Found recently https://fiplab.com/apps/memory-clean-for-mac that helps somewhat speeding my ancient MacBook (2006 Core2 Duo, 2 GB, SSD). Give it a try.
It helps with all those web pages that hog the RAM like there is no tomorrow, and yes, closing unused tabs helps a LOT. On 6 May 2016 at 00:57, Russell Courtenay <unknownid...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a 2008 20" iMac 2.66 Core2Duo with 2 GB of ram, a 3TB hard drive > and 10.11.4 and sometimes it is dog slow. I can get 6 GB of ram used for > about $70 on eBay and am thinking that might help. > > The modern Internet uses a phenomenal amount of resources just to view it. > Firefox wants 1+ gig of ram usually but works better after a regular > restart of the browser (of course if I closed half of those 2000 open tabs > it might help!) > > The latest version of Safari shows ram usage for each tab and for some > reason when I open a simple Yahoo search it suddenly wants 2 gigs just for > that tab and here comes the beachball! > > I know ram is MY problem as whenever something suddenly slows down I try > to get to the Activity Monitor - Memory window and find Firefox wants more > ram than I've got! And of course it is trying to swap to hard drive to make > it all fit which is where the beachball comes in... > > Adobe Flash is another thing, nearly unusable, allow it to start and > suddenly Firefox wants an ADDITIONAL 2 gigs of ram! No way! > > Most everything else works pretty well, even old iMovie 8 from 2010. > > Russell Courtenay > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On May 5, 2016, at 9:28 PM, GMail Valter Psicof <valter.psi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Il giorno 05/05/16 23.07, "Eric B. Volker" ha scritto: > > > >> I still get the beachball fairly often. > > This sounds obvious but, how much Ram do you have? > > If it's 2 GB or less, I strongly suggest to upgrade to 3 or - better - 4 > GB. > > > > 2 GB are fairly cheap nowadays, and it's often the most "bang for your > buck" > > upgrade available. > > > >> I¹m not complaining - it¹s > >> amazing that this thing can still run the latest OS. > > Which OSX version are you using? > > I think you know that, usually, the newer the OS, the slower it is. > > If I were you, I wouldn't go past 10.9 on your iMac. > > > > I have an Early 2009 iMac, and I'm still mainly using OSX 10.6 because > it's > > the more stable and faster on this machine. > > On a secondary partition I have OSX 10.9, for instances where I need to > use > > some newer app. > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a > group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > > To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com > > To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > > > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "iMac Group" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a > group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com > To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iMac Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
