Needing to keep restarting MacBook

[Maclover564]

Why do I need to keep restarting it? Its the newest model, I dont do anything to extreme, but it bogs down very easily and then its slow-ish so I restart it. How do I make it so that it just works? Should I install more RAM? I have 2GB pre-installed

 

[DoFoT9]

what sort of programs do you run?

are the programs CPU intensive? are they RAM intensive?

how much hdd space do you have left?

im guessing you need more RAM.

 

[MacDawg]

Upgrading to 4 GB of RAM is the cheapest and simplest way to get a performance boost

But give us an idea of what you are using your Mac for, what applications you are using, what browser you are using, etc.

The more information, the more likely you are to get help

Woof, Woof - Dawg

 

[Maclover564]

I use Safari. I really only go on YouTube, and MySpace, sometimes I use iMovie for video editing, iPhoto sometimes, iTunes often, word processing, just basic everyday stuff

 

[DoFoT9]

I really only go on YouTube, and MySpace, sometimes I use iMovie for video editing, iPhoto sometimes, iTunes often, word processing, just basic everyday stuff

even imovie and iphoto chew through the RAM.

can you use the computer until you feel it is responding slowly, open up the program "activity monitor" - navigate to the "system memory" tab down the bottom and post the:
VM size
page ins
page outs
swap used
information. that will be a better indicator for us 🙂

 

[ARF900]

Whats the heat like?

 

[Maclover564]

(I just restarted if that makes a difference in anything)
VM size: 122.75GB
Page in: 169.8MB
Page outs: 0 bytes
Swap used: 0 bytes

 

[DoFoT9]

(I just restarted if that makes a difference in anything)
VM size: 122.75GB
Page in: 169.8MB
Page outs: 0 bytes
Swap used: 0 bytes

yup restarting wont indicate anything to us im afraid. do what you normally do for a few hrs/days and get back to us 🙂

 

[Maclover564]

Okay🙂

 

[mbestel]

Flash?

When you said Youtube, my alarm bells started ringing. I have a machine with 4GB RAM and whenever it gets really slow, I take a look at the Activity Monitor and Safari and Flash Player are hogging all the memory.

Once I quit and re-open safari (and possibly force-quit flash) everything settles down for a bit.

Cheers,

Mark