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Is iMac hard disk dying?
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<blockquote data-quote="AMACL" data-source="post: 1895299" data-attributes="member: 298303"><p>Hello all,</p><p>I wasn't sure which forum to post in, but chose Hardware because I fear that may be the problem. </p><p></p><p>So once I had my own 2019 iMac 21.5" machine running happily with Big Sur after initial trials, suddenly my husband's 2014 iMac 21.5" began slowing down significantly. I mean really significantly, out of the blue. </p><p>I hadn't even begun to update his OS, he's still running Mojave. The computer has never done this before. It gets very little use compared to mine, so I guess I neglected it because it never asked for help.</p><p></p><p>I tried rebooting, didn't help.</p><p></p><p>I spent hours yesterday trying to make a fresh Time Machine backup - it failed. I was unable to launch Disk Utility or Activity Monitor or even get the energy saver utility to work (thought I would prevent the machine from sleeping in case that was the problem with Time Machine - just a desperate try).</p><p></p><p>The way it's rejecting any and all operations makes me think the hard disk is failing. </p><p>Is there any other explanation?</p><p></p><p>The machine has 8 GB RAM and a 500 GB (I think) spinning hard disk.</p><p></p><p>The last Time Machine backup dates from about 10 days ago, so I could certainly recover the data from there. </p><p>No, I don't have a bootable clone for that machine.. </p><p></p><p>I'm ready to bite the bullet and buy a new iMac if necessary.</p><p></p><p>I have seen lots of people on this forum who have computers a lot older than 2014. But it's also a matter of the hard disk itself, right ?</p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance for your enlightenment!</p><p></p><p>Ann</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AMACL, post: 1895299, member: 298303"] Hello all, I wasn't sure which forum to post in, but chose Hardware because I fear that may be the problem. So once I had my own 2019 iMac 21.5" machine running happily with Big Sur after initial trials, suddenly my husband's 2014 iMac 21.5" began slowing down significantly. I mean really significantly, out of the blue. I hadn't even begun to update his OS, he's still running Mojave. The computer has never done this before. It gets very little use compared to mine, so I guess I neglected it because it never asked for help. I tried rebooting, didn't help. I spent hours yesterday trying to make a fresh Time Machine backup - it failed. I was unable to launch Disk Utility or Activity Monitor or even get the energy saver utility to work (thought I would prevent the machine from sleeping in case that was the problem with Time Machine - just a desperate try). The way it's rejecting any and all operations makes me think the hard disk is failing. Is there any other explanation? The machine has 8 GB RAM and a 500 GB (I think) spinning hard disk. The last Time Machine backup dates from about 10 days ago, so I could certainly recover the data from there. No, I don't have a bootable clone for that machine.. I'm ready to bite the bullet and buy a new iMac if necessary. I have seen lots of people on this forum who have computers a lot older than 2014. But it's also a matter of the hard disk itself, right ? Thanks in advance for your enlightenment! Ann [/QUOTE]
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