Apple puter help and advice please

[Audio Al]

Hi people

I have a Apple 24inch I Mac that has and still is performing faultlessly , It's a 2008 model that I purchased new , so one owner

Over the last few months it has started to slow a bit , a suggestion has been mad that it will need a reinstall

Being a puter numpty what is involved in this ?

I have the original 2 discs that came with the unit when new , I also have a external drive from my PC days

Any advice ( excluding buying a PC NEVER AGAIN )

[Audio Al]

Forgot to mention I have deleted the system Cache files

Have been told its the system registry that need sorting

[julesd68]

It's worth seeing if any disk permissions need repairing before doing anything else -

http://m.imore.com/how-speed-your-ma...sk-permissions

[Audio Al]

It's worth seeing if any disk permissions need repairing before doing anything else -

http://m.imore.com/how-speed-your-ma...sk-permissions

Hi Julian

Just run that check and it found a lot of problems with files , run the repair app and it took 14 mins to repair

Will see how it performs now

Thanks for the link

[Gordon Steadman]

If it doesn't work download Mavericks cache cleaner (or it may need Leopard cache cleaner depending which system you run I'm on 10.6.8 and Mavericks works) and that will run all sorts of stuff. I do it every month.

[Audio Al]

If it doesn't work download Mavericks cache cleaner (or it may need Leopard cache cleaner depending which system you run I'm on 10.6.8 and Mavericks works) and that will run all sorts of stuff. I do it every month.

Hi Gordon

I am on 10.9.3 , do you have a link for Mavericks cache cleaner ? is it free or purchase ?

Cheers Allen

[Gordon Steadman]

Its a freebie

http://download.cnet.com/Mavericks-C...-76019113.html

[nat8808]

My experience is of PCs running smoothly until you run out of hd space or memory and respond to an upgrade whilst macs go slow without explanation and stay that way even after mem upgrades and deleting files..

Filling the machine with software, anti-virus and such (some guesses of the biggest Snowden Files bombshell to be released June/July is that av software is deliberate NSA spyware. I dont use it anyway) is normally what slows computers down and there is more bloatware around for a PC and hence cause people problems more often.

[NRG]

Errrr OSX doesn't have a registry! Good advise to run a permissions check and file system check from the Disk Utility. How much spare disk space do you have left? Also download EtreCheck, it may help pinpoint any issues with the install like unwanted or out-of-date Kernel extensions....

Ohh and don't run any memory clean up programs on Mavericks

[Audio Al]

Oh dear

Well I downloaded the maverics cache cleaner and now have problems

I now have a nasty re directer installed

Every time I click on a link the computer goes to the link then instantly goes to what looks like a polish version of Yahoo

Bloody annoying

HELP

Any ideas how I can clear this