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Is Safari on an iMac G4 just slow or reformat time?
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I have a 20" iMac G4 running the latest version of Tiger. Safari response time has steadily declined since Panther days. Also, my general app response seems to have slowed down some too - noticable.
I have Onyx installed and ran everything under the sun to try and speed things up but to no avail.
NOTE: I have NOT reformated the iMac ... ever  . When I installed Tiger, I didn't perform a clean install.
Will wiping the hard drive clean and reinstalling Tiger from scratch help? Or is it primarily Safari that I'm noticing and that's just the way it is? 
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iBook G4 12" 1.33/512/40/10.4.9
iPod Video 30GB / Shure e4c Earbuds
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Have you tried repairing permissions? Whats the S.M.A.R.T status on your hard drive?
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Repairing permissions? Haha
When you say response time has decline, 99RedSi, can you be a bit more specific? You mean it takes longer for pages to display, and if so, how much longer? Are you sure it's not an Internet connection issue?
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Originally Posted by seanc 
Have you tried repairing permissions? Whats the S.M.A.R.T status on your hard drive?
Yes..Onyx does this...didn't help at all.
I'm not sure what the S.M.A.R.T. status is...where can I find this out?
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Originally Posted by Big Mac
Repairing permissions? Haha
When you say response time has decline, 99RedSi, can you be a bit more specific? You mean it takes longer for pages to display, and if so, how much longer? Are you sure it's not an Internet connection issue?
I'll run some timings tonight and post them.
I run a standard Cable internet connection and my Windows 2000 laptop (500Mhz P3) is faster than Safari's response time!!
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Mac Mini C2D 1.83/1/80/10.5.5
iMac G4 20" Superdrive 1.25/1.25/80/10.4.9
iBook G4 12" 1.33/512/40/10.4.9
iPod Video 30GB / Shure e4c Earbuds
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If stuff is slowin' down, get more RAM. Not kidding, you almost need at least a Gig with how OS X runs right now.
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Originally Posted by King Bob On The Cob
If stuff is slowin' down, get more RAM. Not kidding, you almost need at least a Gig with how OS X runs right now.
Bob..check my sig .. I have 1.25GB RAM .. I think that is enough to run Tiger and a moderate, steady pace.
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Mac Mini C2D 1.83/1/80/10.5.5
iMac G4 20" Superdrive 1.25/1.25/80/10.4.9
iBook G4 12" 1.33/512/40/10.4.9
iPod Video 30GB / Shure e4c Earbuds
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Most likely, this is a problem with Safari's icon cache getting too large ( >1MB). The solution is to clear it. When the Safari web icon cache gets too large, web browsing will slow down considerably.
go to:
Macintosh HD>your user's home folder>Library>Safari>Icons
Move the folder named "icon" to the trash and empty it, don't worry because Safari will create a new "Icons" folder. Now Safari should be up to speed again.
Post back and let me know if it works out.
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I also am interested in knowing how that works. I used to have a G4 powerbook that was horrendously slow on the internet. I would try it on my MacBook but Safari runs fine and I use FireFox anyways,
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