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David Favor

Brad McAfee

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Note: If your problem turns out to be the mds* suite of programs running, close out this question with mds* as the culprit.<br />
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Then open another question about <b>How to reduce mds system load on Macs</b>, as the fix lives best in its own thread.
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Note: If your problem turns out to be the mds* suite of programs running, close out this question with mds* as the culprit.

Then open another question about How to reduce mds system load on Macs, as the fix lives best in its own thread.

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Do you find that it is helpful/pruduent to reload MacOSX &quot;every once in a while&quot; similar to how Windows users to so with their PCs. &nbsp;<br />
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I have a MacBook Pro early 2015 running 10.14.2 and it used responsive and never freeze for a few seconds or be slow to start up. &nbsp;I've done all the optimization/clean up/memory elimination/et cetera I could to do it and it just doesn't feel &quot;as good&quot; as it is did originally. &nbsp;However, I do use it daily (all day basically) for work.<br />
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Would a reload help or is the hardware just wearing out?<br />
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(I know there is one way to find out but I just wanted to get some opinion before I go to the trouble of doing a complete reload!)
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Do you find that it is helpful/pruduent to reload MacOSX "every once in a while" similar to how Windows users to so with their PCs.  

I have a MacBook Pro early 2015 running 10.14.2 and it used responsive and never freeze for a few seconds or be slow to start up.  I've done all the optimization/clean up/memory elimination/et cetera I could to do it and it just doesn't feel "as good" as it is did originally.  However, I do use it daily (all day basically) for work.

Would a reload help or is the hardware just wearing out?

(I know there is one way to find out but I just wanted to get some opinion before I go to the trouble of doing a complete reload!)

Mac OS X Reload For Better Performance

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