Q: OS X v 10.11.6 Problems
OS X El Capitan
Version 10.11.6
iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2009)
Memory 16 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
I updated to 10.11.6 from the prior version of El Capitan about 6 to 8 weeks ago (when it came out).
Since then, I’ve had problems with Mail, Safari, recognizing a blank CD in the DVD/CD built-in drive, Preview, and with my Word and Excel applications.
Examples of the problems are:
- After a restart, it takes about one minute to open Safari and Mail.
- Preview – after looking at jpegs, when I try to open more jpegs, I get a message: “The file “name” couldn’t be opened because you don’t have permission to view. To view or change permissions, select the item in the finder” I created these jpegs. In order to see the jpegs, I have to close Preview, and reopen.
- Word and Excel open in about a minute and a half. Then, it takes 10 to 15 seconds to close a new file. When I click on and hold the Word or Excel icon in the dock., “Force Quit” automatically shows without holding down the option key.
- The “beach ball” appears and spins almost every time I back out of a web page in Safari.
Every three days or so, I restart. I still have the problems.
I have opened Activity Monitor in the past month, and it looked ok.
A few minutes ago:
Physical Memory: 16.00 GB
Memory Used: 4.72 GB
Cached File: 3.36 GB
Swap Used: 0 bytes
APP Memory: 3.09 GB
Wired Memory: 1.63 GB
Compressed: 0 bytes
I don’t know what to do. I was thinking I would live with this until the next OS is available later this Fall, but it is trying my patience.
Thanks for your time,
Webhead
iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6), Late 2009/3.06GHZ/8GBRAM/500GB/9400M
Posted on Sep 19, 2016 10:56 AM