This was the problem: the computer took ages to start, the hard disk churned endlessly and everything slowed to a snail's pace. Seems to have been caused largely by Dropbox. Such a great idea: a virtual folder in the 'cloud' into which you can drop files and access them anywhere.
That's the theory. Only it takes over.
If it finds it can't update itself for some obscure reason, it too just churns on and on forever. It doesn't even give up and tell you it's failed.
And it doesn't quite behave like it should. Despite the name, you can't just drop files onto its icon. You have to open its window first. And unlike other disks and 'volumes', it doesn't create a copy of the files you drag into it, it moves them, so that they are no longer present at their original location.
These are bad features.
Maybe the great idea is not so great after all.
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