My I Mac 10.5.8 osx is running so slow a snail could beat it

My I Mac is so slow it's driving me nuts, it loads anything from Excel, Internet absolutely anything I try to do.
The little spinning wheel comes on and I have to sit and wiggle my thumbs while I wait.

Maybe you can search for a method to boot single user mode (no graphical) and run a files system check or at least schedule one for your next reboot. That is what I used to do on unix machines. Finding your system install disk would be easier. The only time I've ever had weirdness like this is 99% of the time related to file structures or permissions, bad programs usually show up as kernel panics or memory leaks causing thrashing.
While it is running slow, what does the activity monitor say for CPU load? Memory allocation?

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My mac book pro has just sterted to run very slow indeed. I noticed it after I registered to use Knowhow cloud.
I wondered if anyone else has had a simular problem, and if you can help me.
Many thanks

Lisadawson11 wrote:
My mac book pro has just sterted to run very slow indeed. I noticed it after I registered to use Knowhow cloud.
Well it depends what you have backed up to their cloud service.
If it's a lot, it's going to take a long time to upload all your stuff as Internet Service Providers restrict upload speeds to a fraction of their download speeds.
Cloud backups is bad, the data can be snooped on without a warrant, it can be lost and it's slow as heck unless it's only a small amount.
If you don't know what your doing, then disconnect from the Internet and uninstall their software, use a external drive you can get from any computer or office store and connect it to the Mac, when TimeMachine pops up and asks, say yes and let it work overnight to create your first backup (takes the longest)
Forget the Cloud, it's a joke.

Mac os x lion 10.7 on mac book pro not updating and running very slow

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problem it is not updating and running very slow. How to improve?

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Don’t be alarmed by the seeming complexity of these instructions — they’re easy to carry out. Here's a brief summary: You copy a line of text from this web page into a window in another application. You wait about a minute. Then you paste some other text, which will have been copied automatically, back into a reply on this page. The sequence is: copy, paste, paste again. That's all there is to it. Details follow.
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The script will line-wrap or scroll in your browser, but it's really a single long line, all of which must be selected. You can accomplish this easily by triple-clicking anywhere in the line. The whole line will highlight, and you can then copy it.
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Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:
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☞ 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. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
When you launch Terminal, a text window will open with a line already in it, ending either in a dollar sign ($) or a percent sign (%). If you get the percent sign, enter “sh” and press return. You should then get a new line ending in a dollar sign.
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Mac Pro (Late 2013) OSX abnormally slow

Hi,
I'm not sure why but my OSX is running much slower then before, weird thing is I don't even install many softwares in it. Below is the description of the issues I'm facing.
Beach ball frenzy, lots of things ended up with beach balls from switching back and forth between apps (safari and cad). Within app itself, safari freezes occasionally and then whatever I click during that time period (like opening a new tab, links in the page) will suddenly open and this goes on with other apps as well, even finder takes a few seconds to show the content.
Start up time : 14.2 sec
Waiting for shut down menu to appear : 15 secs
Click shut down: forever (monitor goes to sleep after 10 minutes of inactivity, but computer is not turned off)
Previously, whenever software update requires restart, os will just hang and give a grey screen error, this will cause my computer to be in a boot loop where turning off will show the same error as well. Only way I find out is to open in safe boot, apply update and all goes to normal but it seems the problem is not solved cause now my OS just doesn't work properly.
Oddly enough, I got no problem installing Yosemite.
I don't think it's hardware problem cause right now my windows 8 partition is running much faster then OSX. Oh the irony

EtreCheck version: 2.0.5 (90)
Report generated October 19, 2014 at 9:55:08 AM GMT+8
Hardware Information: ℹ️
Mac Pro (Late 2013) (Verified)
Mac Pro - model: MacPro6,1
1 3.7 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5 CPU: 4-core
12 GB RAM Upgradeable
DIMM1
4 GB DDR3 ECC 1866 MHz ok
DIMM2
4 GB DDR3 ECC 1866 MHz ok
DIMM3
4 GB DDR3 ECC 1866 MHz ok
DIMM4
empty empty empty empty
Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
Wireless: en2: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Video Information: ℹ️
AMD FirePro D300 - VRAM: 2048 MB
AMD FirePro D300 - VRAM: 2048 MB
DELL U2711 2560 x 1440 @ 59 Hz
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 0:4:9
Disk Information: ℹ️
APPLE SSD SM0256F disk0 : (251 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 150.00 GB (39.42 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
BOOTCAMP (disk0s4) /Volumes/BOOTCAMP : 100.14 GB (12.33 GB free)
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
SteelSeries Sensei Raw Gaming Mouse
3Dconnexion SpacePilot PRO
Dell Dell USB Keyboard
Generic Ultra Fast Media Reader
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus_2
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus_1
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus_0
Configuration files: ℹ️
/etc/sysctl.conf - Exists
/etc/hosts - Count: 20
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/Applications/Capture One 7.app
[not loaded] com.Leaf.driver.LeafFwXDriverMatcher (1.2.0d1) Support
/Applications/DiskWarrior.app
[not loaded] com.alsoft.Preview (4.4) Support
/Library/Extensions
[loaded] com.3dconnexion.driver (10.2.0 - SDK 10.8) Support
/Library/Extensions/3Dconnexion.kext/Contents/PlugIns
[not loaded] com.3dconnexion.virtual.driver (10.2.0) Support
/System/Library/Extensions
[loaded] com.avira.kext.FileAccessControl (1.0.0d1 - SDK 10.9) Support
[not loaded] com.nvidia.CUDA (1.1.0) Support
Startup Items: ℹ️
CUDA: Path: /System/Library/StartupItems/CUDA
Startup items are obsolete and will not work in future versions of OS X
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.avira.antivirus.general.agent.plist Support
[loaded] com.avira.antivirus.ipm.ui.plist Support
[failed] com.avira.antivirus.notifications.agent.plist Support
[loaded] com.avira.antivirus.odscan.default.plist Support
[loaded] com.avira.antivirus.scheduler.agent.plist Support
[running] com.avira.antivirus.systray.plist Support
[loaded] com.avira.antivirus.telemetry.agent.plist Support
[loaded] com.avira.antivirus.update.default.plist Support
[loaded] com.nvidia.CUDASoftwareUpdate.plist Support
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[failed] com.avira.antivirus.dbcleaner.plist Support
[failed] com.avira.antivirus.ipm.loader.plist Support
[running] com.avira.helper.watchdox.plist Support
[loaded] com.bombich.ccc.plist Support
[running] com.cleverfiles.cfbackd.plist Support
[running] com.edb.launchd.postgresql-8.4.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[loaded] com.logos.LogosIndexer.plist Support
[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support
User Login Items: ℹ️
SmartDaemon Application (/Library/Application Support/CleverFiles/SmartDaemon.app)
iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
Caffeine Application (/Applications/Caffeine.app)
Alfred Application (/Applications/Alfred.app)
CrossOver CD Helper Application (/Applications/CrossOver.app/Contents/Resources/CrossOver CD Helper.app)
3DconnexionHelper Application (/Library/PreferencePanes/3Dconnexion.prefPane/Contents/Resources/3DconnexionHe lper.app)
Cinch Application (/Applications/Cinch.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
3Dconnexion Support
CUDA Preferences Support
Flash Player Support
FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE) Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      16% avguard.bin
      3% WindowServer
      1% fontd
      0% syslogd
      0% AppleSpell
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
436 MB avguard.bin
245 MB mds_stores
155 MB Safari
129 MB SmartDaemon
116 MB Calendar
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
5.70 GB Free RAM
5.21 GB Active RAM
678 MB Inactive RAM
1.29 GB Wired RAM
1.03 GB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs

Mac book suddenly running very slow.

My mac book the other day started running extremely slow to the point of lagging in word and finder. I've alleviated this slightly by updating the operating system (which took 12 hours to install), restarting in Safe Mode and resetting the PRAM. However it is still to slow to really operate properly (but at least I can get onto the internet and run diagnostics whithout it freezing and dying). Two little oddities I've found whilst trying to fix this, I deleted avast but it still seems to have little bits of software that are showing up on EtreCheck, also although I apparently have around 400GB free, Utility disk is saying I only have 18MB, which does not seem to be related to MobileBackup, or any back up storage, so not sure what's going on there. I also tried to do a backup to an external hardrive but after 12 hours and only 2GB uploaded I gave up with my Mac in it's current predicament.
EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)
Report generated 5 November 2014 1:59:20 am AEDT
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
1 2.9 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2-core
8 GB RAM 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
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 4000 -
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 5:33:8
Disk Information: ℹ️
APPLE HDD TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF disk0 : (750.16 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk1) / [Startup]: 748.93 GB (423.38 GB free)
Core Storage: disk0s2 749.30 GB Online
MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
SAMSUNG SAMSUNG_Android
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist Support
[invalid?] com.avast.helper.plist Support
[invalid?] com.avast.install.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[invalid?] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Support
[invalid?] com.avast.account.plist Support
[invalid?] com.avast.crashreport.plist Support
[invalid?] com.avast.daemon.plist Support
[invalid?] com.avast.fileshield.plist Support
[invalid?] com.avast.kexts.plist Support
[invalid?] com.avast.proxy.plist Support
[invalid?] com.avast.regapp.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[loaded] com.avast.install.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist Support
User Login Items: ℹ️
None
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 21 Check version
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
wrc
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player Support
Growl Support
Java Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 748.93 GB Disk used: 325.55 GB
Destinations:
TOSHIBA EXT [Local]
Total size: 499.76 GB
Total number of backups: 0
Oldest backup: -
Last backup: -
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 499.76 GB < (Disk used 325.55 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      4% Google Chrome Helper EH
      4% WindowServer
      2% ScreenSaverEngine
      2% Google Chrome
      1% AddressBookSourceSync
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
198 MB Google Chrome
172 MB mds_stores
146 MB softwareupdated
129 MB iPhoto
112 MB WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
836 MB Free RAM
3.91 GB Active RAM
2.84 GB Inactive RAM
1.00 GB Wired RAM
4.35 GB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs

Thanks I got rid of avast properly, computer is still running extremely show so I'm guessing I might need to take it in to apple? Here's an EtreCheck report post avast just in case that helps.
EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)
Report generated 5 November 2014 2:45:16 pm AEDT
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
1 2.9 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2-core
8 GB RAM 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
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 4000 -
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 0:11:48
Disk Information: ℹ️
APPLE HDD TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF disk0 : (750.16 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk1) / [Startup]: 748.93 GB (424.01 GB free)
Core Storage: disk0s2 749.30 GB Online
MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
SAMSUNG SAMSUNG_Android
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[invalid?] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist Support
User Login Items: ℹ️
None
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 21 Check version
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
wrc
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player Support
Growl Support
Java Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 748.93 GB Disk used: 324.91 GB
Destinations:
TOSHIBA EXT [Local]
Total size: 499.76 GB
Total number of backups: 0
Oldest backup: -
Last backup: -
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 499.76 GB < (Disk used 324.91 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      4% WindowServer
      0% launchd
      0% AppleSpell
      0% pboard
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
77 MB Finder
69 MB mds_stores
60 MB WindowServer
43 MB Dock
34 MB Image Capture Extension
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
6.05 GB Free RAM
1.34 GB Active RAM
334 MB Inactive RAM
863 MB Wired RAM
918 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs

My 2 year old mac book pro has started to run very hot and sounds as though it is working very hard and seems slower....any thoughts?

my 3 year old mac book pro has started to run much slower, very hot and sounds as though it is running hard....any thoughts?

Login to another User account. Is it faster there?
17" 2.2GHz i7 Quad-Core MacBook Pro  8G RAM  750G HD + OCZ Vertex 3 SSD Boot HD 
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I am on a MAC PPC G5 with OSX 10.5.8 and can't get the Leopard disk to stay in the drive, although " Woodstock - The Director's Cut plays fine " HELP !!

I am on a MAC PPC G5 with OSX 10.5.8 and can't get the Leopard disk to stay in the drive, although " Woodstock - The Director's Cut " plays fine, HELP !!

Yes it is the right Disc...
2Z691-6040-A (OEM) Drop-in DVD...
System Requirements  Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster) processor. User must already have 10.4 or above to install this 10.5 upgrade.
Compatibility  eMac (2005), iBook G4 (Mid 2005), iMac G5 17-inch (ALS), iMac G5 20-inch (ALS), iMac G5 (17-inch iSight), iMac G5 (20-inch iSight), iMac (Early 2006 17-inch), iMac (Early 2006 20-inch), iMac (Mid 2006 17-inch), iMac (17-inch Late 2006 CD), iMac (17-inch Late 2006), iMac (20-inch Late 2006), iMac (24-inch Late 2006), iMac (20-inch Mid 2007), iMac (24-inch Mid 2007), Mac mini, Mac mini (Late 2005), Mac mini (Early 2006), Mac mini (Late 2006), Mac mini (Mid 2007), Mac Pro, Mac Pro (8-core), MacBook (13-inch), MacBook (13-inch Late 2006), MacBook (13-inch Mid 2007), MacBook (13-inch Late 2007), MacBook (13-inch Early 2008), MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, MacBook Pro (17-inch), MacBook Pro (15-inch Glossy), MacBook Pro (15-inch Core 2 Duo), MacBook Pro (17-inch Core 2 Duo), MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.4/2.2GHz), MacBook Pro (17-inch 2.4GHz), MacBook Pro (Early 2008), Power Mac G5 (Early 2005), Power Mac G5 (Late 2005), PowerBook G4 (15-inch Double-Layer SD), PowerBook G4 (17-inch Double-Layer SD), Xserve (Late 2006)
http://www.welovemacs.com/2z6916040a.html
I'd try to find another Mac to make a DMG of it & burn a copy to see if that works better.

Hi . i have Intel based iMac. i erased whole hard disk. now it flashes folder icon with question mark... i have no internet or orginal dvd.... i want to clean install any mac osx..friend got mac book pro and osx in dmg format . what are my options?

hi . i have Intel based iMac. i erased whole hard disk. now it flashes folder icon with question mark... i have no internet or orginal dvd.... i want to clean install any mac osx..friend got mac book pro and osx in dmg format . what are my options?

On your friend's computer with an internet connection, log into the Mac App Store with your ID and download Yosemite from the Purchases section of the Mac App Store. The make a bootable USB install media using
http://liondiskmaker.com/
Then boot from that on your computer and install
You need an internet connection to install via Recovery mode

In the keybourd of my mac 10.8.3 OSX, some battons are not working

n the keybourd of my mac 10.8.3 OSX, some battons are not working

Thank you sig , you helped me two weeks ago , now let help JCT FELIX, i went to Ebay and got a new key pad
for $29.99 , then took it to Best Buy , they will change the key pad for $49.99 , and you will be home free , don't
try to change it your self ,you have to gut the whole laptop of everything to get to the key board , it is very very
hard if you don't know what to do , hope this can help you , i got my laptop working like new .
Good luck
Ctf45

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Welcome to Apple Support Communities
Your Mac supports OS X Yosemite. If you need to upgrade your Mac, do it, but if you are happy with the OS X version you are running or you do not like changes (OS X Yosemite has got an interface change), you can keep it always that it is not very old.
In order to upgrade to OS X Yosemite, it is as simple as opening the Mac App Store and downloading OS X Yosemite. When the download finishes, the installer will show up, so follow its steps. Before upgrading, it is important to make a backup of your files with Time Machine -> Mac Basics: Time Machine backs up your Mac - Apple Support You can also check that your applications are compatible with Yosemite in this website -> http://www.roaringapps.com
OS X Yosemite should run properly, but I recommend you to run it with at least 4 GB of RAM (you can check how much RAM you have in the Apple menu -> About this Mac). In case Yosemite runs slowly, the backup you made will let you go back to your old version.

USB drive in my mac is disabled. I am running OSX 10.9.2 . How to enable it

USB drive in my mac is disabled. I am running OSX 10.9.2 . How to enable it

A SMC reset can often get ports working if they've stopped. If you have an iMac or Mac Pro, just unplug the power cord and wait 10-15 seconds. If you have a notebook Mac, then it a bit trickier...here is an article from apple
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

I cannot open pdf files with Firefox using a Mac 10.5.8 OSX

The new version of Firefox does not support opening pdf files using a Mac 1.5.8 OSX with an Intel processor. Anything I can do?

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Hey i have a old powerbook G4 laptop and i was wondering where can i download the OS ( Mac OSX 10.5.8 Build ( 9L30 ) to do a fresh install my system is running really slow is there any place where i can down load this OS?

Hey i have a old powerbook G4 laptop and i was wondering where can i download the OS ( Mac OSX 10.5.8 Build ( 9L30 ) to do a fresh install my system is running really slow is there any place where i can down load this OS?

Hello,
Unfortunately Apple do not offer a download for mac OS X 10.5.8. They will only provide updates available for download. ( Normally you would do so once the OS is installed)
To do a fresh install of this software your going to need to buy a retail copy of the disk.
There are some vendors who do still stock the media disk, but they can be expensive.
Best of luck.

I have recently downloaded osx lion on my mac and now it is running incredibly slow? Does anyone have any suggestions

I have recently downloaded OSX Mountain Lion and my computer is running considerably slower? Anyone have any suggestions?

It will run slow for a few hours as the new install will index your entire hard disk(s), as well as do a complete Time Machine backup if you're using that. Click on the Spotlight icon on the top right of your screen. Is there a progress bar that says its indexing (and if you're using Time Machine, is the TM icon in the menubar spinning)? If so, just wait for those to complete and things should be back to normal.
Also be sure to run Software Update and manually update any 3rd party apps, many of which may not work correctly under Mountain Lion and could cause slowdowns.
Other common causes and solutions of slow running can be found here:
http://applehelpwriter.com/2011/12/05/why-is-my-mac-running-so-slow/
(ToU Disclaimer: this links to my website which contains other links that promote my services as a technical writer)

My Mac operating system is OSX 10.4.11 and I "replaced" my older version of Firefox with a newer one that does not open with my system. Can you send me an older version of Firefox? Thanks!

My Mac operating system is OSX 10.4.11 and I "replaced" my older version of Firefox with a newer one that does not open with my system. Can you send me an older version of Firefox? Thanks!

You can get Firefox 3.6.20 from here. <br />
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html

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