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Mac Mini Slowdown
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1172430" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>It could just be a coincidence. Your Mac-mini's hard drive was probably already going bad...and you just didn't notice it before doing the 10.6 upgrade. Then all of the 10.6 install operations might have "accelerated" things.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Of course "massive amounts of files being unwritten/written destroyed my hard drive" could have done it. That's called normal wear & tear!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> </p><p></p><p>That's all hard drives do:</p><p></p><p>- they spin</p><p>- they write files</p><p></p><p>Hard drives are mechanical devices...and just like anything mechanical...they wear out. Again...it's probably all just coincidence that this situation became worse during the 10.6 upgrade.</p><p></p><p>If you didn't do the upgrade...your hard drive still would have gone bad...it just would have taken a couple weeks to a couple months longer (who can really guess).<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>Hope this helps,</p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1172430, member: 56379"] It could just be a coincidence. Your Mac-mini's hard drive was probably already going bad...and you just didn't notice it before doing the 10.6 upgrade. Then all of the 10.6 install operations might have "accelerated" things. Of course "massive amounts of files being unwritten/written destroyed my hard drive" could have done it. That's called normal wear & tear!;) That's all hard drives do: - they spin - they write files Hard drives are mechanical devices...and just like anything mechanical...they wear out. Again...it's probably all just coincidence that this situation became worse during the 10.6 upgrade. If you didn't do the upgrade...your hard drive still would have gone bad...it just would have taken a couple weeks to a couple months longer (who can really guess).;) Hope this helps, - Nick [/QUOTE]
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