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My iMac has slowed down even after I ran Disk Doctor, Disk Utility and removed many files. I think my memory is going bad on my 5 year old iMac with 8 gigs of memory. Any suggestions? Thanks
Did you do anything else in the 'Cleaned it' process. Like downloaded an aid of some kind?
What files did you remove and how did you remove them?
Download and run Etrecheck. Copy and paste the results into your next post. It's a diagnostic tool that was developed by one of the most respected users here in the ASC.
If this started happening without your having made any changes and without a warning of low disk space, then it's likely that the startup drive, or some other hardware component, is failing. Back up all data immediately, then run Apple Diagnostics or the Apple Hardware Test.
Even if the test is negative, you should make a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store to have the machine tested more thoroughly.
I think my 5-year- old iMac memory is going bad. It has slowed up and I cleaned it, ran Disk Utility and Disk Doctor and still it is slow. I have 8gigs and the most I have free is 4 with nothing running.
