On 31/3/09 3:28 PM, "Diana & Graham Stevens" <diag...@iinet.net.au> wrote:
> Graham's iMac [PowerPC G5(3.0), 1.8 GHz, 1 GB RAM running 10.3.9] has > become extremely slow. > > All applications run slowly and collecting email or using the > Internet is so slow as to be useless. The connection is OK because my > G5 still works well. > > I repaired permissions but that has not helped. > > Can anyone suggest what is wrong/how to fix it? > > Best wishes to all from Diana > Hi Diana It could be the drive is fragmented and needs something run over it, like DiskWarrior to degfragment (or a similar program). It could also be the start of a failing Hard Drive, hence why it's slow. So make sure to keep a good backup. (Techtool can sometimes tell you the status of a drive as well). Hope that helps. Kind Regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: <daniel @ macwizardry . com . au> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> **For everything Macintosh** -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
