Level 1

14 points

My brand new iMac "Late 2015" is SO SLOW. Why?

I purchased an iMac 2.7GHz, 8GB RAM, 1TB HD back in June 2015 (a "late 2013" version it turned out). I just got a spinning wheel all the time. Apple was nice to talk to me twice, had me wipe the HD and reinstall a clean El Capitan to no avail. Then, they agreed it was unusually slow and gave me a brand new "late 2015" iMac.

Well, this new "late 2015" iMac doesn't seem to be much better. Everything is a class in patience. Even starting up System Preferences takes 30-45 seconds and a spinning wheel.

IS THIS FAMILIAR AND NORMAL FOR AN iMac?

I have two retina macbooks and 4 macbook airs, and none of them are this incredibly slow...in fact, I never think about waiting. Which is all I do with this iMac.

Is there a trick?

iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.1)

Posted on Nov 9, 2015 12:12 PM

99 replies

Jan 6, 2017 8:46 AM in response to Darthlater

Uninstall Eset. It is a worthless scam on the Mac. It offers no additional protection. All it does is cause problems.

Once you do that you might want to consider increasing the amount of RAM.

pspataro

Level 1

8 points

Feb 8, 2017 3:14 PM in response to MichelPM

That sounds reasonable . . . I will try it! Thank you!

Paul

Mar 12, 2017 10:26 AM in response to Ukelbarto

This was the how-to for changing the home folders: http://www.cultofmac.com/126621/how-to-move-or-rename-your-mac-home-folder-macrx /

babowa

Level 9

78,562 points

Mar 12, 2017 11:42 AM in response to Ukelbarto

Glad to hear it's working for you! Before you buy your next computer, just make sure it does not have a 5400 rpm drive in it.......

Mar 12, 2017 3:06 PM in response to babowa

Yeah like I say, impulse buy with no research, thought a Mac would be a safe buy ;-) Nothing these days without an SSD!! Love my Surface Book 😉

ngerbens

Level 1

8 points

Jun 8, 2017 11:06 AM in response to MichelPM

Very helpful information.

Time to upgrade...

Thank you!

Nov 16, 2017 3:46 AM in response to MichelPM

Thank you so much for your help and super quick reply. Much appreciated. I'll definitely try your suggestions.

peterMBE

Level 1

8 points

Nov 27, 2017 7:40 PM in response to MichelPM

Thanks, MichelPM, I came from Windows. If paranoid, its from all the horror stories that came with it...

MichelPM

Level 10

81,525 points

Nov 27, 2017 7:42 PM in response to peterMBE

Get rid of the encryption and the VPN

macOS doesn’t need all of this!

macOS has always had great security and up to date versions of Safari are secure, also!

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My brand new iMac "Late 2015" is SO SLOW. Why?