My Mac desktop says 184.94 gb free out of 499.25 gb - what does this mean - it a bit slow and have just downloaded mavericks OS X 10.9.4 ?
memory is 4gb 1067 MHz DDR3
can i speed anything up with an app ? i regularly reset safari and thats about it is there other maintenance stuff i should be doing
thanks
iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
See:
How to eliminate slow Mac problems,
Mac Maintenance Quick Assist,
Mac OS X speed FAQ,
Speeding up Macs,
How to Speed up Macs,
Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance,
Mac troubleshooting: What to do when your computer is too slow,
Essential Mac Maintenance: Get set up,
Essential Mac Maintenance: Rev up your routines,
Maintaining OS X,
Five Mac maintenance myths, and
Myths of required versus not required maintenance for Mac OS X for information.
27" i7 iMac (Mid 2011) refurb, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4), ML & SL, G4 450 MP w/Leopard, 9.2.2
Generally, we don't recommend any speedup or cleanup apps. Some are semifunctional, but all are dangerous and can lead to reinstalling 10.9
But there are built-in things to try.
Try a Safe Boot - it checks out the hard drive as well as clearing some system files that might be corrupted because they are the most frequent ones written to:
OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode?
Use it for a while to see if you can tell if there's a change, then restart normally to see if the problem comes back.
There are a couple more free things to do, too, so come back if you need to.
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greg sahli wrote:
Oh, thanks baltwo - you're a faster typist, I see
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help ran the safe boot and my boyfriends account (not administrator) wonât a open its a grey screen with Setting up your Mac... on it and tv screen with 3 ticks in it
help
hi greg
have resolved the problem, as ever to a untechy person like me, there are always conflicting views - spoke to apple help earlier who advised that i should not have ran the safe boot ? anyhow its all sorted now and had a lot to do with some of the key chain setting not being recognised after the downloading of mavericks, thanks
nicky
spoke to apple help earlier who advised that i should not have ran the safe boot ?
Well, that's interesting - since Apple are the ones who came up with it - and suggested what it's for.
hi greg,
yeah i even used the help from the apple support to follow the instructions, anyhow as i said its techno idots like me who get themselves into trouble for pressing the wrong buttons
thanks for the help..
kind regards
Nicky
running slow - maintenance ?
