Thanks Russ and Jonathan. > On Apr 19, 2017, at 12:58 PM, Jonathan Fletcher <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Harry, > > Easiest: > Take it to MacAuthority or the Apple Store. > > Self-help: > In order (TL;DR version): > 1. Reset his Safari from the Safari menu [1] > 2. Create a new account for testing/comparing > 3. Make space on the hard drive or get a larger one if it’s crowded > 3. Add memory > 4. Upgrade his system > > > Long version: > It sounds to me, though, like he is running out of memory. He can put up to > 6GB in that particular box [2]. Does he have more than the 2 it came with? > > Does he like to keep a lot of apps open? I know people that use older and > slower machines that like to leave their apps open so they don’t have to wait > for them to start up, but then it just slows everything down. > > Another thing he might do is upgrade to 10.6 and then to something more > recent. That particular iMac will run all the way to El Capitan if he wants > to. Different people have different ideas of what to run on older machines > and while 10.6 was quite popular for a while, I would recommend Yosemite or > El Capitan at the moment. > > If it were mine, I would upgrade it to the 6GB straight away. (Life’s too > short not to max out your RAM.) > Then, I would backup the drive and then do a clean install of the newer > system. > > Finally, I would pull back over piecemeal the files that he knows he needs, > or if he can’t decide then just use the migration assistant after he is up > and running with a new account on it. That will have the benefit of giving > him two user accounts to compare performance with. It might be one or more > corrupt preferences or settings, and the new account wouldn’t be handicapped > with that. It might make it easier to troubleshoot. > > I am more of a “nuke-and-pave” kind of guy, but if he is not so adventurous, > I would recommend: > > . Reset his Safari > . Make a new account and then see if the safari in that account works any > better. If so, then he definitely should clear his preferences [3]. > . Upgrade to a newer OS. (Problematic because you have to have installer > files to upgrade to anything from 10.5, as the App Store wasn’t available > until 10.6. Another issue is that he will likely need to rebut/upgrade much > of his software.) > . Add RAM/Hard Drive if he is still not happy with it > > > Jonathan > > > [1] https://kb.wisc.edu/helpdesk/page.php?id=12319 > [2] > http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/specs/imac-core-2-duo-2.66-20-inch-aluminum-early-2008-penryn-specs.html > [3] https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4099160 > > >> On Apr 19, 2017, at 12:00 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Russ, >> >> How do I restore default preferences and where are Safari preferences >> located? >> >> Thanks for your help. >> >> Harry > > -- > Jonathan Fletcher > [email protected] > > Kentuckiana FileMaker Developers Group > Next Meeting: 4/25/17 > > Sent from a device not known for spontaneous combustion > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
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