Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bonjour Nathan, I would start with changing the HD... I change them every 3 years. You could even install a SSD for an extra speed boost. One utility I use regularly is DiskWarrior, can be a life saver... All the best from Paris! Tarek Envoy? de mon iPad > Le 8 oct. 2015 ? 08:16, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> a ?crit : > > My 7-year iMac started acting up back in April: it became very sluggish > and finally refused to boot up. I managed to boot it from an external disk > and back up my mail and other stuff (my pictures all reside on external > drives, so no danger there). I then took the computer to the Apple Store > and had them look at it. The verdict was that there was nothing physically > wrong with the internal HD, so they just wiped the disk clean and > re-installed the OSX and all was well?until this week, when it started > showing the same symptoms again. It still boots up but is extremely > sluggish, to the point of being useless. Disk Utility reports no problems > but obviously something is wrong. I recently upgraded to El Capitan but I > do not think this is the cause because it was beginning to show the > symptoms already before the upgrade. Before I take it back to the store > for a hard disk replacement, does anyone have any idea of what else can > cause such behavior? > > I have my new Macbook Air, and all my stuff is backed up etc. But I want > the nice big screen of my iMac back, and I do not feel like buying a new > computer at this point. > > TIA for any ideas, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information