high sierra problems

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high sierra problems

Hello.. on a Mac Pro 2010 server, 32 Gb ram, SSD system drive. Running Yosemite flawlessly until recently, and just upgraded to High Sierra in order to use latest version of apps like fCPX. Everything is suddenly slowed down like mud on it's boots and I'm getting fluctuation in drive capacity available, between 97Gb to 110Gb, though tends to stay at the lower end.. This can fluctuate from one minute to the next.

Although I have heard of this happening to others I have never experienced it before in twenty years of using Macs.. and as I say until I upgraded to High Sierra..

Clean My Mac X scan shows only 1.8Gb system clutter.. Any help much appreciated..

Mac Pro, macOS 10.13

Posted on May 6, 2019 3:19 AM

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Eau Rouge

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May 6, 2019 6:17 AM in response to Bill Carter

There will always be tales of Macs running slow on all OS's, I don't think it is a particular issue with High Sierra. I have a 2010 MacPro running El Capitan, Sierra, High Sierra and Mojave, it runs all of them well and as quickly as each other.

Have you recently just installed High Sierra, and do you have a lot of hard disks, either internal or external attached to your MP, it could be possible that Spotlight is taking a long time to index your drives and this might account for the slow down.

When you upgraded to High Sierra did you check that third party apps you use have updates available so they will run optimally under High Sierra.

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Eau Rouge

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May 6, 2019 7:06 AM in response to Bill Carter

Still though I would keep CMM of your Mac, was this version of CMM High Sierra compatible, if not it might have been deleting/ quarantining vital system files, if an older version of CMM is being used it might not recognise the subtle differences in system file names or locations in HS and just deletes them, so maybe that is the cause of your slow down. Have you run Disk Utility> first Aid on your disk?

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May 6, 2019 4:22 AM in response to Bill Carter

Get rid of Clean My Mac. It's nothing but trouble.

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Answer 4

May 6, 2019 5:30 AM in response to Bill Carter

We wouldn't waste your time.

We'll leave that for Clean My Mac.

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Bill Carter Author

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May 6, 2019 5:48 AM in response to Eau Rouge

Thank you.. I do run Malwarebytes regularly, and have no problems there.. and also have etrecheck on board, so will run it after uninstalling CMM.

Incidentally I have heard rumours elsewhere of slow running after installing High Sierra, and wonder whether you might have heard the same? Thanks again..

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Bill Carter Author

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May 6, 2019 6:44 AM in response to Eau Rouge

.. as I suspected, uninstalling CMM has made little difference.. but your Spotlight suggestion sounds good.. I am running 4 extra well loaded internal drives, plus the system SSD. As I very rarely use Spotlight will minimise it's searches if possible.

Incidentally I would have stayed with Sierra, as I can still run Photoshop and an older version of FCPX on that, with ease, but the Sierra version of Mac Mail had a persistent problem dealing with attachments.. so might just go back to Sierra and try another mail client?

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dialabrain

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May 6, 2019 4:33 AM in response to QuickTimeKirk

👍

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Bill Carter Author

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May 6, 2019 5:00 AM in response to dialabrain

The problems started immediately after upgrading to HS.. I have run Clean My Mac for years on Yosemite etc, without any problems whatsoever..

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dialabrain

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May 6, 2019 5:24 AM in response to Bill Carter

Lucky.

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Bill Carter Author

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May 6, 2019 5:29 AM in response to dialabrain

Unless you have an intelligent and constructive answer please don't waste my time..

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Bill Carter Author

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May 6, 2019 5:32 AM in response to QuickTimeKirk

stop trying to be oh so clever and come up with a useful answer or just go away..

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dialabrain

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May 6, 2019 5:51 AM in response to Bill Carter

Unless you have an intelligent and constructive answer please don't waste my time..

As mentioned by others, I did give you an "intelligent and constructive" answer. Glad to see you accepted it.

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Eau Rouge

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May 6, 2019 5:37 AM in response to Bill Carter

Ok you have been lucky, try an experiment, follow CleanMyMacs instructions for fully uninstalling CMM, just deleting it will not do. Restart your Mac, see if it runs any better. Macs do not need any apps that proclaim to clean or optimise your Mac, and certainly no anti-virus is necessary, stay on top of malware with Malwarebytes, there is a free version. If you still have problems you may want to download and run, http://etrecheck.com. This app is used often in these communities to help in troubleshooting Macs. It generates a report, which you can post here if you want. When the report is generated click on Share Report at the top of the report, then click copy to clipboard. Open a Reply here, to post the report click on the Additional Text button from the tools at the bottom of the window, the icon is third from the right. No personal information is included in the report.

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Bill Carter Author

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May 6, 2019 7:21 AM in response to Eau Rouge

No it was the latest Mojave compatible CMM version.. only a pre-purchase trial which didn't delete anything anyway.. and an uneeded expense for me to buy at this stage..

Have run all the disk utility/first aid checks and everything is fine.. perhaps I've just been spoiled by how fast and efficiently Yosemite ran on this machine.. though you say you find no difference between all four OS's?

It would seem that your Spotlight suggestion is spot on.. so thank you for your time and trouble..

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Answer 15

May 6, 2019 5:35 AM in response to Bill Carter

We did.

You've got some real junk software on a ten year old machine.

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