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January 2nd, 2008, 01:16 PM
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| Slow Tiger Hi I am going crazy I am running an imac5,1 intel core 2 duo (2.16 GHz with 1G memory) with mac osx 10.4.7. It started running really slow about a month ago .I have re-installed from the original discs but no change .When opening more than 1 application it slows up so much (ie un zipping a file of downloading from ITunes etc).Transfering files to a external hard disc is OK but getting them back takes about 10 times the time . Everything comes up with the spinning circle. The company I bought it from seems to think I need to upgrade the memory but it was alright 1 month ago so what good would buying new memory do? Can the memory corrrupt if so how can I check it (System profile says bank 0 and bank 1 is OK) Please someone help it is driving me mad. Thanks Jerry  |
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#2
January 2nd, 2008, 01:35 PM
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| Hi and welcome on macosx.com forums Jerry. Free hard space What about the free space on your drive ? Tiger is able to request up to 8G (check in my config PPC) for swapping memory onto files, especially if many applications are opened on the same time. So, one say that keeping at least 15% of your hard drive, with a minimum of 10G is a good healthy decision ! Applications (and the System) creates caches which can be very huge Do you already using tools like Cocktail/Onyx to clean application caches ? http://www.maintain.se/cocktail/index.php http://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs2/eng...nyx_tiger.html Still 1G memory (memory board can defect) ? In the AppleMenu > About This mac, do you still see your 1GB Ram ? A background process eating the power of the machine ? Could you launch Applications/Utilities/ActivityMonitor Do you a application requesting a big charge in CPU ? Regards Phil |
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#3
January 2nd, 2008, 05:06 PM
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| Plus read this MacWorld article called Fix Mac slowdowns. It might help give you some tips.
__________________ PowerMac G5 Dual 1.8(Rev A.), , 7 Gig RAM, Pioneer DVR-110, ATI X800XT, OS X 10.4.11 & 10.5.4, 23'' HD LCD Mac Book Pro Core 2 Duo 2.16Mhz, SuperDrive, ATI X1600, 2GB RAM, OS X 10.5.4 Tibook 400Mhz, DVD drive, 1024 RAM, ATI Rage, OS X 10.4.7 1TB Time Capsule 5g iPod 30Gig White |
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January 4th, 2008, 02:18 PM
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| I have rebooted and have loads of free space also it is showing 1G in my apple menu. The activity monitor is not showing anything unusual. Thanks for the quick response any comments are welcome Thanks again Jerry |
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#5
January 4th, 2008, 02:28 PM
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| Ok. Could you test again after having disconnect any devices, including Web access modems/routers Yes, you, the imac, the kb and the mouse. That's all. Take time to perform the test and post back. By the way, what about the suggestion of using caches cleaning tools ? Phil |
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#6
January 16th, 2008, 01:56 AM
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| I have similar problem with my MacBook pro. 1G of memory is just not enough. I have been told that too many times so its time to move up. good luck |
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January 16th, 2008, 02:23 AM
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__________________ PowerMac G5 Dual 1.8(Rev A.), , 7 Gig RAM, Pioneer DVR-110, ATI X800XT, OS X 10.4.11 & 10.5.4, 23'' HD LCD Mac Book Pro Core 2 Duo 2.16Mhz, SuperDrive, ATI X1600, 2GB RAM, OS X 10.5.4 Tibook 400Mhz, DVD drive, 1024 RAM, ATI Rage, OS X 10.4.7 1TB Time Capsule 5g iPod 30Gig White |
