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Beachballs: does MS Office 2016 slow down 4-yr-old iMac with 8GB RAM?
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<blockquote data-quote="AMACL" data-source="post: 1789109" data-attributes="member: 298303"><p>Hello,</p><p>I thought I had posted this question earlier today, but can't find it so here goes again.</p><p></p><p>I have two iMacs (mid-2014 and late 2015). I upgraded the older one to High Sierra recently; the newer one (my main machine) is still running OS El Capitan 10.11.6. Both have 8GB RAM (original config).</p><p></p><p>I also have two MacBooks, one 2017 and the other a MB Air from 2014, both of which are running HS and have MS Office 2016 installed.</p><p></p><p>I have noticed an increase in beachballs since the changes and wonder if this is something that happens frequently when upgrading to HS, and/or installing MS Office 2016 on machines with limited memory.</p><p></p><p>I meant to switch to High Sierra on my main machine as well, but am now worried. Nevertheless, I did install the MS Office suite on it, and getting beachballs without HS, so maybe Microsoft is the culprit?</p><p></p><p>Or could there be another explanation? </p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance</p><p></p><p>Ann</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AMACL, post: 1789109, member: 298303"] Hello, I thought I had posted this question earlier today, but can't find it so here goes again. I have two iMacs (mid-2014 and late 2015). I upgraded the older one to High Sierra recently; the newer one (my main machine) is still running OS El Capitan 10.11.6. Both have 8GB RAM (original config). I also have two MacBooks, one 2017 and the other a MB Air from 2014, both of which are running HS and have MS Office 2016 installed. I have noticed an increase in beachballs since the changes and wonder if this is something that happens frequently when upgrading to HS, and/or installing MS Office 2016 on machines with limited memory. I meant to switch to High Sierra on my main machine as well, but am now worried. Nevertheless, I did install the MS Office suite on it, and getting beachballs without HS, so maybe Microsoft is the culprit? Or could there be another explanation? Thanks in advance Ann [/QUOTE]
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