Yeah, but I’m not going to give that up. lol. I think I’ll try a repair permissions. I also found that I do only have 8 GB of ram, I may see if they’ll upgrade me to 16. Cheers, Donna > On Jan 15, 2015, at 10:52 AM, Jeffrey Shockley <jawswiz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > another thing it could also be is using the Vocalizer voices (Samantha, Jill, > Tom, etc.) If using these voices, it will cause a slow down potentially, > although not always. This is because of the increased CPU usage and maybe RAM > usage? Not sure, of VoiceOver and it’s processes. Found this out by looking > in Activity Monitor one day. Also, if you go into VoiceOver Utility, it may > be trying to download the newer version of the Alex Voice. > Hope this helps, > Jeffrey >> On Jan 15, 2015, at 11:42 AM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: >> >> 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. >> >> -- >> 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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