Why is my iMac so slow? OSX 10.5.8.

Frustrating frequently I get the color wheel when opening simple email, also when scrolling web pages on Firefox. 2008 Computer has 500GB of memory with 150GB available; 2GB 800MHz DDR2 SDRAM. I try to run with very few programs open, but still quite slow. I've run Repair Disk Permissions successfully to no avail. I've been told that the hard drive might be dying, which I hope is not the case, but I don't know how to confirm one way or the other. Any help would be appreciated.

Hello, see how many of these you can answer...
See if the Disk is issuing any S.M.A.R.T errors in Disk Utility...
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH7029
Open Activity Monitor in Applications>Utilities, select All Processes & sort on CPU%, any indications there?
How much RAM & free space do you have also, click on the Memory & Disk Usage Tabs.
Open Console in Utilities & see if there are any clues or repeating messages when this happens.
In the Memory tab, are there a lot of Pageouts?

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Why is my imac so slow browsing

why is my imac so unbelievably slow.I have a gig of ram?

"I have a gig of ram?"
What are the other specs? Processor speed? Free space on hard drive?
Is the slowness limititd to some sites?
Slow choppy web video is the most common complaint, and there is not much you can do about that. The newer video technology is optimized for Intel processors. That aren't many G4 friendly vidoe web sites around any more.

WHY is my iMac so SLOW with my Airport Extreme?!?!?

I have an iMac G5 and an Airport Extreme base station. I just opened Safari on the iMac and in the time it took for it to open the Apple home page I was able to go to my backpack, dig out my HP Netbook, turn it on, log in to Windows, open Safari, and navigate all the way to this page and start typing... and my iMac is STILL trying to load the Apple home page... WHY, APPLE? WHY?? I love my iMac, why won't it work with my Airport Extreme? Everything else I have works fine, in the same locations, and the iMac worked fine when I had a Belkin router... ever since I got this Airport Extreme the iMac has turned into a big white web-surfing glacier. ...Whats's the deal?

Hi,
If you have three or four bars of signal in from the airport it is probably related to the internet cache and not your Airport. But, I also noticed you are using Leopard (the Vista of OSX). Install Onyx and run Automation. Make sure you selct the internet cache in the settings window.
Upgrade to Snow Leopard. It is 30 bucks well spent. Leopard is a monster! Also, as much as I am a macaholic, Google Chrome is a much better browser than Safari.
Onyx - http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/11582/onyx

Why is my iMac running slow--??

Hardware Information:
          iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012)
          iMac - model: iMac13,1
          1 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 4 cores
          8 GB RAM
Video Information:
          NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M - VRAM: 512 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
          AirPlay: Version: 1.7
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.1
System Software:
          OS X 10.8.5 (12F45) - Uptime: 0 days 0:14:5
Disk Information:
          APPLE HDD ST1000LM024 disk0 : (1 TB)
                    disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 999.35 GB (544.74 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information:
          Seagate Backup+ Desk 3 TB
                    disk5s1 (disk5s1) <not mounted>: 262 KB
                    Seagate Backup Plus Drive (disk5s3) /Volumes/Seagate Backup Plus Drive: 3 TB (1.42 TB free)
          Focusrite A.E. Ltd Impulse
          Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
          Western Digital Ext HDD 1021 2 TB
                    Elements (disk4s1) /Volumes/Elements 1: 2 TB (21.58 GB free)
          Western Digital External HDD     1 TB
                    Elements (disk3s1) /Volumes/Elements: 1 TB (169.22 GB free)
          Maxtor Corporation Maxtor 3200 320.07 GB
                    BASSLINE Local Disk (disk2s1) /Volumes/BASSLINE Local Disk: 320.07 GB (145.96 GB free)
          Lexmark 2400 Series
          SanDisk Cruzer Edge
          Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
          Focusrite SAFFIRE_PRO_24 400mbit - 400mbit max
Thunderbolt Information:
          Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
                    Apple Inc. Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter
Kernel Extensions:
          com.seagate.driver.PowSecDriverCore          (5.2.3)
          com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_5          (5.2.3)
          com.Greatdy.driver.SystemAudioCapture          (1.0.0)
          tc.tctechnologies.driver.PaeFireStudio          (4.0.0
          tc.tctechnologies.driver.Saffire          (4.1.2
          com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower          (1.6.6)
          com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard          (5.9.1)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.seagate.TBDecorator.plist
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
          [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
          [loaded] com.paceap.eden.licensed.plist
          [loaded] PACESupport.plist
          [loaded] tc.tctechnologies.PaeFireStudio.plist
          [loaded] tc.tctechnologies.Saffire.plist
Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
          [loaded] com.nike.nikeplusconnect.plist
User Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
          [loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist
User Login Items:
          MyDriveConnect
          iTunesHelper
          MyTomTomSA
          Dropbox
          Launch Nikon Message Center 2
          TomTomHOMERunner
          NIHardwareAgent
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Flash Player
          FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE)
          Native Instruments USB Audio
Internet Plug-ins:
          AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin101749.plugin
          Flash Player.plugin
          FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
          JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
          QuickTime Plugin.plugin
          SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
          Aspera Web 3.1.0.67054.plugin
Bad Fonts:
          None
Time Machine:
          Skip System Files: NO
          Mobile backups: OFF
          Auto backup: YES
          Volumes being backed up:
                    Macintosh HD: Disk size: 999.35 GB Disk used: 454.61 GB
          Destinations:
                    Seagate Backup Plus Drive [Local] (Last used)
                    Total size: 3 TB
                    Total number of backups: 81
                    Oldest backup: 2013-02-25 11:58:52 +0000
                    Last backup: 2013-11-07 16:57:40 +0000
                    Size of backup disk: Excellent
                              Backup size 3 TB > (Disk size 999.35 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU:
               1%          EtreCheck
               1%          WindowServer
               0%          Activity Monitor
               0%          activitymonitord
               0%          fontd
               0%          MyDriveConnect
               0%          Dropbox
               0%          imagent
Top Processes by Memory:
          180 MB             Safari
          147 MB             WebProcess
          115 MB             Dropbox
          106 MB             mds
          74 MB              Finder
          74 MB              WindowServer
          49 MB              Dock
          41 MB              com.apple.dock.extra
          33 MB              coreservicesd
          25 MB              licenseDaemon
Virtual Memory Statistics:
          5.44 GB            Free RAM
          1.22 GB            Active RAM
          286 MB             Inactive RAM
          1.05 GB            Wired RAM
          321 MB             Page-ins
          0 B                Page-outs

See:
Mac Maintenance Quick Assist,
Mac OS X speed FAQ,
Speeding up Macs,
How to Speed up Macs,
Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance,
Mac troubleshooting: What to do when your computer is too slow,
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.

Why is my iMac running slow at startup?

I shut down my computer about once a week or so, because I hear that's good for it. But when I start it back up, I might as well go make coffee. If I try using it, all I get are beach balls and HD noise, even though there's 12 GB RAM free during all this , and the CPU is barely using 4%. I suppose it's disk activity? Here's my results from EtreCheck below; I notice Carbonite is still on my system, even though I've removed it. Time Machine is not configured because I use SuperDuper and BackBlaze. The Mac HD is brand new; the last one failed and Apple replaced it.
Problem description:
Slow startup. 16 GB of RAM yet even during the slow startup, 12 GB are free. The CPU runs at 97% idle during the slow startup. What’s causing this?
EtreCheck version: 2.0.4 (89)
Report generated October 16, 2014 at 7:02:18 PM GMT+9
Hardware Information: ℹ️
iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2011) (Verified)
iMac - model: iMac12,1
1 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
16 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 0/DIMM1
4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM1
4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
AMD Radeon HD 6770M - VRAM: 512 MB
iMac 1920 x 1080
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Uptime: 0:23:21
Disk Information: ℹ️
WDC WD1001FALS-403AA0 disk0 : (1 TB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 999.35 GB (455.10 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
HL-DT-STDVDRW GA32N
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
I-O DATA DEVICE,INC. HDPG-SU 113.94 GB
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
IO DATA (disk1s1) /Volumes/IO DATA : 113.94 GB (169 MB free)
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/Applications/Hotspot Shield.app
[not loaded] foo.tun (1.0) Support
/Applications/Toast 7 Titanium/Toast 7 Titanium/Toast Titanium.app
[not loaded] com.roxio.TDIXController (1.4) Support
/Applications/Transmit.app
[not loaded] com.panic.TransmitDisk.transmitdiskfs (4.0.0 - SDK 10.6) Support
/Applications/proXPN.app
[not loaded] foo.tap (1.0) Support
/System/Library/Extensions
[loaded] com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.5.1) Support
[loaded] com.avatron.AVExFramebuffer (1.7 - SDK 10.8) Support
[loaded] com.avatron.AVExVideo (1.7 - SDK 10.8) Support
[not loaded] com.caiaq.driver.NIUSBGuitarRigMobileDriver (2.4.23) Support
[not loaded] com.caiaq.driver.NIUSBHardwareDriver (2.4.23) Support
[not loaded] com.flipvideo.IOUSBCameraMassStorage (1.0.1) Support
[loaded] net.telestream.driver.TelestreamAudio (1.1.0 - SDK 10.8) Support
Startup Items: ℹ️
Privoxy: Path: /Library/StartupItems/Privoxy
Startup items are obsolete and will not work in future versions of OS X
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[invalid?] com.carbonite.launchd.carbonitealerts.plist Support
[invalid?] com.carbonite.launchd.carbonitestatus.plist Support
[running] com.flipvideo.FlipShare.AutoRun.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[running] com.machangout.glims.agent.plist Support
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[running] com.backblaze.bzserv.plist Support
[running] com.eltima.ElmediaPlayer.daemon.plist Support
[running] com.flipvideo.FlipShareServer.launchd.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support
[running] com.machangout.glims.loader.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
[failed] com.rogueamoeba.hermes.plist Support
[loaded] com.tunnelbear.mac.tbeard.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[running] com.backblaze.bzbmenu.plist Support
[loaded] com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist Support
User Login Items: ℹ️
iCleanMemory Application (/Applications/iCleanMemory.app)
Dropbox ApplicationHidden (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
Backblaze ApplicationHidden (/Applications/Backblaze.app)
Skitch ApplicationHidden (/Applications/Skitch.app)
PopClip ApplicationHidden (/Applications/PopClip.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support
GameTapPlugIn: Version: 1.0 Support
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.1 Support
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.3.8.1 Support
OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 Support
Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 4.3.5f1 - SDK 10.6 Support
Silverlight: Version: 4.0.51204.0 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 2.2 Support
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Mismatch! Adobe recommends 15.0.0.189
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 6.0
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support
eMusicRemote: Version: (null) Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 9.5.5 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.5 - SDK 10.6 Support
JoostPlugin: Version: 0.12.0 Support
eMusic: Version: Unknown
User Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 Support
Picasa: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.4 Support
Unity Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 1.5.1 Support
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
Save to Pocket
DivX Plus Web Player HTML5 <video>
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Backblaze Backup Support
DivX Support
Flash Player Support
Flip4Mac WMV Support
Growl Support
Mycestro Support
Native Instruments USB Audio Support
Perian Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      3% WindowServer
      1% mds_stores
      1% bztransmit
      1% mds
      1% bzfilelist
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
498 MB mds_stores
344 MB bztransmit
344 MB Mail
241 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
206 MB Safari
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
10.60 GB Free RAM
3.68 GB Active RAM
1.10 GB Inactive RAM
1.78 GB Wired RAM
611 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs

Follow up: I got rid of the two Carbonite remnants and the failed "Hermes" plist. Restart went faster but it still seems a bit slow.

Seems to be continuously indexing. Why i my iMac so slow?

I just loaded OS X Lion on my iMac, as well as Messenger beta. I can't see why these would affect the machine by indexing since it ran fine before. I have installed the same on both of my other macs with no problem.
It seems this one is indexing almost continously and everything is lagging. The spinning beach ball is a frequent visitor at this point too.
Anyone...?

https://discussions.apple.com/message/17785994#17785994

WHY is my iMac so slow now? Especially Safari?

Hey
Please please someone help me, i have had my iMac now for two and a half years and its always been fine. Its got 4gb ram and 500gb hard drive.
All of a sudden it just started to slow down, so much that everything freezes.
Safari is so slow especially when trying to playing YouTube videos, when i try and play them the whole machine just freezes!
I updated it to Lion and also took it into my local apple repair shop and they couldnt find anything wrong with it at all!
I transfered like 200gb of data onto an external, that didnt help, repaired permissions and that didnt help. I reset Safari and that didnt help.
Its got so bad that even when i search for something on my Mac e.g. if i type in INVOICE into spotlight search it takes abot 30 seconds to show me anything!
Please someone help, its mainly laggy on Safari 5.1.7 but the whole machine is effected by it!
Please help!

Linc Davis: I have a similar problem and followed your instructions, probably something to do with the Google Chrome issue but I don't know what it means, duh...this is my console text:
ug 14 08:06:35 dan-menitoffs-imac-5 GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[49838]: -[KSUpdateCheckAction(PrivateMethods) finishAction] KSUpdateCheckAction found updates: {( )}
Aug 14 08:06:35 ds-imac-5 GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[49838]: -[KSPrefetchAction performAction] KSPrefetchAction no updates to prefetch.
Aug 14 08:06:35 ds-imac-5 GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[49838]: -[KSMultiUpdateAction performAction] KSSilentUpdateAction had no updates to apply.
Aug 14 08:06:35 das-imac-5 GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[49838]: -[KSMultiUpdateAction performAction] KSPromptAction had no updates to apply.
Aug 14 08:06:35 ds-imac-5 GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[49838]: -[KSUpdateEngine(PrivateMethods) updateFinish] KSUpdateEngine update processing complete.
Aug 14 08:06:38 ds-imac-5 GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[49838]: -[KeystoneDaemon logServiceState] GoogleSoftwareUpdate daemon (1.1.0.3659) vending:\n com.google.Keystone.Daemon.UpdateEngine: 1 connection(s)\n com.google.Keystone.Daemon.Administration: 0 connection(s)
Aug 14 08:07:01 das-imac-5 GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[49838]: -[KeystoneDaemon main] GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon inactive, shutdown.
Aug 14 08:09:58 ds-imac-5 mDNSResponder[16]: ERROR: getOptRdata - unknown opt 4
Aug 14 08:10:28: --- last message repeated 6 times ---
Aug 14 08:12:49 ds-imac-5 AntiVirus[52]: Maximum real time scanning threads count reached: 4
Aug 14 08:21:54 ds-imac-5 AntiVirus[52]: Maximum real time scanning threads count reached: 4
Aug 14 08:22:24: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Aug 14 08:23:36 ds-imac-5 mDNSResponder[16]: ERROR: getOptRdata - unknown opt 4
Aug 14 08:24:06: --- last message repeated 7 times ---
Aug 14 08:25:06 ds-imac-5 mDNSResponder[16]: ERROR: getOptRdata - unknown opt 4
Aug 14 08:25:36: --- last message repeated 11 times ---
Aug 14 08:27:32 ds-imac-5 /usr/sbin/ocspd[49874]: starting
Aug 14 08:29:34 ds-imac-5 [0x0-0x1b99b98].com.google.Chrome[48650]: [48650:-1216278528:1297891599122296:ERROR:phonenumberutil.cc(1615)] Invalid or unknown region code (ZZ) provided.
Aug 14 08:29:34 ds-imac-5 [0x0-0x1b99b98].com.google.Chrome[48650]: [48650:-1216278528:1297891614226087:ERROR:phonenumberutil.cc(1615)] Invalid or unknown region code (ZZ) provided.
Aug 14 08:29:34 ds-imac-5 [0x0-0x1b99b98].com.google.Chrome[48650]: [48650:-1216278528:1297891614490423:ERROR:phonenumberutil.cc(1615)] Invalid or unknown region code (ZZ) provided.
Aug 14 08:29:34 ds-imac-5 [0x0-0x1b99b98].com.google.Chrome[48650]: [48650:-1216278528:1297891615039461:ERROR:phonenumberutil.cc(1615)] Invalid or unknown region code (ZZ) provided.
Aug 14 08:29:34 ds-imac-5 [0x0-0x1b99b98].com.google.Chrome[48650]: [48650:-1216278528:1297891615257476:ERROR:phonenumberutil.cc(1615)] Invalid or unknown region code (ZZ) provided.
Aug 14 08:29:34 ds-imac-5 [0x0-0x1b99b98].com.google.Chrome[48650]: [48650:-1216278528:1297891615457606:ERROR:phonenumberutil.cc(1615)] Invalid or unknown region code (ZZ) provided.
Aug 14 08:29:34 d-imac-5 [0x0-0x1b99b98].com.google.Chrome[48650]: [48650:-1216278528:1297891807000343:ERROR:phonenumberutil.cc(1615)] Invalid or unknown region code (ZZ) provided.
Aug 14 08:29:34 das-imac-5 [0x0-0x1b99b98].com.google.Chrome[48650]: [48650:-1216278528:1297891807206248:ERROR:phonenumberutil.cc(1615)] Invalid or unknown region code (ZZ) provided.
Aug 14 08:29:34 ds-imac-5 [0x0-0x1b99b98].com.google.Chrome[48650]: [48650:-1216278528:1297891807402894:ERROR:phonenumberutil.cc(1615)] Invalid or unknown region code (ZZ) provided.
Aug 14 08:29:34 das-imac-5 [0x0-0x1b99b98].com.google.Chrome[48650]: [48650:-1216278528:1297891807600473:ERROR:phonenumberutil.cc(1615)] Invalid or unknown region code (ZZ) provided.
Aug 14 08:29:34 ds-imac-5 [0x0-0x1b99b98].com.google.Chrome[48650]: [48650:-1216278528:1297891807797802:ERROR:phonenumberutil.cc(1615)] Invalid or unknown region code (ZZ) provided.
Aug 14 08:29:34 das-imac-5 [0x0-0x1b99b98].com.google.Chrome[48650]: [48650:-1216278528:1297891807994413:ERROR:phonenumberutil.cc(1615)] Invalid or unknown region code (ZZ) provided.
Aug 14 08:29:34 ds-imac-5 [0x0-0x1b99b98].com.google.Chrome[48650]: [48650:-1216278528:1297891832140497:ERROR:phonenumberutil.cc(1615)] Invalid or unknown region code (ZZ) provided.
Aug 14 08:29:34 ds-imac-5 [0x0-0x1b99b98].com.google.Chrome[48650]: [48650:-1216278528:1297891832357815:ERROR:phonenumberutil.cc(1615)] Invalid or unknown region code (ZZ) provided.
Aug 14 08:29:34 ds-imac-5 [0x0-0x1b99b98].com.google.Chrome[48650]: [48650:-1216278528:1297891832560191:ERROR:phonenumberutil.cc(1615)] Invalid or unknown region code (ZZ) provided.
Aug 14 08:29:34 das-imac-5 [0x0-0x1b99b98].com.google.Chrome[48650]: [48650:-1216278528:1297891832756497:ERROR:phonenumberutil.cc(1615)] Invalid or unknown region code (ZZ) provided.
Aug 14 08:29:34 ds-imac-5 [0x0-0x1b99b98].com.google.Chrome[48650]: [48650:-1216278528:1297891833000386:ERROR:phonenumberutil.cc(1615)] Invalid or unknown region code (ZZ) provided.
Aug 14 08:29:34 ds-imac-5 [0x0-0x1b99b98].com.google.Chrome[48650]: [48650:-1216278528:1297891833216457:ERROR:phonenumberutil.cc(1615)] Invalid or unknown region code (ZZ) provided.
Aug 14 08:29:34 ds-imac-5 [0x0-0x1b99b98].com.google.Chrome[48650]: [48650:-1216278528:1297891855273968:ERROR:phonenumberutil.cc(1615)] Invalid or unknown region code (ZZ) provided.
Aug 14 08:29:34 ds-imac-5 [0x0-0x1b99b98].com.google.Chrome[48650]: [48650:-1216278528:1297891855493106:ERROR:phonenumberutil.cc(1615)] Invalid or unknown region code (ZZ) provided.
Aug 14 08:29:34 das-imac-5 [0x0-0x1b99b98].com.google.Chrome[48650]: [48650:-1216278528:1297891867769734:ERROR:phonenumberutil.cc(1615)] Invalid or unknown region code (ZZ) provided.
Aug 14 08:29:34 das-imac-5 [0x0-0x1b99b98].com.google.Chrome[48650]: [48650:-1216278528:1297891867981935:ERROR:phonenumberutil.cc(1615)] Invalid or unknown region code (ZZ) provided.
Aug 14 08:29:34 ds-imac-5 [0x0-0x1b99b98].com.google.Chrome[48650]: [48650:-1216278528:1297891880705816:ERROR:phonenumberutil.cc(1615)] Invalid or unknown region code (ZZ) provided.
Aug 14 08:29:34 das-imac-5 [0x0-0x1b99b98].com.google.Chrome[48650]: [48650:-1216278528:1297891880928212:ERROR:phonenumberutil.cc(1615)] Invalid or unknown region code (ZZ) provided.
Aug 14 08:29:34 ds-imac-5 [0x0-0x1b99b98].com.google.Chrome[48650]: [48650:-1605044448:1297891892438509:ERROR:phonenumberutil.cc(1615)] Invalid or unknown region code (ZZ) provided.
Aug 14 08:29:34 ds-imac-5 [0x0-0x1b99b98].com.google.Chrome[48650]: [48650:-1605044448:1297891892669196:ERROR:phonenumberutil.cc(1615)] Invalid or unknown region code (ZZ) provided.
Aug 14 08:29:34 ds-imac-5 [0x0-0x1b99b98].com.google.Chrome[48650]: [48650:-1605044448:1297891892867933:ERROR:phonenumberutil.cc(1615)] Invalid or unknown region code (ZZ) provided.
Aug 14 08:29:34 ds-imac-5 [0x0-0x1b99b98].com.google.Chrome[48650]: [48650:-1605044448:1297891893064625:ERROR:phonenumberutil.cc(1615)] Invalid or unknown region code (ZZ) provided.
Aug 14 08:30:21 ds-imac-5 mDNSResponder[16]: ERROR: getOptRdata - unknown opt 4
Aug 14 08:30:51: --- last message repeated 6 times ---
Aug 14 08:31:45 ds-imac-5 mDNSResponder[16]: ERROR: getOptRdata - unknown opt 4
Aug 14 08:32:15: --- last message repeated 5 times ---
Aug 14 08:33:09 ds-imac-5 AntiVirus[52]: Maximum real time scanning threads count reached: 4

Why does my imac run slow with mac os x v10.6.7

Since I installed Snow Leopard, our iMac has been freezing up and running slow. Does anyone have any idea about how to fix this?

How full is your disk?
Allan

Why is my iMac much slower after installing Mavericks. Windows open slowly and Apps load slowly.

Everything seems to be taking much longer. I have a late-2012 iMac with 32 GB of RAM that was blazing fast until I "upgraded" to Mavericks. Now everyithing is slow. Does it use more system resources? I would think that with that much RAM I would have plenty of headroom for the OS. Is anyone else experiencing this?

Here's my suggestion:
Fixing a Mavericks Installation Problem
How to manage a failed OS X Mavericks installation | MacFixIt - CNET Reviews.
1. Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC).
2. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions - Lion/Mountain Lion/Mavericks
Re-download and reinstall Mavericks.
Boot to the Recovery HD: Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the main menu. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions as follows.
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion/Mavericks: Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion/Mavericks and click on the Continue button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.

Why is my iMac very slow to download Safari

I bought my iMac in Feb/12. It has run very well since then. All of a sudden in the last week, downloading Safari after turning on the computer takes a long time. Safari is downloading very slow and sluggish. Anything else I try to open after turning on computer also opens very slowly. I don't dare close Safari until I'm finished with computer now, because it will take forever to open it up again.
I was running Bitdefender on my computer before. Bitdefender doesn't work right, so I uninstalled it, but still have the program in my Applications area. Could something from Bitdefender be activated somehow and slowing my computer down? Is some form of Adaware doing this? Before my iMac, I use to have a Windows XP computer, and I'd scan for viruses in a case like this, which would usually help. But Bitdefender on here did not work, and now I'm wondering what I should do? Where should I even start? Because this can't continue. Please help! Thanks

Could something from Bitdefender be activated somehow and slowing my computer down?
Yes. Back up all data, then uninstall "Bitdefender" completely according to the developer's instructions -- NOT by dragging an application to the Trash or hunting for files by name.

Why has my Imac recently slowed down

It has gotten very slow lately

How full is your hard drive?
Hhave you emptied OS X Trash icon in the Dock, lately?
Apple Mail and iPhoto have their own separate Trash to empty.
Have you emptied these?
Iin OS X Disk Utility, run the repair Disk Permissions routine.
If doing these things only marginally helps, next is to upgrade your RAM memory.
Newer Intel versions of OS X use a lot more CPU, GPU, hard drive and RAM resources.
The 4 GBs of RAM in your iMac is really the working minimum of RAM needed just to run OS X, alone, by itself.
Start running additonal applications and your iMac is going to slow down.
Your iMac can take a max. amount of 32 GBs of RAM.
Install, at least, another 4 GBs of RAM. Install more if you can afford it.
Here are the exact specs for the RAM your iMac needs
32 GB (Actual) 16 GB (Apple)
Memory Slots
4 - 204-pin PC3-10600 (1333 MHz) DDR3 SO-DIMM
Purchase reliable Mac RAM from online Mac RAM vendors Crucial memory or OWC (macsales).

Why is my iMac so slow?

Do I need to reduce the number of applications working? Does it get slower when I charge my iPhone at the same time? It did not perform so slowly in the past. Sometimes it takes 15 seconds to bring up an application.

Launch the Console 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 and start typing the name.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
Click the Clear Display icon in the toolbar. Then take an action that is working slower than you expect. Select any messages that appear in the Console window. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of which is irrelevant to solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
Some private information, such as your name or email address, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

Why is my imac so slow especially with wifi connection

In order to recover wifi I have to restart machine and/or switch wifi off and on. Opening pages is very slow and am constantly waiting for a stammering crash.

It's likely the slow running and flaky wifi are two separate issues.
For the slow running, and just to rule out some known causes, are you running any anti-virus program - Norton, MacKeeper, Kaspersky, etc?
For the wifi issue here are some suggestions - wifi issues seem to crop up a lot on here and unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a 'one fix' solution.
However, sometimes any one of the following can help although, unfortunately, not always - in no particular order:
Check wifi security - if it's WEP change it to WPA or WPA2 (preferably, as it's more secure)
Change the wifi channel on the router
Create a new Network Location: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5289
Reboot the router
Also take a look at this link and the links within the article for other ideas. They mainly reference Lion, but still seem to be relevant to Mountain Lion:
http://osxdaily.com/2011/11/06/lion-wi-fi-problems-solution-mac/?utm_source=feed burner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+osxdaily+%28OS+X+Daily%29&utm_conte n t=FaceBook
...and this link:
http://osxdaily.com/2012/11/30/resolving-stubborn-wi-fi-connection-problems-in-m ac-os-x/

Why is my iMac so slow after upgrade to ML?

Hi,
after upgrade of my iMac to Mountain Lion the performance ist very bad. I need minutes to open mails or change websites or prgramms?
Any idea to solve the problem?
Thanks in advance
Chris

I have a 1TB internal HD in my iMac and a 2 TB external drive I use for Time Machine backups. So as you can imagine, indexing took a pretty long time. Plus I kept interrupting the index. After a few days however, my Mac was fine. My iMac is from mid 2010.

Why is my iMac so slow and now it is locking up on me

My iMac is soooooooo sow and it just locked up on me. Screen went white and a folder with a question mark was flashing and would not do anything for at least 8 minutes. I had to turn it off from the on/off switch and it took almost 10 minutes to turn back on.

As Eric says...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Select your Mac OS X volume.
5. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.
(Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.)

Why is my iMac so slow? OSX 10.5.8.

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