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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1879380" data-attributes="member: 396914">For the diagnostics, just open Activity Monitor and look at the Memory page for memory usage. As long as Memory Pressure is Green, it's not memory bogging down the machine. Also check the CPU tab to see what is taking all the CPU when it is bogged down. You can sort the columns in the display by clicking on the header. You can click to put the heavy hitters first, or heavy hitters last.I'm assuming the jig saw puzzles are heavy on graphics, which could be slowing things down, but without more information it's just a guess.Looking at the screenshots (Thanks, by the way, they do help), I would suggest that you change the DNS server on the Ethernet/Advanced/DNS tab to add some in addition to the default router. Just click on the &quot;+&quot; at the bottom of the window where the DNS number are and add 1.1.1.1, 8.8.8.8, and 8.8.4.4 to the list. Those are all good DNS servers that will work for you better than the default you are showing.Also, I see the location block is &quot;home&quot; where normally it's &quot;Automatic.&quot; There are reasons to have a different location, but I would give &quot;Automatic&quot; a trial, it may work better for you.EDIT: I see in post #8 that Lisa suggested a change from Automatic to something else but you never said you tried it, so I would go back to Automatic if you did and it hasn't made any difference. Automatic is generally better than an assigned location.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1879380, member: 396914"] For the diagnostics, just open Activity Monitor and look at the Memory page for memory usage. As long as Memory Pressure is Green, it's not memory bogging down the machine. Also check the CPU tab to see what is taking all the CPU when it is bogged down. You can sort the columns in the display by clicking on the header. You can click to put the heavy hitters first, or heavy hitters last. I'm assuming the jig saw puzzles are heavy on graphics, which could be slowing things down, but without more information it's just a guess. Looking at the screenshots (Thanks, by the way, they do help), I would suggest that you change the DNS server on the Ethernet/Advanced/DNS tab to add some in addition to the default router. Just click on the "+" at the bottom of the window where the DNS number are and add 1.1.1.1, 8.8.8.8, and 8.8.4.4 to the list. Those are all good DNS servers that will work for you better than the default you are showing. Also, I see the location block is "home" where normally it's "Automatic." There are reasons to have a different location, but I would give "Automatic" a trial, it may work better for you. EDIT: I see in post #8 that Lisa suggested a change from Automatic to something else but you never said you tried it, so I would go back to Automatic if you did and it hasn't made any difference. Automatic is generally better than an assigned location. [/QUOTE]

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