In 2016 I bought an 21.5 inch 1.6 GHz Dual-Core i5 with 8 GB RAM 21.5 inch late 2015 iMac. It has a 1TB SATA hard drive, currently 885.22 GB available of that space. I have an additional monitor attached which I need for my work.
It has run like a dream until very recently. The last couple of weeks I have had nothing but the spinning wheel of death almost constantly. Its running so slow I cant actually believe it.
Right now I am typing this from my Early 2015 MBA in my office because the iMAC won't even load a single page in Safari to allow me to use it. I usually use my iMac on an ethernet connection as stability is vitally important for my work - I work in law and all our court hearings currently in the UK are being done remotely over Teams. My other job involves trading and I need a stable and fast connection for that as numbers move very fast! My MBA is currently connected via Wi-Fi and even switching my iMac to the same network isn't helping. I turned it on 40 minutes ago, restarted it etc and still nothing.
I desperately need some help on how to fix these issues, particularly getting rid of the spinning wheel as I usually need my iMac, external monitor and my MBA every day to work. I have to use Chrome for my trading work as many of the websites I use do not function on Safari.
I updated to Big Sur on Monday and that seems to have made matters slightly worse. The ethernet/wi-fi connection issue is new since upgrading to Big Sur.
It has run like a dream until very recently. The last couple of weeks I have had nothing but the spinning wheel of death almost constantly. Its running so slow I cant actually believe it.
Right now I am typing this from my Early 2015 MBA in my office because the iMAC won't even load a single page in Safari to allow me to use it. I usually use my iMac on an ethernet connection as stability is vitally important for my work - I work in law and all our court hearings currently in the UK are being done remotely over Teams. My other job involves trading and I need a stable and fast connection for that as numbers move very fast! My MBA is currently connected via Wi-Fi and even switching my iMac to the same network isn't helping. I turned it on 40 minutes ago, restarted it etc and still nothing.
I desperately need some help on how to fix these issues, particularly getting rid of the spinning wheel as I usually need my iMac, external monitor and my MBA every day to work. I have to use Chrome for my trading work as many of the websites I use do not function on Safari.
I updated to Big Sur on Monday and that seems to have made matters slightly worse. The ethernet/wi-fi connection issue is new since upgrading to Big Sur.
