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appleinsideruser said: You’re welcome Sandy and sounds like a perfect outcome! You’ll be back up and running in minutes/hours/days/weeks/months... (delete as appropriate). If you know someone handy with a (special) screwdriver you can order a…
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awesome advice, Dave, thank you! I think I will ask the Apple people to do upgrade HD and memory, and if they won't, or if they want to charge way too much, I will DIY. Or at least try to...I am somewhat intimidated after watching videos where you…
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A quick update in case you are curious: I uninstalled Avast and 2 instances of Malwarebytes (?) and ordered a hard drive a few days ago. Performance improved, but still deadly slow. The drive came yesterday, a 2 TB My Passport - it is very small an…
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Hi! So EtreCheck finished sometime during the night and this morning, while watching paint dry, grass grow and kettle boil, I was able to print the report. Lots of issues. I have attached a scan. I think I will have to trek to the Apple Genius…
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Hi, A quick update. It took a while, but I finally got EtreCheck to download and run. It has been running for more than 24 hours now, and the status bar is about halfway. I'll let you know what it says when it is finished....hopefully tomorrow!
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So I just checked and downloading onto a thumbdrive from PC doesn't work because I have to do it from the Apple Store. I'll let you know how I get along on this exciting blissful journey....!
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OK, I will try. And I never have anything connected to the Mac. It is a wireless connection to the home network and printer. But if you knew how long everything takes....putting my password in takes 20 minutes with the spinning wheel... Do you …
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Appleinsideruser: Patience is definitely a virtue. Luckily I am retired, so I really have time for the first and no need for the second. Funny, my emojis seem to work, but i am using a PC. I appreciate you helping me with this. In the code …
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Appleinsideuser: Thank you for your reply! I will try to download the software (googled it, thanks!), but when putting my password in takes 20 minutes, it's hard to believe anything will download! Good thing I'm retired. Mike Wuerthele: Tha…
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Hi, I am not an IT person, just a retiree with a 2013 MacBook Pro. It was running Yosemite, and when i booted up after coming home from holidays, it was incredibly slow and had a funny google chrome update icon on the home page. (after a couple of…