too much pr0n
Maybe try defragmenting your drives, cleaning up the computer, emptying temporary files, etc? Maybe you also have a virus from something?
I use Apple, which has its own defragging thing (yes, I am not a computer person), and l've checked for viruses using ClamAxv, though most people say that is ultimately unnecessary on a mac. In fact, google searches even go so far as to suggest that the mac's equivalent of a temp folder is just for insignificant, low level stuff.
Well if you are using Apple all you can do is chuck it in the trash and buy a new one. That is how they are built, maybe next time you should get a PC and you might be able to actually fix it.
maybe next time you should get a PC and you might be able to actually fix it.
You know, you're just as much a part of a cult when you automatically dump on Mac as the people who trumpet the "it just works" line. So you may think you're operating inside some imaginary "rebellious" zone, but you've really just chosen a different flavor of kookaid.
Anyway, please take your threadjacking elsewhere.
I use Apple, which has its own defragging thing (yes, I am not a computer person), and l've checked for viruses using ClamAxv, though most people say that is ultimately unnecessary on a mac. In fact, google searches even go so far as to suggest that the mac's equivalent of a temp folder is just for insignificant, low level stuff.
Which model specifically do you have, and I read that you bought it four years ago but is it from four years ago?
Mid-2012 macbook pro
how are your temps?
In the labs, early 90s, Apples would do that all the time. We kept a disk image of a good Apple install. When the lab Apples started puking we'd just zero them out and restore the image. That would also tell us if it was a hardware or software problem. Macs aren't built for forever. The components die. Apple gets more money.
I don't know. That's a part of my computer I don't know well.
does it feel unusually warm after a short amount of time? i know there's a lot of free monitoring software for windows but im not sure about os x. found a paid one on the app store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/systempal/id453164367?mt=12
Currently running at 39C without using gui intensive apps.
So my computer has done what older computers do: it's gotten slow. That said, I've baffled by the why of it. To give some specs, my processor is a 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7. I have 16G memory of which more than 10G is very rarely used. My startup programs have been carefully pruned and I've painstakingly sifted through my activity monitor to search for bull**** processes. The cpu load seems respectably low (currently 1.83% on system, 5.84% on user). I also went through application support programs whereupon I did find Spigot which I promptly nuked. Finally, I was using a 7200rpm 1TB hard drive that was only ever 1/3 full at any time. So I still get the spinning wheel and upgrade to a 1TB sata 3 ssd. Sure, the startup time of my computer and programs have obviously improved, but I still get the spinning wheel that I never got when I first bought the computer.
Finally, I'm running the same boring programs that I did when I bought the computer four years ago.
What am I missing here?
that's not even close to running hot. hm
faulty hard drive cable maybe? if its been a problem even after putting in an ssd
If it was my PC I would dust it out, run CCleaner, clean master, super anti-spyware, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and de-frag it. If that didn't work I would probably download all my favorite programs and save them to USB drive, make a back up of my bookmarks/favorites, format my hard drive and reinstall the OS. I don't know if you can do the same with a Apple.
I'm completely unqualified to comment on the quality of the cables.
honestly, im not either. its just something i found rooting around
laptop hard drives are, in all honesty, pieces of **** and the toshibas(i think?) they used in those macbooks arent known to be the best either. that may be enough to explain the slowdown
How do you feel about sandisk? That's now my ssd.
I don't know that it's quite fair to say that it's a problem right now. I just wanted a handle on the factors I could be missing even taking into consideration memory, hard drive space, cpu usage and running apps.
Since installing the ssd the mac is running about as good as new, but I don't like not understanding the root cause of the slow-down to begin with.
I'm completely unqualified to comment on the quality of the cables.
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