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  1. hzlph

    [Big Sur] How to restore performance on an Intel MacBook with tripped sensors / BD_PROCHOT

    I'd like to create this guide for those of you who find themselves in a situation similar to mine. I have a Mid-2014 15" 2.5GHz MBP with the GT750M. It was salvaged from a reseller on FB who said it had graphics issues. It turns out that a lot of sensors in the Motherboard for some reason read...
  2. christiann

    All of a sudden slow web browsing, super slow download speeds, only on one Mac Mini.

    HELP! All of a sudden web browsing and download speeds take so long on my Mac. I would be able to download something of 4GB in one minute, And now a 3GB OS takes 45 minutes. Web browsing takes FOREVER. Could it be my VPN+Firewall called Windscribe? It’s a 2011 Mac Mini and I just set it up a...
  3. PhillyGuy72

    2012 iMac suddenly acting slow, odd

    Yes, I know it's an old iMac, but it has been running fine for years. It is still running El Capitan 10.11.6 - since this is older This past Wed. night around 7:30pm, I noticed the pointer on my screen move smoothy as usual, but every 8-10 seconds it would severely slow down, stutter as if...
  4. J

    Slow Macbook Pro 2012

    Hello, I've got a Macbook pro 2012, I use it everyday mostly to edit videos on. Recently its been really struggling to run projects, I've done everything in the software to speedup projects, deleted unnecessary apps, cleaned my hard drive...I've done it all but It still runs pretty slowly...
  5. N

    Macbook Pro is very, very slow to boot

    Hi all, I've just bought a pre-owned Macbook Pro (late 2011). Everything has been wiped and there's a clean install of High Sierra 10.13.6 on. It's very, very slow to start. At first I thought this was because it was a new account and new OS install, however it's actually taking longer and...
  6. corefocus

    Loud fan noise and severe lag after wake from sleep on Mac Pro 2,1

    Hello all, I've got a Mac Pro 2,1 which I've upgraded both the firmware and SMC from 1,1. It seems to run perfectly fine on OS X Mavericks and wakes from sleep with no issue. The fans may run a bit high (around 1800rpm) but it isn't as bothersome as the Windows 7 side. After I wake up the...
  7. G

    Resolved Macbook Pro 2011 Super Slow because of HDD?

    I have this Macbook Pro from one of my friend. It's from early 2011 and it is running under Mac OS Sierra. I suspect that the hard drive is getting old and I ran a scan with a software called "DriveDx". It was saying that the HDD is running at 79% of its health performance and 6,953 hours Power...
  8. BaronVonBehemot

    Istat menus explained??

    Hi I notice terrible decrees in my mid 2010 iMac performance. I recently cleaned it i think successfully. Changed paste on GPU CPU temps are just GREAT. But I no longer can play in games I used to be able to play. I have i5, 16 GB RAM, ATI Radeon HD 5750 1024 MB with SSD. MacOS sierra Game i...