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Hi
I have a 27inch iMac that I bought in 2009.
It came with Mac OS 10.6.2 (Snow Leopard) and when I first got it, it was very fast at doing all tasks.
However over the years with the upgrades of the operating system it has slowed down enourmously and is sometimes painful to use with constant rainbow wheel and often having to force quit some applications. I am currently running MacOS Sierra v10.12.3.
Is it possible to rebuild the iMac and go back to how it was in 2009? I only use the basic software that came with the iMac when I got it so there is no special software applications to update. I run a full backup with an external 1Gb disk doing backup of the internal iMac 1 Tb hard disk. I assume that means I would be able to reinstall my documents and photos ok?
Is this possible to do and how difficult would it be (and any problems it would create?). Or is there another way to speed up this iMac?
Thanks
Peter
I have a 27inch iMac that I bought in 2009.
iMac (27-inch, Late 3009)
Processor: 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 12GB 1067MHz DDR3 (Originally 4MB)
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD4670 256MB
Hard Drives: 1TB internal + 1TB external for backups
Processor: 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 12GB 1067MHz DDR3 (Originally 4MB)
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD4670 256MB
Hard Drives: 1TB internal + 1TB external for backups
It came with Mac OS 10.6.2 (Snow Leopard) and when I first got it, it was very fast at doing all tasks.
However over the years with the upgrades of the operating system it has slowed down enourmously and is sometimes painful to use with constant rainbow wheel and often having to force quit some applications. I am currently running MacOS Sierra v10.12.3.
Is it possible to rebuild the iMac and go back to how it was in 2009? I only use the basic software that came with the iMac when I got it so there is no special software applications to update. I run a full backup with an external 1Gb disk doing backup of the internal iMac 1 Tb hard disk. I assume that means I would be able to reinstall my documents and photos ok?
Is this possible to do and how difficult would it be (and any problems it would create?). Or is there another way to speed up this iMac?
Thanks
Peter