When purchased, my imac would load pages very quickly. Now, the pages seem to take much longer to load and when watching video or streaming, it often stops to catch up or rebuffer. What do I do to speed things up?
When I purchased my iMac last month the pages would load quickly when using the internet browser. Now it takes much longer to load the pages and when I watch a video it pauses to catch up or is rebuffering the streaming. What can I do to speed up my browser?
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It is best to stay away from so called tweaking pref suggestions and leave them at their default.<br />
Some may work, but others may cause problems with some websites that may be hard to diagnose.
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See "Creating a profile":
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles
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Here is EtreCheck result:
Hardware Information:
iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2009)
iMac - model: iMac10,1
1 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
12 GB RAM
Video Information:
NVIDIA GeForce 9400 - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.2 (13C1021) - Uptime: 0 days 5:4:0
Disk Information:
ST3500418ASQ disk0 : (500.11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (357.95 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
PIONEER DVD-RW DVRTS09
USB Information:
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Logitech USB Receiver
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
PreSonus FIRESTUDIO_MOBILE 400mbit - 400mbit max
Thunderbolt Information:
Gatekeeper:
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions:
[not loaded] com.Logitech.Control Center.HID Driver (2.6.2) Support
[not loaded] com.beceem.BeceemAppleWiMAXAdapter (5.2.56d13) Support
[not loaded] com.fklt.driver (1.8.0) Support
[not loaded] com.novatelwireless.driver.3G (2.2.8) Support
[not loaded] com.novatelwireless.driver.3GData (2.2.8) Support
[not loaded] com.novatelwireless.driver.DisableAutoInstall (1.2) Support
[not loaded] com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraDevSupport (2.0.2) Support
[not loaded] com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraFSCSupport (2.0.2) Support
[not loaded] com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraFSRSupport (2.0.2) Support
[not loaded] com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraHSRSupport (2.0.2) Support
[not loaded] net.kromtech.kext.AVKauth (2.3.6 - SDK 10.8) Support
[not loaded] net.kromtech.kext.Firewall (2.3.6 - SDK 10.8) Support
[kext loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (3.1.6) Support
[not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (3.1.6) Support
[not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (3.1.6) Support
[kext loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (3.1.6) Support
[kext loaded] tc.tctechnologies.driver.PaeFireStudio (8028) Support
Startup Items:
PaeFireStudio: Path: /Library/StartupItems/PaeFireStudio
VirtualBox: Path: /Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox
Problem System Launch Daemons:
[failed] com.apple.DumpPanic.plist
[failed] com.apple.softwareupdated.plist
[failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist Support
[not loaded] com.sierrawireless.SierraReset.plist Support
[running] com.sierrawireless.SWoCMon.plist Support
[failed] com.sierrawireless.SWoCTool.plist Support
[running] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.AntiVirus.plist Support
Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist Support
[loaded] com.genieo.completer.download.plist Support
[loaded] com.genieo.completer.update.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[running] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper.plist Support
User Login Items:
Steam
iTunesHelper
ScanSnap Manager
2Wire_DSL_Setup_Tool
Android File Transfer Agent
RealPlayer Downloader Agent
TuneupMyMac
Internet Plug-ins:
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 55 Check version
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.206 - SDK 10.6 Support
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.206 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 8.3.1 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.2.0 Support
RealPlayer Plugin: Version: (null) Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30317.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
User Internet Plug-ins:
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0 Support
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player Support
Java Support
Logitech Control Center Support
Time Machine:
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 464.96 GB Disk used: 131.59 GB
Destinations:
MacBackup [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 335.03 GB
Total number of backups: 203
Oldest backup: 2010-07-02 03:03:36 +0000
Last backup: 2014-05-02 15:58:01 +0000
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Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
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2% WindowServer
1% DashboardClient
0% fontd
0% RealPlayer Downloader Agent
0% imagent
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209 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
98 MB Safari
86 MB Finder
49 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
37 MB mds
Virtual Memory Information:
8.92 GB Free RAM
987 MB Active RAM
654 MB Inactive RAM
923 MB Wired RAM
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I always could set up a network drive so they can log in and just see the folders they have created with space on the server I provide them. But I want them to be able to log an and actually use it as a Remote Desktop.
Thanks,
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I appreciate your help.
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