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Is my 2015 MacOS dying or what?
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<blockquote data-quote="Rod" data-source="post: 1872183" data-attributes="member: 204485"><p>I really understand your frustration Dougie but if you want to be able to use your obviously valuable iMac at all you are going to have to get some storage.</p><p>Obviously cost is another issue and I can sympathise there but the cheapest solution is to fix the problem yourself (with our help).</p><p>If you could just obtain an external HD big enough to contain all the data on your iMac (1-2GB) then you could create a bootable clone and erase your iMac's internal drive and perform a clean instal of Catalina.</p><p>This would tell us two things; if your internal drive is still viable and if the problem is related to your iMac or "other". </p><p>If it turned out that your iMac internal drive is faulty or the device itself for some other reason then you would have a cloned copy to restore to a new device/drive.</p><p>If it performs as intended with just an operating system on board then you could restore your files one at a time by "drag an drop" from the clone till you have the essential apps/files you need and leave the rest on the clone till you can afford to upgrade your internal drive to something bigger.</p><p>I really cannot think of a cheaper, better way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rod, post: 1872183, member: 204485"] I really understand your frustration Dougie but if you want to be able to use your obviously valuable iMac at all you are going to have to get some storage. Obviously cost is another issue and I can sympathise there but the cheapest solution is to fix the problem yourself (with our help). If you could just obtain an external HD big enough to contain all the data on your iMac (1-2GB) then you could create a bootable clone and erase your iMac's internal drive and perform a clean instal of Catalina. This would tell us two things; if your internal drive is still viable and if the problem is related to your iMac or "other". If it turned out that your iMac internal drive is faulty or the device itself for some other reason then you would have a cloned copy to restore to a new device/drive. If it performs as intended with just an operating system on board then you could restore your files one at a time by "drag an drop" from the clone till you have the essential apps/files you need and leave the rest on the clone till you can afford to upgrade your internal drive to something bigger. I really cannot think of a cheaper, better way. [/QUOTE]
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