HOW REBUILD THE DESKTOP FILE ON INTEL CORE DUO I MAC ?
On my old I mac, I could restart the computer, and while it was restarting, I held down both option key and apple key at same time until a message appeared which asked if I wanted to rebuild the desktop file. I tried this same thing on my new Intel Core Duo I mac, but nothing happened. The reason I want to rebuild the desktop file is because things are slowing down. Everything works, but there is a delay between the command, and the resulting action. Please tell me how I can speed up things again. Is there some other means to try to eliminate delays on my present Intel computer? Thanks in advance.
If you have several GB free space on the HD, the next question would be, do you turn the Mac off or put it in system sleep overnight? That can prevent the cron maintenance tasks from running (display-only sleep allow the tasks to run). Tiger is supposed to track if the maintenance tasks haven't run and launch the tasks outside of the nominal 3AM timeframe if enough time has elapsed, but the timing and real-world functionality of that test is unclear. You can leave the Mac in display-only sleep a few times a month (especially the first weekend of the month); you can manually Force Background Maintenance; or you can use a third-party utility such as OnyX to run the maintenance. Note that any system utility you use must be compatible with the OS version (e.g., use the Tiger version of OnyX with 10.4.x).
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☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
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On prodesigntools.com
http://prodesigntools.com/photoshop-elements-11-premiere-elements-11-are-out-pse-pre.html
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Photoshop & Premiere Elements 11 will run well on 32-bit or 64-bit systems, and are designed for Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, or Mac OS v10.6 through v10.8 (see the full system requirements for PSE 11 on Windows/Mac; and PRE 11 on Windows/Mac).
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My profiler looks like this (sorry it's in italian but you could still compare the info)...look at the firmware, maybe it's different.
Dati scheda AirPort:
Tipo di scheda wireless: AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x89)
Impostazioni internazionali scheda wireless: Universale
Versione firmware scheda wireless: 100.9 (3.120.28.3)
Network wireless attuale: Wireless and Free
Canale wireless: 3
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(TechTool Deluxe 3.1.3) indicates the video is failing.
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same unit?
My soldering skills are, sadly, poor.
And it only dawned on me a couple days ago that because this iMac does
not have a Core 2 Duo processor, it will not be able to enter the
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Thanks,
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3rd or later edition in the series.My 5 yr old 2 GHz Intel Core Duo 20" iMac, right after I disconnected
an external HD that had been on the desktop (i.e. I forgot to eject it
properly), started displaying video anomalies (lines); testing
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same unit?
My soldering skills are, sadly, poor.
And it only dawned on me a couple days ago that because this iMac does
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"Lion" generation.
Thanks,
Patrick
PS Are manuals for this model available? I have a copy of the Peachpit
Apple Training Series "Desktop and Portable Systems, Second Edition"
but it only goes up to the G5 20" iMac. There doesn't appear to be a
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Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor
2GB of memory
OS X v10.6.6 or later (v10.6.8 recommended)
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Inspiron
Processor
4th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-4460 Processor (6M Cache, up to 3.40 GHz)
Operating System
Help Me Choose
Windows® 8.1 (64Bit) English
Memory2
8GB Dual Channel DDR3 1600MHz (4GBx2)
Hard Drive
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Video Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® 705 1GB DDR3
Ports
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Rear
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Operating System
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Windows 8.1 (64Bit) English
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Hard Drive
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Video Card
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CPU Thermal
86W
Graphics Thermal
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Power
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Bays
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Media Card Reader
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I would also invest in more RAM (this can be added easily - I bought extra 4GB as my Studio came with 3GB).
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