i got mac laptop but its going sloow what should i do
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i got mac laptop but its going sloow what should i do
Hi
There are a number of 'housekeeping' tasks you can do if your mac is slowing down. First and foremost would be to open Disk Utility in your Applications folder and run 'Repair Disk Permissions'. Let that finish, then open up the terminal program (also in the Applications folder) and type 'sudo periodic daily weekly monthly' (without the quotes). It will ask you to enter your Administrator password. Do that then wait for it to finish. This forces the machine to run the maintenance scripts it would normally run in the early hours if you had your laptop running overnight. Be very careful you type this correctly, 'sudo' commands can be dangerous when not used properly!
Also, if you go to System Properties, then the Users & Groups icon, under 'Login Items' you can see any programs set to run when you log on. Any that aren't required can be removed from this list, that might help with the boot up time.
If all else fails there are free optimization apps available in the App Store that are worth running, iBoostUp being one of them.
Hope that helps a little!
If you're competent with computers (and by that I mean you know what you're doing when it comes to running the various scripts mulderite has described) then follow through them and see what happens.Quote:
Originally Posted by melihbaba
If not, the Genius bar is a great place to visit, especially if it's a new Mac (or a Mac that still has an element of Warranty/AppleCare left on it) and they will run through various tests and make sure it's not to do with your hardware etc. I got my MacBookPro in 2010 (one of the initial i7 machines) and there were a few issues with it causing it to run slowly, so I took it down to the Genius Bar who worked their way through issues and got it running very nicely indeed. As it's a free service (and if there is going to be a charge for a repair they will let you know up front, but if it's still in Apple Care then it'll likely be free).
The other thing to quickly check with you is whether you have installed MacKeeper or something else along those lines that just hogs so many resources it causes many more issues than it could ever fix.
The other thing I normally do is to re image or re install mac os x or os x as when it is imaged when you first get a mac, they normally include a lot of extra data for printer drivers for a lot of models of printers , hundreds of languages for chinese, USA , japanese etc etc and I de select what I can in the installation process and go from there with regards to software updates ( ensuring to run a disk permissions repair / check before and after each major update ie updating from 10.7.2 to 10.7.3 )
Not sure if this is the case with OS X Lion, but I know it was with Snow leopard, Leopard etc
Also if you have itunes, moving your iTunes from your boot drive to a different hard drive ie externally connected via firewire 800 or a different hard drive with a fast connection helps.
Hold up folks. The OP hasn't provided any further information apart from "it's slow", and we've all launched in to "run all maintenance tools you can get your hands on" mode.
Let's get some details:
-Which Mac laptop do you have? (if this is an iBook G3, it will always be slow from modern standards)
-Is the hard disc near full?
-Is the laptop slow all the time, from turning it on, or is it only after you open a specific piece of software?