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Apr 21, 2016 12:27 PM in response to arnieomby joe_7399,★HelpfulHi arnieom,
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities!
I understand that your Mac is running slower than expected and sometimes your mouse quits responding to clicks. We know that situations like this can be frustrating, but we’re here to help.
To begin troubleshooting, I suggest reading over and working through the suggested steps from the following articles.
OS X El Capitan: If your Mac runs slowly
If your Apple wireless mouse, keyboard, or trackpad aren't working as expected - Apple Support
Best!
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Apr 21, 2016 12:29 PM in response to joe_7399by arnieom,Hi Joe. thank you for the 'flow'. Not just slower it actually FREEZES and have to shut off manual with button on back and then restart with button. I will check out articles. Arnie
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Apr 21, 2016 12:33 PM in response to joe_7399by arnieom,Joe, I have maximum memory of 4GB (2x2GB) I upgraded to 4 GB from 2 GB some years past. :-)
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Apr 21, 2016 12:57 PM in response to arnieomby notcloudy,★HelpfulIf you look at Utilities/Consol - DirectoryService.error.log you will see a list of improper shutdown detected -- My pro circa 2008 shows some in Leopard and the rest in SnowLeopard as I have not updated -- but each and every one of them happened when the desktop/finder froze.
Some years are better than others -- one way to prevent freezing is to restart if the desktop does not look right on startup - or it takes a long time to startup.
I found that the long startup may be doing something - as mine happen on Tuesday and Wednesday -- and a freeze will happen if I don't restart sometimes twice more just because the load is off -- the apple menu bar doesn't come up immediately - or the desktop icons don't pop up - or the dock is in the wrong place.
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Apr 21, 2016 12:59 PM in response to notcloudyby arnieom,Understood notcloudy. Will try restarts during start ups. Thank you!
