Mac OS X
Q: Mac mini (Mid 2011) running extremely slow
My Mac mini is running unbelievably slow for practically all tasks. I routinely find myself staring at the spinning beachball for extended periods of time. Sometimes the system takes five, ten, fifteen, or more seconds to respond to a mouse click or typing. It's utterly exasperating. This is not a sudden-onset problem; it's been happening for as long as I can remember, especially since installing El Capitan, though possibly a little worse more recently. Help?
Mac mini (Mid 2011) 2.3 GHz Core i5, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6), 8 GB RAM, Intel HD Graphics 3000
Posted on Sep 19, 2016 12:32 PM