Hello all, The situation:
Mac Mini running 10.6.8; 8 gigs ram and rather proficient Mac user. The computer ran fine until a couple months ago when the user abruptly disconnected the monitor which has not been used since. From that time, the computer has run very sluggishly anytime you activate any finder windows; run applications; or in general, attempt to use the machine. Today, the user backed the system up using Carbon Copy Cloner to an external drive. Upon completion of said backup, the user attempted to boot from the drive to test its bootability. The user discovered that not only did it boot wel, but that it was possible to navigate in finder windows without any kind of delay. Is there anyone who can shed any light on this scenario? At first the user believed it might be the missing monitor, and I mentioned this as a possibility, as I recall there have been some discussions on the necessity (or not) of the connection to a monitor for the mini to run smoothly. Yet, if this were the problem, what would booting from an external rather than the internal have anything to do with monitors (or lack thereof) as to make it usable in a normal way when booted from the external while still unusable when booted from the internal if there were no monitor present during either booting? Any and all suggestions and insights would be much appreciated. Basically, the user is willing to do a clean install if that is truly necessary, but of course would rather it weren't. Someone please advise. Thank you, T.J. <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
