Alright I cam try these ideas. from easiest to hardest. I have a
2012 so probably cannot use diagnostics.
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On 3/23/2016 4:00 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote:
First thing you need to do is see if the slowness is related to an account or
to the entire computer. Create or use a second account for an hour and see if
performance lags in that account too. If it does, then I would suggest you try
a diagnostic check which probably needs to be done sighted. To do a diagnostic
check, hold down “D” while booting. (Computer must be newer than 2012 for this
to work). I have never tried this, so I have no additional details.
In my case, we cleaned out four things and I have not fully broght all services
back into place so I don’t know the direct culprit.
1. Goto login items in System Settings (Users and Groups). Remove all programs
except the speech synthesis server (this is VoiceOver).
2. Goto ~/Library and move everything in the LaunchAgents directory to a safe
place.
3. remove the folder Saved Application State from the Library Directory. This
is the settings that ensures when you re-open a program it looks the same as
when you left it. (Same open files etcetera)
4. Logout of iCloud and delete everything it asks you if you want to delete.
Finally reboot and make sure the checkbox about restoring windows is unchecked.
Personally I think just cleaning out Saved Application State and logging out
and in to iCloud was probably all that was needed.
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Best wishes,
Jonathan Cohn
On 23 Mar 2016, at 17:37, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote:
Was it any one thing or a combination of things? Since I installed El Cap
(was not quite a true clean install) I experience some anomalies and may
actually do a clean install which I am not looking forward to.
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in the past. What if it were true?
On 3/23/2016 2:32 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote:
I had my speedy new MacBook Air (I actually called it speedy), start going into
slow state whenever I opened a menu item or switched / added a window. The
performance steady degraded the more it was used.
Thanks to some wonderful help from the accessibility desk, not only is my
computer responding again, but now I have a path to resolve the issues myself.
One thing I did lose unexpectedly was my mail signatures.
Take care,
Jonathan Cohn
Best wishes,
Jonathan
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