Powerbook G4 Running SLOW after 10.4.4 upgrade

I am new to Mac and just set up a new PBG4. I installed all of the updates as soon as I set-up OSX for the first time. Now, everything runs slow, especially Safari. Anyone else experiencing this? Any suggestions?

How did you upgrade to 10.4.4? Did you use the Combo Updater or the one provided via Software Update? If the latter, I suggest you download the Combo Updater and reinstall the update. Before doing so, however, do the following:
Boot from your OS X Installer. Be sure to use the installer for the version of OS X you have installed. After the installer loads select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (or Utilities menu if using Tiger.) After DU loads select your OS X volume from the list on the left, click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now shutdown the computer for a couple of minutes and then restart normally.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior (3.0.3 for Tiger) and/or TechTool Pro (4.1.1 for Tiger) to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
If the computer continues to run slow then I suggest downloading one of the several cache cleaning and maintenance utilities and clean out all your caches, run the maintenance scripts, and check for bad fonts. Read the FAQs on optimization and maintenance at The XLab FAQs. Contrary to other advice repairing permissions will not make OS X run faster.

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Reinstall preferably from scratch:
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Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
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I recently upgraded my Mac Pro 1,1 with the following:
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RAM Upgrade to 14GB
GFX Upgrade to ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024mb VRAM
Everything seems fine. My temperatures are normal and things are seemingly speedy.
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thenewbeatTO wrote:
Any suggestions would help. No trolls please.
Something to try: Reset Photoshop's preferences to defaults.
Press and hold Command - Shift - Option immediately upon cold-starting Photoshop. If you get the keys down quickly enough - and you have to be very quick - you'll get a prompt asking you to confirm deleting your current preferences. Once you confirm that, Photoshop will start up with a default set of parameters, though you will still find you can select your named workspaces and (I believe) your Actions will all still be there.
Try immediately to see if the problem recurs. Then methodically make your preferred preferences changes, quit Photoshop, and restart, then test to see that the problem hasn't recurred.
With some luck, you'll have cleared up the sluggishness, and will have been able to make all your preferences changes you like without it recurring.
This really can work.
-Noel

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Other's have posted similar experiences by when I ran etrecheck I didn't get a bunch of fails and yet my computer is extremely sluggish since moving from snow leopard to Yosemite. So much so, that I'm considering going back. Programs load slowly and switching between programs has a delayed response. Reminds me of the PC I had before I bought my macbook in 2008.
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Mac is running slow after upgrading to Yosemite.
EtreCheck version: 2.1.1 (104)
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MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008) (Verified)
MacBook - model: MacBook5,1
1 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 0/DIMM1
2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
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NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
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Cinema Display 1680 x 1050
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EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 499.25 GB (196.94 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS21N
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Microsoft Microsoft® 2.4GHz Transceiver V1.0
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple, Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
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/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.ConnectUSB (3.0.0) [Support]
[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.Pvsnet (3.0) [Support]
[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.hypervisor (3.0) [Support]
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AdobeResourceSynchronizer Application (/Applications/Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional/Adobe Acrobat Professional.app/Contents/Support/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)
iTunesHelper UNKNOWN (missing value)
Caffeine Application (/Applications/Caffeine .app)
Microsoft AU Daemon Application (/Applications/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft AU Daemon.app)
Garmin ANT Agent Application (/Applications/Garmin ANT Agent.app)
Google Drive Application (/Applications/Google Drive.app)
Stickies Application (/Applications/Stickies.app)
Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
Box Sync Application (/Applications/Box Sync.app)
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OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.6 [Support]
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wkDimdimControl: Version: 1.01
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