I tried to make an appointment with the Genius bar and the only options were to 
call, chat, set an appointment for a call etc.   I don't have the Mini with me 
so I'll bring home tomorrow and try to call.  I'll let you know what they say.

John


> On Feb 2, 2015, at 9:46 PM, R. D. Preston <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> [ Mac mini, mid-2010, 500GB internal, 2GB RAM ]
> 
> John,
> No bells or whistles, but ever since the update to Yosemite, 
> my computer has been extremely slow, sort of similar to your 
> general performance description.  Memory usage continues 
> to be chewed up during ANY tasks while using other launched 
> apps, or even when at idle and no additional apps running.  
> 
> <sigh>
> -russ
> 
> 
>> On Feb 2, 2015, at 3:24 PM, John Robinson <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> Several months ago I had a hard drive go bad on a Mini, installed a SSD with 
>> the help of Jonathan.  Used a program Trim Enabler to keep the SSD running 
>> smoothly.  With the update of Yosemite I can no longer use Trim Enabler, 
>> supposedly the SSD will be purged by the OS since it’s a newer drive.
>> 
>> However now the Mini is slower than the old dialup modems.   I have tried 
>> everything, used Disk Warrior, purchased two new 8 gb of ram, now the 
>> machine is running 16 gb.   Clicking on anything brings about the spinning 
>> ball for several seconds, scrolling an Excel spreadsheet is like pulling a 
>> tooth…the machine is really unusable as it is.
>> 
>> Nothing works, so do any of you have an idea?  Could it be that the SSD 
>> isn’t working correctly under Yosemite and I will need to get another hard 
>> drive that isn’t SSD?  
>> 
>> Here are the number from Disk Utility  Any suggestions?  
>> 
>> By the way, the MacPro Laptop is also so slow it’s completely unusable as 
>> well.  Both machines are 2008 and 2009 vintage….maybe they have outlived 
>> their usefulness in the new OS’s?  
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks for your suggestions.
>> 
>> John
>> 
>> CPU
>> 
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>> 
>> Memory
>> 
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>> 
>> Disk
>> 
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