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FilmIndustryGuy

macrumors 6502a
Original poster
May 12, 2015
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Manhattan Beach, CA
Just wanted to let everyone know that erasing the rMB and reinstalling everything from fresh (not Time machine) makes it run smoother. I even noticed the ssd runs faster. did a fresh install of Catalina.
 

KPOM

macrumors P6
Oct 23, 2010
18,020
7,862
Just wanted to let everyone know that erasing the rMB and reinstalling everything from fresh (not Time machine) makes it run smoother. I even noticed the ssd runs faster. did a fresh install of Catalina.
Erasing likely prompted the SSD to execute TRIM, which may be why it is faster.
 
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