Man of Honour
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Hi guys. Got a bit of a problem with my iMac that I'd appreciate some help with. Not had many problems with this thing so far, so not sure how to proceed!
Basically, despite being an i5 with 4GB of RAM, it's starting to feel a lot slower than my C2D MacBook. The most obvious thing is loading applications, which seems to take an age getting them to a useable state, with frequent beachballing. Once up and running, apps are snappy enough, but while they're starting (and closing for that matter), I can hear the hard drive thrashing constantly (not a click, just a noise I'd associate with constant access that stops as soon as the app is useable).
Are there any steps I can take to try and cure this? I want to upgrade to Lion but am loathe to do it while SL is seemingly having issues, and really don't want to re-install!
Cheers in advance.
Basically, despite being an i5 with 4GB of RAM, it's starting to feel a lot slower than my C2D MacBook. The most obvious thing is loading applications, which seems to take an age getting them to a useable state, with frequent beachballing. Once up and running, apps are snappy enough, but while they're starting (and closing for that matter), I can hear the hard drive thrashing constantly (not a click, just a noise I'd associate with constant access that stops as soon as the app is useable).
Are there any steps I can take to try and cure this? I want to upgrade to Lion but am loathe to do it while SL is seemingly having issues, and really don't want to re-install!
Cheers in advance.