Mac OS X Lion Issues

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Mac OS X Lion Issues

I have recently bought and installed Mac OS X Lion on to my iMac, the issues I have been having is mainly to do with speed, my mac does not seem as quick as it used to be with Snow Leopard. This mainly happens when opening mission control to switch to other windows and apps, and then especially when opening launchpad. Another issue is when I go onto an application like Skype it seems to really lag when making a video call, although this issue had never happened in Snow Leopard. I have tried repairing permissions in Disk Utility, updating all of my apps and freeing up some hard disk space, yet nothing has really seemed to help with these issues.

The specs of my iMac is:

2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

4 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT 128 MB

20 Inch Monitor

250 GB HDD

This is also the early 2008 model of the iMac.

Any help with getting my mac running at normal speeds would be great!

Thanks!

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Jul 23, 2011 2:56 PM

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dagweed

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Jul 23, 2011 7:18 PM in response to alexdean94

Make sure Spotlight has finished indexing your computer. During that process, which can take hours, your Mac will seem slow.

Hope that helps you.

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alexdean94 Author

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Jul 24, 2011 4:23 AM in response to dagweed

Hi thanks for the help although spotlight has finished indexing and has done for over a day, this doesn't seem to be the problem for me.

Is there anything that could possibly be done to get my mac running at it's usual speed?

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dagweed

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Jul 24, 2011 12:24 PM in response to alexdean94

Have you "repaired permissions" recently?

If not then go to Applications>Utilities>Disk Utilities>. Select your hard drive on the left column, make sure "First Aid" tab is selected, and then select "Repair Permissions".

That may help if you haven't done it recently or never.

See if that helps.

Let me know if it doesn't.

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alexdean94 Author

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Jul 24, 2011 2:13 PM in response to dagweed

Thanks again for your support but repairing the Disk Permissions is one of the first things I had done when I installed Lion, I have also been doing this regularly and still hasn't helped my problem.

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dagweed

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Jul 24, 2011 4:47 PM in response to alexdean94

Sorry I wasn't more helpful.

I have read that Lion is actually smaller in size than Snow Leopard because it removes ALL references to PPC computers including Rosetta. So it shouldn't have a problem.

If I come upon a better suggestion I will let you know. Maybe someone else will have a suggestion that works for you.

Best of luck. I know how frustrating it can be. We want our computers to be as fast as possible.

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Jul 24, 2011 9:41 PM in response to alexdean94

Is Mail running in the background?

Has spotlight finished indexing?

These have been my major issues...

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Aug 26, 2011 2:22 PM in response to alexdean94

Hi,

Do you have any startup apps that might not yet be 100% compatible? I like Default folder, Snapz Pro and a few others. I'm holding off on the upgrade until all my software publishers say they are Lion-compatibile.

Please let us know if this is any help.

Best,

Mike

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SunBurn

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Oct 2, 2011 10:24 PM in response to alexdean94

I also have an Early 2008 MacBook Pro. The only difference is that I only have 2 GB RAM. I'm having the same problem. I will buy more RAM and max it out. I guess if I do, I would have the same problem since you already have 4 GB RAM. It's so frustrating... most of the time I just want to throw my Mac to the floor and smash it with my feet.

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Oct 16, 2011 12:49 PM in response to alexdean94

I have the same iMac configuration, but only 1 GB RAM and ATI RadeonHD2600, Have not downloaded Lion yet, but probably if I did and install, sounds like I would be having all of these speed an operating issues. My graphics card is not listed in Lion's tech specs.

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alexdean94 Author

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Oct 16, 2011 12:54 PM in response to Joey in DC

I've just decided to stick to Snow Leopard for now, afterall, Snow Leopard does seem to be a lot quicker with doing my everyday tasks, but Lion just seems to slow it down completely... My suggestion is for anyone with a mac from 2008 or below to stick to your current OS until Lion is made more stable for earlier Macs.

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Oct 16, 2011 1:58 PM in response to alexdean94

I have a 3-month old MBP. I'm sticking with Snow Leopard because Lion won't work with my printer, or with some of the high end photo software I use. I can't be fighting with my OS, and 10.6x works just great for me.

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alexdean94 Author

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Oct 16, 2011 2:02 PM in response to mickydeenyc

Exactly the same with me, just feel like Apple made a bad move with their most recent OS, along with their pro apps too like Final Cut Pro - Pro X just isn't the same anymore... Just hopefully Mac OS X 10.8 should be a better improvement

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dagweed

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Oct 16, 2011 9:10 PM in response to alexdean94

I have a MacPro (2007), a MacBook Air (2010), an iPad2, and two iPhones. All have been updated to the current versions of their respective OS's. Everything is working very well. I could not be happier. iCloud is much improved over MobileMe as just one example.

Maybe its the 6 gigs of ram in the MacPro or the 4 gigs of ram in the MacBook Air. Maybe all you guys are short on memory.

Thanks Apple!

Steve: We miss you man; we really miss you! 😟

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alexdean94 Author

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Oct 16, 2011 11:51 PM in response to dagweed

My memory is fine on my iMac with 4 gigs, that should be plenty. I would think even 2 gigs would be plenty but just doesn't seem to work perfectly for everyone. Like I said before though, stick to the OS you know works well for you, there is no need to upgrade if it's not going to do anything for you.

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