IBook slowing down...

for some reason over the past week or so, my iBook has been slowing down, taking more and more time to do things (even the simple ones, suchas open finder...)
This pretty much all started when updated to 10.4.4, updated itunes and so on, and installed Google earth (love this thing i have to say!! ;)) Anyway, repaired permissions a couple of times, ran MacJanitor, am only using 70% of my 60Gb, have 512Mb of RAM..., and checked the CPU usage, and nothing is "pumping" all of the power... it should all run fine. but the spinning wheel appears more and more, and it's getting on my nerves!... Any ideas on what i should/could do to get it running smoothly again?
Thanx in advance
Charles

boy you were fast on this one, as you advised i downloaded cocktail, and did what you advised. I also verified my disc and here is what i got (sorry it's in french... don't know if you'll understand)
Vérification du volume “Mac de Charles”
Vérification du volume HFS Plus.
Vérification du fichier des excès de données de blocs.
Vérification du catalogue.
Vérification des fichiers à liens multiples.
Vérification de la hiérarchie du catalogue.
Vérification du fichier des attributs étendus.
Vérification bitmap du volume.
Vérification des informations du volume.
L’en-tête de volume nécessite des réparations mineures.
Le volume The volume needs to be repaired.
Erreur : La tâche sous-jacente a signalé un échec à la fermeture
1 volume HFS vérifié
Le volume nécessite des réparations
The last sentence is "the disk needs to be repaired", and a few lines above it says minor reparations...
Now i'd be glad to do so, but of course i left my cds in paris, i am now in Boston, so any idea on how i could do this, it does not seem too bad, but i'd like to get it right
Thanx for being soooooooo quick
regards
Charles

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Welcome to Apple Discussions
Try verifying and repairing permissions (Knowledge Base Document #106712 on Troubleshooting permissions issues in Mac OS X). Do you notice you slow during certain times. An example would be working an file from your external hard or using iPhoto. How much hard drive space do you have on your internal hard drive? You may want try deleting programs that you don't use (on my iBook I don't use Garage Band, iDVD, etc). Maybe freeing up some space can help speed things up.
A great program to show you exactly what is on your computer is WhatSize.
If you are going to use WhatSize to delete any files/programs/applications, please be careful and make sure you know exactly what you are deleting and if there are any repercussions. WhatSize will show you files that you would not normally see; they are referred to as "invisible files". These invisible files are hidden from the users view because they would clutter the desktop and they hold vital information that if corrupted or deleted may cause problems. Please make sure you know what you are doing!
Have you deleted files that you don't use; like for my iBook, GarageBand. I use GarageBand on my iMac because it is much easier and faster, so I deleted it on my iBook. Have you tried the "erase install method"? The reason for doing this is because Mac OS X installs all the necessary fonts, languages, drivers, etc that people all over the world my need, by default. This tends to take up some room that you might want to get rid of (make sure first what you don't need and need). You erase and install your system software (Knowledge Base Document 301270 About Install Options w/ Mac OS X 10.4), and when installing, do a custom install. This way you can install the languages, drivers, and applications you want. The same technique can be done with iLife.
Do you using any "pro" applications (Adobe Photo CS, Aperture, etc)? You may want to try using a program like OnyX to run some maintenance scripts.
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