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Mac OSX very slow

Hello,

We have a fairly-new iMac that has an i5 processor and 4GB DDR3. Not sure why, but it's so slow, it's ridiculous. You'll literally click on a program and count the seconds for it to come on.

Is this an issue with iMac? Is there anything that can be done? I tried disabling startup items but that didn't help too much.

Thanks.

epichero22

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Actually I found a rogue copy of Kaspersky AV, removed it, and it seems to be working a bit better. Is there a way to see a list of software / services installed in Mac?

Michael Best

Open Activity Monitor and choose Help > Activity Monitor.

For more details see:

support.apple.com
"How to use Activity Monitor"

Link:
https://support.apple.com/en-ap/HT201464

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Justin Bradshaw

Looking at the Activity Monitor is a great suggestion and I 2nd it. Also double check the Photos app to see if you're uploading thousands of pictures to the cloud... that is a common reason for slowness of Macs recently.
open Photos > Go to Preferences > iCloud and if iCloud Photo Library is checked and it says you're uploading, then click "Pause for one day" and see what the speed is like then...