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Q: How can I speed up my mac mini?

I have a mac mini running OSX 10.9.2.  The mini is from mid-2010.  It runs SO slowly.  It always has.  It can barely handle having mail, a few firefox tabs and iphoto or aperture running at once.  Should I get more RAM or just get rid of the computer?  I have had Apple techs look at it, a local Apple authorized provider look at it, and they say there is nothing "wrong".  But it is too slow and freezy to be normal.

 

Hardware Information:

    Mac mini (Mid 2010)

    Mac mini - model: Macmini4,1

    1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores

    4 GB RAM

 

Video Information:

    NVIDIA GeForce 320M - VRAM: 256 MB

 

System Software:

    OS X 10.9.2 (13C64) - Uptime: 7 days 21:18:54

 

Disk Information:

    TOSHIBA MK5055GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB)

        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (305.48 GB free)

        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB

 

    HL-DT-STDVDRW  GA32N 

 

USB Information:

    Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub

        Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard

 

    Seagate Backup+ Desk 2 TB

        disk1s1 (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 32 KB

        BackUps (disk1s3) /Volumes/BackUps: 1.5 TB (392.48 GB free)

        logout (disk1s5) /Volumes/logout: 499.73 GB (183.92 GB free)

 

 

 

    Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub

        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

 

    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

 

FireWire Information:

 

Thunderbolt Information:

 

Kernel Extensions:

    com.seagate.driver.PowSecDriverCore    (5.2.4 - SDK 10.4)

    com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_5    (5.2.4 - SDK 10.5)

 

Launch Daemons:

    [System]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link

 

User Launch Agents:

    [not loaded]    com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist 3rd-Party support link

    [not loaded]    com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist

 

User Login Items:

    Dropbox

    Canon IJ Network Scanner Selector2

 

Internet Plug-ins:

    Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9

    Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.4.0.11 3rd-Party support link

    AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.9 3rd-Party support link

    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.77 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

    Silverlight: Version: 4.0.60531.0 3rd-Party support link

    Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.77 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

    iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8

    NP_2020Player_IKEA: Version: 5.0.7.0 3rd-Party support link

    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.9 3rd-Party support link

    Photo Center Plugin: Version: Photo Center Plugin 1.1.2.2 3rd-Party support link

    EPPEX Plugin: Version: 3.0.5.0 3rd-Party support link

 

Audio Plug-ins:

    BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9

    AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9

    AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9

    iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9

 

iTunes Plug-ins:

    Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9

 

User Internet Plug-ins:

    WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

 

3rd Party Preference Panes:

    Flash Player  3rd-Party support link

    Flip4Mac WMV  3rd-Party support link

    Printopia  3rd-Party support link

 

Old Applications:

    None

 

Time Machine:

    Skip System Files: NO

    Mobile backups: OFF

    Auto backup: YES

    Volumes being backed up:

        Macintosh HD: Disk size: 464.96 GB Disk used: 180.46 GB

        logout: Disk size: 465.41 GB Disk used: 294.12 GB

    Destinations:

        BackUps [Local] (Last used)

        Total size: 1 

        Total number of backups: 47

        Oldest backup: 2013-10-07 13:17:43 +0000

        Last backup: 2014-03-26 17:28:50 +0000

        Size of backup disk: Too small

            Backup size 1  < (Disk used 474.58 GB X 3)

    Time Machine details may not be accurate.

    All volumes being backed up may not be listed.

 

Top Processes by CPU:

        23%    storeagent

        11%    installd

         4%    Dropbox

         4%    WindowServer

         3%    kextd

 

Top Processes by Memory:

    352 MB    firefox

    274 MB    Mail

    131 MB    mds_stores

    123 MB    softwareupdated

    84 MB    installd

 

Virtual Memory Information:

    379 MB    Free RAM

    1.39 GB    Active RAM

    1.11 GB    Inactive RAM

    624 MB    Wired RAM

    19.40 GB    Page-ins

    2.08 GB    Page-outs

Mac mini, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on Mar 29, 2014 7:38 AM

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