lostinwords

Q: How to factory reset from Sierra os

I have installed OS Sierra on my macpro late 2011, but it is not supporting me hardware as my mac works slow. How can i switch back to my factory OS?

MacBook Pro, macOS Sierra (10.12)

Posted on Sep 24, 2016 10:44 PM

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Q: How to factory reset from Sierra os

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  • by kaz-k,

    kaz-k kaz-k Sep 24, 2016 11:02 PM in response to lostinwords
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    Sep 24, 2016 11:02 PM in response to lostinwords

    I suppose because of your MacBook Pro is running several tasks, such as mdworkers which creates file index for spotlight high priority, your MacBook Pro slow.

    It's going to normal when several tasks settle down.

  • by lostinwords,

    lostinwords lostinwords Sep 24, 2016 11:42 PM in response to kaz-k
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    Sep 24, 2016 11:42 PM in response to kaz-k

    i checked the memory usage as well, it actually consumes almost 4gb ram. It gets normal for some time and as the memory shoots again gets slow.

  • by Daniel Ebeck,

    Daniel Ebeck Daniel Ebeck Sep 25, 2016 12:33 AM in response to lostinwords
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    Sep 25, 2016 12:33 AM in response to lostinwords

    Leave it to do its thing. There are a lot of processes going on in the background after a new OS install. I'm guessing that you have quite a lot of data for it to sort through. Photos in particular take a long time. I usually leave mine overnight when doing a major upgrade.