hello im new here so pardon my noobiness lol. i have an imac. a kinda older version of it im not sure how old tho. anyways it takes atleast 15 mins to get to the login screen and another 15 after that sometimes even longer. im not sure why it is doing this. any reasons why ity would be? ill cooperate as much as i can.
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What Mac with what Mac OS X version do you use?
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Maybe have a look at Activity Monitor (Applications / Utilities /) and select All Processes and sort by CPU to see what the culprit may be.
Also check the "System Memory" tab to see what your "Page ins:", "Page outs:" and "Swap used:" are.
image below uses sorting by CPU as an example
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Maybe have a look at Activity Monitor (Applications / Utilities /) and select All Processes and sort by CPU to see what the culprit may be.
Also check the "System Memory" tab to see what your "Page ins:", "Page outs:" and "Swap used:" are.
image below uses sorting by CPU as an example
Further reading:
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The one that have the highest number, like the "2.8" in my example.
But maybe the HDD is just dying and you need to replace it.
http://www.ifixit.com/Browse/iMac_G5
Btw, what exact MODEL IDENTIFIER has your Mac?
What exact program are you talking about and how much CPU does it use?
The "2.8" in my example screenshot means, that 2.8% out of 200% available CPU is used, thus it is okay. As the screenshot was taken on a dual core CPU, your maximum CPU "capacity" will be 100%, as a G5 in the iMac is a single core CPU.
Maybe you can provide screenshots?
