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Why is my 2012 MacBook Pro so slow?

Hello everyone, I understand that a 2012 MacBook is old now but recently it has become very slow and honestly almost unusable. Could it be the amount of photos stored on the Mac?

Thanks,

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.15

Posted on Jan 13, 2020 7:02 AM

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Posted on Jan 13, 2020 7:05 AM

Please download and run Etrecheck  It is a diagnostic tool that's very useful to us in finding problems. Also it will give us further specs on your Mac. After it runs post the log file here. It will contain no personal information. Allowing full drive access will improve the quality of the report.


To post the log file click on share report and use the Additional Text icon in your reply window.

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Jan 13, 2020 7:05 AM in response to Legomarco113

Please download and run Etrecheck  It is a diagnostic tool that's very useful to us in finding problems. Also it will give us further specs on your Mac. After it runs post the log file here. It will contain no personal information. Allowing full drive access will improve the quality of the report.


To post the log file click on share report and use the Additional Text icon in your reply window.

Why is my 2012 MacBook Pro so slow?

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