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Subject: Re: Did your Mac(s) get slow today?
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In message <romhb9$nk2$1@dont-email.me> Alan Ralph <usenet@alanralph.co.uk> wrote:
> On 2020-11-13 at 4:10:06 am GMT, "Ant" <Ant> wrote:

>> Did your Mac(s) get slow today? 
>>
>> https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/jt2zrh/psa_if_your_mac_suddenly_just_got_very_slow_and/
>> 
>> Wow. I didn't even notice this in 2012 13.3" MBP (Mojave v10.14.6) tho. 
>> What about the rest of you?
>> 
>> Thank you for reading and hopefully answering. :)

> Coincidentally, my mum's 2014 21.5" iMac decided to install an update to
> Mojave this morning, and proceeded to spend most of the morning unresponsive.

Apple patched all their supported OS versions.

> Admittedly, running from a hard disk didn't help matters, but even so I've
> never seen a Mac act like that before. (And yes, I'm going to get it running
> off an external SSD shortly, which should do wonders for its performance.)

If it is a TB2 SSD, yes. If it is a USB SSD... well, it'll be a bit
better, but only a bit.

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