In the past 3 weeks my iMac is running very slow. I am running high sierra 10.13.6. I have (2) 4gb memory slots, Intel Core i5, 2.3 GHz , Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 1536MB and 1TB of HD storage which 699.09 gb remains open. I have plenty of space. I store all my files on a external HD.
Can macs have viruses? Is there anything I can use to scan my computer to see why it's running slow??? Please help.
iMac Line (2012 and Later)
The usual suspects do not stand out. Swap Used > 0 means your hd is being used for the lack of RAM.I think the number is small enough not to be the cause of your slowdowns, but you never know.
1) Try a safe boot.
Shutdown your machine. Hold down the shift
key. Poweron. The boot up will take longer than normal
because the filesystem on the startup drive is being checked and
repaired as needed. All about safe mode including what
features and apps safe boot leaves out.
Safe boot uses a software driver instead
of using your machines video hardware.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1455
just for giggles. a bad hd would slow down your machine alot.
2) You should run disk utility
Macintosh-HD -> Applications ->
Utilities -> Disk Utili
a) verify the disk
b) update your permissions.
I'd run /Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor to see if you can find any thing odd.
The usual suspects do not stand out. Swap Used > 0 means your hd is being used for the lack of RAM.I think the number is small enough not to be the cause of your slowdowns, but you never know.
1) Try a safe boot.
Shutdown your machine. Hold down the shift
key. Poweron. The boot up will take longer than normal
because the filesystem on the startup drive is being checked and
repaired as needed. All about safe mode including what
features and apps safe boot leaves out.
Safe boot uses a software driver instead
of using your machines video hardware.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1455
just for giggles. a bad hd would slow down your machine alot.
2) You should run disk utility
Macintosh-HD -> Applications ->
Utilities -> Disk Utili
a) verify the disk
b) update your permissions.
I'd run /Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor to see if you can find any thing odd.
No, Macs can't get viruses, but they can be "infected" with adware or malware.
At this point I suggest that you run an EtreCheck report and post it in your reply so that we can assist you with discovering what might be the cause of you Mac's slow performance.
Ref: Using EtreCheck to Troubleshoot Potential… - Apple Community
To add to the others:
You need more RAM, you're running a lot of stuff for only 8 GB of RAM...
https://eshop.macsales.com/upgrades/imac-21-5-inch-mid-2017-2.3-ghz/memory
Still I think there may be something running amuck since you only have 14 MB of Free RAM, which I don't see all the rest accounted for.
Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), does the problem occur in Safe Mode?
I actually just did that. This was the only way I could figure out how to show the report.
2017 imac responding very slow High Sierra
