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Hi
after many hours of trial and error I’ve managed to upgrade my MacBook to El Capitan because I was finding it increasingly out of date. I’ve installed the software updates since but find the system is wobbly and unstable, not running smoothly. Any suggestions? Should I leave it for a while and see how it goes or upgrade to something newer?
thanks
MacBook
I would try to get your computer stabilized before upgrading further. I'm not sure what you mean by wobbly and unstable.
Are you running any anti-virus programs?
Try setting up another admin user account in System Preferences/Users & Groups to see if the same problem continues. Please post back on whether or not this worked. Also try the Safe Mode. Please post back on whether or not this worked.
Isolating an issue by using another user account
If it works in the Safe Mode, try running this program when booted normally and then copy and paste the output in a reply. The program was created by Etresoft, a frequent contributor. Please use copy and paste as screen shots can be hard to read. Click “Share Report” button in the toolbar, select “Copy to Clipboard” and then paste into a reply. This will show what is running on your computer. No personal information is shown. If the log won’t post, try posting it in Pastebin and provide a link in a reply. After pasting the report in a PasteBin page, go to the top of the page, and copy the address in the URL bar. Paste that in a new reply. Pastebin
Etrecheck – System Information
I would try to get your computer stabilized before upgrading further. I'm not sure what you mean by wobbly and unstable.
Are you running any anti-virus programs?
Try setting up another admin user account in System Preferences/Users & Groups to see if the same problem continues. Please post back on whether or not this worked. Also try the Safe Mode. Please post back on whether or not this worked.
Isolating an issue by using another user account
If it works in the Safe Mode, try running this program when booted normally and then copy and paste the output in a reply. The program was created by Etresoft, a frequent contributor. Please use copy and paste as screen shots can be hard to read. Click “Share Report” button in the toolbar, select “Copy to Clipboard” and then paste into a reply. This will show what is running on your computer. No personal information is shown. If the log won’t post, try posting it in Pastebin and provide a link in a reply. After pasting the report in a PasteBin page, go to the top of the page, and copy the address in the URL bar. Paste that in a new reply. Pastebin
Etrecheck – System Information
Thanks Eric. It runs very slowly now and I think you're right about trying to stabilise it before upgrading further. II'm not using any anti-virus that I'm aware of. I'll look at all of your suggestions and post back when I've tried them.
Funnily enough its seems to be working a lot better, maybe needed time to settle.
Upgraded to El Capitan 10.11.6 from Snow Leopard 10.6.8
