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Upgraded to 10.6 and now have to wait for everything.

  • 16-10-2009 5:12pm
    #1
    DubTony
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    I recently UPGRADED to 10.6 and while it ran fine for a couple of days the machine just ground to a pedestrian speed. Spinning wheels happen every time I launch any application. Apple released Perfrmance Update 1.0 a couple of days ago for affected machines, but this seems to be firmware and doesn't apply to my machine.

    Here's the basic info

    Model Name: iMac
    Model Identifier: iMac6,1
    Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
    Processor Speed: 2.16 GHz
    Number Of Processors: 1
    Total Number Of Cores: 2
    L2 Cache: 4 MB
    Memory: 1 GB
    Bus Speed: 667 MHz
    Boot ROM Version: IM61.0093.B07
    SMC Version (system): 1.10f2

    I have had no problems with this so far. But since upgrading with Snow Leopard it's sloth like. Startup and ShotDown are fine, it's just general use is slow. Switching between apps, opening new windows, launching an app, sometimes drop down menus are slow to respond, and bookmarks in Safari on the Bookmarks Bar can take up to a minute to open.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks


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  • #2
    timbrophy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 48 ✭timbrophy


    I moved to Snow Leopard today. Exact same problem.

    If you open the Activity Monitor you will find that the % CPU given to the user is very low. In my case it is about 3% !!!!!!!

    I don't know the answer yet.

    Tim


  • #3
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,693 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    Okay, just to narrow it down:

    Create a new user account (in System Prefs > Accounts), then temporarily login under it and see if the problem remains.


  • #4
    timbrophy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 48 ✭timbrophy


    Tried creating new account. Same problem.

    Tim


  • #5
    Third Eye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 122 ✭✭Third Eye


    I know that the minimum requirement of RAM for Snow Leopard is 1gb but maybe you would need more for a faster performance.

    I wonder how other users with 1gb RAM are getting on.


  • #6
    timbrophy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 48 ✭timbrophy


    I have 4 GB of RAM so that is not the problem.

    Tim


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  • #7
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,693 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    Open Activity Monitor and click on the CPU column so all processes are ordered by highest CPU usage. See if you can identify a specific process that is misbehaving.


  • #8
    coopersgreen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 137 ✭✭coopersgreen


    You can try deleting the two files outlined here - http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=10333472


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