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- Your Mac's Specs
- iMac 20 (late 2006), 2.16 GHz, Snow Leopard, 3 GB RAM, 250 GB HD
I've been getting the spinning beach ball, and after trying everything else I took my iMac 20 (late 2006 bought 5/2007) to the Genius Bar. My Apple Care warranty expired 2 months ago but consultation is free so the tech tested my computer and said everything tested out fine. He said he's never seen Snow Leopard run on such an "old" computer which is ridiculous because it met the requirements and it has been running fine since 10/2009 until about 10 days ago. He suggested that I pop in the SL disc and install it without erasing the drive. I followed his advice and it took 14 hours for the reinstall. And to make matters worse the problem has not been corrected. In fact it's even worse. Now (since my HD tests out okay) I plan to erase the drive and reinstall SL and back up from Time Machine (unless someone has a better suggestion) but I am wondering if migrating from Time Machine, since it installs the most recent backup, will just install the original problems.
And if I do a clean install what will happen to my keychain stuff and my password?
Of course if it takes 14 hours for the clean install I guess I'm in big trouble.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
And if I do a clean install what will happen to my keychain stuff and my password?
Of course if it takes 14 hours for the clean install I guess I'm in big trouble.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.