I just recently upgraded to the Os X El Captain (the description said it could speed up processing, especially internet) But it still feels sluggish and
is definetly not as quick as when i first purchased my lovely Mr. Mac. (OS X 10)
Are there any suggestions for speeding up the performance or cleaning up whatevers to get this moving quicker??
Thanks, debbee
iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2014), Mac OS X (10.0.x), It's Mac OS X 10 something
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iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2014)
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iMac - model: iMac14,4
1 1.4 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
8 GB RAM Not upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
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Intel HD Graphics 5000
iMac 1920 x 1080
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OS X El Capitan 10.11.1 (15B42) - Time since boot: about 40 days
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APPLE HDD HTS545050A7E362 disk0 : (500.11 GB) (Rotational)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
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5% WindowServer
2% kernel_task
2% fontd
0% cloudpaird
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1.39 GB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(3)
815 MB kernel_task
459 MB softwareupdated
254 MB Pages
238 MB mds_stores
Virtual Memory Information: (What does this mean?)
119 MB Free RAM
7.88 GB Used RAM (2.02 GB Cached)
194 MB Swap Used
The only major thing I see is you are using too much RAM which means something is hogging it all. Read and use Activity Monitor to read System Memory and determine how much RAM is being used. The other thing I see is you are not backing up your computer. This is extremely short sighted and dangerous. You risk losing critical information daily by not backing up the system.
Well, I guess I'm a little lost then, because I am not sure what I am looking at in the Activity Monitor....this is what I am seeing:
And this is the explanation from the link:
It makes it look like I have quite a bit of Memory available as compressed, and the memory pressure of
green says that Memory is still available.
I feel really dumb!!!!
Time since boot: about 40 days
I would reboot more frequently than you've been doing. Rebooting will clear out temporary cache and swap files. I'm an advocate of rebooting every day.
While you're rebooting boot into the Recovery volume (boot with the Command + R keys held down), select Disk Utility and repair the disk. Reboot normally and check for any changes in performance.
Your memory situation is fine. You're in the low green area and steady. Nothing amiss there.
Mac (1.5 yrs old) is moving slower, help?
