Super slow Macbook air 80 Gb. Almost impossible to use.
My 2009 MacAir 80 Gb snow leopard is very, very slow for about 3 months so far. Almost 30 minutes to startup! And when I am using it is almost impossible do anything. I have 30 Gb free memory. Already used Clean My Mac software, reboot, but still not working.
Thanks.
Hi Jason,
Thank you. After reintall the OS my MBA is fast again. (snow leopard)
But, there is a problem. No sound.
When I go to Settings>Hardware>Sounds = "no audio device found". (It was translated from how I found it on my MBA in Portuguese, so Im not sure if these words are correct).
Any idea?
Thanks again.
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