Q: slow computer even after repairing disk permissions
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Dec 16, 2014 6:51 PMby CMCSK,HelpfulHow large is your hard drive and how much hard drive space do you have left?
Disconnect all peripherals from your computer.
Boot from your install disc & run Repair Disk from the utility menu. To use the Install Mac OS X disc, insert the disc, and restart your computer while holding down the C key as it starts up.
Select your language.
Once on the desktop, select Utility in the menu bar.
Select Disk Utility.
Select the disk or volume in the list of disks and volumes, and then click First Aid.
Click Repair Disk.
Restart your computer when done.
Repair permissions after you reach the desktop-http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2963 and restart your computer.
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Dec 17, 2014 8:53 AMby Eric Root,Activity Monitor – Monitor Performance Problems
Why your Mac runs slower than it should
see post by Kappy
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