PowerBook G4 Running Slow

[Flytmom]

I have an older PowerBook G4 that has begun running slowly. I still have 14GB on the hard drive...so I am not sure what the issue is. Can anyone tell me how to look for issues? I would also like to delete some files/applications that I do not need...but not sure how to see usage to determine if it is really not used.

thanks for any help

 

[kahlil88]

What are the specs on your machine (in particular the CPU speed, amount of RAM and current OS). If you're looking to free up space, I highly recommend Monolingual.

 

[Strimkind]

It could be as simple as repairing disk permissions using Disk Utility. That fixes a lot of slowdowns.

 

[harryb2448]

Also download Main menu and run the maintenance and cleaning programs regularly.

Santa Software | MainMenu

 

[AudMan]

yeh im experiencing the same... 1.5ghz... 512 mb RAM... 12 inch... sometimes when i restart the computer, at the very begining, it appears to be frozen for a while... n theni access activity monitor to close some... can i free up some stuff?

I was gonna get ram upgrade, then reverting to factory settings... any ideas? before i take desperate measures?