I have run diagnostics - no issues found, reinstalled Ventura (took 3 attempts), hard disk has capacity performed first aid (stated OK & MT mapping not completely referenced ). Restart error log below:
iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 13.7
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Download the Application Etrecheck ( External Link ) directly from the Developer.
This is a Diagnostic Tool that makes no changes to the computer.
It makes a coherent and readable inventory of both the Hardware and Software used on the computer
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The Report will Not Reveal Any Personal Information.
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I, Owl-53, will defer to my more learned colleague @ BDAqua in regards to the DriveDX report
Though, I do see mention of " Advanced SMART Status : FAILING "
This, in and of itself dovetails into their early suggestion
Get an external drive and install Ventura to that drive
A good start might be OWC.com
Often suggested by more senior contributors
To obtain good performance levels
May consider an Enclosure that match up with this machine and then a Large SSD Drive
Both pieces of hardware can be purchased from OWC
Thanks to yet another contributor @Allan Jones
I have picked up some not so good info from your report
Failing hard drive - This computer has a hard drive that appears to be failing.
Kernel panics - This system has experienced kernel panics. This could be a sign of hardware failure.
This is further reinforced, by the Read and Write Speeds
Performance:
System Load: 1.45 (1 min ago) 1.70 (5 min ago) 2.14 (15 min ago)
Nominal I/O usage: 0.18 MB/s
File system: 607.59 seconds (timed out)
Write speed: 3 MB/s
Read speed: 11 MB/s
The Write and Read Speeds seem to indicate what we fear most
The Internal Drive is Toast
You need to get an external drive or SSD TO INSTALL TO boot from asap.
also, delete all the .plists reported in the Clean up section of the report.
Tough to tell...
You can use Drive DX to possibly get a better view of Drive health…
Did you delete those .plists listed under Clean up & restart?
+1
Thank you 🦉
Long time, no see 😓
Hope I did not offend by posting a Congrats >> Lounge> Water Cooler ?
Please find attached- Took circa 45 mins to run
No, not offended, just not doing well.
Thank you so much for your help,
Does that mean the ssd part of the Fusion Drive is dying?
is the hard disk still ok?
apologies I am not very tech savvy
Thank you for the report
We will have an extra good look at it and get back to you
Thought so
Thank you and hope things get better 🤞
No not jet, just tried to run the reports (computer is working really slowly), trying to look at it before and after work.
iMac running slow and restarting
