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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Desktop Hardware
And another very slow Mac Mini
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1851014" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>I would not assume RAM to be the issue...in fact...the issue is probably not RAM at all...since the amount of installed RAM really doesn't have a big effect on boot times.</p><p></p><p>An area to investigate is the Mac-Mini's internal storage. Many 2014 Mac-Mini's came with an old style "spinner" HD. It's possible with a 6 year old 2014 Mac-Mini that the hard drive could be failing. A 2nd possibility is that the hard drive is getting way too full to operate efficiently.</p><p></p><p>You may also want to investigate if there's a software/OS issue (maybe there are some installed apps causing issues). To test this...create a new user account...then boot into that account. If the Mac- Mini boots much faster...could be due to a software/OS issue. If the Mac-Mini still boots slowly when booting into this brand new user account...then it could be a hardware issue (failing HD).</p><p></p><p>HTH,</p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1851014, member: 56379"] I would not assume RAM to be the issue...in fact...the issue is probably not RAM at all...since the amount of installed RAM really doesn't have a big effect on boot times. An area to investigate is the Mac-Mini's internal storage. Many 2014 Mac-Mini's came with an old style "spinner" HD. It's possible with a 6 year old 2014 Mac-Mini that the hard drive could be failing. A 2nd possibility is that the hard drive is getting way too full to operate efficiently. You may also want to investigate if there's a software/OS issue (maybe there are some installed apps causing issues). To test this...create a new user account...then boot into that account. If the Mac- Mini boots much faster...could be due to a software/OS issue. If the Mac-Mini still boots slowly when booting into this brand new user account...then it could be a hardware issue (failing HD). HTH, - Nick [/QUOTE]
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