Macbook (10/08 release) 13" SLOOOW DOWN Help Please!

[rcmorgan540]

I have had countless Macs. My newest is giving me some problems now. Everything was fine ... I was somewhat of a slacker on software update .. I did a whole host of upgrades at one time ... after that ... slowness set in. It takes a good while for the login screen to load ... after logging in .. it takes FOREVER to be able to use (5 mins) any ideas? I have run Verify / Repair disk permissions ... It seems waking from sleep sometimes forces a battery pull ... once everything is going, it seems to be ok 80% of the time.

 

[fcamilleri]

Check what programs start on startup.

Or, something that you are using is causing an epic memory leak.

 

[Objectivist-C]

Have you run Verify Disk? The drive could be going. Other than that, try re-installing 10.5.7 from the combo updater?

 

[Maserati7200]

Brace for impact.

What I mean is that your hard drive may crash soon. Back up. You don't have much time before it happens. My hard drive crashed twice in 2008. I know what you are talking about. Your HDD is dying.

 

[idonotliketostu]

How often do hard drives crash? I've never experience one before in over 15 years of computing.

 

[rcmorgan540]

Backup!

I am buying an external drive tomorrow. Should I use time machine or manual? I might just go ahead and replace the drive now. Where should I buy the replacement drive? I am assuming this is something I could do myself.

 

[Objectivist-C]

I am buying an external drive tomorrow. Should I use time machine or manual? I might just go ahead and replace the drive now. Where should I buy the replacement drive? I am assuming this is something I could do myself.

If you're going to swap out the drive, I'd manually clone the partition with Disk Utility; otherwise, Time Machine will be fine. Newegg is probably the best place to buy a drive, make sure it's a 2.5" SATA HD.