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iMac 24 inch Late 2006 VERY SLOW!!!

My iMac 24 inch Late 2006 running OS X Lion 10.7.5 (11G63) is very slow at times. A reboot helps but after a few hours of web browsing and it starts to crawl. Crawl as in clicks don't get a response till 10-20 seconds later. I'm unable to edit any movies in iMovie cause it's just so painfully slow. iMovie can barely load everything up let alone start editing. I haven't tried iMovie in several months because of it. Is there a way to check for viruses on macs? Is there such a thing as a virus on macs? or is there a way to check what the heck is slowing it down? tips and suggestions are gladly welcome. thanks

system details:

24inch iMac Late 2006

2.16 ghz intel Core 2 Duo

3 GB 667mhz DDR2 SDRAM

Nvidia GeForce 7300 GT 128 MB

Posted on Dec 15, 2014 9:31 AM

49 replies

MichelPM

Level 10

80,980 points

Dec 15, 2014 1:34 PM in response to LmannyR

A lot of Dashboard items have to go out to the web to get all the various info for widgets.

I do not know how many widgets you use in Dashboard, but either delete ones you do not a lot or just quit Dashboard from the OS X Dock complelely.

You only have 3 GBs of RAM!

OS X 10.7 Lion uses a good chuck of this!

You need to keep the amount of apps running in the background to a minimum.

justin-T

Level 2

210 points

Dec 15, 2014 1:42 PM in response to LmannyR

Cool! For sure with your limited RAM I would quit applications when you're done with them. That's a big photo library for iPhoto to deal with especially.

Activity Monitor sorts out unexplained issues for me several times a year, worth knowing how to check it and when things look odd!

MichelPM

Level 10

80,980 points

Dec 15, 2014 1:45 PM in response to LmannyR

I doubt the situation with iMovie will improve.

3 GBs of RAM is not a lot of RAM for both the OS and for something like iMovie or any video editor.

I am not sure if these links still work, but here is where older iMovie '06 resided.

This version may have a chance of working better for you.

Apple - Support - Downloads

Old Toad

Level 10

207,643 points

Dec 15, 2014 1:51 PM in response to MichelPM

I wholeheartedly agree with MichelPM about iMove d6 HD. It's the best version for adding multiple audio tracks to a project and be able to easily trim and arrange them to specific parts of the movie.

It's also the best version of using with iDVD as it provides the best quality movie file to iDVD to use. Just close the iMovie project and drag the iMovie project file into iDVD's menu window. No exporting or importing required.

iMovie 6 HD works with all systems up thru Mavericks. It does not work with Yosemite.

iMac 24 inch Late 2006 VERY SLOW!!!