RMJP007

Q: iMac slow and freezing

Lately my iMac (2012) has been running quite slow. A few days after I installed Adobe creative suite it began to completely freeze and is now unusable. According to all th scans there are no hardware issues. I can't even do a backup. Does anyone have any suggestions?

iMac (27-inch, Late 2012)

Posted on Aug 22, 2016 3:42 AM

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  • by den.thed,

    den.thed den.thed Aug 22, 2016 5:35 AM in response to RMJP007
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    Aug 22, 2016 5:35 AM in response to RMJP007

    RMJP007 wrote:

     

    Lately my iMac (2012) has been running quite slow.

    Slowness can be cause by a number of different things.

     

    Some examples include:

    incompatible third party programs

    the lack of resources like RAM and Free Disk Space

     

    A few days after I installed Adobe creative suite it began to completely freeze and is now unusable.

    See > https://forums.adobe.com/message/8605790#8605790

     

    According to all the scans there are no hardware issues.

    What scans...? Using third party AVware and so called Cleaning App's can reek havoc on OS X.

     

    It is best to stick with the > Apple Diagnostics and/or > Isolating issues in Mac OS X

     

    I can't even do a backup.

    How are you trying to backup..?  When was your last backup..?

     

    Does anyone have any suggestions?

    Run > Etrecheck.com and post back here with the results.

     

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