Hi-
After the upgrade everything slowed down considerably. I did a factory reset and it's still very slow.
Just to give you an idea- opening safari and trying to type a search the pin wheel shows up doesn't show the text for 30+ seconds.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Try rebooting in safe mode, then reboot normally and see if the problem still exists.
Thanks- I've done that, doesn't work.
Create a new test administrator account and log in to it. Is it better?
Have a nice day.
Please post the EtreCheck output
<https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6174> or <http://etrecheck.com>
I have a 27" iMac from Mid 2010. It uses an SSD as a boot drive, has an i7 quad core, and 16Gb of RAM (hardware didn't support more RAM).
The only time I see the pinwheel is when doing some heavy multitasking (video/audio editing, and things like web surfing). It does seem to happen sooner than in the past.
I close down (Quit) ANYTHING not actively being used (old habit from Windows days). That includes not keeping more browser tabs open than I am actively using).
About once a year I do a complete clean of the drive structure using DiskWarrior and use the macOS Disk Utility tool about every 6 months to check/fix (First Aid) both the SSD and the legacy spinning drive. Invariably, one or both of them find some file structure issues to fix.
Thanks for all the helpful responses.
Ended up needing to change the hard drive out to an SSD and it's working smoothly again.
Sierra Slowed Mac 2010 16g RAM
