Drat! Filevault is turned off, I was really hoping that was the problem. Cheers, Donna > On Jan 15, 2015, at 1:11 AM, Jeffrey Shockley <jawswiz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > I completely agree here. I’ve had this iMac here for a while now, and once > everything loads up, it’s pretty fast, and it’s one from a couple years ago > that only has 4 GB of RAM. One thing that could possibly be going on is > Spotlight could be indexing everything in the background still for the first > time, depending on how much stuff is on the drive. > Also, making sure all updates to OS X and all apps are up-to-date will also > help. > Another thing that may also help, is running a Repair Permissions scan on the > drive using Disc Utility. > Also, if Filevolt is turned on, which it is by default now after a new > installation of Yosemite, then that could be the cause of the slowness and, > after turning Filevolt off, it will work much better. I’ve seen stuff like > this discussing Filevolt and system slowness at first before. > You can turn this off by going into the Security and Privacy pane of System > Preferences, and going to the Filevolt tab and VO spacing on it. Once this > loads, if you VO right, it will tell you whether Filevolt is on, and let you > turn it off. It will say it is dimmed until you VO space on where it says > “Click here to make changes.” Then, you put inn your password, and you can > make the change. > Hope this helps, > Jeffrey > >> On Jan 14, 2015, at 11:49 PM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> What are the specs on the iMac? I’m guessing that it probably has a >> spinning HD as opposed to the MBA’s Flash storage. Flash storage has >> considerably faster access than any spinning HD, especially if the spinning >> HD is only 5400 RPM’s. Depending on the model of the iMac, the default RAM >> could be around 8 GB which should not exhibit choppy speech like you’ve >> mentioned. I use VO on some older iMacs when setting these machines up at >> my work, and they are slower at starting, slower at logging in but once >> everything in the background has finished doing its thing, VO works >> normally. Make sure that you have the checkbox unchecked to re-open >> windows/applications when logging back in. This box is visible when you go >> to logout. Also, make sure you don’t have any apps set to automatically >> open as this can slow down the startup process as well. There are enough >> processes going on in the background as it is during startup and login that >> make it feel slow that adding extra things simply prolong the wait. >> >> HTH. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >>> On Jan 14, 2015, at 20:29, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> As some of you may remember, my employer has purchased an iMac for me. I >>> am sorry to say it, but I've been incredibly disappointed in the iMac. I >>> had expected it to perform better than my MBA, but the opposite seems to be >>> the case. It boots very slowly, and voiceover cuts in and out after the >>> boot process for a couple of minutes. the wireless connectivity also seems >>> weaker than on my MBA. It also seems more sluggish overall - apps take >>> longer to open, documents and websites take longer to load. Long and >>> short, I'd never choose it over my MBA if it weren't my work computer. I'm >>> wondering if anyone else has observed similar behavior? If so, any >>> strategies for troubleshooting? I'm thinking of adding more memory, in the >>> hope that that will speed up the boot time and get rid of VO dragging. >>> Cheers, >>> Donna >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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