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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1622377"><p>If you're determined to fix rather than replace this six-year-old machine, my suggestions would be to max out the RAM (we'll need some more detailed specs on the model for info on that) and replace the 320GB hard drive with a 256GB or 512GB SSD (Intel is <a href="http://www.electronista.com/articles/14/11/21/macnn.and.electronista.deals.for.november.21.2014/" target="_blank">having a sale on them</a> at the moment).</p><p></p><p>I wonder if the slowness is caused by tons of crap on the desktop? If so, you might try this: gather everything that was on the desktop into a folder, then put the folder inside the Home folder. IOW, the only thing visible on the desktop is the Dock, the Menubar, the background and the hard drive icon. Even if it doesn't help much, believe me your machine will be VERY happy you cleaned that up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1622377"] If you're determined to fix rather than replace this six-year-old machine, my suggestions would be to max out the RAM (we'll need some more detailed specs on the model for info on that) and replace the 320GB hard drive with a 256GB or 512GB SSD (Intel is [URL="http://www.electronista.com/articles/14/11/21/macnn.and.electronista.deals.for.november.21.2014/"]having a sale on them[/URL] at the moment). I wonder if the slowness is caused by tons of crap on the desktop? If so, you might try this: gather everything that was on the desktop into a folder, then put the folder inside the Home folder. IOW, the only thing visible on the desktop is the Dock, the Menubar, the background and the hard drive icon. Even if it doesn't help much, believe me your machine will be VERY happy you cleaned that up. [/QUOTE]
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