I bought a 2010 MacBook recently, and I put in 16g ram and a 250g ssd. I was hoping to get a fast machine, but in fact it seems to be running slower than before the up grade. Is this normal, or am I expecting too much?
If you replaced 4GB of RAM with 16GB, and a 250GB 4200rpm hard drive with an SSD, it's normal for everything to slow down.I bought a 2010 MacBook recently, and I put in 16g ram and a 250g ssd. I was hoping to get a fast machine, but in fact it seems to be running slower than before the up grade. Is this normal, or am I expecting too much?
On a second issue:
I received an update notice that there was an update available; then when I clicked to download—it told me that this machine was not eligible for the download because it was bought used. Will this be an ongoing problem, or can I get my machine properly registered to me and get all future upgrades?
On a second issue:
I received an update notice that there was an update available; then when I clicked to download—it told me that this machine was not eligible for the download because it was bought used. Will this be an ongoing problem, or can I get my machine properly registered to me and get all future upgrades?
Thanks, next time it pops up, I'll make note of it.
Adding an SSD from a traditional spinning HD and upping the RAM should have made that machine **DRAMATICALLY FASTER** in nearly every sense. Something is definitely wrong if that didn't happen.
I would strongly suggest you erase the machine completely (after saving anything you want preserved), do a clean install of the latest OS and then put your stuff back on it. Yes, it is a now 6-year-old machine, but short of hardcore gaming I can't think of anything that wouldn't be substantially faster with those improvements to it.
Thanks so much for all the suggestions. In fact, I downloaded and installed OnyX, and my machine speed has drastically improved! I will continue to monitor the upgrade failure and report as soon as get it again. Thank you all for your time and effort.