My grandmother had been complaining her mac has been running slower lately and since its around 5 years old i'm not exactly shocked by that. I don't own a mac so i don't know much more than how to use one, never tried to fix one before, is there anything i can do to try to speed it up? Something like an Auslogics BoostSpeed program but for the mac?
Question How to speed up a slow mac?
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Hard disks don't slow down as they get older. Replacing a perfectly good hard disk would be a waste of money.
The most cost-effective way of speeding the computer up would probably be to increase the RAM. But, as already said, without specs this is just a guess.
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I would back-up all the important files/programs, then restore to factory settings. It did the trick for me. Also, update the Mac to the newest OS (10.9 Mavericks). If these don't do the trick you might consider looking into the hardware.
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The best improvement that you can normally make to computer performance is to install more RAM (within the limits of what it will accept). Would that I could do that with my iPad (or even roll back the software to an earlier version).
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Yeah I guess what you say about software updates slowing down machines is true.
However, regarding the RAM, I think he/she should try the 'free' solutions first just to see if they have a significant effect before going out and buying RAM. I for one had a very old laptop with loads of cr*p on it. I wiped out the hard drive, re-installed OSX, and it was good as new. No damage done.
However, regarding the RAM, I think he/she should try the 'free' solutions first just to see if they have a significant effect before going out and buying RAM. I for one had a very old laptop with loads of cr*p on it. I wiped out the hard drive, re-installed OSX, and it was good as new. No damage done.
Thanks everyone, i'm going to try to do what Glenda Peter suggested, as soon as i figure out how to do it. Hopefully it works, replacing things would really be pointless at this point, and she's only going to be needing the mac for uploading pictures, since she will be able to do everything else on the ipad she's getting for Christmas.
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Defrag isn't required on a Mac, cleaning hard drive junk (etc.) is just a matter of leaving switched it on and allowing the (already) built-in maintenance cron jobs do what they are designed to do; if you want to run the maintenance scripts on-damand, install something like Maintidget or Onyx.
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