My IMac is getting slow... and i want to restart the hole computer so all the apps and the stuff I've downloaded will disappear so it will be good as new, how can i do that?

I NEED HELP!!!
My problem is that my IMac is getting really slow and i want to fix that, i havent buyd any memory chips yet but i think i will but i want to restart my whole computer so its like all new bought and its not going to be slow anymore

And my computer is getting warm all the times so the "wind blower" has to turn on and disturb me so much!!!
Its getting so annoyng with all the lag and noise its doing when im tryng to do something

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my iPhone was stolen last night and I'm trying to recover all my photos from that phone and get them on my mac laptop. The iCloud photo stream only imported 1,000 photos from my stolen phone. How can I retrieve all of my other photos?

You have to reset the device to Factory Settings in order to restore it from an iCloud backup. You probably want to back it up as is before you do this.
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What version of OS X is your iMac running?
How full is your Mac's hard drive?
How many applications do you run simultaneously in the background while working in another application?
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I am a landlord and I organazied my contacts by the address of my tenants. I just joined to Icloud and I am not able to find my tenants in the directory in the computer at all. I could search when I am using my phone but they do not show at first.how can correct this? as an example 37 31 1 and when i type this nothing is showing.

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My iMac is getting slower and slower

My Mac (3.2GHz Intel Core i3 4GB Memory) is about 4 years old and has been getting slower and slower over the last 5 or 6 months. An earlier post recommended using 'Etracheck' which I have done and attached the information below. I think I may have a Ram issue but I would be grateful for any comments.
Thanks
Hardware Information: ℹ️
iMac (27-inch, Mid 2010) (Verified)
iMac - model: iMac11,3
1 3.2 GHz Intel Core i3 CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 0/DIMM1
empty empty empty empty
BANK 1/DIMM1
empty empty empty empty
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
ATI Radeon HD 5670 - VRAM: 512 MB
iMac 2560 x 1440
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 6 days 16:10:12
Disk Information: ℹ️
SAMSUNG HD103SJ disk0 : (1 TB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 999.35 GB (629.98 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H
USB Information: ℹ️
Canon MG4200 series
Primax USB OPTICAL MOUSE
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Western Digital My Passport 070A 999.5 GB
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk4s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Backup (disk4s2) <not mounted> : 999.16 GB
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/System/Library/Extensions
[loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (0.0.67) Support
[not loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverVSP (0.0.67) Support
Startup Items: ℹ️
ChmodBPF: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ChmodBPF
Startup items are obsolete and will not work in future versions of OS X
Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️
[failed] com.apple.CallHistoryPluginHelper.plist
[failed] com.apple.CallHistorySyncHelper.plist
[failed] com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication.plist
[failed] com.apple.icloud.fmfd.plist
[failed] com.apple.scopedbookmarkagent.xpc.plist
[failed] com.apple.telephonyutilities.callservicesd.plist
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[failed] com.apple.awdd.plist
[failed] com.apple.ctkd.plist
[failed] com.apple.GSSCred.plist
[failed] com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced.plist
[failed] com.apple.ifdreader.plist
[failed] com.apple.nehelper.plist
[failed] com.apple.periodic-weekly.plist
[failed] com.apple.tccd.system.plist
[failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[invalid?] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
[running] com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist Support
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.ea.origin.ESHelper.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
[invalid?] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
[running] com.rim.BBDaemon.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
User Login Items: ℹ️
BlackBerry Device Manager ApplicationHidden (/Library/Application Support/BlackBerry/BlackBerry Device Manager.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 4.1.2f1 Support
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.4.4.2 Support
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.12 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.4 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.12 Support
EPPEX Plugin: Version: 10.0 Support
User Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
BlueStacks Install Detector: Version: Unknown
Picasa: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.4 Support
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
Slick Savings
Searchme
Amazon Shopping Assistant
Ebay Shopping Assistant
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player Support
Flip4Mac WMV Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 999.35 GB Disk used: 369.37 GB
Destinations:
Backup [Local]
Total size: 0 B
Total number of backups: 0
Oldest backup: -
Last backup: -
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 0 B < (Disk used 369.37 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      3% WindowServer
      0% AppleSpell
      0% BBLaunchAgent
      0% coreservicesd
      0% Microsoft Word
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
180 MB Mail
176 MB iTunes
64 MB softwareupdated
52 MB Safari
47 MB mds_stores
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
35 MB Free RAM
824 MB Active RAM
808 MB Inactive RAM
652 MB Wired RAM
19.96 GB Page-ins
1.41 GB Page-outs

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Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
          SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
          View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
In the top right corner of the Console window, there's a search box labeled Filter. Initially the words "String Matching" are shown in that box. Enter the word "Starting" (without the quotes.) You should now see log messages with the words "Starting * backup," where * represents any of the words "automatic," "manual," or "standard."
Each message in the log begins with the date and time when it was entered. Note the timestamp of the last "Starting" message that corresponds to the beginning of an an abnormal backup. Now
CLEAR THE WORD "Starting" FROM THE TEXT FIELD
so that all messages are showing, and scroll back in the log to the time you noted. Select the messages timestamped from then until the end of the backup, or the end of the log if that's not clear. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
☞ If all you see are messages that contain the word "Starting," you didn't clear the text field.
☞ The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of which is irrelevant to solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. Don't post more than is requested.
Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
☞ Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

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You can download your movies and tv shows to your iTunes library (depending on your location) as explained here: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519.
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Like others it would appear.... I am finding my iMac is getting slower and slower with each day that passes since upgrading to Mavericks. It is slow to open and close apps. Slow to open mail. Often hangs with the little ball spinning forever and I have to hold the start button to shut down. I've even noticed that simple scrolling jumps all over the place as it is slow to respond. iMessage is often up to 4 minutes behind! I noticed that others have used EtreCheck which has been helpful to those 'in the know'. Any helpful advice would be greatly appreciated, as I have no diea what's what! Thank you.
Hardware Information:
          iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2009)
          iMac - model: iMac10,1
          1 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          ATI Radeon HD 4670 - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
          OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 1 day 4:47:57
Disk Information:
          ST31000528AS disk0 : (1 TB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 999.35 GB (446.25 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          PIONEER DVD-RW DVRTS09
USB Information:
          Canon MP495 series
          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
          TOSHIBA USB 3.5"-HDD 1.5 TB
                    EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Time Machine Backup (disk1s2) /Volumes/Time Machine Backup: 1.5 TB (7.02 GB free)
          Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
          Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
          com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt          (0.0.74)
          com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower          (1.6.2 - SDK 10.6)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.paragon.NTFS.notify.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.rim.BBDaemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.rim.BBAlbumArtCacher.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
          [failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist 3rd-Party support link
          [not loaded] jp.co.canon.Inkjet_Extended_Survey_Agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [failed] SOS.OnlineBackup.LaunchAgent.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
          MyTomTomSA (EMMA)
          iTunesHelper
          BusyCalAlarm
          LivedriveCore
          Dropbox
          Canon IJ Network Scanner Selector2
          Dropbox App ONLY
Internet Plug-ins:
          AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin1017277: Version: AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin 1.0.17 3rd-Party support link
          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
          Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.1.0.24   - SDK 10.8 3rd-Party support link
          OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.6 3rd-Party support link
          Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
          iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
          SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          EPPEX Plugin: Version: 3.0.5.0 3rd-Party support link
          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Outdated! Update
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
          AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
User Internet Plug-ins:
          Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 3rd-Party support link
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
          Flip4Mac WMV 3rd-Party support link
          MacFUSE 3rd-Party support link
          Paragon NTFS for Mac ® OS X 3rd-Party support link
Bad Fonts:
          None
Old Applications:
          /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0
                    Microsoft Error Reporting:          Version: 2.2.9 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Ship Asserts:          Version: 1.1.4 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
          Solver:          Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Add-Ins/Solver.app
          SLLauncher:          Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Silverlight/OutOfBrowser/SLLauncher.app
          TomTomHOMERunner:          Version: 2.9.2.1693 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
                    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/TomTom HOME/TomTomHOMERunner.app
          /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office
                    Microsoft Graph:          Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Database Utility:          Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Office Reminders:          Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Upload Center:          Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    My Day:          Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    SyncServicesAgent:          Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Open XML for Excel:          Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Alerts Daemon:          Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Database Daemon:          Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Chart Converter:          Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Clip Gallery:          Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
          /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011
                    Microsoft PowerPoint:          Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Excel:          Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Outlook:          Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Word:          Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Document Connection:          Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
          Microsoft Language Register:          Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Additional Tools/Microsoft Language Register/Microsoft Language Register.app
          /Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/Helper
                    Wondershare Helper Compact:          Version: 2.2.6.4 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Aimersoft Helper Compact:          Version: 2.2.6.4 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
          Wondershare Helper Compact:          Version: 2.2.6.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    /Applications/Wondershare Helper Compact/Wondershare Helper Compact.app
          Microsoft AutoUpdate:          Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
                    /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app
          Music Healing - Free:          Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.0 3rd-Party support link
          Rename A Better Finder 8:          Version: 8.77 - SDK 10.0 3rd-Party support link
          Healing Voice | Lite:          Version: 1.1 - SDK 10.0 3rd-Party support link
Time Machine:
          Skip System Files: NO
          Mobile backups: OFF
          Auto backup: YES
          Volumes being backed up:
                    Macintosh HD: Disk size: 930.71 GB Disk used: 515.11 GB
          Destinations:
                    Time Machine Backup [Local] (Last used)
                    Total size: 1
                    Total number of backups: 180
                    Oldest backup: 2011-03-13 08:43:29 +0000
                    Last backup: 2014-01-22 16:30:29 +0000
                    Size of backup disk: Too small
                              Backup size 1 < (Disk used 515.11 GB X 3)
          Time Machine details may not be accurate.
          All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
              58%          PluginProcess
              15%          com.apple.WebKit.Networking
               8%          WindowServer
               2%          Safari
               1%          EtreCheck
Top Processes by Memory:
          156 MB          com.apple.MediaLibraryService
          156 MB          Quicken Essentials
          156 MB          iTunes
          111 MB          softwareupdated
          106 MB          com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
Virtual Memory Information:
          320 MB          Free RAM
          1.66 GB          Active RAM
          1.08 GB          Inactive RAM
          647 MB          Wired RAM
          2.78 GB          Page-ins
          255 MB          Page-outs

A.
Some of your user files (not system files) have incorrect permissions or are locked. This procedure will unlock all your user files, reset their ownership, and remove their access-control lists. If you've set special values for those attributes, they will be reverted. In that case, either stop here, or be prepared to recreate the settings if necessary. Do so only after verifying that those settings didn't cause the problem. If none of this is meaningful to you, you don't need to worry about it.
Back up all data.
Step 1
If you have more than one user account, and the one in question is not an administrator account, then temporarily promote it to administrator status in the Users & Groups preference pane. To do that, unlock the preference pane using the credentials of an administrator, check the box marked Allow user to administer this computer, then reboot. You can demote the problem account back to standard status when this step has been completed.
Enter the following command in the Terminal window in the same way as before (triple-click, copy, and paste):
{ sudo chflags -R nouchg,nouappnd ~ $TMPDIR..; sudo chown -R $UID:staff ~ $_; sudo chmod -R u+rwX ~ $_; chmod -R -N ~ $_; } 2>&-
This time you'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you don’t have a login password, you’ll need to set one before you can run the command. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator.
The command may take several minutes to run, depending on how many files you have. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign ($) to appear, then quit Terminal.
Step 2 (optional)
Take this step only if you have trouble with Step 1 or if it doesn't solve the problem.
Boot into Recovery. When the OS X Utilities screen appears, select
Utilities ▹ Terminal
from the menu bar. A Terminal window will open. In that window, type this:
res
Press the tab key. The partial command you typed will automatically be completed to this:
resetpassword
Press return. A Reset Password window will open. You’re not going to reset a password.
Select your startup volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name) if not already selected.
Select your username from the menu labeled Select the user account if not already selected.
Under Reset Home Directory Permissions and ACLs, click the Reset button.
Select
 ▹ Restart
from the menu bar.
B.
Launch the Font Book application and validate all fonts. You must select the fonts in order to validate them. See the built-in help and this support article for instructions. If Font Book finds any issues, resolve them.
From the application's menu bar, select
File ▹ Restore Standard Fonts...
You'll be prompted to confirm, and then to enter your administrator login password.
Boot in safe mode to rebuild the font caches. Boot again as usual and test.
Note: If FileVault is enabled, or if a firmware password is set, or if the boot volume is a software RAID, you can’t boot in safe mode. In that case, ask for instructions.
Also note that if you deactivate or remove any built-in fonts, for instance by using a third-party font manager, the system may become unstable.
C.
"BlackBerry Desktop Manager" is incompatible with Mavericks and should be removed.
Any third-party software that doesn't install by drag-and-drop into the Applications folder, and uninstall by drag-and-drop to the Trash, is a system modification.
Whenever you remove system modifications, they must be removed completely, and the only way to do that is to use the uninstallation tool, if any, provided by the developers, or to follow their instructions. If the software has been incompletely removed, you may have to re-download or even reinstall it in order to finish the job.
I never install system modifications myself, and I don't know how to uninstall them. You'll have to do your own research to find that information.
Here are some general guidelines to get you started. Suppose you want to remove something called “BrickMyMac” (a hypothetical example.) First, consult the product's Help menu, if there is one, for instructions. Finding none there, look on the developer's website, say www.brickmymac.com. (That may not be the actual name of the site; if necessary, search the Web for the product name.) If you don’t find anything on the website or in your search, contact the developer. While you're waiting for a response, download BrickMyMac.dmg and open it. There may be an application in there such as “Uninstall BrickMyMac.” If not, open “BrickMyMac.pkg” and look for an Uninstall button.
Back up all data before making any changes.
You will generally have to reboot in order to complete an uninstallation. Until you do that, the uninstallation may have no effect, or unpredictable effects.
If you can’t remove software in any other way, you’ll have to erase and install OS X. Never install any third-party software unless you're sure you know how to uninstall it; otherwise you may create problems that are very hard to solve.
WARNING: Trying to remove complex system modifications by hunting for files by name often will not work and may make the problem worse. The same goes for "utilities" such as "AppCleaner" and the like that purport to remove software.

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Rick,
A Mac that loses performance can be caused by many many things. Forget about Defrag, that isn't the problem and is something done by PC users in the 1990s. The more common things to check are RAM (do you have enough) and Login Items. You can easily check if you need a RAM upgrade by operating your computer as you normally do and opening Activity Monitor (Applications - Utilities - Activity Monitor) and click the System Memory tab. In the lower left you will see:
Free
Wired
Active
Inactive
Used
If the amount of Free RAM is in the vicinity of 500MB or less your system needs more RAM.
To check the Login Items navigate to System Preferences - Accounts - Login Items. If you seen applications in the list that you don't need loading when you login simply highlight them and click the - symbol at the bottom of the box to remove them.
Finally I would recommend your visit and read 25 Ways to Speed Up Your Mac.
Roger

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Hope someone can help me with this.
Thanks a lot already.

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