Did macbook air mid 2009 running slow with mountain lion?

did macbook air mid 2009 running slow with mountain lion?

Yours is the first computer I've heard about on these forums that is attempting to run Mavericks with only 2GB of RAM.
Indeed that is acceptable per the Mavericks requirements:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5842
... but as you may know, Apple has not sold computers with as little as 2GB RAM for quite a while.
I suggest therefore you make sure you remove any applications that may be overtaxing your machine. Examples are browsers other than Safari, Mac cleaning products (such as Mac Keeper), or any other non-Apple app that has some startup process running (such as Outlook).

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Macbook air mid 2009 very slow

Hello,
I recently bought a Macbook Aid mid 2009 with 2 GB ram, 120GB Sata and 1.86GHZ Core2Duo.
I'm running on OS X 10.9.3 since I bought it.
The laptop is loading very slow many times and I noticed 'kerner_task' taking alot of CPU and RAM.
I'm wondering if my laptop is not good enough for OS X 10.9.3 (this is my first Mac).
Ia there anything I can do?
Thank you

Yours is the first computer I've heard about on these forums that is attempting to run Mavericks with only 2GB of RAM.
Indeed that is acceptable per the Mavericks requirements:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5842
... but as you may know, Apple has not sold computers with as little as 2GB RAM for quite a while.
I suggest therefore you make sure you remove any applications that may be overtaxing your machine. Examples are browsers other than Safari, Mac cleaning products (such as Mac Keeper), or any other non-Apple app that has some startup process running (such as Outlook).

Macbook pro mid 2009 running slow

okay so i have a macbook pro 15 inch from mid 2009. my hard drive recently crashed and i bought a new 750 gb hard drive and installed mountain lion software. got my computer running but now my computer is constantly acting slow and showing the beach ball a lot. i have barely used any memory on the new harddrive and i am wondering if there is anyway i can fix it or if my computer is running slow because it is older and mountain lion is simply to new for it. also i know that i need to replace my battery but i am not sure if that has anything to do with my computer running slow.

in my activity monitor, the high % CPU are going from google Chrome and Google Chrome Renderer both fluctuating between .7 to 3.7 %CPU.
all fluctuate
%User: 1.50 - 3.25
%System: .75 - 1.25
%Idle: 96 - 98
under system memory:
Page Outs:0 bytes
Swap Used:0 bytes
under Disk Activity:
Reads in/sec: 0
Write outs/sec: fluctuate from 0-10
9/19/12 1:13:16.000 PM kernel: en1: Supported channels 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 100 104 108 112 116 120 124 128 132 136 140 149 153 157 161 165
9/19/12 1:13:16.000 PM kernel: MacAuthEvent en1   Auth result for: 00:24:b2:da:9f:36 MAC AUTH succeeded
9/19/12 1:13:16.000 PM kernel: wlEvent: en1 en1 Link UP virtIf = 0
9/19/12 1:13:16.000 PM kernel: AirPort: Link Up on en1
9/19/12 1:13:16.000 PM kernel: en1: BSSID changed to 00:24:b2:da:9f:36
9/19/12 1:13:16.000 PM kernel: AirPort: RSN handshake complete on en1
9/19/12 1:13:16.899 PM loginwindow: **DMPROXY** Found `/System/Library/CoreServices/DMProxy'.
9/19/12 1:13:17.103 PM com.apple.launchctl.LoginWindow: com.apple.findmymacmessenger: Already loaded
9/19/12 1:13:17.181 PM com.apple.SecurityServer: Session 100004 created
9/19/12 1:13:17.184 PM loginwindow: Login Window Started Security Agent
9/19/12 1:13:17.289 PM SecurityAgent: Echo enabled
9/19/12 1:13:17.289 PM SecurityAgent: Echo enabled
9/19/12 1:13:17.311 PM airportd: _doAutoJoin: Already associated to “lions den”. Bailing on auto-join.
9/19/12 1:13:17.426 PM configd: network configuration changed.
9/19/12 1:13:17.455 PM UserEventAgent: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptivePublishState:1211 en1 - Probe
9/19/12 1:13:17.455 PM UserEventAgent: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CNSPreferences:60 Creating new preferences
9/19/12 1:13:17.456 PM UserEventAgent: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptiveStartDetect:2343 Bypassing probe on lions den because it is protected and not on the exception list
9/19/12 1:13:17.503 PM UserEventAgent: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptivePublishState:1211 en1 - Unknown
9/19/12 1:13:17.507 PM configd: network configuration changed.
9/19/12 1:13:17.775 PM WindowServer: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
9/19/12 1:13:18.312 PM com.apple.launchd: (com.apple.xprotectupdater[33]) Exited with code: 252
9/19/12 1:13:19.937 PM ntpd: proto: precision = 1.000 usec
9/19/12 1:13:24.948 PM SecurityAgent: User info context values set for frascoje
9/19/12 1:13:24.948 PM SecurityAgent: User info context values set for frascoje
9/19/12 1:13:25.576 PM SecurityAgent: Login Window login proceeding
9/19/12 1:13:25.576 PM SecurityAgent: Login Window login proceeding
9/19/12 1:13:26.068 PM loginwindow: Login Window - Returned from Security Agent
9/19/12 1:13:26.079 PM loginwindow: USER_PROCESS: 45 console
9/19/12 1:13:26.128 PM airportd: _doAutoJoin: Already associated to “lions den”. Bailing on auto-join.
9/19/12 1:13:26.377 PM com.apple.launchctl.Aqua: load: option requires an argument -- D
9/19/12 1:13:26.377 PM com.apple.launchctl.Aqua: usage: launchctl load [-wF] [-D <user|local|network|system|all>] paths...
9/19/12 1:13:26.886 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501: (com.apple.launchctl.Aqua[125]) Exited with code: 1
9/19/12 1:13:27.082 PM UserEventAgent: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CNSServerRegisterUserAgent:187 new user agent port: 23815
9/19/12 1:13:30.417 PM com.apple.dock.extra: Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
9/19/12 1:13:30.420 PM com.apple.dock.extra: 2012-09-19 13:13:30.404 com.apple.dock.extra[158:1707] Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
9/19/12 1:13:30.422 PM com.apple.dock.extra: Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
9/19/12 1:13:30.426 PM com.apple.dock.extra: Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
9/19/12 1:13:30.427 PM com.apple.dock.extra: Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
9/19/12 1:13:30.433 PM com.apple.dock.extra: 2012-09-19 13:13:30.419 com.apple.dock.extra[158:1707] Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
9/19/12 1:13:30.433 PM com.apple.dock.extra: 2012-09-19 13:13:30.425 com.apple.dock.extra[158:1707] Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
9/19/12 1:13:30.433 PM com.apple.dock.extra: 2012-09-19 13:13:30.426 com.apple.dock.extra[158:1707] Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
9/19/12 1:13:30.980 PM [0x0-0x6006].org.videolan.vlc: [0x10020a430] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
9/19/12 1:13:33.000 PM kernel: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page(0x1000): p=166[ksadmin] clearing CS_VALID
9/19/12 1:13:37.000 PM kernel: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page(0x1000): p=171[ksadmin] clearing CS_VALID
9/19/12 1:13:41.000 PM kernel: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page(0x1000): p=182[GoogleSoftwareUp] clearing CS_VALID
9/19/12 1:13:42.988 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.50SharedServices[183]) Exited with code: 1
9/19/12 1:13:46.345 PM com.apple.launchd: (com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication[101]) Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing
9/19/12 1:14:22.341 PM VLC: Media key event tap was disabled by timeout
9/19/12 1:15:01.443 PM mdworker32: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
9/19/12 1:15:03.165 PM VLC: Media key event tap was disabled by timeout
9/19/12 1:15:03.668 PM com.apple.SecurityServer: Session 100007 created
9/19/12 1:15:38.927 PM VLC: Media key event tap was disabled by timeout
9/19/12 1:15:45.848 PM VLC: Media key event tap was disabled by timeout
9/19/12 1:17:26.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero
9/19/12 1:25:51.227 PM VLC: Media key event tap was disabled by timeout
9/19/12 1:27:46.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero
9/19/12 1:27:47.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero
9/19/12 1:27:47.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero
9/19/12 1:27:48.875 PM Google Chrome: -deltaZ is deprecated for NSEventTypeMagnify. Please use -magnification.
9/19/12 1:28:14.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero
9/19/12 1:28:15.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero
9/19/12 1:28:28.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero
9/19/12 1:28:50.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero
9/19/12 1:28:56.194 PM [0x0-0x7007].com.google.Chrome: [253:-1408855360:960929356231:ERROR:webplugin_delegate_proxy.cc(325)] Couldn't send PluginMsg_CreateInstance
9/19/12 1:28:56.194 PM [0x0-0x7007].com.google.Chrome: [253:-1408855360:960929395137:ERROR:webplugin_impl.cc(269)] Couldn't initialize plug-in
9/19/12 1:29:20.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero
9/19/12 1:36:40.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero
9/19/12 1:40:13.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero
9/19/12 1:40:15.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero
9/19/12 1:44:46.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero
9/19/12 1:45:03.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero
9/19/12 1:48:35.218 PM Google Chrome Helper EH: HDDec_Thread_HWSliceDecoder_SampleID: CreateGPUInterface renderer 1040004
9/19/12 1:48:35.221 PM Google Chrome Helper EH: ava error: InitDriver call failed, call DeleteDriver ...
9/19/12 1:48:47.000 PM kernel: Limiting closed port RST response from 352 to 250 packets per second
9/19/12 1:51:46.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero
9/19/12 1:51:53.062 PM VLC: Media key event tap was disabled by timeout
9/19/12 1:51:55.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero
9/19/12 1:55:27.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero
9/19/12 2:24:40.000 PM kernel: MacAuthEvent en1   Auth result for: 00:24:b2:da:9f:36 MAC AUTH succeeded
9/19/12 2:24:40.000 PM kernel: wlEvent: en1 en1 Link UP virtIf = 0
9/19/12 2:24:40.000 PM kernel: AirPort: RSN handshake complete on en1
9/19/12 2:24:40.000 PM kernel: wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid 00:24:b2:da:9f:36
9/19/12 2:24:40.000 PM kernel: en1: BSSID changed to 00:24:b2:da:9f:36
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9/19/12 2:42:20.000 PM kernel: wlEvent: en1 en1 Link UP virtIf = 0
9/19/12 2:42:20.000 PM kernel: wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid 00:24:b2:da:9f:36
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9/19/12 2:42:20.000 PM kernel: AirPort: RSN handshake complete on en1
9/19/12 2:45:26.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero
9/19/12 2:45:52.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero
9/19/12 2:46:15.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero
9/19/12 2:51:07.198 PM com.apple.mdworker.isolation.0: syntax error, unexpected DICTSTART.
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9/19/12 2:51:07.202 PM com.apple.mdworker.isolation.0: syntax error, unexpected DICTSTART.
hopefully that works not exactly sure what i am looking for in the console.
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Why is my macbook pro running slow with mountain lion?

After installing Mountain Lion, I find navigating, opening programs, etc. is taking more time, why is this?

Immediately after installing Mountain Lion, your system will be rebuilding the Spotlight index. This should only take a couple of hours at most. If the problem persists you can run diagnostics. I just happen to have written a little diagnostic program recently. Download EtreCheck from http://www.etresoft.com/download/EtreCheck.zip, run it, and paste the results here.
Disclaimer: Although EtreCheck is free, there are other links on my site that could give me some form of compensation, financial or otherwise.

Mail running slow with Mountain Lion

It seems that the Mail application has slowed significantly since upgrading to Mountain Lion with frequent lags when attempting to swith email accounts. My iMac also is very slow to respond after being idle for a significant period. Are others experiencing these issues with the new OS?

Welcome to Apple Communities
http://www.reedcorner.net/understanding-upgrade-nightmares/ Open Activity Monitor and check the RAM and CPU usage

How to use old 2005 cinema display (20'') with MacBook Air (mid-2009)

My old 20'' cinema display (2005) has three ports coming out of its power box (single-port dvi, usb, firewire). Is it possible to use this display with my newer MacBook Air (mid-2009) ? If so, what kind of connector do I need? Thank you very much for your help.

To use my old Cinema display (2005) with my old PowerMac G5 (2005) I had to plug in all three ports (DVI, usb and firewire) into the desktop. Can I really use the display just with the DVI output plugged into my MacBook Air mini-Display Port ?

Hi everyone! On my MacBook Air Mid 2009 13" hinges are broken, and i don't have warinty on it anymore.!

Hi everyone! On my MacBook Air Mid 2009 13" hinges are broken, and i don't have warinty on it anymore.!
What should I do?
Thanks!

Still take it to an Apple store genius bar so you can get feedback on what it will cost for repair.
You can also see if you can find an Apple Authorized Service Provider and get a price from them, their work is accepted by Apple.
You can check iFixit.com and see if they have the hinge and price so you have another price for comparison.

My MacBook Pro mid 2010 was upgraded to mountain lion os x and then my wifi started saying no hardware installed

My MacBook Pro mid 2010 was upgraded to mountain lion os x and then my wifi started saying no hardware installed

Hello Harrisonhcue,
I would be concerned too if I was getting the message "no hardware installed" when trying to use Wi-Fi on my MacBook Pro. For a message like this, I recommend resetting your System Management Controller (SMC) and NVRAM.
Resetting the SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own
Note: Portable computers that have a battery you should not remove on your own include MacBook Pro (Early 2009) and later, all models of MacBook Air, and MacBook (Late 2009).
Shut down the computer.
Plug in the MagSafe power adapter to a power source, connecting it to the Mac if its not already connected.
On the built-in keyboard, press the (left side) Shift-Control-Option keys and the power button at the same time.
Release all the keys and the power button at the same time.
Press the power button to turn on the computer.
Note: The LED on the MagSafe power adapter may change states or temporarily turn off when you reset the SMC.
You can find the full article here:
Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964
Resetting NVRAM / PRAM
Shut down your Mac.
Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command (⌘), Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
Turn on the computer.
Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys before the gray screen appears.
Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
Release the keys.
You can find the full article here:
About NVRAM and PRAM
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.

Internet speed is slow with Mountain Lion 10.8.2

Internet speed is slow with Mountain Lion 10.8.2, but booting in separate drive running 10.6 is fine. Tried renewing DHCP, zapped the PRAM, ran disk utilities, and sudo chron. No change. I am running 2008 Mac Pro, 8 gig ram, AT&T DSL via ethernet. Getting 0.15Mbps instead of 3Mbps.

Did you try creating a new location and deleting the old one? Just renewing the DCHP on its own may not be enough. Follow all the instructions here, first:
http://osxdaily.com/2012/08/02/fix-os-x-mountain-lion-wireless-connection-proble ms/
If that doesn't work, have a look at my further instructions here:
http://applehelpwriter.wordpress.com/2012/08/07/problems-with-wifi-safari-and-mo untain-lion/
(ToU Disclaimer: links to my site contain other links which promote my services as a technical writer)

Time machine very slow with mountain lion

Time Machine backups seem very slow with Mountain Lion.

Same problem here. I just upgraded from Lion to Mountain Lion. I only got 19 GB of space, but Time Machine wants 10 hours, whereas in OSX Lion a full backup would take just under an hour, and incremental updates were lightning fast.
I even sat it up to do it overnight, but on 8 hours it was only half way through only 10 GB. I can't live with that in the future.
Im trying to backup on a SD card which seems to work very good in Lion. Im on a 2012 Macbook Air using a SSD.
My bite of the apple has been somewhat sour. I tried reformatting the SD card, well knowing that I would lose old backups. But still the backup is extremely slow. Now I can't install Lion or Mountain Lion from scratch without having to wait 10 hours for TM backup or installing tons of applications and settings again. Bummer. I'm never going to early adobt a OSX upgrade again.

I want to make a bootable usb drive for my macbook air,and my ystem is osx mountain lion 10.8.5. How can i download it again without repaying for it so i can make my bootable flashdrive? I'm pretty new at this computer stuff so i don't know how things

I want to make a bootable usb drive for my macbook air,and my system is osx mountain lion 10.8.5. How can i download it again without repaying for it so i can make my bootable flashdrive? I'm pretty new at this computer stuff so i don't know how things work.
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This is not difficult and you will not have to download from the app store.
your computer has what is called a recovery partition that came with it.
simply hold cmd+R while you boot up. let go a second after you hear the chime.
you will boot into the recovery partition.
Use disk utlity to format your usb drive and then exit Disk utlity and go to Reinstall Mountain Lion.
it will ask you which disk you want to install ML onto. Choose your new USB drive.
easy peasy

HT1338 i cannot run java with mountain lion

i cannot run java with mountain lion

@jnsmth
I see Barney-15E made suggestions regarding Chrome preferences. There's also a setting on the Mac to deal with this. Regarding the drop-down menus not seeming to scroll through (such as a list of states)--where when you place or click your cursor over the drop-down menu and it only opens to some of the options in a list, I found that you have to change the scroll bar behavior in your computer's (and not the browser's) General Preferences within your System Preferences.
Open System Preferences, and click on "General" inside the top row of "Personal Preferences" (as it is in my system with Mountain Lion, and I think prior operating systems before that).
Once inside General Preferences, select the radio button option for your scroll bar which you'd like to use in the "Show scroll bar:" section ("Automatically based on mouse or trackpad," "When scrolling," or "Always." If you're using a mouse and not a trackpad, you'd probably want to select "Always" as it takes swiping over the drop-down list on the trackpad to enable (make visible) the scroll bar and/or scroll the list.
Either with the installation of Mountain Lion, or the installation of my trackpad (I'm using a desktop iMac and not a Macbook / laptop) I found that the righthand scroll bars seem to automatically disappear. When I moused over or clicked on a drop-down menu (such as the list of states) I'd see only the first few options in the list. In order to access the rest of the states (get the list to scroll) you have to either have the scroll bar setting set to show "Always" or (if you have a trackpad) use the trackpad to swipe/scroll while hovering your cursor over the list's items to get it to scroll the list, and thus then show/reveal the lefthand scroll bar (which can then be accessed with your mouse if you prefer.
This confused me at first when my scroll bars seemed to disappear, but was an easy fix.
Hope that helps with that part of your issue.

Any settings that can be adjusted to make everything run faster with Mountain Lion

Hello,
Does anyone know of any settings or adjustments that can be tweeked to make my machine run faster with Mountain Lion?
Thanks, Jason

yes you can do it yourself - it's actually a simple upgrade - i use a ssd in my macbook and have the RAM maxed out to 16GB.
as for what brands should you consider, here are some good ones.
Sandisk Extreme - Currently the fastest one out there.
Kingston HyperX - Second fastest - this is what I have in my 13 Inch Late 2011.
Samsung 830 series - Fast and uses less battery power - this is what's installed in the Macbook Retina.
Crucial M4 - Also a fast SSD - I have the 512GB installed in my 15 inch Late 2011.
If you decide to install one of these ssd in your Macbook - let me know if you need a step by step on how to clone your drive.
Good luck..

If I buy Macbook Air online now, does it have Mountain Lion OS?

If I buy Macbook Air online now, does it have Mountain Lion OS? Or I still have to update by myself?
Thanks!

Macs come shipped with the newest OS. If ordering now, it will come with ML.

Issue when updating my 2,1 Macbook Air from 10.6.8 to Mountain Lion.

I am trying to update my 2,1 Macbook Air from 10.6.8 to Mountain Lion however when I go to install it, it says "This update requires OS X version 10.8.". I cant see a resolution anywhere and so was hoping you guys could help?

Yes, and that's good and correct.
Now:
LousyFool wrote:
If the installation of ML doesn't start automatically after the download, you'll find a file named "Install Mac OS X Mountain Lion.app" under Applications. That will get it going.

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