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Re: [OS X] How to get rid of Slow Mac Lion Slow Mac OS X 10.7

+1....I agree with J E F F 100%. I saw an increase in speed when I upgraded to Lion. If I seem to slow down, I run Disk Utility and repair permissions. When I make major changes to the OS, I run OnyX. at »www.macupdate.com/app/mac/11582/onyx That always seems to help. That is my opinion.

If all else fails, I would do a fresh install of Lion. There are a few ways to do it by searching this forum. Of course if you chose this route, back everything up first. But I'm sure you know that.
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reply to J E F F
Thanks JEFF

My Mac has 320 GB HD, 2 GB RAM, 2.4 GHz Intel Core2Duo Processor. Yes, I have tried your suggestions but these didn't work.

Actually I work with media files and need to handle large files, play audio/ Video, modify them randomly and save them at different locations. My Mac Lion takes too much of time to start my applications.

I think I have made all the things clear. Your opinion please....

The RAM is going to kill it. Upgrade to at least 4GB, if not 8GB (if your Mac can support it - might max out at 4 or 6 GB).

I've noticed Lion on my MacBook Pro C2D handles multiple apps much worse than Snow Leopard (it "feels" a lot slower). I have 3GB of RAM.
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reply to stevenros
Well, several things.

1. Thinkdiff has a good idea about upgrading RAM.

Here are some other thoughts:

2. Disable the local time machine backups (also called snapshots). Lion saves any file changes to your local drive so you can use Time Machine even if your external drive isn't connected. While they claim it doesn't slow things down, it might very well, especially when working on a large file. To disable local backups, do this:

sudo tmutil disablelocal

3. Secondly, if you feel comfortable about it, you could also disable the sleep image. (Sleep image is needed for when your battery goes dead)

I do get the feeling that both those things go bog the machine down a little, especially when working on large files.

4. You may also want to check your activity monitor for any rogue program that might be taking up too much CPU usage. I had an issue with a program once that basically was running a background service that added 10℃ to my system temp and spinning the HD constantly. Promptly removed, issue solved.
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May be u are right. But if u look at »www.apple.com/macosx/specs.html its recommended by Apple it self that 2GB RAM is sufficient for Mac Lion.

Do you have any other solution please. Please mind the investment part of suggestion

reply to stevenros
Im shocked that with 2gig of Ram that any version of OS X was not slow. Apples minimum spec is 2Gb.. that is for the OS to run. Ad in your large media files and the software you are editing with and all of a sudden that 2Gb is not enough. My MBP is maxed out with Ram for the sake of the only apps i really use on it are Final Cut/After Effects/Photoshop. Seriously buy more ram.
Also repair your permissions and follow the other advice Jeff offered.

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You need minimum of 4 GB RAM, and 8GB would set you free. It cured my problem with my 2011 i7 MBP slowing down after rendering DVDs of iMovies.