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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 The hardware is starting to get out of date.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!
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 The hardware is starting to get out of date.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!
ASKER
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
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
How Aboutaleb upgrading ram? Can you check how much you got left?
Did you run Verify Disk?
ASKER
Verify Disk said that the drive appears to be OK.
Where do I check how much ram I have left?
Where do I check how much ram I have left?
In Utilities, you'll find ActivityMonitor. This app will show your available ram
ASKER
Interesting. Screenshot attached.
RAM.gif
RAM.gif
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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
http://eshop.macsales.com/MyOWC/Upgrades.cfm?model=397
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Perfect, thanks guys.
Also run Verify Disk in Disk Utility and advise what it says