I upgraded to OS Catalina about a month ago, and am still facing a significant slowdown in most apps on my MacBook, with spinning pizzas or beachballs that make frequent appearances. Any suggestions on what to do to overcome this?
Thank you.
MacBook, macOS 10.15
In many cases installing what is known as a ‘Combo’ update will solve remaining issues. Combo updates reinstall every change made since the original release, sort of like a complete refresh.
Download macOS Catalina 10.15.4 Combo Update
In many cases installing what is known as a ‘Combo’ update will solve remaining issues. Combo updates reinstall every change made since the original release, sort of like a complete refresh.
Download macOS Catalina 10.15.4 Combo Update
Here is the new report. I followed some instructions I found on the internet to solve a problem that showed up, which is that AddressBookSourceSync is using more 100% of CPU, but the problem came back.
Battery failure - Your battery is reporting that it needs to be serviced.
There is a reason EtreCheck classifies it as a "major issue". A battery that needs to be serviced will cause a Mac to perform poorly. Start here: Batteries - Service and Recycling - Apple
That's in addition to the many significant problems others already pointed out. Fix hardware before software. Until you do that nothing will work properly.
Yes, running the Combo is worth a try.
We need to know more. Often problems after an update are caused by old and incompatible third party software.
Please run Etrecheck and post its full report here. Use the additional text button and paste the whole report.
Please disregard my last post.
I could not see the report on my iPhone, but it showed on my Mac.
You have a lot of adware, and a lot of old stuff in there.
Start by running Etrecheck again, and follow the instruction in there for removing the adware, and for cleaning up orphaned files.
Then run it again and post the updated report.
You still have lots of orphan files that you can clean up using Etrecheck.
Your drive is getting almost full, which can cause performance to degrade. And you also have plenty of system modifications, some of which are a bit old. You would probably benefit considerably by doing a full backup, a clean install and then migrating only the user accounts, and install only the applications you need. You still have a lot of 32-bit applications which are just sitting there wasting drive space.
I am already running 10.15.4.... Should I still install the combo update?
The report is attached.
Thank you.
I am trying to attach again
It’s worth a try for sure. As I said the Combo update reinstalls everything since the original release. If there’s any corruption or glitches the Combo update sometimes clears things up.
I can’t open the link to the report.
Did you use the “Additional Text” button?
Not sure how you are trying to post the report but It is not working.
You should click the “additional text” button below the message area and paste the report into the text box that appears.
big slowdown and many spinning pizzas since upgrade to Catalina
