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Macbook Slow after Snow Leopard Upgrade

  • 30-05-2011 11:12am
    #1
    sufferinjaysus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14 ✭


    Hi all,

    I recently upgraded to Snow Leopard from Leopard. While it is faster than leopard, the computer gets "bogged down" more often it used to. There are times now when it will completely slow down despite not many programs being open. I find this really annoying since it was running smoothly before I upgraded it.

    Has anyone had similar issues with Snow Leopard? I'm wondering if I should have done a clean install rather than just upgrade it?

    My spec is 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 2GB ram and I have about 50GB's free on the hard drive. Is that spec not well capable of running Snow Leopard???


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  • #2
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,693 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    How recently did you upgrade? Is Spotlight indexing? Check Activity Monitor and see if there are any rogue processes hogging the CPU. Does the hard disk check out okay in Disk Utility?


  • #3
    Greentree_uk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,023 ✭✭✭Greentree_uk


    I'd say your hard drive is worn out and needs replacing. otherwise it could also be the NVidia problem with your macbook pro. take it to an AASP to get checked.


  • #4
    sufferinjaysus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14 ✭sufferinjaysus


    Greentree_uk wrote: »
    I'd say your hard drive is worn out and needs replacing. otherwise it could also be the NVidia problem with your macbook pro. take it to an AASP to get checked.

    Thanks for the replies.

    Hmmmm, that doesn't sound good. What other signs should I look out for if that is the case??

    It just seems to get slow when I have most microsoft office programs open, pages, mail, ichat, safari, preview and itunes spread over a few different spaces. While it was slowish before with all of that open, it is noticeably slower since I upgraded.

    Has anyone heard of performance issues after upgrading? Anyone know if a clean install is worth it?


  • #5
    Greentree_uk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,023 ✭✭✭Greentree_uk


    is it a macbook or macbook pro? what colour are the keys? black or silver? what version of office are you running? 2gb ram is ok. but it depends on alot of things. open up activity viewer and you can see memory usage and see if you are using it all.


  • #6
    stesh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 297 ✭✭stesh


    Greentree_uk wrote: »
    I'd say your hard drive is worn out and needs replacing. otherwise it could also be the NVidia problem with your macbook pro. take it to an AASP to get checked.
    I'd say that's a load of rubbish.


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  • #7
    stesh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 297 ✭✭stesh


    sufferinjaysus wrote: »
    Thanks for the replies.

    Hmmmm, that doesn't sound good. What other signs should I look out for if that is the case??

    It just seems to get slow when I have most microsoft office programs open, pages, mail, ichat, safari, preview and itunes spread over a few different spaces. While it was slowish before with all of that open, it is noticeably slower since I upgraded.

    Has anyone heard of performance issues after upgrading? Anyone know if a clean install is worth it?
    If your hard drive had 'worn out', it would most likely spontaneously fail, and your computer would die and refuse to boot - you'd definitely know about it.


  • #8
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,693 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    stesh wrote: »
    If your hard drive had 'worn out', it would most likely spontaneously fail, and your computer would die and refuse to boot - you'd definitely know about it.
    That's not necessarily true. In fact, I've rarely ever had a hard drive just instantly die out of the blue. It usually takes a while and there are clear warning signs that you'd be foolish to ignore. Although this particular issue may just be a software problem.


  • #9
    Greentree_uk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,023 ✭✭✭Greentree_uk


    stesh wrote: »
    I'd say that's a load of rubbish.
    And just how many system upgrades of what could be a 4 year old machine have you done? I can tell you I have done hundreds. and I have seen many hard drives fail within weeks of an OS upgrade where the drive wasn't replaced. Since we have no new information about the model of macbook pro we can't comment further, I have also seen the NVidia problem rear its head after many. I worked in an AASP for 8 Years, I think my opinion here is well earned and justified based on the limited info we have. I'm merely offering an my expert opinion given the many variables.


  • #10
    Jimmy.Joe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29 ✭Jimmy.Joe


    stesh wrote: »
    I'd say that's a load of rubbish.

    Seriously? It would be wise to do a little research prior to posting, it might help a) prevent you from insulting people and b) might make you sound a little more knowledgable, have a look at the following link the section "Really Slow Access Times" is probably what the poster was referring to.

    http://www.lifehack.org/articles/technology/how-to-tell-when-your-hard-drive-is-going-to-fail.html


  • #11
    Greentree_uk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,023 ✭✭✭Greentree_uk


    Jimmy.Joe wrote: »
    Seriously? It would be wise to do a little research prior to posting, it might help a) prevent you from insulting people and b) might make you sound a little more knowledgable, have a look at the following link the section "Really Slow Access Times" is probably what the poster was referring to.

    http://www.lifehack.org/articles/technology/how-to-tell-when-your-hard-drive-is-going-to-fail.html

    Nice article.


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  • #12
    fasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 981 ✭✭✭fasty


    It may well be a HDD failure, but Sad Professor asked him to check the drive Disk Utility and he didn't report his findings.

    Check the SMART status, repair permissions (voodoo imo but do it anyway) and check the status of the drive.

    Anecdotal evidence here, but I've done an upgrade of Leopard to Snow Leopard on a three year old machine that still works without a hitch.


  • #13
    sufferinjaysus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14 ✭sufferinjaysus


    Thanks for all the suggestions.

    Its a regular white macbook, bought in 2008. I verified the disk in disk utility and it came up fine and there was nothing really out of the ordinary in the activity monitor.

    It just seems less able to cope when a lot of programs are opening compared to 10.5 which shouldn't be the case.

    Maybe I should clean my files up or something? Maybe its quite messy after 3 years of use. Is there any programs in the utilities that would help with this?


  • #14
    Greentree_uk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,023 ✭✭✭Greentree_uk


    what version of office are you running? have you benchmarked your drive to see what speed u are getting? google aja system test and check your drive speed. if you office version is old it could be rosetta that's hogging all the ram.


  • #15
    stesh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 297 ✭✭stesh


    Jimmy.Joe wrote: »
    Seriously? It would be wise to do a little research prior to posting, it might help a) prevent you from insulting people and b) might make you sound a little more knowledgable, have a look at the following link the section "Really Slow Access Times" is probably what the poster was referring to.

    http://www.lifehack.org/articles/technology/how-to-tell-when-your-hard-drive-is-going-to-fail.html

    Researching before posting includes getting more detail from OP instead of immediately concluding that he has to go out and buy a new hard drive.

    Furthermore, OP didn't specifically mention that disk access is what is slowing down.


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