Found recently https://fiplab.com/apps/memory-clean-for-mac that helps somewhat speeding my ancient MacBook (2006 Core2 Duo, 2 GB, SSD). Give it a try.
It helps with all those web pages that hog the RAM like there is no tomorrow, and yes, closing unused tabs helps a LOT. On 6 May 2016 at 00:57, Russell Courtenay <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a 2008 20" iMac 2.66 Core2Duo with 2 GB of ram, a 3TB hard drive > and 10.11.4 and sometimes it is dog slow. I can get 6 GB of ram used for > about $70 on eBay and am thinking that might help. > > The modern Internet uses a phenomenal amount of resources just to view it. > Firefox wants 1+ gig of ram usually but works better after a regular > restart of the browser (of course if I closed half of those 2000 open tabs > it might help!) > > The latest version of Safari shows ram usage for each tab and for some > reason when I open a simple Yahoo search it suddenly wants 2 gigs just for > that tab and here comes the beachball! > > I know ram is MY problem as whenever something suddenly slows down I try > to get to the Activity Monitor - Memory window and find Firefox wants more > ram than I've got! And of course it is trying to swap to hard drive to make > it all fit which is where the beachball comes in... > > Adobe Flash is another thing, nearly unusable, allow it to start and > suddenly Firefox wants an ADDITIONAL 2 gigs of ram! No way! > > Most everything else works pretty well, even old iMovie 8 from 2010. > > Russell Courtenay > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On May 5, 2016, at 9:28 PM, GMail Valter Psicof <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Il giorno 05/05/16 23.07, "Eric B. Volker" ha scritto: > > > >> I still get the beachball fairly often. > > This sounds obvious but, how much Ram do you have? > > If it's 2 GB or less, I strongly suggest to upgrade to 3 or - better - 4 > GB. > > > > 2 GB are fairly cheap nowadays, and it's often the most "bang for your > buck" > > upgrade available. > > > >> I¹m not complaining - it¹s > >> amazing that this thing can still run the latest OS. > > Which OSX version are you using? > > I think you know that, usually, the newer the OS, the slower it is. > > If I were you, I wouldn't go past 10.9 on your iMac. > > > > I have an Early 2009 iMac, and I'm still mainly using OSX 10.6 because > it's > > the more stable and faster on this machine. > > On a secondary partition I have OSX 10.9, for instances where I need to > use > > some newer app. > > > > > > -- > > 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/d/optout. > > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- 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/d/optout.
