My computer is 4 years old and it has started to freeze alot. Also I am unable to connect to internet via ethernet cable. Any tips on how to speed up the computer and prevent freezes?
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
Hello,
The better question may be, Why is my computer slow?
Very helpful user tip for improving your machine's performance.
It might be time to do a 'clean install' of the OS.
Here is the link for snow leopard.
If you reinstall the OS, make sure you run software update before you reinstall the 'bundled software' disk.
Download Onyx and run the automation page.
When you next have the problem, note the exact time: hour, minute, second.
If you have more than one user account, these instructions must be carried out as an administrator.
Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. If you don't see that menu, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
Scroll back in the log to the time you noted above. Select any messages timestamped from then until the end of the episode, or until they start to repeat, whichever comes first. Copy the messages to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message (command-V).
When posting a log extract, be selective. In most cases, a few dozen lines are more than enough.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Important: Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.
How to speed up macbook pro?
