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Finder Moving incredibly slow suddenly

I'm running Mojave on a mac pro 5,1. Rx580 Martin Lo open core

Have been running this setup for years now. Suddenly finder (only finder, not chrome, photoshop or anything else) is moving incredibly slow.


Sending a text file to the trash, moving three photos to another folder, creating a new folder all take minutes to perform.


I've restarted the computer already. Shut down the computer and left it off for 12 hours. Still as soon as i boot back up finder is slow.


Dropbox also seems to be having trouble.


Does anyone know good methods to trouble shoot this?

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Posted on Sep 6, 2023 8:59 AM

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Posted on Sep 6, 2023 10:13 AM

Your Mac Pro 5,1 can run Mojave without OpenCore. OpenCore is mostly a boot loader, so its impacts are almost entirely gone by the time macOS is up and running,


By far the easiest way to cause poor performance, instability, overheating and crashing is to install ANY third-party speeder-uppers, Cleaners, Optimizers, or Virus scanners. or a VPN that you installed yourself.


The idea that a third party, with no special knowledge of the inner workings of MacOS, can somehow find a simple way to protect your computer — that is not already being done by MacOS itself — suggests that the MacOS developers are somehow "holding out on you". That is absurd.


 You should remove any and all (other than Apple built-in) virus scanners, speeder uppers, optimizers, cleaners, App deleters or VPN packages you installed yourself, or anything of that ilk.


Third-party file Sync-ers such as DropBox, BackBlaze, OneDrive, or GoogleDrive can ruin performance, because they were incompletely PORTED from other environments. They also scan your local files non-stop, and your internet-stored files non-stop, looking for changed items. MacOS native file Sync-ers like iCloud drive use MacOS data structures like the File System Event Store to note what folders have changed instantly.



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Sep 6, 2023 10:13 AM in response to Skateparkpiracy

Your Mac Pro 5,1 can run Mojave without OpenCore. OpenCore is mostly a boot loader, so its impacts are almost entirely gone by the time macOS is up and running,


By far the easiest way to cause poor performance, instability, overheating and crashing is to install ANY third-party speeder-uppers, Cleaners, Optimizers, or Virus scanners. or a VPN that you installed yourself.


The idea that a third party, with no special knowledge of the inner workings of MacOS, can somehow find a simple way to protect your computer — that is not already being done by MacOS itself — suggests that the MacOS developers are somehow "holding out on you". That is absurd.


 You should remove any and all (other than Apple built-in) virus scanners, speeder uppers, optimizers, cleaners, App deleters or VPN packages you installed yourself, or anything of that ilk.


Third-party file Sync-ers such as DropBox, BackBlaze, OneDrive, or GoogleDrive can ruin performance, because they were incompletely PORTED from other environments. They also scan your local files non-stop, and your internet-stored files non-stop, looking for changed items. MacOS native file Sync-ers like iCloud drive use MacOS data structures like the File System Event Store to note what folders have changed instantly.



Sep 6, 2023 11:17 AM in response to Skateparkpiracy

you may want to download and run this little "discovery" utility, EtreCheck. it fixes NOTHING. It's reason for being is to build an understandable report from the many diverse system calls that can be used to collect information from the inside of your Mac. the report is already laundered to remove any personally identifiable information.


Follow directions faithfully to post back to the forums.


https://etrecheck.com


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