Recommendations needed for late 2006 iMac - Optimal Setup
In the last few months I have done a little updating of our old iMac to try to give it a bit of life and hopefully keep it going for quite a few more years. However, I am no expert and would really appreciate some experienced thoughts on what I can do with what I have to make it the best it can be. Right now its being used as the main source to sync all iPods, iPhones, iPads, for our family of 6. When its used, it isn't taxed. Internet searching, iPhoto, microsoft 2008 word, and iTunes are primarily used programs. I would ultimately like have it as the family "server", if I can even call it that. One location to store all of our photos, music, videos, etc. We also have an older macbook and a macbook pro I bought for the wife this past January.
Since this is only G wireless speed, I ordered a USB wifi adaptor to hopefully get free up the apple express it is ethernet cabled to currently to achieve N wireless speed. All the research I have done tells me I can't add anymore ram. Is this true? Since it has no bluetooth could I add it to the mac? I had read of CPU upgrades done, but don't know if its worth the hassle since the SSD I added was the best upgrade.
BTW I hope I have chosen the correct location for posting….. I appreciate all thoughts, just don't beat me up in the process!
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
iMac (17-inch, Late 2006 CD) (Verified)
iMac - model: iMac5,2
1 1.83 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
2 GB RAM
BANK 0/DIMM0
1 GB DDR2 SDRAM 667 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM1
1 GB DDR2 SDRAM 667 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g
Video Information: ℹ️
GMA 950 - VRAM: spdisplays_integrated_vram
iMac 1440 x 900
System Software: ℹ️
Mac OS X 10.7.5 (11G63) - Time since boot: 17:40:3
Disk Information: ℹ️
Samsung SSD 840 EVO 500GB disk0 : (500.11 GB)
disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Imac SSD Samsung Partition (disk0s2) / : 499.25 GB (317.39 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
USB Information: ℹ️
Micron Built-in iSight
Logitech USB Receiver
Mitsumi Electric Apple Optical USB Mouse
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.Logitech.driver.HIDDevices (1.5.0) [Click for support]
Startup Items: ℹ️
HP IO: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP IO
Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[failed] com.brother.LOGINserver.plist [Click for support] [Click for details]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.helperTool.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.trashSizeWatcher.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.volumeWatcher.plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
System Events Application (/System/Library/CoreServices/System Events.app)
LCCDaemon Application Hidden (/Library/Application Support/Logitech/LCCDaemon.app)
Launch Nikon Message Center 2 Application (/Applications/Nikon Software/Nikon Message Center 2/Nikon Message Center 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/Launch Nikon Message Center 2.app)
ConnectService Application (/Library/Application Support/ArcSoft/Connect Service/ConnectService.app)
HP Scheduler Application (/Library/Application Support/Hewlett-Packard/Software Update/HP Scheduler.app)
HP Product Research Application (/Library/Application Support/Hewlett-Packard/Customer Participation/HP Product Research.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.4.4.2 [Click for support]
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 17.0.0.169 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
Flash Player: Version: 17.0.0.169 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 9.5.5 [Click for support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.1
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.6 [Click for support]
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 [Click for support]
RealPlayer Plugin: Version: Unknown
Silverlight: Version: 4.0.50401.0 [Click for support]
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 6.0
User internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
Unity Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 1.6.2 [Click for support]
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
AdBlock
Cuss Off
Turn Off the Lights
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player [Click for support]
Flip4Mac WMV [Click for support]
Logitech Control Center [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
3% fontd
1% WindowServer
1% Finder
0% opendirectoryd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
229 MB WebProcess
225 MB Safari
68 MB Finder
41 MB mds
33 MB WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
504 MB Free RAM
1.51 GB Used RAM
276 KB Swap Used
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
May 7, 2015, 07:36:39 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ScreenSaverEngine_2015-05-07-0 73639_[redacted].crash
May 7, 2015, 06:48:13 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ScreenSaverEngine_2015-05-07-0 64813_[redacted].crash
May 8, 2015, 07:30:04 PM Self test - passed
May 7, 2015, 06:43:46 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ScreenSaverEngine_2015-05-07-1 84346_[redacted].crash
May 7, 2015, 03:19:07 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ScreenSaverEngine_2015-05-07-1 51907_[redacted].crash
May 7, 2015, 01:55:57 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ScreenSaverEngine_2015-05-07-1 35557_[redacted].crash
May 7, 2015, 09:46:05 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ScreenSaverEngine_2015-05-07-2 14605_[redacted].crash
May 7, 2015, 07:31:34 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ScreenSaverEngine_2015-05-07-0 73134_[redacted].crash
iMac (17-inch Late 2006 CD), Mac OS X (10.6.8)