Slow Macbook pro

[Galdorf]

Macbook pro High Sierra 10.13.6,2.5 ghz i5, 4gb ram.

System is slow opening programs can take up to 5 mins after clicking icon, have done a smart test and surface scan show no issues with hard drive.
Have run malware scan using malwarebytes cleared caches, trash ect. still really slow any ideas?.
Also forced spotlight to re-scan waited hours still slow.

 

[Porthos]

4gb ram.

have done a smart test and surface scan show no issues with the hard drive.

Not a Mac person but 4 gigs? And I assume a spinner for a hard drive? Can you even expect much even in the Mac world?

 

[Galdorf]

Not a Mac person but 4 gigs? And I assume a spinner for a hard drive? Can you even expect much even in the Mac world?

Not much i ran a cleaning using CCleaner now its running as fast as it should did not think Macs needed to be cleaned odd?.

I get 1 or 2 Macs a year around here most people have PC's.

 

[cyabro]

Definitely bump the ram to 8gb at least and upgrade to an ssd.
What model is it?

 

[Galdorf]

Definitely bump the ram to 8gb at least and upgrade to an ssd.
What model is it?

Mid 2012

 

[Mipthat]

Not a pro with Macs but possibly try activity monitor and see what might be eating up resources?

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201464

Also, maybe find a hardware monitor more Macs maybe a sensor is faulty and the laptop is running at slower speeds?

 

[cyabro]

Mid 2012

Should probably replace the hdd cable as well then as that model has a known issue.

 

[overburnz]

That particular model supports 16GB RAM DDR3 1600Mhz and you should definitely push the SSD and your customer will get his machine running has it never did before

 

[Galdorf]

Should probably replace the hdd cable as well then as that model has a known issue.

Already did that when i upgraded the hard drive last year, odd though when i did a through cleaning with CCleaner the machine was back to its normal speed i guess Macs do need cleaning sometimes.

 

[Porthos]

odd though when i did a through cleaning with CCleaner the machine was back to its normal speed i guess Macs do need cleaning sometimes.

Until next time.

 

[pcpete]

an ssd will make a night and day difference with that laptop and version of the OS. It may also be related to the cable. Do a quick clone to an ssd for an easy test