Q: slow mac what can i do
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Jul 21, 2013 6:42 AMby The hatter,It sounds more than likely your system and disk drive are not right and need to repair the directory and more.
There is no way from such a brief superficial description to know. But the fact it 'hangs' says you need to backup, repair. Always have a backup before you make changes that you can use and boot from.
How to maintain a Mac
General purpose Mac troubleshooting guide:
Mac OS X: Starting up in Safe Mode - http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107393
What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode? (Mac OS X) - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564
Creating a temporary user to isolate user-specific problems:
Isolating an issue by using another user account
Identifying resource hogs and other tips:
Using Activity Monitor to read System Memory and determine how much RAM is being used
Starting the computer in "safe mode":
Mac OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode?
To identify potential hardware problems:
General Mac maintenance:
How to install OS X on a new or faulty HD without Internet recovery
Corrupt and new disks might not have a working Recovery partition, but there are still ways to access one and reinstall OS X, if needed.
