My Vintage IMac

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Jack

I depends on exactly what you mean by Vintage....

Without a model number, it is difficult to say.

You could upgrade the memory.

You might be able to install an SSD, which might help some.

You might be able to find a processor upgrade, depending on the model.

I am sure if you can post your exact model and specs, someone here can point you in the correct direction.

I didn't report it as off topic. All I asked is that you give more information about your problem, your hardware and software. Describing an iMac as a Vintage Mac is so very general and nondescript. We can't see your machine nor are we mind readers.

With that description the best we can do is recommend getting a new M1 iMac. That will certainly be much, much, much faster than any vintage iMac.

My apologies as well, I go the response in my email, and it looked like it was addressed to me. I have not use the ASC much, although I have been using Apple since 19083 or so. The ASC forums as not as user friendly as one would expect from Apple.

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That is the problem. I was answering someone else's question. I also suggested that they offer more details on the type of iMac, and gave them general answers that could be attempted.

If you look at my first response you'll see I as addressing Maude62:

I did mistake you for the OP in my second response. Sorry about that.

Hey, what was off topic about my response? I feel my answer was as helpful as it could be with the given information. I don't get why you reported it as "off topic.?"