Hellooo again Mac users.... :-)

[BitsyNaceyDog]

The "swirly" thing is the same as the hourglass that appears on a PC when something is downloading or opening. This swirly appears in normal opening of large docs, or up/downloads.

I'm not sure about your problem, sorry. I just wanted to comment on the "swirly"... it's a pinwheel! I hope you get things worked out.

[Catty1]

Grace is right, Reggie - the iMac itself will support 1GB of RAM, but the people who set it up installed only 763k

This is a work computer for a national/international development organization. There are tons of amazing photos and many documents going back years.

So...I will check with Utilities to see the kind of RAM the iMac has, as they have a few old Macs in the basement...which just might have some RAM worth taking!

Thanks for all your thoughts, folks!