Sluggish performance with OSX 10.9.2?

Since the automatic download of OSX 10.9.2, Cloud 2.0.1, and Tunes 11.1.5 on 26 Feb 2014, I have had prolonged periods of "sluggish" performance on my iMac; slow to open Safari and my home page, very slow sending of email and frequent need to re-enter "sites" to get to the location.
I have brief periods where operating my iMac is a "breeze;" instant connection to Safari and my home page, quick sending of email, and instant entry to web-sites I selected.
And, when I've tried to re-store my 5 and 5s iPhones on iTunes due to rapid battery depletion; I'm informed that "tones" that I've used on the iPhones previously cannot be "copied" to the iPhones.
Any similiar problems? Suggestions?
Kulbiski

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Why is my computer slow
Why your Mac runs slower than it should
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Things you can do to resolve slowdowns see post by Kappy
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Did you just upgrade to IOS 7/7.1? I have some programs that are not compatible and won't down load. Perhaps the tones are the same.

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Extremely sluggish performance with Mavericks

Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro7,1
          1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          NVIDIA GeForce 320M - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
          OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 34 days 8:53:54
Disk Information:
          ST9500423AS disk0 : (500.11 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 499.25 GB (83.55 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N
USB Information:
          Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
          Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
          com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt          (0.0.67)
          com.nvidia.CUDA          (1.1.0)
Startup Items:
          CUDA: Path: /System/Library/StartupItems/CUDA
          HWNetMgr: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWNetMgr
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
          [System] cn.com.zte.PPPMonitor.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.rim.BBDaemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] PPPMonitord.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
          [System] cn.com.zte.usbswapper.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.nvidia.CUDASoftwareUpdate.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.rim.BBAlbumArtCacher.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] Swapper.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
          iTunesHelper
          Vodafone Mobile Broadband
          VMCStatusMenu
Internet Plug-ins:
          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 25 Outdated! Update
          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
          Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
          AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.1 3rd-Party support link
          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
          SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 3rd-Party support link
          iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.7
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
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          CUDA Preferences 3rd-Party support link
          Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
          Growl 3rd-Party support link
          Java 3rd-Party support link
Bad Fonts:
          None
Old Applications:
          Audacity:          Version: 2.0.3.0 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
                    /Applications/Audacity/Audacity.app
          /Applications/iWork '09
          dynamiclinkmanager:          Version: 6.0.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/dynamiclink/CS6/dynamiclinkmanager.app
          SA Color Finesse 3 UI:          Version: 3.0.6(275) - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    /Applications/Adobe After Effects CS6/Plug-ins/Effects/Synthetic Aperture/(CF3 Support)/SA Color Finesse 3 UI.app
          dynamiclinkmediaserver:          Version: 6.0.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/dynamiclinkmediaserver/1.0/dynamiclinkmediaserver.app
Time Machine:
          Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
              26%          firefox
               3%          mds_stores
               2%          plugin-container
               1%          Dock
               1%          hidd
Top Processes by Memory:
          467 MB          firefox
          61 MB          Safari
          33 MB          WindowServer
          29 MB          System Preferences
          29 MB          plugin-container
Virtual Memory Information:
          26 MB          Free RAM
          747 MB          Active RAM
          730 MB          Inactive RAM
          725 MB          Wired RAM
          16.74 GB          Page-ins
          1.61 GB          Page-outs

Launch Daemons:
          [System] com.rim.BBDaemon.plist 3rd-Party support lin
Launch Agents:
          [System] com.rim.BBAlbumArtCacher.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist 3rd-Party support link
There may be other software that is causing your problem, but the Blackberry software regularly crops up as being the cause of slow-downs or unpredictable behaviour. Try uninstalling it using the uninstaller that is hopefully available from Blackberry.
Hopefully others will spot this thread and have some other suggestions. There are a few entries for things I've never heard of (not that that means much ), but there's a chance that they are not compatible with Mavericks and could be contributing to the sluggish performance.

How can I get better performance with OSX on my iMac G3?

I just recently got a G3 iMac running at 400mhz with 512 mb of RAM, and it has OS 10.4.10. I am relatively new to Macs; its been a few years since I've used one.
So, it actually runs surprisingly well, but I'm wondering if theres a way to sort of tone the visuals to make it run a little faster. I loaded windows XP pro onto an older dell that I just had sitting around, and was able to tone down the visuals enough to make it run very well on a 500 mhz machine with 256 mb of RAM, so I'm sure if I can tone down XP enough for an old computer, I can do the same with OSX.

Welcome to Apple Discussions.
You are somewhat limited by the 400MHz processor speed. Increasing your RAM will be helpful. Look at these links
52 Ways to Speed Up OS X
http://www.imafish.co.uk/articles/post/articles/130/52-ways-to-speed-up os-x/
Tuning Mac OS X Performance
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/performance.html
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http://lowendmac.com/eubanks/07/0312.html
The Top 7 Free Utilities To Maintain A Mac.
http://mac360.com/index.php/mac360/comments/thetop_7_free_utilities_to_maintain_amac/
Mac OS X: System maintenance
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=607640
 Cheers, Tom

Premiere Pro 7.2.2 - 10.8.5 - Sluggish Performance (with a Bluetooth twist!!)

Hello all -
I've BOLDED all of the relevant info for the ADD poster children like myself.
I'm having performance issues with PP 7.2.2 running on a Mac Pro 2010 2 x 2.4 GHz (full specs below). The issue makes PP pretty much unusable, and I'm 100% certain it's a CC thing, because CS6 isn't showing any of the same symptoms. Whenever I switch from one window to another (sequence to source monitor, source to program, load a clip into the source, etc) I cannot scrub through the footage or sequence. It takes PP 5+ seconds to "catch up", and then it scrubs just fine in whichever window I've just switched to; UNUSABLE.
Now here's the catch (and trust me, it's a weird one!). If I am using PP and connect my Mac Pro to ANY Bluetooth Speaker, it works just fine! No sluggishness, runs like a charm and becomes the PP I've come to know and love (and I come from the Avid world, so that's saying a lot). However, this presents a major issue: bluetooth introduces 1/2 second or more of delay in the audio, which makes cutting to music very frustrating, to say the least.
Now I don't know how far down the rabbit hole I want to go with this issue, but I'm guessing it has something to do with Core Audio and/or PP just doesn't like the Mac Pro's audio hardware (maybe a driver issue?). Again, if I use anything BUT a bluetooth sound device, the issue reappears. It's a real chin-scratcher.
My specs:
Mac Pro 2010
2 x 2.4GHz Xeon
24GB RAM
10.8.5
PCIe SSD system drive **
EVGA GTX 760 2GB **
PP CC 7.2.2
** I know the graphics card is not officially supported. To be clear, and rule out the SSD and the GPU, these issues were present and more prevalent before these two recent upgrades.
Cheers, and thanks for your help
Henry Gretzinger

Hello all -
I've BOLDED all of the relevant info for the ADD poster children like myself.
I'm having performance issues with PP 7.2.2 running on a Mac Pro 2010 2 x 2.4 GHz (full specs below). The issue makes PP pretty much unusable, and I'm 100% certain it's a CC thing, because CS6 isn't showing any of the same symptoms. Whenever I switch from one window to another (sequence to source monitor, source to program, load a clip into the source, etc) I cannot scrub through the footage or sequence. It takes PP 5+ seconds to "catch up", and then it scrubs just fine in whichever window I've just switched to; UNUSABLE.
Now here's the catch (and trust me, it's a weird one!). If I am using PP and connect my Mac Pro to ANY Bluetooth Speaker, it works just fine! No sluggishness, runs like a charm and becomes the PP I've come to know and love (and I come from the Avid world, so that's saying a lot). However, this presents a major issue: bluetooth introduces 1/2 second or more of delay in the audio, which makes cutting to music very frustrating, to say the least.
Now I don't know how far down the rabbit hole I want to go with this issue, but I'm guessing it has something to do with Core Audio and/or PP just doesn't like the Mac Pro's audio hardware (maybe a driver issue?). Again, if I use anything BUT a bluetooth sound device, the issue reappears. It's a real chin-scratcher.
My specs:
Mac Pro 2010
2 x 2.4GHz Xeon
24GB RAM
10.8.5
PCIe SSD system drive **
EVGA GTX 760 2GB **
PP CC 7.2.2
** I know the graphics card is not officially supported. To be clear, and rule out the SSD and the GPU, these issues were present and more prevalent before these two recent upgrades.
Cheers, and thanks for your help
Henry Gretzinger

PERFORMANCE WITH OSX 10.5.5

Hi guys, I want to send a feedback about several performance problems that OS Leopard has, which is slow very slow when it comes to starting up the computer, has anyone notice that with every update of Leopard it gets slower and slower, I notice it a lot since tiger, I believe Tiger as more solid OS than Leopard it has much better performance then Leopard.
When you click on the application folder and grab the side bar to drag and notice how it is stuck until it loads then it start to work perfectly fine; his OS has a lot of stuttering problems, I I believe apple is not taking care of this matter because they are more worry about selling than fixing the performances of the OSX Leopard.

Switch900 wrote:
Hi guys, I want to send a feedback about several performance problems that OS Leopard has, which is slow very slow when it comes to starting up the computer, has anyone notice that with every update of Leopard it gets slower and slower, I notice it a lot since tiger, I believe Tiger as more solid OS than Leopard it has much better performance then Leopard.
When you click on the application folder and grab the side bar to drag and notice how it is stuck until it loads then it start to work perfectly fine; his OS has a lot of stuttering problems, I I believe apple is not taking care of this matter because they are more worry about selling than fixing the performances of the OSX Leopard.
This is a user-to-user forum to which Apple does not necessarily pay attention.
Your comments are vague and general and preclude anyone being able to help you.
I cannot agree with your comments about Leopard at all. My three Leopard systems run faster and better than they did with Tiger and I have no stuttering issues or any other issues of any serious import on any of my machines. I find Leopard to be an exceptionally good OS. Not perfect, but far from what you are reporting. I suspect that the issues you have are not from Leopard, but for other reasons. Not enough RAM, HD too full, overdue maintenance, etc.
What maintenance have you performed on your computer? Have you read the console logs, viewed the Application Monitor?
Unless you post specifics, your "feedback" falls on deaf ears.

Sluggish Performance with Tiger

I just installed 10.4.4 on my 20" iMac 1.25 GHz (725MB RAM) and everything seems sluggish - poor performance. Additionally, I am now having CD reading problems. I've tried disk utility and cocktail, but things still seem slow.
All advise is welcome.

Try booting from the Tiger installer disc and try repairing the hard drive from there. Run a repair for permissions as well.
What did you use Cocktail for? Deleting caches?

My July 2009 iMac with OSX Mavericks "iMac is not supported" when I tried to perform bluetooth with my iPhone 5. What is the problem. thanks

My July 2009 iMac with OSX Mavericks "iMac is not supported" when I tried to perform bluetooth with my iPhone 5. What is the problem. thanks

Bluetooth is only supported for tethering.
Barry

Mail 6.2 very sluggish in mac osx 10.8.2

mail 6.2 very sluggish in mac osx 10.8.2

For me, retrieving of email, the performance is fine. But going through my inbox (which has less than 30 messages in it), is very sluggish. The preview pane is active, and as I arrow up or down through messages, it can take up to 5 seconds to move from one message to another. All gneral activity inacting with the inbox is slugghish like this, whether it's opening a message, moving from one to another, deleting a message. I'd say this cropped up within the last 4 months or so of various updates. I can't say specifically like "on this day when this update installed, the problem started" but I do keep all my software up to date, so it's definitely a recent one.
I have 3 POP accounts and 1 iCloud account (IMAP). This trouble is the same regardless of which account the messages are in.

Extremely Sluggish Performance

After initially having MUCH trouble actually upgrading to Leopard, including the disabling of application enhancement software, I had to re-install using Archive and Install - I've worked with Windows and OSX for years and Leopard has been the most ill-prepared, poor quality upgrade procedure I've ever used.
Not only that, but the performance is awful on my 1.67Ghz PowerBook G4. Instead of being a step up, I've stepped down: It's much slower than Tiger, CPU usage bursting through the roof, meaning my laptop runs MUCH hotter, and much more sluggishly. Repairing permissions takes 20 minutes! What a joke!
Unless Apple can provide a solution, I'm wiping my drive and heading back to Tiger... unbelievable, it really is.

Please don't flame me for this, but I've noticed that bar one, everyone on this thread are mostly using G4's? Tiger was built on PPC architecture so it was optimised for that system. I seem to remember that the G4 powerbooks just before the went Intel had buss speeds of just 167MHz? The newer Core Duo 2 processors are now at speeds of 667MHz- quite a significant hike. So it's hardly surprising that you folks are having performance problems.
The crux of it, is that Apple want (and have) to sell computers (fair game), and I suppose also that they want you to upgrade to their faster chipsets too (and why not?- they really move!). Yes of course a PPC version of Leopard has been made available that will just work with older PPC based Macs so I suppose you can't really blame Apple for optimising Leopard for Intel chips can you?
I upgraded from a G4 500 Ti which for a good 5 or so years was a great computer with OS 9.2.2 running well and had a 'decent', if a little slow at times performance with OS X 10.3.9- but the speed was beginning to show when Tiger appeared and I had to throw away the Dashboard altogether because I then had to wait several minutes to get Dashboard working at all.
My recommendation is just to go back to Tiger for now until you can afford to upgrade to the Intel architecture. But the Intel Mac comes really recommended. These machines really do 'fly'. The screens are also so much better and brighter than those old G4 machines. Everything just works so much better.

S-Video adapter and analog TV works with OSX 10.5 but not Boot Camp 2.1(XP)

I bought a mini-DVI to S-video or composite adapter to use with an older analog TV. Works great with OSX 10.5 no problems. However, I currently have Windows XP running with Boot Camp 2.1 and it wont work with the TV. If I ever get an image it's three black and white fuzzy and distorted iterations of the monitor.
Since it works with OSX but not with XP i'm thinking its some sort of boot camp issue and not a problem with the hardware or adapter. Therefore, it should be solvable, right? Does anybody know how to fix this? Will upgrading to snow leopard and boot camp 3.1 solve it?

Perform a custom install from the Mac OS X 10.5 disks and install only that component if possible; if not, use Pacifist to install it. In either case, rerun the combo updater for your Mac OS X version afterwards.
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I am currently using Lightroom 5.6 and operating on a Mac with OSX Ver 10.9.5. I am receiving an error problem when doing the following - I am exporting selected photos from a particular Catalogue saved on Drive 1 to a folder created on another Drive whe

Hi, I am having a little trouble with exporting images to another drive and Catalogue and need some help if anyone can give me some advice
I am currently using Lightroom 5.6 and operating on a Mac with OSX Ver 10.9.5.
I am receiving an error problem when doing the following -
I am exporting selected photos from a particular Catalogue saved on Drive 1 to a folder created on another Drive where a Lightroom Catalogue has been created. In this Catalogue I have arranged for the images once exported to be moved to a different folder - I used the Auto Import process under the File dialogue box.
When processing the Export I receive an error message for each of the images being exported indicating the following -
Heading Import Results
Some import operations were not performed
Could not move a file to requested location. (1)
then a description of the image with file name
Box Save As Box OK
If I click the OK button to each image I can then go to the other Catalogue and all images are then transferred to the file as required.
To click the OK button each time is time consuming, possibly I have missed an action or maybe you can advise an alternative method to save the time in actioning this process.
Thanks if you can can help out.

Thank You, but this is a gong show. Why is something that is so important to us all so very, very difficult to do?

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When i downloaded FCPX i was told I really didn't need to partition my hard drive. But my performance with fcpx is terrible from rendering constantly to waiting for a minute after you click for it to do it. I turn off the rendring, I transcoded the media to pro res went to file and hit transcode. but still i mean it crashes, buggy, suggy and it takes hours to do anything. I have my media on a external drive but i did screw up and put some media on internal drive. iMac OSX 10.7.2 3.06 GHZ Core 2 Duo. EX HD LaCie on a 800 firewire.

Partitioning the internal drive is - imho! - completely useless for UNIX-systems such as MacOS, due to excessive usage of (hidden!) temp-files.
And, especially a too small int. HDD partition for the system will brake any app 'til a full halt.
plus, 10.7. has some issues with managing Timemachine backups when it comes to large files as video - again, if the intHDD/OS drive is too small, it gets iffy.
at last >30GBs free, only codecs and material as intended by Cupertino = no probs here (on a much smaller/older set-up).

Trying to network HP Envy 4500 all in one with OSX 10.9.4

First time installation of HP Envy 4500 all in one was going well on Mac with OSX 10.9.4. However I can only get the printer to work with cable. HP instructions were to re-insert CD and follow instructions for 'reconfiguring without cable' however this was not an option on the CD, it just tried to repeat the installation.
Configuring Device through my Mac came up wit this message- "Device not reachable. the woreless network settings were successfully downloaded to your device. However your mac was unable to locate the device on the network."
There is no point me having the wireless option if it needs to have a cable connection. Please can anyone help me with this last stage to get set up. Many thanks.
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Hello @Allgoodthyngs , and welcome to the HP Forums, I hope you enjoy your experience!
I see you are running into connectivity issues. I would like to help.
I would recommend you perform a power reset. Disconnect the power cord from the printer and the power outlet, then wait 60 seconds. After 60 seconds, plug the printer back in. Ensure you plug the printer directly to a wall outlet. Make sure to bypass any sort of surge protector or power bar.
I would then suggest this document on Wireless printing center Troubleshooting Issues.
Good luck and please let me know the results of your troubleshooting steps. Thank you for posting on the HP Forums!
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Frequent problems with PPC mac's with OSX Leopard 10.5.8 updates.

Hi,
Frequent problems in Apple PPC computers with OSX Leopard10.5.8
I have a Imac 17icnh G5 2Ghz 512 ram (Standard not the isight) it had a clean install of OSX 10.5
But after running a update to 10.5.8 with update if Itunesand security etc it was about 6 updates all together.
Now the Imac uses to much CPU for small tasks and uses84-90MB of ram for a Kernal Task.
When I try check permissions in disk utility the CPU goes toabout 80% in something called InstallerB and wont finnsh because there is noCPU power left.
The Exact symptoms of the 10.5.8 with update my differ alittle but I have had this same problem on about 5 PPC apple computers and in the end I sometimes
Just down grade to the flawless Tiger 10.4.11.
So my question is > how do I fix this problem ? Which of the Updates dose this to PPC mac’s ? (is it itunes or securtiy)
Is Leopard 10.5.8 just a peace of JUnk just like windows Vista was and I should alwasy use Tiger for PPC and Snow leopard for Intel.
Sam

Hi Sam,
Leo uses 2 to 4 times the resources of Tiger, & while 512MB is the minimum for Leo, that really crimps the OS, it isn't all that great for Tiger, though 10.4 does better with only 512MB, I'd put 2GB in it for decent performance, (if an IntelMac I'd say 4GB for the same OS).
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/3200DDR2GBP/
Also, open Console in Utilities, look for repeating messages, you may have some 10.04 things running that fail in 10.5.
I think you should get Applejack...
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15667/applejack
After installing, reboot holding down CMD+s, (+s), then when the DOS like prompt shows, type in...
applejack AUTO
Then let it do all 6 of it's things.
At least it'll eliminate some questions if it doesn't fix it.
The 6 things it does are...
Correct any Disk problems.
Repair Permissions.
Clear out Cache Files.
Repair/check several plist files.
Dump the VM files for a fresh start.
Trash old Log files.
First reboot will be slower, sometimes 2 or 3 restarts will be required for full benefit... my guess is files relying upon other files relying upon other files! :-)
Disconnect the USB cable from any Uninterruptible Power Supply so the system doesn't shut down in the middle of the process.
Is Leopard 10.5.8 just a peace of JUnk just like windows Vista was and I should alwasy use Tiger for PPC and Snow leopard for Intel.
In my opinion, OSX is headed towards Windows®, & aimed at users that only know how to Twit.
If Tiger does everything you need, like you don't need iDevices & know how to protect yourself on the Internet without the added Security of 10.5 & associated Apps, then by all means stick with 10.4.11.
If you want/need 10.5... max out the RAM for sure.

Frequent problems in Apple PPC Mac with OSX Leopard 10.5.8

Hi,
Frequent problems in Apple PPC computers with OSX Leopard10.5.8
I have a Imac 17icnh G5 2Ghz 512 ram (Standard not the isight) it had a clean install of OSX 10.5
But after running a update to 10.5.8 with update if Itunesand security etc it was about 6 updates all together.
Now the Imac uses to much CPU for small tasks and uses84-90MB of ram for a Kernal Task.
When I try check permissions in disk utility the CPU goes toabout 80% in something called InstallerB and wont finnsh because there is no CPU power left
and will over heat if I left it for too long.
The Exact symptoms of the 10.5.8 with update my differ alittle but I have had this same problem on about 5 PPC apple computers and in the end I sometimes
Just down grade to the flawless Tiger 10.4.11.
So my question is > how do I fix this problem ? Which of the Updates dose this to PPC mac’s ? (is it itunes or securtiy)
Is Leopard 10.5.8 just a peace of JUnk just like windows Vista was and I should alwasy use Tiger for PPC and Snow leopard for Intel.
Sam

Hi Sam,
Leo uses 2 to 4 times the resources of Tiger, & while 512MB is the minimum for Leo, that really crimps the OS, it isn't all that great for Tiger, though 10.4 does better with only 512MB, I'd put 2GB in it for decent performance, (if an IntelMac I'd say 4GB for the same OS).
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/3200DDR2GBP/
Also, open Console in Utilities, look for repeating messages, you may have some 10.04 things running that fail in 10.5.
I think you should get Applejack...
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15667/applejack
After installing, reboot holding down CMD+s, (+s), then when the DOS like prompt shows, type in...
applejack AUTO
Then let it do all 6 of it's things.
At least it'll eliminate some questions if it doesn't fix it.
The 6 things it does are...
Correct any Disk problems.
Repair Permissions.
Clear out Cache Files.
Repair/check several plist files.
Dump the VM files for a fresh start.
Trash old Log files.
First reboot will be slower, sometimes 2 or 3 restarts will be required for full benefit... my guess is files relying upon other files relying upon other files! :-)
Disconnect the USB cable from any Uninterruptible Power Supply so the system doesn't shut down in the middle of the process.
Is Leopard 10.5.8 just a peace of JUnk just like windows Vista was and I should alwasy use Tiger for PPC and Snow leopard for Intel.
In my opinion, OSX is headed towards Windows®, & aimed at users that only know how to Twit.
If Tiger does everything you need, like you don't need iDevices & know how to protect yourself on the Internet without the added Security of 10.5 & associated Apps, then by all means stick with 10.4.11.
If you want/need 10.5... max out the RAM for sure.

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