2010 imac i7 hard drive spinning continuously

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2010 imac i7 hard drive spinning continuously

A couple of years ago, my imac was overloaded on it's circuit. The imac was under warranty and they "fixed" it, but it took them a week and they had such a hard time that they almost replaced the machine.

Now, after pretty light use for the last couple of years, the machine starts very slowly and the hard drive spins much too much.

I have run onyx and it says that there aren't any errors with the drive.

I certainly could have the machine upgraded with an SSD, but I am concerned that the hard drive isn't the issue.

Any ideas? I am running the latest os.

Considering an upgrade, but hesitant to sell this machine.

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2), i7 machine squirrel cage hard drive

Posted on May 3, 2015 8:38 PM

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paul oberman Author

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May 4, 2015 7:05 AM in response to paul oberman

IIs anyone out there?

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paul oberman Author

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May 4, 2015 8:28 PM in response to paul oberman

dot dot dot dash dash dash dot dot dot

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paul oberman Author

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May 5, 2015 6:21 PM in response to paul oberman

Can you hear it???

Listen carefully......

More carefully than that.......

Do you hear it now?

NOW?!?!?!?!

ITS.......

THE SOUND OF ONE HAND CLAPPING.

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paul oberman Author

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Aug 9, 2015 8:37 PM in response to paul oberman

I have to say that I am completely speechless. Frankly, all this input is just leaving me kind of choked up. So much thanks to all the apple techs who have jumped in to solve my problem. Deepest thanks.

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paul oberman Author

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Aug 25, 2015 5:11 PM in response to paul oberman

So great. Thanks again. I am truly humbled.

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MichelPM

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Aug 25, 2015 5:34 PM in response to paul oberman

Was there was a reason no answered your other posts?

Did you ever post elsewhere here with less than favorable commentary?

I am at a loss as to why no one has help you here.

Are you still having issues with Mac after all of this time?

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paul oberman Author

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Aug 26, 2015 12:00 AM in response to MichelPM

Michel

I have no idea. I have had macs for a very long time. I only posted this issue in this one thread. Not sure why no one from apple even tried to take a shot at it.

I was trying to get some input on the issue, as I was unsure if I should upgrade the computer. If the logic board was toast or something else major, you don't want to throw a bunch of money at it.

After all this time, I finally gave up and rolled the dice on a new ssd, memory upgrade, and fresh os install. It appears to have done the trick.

I think the issue was an old install, with a lot of ghosts in it, coupled with only 4gb of memory. It was causing the machine to continuously write back to the hard drive. Was painful to use.

Running great now.

Thanks for checking in with me.

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