Jonathan and Russ, Finally got to my friend’s house and worked on is safari. I reset safari and that did the trick.
Thanks for your help Harry > On Apr 19, 2017, at 1:27 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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/> > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list Posting address: [email protected] Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
