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Mac problems

DipDab93 · 2018-04-15 11:06:05

I have an older mac and I'm worried that the latest update killed the mac It's very slow to respond to start up commands like recovery and all those other checks and eventually the Apple appears and after the loading bar reached maximum which took about an hour I was left with a blank white screen. I tried repair the mac…

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15-04-2018 12:06pm

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DipDab93

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I have an older mac and I'm worried that the latest update killed the mac
It's very slow to respond to start up commands like recovery and all those other checks and eventually the Apple appears and after the loading bar reached maximum which took about an hour I was left with a blank white screen.
I tried repair the mac using all different commands but no joy as I can't get into recovery mode even now it loads half way and reboots and before this update it was working perfectly can anyone help suggest how to fix it. It is extremely slow too

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#2 15-04-2018 1:17pm
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#3 16-04-2018 7:36pm
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Do you have a Time Machine backup of the machine just before the update? - you might need it for a clean install...

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