AOL offers to speed up my mac mini
My mac mini is probably 6 years old and runs slowly. An offer to AOL recently appeared on my screen, offering to clean up/speed it upward. Has anyone tried this before? Do you think that it would be prudent to take them up on their offer? I don't know how else to speed up the mini.
No, do not take this offer, it's a scam.
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