I have a mid-2009 MacBook Pro that has been sitting around for a couple years. When we try to click on anything we just get the spinning rainbow cursor that never stops. HELP??
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Help with mid-2009 MacBook Pro
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Grrrrr. I have a mid 2009 as well, but never had that problem. It really need updating the hardware if I'm going to keep. Hopefully a Mac guru will be able to help. Good luck.
Your 2009 is 8 years old now...have you at least upgraded the hard drive to solid state? Should make your computer feel like new. How much ram is installed?
SSD and memory would be pretty basic upgrade/maintenance that would breath some fresh life into your aging machine. Some how-to videos/prices are here if want to check it out: https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ssd/owc/macbook-pro/2008-2009. Certainly shop around though, SSD's are dirt cheap these days.
SSD and memory would be pretty basic upgrade/maintenance that would breath some fresh life into your aging machine. Some how-to videos/prices are here if want to check it out: https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ssd/owc/macbook-pro/2008-2009. Certainly shop around though, SSD's are dirt cheap these days.
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The problem could be in your hard drive. Which is 8 years old. And in using it got broken. It maybe has bad blocks, and it "freezes" sometimes. Check it with scanning programs. I could recommend driveDX which is free for month (it's enough to test your drive for bads).
Also, your computer could be over-heated. You should change thermo-paste on GPU and CPU. I think your GPU could be over-heated too.
Besides of what's already been said, you could reinstall the OS if it's a software problem. If that doesn't work, then you could try a new HD or ideally an SSD.
