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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Desktop Hardware
Slow Mac Mini 5,1
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<blockquote data-quote="meandmyapple" data-source="post: 1423340" data-attributes="member: 261198"><p>I took out the HDD and booted the MM off a 64gb SD card. Sure enough, the lag disappeared. So the HDD is going bad. Ordered a WD Scorpio Black.</p><p></p><p>@stuartbell - OSX uses HFS+ filesystem, so unless the drive is really full, fragmentation does not make much sense. </p><p></p><p>thanks all! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="meandmyapple, post: 1423340, member: 261198"] I took out the HDD and booted the MM off a 64gb SD card. Sure enough, the lag disappeared. So the HDD is going bad. Ordered a WD Scorpio Black. @stuartbell - OSX uses HFS+ filesystem, so unless the drive is really full, fragmentation does not make much sense. thanks all! :-) [/QUOTE]
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