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what makes a ten year old iMac run slow?

what makes a 8 year old iMac run slow? Its 2.16 ghz intel core 2 duo processor Memory 2gb 667 mhx ddr2 sdram

Posted on Mar 30, 2015 9:43 AM

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Mar 30, 2015 9:47 AM in response to edfromlargo

What Mac OS are you running?


See if any of these items apply:


1) Are you running any anti-virus/internet security applications?

2) Are you running any "cleaning/tune-up/optimizations" applications?

3) Any peer-to-peer or torrent downloading software?

4) Any third-party disk backup software that came bundled with an external hard drive?

5) Any online backup scheme other than iCloud (Carbonite; GoogleDrive; MS One Drive)?

6) Did your financial institution ask you to install Trusteer EndPoint Protection (also known as Trusteer Rapport)?


An overly full hard drive can slow things down, too, especially in a computer with only 2GB RAM.

what makes a ten year old iMac run slow?

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