Slow 2010 MacBook

[bldmn]

I have a 2010 MacBook, and it seems to be getting slower and slower. The problem started about a year ago. The main symptom is when opening applications I often get the spinning rainbow ball that can stay on the screen for anywhere from 10 to 30 seconds before going away. Same thing when switching from one app to another. I try to minimize the number of simultaneous open applications I have to 3 or 4 at most.

Here are some specs:
Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 2 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 320M 256 MB
Software: OS X 10.8.2 (12C60)

It has a 250 GB hard drive, with 180 GB free.

Things I've done already:
- Run Disk Utility and repaired permissions.
- Updated all software.
- Monitored processor using Activity monitor, but didn't see anything obvious.
- I restart computer at least once a day.

Is there anything like caches or settings that I can check to see if they are the problem?

Any help would be most appreciated.

 

[logana]

2GB ram and OSX 10.8.2 !!!!

Upgrade to at least 4GB for 10.8 - preferably 6GB or 8GB

Your MacBook is running out of ram - download iStat Pro widget and then check you page-in and page-outs on the memory tab....

 

[bldmn]

Many thanks for that advice. I'll get on it!

 

[slomo86]

If you really want to speed it up check out this thread. Buy the RAM he has linked and you can run 16GB RAM I got mine on order.

 

[spyguy10709]

2GB ram and OSX 10.8.2 !!!!

Upgrade to at least 4GB for 10.8 - preferably 6GB or 8GB

Your MacBook is running out of ram - download iStat Pro widget and then check you page-in and page-outs on the memory tab....

Yeah, go for at least 8GB of RAM, it's worthwhile.

Also - try backing up your hard drive, and reformatting to reinstall OS X - it's worth doing to clean out any old crap you might have.

 

[rabidz7]

I have a 2010 MacBook, and it seems to be getting slower and slower. The problem started about a year ago. The main symptom is when opening applications I often get the spinning rainbow ball that can stay on the screen for anywhere from 10 to 30 seconds before going away. Same thing when switching from one app to another. I try to minimize the number of simultaneous open applications I have to 3 or 4 at most.

Here are some specs:
Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 2 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 320M 256 MB
Software: OS X 10.8.2 (12C60)

It has a 250 GB hard drive, with 180 GB free.

Things I've done already:
- Run Disk Utility and repaired permissions.
- Updated all software.
- Monitored processor using Activity monitor, but didn't see anything obvious.
- I restart computer at least once a day.

Is there anything like caches or settings that I can check to see if they are the problem?

Any help would be most appreciated.

Stick 16GB of ram in. It it is unsupported but will work fast!