My Imac got REALLY SLOW.....and the Dock got none of my stuff in it!!!
Starting a few days ago my Imac started to take forever to boot................I checked the startup items and there was nothing there!
I didn't install anything new....and yet the whole system got slower and slower....
This morning I turned it on and guess what..........none of my Dock items were there anymore...the Dock was as if I had just bought the computer with all the defaults and none of the programs I had there!!! and ever since it finished booting up which took about 15 minutes....I tryed to go online and every time I click on something it takes forever to load, it took 8 minutes to open Safari!!!!!
Its like nothing works..I have a 1GB of RAM in it plus the 512MB of Ram that came with it which for some reason it is not reading...I saw...when I added that new Ram.....
But...why in the world my Dock got screwd up.....and why am I so **** slow? I don't get it!
HELP PLEASE!!!
Thank you,
L.
Imac Mac OS X (10.4.7)
Hi L,
First thing, if it were me, if Mac is not reading the extra Ram, take it out and see how your machine performs. If it works significantly better, try reinstalling Ram by carefully but firmly seating it. Reboot machine and see how it performs. If it sees extra Ram but is still performing poorly, I think you have bad Ram and need it replaced. If your machine does not see Ram, just remove it, this is important. Bad Ram can cause many many things that you would think could not happen.
Booting up 15 minutes or Safari 8 minutes is not nearly normal. If you have an intel Mac you can also try reset SMC or if you have iMac G5 you can reset SMU, read articles thouroghly and understand...
Let us know what happens, Good luck, Rick
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I realize is only 512MB of memory but I want to make sure that a new iMac will solve this problem. Can the new iPhoto handle 10GB or more of photos? Or do I have to go to Picasa anyways in which case I can buy any computer to do that?The model of Mac is not partcularly relevant, it's the version of the OS and iPhoto that matter.
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