I'd recommend opening Activity Monitor and watch how it's coping
RAM-wise. My MBA got a lot slower with Sierra/High Sierra and I had a
lot of beachball. It's actually better with Mojave (and I think you can
run that with Mojave Patcher, at your own risk!). But keep an eye on
when RAM gets into the 'red zone' (ie it's really maxed out). Even
having an SSD doesn't seem to offset this completely. Keep RAM usage
lower and it should be ok.
But I also find that plugging/unplugging the monitor is a huge hit for
the machine (if i put the lid down and go off with my laptop while it's
still connected to a screen, it often crashes hard).
The good news is that if it's similar, quitting apps means it runs
smoothly. It's just like the days of OS 7;)
good luck
Cheers
J
On 1 Feb 2019, at 12:01, mac98aop wrote:
Hmm, might have solved it!?
I was running an old but preferred version of Pages (which I didn't
think
would load at all once I updated) and it seems my Mac was struggling
to
welcome it aboard High Sierra. I could use it fine, but all was slow.
Have Quit that app and working on same project in new version, whole
system
is far far happier.
Will keep you posted, albeit any other ideas or thoughts welcomed!
Have a great weekend everyone.
Adam
On Friday, February 1, 2019 at 10:51:53 AM UTC, mac98aop wrote:
Happy snow day!
Hope you're all safe and well.
Last week I updated my MBPro Early 2011 (SSD) to High Sierra as 3rd
party
software was demanding it. I feared the worst but it performs
brilliantly
on the old workhorse.
But, there is one strange exception... the minute I plug it in to an
external display (whether the lid is closed or open) there is a
significant
performance lag, lots of spinning beach ball, apps struggling and
crashing.
Any tips? Does it really ask that much more of the processor to send
to a
2nd screen (again, even with the lid down?)
Can't easily continue like this, it really is troublesome and really
do
need the larger screen when at my desk.
Thanks folks - any ideas always appreciated.
Adam
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