Early 2011 MBP running High Sierra 10.13.6. SSD. 16GB RAM (max) Security Update 2020-002 applied on 5/10/20 and MBP has been unusable ever since. It took 40 minutes just to boot up and get to the Apple Support pages before I decided to borrow another laptop to post this message.
kernel_task is at 3.4% when it is usable and 48.1% when frozen as I type this message. It is currently using 1.1GB of Memory
I have performed the following:
Restart
Reset SMC
Reset PRAM/NVRAM
Booted into Safe Mode and had same issue
Repair Disk without any issues found
Ran full Apple Hardware test with no issues found
Ran Onyx to clean up MBP
Deleted System Cache folder
Uninstalled Flash Player
Time Machine does not have a local snapshot prior to the 2020-02 update
Booted into recovery mode to reinstall macOS and I get a "Request Timed Out" error
Able to perform tasks for appx 10 seconds before I recieve the Spinning Wheel and MBP freezes for 2-3 minutes. Sometimes when MBP is frozen I can move the mouse icon without an issue.
Any solutions other than waiting for the next Update or buying a new hard drive to try a fresh install?
kernel_task is at 3.4% when it is usable and 48.1% when frozen as I type this message. It is currently using 1.1GB of Memory
I have performed the following:
Restart
Reset SMC
Reset PRAM/NVRAM
Booted into Safe Mode and had same issue
Repair Disk without any issues found
Ran full Apple Hardware test with no issues found
Ran Onyx to clean up MBP
Deleted System Cache folder
Uninstalled Flash Player
Time Machine does not have a local snapshot prior to the 2020-02 update
Booted into recovery mode to reinstall macOS and I get a "Request Timed Out" error
Able to perform tasks for appx 10 seconds before I recieve the Spinning Wheel and MBP freezes for 2-3 minutes. Sometimes when MBP is frozen I can move the mouse icon without an issue.
Any solutions other than waiting for the next Update or buying a new hard drive to try a fresh install?
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