beegee49 wrote:
HI, I'm having an issue with my imac.
Most of my apps are unresponsive and those that are opening take up to 10 minutes. I also have to frequently relaunch Finder. At one point my files weren't opening, but I resolved that by signing in and out of icloud. I deleted and reinstalled some apps, but there was no improvement. I also ran CleanMyMac and deleted the system cache, it found no other issues.
I'd appreciate any suggestions please as I've run out of ideas.
I'm running Monterey, have 856GB spare storage and RAM 32GB.
CleanMyMac is known to cause its own issue on the macOS and always advised to run the uninstaller...
To trouble shoot further you can:
—SafeBoot How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support will sort many anomalies
Takes a bit longer to get to the login screen, does a quick disk repair before it fully boots up, and certain system caches get cleared and rebuilt, including dynamic loader cache, font cache, etc.
Login and test. Reboot as normal and test. Caches get rebuilt automatically.
In Safe mode third party system modifications and system accelerations are disabled, it removes malware, etc hampering smooth operation, however a reboot will put it back to normal mode.
This test will tell you if third party interference; extensions etc are not loaded in safe boot mode.
—Test issue in another user (or guest user) account Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac - Apple Support
This will tell you if it a universal issue or isolated to your user/admin account.
Uninstall all third party apps that are Cleaners/Optimizers/VPN/Anti-Virus
all known to cause issues on the macOS
