I have not had to troubleshoot a wonky Mac in many years........

[jdc]

mrlynn wrote:
If malware or corrupted files are the problem, you'll be reinstalling those files. . .
/Mr Lynn

Then your not doing it right? Thats not how a nuke and pave should work.

Ugh.

Im sure adware medic or whatever does a fine job at whatever it does, but WTH does everyone here who has an issue with their Mac get this generic advice?

malware! malware! malware! Its like the internet game "first!"

Has anyone actually had their mac display the same symptoms -- slow and tons of beachballs, run adware medic and then all the sudden it runs as good as new? yeah. :RollingEyesSmiley5: