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I have an early-2015 Mackbook Pro that I am absolutely clinging to because 1) it works 2) it has all the ports that I need: USB, HDMI, Mini DisplayPort and MagS

I have an early-2015 Mackbook Pro that I am absolutely clinging to because 1) it works 2) it has all the ports that I need: USB, HDMI, Mini DisplayPort and MagSafe. That being said, it feels like it's slowing down. Has anyone had success reviving the performance of their older machine? Anyone tried backing up and doing a restore?

dfsegoat 8y ago
Mine is slowing down lately as well. Clinging like mad.
gct 8y ago
Spinning disk or SSD? If the former, get an SSD.
- rhinoceraptor 8y ago
  I think the last Macbook Pros to even support 2.5" drives were the 2012, non-retina ones. That was also the last generation to support plastic circle based media as well.
moab9 8y ago
ive got an early 2015 macbook pro as well. works great. I havent noticed the slowing down problem yet though.
mstolpm 8y ago
I have an Early 2011 MBP 13" (yes, you read right). It was slow as hell on High Sierra and the fan was running all the time, CPU at 99% at some times without any real workload. Then, some random shutdowns started that never occurred before. Used TM backups a few times but still slow and unreliable. That was the moment I decided to set up the systems fresh from scratch on a blank SSD (keeping the old one in a safe place as a backup option): Now, the MBP is running great (for its age), quiet fan except for high workloads and no runaway 99%-CPU processes. Of cause, your mileage may vary, but I would suggest trying a fresh install from scratch and only install necessary programs. Don't rely on a TM backup.
dwelch 8y ago
I do clean installs on my Late 2013 13" MBP annually with each major OS update, and my performance is still very good.
Implicated 8y ago
Mid 2015 here and it also feels as though it's slowing down.
OnMyPhone 8y ago
I have a 2012 Macbook Pro that I hope lasts forever. I upgraded everything in it I could though, CPU, RAM, screen, etc. The biggest and best change I made to it was replacing the main HD with a nice SSD. Now it can run everything I need, except some games. I usually had 2-4 VMs running something throughout the work day. I also took out the optical drive and replaced it with a OWC adapter and another SSD. The last thing I do is back up everything I need, wipe and reinstall everything. I usually do this once a year or when needed, and it helps quite a bit with it feeling / acting slow. (not sure if you can easily upgrade the hard drive or not though, but it made a world of difference for me)
tim333 8y ago
2013 Macbook Air. I did a restore from time machine and it worked smoothly and also freed up a lot of memory - there must have been junk it didn't copy over. I didn't really have speed problems but I'd recommend trying it. By the way I had odd issues with CalanderAgent going nuts and using 100% cpu all the time after going to High Sierra. Dunno if anyones got a good fix for that? I managed to kill the calendar completely and am using google calendar instead now but it's not ideal.

dfsegoat 8y ago

Mine is slowing down lately as well. Clinging like mad.

gct 8y ago

Spinning disk or SSD? If the former, get an SSD.

rhinoceraptor 8y ago
I think the last Macbook Pros to even support 2.5" drives were the 2012, non-retina ones. That was also the last generation to support plastic circle based media as well.

moab9 8y ago

ive got an early 2015 macbook pro as well. works great. I havent noticed the slowing down problem yet though.

mstolpm 8y ago

I have an Early 2011 MBP 13" (yes, you read right). It was slow as hell on High Sierra and the fan was running all the time, CPU at 99% at some times without any real workload. Then, some random shutdowns started that never occurred before. Used TM backups a few times but still slow and unreliable. That was the moment I decided to set up the systems fresh from scratch on a blank SSD (keeping the old one in a safe place as a backup option): Now, the MBP is running great (for its age), quiet fan except for high workloads and no runaway 99%-CPU processes. Of cause, your mileage may vary, but I would suggest trying a fresh install from scratch and only install necessary programs. Don't rely on a TM backup.

dwelch 8y ago

I do clean installs on my Late 2013 13" MBP annually with each major OS update, and my performance is still very good.

Implicated 8y ago

Mid 2015 here and it also feels as though it's slowing down.

OnMyPhone 8y ago

I have a 2012 Macbook Pro that I hope lasts forever. I upgraded everything in it I could though, CPU, RAM, screen, etc. The biggest and best change I made to it was replacing the main HD with a nice SSD. Now it can run everything I need, except some games. I usually had 2-4 VMs running something throughout the work day. I also took out the optical drive and replaced it with a OWC adapter and another SSD. The last thing I do is back up everything I need, wipe and reinstall everything. I usually do this once a year or when needed, and it helps quite a bit with it feeling / acting slow. (not sure if you can easily upgrade the hard drive or not though, but it made a world of difference for me)

tim333 8y ago

2013 Macbook Air. I did a restore from time machine and it worked smoothly and also freed up a lot of memory - there must have been junk it didn't copy over. I didn't really have speed problems but I'd recommend trying it. By the way I had odd issues with CalanderAgent going nuts and using 100% cpu all the time after going to High Sierra. Dunno if anyones got a good fix for that? I managed to kill the calendar completely and am using google calendar instead now but it's not ideal.