My I MAC G5 is just to slow

have had my G5 for 2yrs and love it have never had a problem with it but now its a real pain its just to slow when operating software and the internet it was pretty full up as I keep loads of photographs but I transfered about 50GB unto a external hard drive - is there a simplw first aid or clean up procedure that I can peform - remember I have no knowledge of these procedures can someone please help me thanks!!

Hello and Welcome to Apple Discussions.
Whilst there are several things you could do one of the simplest is to ensure that OS X has sufficient space to use your hard disk as Virtual Memory. If you run out of space on your internal hard disk then your iMac will slow right down.
Single click on Macintosh HD choose File menu > Get Info and ensure that the available space is greater than 10% of the total space.
It's also worth going to Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities> Disk Utility. Select Macintosh HD on the left hand pane of the window and choose Repair Disk Permissions.
It may also help to increase your RAM. The best place I know of for RAM supply in Ireland is Crucial. If you post the processor speed of your iMac (  Apple Menu > About this Mac...) we can advise better.
kind regards
mrtotes

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Good evening,
I just purchased these items last night from the Apple store, they are both installed on my bluetooth. I do have OS Lion.
Whenever I want to go to another site for example this site it spins and spins and takes approx 1 min which feels like 5mins.
My other wireless key board and mouse was logictech for Mac I never had a problem like this.
The only reason why I switched was because of the functionality the keyboard and mouse did not have.
Can some please help me or educate me on what I am not doing correctly.
Thanks so much,
Phyllis

I don't think you are doing anything wrong. I also don't think you communication to your computer (in this case with bluetooth) has anything to do with your computer's internet connection.
If you are having a slow internet connection then when it happens plug your old mouse and keyboard back in. Your internet connection should still be just as slow.
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SOMETHINGS UP AND AM SURE WE'LL ALL BE PLEASED, AS the mac pro was announced Last year, barely made the December mark, then pushed to January, then February and now April.
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PEACE===AM SURE APPLE WILL BLOW US AWAY - they have to figure out how to increase the power for 150 watts or make the GPU work which in regard to FPU, I thought was NVIDIA?

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