Hi, my mac has recently been acting strange. First started about a week or so ago, where it was acting like it would get hung up; but would eventually fix itself. Now, I am having to restart it constantly just to entere a web address. Help please?

Can someone please help me to see if I can figure out what is wrong? I looked to see if there was any updates that I overlooked, however, it stated that all updates had been made. I am completely lost. Thank You.

You are in a situation where it may not be a big deal, or your hard drive could be failing and everything on your computer could be at risk. That means everything gets erased if you don't have a copy of it. You may want to make your first priority getting an external hard drive and making a copy of all your music, pics, movies, ect. while you still can, if you still can. It may turn out to not be a big deal, a directory issue or your'e out of space or something, but better to have a back up and not need it, than to lose everything that's important to you.
If you value your stuff, stop trying to use the computer and back it up, before you do anything else.
It sounds like you should then take it to an Apple Service Provider like an Apple Store.

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