Mini Mac Very Slow For Everyday Tasks
Apr 10, 2012Mini Mac very slow for everyday tasks.
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Mac mini (Mid 2011), iOS 5.1
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My Mac specs:
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2.Original 4g Ram upgraded to 12g
3.1TB HD has got more than 400gb free space.
4.i3 processor
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What I have done so far:
1.I have reduced the login items
2.I have changed the password login to the automatic login
3.I have tried verify disk permission, verify disk, repair disk permission and repair disk
4.Unplug all unnecessary items(monitor, external drive etc.)
5.Run couple of time of 'clean my Mac', get rid of all the trash.
6.Cleaned the cache
Due to the ridiculous, frustrating startup, that's all I could do, however, none of them worked.
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I don't have another Mac, I don't have backups(don't want to lose my data),that's my situation.
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