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    HELP! Slow Mac :-(

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by ulilbc, Jul 31, 2010.

  1. ulilbc

    ulilbc Newbie

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    Hi guys, this is my first post here and was hoping you could help me out!

    I have a late-2008 unibody Macbook Pro (15") with 4Gb, 2.4Ghz C2D and a SAMSUNG SSD PM800 256GB.

    Not the high-end Mac, but with the SSD drive and 4Gb of RAM, you'd expect a pretty responsive Mac, right? Well it isn't!

    This is my third Mac, so done three Migration Assistant migrations from the previous Macs.

    Running Safari and Mail, everything's fine, but as soon as I open a torrent program or play a video file with VLC (700-1000MBs) the Mac is super slow! Sometimes I even get freezing!

    Any thoughts why the Mac might be clogging up/slowing down? Had 2Gb or RAM previously and thought the upgrade would help but hasn't improved to any significant level.

    I'd appreciate any thoughts!

    Cheerio!
     
    ulilbc, Jul 31, 2010
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  2. E30kid

    E30kid Notebook Deity

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    Wipe the OS and reinstall OS X. You have backfiles from three different computers, you can't just load it up with crap because it runs OS X.
     
    E30kid, Jul 31, 2010
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  3. crazycanuk

    crazycanuk Notebook Virtuoso

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    Like E30 said start try a fresh install of OSX as migration is still is not always ideal, also do a permissions check and reset the PRAM ... PLEASE remember the Samsung SSD is not nearly as fast as alot of other SSD's but still should be noticable.
     
    crazycanuk, Jul 31, 2010
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  4. HLdan

    HLdan Notebook Virtuoso

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    You might want to either reset your PRAM (if you haven't done so) or reinstall the OS. Another thing, SSD's will degrade over time and need to be fixed by TRIM which is only supported under Windows ATM. If you have Windows installed you should boot up to it and install the TRIM softwares (not sure what to offer on that) and you can fix your SSD if after reinstalling the OS doesn't help.
     
    HLdan, Jul 31, 2010
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  5. 2.0

    2.0 Former NBR Macro-Mod®

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    Deleted a bunch of useless posts.
     
    2.0, Aug 1, 2010
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  6. Tedster59

    Tedster59 Notebook Consultant

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    I'd agree with reinstalling OSX.
     
    Tedster59, Aug 1, 2010
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  7. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Post was deleted for trolling, as were about 15 others.

    Back on topic, next troll gets a big infraction.
     
    Greg, Aug 1, 2010
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  8. Thomas

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    You can't just expect to migrate everything three times and it still to work nice and speedy.

    My advice: Reinstall OS X and don't re add the crap.
     
    Thomas, Aug 1, 2010
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  9. altecxp

    altecxp Notebook Consultant

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    Maybe because you migrated junk from 3 previous Macs? You brought all those years of issues building up with you. Have you ever started clean?
     
    altecxp, Aug 1, 2010
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