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KyleKlink
May 8, 2010, 05:47 PM
This morning my iMac started to act a bit sluggish and I was getting a lot of beach balls (especially with Safari). I installed Windows 7 this afternoon via Boot Camp (something I had planned on doing for a while now) and when I came back to Mac OS I found that it is extremely slow now.

When I expand a folder in my dock the icons load 2 at a time, taking maybe 3 seconds to populate the applications folder. Loading programs takes much longer as well.

I am checking disk permissions via OnyX right now and it has been running for about 20 minutes. In the past this task took about 3-5 minutes. It's still running as I type this.

Im looking for some ideas as to what I should check or do to figure out what is causing the issue. Thanks in advance.



stridemat
May 8, 2010, 05:59 PM
Did OnyX achieve anything? Or is it still going?

KyleKlink
May 8, 2010, 06:07 PM
Did OnyX achieve anything? Or is it still going?

It repaired one and also said "Warning: SUID file 'system/library/CoreServices/RemoteManagment/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAgent' has been modified and will not be repaired."

Those are the only items on there.

stridemat
May 9, 2010, 03:41 AM
Havee you tried fixing the disk permissions while booting off the OS X disk? This should allow a greater number to be fixed compared to when the hard drive is active.

myuserid08
May 9, 2010, 03:55 AM
May be a stupid question but how much free space do you have?
Have you rebooted? Checked how much ram you're using?