My Mac is haveing Internet problems (and it's not the internet's fault). What do I do?

Question

My internet speed on my iMac is slow. It just my computer, I've plugged a Windows Laptop into the same connection, and it's just fine, speedy as ever. This trouble started a few days ago, I'll get on Safari and it'll go to about four pages just fine, but then on the fifth page, it'll just stop and won't load the page, no matter how long I wait. What do I need to do?

Answer 1

Select the hard dive icon, File > Get Info. How much space is available? It needs at least 100MB, maybe even 1GB for pages that have a huge image content. This is because Safari saves temporary files for every web page up to a size that Safari is designed for (can't change the size -- one of several reasons why I use Firefox). Try Safari version 3.0.4. Apple is always upgrading Safari and it seems to be improving a bit over the years.

Open Disk Utility. Select the First Aid tab. Choose the hard drive icon on the left. Choose to repair permissions. Wait -- up to 10 minutes if you have a huge number of files. It's a number deal, not a size deal, so more files = longer wait.

Boot to the OS X DVD (or CD Disk one). Don't reinstall. When it gets to the install screen, go to either the Utilities menu or the Installer menu (different versions, different menu name). Choose to open Disk Utility. Yeah, we're back to that but for this step, you gotta be booted up to the install disk, not the hard drive. Now choose the First Aid tab. Select the hard drive icon. Choose to repair disk (not permissions). Wait -- up to 5 minutes, could be much less. Does it mention any problems as it churns out the lines of info? If, so, choose to repair again. Does it say "Appears to be OK"? Quit Disk Utility, restart. Try Safari. If it is still flakey, Download Firefox and see if the problem is the same.

If it is still wacky, get it to stall at the 5th page. Now change the URL address at the top of the page to http://17.149.160.49 and see if it will load that better. Don't check first to see what the name of the page is, just paste in the address just as I show it here with all the geeky numbers. It's the numbers that give us the correct test. Does it load the page better when the address starts out with geeky numbers? If yes, contact your Internet Service Provider and explain that you need to check your DNS addresses. They will take it from there.

Answer 2

Not really sure but do macs have temporary internet files? Try deleting them