My MAC's slowed down.....help!
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BigMansZetec

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1,193 posts

238 months

Friday 13th April 2007
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My Apple Mac Mini (1.66 Intel Core Duo) has recently really slowed down, and the internet is the worst affetcted. It is running off airport, but the signal is high and there is no problems with the BT Hub it's connected too.
I Know the mini does like a memory upgrade, but its only been the last week when the net has been really slow.

Any ideas??

Zad

13,024 posts

267 months

Saturday 14th April 2007
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Maybe your neighbour is leeching your net connection?

hoganscrogan

727 posts

315 months

Saturday 14th April 2007
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Something to look out for on OSX is if you have lots of documents/folders, filed on your desktop. This can really slow the machine down.

A friend of mine had loads [100+] of porn images on desktop [don't ask] and this had slowed the machine to a crawl. Moved them into a folder and hey presto full speed again.

Someone leeching on your broadband connection would only slow down web page loading and email, not your machine in general. Dodgey external harddrive can also slow finfer right down.

Without more info about setup it's hard do troubleshoot any better. support.apple.com - forums are very useful and easy to search for more assistance.

Wollcage

482 posts

242 months

Saturday 14th April 2007
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the files thing is a good one

i often find that repairing permissions sorts a few gremlins out as well