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Questions dealing with performance of Apple hardware or software, especially about troubleshooting or improving poor performance.
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macOS freezes every few days
Troubleshooting is a process of elimination and often requires patience, but since it seems you don't have a way to bring on a freeze - and because of the time in between incidents of this happening - …
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How can I isolate macOS 10.14.6 Mojave freezing 1-2 seconds every few minutes except for sou...
Let's start with some basic troubleshooting steps and we'll see how far we get.
The first thing I would do now is test your MBP in Safe Mode.
Boot into Safe Mode
Follow these steps to boot your M …
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Macbook Pro freezes after sleep
The first things I'd try are to reset both the NVRAM and SMC in that order. Before following the steps below, ensure you have no external hardware connected (so, unplug your external display) and make …
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What can be replaced/upgraded in a late-2009 iMac to make it run like a 2014-2016 iMac?
However, I disagree that you won't see huge performance gains from doing this. … Unfortunately, many people end up replacing these at some point with 5400rpm hard drives, and the performance hit is noticeable. …
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Macbook Pro is Excruciatingly Slow
Troubleshooting is a process of elimination, so you will need to try a number of things one by one and take note of the results.
Start in Safe Mode
First of all, try starting your MacBook pro in Sa …
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Macbook Pro Display Freezing
Troubleshooting is basically a process of elimination and often requires patience. Below I have some steps for you to try and report back on.
1. Safe Mode
What happens when you run your computer in …
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What should I do about a Mac Mini whose fusion drive is getting steadily slower and slower?
As you probably know, troubleshooting is a process of elimination and can require quite a bit of patience.
The first things I'd do in your situation are to try booting in Safe Mode and, if no joy aft …
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MacBook-Pro boots to BLACK screen; keyboard back light is OFF; fan is running; gets hot
I'd start by trying to reset both the NVRAM and SMC using the steps below.
Before doing so, ensure you have no external hardware connected and that you're using the built-in keyboard.
Reset the NVR …
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Mac OS X 10.6.7 freezes on restart
Troubleshooting is a process of elimination and often requires some patience. However, as a starting point, it may be worth you resetting your NVRAM.
Resetting the NVRAM
Here’s how to reset the NVRA …
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Reinstall MacOS or/vs Reformat?
The "circle with a line through it" is known as the prohibitory symbol. Typically this means that your startup disk contains a version or build of macOS that your Mac can't use. In your case it seems …
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Should I be worried if the newest Macbook Pro specs are lower than my older Macbook Pro spec?
Your question is actually based on a wrong assumption, namely that you're interpreting the specs of the current 2019 MacBook Pros as being lower than those for the 2018 models.
Using your specific ex …
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Boot screen hangup after upgrade from El Capitan to Sierra
I know you said you've tried resetting the SMC, but this usually does resolve this problem, so I just wanted to make sure you followed the correct process for resetting the SMC on your particular MBP. …
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Early 2013 MBP Retina 15 won't boot unless Thunderbolt -> Ethernet dongle plugged in
Troubleshooting is a process of elimination and often requires patience. This means trying things one by one until you get to the bottom of the problem.
The next two things I would try are running an …
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Does my Macbook Pro 15" Late 2013 Geekbench 4 score indicate a faulty discrete GPU?
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Your discrete GPU is almost certainly fine. The reason for the zero score is that Geekbench is unable to fully test this GPU due to reduced NVIDIA support. Because it can't run a full te …
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Which OS should I downgrade to?
Considering your usage, the answer is fairly straightforward:
Xcode 9.0 to 9.2 require as a minimum macOS Sierra 10.12.6
Xcode 9.3 to 9.4.1 require macOS High Sierra 10.13.2
So you're basically li …
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