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Message: [QUOTE="Gonzalez49, post: 1543933, member: 20341"] Dear Honestone, I have now got rid of the virtual machine running Windows 10, and Parallels. And I have downloaded Office 365 for Mac so that I can continue to use Word, Excel, etc. I cannot believe how much faster my MacBook Pro is! Once the machine has fully started up, I no longer get the dreaded coloured pizza turning, Firefox, Mail, etc open straightaway. And even my heavier applications (Lightroom, Kinsky) start up without delay. I no longer have the fan running hard. Why on earth did I not do this months ago? The only problem that remains is that start-up is slow, and OnyX still finds that I need to repair the startup disk. I have done everything you say using the Recovery HD partition (I have become expert in getting that up!), but First Aid can find nothing to repair. Now that the computer seems to be running efficiently once started up, I may wait until the New Year and take the machine in to our local Mac service firm and ask them to look at it. They are very good and have helped me in the past. I am confident that they will give me a correct analysis and will not just be trying to sell me a new internal disk - or a new MacBook. Again, thanks for your help which has been really useful, and have a Merry Christmas! Don't spend too much time in front of the screen! Gonzalez49 [/QUOTE]