At 7:38 AM -0500 11/24/2013, N. Shani wrote:
- late 2006 17" [iMac]
- OS is 10.6.8, with current updates
- stock HD 160 GB, ~1/2 full
- 2.5 GB RAM (stock was 2x 512 MB, so one 512 MB stick was exchanged
with 2 GB stick)
what is causing the above to slow down.
- monitoring active CPU processes doesn't show any process hogging
the CPU beyond a few % (not even M$-related, such as Excel or Word)
What *in particular* is slow?
What'all is running?
Have you tried clearing your browser and other user caches?
Have you tried running the three Apple-provided system maintenance scripts?
Have you tried rebooting?
Have you tired rebooting into Safe Mode (which clears a bunch of
system caches), then rebooting normally?
Thanks to anyone who can assist with ideas on how to speed this
iMac, which is otherwise running fine.
"otherwise"?????? At this point, we have only an incomplete report
from you: You haven't actually said what tasks are slow. "My car is
running slow" -- Can't tell if your car is slow because the driveway
is knee deep in dead frogs, if you've left the garage door closed, or
if you broke your foot so pushing on the gas pedal is a problem, or
if you unbolted the engine and left it on the floor...
Before you jump off the deep end with the disk maintenance described
in the other thread forks,,, do the basics as described above and
provide some detailed information.
- Dan.
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- Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth.
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