Hi David, Where can clean my mac be found? Is it in the app store? Thanks > On Jan 15, 2015, at 3:05 AM, David Griffith <daj.griff...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am using an iMac from 2011 and if you have ever listened to any of my > Podcasts you should be able to hear that it is a pretty fast machine. > > However back in 2011 I invested in a 256GB solid state drive and 16 GB of > ram. I have never regretted doing this. > > If your machine is of an even a more recent spec and not performing then > there may be something else wrong. > The biggest factors in slowing Voiceover down for me are > 1. Not using Alex as default voice creates problems. > 2. I have learnt not to use activities. > 3. The number of external drives I have attached makes a difference. If > these multiply then the time the Mac takes to boot increases a lot, > especially if they are slow big drives. > 4. Permissions repair and using clean my Mac also seems to speed up matters. > > Generally I would have a look at what is being loaded at start up to see if > what is being loaded and take out anything you do not need. > > David Griffith > > On 15/01/2015 03:29, Donna Goodin wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> As some of you may remember, my employer has purchased an iMac for me. I am >> sorry to say it, but I've been incredibly disappointed in the iMac. I had >> expected it to perform better than my MBA, but the opposite seems to be the >> case. It boots very slowly, and voiceover cuts in and out after the boot >> process for a couple of minutes. the wireless connectivity also seems >> weaker than on my MBA. It also seems more sluggish overall - apps take >> longer to open, documents and websites take longer to load. Long and short, >> I'd never choose it over my MBA if it weren't my work computer. I'm >> wondering if anyone else has observed similar behavior? If so, any >> strategies for troubleshooting? I'm thinking of adding more memory, in the >> hope that that will speed up the boot time and get rid of VO dragging. >> Cheers, >> Donna >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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