Since I updated to Lion OS X, 10.7.5 my 2.4 ghz Intel Core 2 Duo iMac runs all applications & Internet slow, with the beach ball appearing with every transition and action. What to do?
Thanks for the help!
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.5), 2.4 ghz, Intel-core 2 Duo
How much ram do you have?
Rather than ask a dozen different questions regarding your system, would you be willing to try the following?
Apple Support Communities contributor etresoft wrote a very useful app to quickly gather certain system information that may help point to a cause of this problem. Go to his website, download and run EtreCheck:
http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck
Don't be concerned about anything that says "Problem" or "failed".
Copy and paste its output in a reply.
Etrecheck was designed to remove any personal information (such as your computer's name and serial numbers) but if you see anything that looks like an email address or any other personal information that should not be divulged to others, please delete or obscure that information when you post the reply.
When you are finished with EtreCheck, quit the program. It occupies very little space, and you can keep it or drag it to the Trash as you wish.
You should also boot OS X Recovery and use Disk Utility to verify and repair your disk if necessary. Disk corruption or pending failure could explain this.
Hi. I have 1 gb of ram....
Aztecscout wrote:
Hi. I have 1 gb of ram....
Well that is the problem, you can upgrade the RAM to 6 GB (www.macsales.com) and that will make your machine perform like it was new again. You don't even have enough RAM to really run Lion!
The minimum just to run Lion is 2gb. You need to install more ram. Easily done and not expensive. Do yourself a favor, buy from OWC or Crucial. The ram those vendors sell is guaranteed to work in Macs. Don't settle to save a few dollars to get ram that won't work.
Oops, I have 2 GB of ram with 2 slots filled. Can I uninstall Lion?
Thanks Mike, that makes more sense.....
Yes you can. Follow Kappy's instructions in this thread https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3200632?answerId=15702622022#15702622022
Aztecscout wrote:
Oops, I have 2 GB of ram with 2 slots filled. Can I uninstall Lion?
Yes you can however that IS NOT the solution the solution is to upgrade the RAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have to agree with rkaufmann on this. Ram is cheap right now and even another 2gb would make a big difference.
Dig it! Thank you! I checked out the OWC site and it is great!
Awesome! Now will I be able to upgrade beyond Lion with 4 gb ram?
Thanks again!
Depends on which MacBook you have. Make sure you check the techincal specifications of Mountian Lion before you try to upgrade. http://support.apple.com/kb/SP654
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