Hi Alex, Had many of the same probs you describe, and DiskWarrior uncovered many, many bad blocks on the mag disk drive. Replaced the drive (with Harry’s help), and then upped the RAM to 8GB total. No more difficulty. : )
-russ > On Jan 11, 2016, at 7:26 PM, Alex Whitman <[email protected]> wrote: > > My early 2011 13" MBP is struggling with Yosemite (10.10.5). Lots of spinning > beachballs, slow scrolling, and icons bouncing forever in the dock. I know > it's long in the tooth but I'm hoping to get another 6 months out of it. Will > Yosemite be better or worse for this machine? > > 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7 > 8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 > > Alex > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list Posting address: [email protected] Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
