On Nov 25, 2013, at 3:54 PM, N. Shani wrote: > Dan, all questions are valid, so let me try and expand: > > - What *in particular* is slow? Everything. Trying to launch any application > is a long wait. Didn't use to be so. Opening another tab in Safari, saving a > document, opening a document, you name it > > - What' all is running? Typical applications in use are: Word, Excel, iTunes, > Safari
Is it slow when trying to launch an application with no other apps open? > > - Have you tried clearing your browser and other user caches? Browser: > affirmative. What other caches do you have in mind? /Library/Caches ~/Library/Caches This is in your user folder. For both of them you can simply toss the Caches folder in the trash. There is also one at /System/Library/Caches but I only toss that one with more extreme problems. > > - Have you tried running the three Apple-provided system maintenance scripts? > Please elaborate. I'm going to try AHT soon (once I locate the 10.6 DVD and > have the time to scoot to where said iMac resides) In Terminal you type: sudo periodic daily sudo periodic weekly sudo periodic monthly > > - Have you tried rebooting? Done daily > > - Have you tried rebooting into Safe Mode (which clears a bunch of system > caches), then rebooting normally? Not yet. Will be done when I locate DVD, > scoot over - you get the idea > All you need to do is hold down the shift key during startup. Once it completes and you've tried a few things to see if it's still slow, you need to restart to boot it without Safe Mode. > I'll be happy to learn about your thinking: I'm not an expert by any stretch > of the imagination but am not afraid to try reasonable things (as pointed > earlier). I've been using Macs for ages (starting with SE/System 5? in the > late 80s, then LC475, G5, MacBook, MacBook Air) and had a good run with them: > none failed catastrophically - usually I kept them long enough till I could > afford a newer version. > > I realize that this iMac may possibly have a badly fragmented HD (considering > its age and usage) - could that be the issue in your opinion? As it is an > Intel-based iMac, it is whisper quiet compared to the G5 (I never heard its > fans roar like the G5 or sometime the MacBook). Fragmentation isn't likely a problem, the OS tends to prevent that. Low disk space can be a problem but you said you had plenty of free space. Have you run Disk Utility / Disk Verify? I have had a couple of cases of slowness that was corrected running Disk Repair. You can't run Disk Repair without booting from another disk but if Disk Verify shows no problem then you don't need to run Disk Repair. You can also try running Disk Utility / Permissions repair (booted from the hard disk in question). It rarely fixes things but when it does it works well. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
