What can I do to get my mac running fast again. I mean its not terribly slow but not as fast as when I bought it. I pretty much use my lap top for music, ton of email for work, and torrents. I have 133 gb left and its coming up on 3 years old
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What can I do to get my mac running fast again. I mean its not terribly slow but not as fast as when I bought it. I pretty much use my lap top for music, ton of email for work, and torrents. I have 133 gb left and its coming up on 3 years old
Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility> First Aid> Repair Disk Permissions
Make sure you select Mac HD.
maybe you need to clear the unused files
thanks
i think I have too many emails
If you have 133 gb of space left, it's not the emails.
Is this like "Disc Defrag" on a windows based computer ???
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Originally Posted by dan68131
I would get a virus scanner (you can get them for free) and scan everything on your heard disk; it could be malware (yes it does happen to Mac's as well)
Due to Mac's distinct partitioning format type, they really don't get fragmented the way Windows would. Cleanmymac is a very good product, and will find tones of useless garbage and should speed up your system
clear your internal fans of any dust and fluff, my pc does the same it overheats as theres no fresh air circulating internally. just a guess. wont hurt to do it.
Couple of new sticks of ram could do the job, memory doesnt work at its best forever.