Holy shit, it's like I have a new computer :zombie:
It's a late 2009 27" i5 model. For the past months it's been REALLY sluggish. Bootup took like 3 minutes, the HD was constantly making noise, beach balls, overall slowness. ProTools would behave erratically and Photoshop was laggy as all hell. Even opening a folder in Finder could take half a minute at times.
I had tried literally every trick and maintenance routine I could find, troubleshooting the problem for hours and hours and eventually losing hope. I was certain the HD was going bad and I was already browsing the Apple store looking for a new computer.
Then I thought I'd give a total format and a clean install a shot, since I had nothing to lose. God damn. My dear, old iMac now boots to desktop in less than 40 seconds and is fast as hell!
To those who insist a clean install isn't necessary on a Mac: You're wrong. Believe me when I say I tried EVERYTHING: Repairing permissions, Repair Disk, constantly doing a SMART check, Onyx, Spotlight tweaks, desktop tweaks... Whenever I thought I had found a solution, the problem came back in an hour.
Yeah, it's a pain installing all the software and plugins again, but fuck that, I'm loving it!
It's a late 2009 27" i5 model. For the past months it's been REALLY sluggish. Bootup took like 3 minutes, the HD was constantly making noise, beach balls, overall slowness. ProTools would behave erratically and Photoshop was laggy as all hell. Even opening a folder in Finder could take half a minute at times.
I had tried literally every trick and maintenance routine I could find, troubleshooting the problem for hours and hours and eventually losing hope. I was certain the HD was going bad and I was already browsing the Apple store looking for a new computer.
Then I thought I'd give a total format and a clean install a shot, since I had nothing to lose. God damn. My dear, old iMac now boots to desktop in less than 40 seconds and is fast as hell!
To those who insist a clean install isn't necessary on a Mac: You're wrong. Believe me when I say I tried EVERYTHING: Repairing permissions, Repair Disk, constantly doing a SMART check, Onyx, Spotlight tweaks, desktop tweaks... Whenever I thought I had found a solution, the problem came back in an hour.
Yeah, it's a pain installing all the software and plugins again, but fuck that, I'm loving it!