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Subject: [Leica] OT: Apple Mac gets grindingly slow...
From: durling at cox.net (Mike Durling)
Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2010 21:48:11 -0500
References: <1BF6A3BE-E744-40FD-8E9B-85E9DB1391F7@yahoo.co.uk>

I had a speed issue with my iMac which I first noticed in my photo 
cataloging software.  Eventually the whole system almost ground to a 
halt.  Turns out it was a failing hard drive.  Funny thing (good too) is 
that reads from the drive were fine but any time I wrote to it it took a 
very long time.  Replacing the drive fixed the problem.

Mike D

On 11/29/10 10:41 AM, Peter Cheyne wrote:
> At home, I use a MacBook Pro, OS 10.5.8, 2.33 GHz Dual Core Duo, with 
> 2GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM.  When I edit photos in Lightroom it becomes 
> frustratingly slow these days.  Is there anything I can do to get it 
> over those speed bumps faster?  I heard I can give it 3 GB of RAM 
> instead of 2, but that might not help any, because this Mac is said to 
> work better with equal sized RAM chips.  Any suggestions, or is it 
> time to buy a new Mac?  I was hoping this one would last me longer.
>
> Peter Cheyne
>
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In reply to: Message from geordiepete211 at yahoo.co.uk (Peter Cheyne) ([Leica] OT: Apple Mac gets grindingly slow...)