[mac4theblind] Re: Sluggish computer
- From: Doug Leavens <df.leavens@xxxxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 11:54:08 -0400
It's a 2011-vintage macbook pro running mountain lion,
a 750-gb drive, and, I think 4gb ram.
I think the processor is a quadcore.
On 2013-10-08, at 11:32 AM, Edward Redfern <edwardredfern@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> from a hardware engineer's / technician's perspective, I'd look at the
> following, and as David points out, I'd examine some of your OS specific
> behaviours but on top of that, I'd examine your storage and RAM.
>
> any chance you can tell me what model / year macbook pro you have? any
> information helps. this includes available ram, HDD installed, processor, OS
> installed, etc?
>
> reason I ask this is because I can happily advise a full overhaul you can
> perform yourself.
>
> lew
>
> On 8 Oct 2013, at 16:28, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> remove unwanted stuff, permission repair, check to see if the disk needs
>> repairing, run disk repair, clear caches, vacuume it...
>>
>> On Oct 8, 2013, at 11:26 AM, Doug Leavens <df.leavens@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> What can I do for a sluggish macbook pro?
>> That just about sums it up!
>>
>> Thanks.
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