Recent content by jimmybcool

I midified Safari configuration to: changed the DNS servers to 4.2.2.1 4.2.2.2 and disabled the ipv6 Try it.

deod1 You might try looking at this thread. I had similar issues with my mac and safari and it helped a lot with the long lag and delays with accessing some sites. http://macosx.com/forums/showthread.php?t=275133

HI all, This place was so helpful when I had trouble with internet speed your reward is I ask ANOTHER stupid newbie question. You see, no good deed goes unpunished. OK, I have two Macs. One laptop and one desktop. I will be buying a 3rd mini for permanent placement in my second home...

Eric, :D Bingo. I still have lag but I think that is the remote server. Once contact is achieved the pages load way faster. I am still baffled why it seemed faster at first. Or maybe I was just impressed going from dial-up to DSL. In any case - thank you. I believe the problem...

Eric, Thanks for the links. I am still following them up but so far have not found anything that seems to work. Truth is, it seems as if everything runs OK except internet. Since I cleared everything programs open plenty fast and all run OK. It is just the internet. If I had not seen...

Well, it is still slow. Heck, I typed that line above before the entire screen finished loading. I don't think it is my internet connection or the webpage. ?

Hi Eric, Thanks for the tip. It was set to automatic and I set it to highest. I don't understand why a desktop with an ac power source would have this option. I can't tell if it is helping yet. Or yasu for that matter. Problem is so darned subjective. And perhaps sometimes the lag is...

Thank you barhar. I ran yasu and I don't think it has speeded up my computer. It is a subjective problem I know. But the real test seems to be how long it takes me to check email. And I don't recall sitting waiting for the screen to change when I click on the hotmail line in the MSN main...

Hi everyone. I'm new here. And I am baffled by a problem I have with my Macs. My first Mac is an iMac G5. Initially it was very fast. Opening programs. Surfing the net. Sweet. Thing is it is slowing down. It is most noticeable surfing the net. But opening some programs also takes...