MAC MINI 2.5GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 3MB shared L3 Cache
500GB Hard Drive
4GB of 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM
My Mac Mini has been buffering annoyingly for some time but now it does it nearly every time I click on anything or try to type something.
Any ideas PLEASE
what do you mean by buffering ?
it's a term often used when playing streaming media, where it display it while the data is being transferred from the online origin to the buffer of the computer
but when you say you type something it sounds like you have attributed a different meaning to the word
do you mean lagging or pausing or not responding ?
no matter what people will likely request you run the program EtreCheck and run it and post the result as that will display
what problems is causing your computer to run poorly
Are yo seeing spinning beach balls?
Sorry I probably used the wrong word, you get the beachball as everyone seems to call it, revolving forever
Then as Rudegar suggested:
Run this and post the results here so we know more about your configuration.
I am always a bit wary of using these tools, is it safe?
Yes, it is safe and I have used it many times myself. It was written by a major contributor to these forums.
I am always a bit wary of using these tools
You should be wary of using any unknown software unless you have thoroughly researched it yourself, or unless it comes from the Mac App Store.
When you see a beachball cursor or the slowness is especially bad, note the exact time: hour, minute, second.
These instructions must be carried out as an administrator. If you have only one user account, you are the administrator.
Launch the Console application in any one of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
Each message in the log begins with the date and time when it was entered. Scroll back to the time you noted above.
Select the messages entered from then until the end of the episode, or until they start to repeat, whichever comes first.
Copy the messages to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of it useless for solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.
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My lifesaver does not even get to run half the time! The print at the bottom of the page just sits there saying it is waiting.
Mac Mini constantly buffering
