![]() ![]() I ran hardware tests using Apple’s software and everything checked out. I wiped the drive clean and reinstalled the OS, then reinstalled the apps anew, one by one. ![]() I ended up removing all of the apps but those that came with macOS, and the problem still persisted. I removed apps, one by one, to see if it would fix the problem. I checked everything: every app, every file, every process. At first I thought it was spyware or a virus. It started with my iMac slowing down to a crawl over the course of a few days, back in late 2018. There’s a valuable lesson in here for the people at Apple Support, if they’re interested. This is the tale I’d like to recount for you now, because it’s something that I’ve had to deal with since last autumn (october of 2018), and I’ve just recently (I hope) finalized the upgrade/repair. I’ve worked on a few upgrades to our family computers in recent months: my 2008 MacBook Pro, my mom’s 2007 iMac and my own late-2013 iMac (A1419, EMC 2639). ![]()
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