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There is this day I was installing the Logos software, since I have a slow internet connection, I left the computer downloading the software the whole night. In the morning, I found the Logos was completely installed. However, the computer started running very slow. When you click anything, it will take 15 to 20 seconds and at a time more than that to open.

I upgraded to Yosemite, and it still does the same thing. I upgraded the RAM from 8Gb to 16Gb, it still does the same thing. Unfortunately, I took it to Office Max for diagnosis, they failed and I got it back, my MacBook Pro no longer have the operating system. Am trying to load OX Leopard I have, it is not responding.

Is any suggestion out there?

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Computer slowdowns can be traced back to either Hardware (failing drives) or software (corrupt flew) as sources.

Often strange behavior can be solved by deleting the User/Library/Preferences/ .plist file(s) with the applications name in it. Cache files from the same location could be corrupt. That the files took a long time to download might be a checksum error (corrupt files again).

Corrupt fonts and not enough free space or fragmented HDs can also cause freezing, lagging or slowness.

Adding a new peripheral or having peripherals connected can slow computers.

Sometimes creating a new user account will expunge the corrupt files… in which case extreme care and time in moving back a few "must have" files from the bad account at time may point out the culprit.

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