your courteous apology is not needed in this particular context , I feel
on the other hand anything courteous in this day n age is more than welcome
therefore , thank you
????onix is for Sequoia !
the other one , due to your kindness has older versions , which I'll run tomorrow
( midnight my time now )
what you appear not to have read/understood is that my IMac 27 mid 2011 came to me about two weeks ago ,
you can't get greener than I ! :(
no VPN , no aspirin ( anti virus ) but I use sparingly ccleaner , only to clean cache and I have uninstalled two apps
I do not feel the following to be of any interest , but I boot from external SSD made in OWC
did not have the bottle , at my very advanced age , to replace the spinner eight thousand and something RPM with an SSD
not knowing that Thunderbolt on IMac mid 2011 does not work , I most hopefully bought a Lacie Thunderbolt 2
an arm and a leg for me
the fix is simple - I posted a cry of help under the name < a stab in the dark > no answers until now
make a bootable something , install Yosemite , apply Thunderbolt firmware v 1.0
reboot into High Sierra and Bob's your uncle
for the life of me I cannot find Thunderbolt firmware v 1.0
I do have a glimmer of hope that after you read what EtreCheck says maybe , maybe a solution for Thunderbolt may be found
on the other hand I cannot afford a fresh install , because the IMac came with Capture One , paid and done with
Capture One is out of my league , pricewise
my most sincere apologies for spilling the bad beans on you
not even in the middle of the Atlantic on a small sailboat , singlehanded , I felt so lonely as I do now
kindest thanks
