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My MacBook pro 2017 runs VERY slow with a second monitor
I am not sure if Apple updates are causing my laptop to not longer play well with a second monitor or if the newer quality of monitors doesn't allow my MacBook pro (2017) to work properly. I have spend over a year trying to get this issue fixed. Essentially, if I have a second monitor running...- RockstarJ
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- crashing i miss steve jobs macbook pro 2017 second monitor slow performance
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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BEWARE! iOS 14.5.1 is Throttling!
Updated from iOS 14.5 yesterday to iOS 14.5.1 on my iPhone 11. After the update finished, I was playing CODM and noticed the frame rates were horrible. I checked my settings to make that it was set to the max frame rate, which it was. I then ran a geekbench test, and the scores I got were... -
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Macbook pro mid 2012 (Unibody) suuuuper slow
Hi all, My macbook is running super slow since long. Memory and CPU usage is far from full and I have plenty of free disk space. I have gone through most of the advices I found online, including repairing disk permissions, hardware tests, etc. Everything seems fine. Then, I read many macbook...- fede_74
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- slow performance
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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Imac slower than my macbook
Hello, My problem is that my imac is running slow. I have upgraded to 24gb ram for (Bought 2x8gram). But I still think my Imac is running slow. Using long time to boot, and long time to open programs. So I downloaded Blackmagic disk speed test, and compared my macbook pro 15 with my imac. And...- jokr10ae
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- imac slow performance
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- Forum: Mac Basics, Help and Buying Advice
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External SSD Boot Drive
I'm currently using a late 2013 imac that is running like garbage. Its a 21" 2.9 GHz Intel Core i5 with 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3, and its running El Capitan. From the moment it boots, its slow. Excruciatingly slow. its using nearly 90% of the physical memory just on running finder. I've tried every...- Whiskeynap
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- imac slow el capitan slow performance
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- Forum: iMac
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What has happened to my Macbook Pro 13'' 2012?
I was wondering if anyone could help me figure out what the problem is with my mac. So, a little while ago there were several cases of my macbook somehow waking itself from sleep mode (while the lid was CLOSED) and severely overheating, while the fans would be blasting. It would literally be hot...- alexander8317
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- beach ball hardware macbook macbook pro 13" overheating slow performance spinning beach ball
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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Slow performance, newish iMac, please help!
Hi all! I bought a new iMac 6-8 months ago (21.5", 16GB RAM, 1TB harddrive, 2.9GHz intel core i5 processor) and it has never performed well. All day long I get spinning beach balls, and starting it up means I cannot use any applications for around 5-6 minutes. Constant beach balls doing anything...
