

The problems I had experienced must be down to software I had downloaded and using now. They said my iMac passed all the diagnostics, they had reinstalled Catalina and all was well. My wife collected the machine as I was at work.

The Apple store have in the last 6 weeks replaced the logic board but as still having problems so got it looked at again. Having a few problems including general system speed and three new SSDs (external) unmounting within three days. As of version 5.1.3, there are still a lot of complaints about how slow LibreOffice is to save spreadsheets, but other than that, you should find it a lot nicer to work with after making these adjustments.IMac repaired, user account all set up and no start up chime I took my iMac in to be repaired into an Authorised Apple Repairer recently as Apple stores are closed world-wide. These settings should make LibreOffice a lot more responsive, although not yet perfect. Cache for inserted objects – Number of objects: 20.Undo – Number of Steps: reduce to somewhere in the 20-30 range.Note that some of these will increase the amount of memory used so LibreOffice will work more efficiently. In Preferences, you can make the Memory settings to optimize LibreOffice performance. Probably the best thing you can do to speed up LibreOffice is to avoid using the Java runtime environment. Choose Preferences in the LibreOffice menu, open the LibreOffice section, choose Advanced, and then deselect Use a Java runtime environment.


Instead, you’ll find it in Preferences… in the LibreOffice menu. For instance, if you’re using a Mac, there is no Options option in the Tools menu, and that’s what all the Linux and Windows tips tell you to use. I’m using it to replace AppleWorks, which is incompatible with OS X 10.7 Lion and later – and I’ve discovered that LibreOffice is no speed demon.ĭo a Google search, and you’ll find all sort of articles on how to speed up LibreOffice, assuming you’re using a PC with Windows or Linux. Like Office, it’s kind of bloated and slow to load. LibreOffice is a competent, free alternative to Microsoft Office.
