iMac (24", Early 2008)
Processor 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 4 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
OS X El Captitan 10.11.4
Have not added any new hardware (Printer, etc.) Last few weeks iMac freezes. The mouse will navigate, however iMac will not respond to clicks.
Thank you for your concern.
Arnie :-)
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Hi arnieom,
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities!
I understand that your Mac is running slower than expected and sometimes your mouse quits responding to clicks. We know that situations like this can be frustrating, but we’re here to help.
To begin troubleshooting, I suggest reading over and working through the suggested steps from the following articles.
OS X El Capitan: If your Mac runs slowly
If your Apple wireless mouse, keyboard, or trackpad aren't working as expected - Apple Support
Best!
Hi Joe. thank you for the 'flow'. Not just slower it actually FREEZES and have to shut off manual with button on back and then restart with button. I will check out articles. Arnie
Joe, I have maximum memory of 4GB (2x2GB) I upgraded to 4 GB from 2 GB some years past. :-)
If you look at Utilities/Consol - DirectoryService.error.log you will see a list of improper shutdown detected -- My pro circa 2008 shows some in Leopard and the rest in SnowLeopard as I have not updated -- but each and every one of them happened when the desktop/finder froze.
Some years are better than others -- one way to prevent freezing is to restart if the desktop does not look right on startup - or it takes a long time to startup.
I found that the long startup may be doing something - as mine happen on Tuesday and Wednesday -- and a freeze will happen if I don't restart sometimes twice more just because the load is off -- the apple menu bar doesn't come up immediately - or the desktop icons don't pop up - or the dock is in the wrong place.
Understood notcloudy. Will try restarts during start ups. Thank you!
iMac desk top Freezing up last couple of weeks
