Hi - I have an iMac 27", late 2009 machine. 2.66 GHz, Intel Core i5, 16gb ram. 1 TB drive with 70% space FREE.
Running OSX Yosmite for about a month.
A few days ago, it started to do the beach ball spinning thing quite a bit for no apparent reason. Now it takes about 15 minutes to boot, and absolutely every program takes forever to open - it's like it's in slow motion. I've had this machine for about a year and it's run flawlessly up until now.
Things I've tried:
- ran SpeedTest to test the processor speed. It checked out comparable to other iMacs that age.
- ran 'Integrity' software, no problems.
- Ran S.M.A.R.T.Reporter... disk checked out fine. Then ran disk first aid, everything confirmed 'verified'.
- zapped the PRAM
- Ran a memory checking program and it confirmed no problems. I even swapped out all the ram with other ram just to make sure - iMac still crawling around, no change.
- I repaired the permissions. It gave an error of displaypolicyd; should be 0; user is 244. I've looked this up and it seems like it's a Thunderbolt firmware issue - but the iMac I have uses MiniDisplay port (and I have a display connected via MiniDisplay).
- I re-started without the second display attached, just in case it was a port issue. Same exact problems.
I'm at the end of my rope here. It runs and feels as though there's no RAM in the machine. But that checked out fine. I suspected maybe a HD problem, but again, it seems fine.
Can someone... anyone.... suggest something I may be overlooking? I'd really appreciate any suggestions.
Thanks,
Blair
Running OSX Yosmite for about a month.
A few days ago, it started to do the beach ball spinning thing quite a bit for no apparent reason. Now it takes about 15 minutes to boot, and absolutely every program takes forever to open - it's like it's in slow motion. I've had this machine for about a year and it's run flawlessly up until now.
Things I've tried:
- ran SpeedTest to test the processor speed. It checked out comparable to other iMacs that age.
- ran 'Integrity' software, no problems.
- Ran S.M.A.R.T.Reporter... disk checked out fine. Then ran disk first aid, everything confirmed 'verified'.
- zapped the PRAM
- Ran a memory checking program and it confirmed no problems. I even swapped out all the ram with other ram just to make sure - iMac still crawling around, no change.
- I repaired the permissions. It gave an error of displaypolicyd; should be 0; user is 244. I've looked this up and it seems like it's a Thunderbolt firmware issue - but the iMac I have uses MiniDisplay port (and I have a display connected via MiniDisplay).
- I re-started without the second display attached, just in case it was a port issue. Same exact problems.
I'm at the end of my rope here. It runs and feels as though there's no RAM in the machine. But that checked out fine. I suspected maybe a HD problem, but again, it seems fine.
Can someone... anyone.... suggest something I may be overlooking? I'd really appreciate any suggestions.
Thanks,
Blair
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