New Mac user

[mpossoff]

Hi was given a 2006 imac. Just installed 2, 1gb ram sticks.

Installed snow leopard 10.6.

Machine is running slow and then it runs fast.

Just noticed there is some stuff left.

Want to do a restore and then re-install snow leopard 10.6 since I have no files etc to get rid of stuff that was left.

Is this advisable? If so how can I do a restore?

Here are specs of imac.

Hardware Overview:

Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac4,1
Processor Name: Intel Core Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 2 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: IM41.0055.B08
SMC Version (system): 1.1f5
Serial Number (system): SystemSerialNumb
Hardware UUID:

 

[rkaufmann87]

I would recommend you backup immediately using Time Machine (assuming you are on Leopard or later) or by using SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner.

After you have done that I'd recommend a reformat and reinstall of OS X. You will need a Snow Leopard upgrade DVD to do that. Here are the steps:

1. With the SL DVD in the SuperDrive restart the computer holding down the Option key.

2. After choosing the Upgrade DVD to boot from let the machine start.

3. Choose the language then click the Utilities menu.

4. Click Disk Utility

5. Select the internal HD on the left pane and then click the First Aid tab and Erase the HD using Mac OS Extended (Journaled).

6. Exit Disk Utility

7. Continue the installation following the on-screen prompts.

8. Towards the end of the installation it will ask if you want to migrate from another Mac. Choose yes then it will ask for Time Machine or a volume connected to the Mac. Depending on what type of backup you have choose and choose all the options, it will then restore and you should be up and running.

 

[mpossoff]

I would recommend you backup immediately using Time Machine (assuming you are on Leopard or later) or by using SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner.

After you have done that I'd recommend a reformat and reinstall of OS X. You will need a Snow Leopard upgrade DVD to do that. Here are the steps:

1. With the SL DVD in the SuperDrive restart the computer holding down the Option key.

2. After choosing the Upgrade DVD to boot from let the machine start.

3. Choose the language then click the Utilities menu.

4. Click Disk Utility

5. Select the internal HD on the left pane and then click the First Aid tab and Erase the HD using Mac OS Extended (Journaled).

6. Exit Disk Utility

7. Continue the installation following the on-screen prompts.

8. Towards the end of the installation it will ask if you want to migrate from another Mac. Choose yes then it will ask for Time Machine or a volume connected to the Mac. Depending on what type of backup you have choose and choose all the options, it will then restore and you should be up and running.

Thanks just finished.

 

[rkaufmann87]

Your welcome.