Recommendations to speed up my iMac

I have an old iMac with OS X 10.4.11. Is there a downloadable software to help improve it's operation?

See:
Mac Maintenance Quick Assist,
Mac OS X speed FAQ,
Speeding up Macs,
How to Speed up Macs, ,
Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance,
Essential Mac Maintenance: Get set up,
Essential Mac Maintenance: Rev up your routines,
Maintaining OS X,
Five Mac maintenance myths and
Myths of required versus not required maintenance for Mac OS X for information.

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PLease advise on increasing the speed of my iMac 2008. It is running slowly and accesses the HDD a lot. Perhaps re-installation? Thanks.

I need to increase the speed of my iMac late 2008 (3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo). It has 4G of DDR2 SDRAM and a 500G HDD.
I back this up regularly with time machine.
If a fresh installation is advised, how do I do this?
Thanks

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The speed of my iMac slow only 2 weeks old why?

the speed of my iMac slow only 2 weeks old why?

In addition to abrody's questions, have you downloaded non-Apple software that may be automatically loading, and perhaps not Lion-compatible? Go to System Preferences, users, and look at login items under your user ID. This is easy to check ... do a safe boot by holding the shift key down when you boot. The boot itself may take longer than normal, but once the boot finishes, if the performance is what you'd consider normal, look to your login items. Also, while looking at System Preferences, look at any programs noted at the bottom of the window.

How do increase speed on my iMac or clean up?

How do increase speed on my iMac or clean up?

Providing some more details will allow better answers to your question:
How old is this iMac? (e.g. Early 2008, Late 2012, etc.)
What Mac OS is it running? (Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion?)
How much RAM memory is installed?
What is your hard drive size, and how much free space is remaining on it?
Are you running any anti-virus software or "crapware" like MacKeeper?
Is this "slowness" evident all the time, or only during certain applications or processes?
Have you tried going to Applicatons --> Utilities --> Disk Utility and running Repair Permissions?

How can I give more speed to the Imac working with yosemite

Hello!
I just upgraded my software to yosemite and everything works fine except that the system has become much slower in general. as you can give more speed work to Imac in Yosemite?
Thnks

1. This procedure is a diagnostic test. It changes nothing, for better or worse, and therefore will not, in itself, solve the problem. But with the aid of the test results, the solution may take a few minutes, instead of hours or days.
Don't be put off by the complexity of these instructions. The process is much less complicated than the description. You do harder tasks with the computer all the time.
2. If you don't already have a current backup, back up all data before doing anything else. The backup is necessary on general principle, not because of anything in the test procedure. Backup is always a must, and when you're having any kind of trouble with the computer, you may be at higher than usual risk of losing data, whether you follow these instructions or not.
There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
3. Below are instructions to run a UNIX shell script, a type of program. As I wrote above, it changes nothing. It doesn't send or receive any data on the network. All it does is to generate a human-readable report on the state of the computer. That report goes nowhere unless you choose to share it. If you prefer, you can act on it yourself without disclosing the contents to me or anyone else.
You should be wondering whether you can believe me, and whether it's safe to run a program at the behest of a stranger. In general, no, it's not safe and I don't encourage it.
In this case, however, there are a couple of ways for you to decide whether the program is safe without having to trust me. First, you can read it. Unlike an application that you download and click to run, it's transparent, so anyone with the necessary skill can verify what it does.
You may not be able to understand the script yourself. But variations of the script have been posted on this website thousands of times over a period of years. The site is hosted by Apple, which does not allow it to be used to distribute harmful software. Any one of the millions of registered users could have read the script and raised the alarm if it was harmful. Then I would not be here now and you would not be reading this message.
Nevertheless, if you can't satisfy yourself that these instructions are safe, don't follow them. Ask for other options.
4. Here's a summary of what you need to do, if you choose to proceed:
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☞ Paste into the window of another application.
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☞ Paste the results, which will have been copied automatically, back into a reply on this page.
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5. You may have started the computer in "safe" mode. Preferably, these steps should be taken in “normal” mode, under the conditions in which the problem is reproduced. If the system is now in safe mode and works well enough in normal mode to run the test, restart as usual. If you can only test in safe mode, do that.
6. If you have more than one user, and the one affected by the problem is not an administrator, then please run the test twice: once while logged in as the affected user, and once as an administrator. The results may be different. The user that is created automatically on a new computer when you start it for the first time is an administrator. If you can't log in as an administrator, test as the affected user. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this section doesn’t apply. Don't log in as root.
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Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
8. Launch the built-in Terminal 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 Terminal in the icon grid.
Click anywhere in the Terminal window and paste by pressing command-V. The text you pasted should vanish immediately. If it doesn't, press the return key.
9. If you see an error message in the Terminal window such as "Syntax error" or "Event not found," enter
exec bash
and press return. Then paste the script again.
10. If you're logged in as an administrator, you'll be prompted for your login password. Nothing will be displayed when you type it. You will not see the usual dots in place of typed characters. Make sure caps lock is off. Type carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you make three failed attempts to enter the password, the test will run anyway, but it will produce less information. In most cases, the difference is not important. If you don't know the password, or if you prefer not to enter it, press the key combination control-C or just press return three times at the password prompt. Again, the script will still run.
If you're not logged in as an administrator, you won't be prompted for a password. The test will still run. It just won't do anything that requires administrator privileges.
11. The test may take a few minutes to run, depending on how many files you have and the speed of the computer. A computer that's abnormally slow may take longer to run the test. While it's running, there will be nothing in the Terminal window and no indication of progress. Wait for the line
[Process completed]
to appear. If you don't see it within half an hour or so, the test probably won't complete in a reasonable time. In that case, close the Terminal window and report what happened. No harm will be done.
12. When the test is complete, quit Terminal. The results will have been copied to the Clipboard automatically. They are not shown in the Terminal window. Please don't copy anything from there. All you have to do is start a reply to this comment and then paste by pressing command-V again.
At the top of the results, there will be a line that begins with the words "Start time." If you don't see that, but instead see a mass of gibberish, you didn't wait for the "Process completed" message to appear in the Terminal window. Please wait for it and try again.
If any private information, such as your name or email address, appears in the results, anonymize it before posting. Usually that won't be necessary.
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14. This is a public forum, and others may give you advice based on the results of the test. They speak only for themselves, and I don't necessarily agree with them.
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Recommended HD speed for GarageBand3

I'm considering installing GB3 on my laptop - iBook G4, Power PC G4 (1.1) 1.33 GHz - as well as the desktop.
I'm thinking my laptop's HD may be a little slow once GB3 gets going. Any suggestions on recommended HD speed for running GB3?
Would an external HD also be an option?
Thanks...
G5 Mac OS X (10.4.9)

An external FireWire HD would be a good choice, yes. 7200RPM with at least an 8MB cache would work well.
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I recently upgraded by iMac iOS to Yosemite, and I find that my best buy provided Trend Micro stopped working. Question, what security software is recommended, if any for an iMac. Thanks

I recently upgraded by iMac iOS to Yosemite, and I find that my best buy provided Trend Micro stopped working. Question, what security software is recommended, if any for an iMac. Thanks

Uninstall Trend Micro software. It is not needed and could prevent your computer from operating properly. If there is no uninstaller for the software, then see the following:
Uninstalling Software: The Basics
Most OS X applications are completely self-contained "packages" that can be uninstalled by simply dragging the application to the Trash. Applications may create preference files that are stored in the /Home/Library/Preferences/ folder. Although they do nothing once you delete the associated application, they do take up some disk space. If you want you can look for them in the above location and delete them, too.
Some applications may install an uninstaller program that can be used to remove the application. In some cases the uninstaller may be part of the application's installer, and is invoked by clicking on a Customize button that will appear during the install process.
Some applications may install components in the /Home/Library/Applications Support/ folder. You can also check there to see if the application has created a folder. You can also delete the folder that's in the Applications Support folder. Again, they don't do anything but take up disk space once the application is trashed.
Some applications may install a startupitem or a Log In item. Startupitems are usually installed in the /Library/StartupItems/ folder and less often in the /Home/Library/StartupItems/ folder. Log In Items are set in the Accounts preferences. Open System Preferences, click on the Accounts icon, then click on the LogIn Items tab. Locate the item in the list for the application you want to remove and click on the "-" button to delete it from the list.
Some software use startup daemons or agents that are a new feature of the OS. Look for them in /Library/LaunchAgents/ and /Library/LaunchDaemons/ or in /Home/Library/LaunchAgents/.
If an application installs any other files the best way to track them down is to do a Finder search using the application name or the developer name as the search term. Unfortunately Spotlight will not look in certain folders by default. You can modify Spotlight's behavior or use a third-party search utility, EasyFind, instead.
Some applications install a receipt in the /Library/Receipts/ folder. Usually with the same name as the program or the developer. The item generally has a ".pkg" extension. Be sure you also delete this item as some programs use it to determine if it's already installed.
There are many utilities that can uninstall applications. Here is a selection:
    1. AppZapper
    2. AppDelete
    3. Automaton
    4. Hazel
    5. AppCleaner
    6. CleanApp
    7. iTrash
    8. Amnesia
    9. Uninstaller
10. Spring Cleaning
For more information visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on removing software.

INternet speed difference between iMac and MBP

I have an imac 27" that is barely one year old and a three year old MBP. Today, I signed up for faster Fios internet service which is supposed to be a maximum of 25 Mbs both up and down. I then checked the speed on my iMac and see I am averaging about 10 Mbs down and about 8 Mbs up. I am not that concerned that I am not getting the theoretical maximum performance. For one thing I am not hardwired to my router but am using wireless g. I also ran the Mac internet tuner that seemed to actually increase the speed somewhat.
I then checked my MBP that is sitting right next to my iMac. I am getting around 15 Mbps down and about 17 Mbps up. I repeated this several times as I did for the iMac. I am surprised at the iMac being so much slower (about 33% slower). I can only assume the hardware in the MBP is better for wireless communication than in the iMac. Can someone explain why this is so?
thanks,
Shannon

Download an app such as Speedtest to your iPad. Test both ways and see the results for yourself.

What can I do to improve the processing speed of my iMac?

Hello Apple Community,
I have iMac - The 2.93 GHz processor, 4 Gigs of memory version and I'm having some processing problems. About six month ago my iMac started randomly doing the "Holy-Crap-I'm-going-to-start-processing-stuff-and-I'm-not-going-to-tell-you-wh at-it-is" sounds. You know, the excessive microclicking from the processing ongoings behind the screen. Well, six months ago, these events were pretty unpredictable, didn't last verylong, and had a rather large time interval between occurrances (like a week or two). However, this is now happening most every day and since I've never had this bad of an issue before, I was hoping someone on the forums could help.
I've run Disk Utility (probably more often than I should) and I've cleared out some HD space (under the assumption that when you have more disk space, you computer runs faster). But the problem persists. I am rather weary of any outside utility programs (Once I downloaded one from "recommended programs" pages on the apple website and it completely killed my MacBook's HD). I reallly have no idea where to go next... Should I empty out more disk space? Should I install more RAM? I bought this machine recently (within the last 2 years) and I really don't want to solution to my problem to be "you need to buy another computer." I fear the sounds that my comptuer is making are cries of pain from the CPU's dying breath and I would really appreciate any assistance in prolonging the livelihood of my poor iMac.
Cheers,
Chris

About OS X Memory Management and Usage
Reading system memory usage in Activity Monitor
Memory Management in Mac OS X
Performance Guidelines- Memory Management in Mac OS X
A detailed look at memory usage in OS X
Understanding top output in the Terminal
The amount of available RAM for applications is the sum of Free RAM and Inactive RAM. This will change as applications are opened and closed or change from active to inactive status. The Swap figure represents an estimate of the total amount of swap space required for VM if used, but does not necessarily indicate the actual size of the existing swap file. If you are really in need of more RAM that would be indicated by how frequently the system uses VM. If you open the Terminal and run the top command at the prompt you will find information reported on Pageins () and Pageouts (). Pageouts () is the important figure. If the value in the parentheses is 0 (zero) then OS X is not making instantaneous use of VM which means you have adequate physical RAM for the system with the applications you have loaded. If the figure in parentheses is running positive and your hard drive is constantly being used (thrashing) then you need more physical RAM.
Adding RAM only makes it possible to run more programs concurrently. It doesn't speed up the computer nor make games run faster. What it can do is prevent the system from having to use disk-based VM when it runs out of RAM because you are trying to run too many applications concurrently or using applications that are extremely RAM dependent. It will improve the performance of applications that run mostly in RAM or when loading programs.
The above information is more meaningful than relying on what is provided by Activity Monitor. The amount of Free RAM is not some set number below which you need more RAM. Total available RAM is the sum of Free and Inactive RAM, so Free RAM by itself may be misleading. When you truly need more RAM is when the system starts relying on virtual memory from the HDD.
I don't mean to start an argument with Roger, but relying on Free RAM by itself is an oversimplification of the situation.

Hi, I bought an imac 27" quad-core i5 with 1067Mhz DDR3 RAM in it. I would like to know if this is the right type of speed for my imac as I found out that these imacs come standard with 1333Mhz DDR3's? It is crashing a lot!

Hi all. I bought an imac 27", 3.1Ghz quad-core i5 Mid 2011 last year in 2012. The machine has been crashing ever so frequently. I upgraded the RAM from the 4Gb it came with to 12Gb. It still crashes! I recently noticed that my imac came with 1067Mhz DDR3 memory chips ( slower speed) than the Apple mac recommended 1333Mhz DDR3 memory chips.
The shop I bought it from ( Incredible Connection, Woodmead, South Africa) are refusing to own up as they are saying the 1333Mhz chips have to be ordered in advance. Surely they are supposed to sell the product with the right kind of Ram in it? Not for me to find out? Now I have to fork out more money to make my imac factory standard? Maybe I am wrong, But do these Mid 2011's run well on 1067Mhz memory chips if I upgrade to 32Gb? Is it possible people are swapping 1333Mhz chips from new machines with 1067Mhz chips which are way too cheaper? My system version( SMC Number) is 1.72f5
Baffled!

Mac and Mac models are picky about the RAM the Mac needs to see and use.
As you have found out, the 1067 speed RAM will not work in your year and model iMac.
You need the 1333 speed RAM.
If, you can return the RAM for a refund, do it!
If not, try online Mac RAM source and seller Crucial memory. They have a table that matches your Mac to the correct and reliable RAM. You may need to contact them to see whether or not they ship to South Africa, though.
If Crucial dpesn't work out, here's the specs for your year and model iMac that you need to seek out and purchase.
Maximum Memory
32 GB (Actual) 16 GB (Apple)
Memory Slots
4 - 204-pin PC3-10600 (1333 MHz) DDR3 SO-DIMM
Good Luck!

What can I do to speed up my IMAC?

My IMAC has slowed down considerably lthe past few months, especially when I'm on the internet. I am on fixed income so am trying to figure out the best way to deal with it. I do a lot of music applications since I'm a composer, which I understand if on a PC, cause hundreds of extra "keys" and pathways" that clog processors; I do not know what happens on a MAC. I've had to quit the internet recently to avoid file crashes during music projects.
My system is as follows:
Model Name:          iMac
Model Identifier:          iMac8,1
Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:          2.4 GHz
Number Of Processors:          1
Total Number Of Cores:          2
L2 Cache:          6 MB
Memory:          1 GB
Bus Speed:          1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version:          IM81.00C1.B00
SMC Version (system):          1.29f1
Serial Number (system):          W88XXXXXXE2
Hardware UUID:          A0B15F7C-EB6E-54A0-98FB-80DDD4B03C83
Memory at 10 items 165.97GB available. What does this mean?
I want to add an external hard drive to save my work, and plan to use Time Machine; I do have Firewire. However since my system is a 10.5.8, will everything still work after I upgrade the operating systems, and is there a best way to do that? I want to start with the right external hard drive.
I would love some step by step guidance, and REALLY appreciate it in advance. Thanks.

You can upgrade your iMac's memory to as much as 6 GB. I recommend you get all you can afford. The 1 GB you have is not an abundant amount.
Purchase memory from Crucial or OWC / MacSales. Memory from other sources has been known to be unreliable. Installing it yourself is simple.
I want to add an external hard drive to save my work, and plan to use Time Machine; I do have Firewire. However since my system is a 10.5.8, will everything still work after I upgrade the operating systems, and is there a best way to do that? I want to start with the right external hard drive.
That's a good idea. All you need to do to make Time Machine work is to purchase an external hard disk drive and plug it in. Time Machine pretty much does the rest.
FireWire is preferable but USB is OK. Find an external hard disk of at least twice the capacity as your existing internal hard disk. OWC sells a large variety of external HDs.
Memory at 10 items 165.97GB available. What does this mean?
That is not memory, it is the amount of available storage remaining on your iMac's hard disk. 166 GB is a lot.

Speeding up my iMac late 2012 iMac with external Thunderbolt SSD

I am a motion graphics editor and would like to get better speed from my late 2012 iMac with a 3 TB Fusion Drive.
I have three questions:
1. Does the Fusion drive in this iMac always run the iOS and apps on the ssd part of the fusion drive?
2. If not, is there a way to make that happen?
3. If I add an External Thunderbolt 512GB SSD Drive, will I get a significant boost in performance by keeping the files (video and images) on the SSD, or would After Effects need to reside on the new SSD as well?
I would really appreciate help from anyone that has the expertise to answer this question.
Thank you.
Will H.

Hi there ScharadL,
I would recommend taking a look at the troubleshooting steps boot issues found in the article below.
Mac OS X: Gray screen appears during startup
-Griff W.

Memory/Speed early 2009 IMac

I have an IMac (20 inch early 2009) With 2 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 memory and after updating to Yosemite 10.10.1 it has slowed down. I was wondering if increasing the memory would help speed things up?

I think upgrading RAM could help its performance. You can upgrade till 8GB(two 4GB DDR3 1066MHz SO-DIMM).

Does backing up my hard drive to time machine gain me more space/speed on my iMac?

I have an iMac. here are the specs:
Hardware Overview:
Model Name:    iMac
Model Identifier:    iMac8,1
Processor Name:    Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:    2.8 GHz
Number Of Processors:    1
Total Number Of Cores:    2
L2 Cache:    6 MB
Memory:    4 GB
Bus Speed:    1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version:    IM81.00C1.B00
SMC Version (system):    1.30f1
Serial Number (system):    QP921090ZE4
Hardware UUID:    20AE2D9A-DB71-54DF-95F7-DAEFEE167723
I have a TON of art/photos on this computer. I'm wondering if backing my hard drive up with time machine gains me more space and processing speed-or if it only slows my computer down? is it better to house my files on a seperate drive from the drive i am using for backing up with time machine?

Just to add a little, Time Machine is not a storage drive. Backups on there are not in a form you can use as you would from your normal internal. If you delete your pics etc. after backup, they won't be backed up on subsequent runs, and will eventually be lost when the TM drive gets near full and starts deleting the oldest backups. Have a read of Pondini's TM articles; http://pondini.org/TM/Home.html
To do what you want, you need another drive to which you can simply copy your pics etc and open from there while booted to your internal. (this is a basic storage drive)
The storage drive can then also be backed up to TM (provided the TM disc is big enough).

What is the recommended virus protection softwear for iMac 10.6 Snow Leopard ?

My iMac v 10.5 has had viruses more than once. I recently upgraded to v 10.6 Snow Leopard. I wanted to check what virus protection was recommended. Best Buy told me MacKeeper was the best one to use. After reading reviews I am hesitant to install it. Any opinions?

Read Klaus's User Tips and his reference to Thomas Reed's website on Safe Macs.
It is not likely you actually had viruses since there are no known viruses in the wild that infect Mac OS X machines.
DO NOT take the advice of Best Buy...MacKeeper is one of the worst of the worst and most users on here consider it to be malware. Once installed it is extremely difficult to remove.
Anti-virus software is not needed with Macs. Definitely avoid that from McAfee and Norton as they have been shown repeatedly to cause serious damage to the operating system.

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