iMac slow/unstable since 10.4.8

[boxlight]

Hi all,

I have a 20" intel iMac. Everything was super fast and nice since I bought it last February.

I recently "software updated" to 10.4.8 and since then it seems slower, groggy, and Safari crashes regularly.

Is this a known issue or is it just me? Is there anyway to uninstall 10.4.8? Or, can anyone recommend a utility to help diagnose the problem?

boxlight

 

[Shadow]

5 steps:
1. Reboot.
2. Repair permissions.
3. Repair disk (boot from OS X Install Disk 1)
4. Reset Safari
5. Tell us if any of those do the trick.

 

[boxlight]

Thanks -- how do I "repair permissions"?

boxlight

5 steps:
1. Reboot.
2. Repair permissions.
3. Repair disk (boot from OS X Install Disk 1)
4. Reset Safari
5. Tell us if any of those do the trick.

 

[Jasonbot]

Repair Permissions:
Go to Disk Utility
Select the disk
Under first aid click repair permissions

 

[Shadow]

^^What he said

 

[boxlight]

I repaired permissions, it did tonnes of stuff -- mostly related to the flash plugin by the look of the output. :-?

I'll try it for a couple days and see if things are back to normal before trying anything further.

By the way, what do you mean "reset safari"?

5 steps:
1. Reboot.
2. Repair permissions.
3. Repair disk (boot from OS X Install Disk 1)
4. Reset Safari
5. Tell us if any of those do the trick.

 

[Jasonbot]

In Safari...

 

[imacintel]

I backed up all my data and reformatted the drive so I could reinstall OS X and update everything except the 10.4.8. I am currently using 10.4.4, stable as hell.