Speeding up iMac G5

[iShane]

Hi guys,

My iMac G5 has been running a little slow lately and I was wondering if there was anything I could do to speed it up.

Thanks in Advance!

 

[PlaceofDis]

how much ram do you have? how full is your hard drive? which iMac G5?

oh and what are you using it for primarily?

 

[dmw007]

how much ram do you have? how full is your hard drive? which iMac G5?

oh and what are you using it for primarily?

Adding more RAM is a great way to speed up your Mac iShane.

 

[FF_productions]

http://guides.macrumors.com/Enhancing_Performance_Of_Mac_OS_X

That should do the trick...

 

[osxnewbe]

You should see an increase in performance by adding more RAM. I added 2 GB to my iMac G5 back in April and noticed a definite increase in speed afterwards...

 

[iShane]

how much ram do you have? how full is your hard drive? which iMac G5?

oh and what are you using it for primarily?

I have 512 RAM. 30.9 GB is used. I believe it is the Rev A iMac G5. I primarily use it for web browsing, Adium/iChat/AIM, iTunes, Word, and email. Nothing like Photoshop.

 

[iShane]

Okay, so I did the thing about seeing if you need more RAM on the page that FF_Productions and here is a screenshot of what the results were.

I'm confused.

 

[Eidorian]

Okay, so I did the thing about seeing if you need more RAM on the page that FF_Productions and here is a screenshot of what the results were.

I'm confused.

How long has your computer been turned on? Do you put it to sleep or turn it off? How many programs do you run at once?

 

[iShane]

How long has your computer been turned on? Do you put it to sleep or turn it off? How many programs do you run at once?

Umm. I just restarted it maybe 30 minutes ago. I usually just put it asleep. I usually run no more than 5 programs at once.

 

[Eidorian]

Umm. I just restarted it maybe 30 minutes ago. I usually just put it asleep. I usually run no more than 5 programs at once.

512 MB more of RAM would help but there doesn't appear to be much of a dire need for it.

 

[iShane]

512 MB more of RAM would help but there doesn't appear to be much of a dire need for it.

Alright I'll try to find some. Thanks for all you guys help.

 

[dmw007]

I have 512 RAM. 30.9 GB is used. I believe it is the Rev A iMac G5. I primarily use it for web browsing, Adium/iChat/AIM, iTunes, Word, and email. Nothing like Photoshop.

More RAM would most certainly help! Check out www.datamem.com for some great deals on RAM.


That, and make sure that you have processor performance set to "Highest" under "Energy Saver".

 

[iShane]

That, and make sure that you have processor performance set to "Highest" under "Energy Saver".

Thanks for the link. Also I checked out Energy Saver and processor speed was on reduced so i turned it up to highest.

 

[Eidorian]

Thanks for the link. Also I checked out Energy Saver and processor speed was on reduced so i turned it up to highest.

It was on Reduced?

Yeah, the iMac G5 crawls at Reduced. Personally, the Highest setting is too loud since the fans spin up more often. I prefer Automatic.

 

[dmw007]

Thanks for the link.

No problem.

Also I checked out Energy Saver and processor speed was on reduced so i turned it up to highest.

That will really help out your iMac's performance!

 

[Arnaud]

Personally, the Highest setting is too loud since the fans spin up more often. I prefer Automatic.

There's an awful "season's factor" with my iMac G5.
It runs perfect in "Highest" all year long, with not so much interference from the fans, but for the summer, when it is too warm in the house and the fans get really annoying. And I can't really stand the "automatic" setting, not even mentioning "reduced" !

512Mb should help, too.

 

[bad03xtreme]

I am looking to speed up my 20" iMac G5. I have maxed out the RAM at 2gb but my 250gb HD is about full. Will buying an external hard drive to free up some space improve my computers performance? I mostly use it for my graphic design work w/ CS3 suite and also my photography using RAW images. I need to make this computer last me at least a few more years, any advice?

Any hard drive recommendations? I want something compatible with the Airpot Extreme for backups.

 

[MTI]

Increasing ram available to the software and using drives with higher rotational speeds are classic was of improving performance.

More available ram mean less of a bottleneck in data being written and read to hard drive based "virtual memory" which is one of the slowest forms of data transfer inside the computer. Adding ram also replaces the memory that some graphics processing units share with the system. A faster hard drive is self explanatory.