Hi, I agree, 8 GB should be fine. That’s twice the amount that I have in here, because I’ve never upgraded anything internally on here, and it works fine. Just to see what would happen, I switched to one of the Vocalizer voices, and I experienced choppy speech, and it did slow things down quite a bit. But, once I switched to something else other than one of those voices, then everything sped up, as the CPU was freed up. Sitting here now, using Alex as an example, I have 4 programs up including Mail, and I have 88.9% of the CPU free, and none of the swopp file is being used. Nothing using Flash is up either. Adobe Flash Player is also a CPU hog, so anything running that is using it, could cause the slow down. Just going through things I have seen slow down my Macs here. I hope this helps, Jeffrey > On Jan 15, 2015, at 5:46 PM, Scott Erichsen <serich...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 8gb memory should honestly be fine for an iMac. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin > Sent: Friday, 16 January 2015 9:36 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: iMac versus MBA? > > 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. > > -- > 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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