After i updated to mavericks my iMac is sooooo slow

i have a 27" imac mid 2010 2.8GHz i5, about a week or two after i updated to 10.9 i experienced slowdown for the first time ever. Animations are slow, moving the cusor is slow. i checked the activity monitor i have 4GB ram and 3.86GB is in use all the time, virtual memory is at 4.31GB. When i had mountain lion installed the memory used was always around 1.3GB. Is there something i can do to clear the memory used so my imac won't slow down?

Mavericks is designed to use RAM differently, so you will need to ignore the fact that it is all used some of the time. The main figure to worry about is paging to disk, shown as 'Swap used' in Activity Monitor.
An Etrecheck report may help, also if you can manage to find a reproducible fault then you can try that in safe mode (hold shift after the chime until the spinning 'cog' appears). Ensure the login window says 'safe mode'.
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1455
It will disable all third party extensions & startup items.
If the Mac is better in safe mode it is time to get a system report and look at the third party items. Be aware that some features will be disabled like wifi on some models, graphics drivers will be in a reduced mode - this is normal in safe mode. Reboot to go back to normal.

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Bluetooth shuttted down after I updated to Mavericks, please help me !
I am 70 Years old and worked very happy with my iMac (21,5“ mid 2010, 3,2 GHz Intel Core 3)
until I updated him from SnowLeopard 10.6.8 to Mavericks 10.9.2.
2 Days all was OK. Next Morning-Start he needs (until now) 3 minutes to show me a SCREEN only milky white. After that he starts like ever with all ICONS in about 1 minute. (together 4 min.)
..But I must notice, that I cannot make anything, because the „BLUETOOTH APPLE WIRELESS KEYBOARD and the APPLE MAGIC MOUSE“ doesn't work anything like before.
I could nothing do, I must drop my APPLE only out.
That I maked ever 10x and all was the same... (Maveriks also 4x new updated)
I taked my Logitech-Bluetooth-Mouse from the WIN-Laptop, dropped it in USB from iMAC...and in one second I could work only with this MOUSE...I buyd the Logitech COMBO K520 and all was OK now with my lovely APPLE iMAC to work with him...But without APPLE KEYBOARD and MAGIC MOUSE...and with a 4 min. -START until now.
I asked the EXPERTS from APPLE-SUPPORT under Tel. 0800-6645451 in Germany, became a Number, maked many Things by starting new, but the mistake after all is the same like before.
When I look into ...Apple/ Info/System/ Hardware/ Bluetooth ..my APPLE says: NO INFOs FOUND (Es wurden keine Informationen gefunden.)
Under Hardware/ Diagnose : Selbsttest beim Einschalten: zuletzt ausgeführt: 15.05. 14, Ergebnis: Bestanden (that means OK) !!
I asked many Peaple, who sold APPLE-Computers in the STORS, but they all had no IDEA, how they can help.
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Is an Expert under YOU to help me by my Problem with this iMAC ?

dietmarfromdeu,
if you start up your iMac in Safe mode, do you still have Bluetooth problems with your Apple wireless keyboard and Magic Mouse?

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I'm not sure why, but when I updated my software to mavericks, my USB ethernet adapter stopped working.

I'm using that adapter:
http://www.edimax.com/en/support_detail.php?pd_id=445&pl1_id=5&pl2_id=26
After I updated to Mavericks, I installed the driver in this page, but it didn't work. Then I googled "AX88772" which is my adapter's part no. or something like that, and I installed that one:
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After recent update to airport on iMac, the wifi connection is lost when it goes to sleep and requires turning off wifi and turning it on to reestablish contact.

After recent update to OS on iMac, communication to airport is lost when computer goes to sleep. To reestablish connection, I need to turn wifi off then on.

same problem here.
i have a time capsule.
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excessively searching for network
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You can't uninstall an OS. You can erase and re-install the old OS, but if you don't have a prior backup of your data, you'll lose it during the erase procedure.

I have aperture 3.4.5 but si not available the uograde at 3.5 and i can't open my library after the update to' maverick

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Marco,
is your main system language set to English? If not, change the language to English in the "Language&Region" System Preferences (see: Re: I bought Aperture in a box et can't upgrade from 3.4.5 to 3.5.). Then sign back into AppStore and reload the Updates panel.
Other things that could prevent the update are, if you moved Aperture from the Applications folder or renamed it. Then put it back.
Léonie

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Hardware Information:
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          iMac - model: iMac8,1
          1 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
          2 GB RAM
Video Information:
          ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro - VRAM: 256 MB
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          OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 5 days 20:20:57
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          Hitachi HDP725032GLA380 disk0 : (320.07 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 319.21 GB (96.82 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
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          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
          Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
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                    G-DRIVE (disk1s2) /Volumes/G-DRIVE: 499.76 GB (96.69 GB free)
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               2%          Nike+ Connect
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You are only running on 2GB of RAM. IMHO 4GB woud be the minimum to realistically run Mavericks on, although the more the better.
Pete

Any problem with Safari after having updated to Mavericks ?

Hi everybody.
Yesterday I updated my iMac to Mavericks and ...safari doesn't work anymore.
I tried all my best but withut success...
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Francesca

No probelms here - what exactly happens for you ?.

After upgrading to Maverick my Imac is dead slow, 3-4 min to load an app, HELP!!

Background: intel 7i with 16mb ram, after 1st upgrade from Lion 2 weeks ago maverick scrambled my user accounts and i had to take the MAC to the Apple store for re-install of the IOS, the thing worked fine for 3 days and on Monday started getting slower and slower. last night on startup it was 3-4 min to load chrome and mail together, app store would not even load. any ideas?????

Launch the Console 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.
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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.
Click the Clear Display icon in the toolbar. Then try the action that you're having trouble with again. Select any messages that appear in the Console window. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
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between IMac/IPhone & Ipad its been a bloody pain keeping things working properly...
Just updated IMac to Mav & checked my iphone notes (which I rely on) and saw half were gone...! Checked the notes (that was an endeavor finding them) on the Imac and they are all there...
I synced the phone w/ comp hoping that would help - NO.... I am not really computer saavy & can't believe how complicated this is becoming...can someone give me a simple route to keeping my notes from disappearing...??? Actually happened before & can't recall how I retrieved them....
thanks,
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thank you for being specific..! ICloud>notes is turned on IMac
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Waaaah - I just wish I understood the basics more, but I don't have the time & patience to figure it all out.! So thank you for attempting to help me....!

After installing update for mavericks 10.9.3 my mac responds slowly, freezes and crashes, what can I do?

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Slow Mac After Mavericks
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I have recently found out that my MacBook Pro 15.4 early 2011 model the FaceTime HD camera is not loading or is missing.
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my computer has not been able to connect to my built-in camera
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Hello,
Almost sounds like your control key isn't working!?
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Since i updated the wifi on iMac internet runs slow

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I know people also have been having this trouble with the Facebook videochat, but it's also with the iChat replacement too. Any advice?

Hi,
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Basically as internet speeds have increased the differences between two buddies can be greater.
Using slower speeds can be a more common area of speed.
It can also help when ISPs tried to combat Peer-to-Peer file sharing and slow down your service.
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 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
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 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
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