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Why has my Mac become so slow? (And how do I start to answer that?)

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Mar 15, 202627529 views
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Over the past few months, many things on my MacBook Pro have become unbearably slow. Often application switching or opening a new tab in Chrome will take up to 10 or 15 seconds. Obviously, no one can tell me why my machine is slow based on just that, so this is a pre-question. What should I look in…

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I've found this to usually be due to a dying hard drive (especially for Macs). One of the nice things about Macs is that they are all the same. Since most people don't have this problem with their Macs, it's probably going to be something that makes…

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