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?
I often use an early 2009 MacBook Pro with El Capitan. It runs pretty well —
better than it did with Yosemite.
8 GB RAM
1 T Seagate hybrid hard drive
2.4 Ghz Core 2 Duo
How long have you waited after installing the new operating system? When you
install a major upgrade of OS X, it does a lot of indexing at first. This
causes the spinning rainbow pizza of patience to appear a lot during the first
few days.
If the problems persist, I suggest running something like TechTool or Disk
Warrior on the hard drive. Replacing it with an SSD or hybrid drive makes a big
difference.
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