2007ish IMAC upgraded to Snow Leopard, almost not functioning at all...

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2007ish IMAC upgraded to Snow Leopard, almost not functioning at all...

I have an Imac 2006/7 I upgraded to snow leopard and it has been froze up ever since. Called Apple, they said buy RAM I did, installed it. Still freezes. After trying to click around I eventually get a message "Your Mac OS x disk has no more space available for application memory" To avoid problems with your computer, quit any applications you are not using. Closing windows and removing files from your start up disk, will also help" Any thoughts?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Feb 21, 2014 9:03 PM

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Limnos

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Feb 21, 2014 9:04 PM in response to dmwtgirl

Remove files from the startup disk.

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Limnos

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Feb 21, 2014 9:22 PM in response to Limnos

Problems from insufficient RAM and free hard disk space - http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/lackofram.html and more details on this http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=11476663

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Feb 21, 2014 9:22 PM in response to Limnos

Can you explain how, keep in mind when I click on anything it will take aprox 10 min to open. If at all.

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Feb 21, 2014 9:25 PM in response to dmwtgirl

I have 4gb of Ram and I have 271gb out of 319gb. Almost nothing on this computer other than music and some pics...

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Limnos

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Feb 21, 2014 9:32 PM in response to dmwtgirl

I use an older system so I don't know if some of my tips may be out of date. Do you have a lot of files and folders on the desktop?

It's been a while since I booted to a system disc (I use a backup clone for maintenance). I believe there is access to Finder through it.

Thomas A Reed's Mac Performance Guide - http://www.reedcorner.net/mpg

Instructions on using Console to analyze slow computer response [Linc Davis] -
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3880283?answerId=18143592022#18143592022

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Feb 21, 2014 11:00 PM in response to Limnos

It's bizarre, nothing on my desk top, my trash won't empty completely because I have things still being used, yet... There is nothing being used. I'm thinking of taking it back to factory settings .. Ugh. Dont want to loser my pics but I try to put them on my HD and it ***** everything down every time. Freezes. Have to power down.

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Eric Root

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Feb 22, 2014 8:59 AM in response to dmwtgirl

For the trash, try restarting and then attempt to empty.

Trash – Can’t Empty or Move File To Trash

Trash – Empty When File is Locked or in Use

Trash FAQ

Trash Permission Error

Trash Permission Error (2)

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