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Hi all,
I hope someone can shed some light on to this - i'm more of a Microsoft techie but have a Mac - just as an end-user; no hating please .
Ever-so recently, within the last few days, apps have been hanging really badly. For example, i click Chrome and it bounces for 30 seconds, then stops. The same happens to pretty much all my apps, including the standard Apple apps like Mail, Safari and iTunes.
Really worrying now, i just heard the loudest possible BEEP on here... well, it wasn't a beep but was like the horn from a 16 wheeled truck - seriously!
Has anyone experienced anything like this? I could re-install, but it's a Mac i shouldn't need to!
I know i've not given much info on this, but not sure what i'd need to provide, can someone let me know?
Thanks for any help i may receive!
Note: i upgraded from Tiger to Snow Leopard about 8 months ago.
Christian

While you are running your normal app load have Activity Monitor open (Applications - Utilities - Activity Monitor) and see how much Free RAM you have. While you are there also check to see if there are any apps taking a lot of %CPU. Please report back the amount of FREE RAM, if it's about 500 MB then the issue is insufficient RAM.
If everything seems normal then try starting in Safe Mode to clear some caches.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1455
And if those do not help you can do a SMC reset.
_SMC RESET_
• Shut down the computer.
• Unplug the computer's power cord and all peripherals.
• Press and hold the power button for 5 seconds.
• Release the power button.
• Attach the computers power cable.
• Press the power button to turn on the computer.
_PRAM RESET_
• Shut down the computer.
• Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
• Turn on the computer.
• Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears.
• Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
Release the keys.
Finally if this still doesn't work then create a Test Account and leave it pristine, don't add any applications or change any settings on this account. Then log into the account, if the account is stable that indicates a software issue in your user account. If the problem persists it's a global issue to your system.

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