Hi Peter
Glad that helped.
Yes, sometimes I find the “going back to basics” and undoing all cables and
everything is the simplest thing to try (and sometimes works). We tend
sometimes to start with the “harder” fixes and forget the easy ones,..hehe.
Glad all is working again.
Kind regards
Daniel
OK - further update - another freeze:
This time only MS Outlook was running and I was previewing attachments to an
email (using the Outlook preview all button when the spinning beachball
appeared.
At first I could see both Outlook and Finder using the command-tab switcher and
checking the f
Hi Neil,
You could try downloading OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 Combo Update and install it
over top of your 10.11.6 system to see if it helps.
Download OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 Combo Update at this link
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1885?viewlocale=en_US
Cheers,
Ronni
Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.
HI Neil, is there a way to do an OSX refresh but leave your data untouched? I
am sure other will know what this is called. I presume OSX 10.11.6 is the
latest version your iMac can support - so a clean reinstall of this OSX if it
is possible may be a way to clear the baggage from within.
I had
Congratulations on an extended and finely documented description of a problem.
Sadly I have no solution to offer. I wonder if you are running as a fusion
drive with the SSD and partition on drive 2. Apple have never released the
fusion bit built into the system, despite many years of promise
Writing this from the laptop as my iMac has started playing up with strange
‘freezes’ the likes of which I’ve never seen before – and I’ve had my share of
crashes, freezes & hangs over the years!!
First my setup/hardware – which has been “enhanced” since purchase:
27” iMac 2.8GHz i7 - late 20
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