Upgrade to i7 processor in iMac 27" mid 2017 possible?
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If your computer feels too slow, history says it is not be the processor. If you have the factory mechanical hard drive, those seem to be struggling with recnt macOS sustem softeware. This is a good quick checklist to explore the possiblity that a mech HD is the bottleneck.
- Is the computer slow to fully start up?
- Are apps, even system preferences, slow to open?
- Once opened and running, do apps seem to perform OK with reasonable responsiveness?
Three "yes" answers strongly suggest that a slow factory mech hard drive or an underperforming Fusion Drive are the causes. Adding RAM or changing processors won't fix that. Ever.
Bad life choices involving software can also slow your Mac. You need NOT anti-virus or so-called "cleaning apps. They will slow your computer as well as draing your wallet.
IF you want us to provide an evaluatio base don data and not assumpitions about your computer, youcab post s sytem snapshot. Fortunately there is a safe, secure way to do that.
We can quickly and within the confines of these forums help you determine what issues are at play if you use EtreCheck Pro, available here:
The free version will do nicely for this purpose, although the app is worthy of our financial support.
We can see hard data about drive performance, software issues, and RAM usage. Etrecheck is the development of a long-serving and trusted contributor here expressly for displaying information in these forums to help us help you. It will not reveal any personal or secure information.
Run it, select “Report" from the left-hand pane (scroll down to the bottom of that pane to find):
When its report displays, click the "Share Report" icon from EtreCheck’s toolbar and then "Copy report” from the resulting dropdown.
⚠️ Please DO NOT highlight the text in the report before using Etrecheck’s “Copy report” command—that will garble the formatting and make the report slower and harder to evaluate.
NOTE: Changes in late 2018 to the forum software require you use the “Additional Text" icon (see example below) to embed the report into a post:
Paste the report into the resulting “Additional Text” window:
