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new macbook getting slow?

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radionickhead

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I've had my macbook for about a month. It's starting to get slow though. I type quite fast, and whether its in adium/firefox/safari - I type and the text takes a while to "register" onto the screen.
This is also the case when using backspace and two finger scrolling. I did a verify disk and it said the disk is "ok". Apparently I have to run repair disk with the startup cd but since it said the disk is "ok" I figured it wouldnt be necessary.
I'm currently on 2gb RAM, but it wasn't this slow to begin with anyway. Any ideas anyone?
 
radionickhead said:
I've had my macbook for about a month. It's starting to get slow though. I type quite fast, and whether its in adium/firefox/safari - I type and the text takes a while to "register" onto the screen.
This is also the case when using backspace and two finger scrolling. I did a verify disk and it said the disk is "ok". Apparently I have to run repair disk with the startup cd but since it said the disk is "ok" I figured it wouldnt be necessary.
I'm currently on 2gb RAM, but it wasn't this slow to begin with anyway. Any ideas anyone?
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Open Activity Monitor and see if there are any processes taking up a LOT of memory or CPU. IF there are, close them and see if that helps...
 
I know you said it's getting slow. But is it really slower than a month ago when you first got it, or you just starting to notice the lagging now.

Either way, try do a maintenance with Oynx. It's been known to speed things up.
 
sounds like a reboot is in order. also go to sysprefs/accounts/login items and see what lurks.
 
Onyx or Cocktail. Either one might help. I run mine (Cocktail) At least once a month to keep everything in top shape.😉
 
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