Re: Possible problem with friends mac book air.

2017-02-17 Thread matthew dyer
Thanks will pass that on and see what happens. If I receive more ionfo I will be sure to re[port here. Matthew On 02/16/2017 05:32 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: Hi, Actually, it sounds like something's going on with the external HD. When they get bad sectors on the HD, it makes the drive work

Re: Possible problem with friends mac book air.

2017-02-16 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Actually, it sounds like something's going on with the external HD. When they get bad sectors on the HD, it makes the drive work harder and slower and can often slow down your entire system. If the MBA works fine without the drive connected, and if you can confirm it works fine with a dif

Re: Possible problem with friends mac book air.

2017-02-16 Thread christopher hallsworth
Do a thought but the RAM may be too small to handle the task. But don't believe the Air is upgradeable I'm afraid to say. This is one reason my partner went for the Pro over the Air. > On 15 Feb 2017, at 00:35, matthew dyer wrote: > > Hi all, > > My friend has a Mac book air 2015 with 4 GB of

Re: Possible problem with friends mac book air.

2017-02-16 Thread christopher hallsworth
Maybe it's worth contacting Apple anyway and see what they can come up with. It's always worth a shot. > On 15 Feb 2017, at 00:35, matthew dyer wrote: > > Hi all, > > My friend has a Mac book air 2015 with 4 GB of ram and has a problem with > finder being slugusnesds particularly when copying

Possible problem with friends mac book air.

2017-02-14 Thread matthew dyer
Hi all, My friend has a Mac book air 2015 with 4 GB of ram and has a problem with finder being slugusnesds particularly when copying files from or to her external HD. She has tried reformatting her drive with no effect. She is running the Mac OS 10.12.23 and as I said with 4 gb of ram. She