I want to update my 2008 macbook. It also freezes, says I have no memory, and is just outdated. Any ideas on the cost to update?
My 2008 Macbook constantly freezes....applications constantly pause or have no response. I often can't even force quit....I need to hold down the power button to shut down the whole system. It also says I have little or no memory all the time, even though I have deleted a lot of things. I can't afford to buy a whole new computer. Any ideas on the approximate cost of updating??
Cost, no, Maintenance on your part, yes.
You need to free up disk space. Control click the MacintoshHD icon on your desktop or open the Finder, control click startup disk icon then click Get Info.
You'll see Available and Capacity. Make sure there's at least 15% available disk space.
Freeing space on your Mac OS X startup disk
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