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Not running apps

So when I start my iMac with Catalina os I cannot get any apps to run. I just get the rainbow wheel or sometimes the light blue dark blue wheel. It takes minutes to open the finder or drop downs. I have ran a diagnostic and it tells me nothing is wrong? Please help me I have a lot of data that has not been backed up so at least I want to get the data before doing anything drastic…

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Nov 30, 2021 5:26 AM

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Posted on Nov 30, 2021 6:18 AM

Get an external drive and start a Time machine backup immediately. I would guess a hard drive problem.

Are you running any cleaning apps or third party anti virus?


To help us find the cause, download and run etrecheck from etrecheck.com.

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Not running apps

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