This stuff isn't rocket science, it just involves knowing that music and photo libraries can get huge but can also be moved, or that after a year or two your browser's cache gets clogged up. The same applies to upgrading to a newer version of Mac OS X and swapping an old, creaking hard drive for a new fast one or even a solid-state drive.Īnd for all Macs, even the latest ones, exercising good file management and housekeeping is important for keeping things running smoothly. Filling your Mac with as much memory as it can take is like getting a new computer.
The most common causes of slowdowns in older hardware are full hard drives and insufficient RAM. The point is a five-year-old MacBook is quite capable of doing everything the average user needs.
Thanks to Apple's desire to help us get on with iOS devices, the latest iTunes will run on a G4, provided you have OS X 10.5 installed (even if some features, such as HD video playback, will be unavailable).
