After installing Lion, my iMac (early 2009) is slower than before

I installed OSX Lion and I noticed a severe drop in performances of my iMac 24" (early 2009), particularly when opening and closing applications.
Is there something to do to speed-up the iMac?

same issues and not sure how else to speed up my system. Anyone? Please help! It's killing me.

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My microphone doesn't work after installing lion on iMac early 2009

Hello,
I've just installed LION and everthing seems to be OK except the microphone, it doesn't work on skype, imovie.
I have an Imac early 2009.
Will this bug be fixed in the next 10.7.1?
Please if you can help me,
Thanks

If it suggests that you install iPhoto again, install iPhoto again. In your Macs Box that it came in there should be 2 Discs, one is an Applications CD (You need this one) And another is the Mac OS X.
Insert your Applications CD and hold C while the computer is starting up, then you will be walked through the installation of Applications.

After installing Lion, my iMac Intel is very slow and need to login twice.

Tried downioading another copy of Lion to reinstall, but I get an error message stating it cannot continue. Has anyone had this problem before? Thanks.

hopefully this is what you need:
Mar 13 23:53:53 Peter-Andrew-Gonzalezs-iMac Install Mac OS X Lion[344]: Finished operation queue
Mar 13 23:54:28 Peter-Andrew-Gonzalezs-iMac diskmanagementd[365]: DM ->T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: inUDS=0x10ddd3c30=disk2s3=Mac OS X Install ESD
Mar 13 23:54:28 Peter-Andrew-Gonzalezs-iMac diskmanagementd[365]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMBootable=1            (bootable right now without any further action)
Mar 13 23:54:28 Peter-Andrew-Gonzalezs-iMac diskmanagementd[365]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMBootCapable=0         (bootable if you call MKCFPrepareBootDevice)
Mar 13 23:54:28 Peter-Andrew-Gonzalezs-iMac diskmanagementd[365]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMBootSurgeryRequired=0 (for primitive MBR on BIOS, add boot block and loader)
Mar 13 23:54:28 Peter-Andrew-Gonzalezs-iMac diskmanagementd[365]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMFSSurgeryRequired=0   (for primitive MBR on BIOS, add boot block and loader)
Mar 13 23:54:28 Peter-Andrew-Gonzalezs-iMac diskmanagementd[365]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMNewfsRequired=1       (bootable with MKCFPrep but it will rudely carve)
Mar 13 23:54:28 Peter-Andrew-Gonzalezs-iMac diskmanagementd[365]: DM <-T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: MKerr=0 out=12=0xc
Mar 13 23:54:29 Peter-Andrew-Gonzalezs-iMac Install Mac OS X Lion[344]: Extracting files from /Applications/Install Mac OS X Lion.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg
Mar 13 23:54:30 Peter-Andrew-Gonzalezs-iMac Install Mac OS X Lion[344]: Failed to write imgsrc info to nvram
Mar 13 23:54:30 Peter-Andrew-Gonzalezs-iMac Install Mac OS X Lion[344]: Extracting Boot Bits from Outer DMG:
Mar 13 23:54:31 Peter-Andrew-Gonzalezs-iMac Install Mac OS X Lion[344]: Copied kernelcache
Mar 13 23:54:31 Peter-Andrew-Gonzalezs-iMac Install Mac OS X Lion[344]: Copied Boot.efi
Mar 13 23:54:31 Peter-Andrew-Gonzalezs-iMac Install Mac OS X Lion[344]: Ejecting disk image
Mar 13 23:54:41 Peter-Andrew-Gonzalezs-iMac Install Mac OS X Lion[344]: Generating the com.apple.Boot.plist file
Mar 13 23:54:41 Peter-Andrew-Gonzalezs-iMac Install Mac OS X Lion[344]: Linking self-contained dmg into mutable product
Mar 13 23:54:41 Peter-Andrew-Gonzalezs-iMac Install Mac OS X Lion[344]: com.apple.Boot.plist: {
              "Kernel Cache" = "/Mac OS X Install Data/kernelcache";
              "Kernel Flags" = "container-dmg=file:///Mac%20OS%20X%20Install%20Data/InstallESD.dmg root-dmg=file:///BaseSystem.dmg";
Mar 13 23:54:41 Peter-Andrew-Gonzalezs-iMac Install Mac OS X Lion[344]: Done generating the com.apple.Boot.plist file
Mar 13 23:54:41 Peter-Andrew-Gonzalezs-iMac Install Mac OS X Lion[344]: Blessing / -- /Mac OS X Install Data
Mar 13 23:54:41 Peter-Andrew-Gonzalezs-iMac InstallAssistantTool[527]: Couldn't bless the installation disk: /
Mar 13 23:55:10 Peter-Andrew-Gonzalezs-iMac Install Mac OS X Lion[344]: Failed to remove mutable product /Mac OS X Install Data

Where can i purchase original restore and install disk for imac early 2009

purchased a used IMac Early 2009 wanted ot replace the hard drive and need to acquire restore and install disk, where can I purchase

Call 1-800-676-2775. Give them the serial number and pay (I think) $16 per disk to get replacement gray disks.

Upgraded to Lion, my iMac early 2009 freeze several times a day

Hi all,
Since my upgrade to Lion (1.6.8 -> 1.7.3 and now 1.7.4), my iMac 2009 freeze several times a day.
the screen (wallpaper and windows) change of color ... i saw some artifacts and ... a moment, my mouse stops to move, my only way is to reboot my iMac.
before my upgrade, my iMac ran a week without a reboot .. :-!

In addition to having adequate RAM did you repair disk permissions after the updates? If not then please run Disk Utility (Applications - Utilities - Disk Utility) and run Repair Disk Permissions, I would recommend doing so 2x. If you see messages, you can normally disregard them per Apple's Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions messages that you can safely ignore advice letter.

After installing lion on macbook mid2010, is very slow

I had installed snow leopard macbook and was very fast, change a lion and has become slow, I delete my HD and reinstall the lion had no improvement, I have 2 months after buying the machine and I repent for not having purchasedbetter macbook pro.
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I guess Lion wants more memory . Not just only 2 or 4 . Lion is like a Mac windows vista
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Can I upgrade from Photoshop CS2 to CS5 after installing Lion?

Can I upgrade from Photoshop CS2 to CS5 after installing Lion? Or should I have done it before installing Lion?

I think you are missing my point.
For the last many editions of the creative suite they have each been completely independent. There is no "going over a previous version. Each version stands on its own and is a clean install — as long as you haven't installed that specific version before.
And "obsolete" is a pretty relative term. With products as complex as the creative suite there are often features (or even whole applications) that change between versions. Many people I know keep earlier versions around, just for that very reason.

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After installing lion my Macv pro became very slow. takes long time to start ad to shoot down. Is there any fix for this?

Lion does best when you do a clean install on a new drive, then use Setup or Migration Assistants.
You're going to have to show / ask what old stuff you carried over from before most likely.
Then again, people complained when Snow Leopard came out. And before that there was...
To say it starts and shutdown more slowly is the surface superficial and doesn't say how installed, what, even the model Mac Pro and how it is configured.
You are going to want to use Safe Mode and Lion Recovery and backups for starters most likely.
reset SMC For "Mac wont' turn on or boot" and related
https://support.apple.com/kb/TS1367
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Creating a temporary user to isolate user-specific problems: Isolating an issue by using another user account
Identifying resource hogs and other tips: Using Activity Monitor to read System Memory and determine how much RAM is being used
Starting the computer in "safe mode": Mac OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode?
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bfackler,
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In general theory, one now has the Edit button for their posts, until someone/anyone Replies to it. I've had Edit available for weeks, as opposed to the old forum's ~ 30 mins.
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If you choose Sleep from the Apple menu, does it sleep?
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I want to upgrade my iMac (Early 2009) 20-inch to 8GB of RAM

I want to upgrade my iMac (Early 2009) 20-inch to 8GB of RAM the maximum specified by apple but i've been reading installing to 4GB RAM modules causes a kernal panic in os x lion, is this a lion specific error or is this a iMac error?
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http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/8566DDR3S8GP/
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My iMac Early 2009 computer has been shutting down in different ways during different programs, usually graphics oriented. Usually it freezes the display or some part of the display, becomes very very slow and then maybe I can wait and save work before restarting, maybe not--it's just frozen. I was watching a video in Chrome just now and it completely shut down and restarted. This is the first time this has happened--complete shut down. I wonder if anyone can interpret the shut down log.
Specs are as follows:
iMac "Core 2 Duo" 3.06 24-Inch Aluminum (Early 2009) (E8435)
6 MB shared level 2 cache
1066 MHz system bus
8GB of RAM (1066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM)
1 TB (7200 RPM)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 graphics - 512 MB GDDR3
Log of the shut down follows. Thank you very much in advance if anyone has any idea what is wrong.
Mon Oct 6 22:29:21 2014
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff7f99628f30): NVRM[0/2:0:0]: Read Error 0x0061002c: CFG 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x04000000, BAR0 0xd2000000 0xffffff8124c6e000 0x094700a1, D0, P3/4
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff81233cbbe0 : 0xffffff8018a22f79
0xffffff81233cbc60 : 0xffffff7f99628f30
0xffffff81233cbd20 : 0xffffff7f996f250a
0xffffff81233cbd60 : 0xffffff7f998c991c
0xffffff81233cbd80 : 0xffffff7f996c68c7
0xffffff81233cbda0 : 0xffffff7f99769dbf
0xffffff81233cbe20 : 0xffffff7f99610fce
0xffffff81233cbee0 : 0xffffff7f995debc5
0xffffff81233cbf20 : 0xffffff8018a4a20a
0xffffff81233cbfb0 : 0xffffff8018ad7607
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         com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.2.4)[D61B2BB9-4289-318D-9197-5E1E13B 1FF32]@0xffffff7f995d9000->0xffffff7f99841fff
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            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[D41125CE-69BD-32E7-9B1D-4E83431662DD]@0xff ffff7f995c9000
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         com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla(8.2.4)[B0E6AAA7-E970-3D81-8B43-145D56 A3A4AC]@0xffffff7f9984c000->0xffffff7f99af5fff
            dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.2.4)[D61B2BB9-4289-318D-9197-5E1E13B 1FF32]@0xffffff7f995d9000
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BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
13F34
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 13.4.0: Sun Aug 17 19:50:11 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2422.115.4~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 9477416E-7BCA-3679-AF97-E1EAAD3DD5A0
Kernel slide:     0x0000000018800000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8018a00000
System model name: iMac9,1 (Mac-F2218FA9)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 116336346660163
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last unloaded kext at 73492603237583: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCDC 4.2.1b5 (addr 0xffffff7f9ae9f000, size 16384)
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Thunderbolt Bus:

Thanks Mike. I have no third party peripherals, but I did install ram, so I'll take that out. I'm unable to install the Apple Hardware Test (holding D down doesn't work for me and I don't have the install disks that came with the computer anymore.) I think it is a hardware problem though, due to it happening during lots of different programs running etc. I'm guessing it is GPU related as well, because it says
Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.apple.nvidia.classic [...]
From research I've done online, I gather replacing the video card will be half as expensive as buying a new computer, so I'm in a jam there. The iMac screen display is also quite old -- it has a yellowish color now and often on the desktop you can "see through" windows "on top": you can see the outlines of windows below.

After installing Lion, my iMac (early 2009) is slower than before

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