One possibility is that you had an app or OS process that misbehaved, creating a lot of caches on disk, these then got loaded on app/process startup, causing a lot of memory use, resulting in a lot of VM swapping. My ~/Library/Cache folder is only 5GB which seems much more sane, though this obviously depends on the apps one uses. Press the Windows key and R to open the Run dialog box, enter wsreset.exe, then select OK. You also seem to have had an excessive amount of caches, which probably was caused by some misbehaving app. My best guess is that some cache got corrupted and cause macOS (or some app) to misbehave. During this process, the Mac mini has restarted, so I’m guessing a fresh. I’m currently migrating all old files all back to the fresh OS drive. Also wiped the OS drive for a fresh install. ![]() So far, I’ve backed up all files to an external hard drive using time machine. Well written apps usually run these kind of activities in the background, on another app thread, to avoid blocking the user from doing other stuff. Having same issue, high Sierra 10.13.6 on a mid 2011 Mac mini. But it could also be that the app is waiting for some other reason, perhaps for data from the network. ![]() The most common cause for this is a lot of Virtual Memory swapping (High Memory Pressure in Activity Monitor). Method 4- Delete App and System Cache Using Onyx. The spinning wheel of death appears if the current app hasn't responded to user input for 2+ seconds. Method 3- Completely Uninstall Apps with Data Using AppCleaner. ![]() The amount of cache shouldn't really affect your performance.
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