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Tips to Increase Performance on an Older MacBook Pro?

Posted on 3/25/18 at 6:28 pm
Posted by Grassy1
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Posted on 3/25/18 at 6:28 pm
I really only use this machine to surf the net, but slowly it's been progressively locking up more and more. I've never really done anything to help it. Anything that I could do to significantly help it out?

MacBook Pro 2011
2.8 ghz Intel Core I7
Software Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 (11G63b)

638 gb free out of 749

Browsing with Firefox 48.0.2
This post was edited on 3/25/18 at 6:54 pm
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Posted by ArkLaTexTiger
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Posted on 3/25/18 at 6:34 pm to Grassy1
How much RAM? 4 GB is minimal, 8 GB is money.
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Posted on 3/25/18 at 6:42 pm to ArkLaTexTiger
Looks like 4GB
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Posted by boXerrumble
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Posted on 3/25/18 at 7:32 pm to Grassy1
SSD and RAM upgrade, get rid of junk files and programs that you don't need, clean OS install.
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Posted by Bmath
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Posted on 3/25/18 at 8:21 pm to Grassy1
Go to this site and see what upgrades are available for your computer:
LINK

Both RAM and an SSD are relatively easy DIY projects.
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Posted by Lazy But Talented
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Posted on 3/26/18 at 12:37 pm to Grassy1
Upgrade ram to 8GB. Will be good as new.
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Posted by skuter
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Posted on 3/28/18 at 12:05 pm to Grassy1
I had same yr model and doubled the RAM. Much better
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Posted by TigerBait201
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Posted on 3/28/18 at 12:48 pm to boXerrumble
I'd second the SSD and RAM upgrade.
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Posted by 632627
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Posted on 3/29/18 at 6:23 am to TigerBait201
Ssd
Ram

In that order (assuming you only websurf, don’t run multiple programs at once, and aren’t using websites that heavily tax system resources)
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