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Q: New but slow iMac

About a month ago, I replaced my late 2009 27" iMac with a late 2013 27" model, I expected an improvement, but the new computer is sometimes very slow with E-mail or with opening videos, etc. It's better with nothing, as far as I can tell. Anyway, it occurs to me that there might be some essential apps that I am missing. My old computer had too many, but I have only transferred a very few of them at this time.

 

Are there some essential apps that could make the difference? Could it be that my computer will run faster as soon as I download one of them?

iMac, Late 2013 model

Posted on Sep 28, 2015 2:02 PM

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  • by Niku,

    Niku Niku Sep 29, 2015 6:39 AM in response to Niku
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    Sep 29, 2015 6:39 AM in response to Niku

    FINAL, FINAL

     

    My old mac came with 4GB memory. I thought that increasing the memory might increase its speed, but when I added 4 more GB, there was absolutely no difference in any way that I could detect. My new Mac came with 8 GB. Now, if doubling the memory achieved  nothing, isn't it safe to assume that adding even more would accomplish nothing?

  • by John Galt,

    John Galt John Galt Sep 29, 2015 8:39 AM in response to Niku
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    Sep 29, 2015 8:39 AM in response to Niku

    To determine if your Mac's performance is being constrained by available memory, use Activity Monitor: Memory

     

    If the "Memory Pressure" graph is occasionally "red", then your Mac will benefit by installing additional memory. If not, it won't.

  • by Niku,

    Niku Niku Sep 29, 2015 8:58 AM in response to John Galt
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    Sep 29, 2015 8:58 AM in response to John Galt

    Thanks for that. It's an objective test and very useful. I just wonder why I've never seen it before.

  • by Niku,

    Niku Niku Oct 6, 2015 5:57 AM in response to Niku
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    Oct 6, 2015 5:57 AM in response to Niku

    Apple just fixed my problem. I installed OsX El Capitan today, and I no longer have any complaints about slowness. El Capitan took care of that. However, I have to wonder--again--why these releases are not publicized. I stumbled on Yosemite the day after it was released, but I didn't know about the others until long after they had been introduced. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe announcements of the new releases are made...somewhere--but I never see them. Well, anyway, I'm glad to have discovered El Capitan without too long a delay.

  • by Allan Eckert,

    Allan Eckert Allan Eckert Oct 6, 2015 2:50 PM in response to Niku
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    Oct 6, 2015 2:50 PM in response to Niku

    Where do you living?

     

    All I can say is I heard plenty about all the releases that Apple has made both hardware and software.

  • by John Galt,

    John Galt John Galt Oct 6, 2015 3:27 PM in response to Niku
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    Oct 6, 2015 3:27 PM in response to Niku

    However, I have to wonder--again--why these releases are not publicized.

     

    Apple offers to send you product announcement news with just about every interaction with them. Of course most people don't want spam, so they instinctively decline. It's not like Apple to be constantly in your face, and they honor your decision to be left alone.

     

    Apple's home page is characteristically understated, but everything you need to learn about their products and how to use them can be found beginning with it, including schedules for totally free Workshops conducted at their retail stores every day.

     

    Otherwise, start with the Help menu available in almost every app. For example, "Get to know your Mac" is in the Finder's Help menu.

     

    There was an entertaining Discussion on this site some weeks ago in which the OP actually wanted some popup bubble or whatnot to appear with every app explaining what it does and how it works. Unfortunately he got a little too enthusiastic about the need for such an intrusive "feature", and the site Hosts eventually brought a merciful end to it.

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