I am at my wit's end. I wiped my 2019 MBA (1.6 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5) a few weeks ago after becoming fed up with how sluggish and unresponsive it has become. This is the first Mac I've had get like this in the 17 years since switching to the first Intel Mac Pro. But this seems to be my first lemon model.
The computer was unbearably slow and unresponsive, often needing 3-4 minutes after wake to finish whatever it's doing and become usable, according to the CPU monitor. And Messages was a total trainwreck of lag, freezes, beachballs, etc.
So, I wipe the computer and install nothing but the essentials, and sure enough, Messages is back to 3-4-5 second beachballs, unresponsiveness, etc etc. I text like 3 people in my life, and there's nothing of significance installed or running, I have deleted attachments, set the messages to delete after 30 days, etc, but something is seriously wrong with Messages and this model of MBA or CPU.
What are my options? Sell it to a neighbor and get an M2 Air and just forget about it? I was hoping to use this as my couch computer for a while longer, but honestly whatever is up with this model, it can't even function as a Messages machine after a fresh install.
And I mean a FRESH install, reformat of disk, total wipe.
The computer was unbearably slow and unresponsive, often needing 3-4 minutes after wake to finish whatever it's doing and become usable, according to the CPU monitor. And Messages was a total trainwreck of lag, freezes, beachballs, etc.
So, I wipe the computer and install nothing but the essentials, and sure enough, Messages is back to 3-4-5 second beachballs, unresponsiveness, etc etc. I text like 3 people in my life, and there's nothing of significance installed or running, I have deleted attachments, set the messages to delete after 30 days, etc, but something is seriously wrong with Messages and this model of MBA or CPU.
What are my options? Sell it to a neighbor and get an M2 Air and just forget about it? I was hoping to use this as my couch computer for a while longer, but honestly whatever is up with this model, it can't even function as a Messages machine after a fresh install.
And I mean a FRESH install, reformat of disk, total wipe.