive ever had reason to complain or criticise... But! There is always a first time.</p><p></p><p>I have used my iMac for the same thing for 3+ years, and until recently I did not experience any problems whatsoever.</p><p></p><p>The basic problem is the iMac is running very very slow. For example, iTunes keeps buffering and it can take 2-3 minutes for a Safari web page to open, sometimes you have to press return 2 or 3 times to get it to open too.</p><p></p><p>I have been in Activity Monitor and I can pretty much see what is causing the problem, but I don't understand why the problem is there or how to fix it. </p><p></p><p>This is a screen shot of my Memory usage...</p><p></p><p><a href="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f206/steve3664/ScreenShot2014-09-05at120416_zps96700fc6.png" target="_blank">http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f206/steve3664/ScreenShot2014-09-05at120416_zps96700fc6.png</a></p><p></p><p>Now you can see that Flash Player and Kernel_task are the biggest culprits. I have no idea what kernel_task is or why its using 434 MB of memory.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f206/steve3664/ScreenShot2014-09-05at120654_zpsb810b0ea.png" target="_blank">http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f206/steve3664/ScreenShot2014-09-05at120654_zpsb810b0ea.png</a></p><p></p><p>This shows that the RAM is maxed.</p><p></p><p>So... I understand the issue... BUT how do I fix it, and why was it not a problem before? Seriously guys I use my Mac for the same thing.... and have done for over 3 years, and this issue is recent. I have never had memory problems before.</p><p></p><p>I hope someone can help me?</p><p></p><p>Thank you</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steve3664, post: 1603275, member: 332579"] Hi guys. Ive been a long time Mac user and its very rare Ive ever had reason to complain or criticise... But! There is always a first time. I have used my iMac for the same thing for 3+ years, and until recently I did not experience any problems whatsoever. The basic problem is the iMac is running very very slow. For example, iTunes keeps buffering and it can take 2-3 minutes for a Safari web page to open, sometimes you have to press return 2 or 3 times to get it to open too. I have been in Activity Monitor and I can pretty much see what is causing the problem, but I don't understand why the problem is there or how to fix it. This is a screen shot of my Memory usage... [url]http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f206/steve3664/ScreenShot2014-09-05at120416_zps96700fc6.png[/url] Now you can see that Flash Player and Kernel_task are the biggest culprits. I have no idea what kernel_task is or why its using 434 MB of memory. [url]http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f206/steve3664/ScreenShot2014-09-05at120654_zpsb810b0ea.png[/url] This shows that the RAM is maxed. So... I understand the issue... BUT how do I fix it, and why was it not a problem before? Seriously guys I use my Mac for the same thing.... and have done for over 3 years, and this issue is recent. I have never had memory problems before. I hope someone can help me? Thank you [/QUOTE]
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