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Mac running slow

My iMac has been running slow for a while, particularly after upgrade to Catalina. I have now 10.15.3 installed and the system is simply not workable any longer.

I have ran the EtreCheck report and was able to remove a couple of easy suggestions, but those didn't help improving speed. I am enclosing the current version of EtreCheck (after my last cleanouts), would appreciate feedback on root cause and possible solutions. Particularly where EtreCheck suggests problems with the hard drive itself puzzles me.

Thank you.

Steven Van Bauwel

iMac 21.5", macOS 10.15

Posted on Apr 17, 2020 12:18 PM

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Apr 17, 2020 12:58 PM in response to stevenvanbauwel

Welcome!

Please get the latest version of EtreCheck. v3 is dreadfully out of date and contains only a fraction of the useful info current versions have. Current version is 5.5.4.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/etrecheck/id1423715984?mt=12

Also use the "Additional Text" icon to place the report:

Your first attempt errors out when I try to open it.

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Apr 19, 2020 8:47 AM in response to stevenvanbauwel

That particular drive was not a very reliable one, though all drives will die eventually...

https://datarecovery.com/rd/seagate-st1000lm024-st1000lm025-drives-appear-prone-head-failures/

https://www.cheadledatarecovery.co.uk/2014/02/hard-disk-failure-samsung-st1000lm024/

It is pretty difficult to replace the internal drive, I recommend an external drive to boot from if you're keeping it...

https://everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/imac-aluminum-tapered-edge-faq/how-to-upgrade-imac-hard-drive-aluminum-2012-2013.html

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Apr 17, 2020 12:20 PM in response to stevenvanbauwel

EtreCheck v 3.4.5 (455) - report 2020-04-17

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Apr 18, 2020 9:13 AM in response to Allan Jones

I am using EtreCheck 5.5.4. (5106) - adding additional text hereinafter (was already added yesterday).

EtreCheck version 5.5.4. report 18042020

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Apr 18, 2020 12:40 PM in response to stevenvanbauwel

Not much need to go further, do you have good recent Backups?

Failing hard drive - This machine has a hard drive that appears to be failing.

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Apr 19, 2020 4:45 AM in response to BDAqua

I have time machine activated as backup.

How come a hard drive fails and how to repair it?

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