iMac 2017 Monterey 12.7.6 : A few Issues

Hi All

Have a few issues I'd love some insight to. iMac 2017. Monterey 12.7.6.

Very slow response times- circle of death when loading

Mail takes forever to load content

Repeated 'machine gun' type noise which arises regularly - esc fixes temporarily (apple wifi keyboard)

Have run Disk Utility First Aid...no issues arise. I've attached a few screenshots.

Thanks for considering my computer issues.

Cheers

Ian

iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 12.7

Posted on Dec 27, 2025 5:02 PM

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Dec 27, 2025 6:44 PM in response to sogni

sogni wrote:

Repeated 'machine gun' type noise which arises regularly - esc fixes temporarily (apple wifi keyboard)
Have run Disk Utility First Aid...no issues arise.

Despite running Disk Utility, the "noise" sounds like the HDD part of the Fusion drive is failing. You need to have it looked at or replace the iMac. It is going on nine years old.

iMac 2017 Monterey 12.7.6 : A few Issues

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