Just to throw in though that with the last OS update, my 7 gig of RAM
Mac Pro (SSD) got very sluggish. The OS now needs a lot of RAM and for
the first time in years RAM and virtual memory is an issue again
(similar for my ageing Air). More RAM restored the instant
gratification. Have a look at Activity Monitor to see when memory usage
goes red.
SSD does help with that, but my machines were both running in treacle or
virtual standstill unless I managed running apps aggressively (esp
Safari pages some of them use huge amounts of RAM just to sit there).
Cheers
J
On 25 May 2018, at 18:59, [email protected] wrote:
Adam,
I'm typing this on my Sept 2008 iMac running El Capitan (last possible
upgrade). It does have an internal ssd which Sam installed which I
suppose may help. I don’t use it a lot but seems to carry on
reasonably well.
Nick
On 25 May 2018, at 18:49, mac98aop <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi everyone
Our ten year old iMac is seriously struggling. It's running
Mavericks, correction, trying to and impossibly slow.
Before I confine it to a museum, is it possible to somehow restore it
with Snow Leopard? That was a solid OS that I presume it'd run, but
we've no longer got the original disks it came with.
Any tips? I presume I download something to a thumbdrive, boot from
that etc etc? Any tips gratefully received. Moreoever, if you think
it's really not worth the effort (it's for children's homework in
Word and online so perhaps won't load new websites?) then do say.
I'm desperately hoping they update the Mac Mini at WWDC as that would
be ideal for their needs.
Thanks everyone
Adam
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