Speed and printing problems with Tiger

Perhaps it is the number of photos i have stored in Iphoto (4000)? but my computer has become very very slow, especially when iphoto is open. Also, Internet explorer is unresponsive, and i find myself often having to use force quit. Are these problems unique to tiger or are they because i have so much saved on my hard drive?

Jeffrey,
It appears that you may have several issues occuring and it would help if you included as much info about your Mac as possible, i.e., which iMac, ram, hard drive capacity, amount used, processor speed, etc....

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I got an tip of a friend: It was Bug in Mac OS 10.6.7. Here the to resolve the problem for all they want not wait the bugfix of apple (on your own risk, but it helped me):
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Canon 860 Series (Pixma) Printer Problems with OSX 10.8 (Mountain Lion) – links to Canon Support Site with Drivers and Software with install tips

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Problem:
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- The original Canon 860 Series CD does not work with 10.8 and the manual / online instructions did not make sense (as based on CD install).
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Canon 860 Series Drivers & Software for OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion:
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(Canon MX860 series CUPS Printer Driver Ver. 10.67.1.0 (03-Aug-2012))
2 Scanner Driver
(Canon MX860 series Scanner Driver Ver. 14.11.4a (03-Aug-2012))
3 Network Tool
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Canon Software for using advanced printing and scanning functions (while connected to network)
4 Solution Menu
(Canon Solution Menu Ver. 1.4.1 (27-Jul-2012 ))
5 MP Navigator EX
(Canon MP Nav EX Ver. 2.1.3 (02-Auf-2012))
6 Easy-PhotoPrint EX
(Canon Easy-PhotoPrint EX Ver. 4.1.6 (21-Jan-2013 ))
Canon Support (HK) – check your local site
http://www.canon.com.hk/en/download/main/index.do
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1. Choose a product category
Multifunctional Printers
2. Choose a product series
Pixma
3. Choose a product model
Pixma MX868
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Downloads or FAQ
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The 8500a requires all cartridges be available even if you are simply printing in B&W. If the cartridges are low, then you will have to replace the cartridges as needed. Typically by the design of this printer, however, print quality issues do not follow ink levels in the cartridges as ink is piped to the internal printheads, thus even with empty cartridges there is some ink remaining in the system.
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Hope this helps in getting the print quality issue alleviated,
Jason
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It is version 5.0.4. I updated it when I newly installed it a week ago in my new computer, and then again updated it just yesterday.
I might mention that before I got my new computer, I was running Mac OS 4.11, and was using InDesign 3.0. I had bought InDesign CS3 about a year ago, but hadn't gotten around to using it since version 3.0 had been working fine, and I was used to it. Then, when I got my new computer, I decided it was time to use the newer version. However, while using InDesign 3.0 with the old Mac OS 4.11, a printing problem popped up there, too, a few months ago... and it also involved printing problems with Adobe Reader. I contacted Adobe, and they sent me a patch which fixed it. I will contact Adobe again if need be, although I thought I'd start here first to see if it was a common enough problem that someone might be able to provide a free and routine answer.
Richard
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:10:13 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Printing problems with InDesign CS3 with Mac OS 10.6.3
I neglected to ask what version of indesign CS3 you are using. I also
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510-655-4454
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Hey there @Reverie!
Thanks for posting on the HP Forums!
I can see that the printer is no longer printing in the correct format after it was plugged into the Windows 8 computer! You mentioned you have run the updates and uninstalled/re-installed the printer software. Have you uninstalled and re-installed the Adobe software? Are you getting the same issue from other programs as well? Are you getting the same issues if you are logged in as a different user on the computer?
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Richard
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:10:13 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Printing problems with InDesign CS3 with Mac OS 10.6.3
I neglected to ask what version of indesign CS3 you are using. I also
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I have not been able to select a different default printer for Adobe, but I can print if I manually select the correct link everytime.
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 13:16:52 -0700
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: default printer problems with adobe 10.1.2
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