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Mac Mini Running Pretty Slow

Hello,

My Mac Mini is running slow. Can you help me speed it up. The hardware is starting to get out of date.

Processor  2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

Memory  4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3

Graphics  NVIDIA GeForce 9400 256 MB

Software  OS X 10.9.1 (13B42)

I run about 20 tabs in firefox. There's some pinwheel action going on. When I open Fireworks or Adobe Illustrator, things slow way down.

Any help is appreciated. I'm not quite ready to upgrade my hardware yet.

Thanks!
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How much free space do you have on your hard drive? You need at least 15 percent free.

Also run Verify Disk in Disk Utility and advise what it says
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I've got about 60% free:

Capacity :      319.21 GB (319,213,174,784 Bytes)
       Format :      Mac OS Extended (Journaled)      Available :      201.85 GB (201,850,331,136 Bytes)
       Owners Enabled :      Yes      Used :      117.36 GB (117,362,843,648 Bytes)
       Number of Folders :      223,153      Number of Files :      893,598
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How Aboutaleb upgrading ram? Can you check how much you got left?
Did you run Verify Disk?
Verify Disk said that the drive appears to be OK.

Where do I check how much ram I have left?
In Utilities, you'll find ActivityMonitor. This app will show your available ram
Interesting. Screenshot attached.
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Would probably cost $100 to upgrade to 8 gigs of RAM and $200 to 16 Gigs:

http://eshop.macsales.com/MyOWC/Upgrades.cfm?model=397
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Perfect, thanks guys.