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Mac running slow

So I got my Mac back in December 2017, The thing was a beast! Had a couple of issues later in 2018 which resulted me in having to reinstall MacOS, by doing that it Had unmounted the SSD. Anyway Problem was solved until about Maybe later last year where it has been really, dreadfully slow at doing anything.


Upon opening any application every-time applications open 'Not responding' and I have to wait maybe 10 seconds until I can interact with that certain app. The Mac running slow is certainly getting on my nerves now it seems to beech-ball whenever I want to do anything and have to let it think for 10 seconds.


I have tried everything, cleaning files, removing apps. I read somewhere it could be your SSD Full, well I have used only 161GB out of 1TB and it's running slow? I also did a speed test on it and read and write were about 80-90mbs. Any Help would be greatly Appreciated, Mac info below I have not modified the system or hardware in anyway either.


iMac (21.5-inch, 2017)

2.3 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5

8 GB 2133 MHz DDR4

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 1536 MB

iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on May 10, 2020 3:31 AM

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Posted on May 10, 2020 5:22 AM

FWIW, I think the iMac you purchased is under-powered for your purpose. Adding an external SSD and running macOS from that will help. The RAM is not user-accessible but could be upgraded to 16GBs by a willing AASP.

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May 10, 2020 4:04 AM in response to Apple____

Can you allow Full Disk Access and post another report?


FWIW, you have the slowest HD available (5400 RPM) which doesn't help. Running OneDrive on it may slow it further. It seems you had CleanMyMac installed at one point but there is still a remnant remaining which is running…

Running app: S8EX82NJP6.com.macpaw.CleanMyMac-mas.HealthMonitor

That needs removed.


Need the second report.

May 10, 2020 4:40 AM in response to dialabrain

Tried doing the second report, I enabled full drive access, then restarted the mac, the second report still comes up with full drive access disabled.


If I bought an external SSD would I essentially be able to disable the HDD inside the Mac and just use the external SSD as the main drive? and would that make the system run a lot smoother?


Mac running slow

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