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Major delays on Mac Mini

In running A-v Scans I have found the following files.

273670.emix - HTML Phishing

275334.emix - Heuristics-Phishing.

Could the presence of these and similar be causing delays in operation due to the fact that most of the time I have almost no RAM available to me? I have used iStat Nano to check what was using what but they seem to be minimum figures generally. Safari is severely slowed down and multi-tasking is something of a laugh. Can anyone offer guidance on really fidning out what is doing it and how to overcome? Thanks.

Brian Hope

MacMini, Mac OS X (10.7), 2009 Highest Spec Mac Mini - twin Intel.

Posted on May 14, 2012 8:15 AM

31 replies

May 27, 2012 9:32 AM in response to MadMacs0

Second that. Likely the problem began when you upgraded to Lion,

which requires additional memory.

According to Apple, RAM requirement:

Tiger 246K

Leopard 1G

Lion 2G

As I sit here, Safari alone is taking up 980MB. If OS 10.7 requires 2GB the

demand for memory is going to be met with outcalls to the hard drive as

virtual memory (s l o o w). I have 4GB installed, 3 of which can be used

by my 2006 MacBook so I'm all in RAM. At 2GB I'd have your symptoms.

There's plenty of life left in your Mini. Let it breathe.

Major delays on Mac Mini