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Q: my snow lepoard macbook is running very slowly - almost every time i click on something, the cursor goes to the whirling thing.  How can i fix this?

my snow lepoard macbook is running very slowly - almost every time I click on the cursor, it goes to that whirling colored thing for 5-10 seconds.  How can I fix this?

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Dec 1, 2013 9:40 PM

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  • by seventy one,

    seventy one seventy one Dec 2, 2013 2:08 AM in response to Syege
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    Dec 2, 2013 2:08 AM in response to Syege

    Can we have a few more details of your machine.  How old is it, is your OS maxed up to its highest level, how much RAM do you have, how much disk space, have you tried to upgrade it recently?

  • by Syege,

    Syege Syege Dec 2, 2013 9:27 PM in response to seventy one
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    Dec 2, 2013 9:27 PM in response to seventy one

    My OS is Version 10.6.8 and the machine is about 3 years old.  My machine gets the automatic updates.  I have 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 2GB 1067 MHz DDR3.  My computer usage is low, generally mundane and I don't have much of any apps running.  My disc is 62 GB and I use about 26 GB of that.  I have not done any upgrades outside of what my automatic updates do.

  • by seventy one,

    seventy one seventy one Dec 3, 2013 12:37 AM in response to Syege
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    Dec 3, 2013 12:37 AM in response to Syege

    Well provided, thank you.   I suspect an increase to 4GB memory would be useful although it should be OK as it is with the usage you describe.   There have been reports of a heat problem with 4GB.

     

    Here are two documents dealing with your problem. The first is by a much respected regular contributor to the forums, Thomas Reed.

     

    The Safe Mac » Mac Performance Guide

     

    The second by a well known  service for Macs,

     

    Tuning Mac OS X Performance

     

    Lot of reading but they cover almost every aspect of the problem.