Mac book pro getting slower and slower

My 3 tear old mac book pro is getting slower, and slower and slower?

How large is your HD and how much space do you have left?
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User Tip:  Why is my computer slow?
What to do when your computer is too slow
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    MY config....please help me out
    its heating too much

    The temperatures that you iStat pro shows are not out of line for video and games.  When internal temperature start approaching and exceeding 100c, then there becomes cause for concern.  Never the less, run an Apple Hardware test:
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1509
    (you may have to press OPTION D keys to start it)
    Regarding the slow boot time, start with these two user tip articles:
    https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3521
    https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3353
    Ciao.

  • Mac book pro has become very slow. How to analyze this and resolve this?

    My mac book pro has become very slow. How to analyze and resolve this?

    First, back up all data immediately, as your boot drive might be failing.
    There are a few other possible causes of generalized slow performance that you can rule out easily.
    Reset the System Management Controller.
    If you have many image or video files on the Desktop with preview icons, move them to another folder.
    If applicable, uncheck all boxes in the iCloud preference pane.
    Disconnect all non-essential wired peripherals and remove aftermarket expansion cards, if any.
    Check your keychains in Keychain Access for excessively duplicated items.
    Boot into Recovery mode, launch Disk Utility, and run Repair Disk.
    If you're booting from an aftermarket SSD, see whether there's a firmware update for it.
    Otherwise, take the steps below when you notice the problem.
    Step 1
    Launch the Activity Monitor application in any of the following ways:
    ☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
    ☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
    ☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Activity Monitor in the icon grid.
    Select the CPU tab of the Activity Monitor window.
    Select All Processes from the menu in the toolbar, if not already selected.
    Click the heading of the % CPU column in the process table to sort the entries by CPU usage. You may have to click it twice to get the highest value at the top. What is it, and what is the process? Also post the values for % User, % System, and % Idle at the bottom of the window.
    Select the System Memory tab. What values are shown in the bottom part of the window for Page outs and Swap used?
    Next, select the Disk Activity tab. Post the approximate values shown for Reads in/sec and Writes out/sec (not Reads in and Writes out.)
    Step 2
    If you have more than one user account, you must be logged in as an administrator to carry out this step.
    Launch the Console application in the same way you launched Activity Monitor. Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. If you don't see that menu, select
    View ▹ Show Log List
    from the menu bar.
    Select the 50 or so most recent entries in the log. Copy them to the Clipboard (command-C). Paste into a reply to this message (command-V). You're looking for entries at the end of the log, not at the beginning.
    When posting a log extract, be selective. Don't post more than is requested.
    Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
    Important: Some personal information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting. That should be easy to do if your extract is not too long.

  • After install OS X Mavericks, my Mac book pro turn on and navigate in the web slow

    Hi, please help me with this problem:
    after i installed OS X Mavericks in my Mac book pro is turn on slow and the access to the web pages is slow too. Besides the updated to the iMovie does`nt work (not install, appear a window: error unknow to install.
    please help me. Tks.
    Jose

    Hi ..
    The startup disk may need repairing ...
    Launch Disk Utility located in HD > Applications > Utillities
    Select the startup disk on the left then select the First Aid tab.
    Click:  Verify Disk  (not Verify Disk Permissions)
    If DU reports errors, restart your Mac while holding down the Command + R keys. From there you should be able to acces the built in utilities in  OS X Recovery
    Make sure to back up all important files first before using OS X Recovery.
    Make sure there's enough free storage space ...
    Control click the MacintoshHD icon on your desktop or open the Finder, control click startup disk icon then click Get Info.
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  • Mac book pro is running very slow and won't connect to the Internet

    Mac book pro is running very slow and won't connect to the Internet. Please help I'm rubbish with computers!

    Mac book pro is running very slow and won't connect to the Internet. Please help I'm rubbish with computers!

  • HT1338 My Mac book Pro is running very slow and the rainbow ball is appearing all the time. Any suggestions for clean up??

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    As well as what a brody asked :
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    - do you Restart fairly regularly, e.g. at least once a week, to clear out any swap or temporary files?
    - do  you need to do maintenance, e.g. clearing out caches and unused logs, etc?

  • Mac book pro is running very slow what can i do to speed it up?

    mac book pro is running very slow what can i do to speed it up?

    Things You Can Do To Resolve Slow Downs
    If your computer seems to be running slower here are some things you can do:
    Start with visits to:     OS X Maintenance - MacAttorney;
                                      The X Lab: The X-FAQs;
                                      The Safe Mac » Mac Performance Guide;
                                      The Safe Mac » The myth of the dirty Mac;
                                      Mac maintenance Quick Assist.
    Boot into Safe Mode then repair your hard drive and permissions:
    Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions Pre-Lion
    Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list.  In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive.  If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer.
    Repair the Hard Drive - Lion/Mountain Lion/Mavericks
    Boot to the Recovery HD:
    Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the Utilites Menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD disk icon and click on the arrow button below.
    When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list.  In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive.  If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported, then click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the main menu. Select Restart from the Apple menu.
    Restart your computer normally and see if this has helped any. Next do some maintenance:
    For situations Disk Utility cannot handle the best third-party utility is Disk Warrior;  DW only fixes problems with the disk directory, but most disk problems are caused by directory corruption; Disk Warrior 4.x is now Intel Mac compatible.
    Note: Alsoft ships DW on a bootable DVD that will startup Macs running Snow Leopard or earlier. It cannot start Macs that came with Lion or later pre-installed, however, DW will work on those models.
    Suggestions for OS X Maintenance
    OS X performs certain maintenance functions that are scheduled to occur on a daily, weekly, or monthly period. The maintenance scripts run in the early AM only if the computer is turned on 24/7 (no sleep.) If this isn't the case, then an excellent solution is to download and install a shareware utility such as Macaroni, JAW PseudoAnacron, or Anacron that will automate the maintenance activity regardless of whether the computer is turned off or asleep.  Dependence upon third-party utilities to run the periodic maintenance scripts was significantly reduced since Tiger.  These utilities have limited or no functionality with Snow Leopard or later and should not be installed.
    OS X automatically defragments files less than 20 MBs in size, so unless you have a disk full of very large files there's little need for defragmenting the hard drive.
    Helpful Links Regarding Malware Protection
    An excellent link to read is Tom Reed's Mac Malware Guide.
    Also, visit The XLab FAQs and read Detecting and avoiding malware and spyware.
    See these Apple articles:
              Mac OS X Snow Leopard and malware detection
              OS X Lion- Protect your Mac from malware
              OS X Mountain Lion- Protect your Mac from malware
              About file quarantine in OS X
    If you require anti-virus protection I recommend using VirusBarrier Express 1.1.6 or Dr.Web Light both from the App Store. They're both free, and since they're from the App Store, they won't destabilize the system. (Thank you to Thomas Reed for these recommendations.)
    Troubleshooting Applications
    I recommend downloading a utility such as TinkerTool System, OnyX, Mavericks Cache Cleaner, or Cocktail that you can use for removing old log files and archives, clearing caches, etc. Corrupted cache, log, or temporary files can cause application or OS X crashes as well as kernel panics.
    If you have Snow Leopard or Leopard, then for similar repairs install the freeware utility Applejack.  If you cannot start up in OS X, you may be able to start in single-user mode from which you can run Applejack to do a whole set of repair and maintenance routines from the command line.  Note that AppleJack 1.5 is required for Leopard. AppleJack 1.6 is compatible with Snow Leopard. Applejack does not work with Lion and later.
    Basic Backup
    For some people Time Machine will be more than adequate. Time Machine is part of OS X. There are two components:
    1. A Time Machine preferences panel as part of System Preferences;
    2. A Time Machine application located in the Applications folder. It is
        used to manage backups and to restore backups. Time Machine
        requires a backup drive that is at least twice the capacity of the
        drive being backed up.
    Alternatively, get an external drive at least equal in size to the internal hard drive and make (and maintain) a bootable clone/backup. You can make a bootable clone using the Restore option of Disk Utility. You can also make and maintain clones with good backup software. My personal recommendations are (order is not significant):
      1. Carbon Copy Cloner
      2. Get Backup
      3. Deja Vu
      4. SuperDuper!
      5. Synk Pro
      6. Tri-Backup
    Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on backup and restore.  Also read How to Back Up and Restore Your Files. For help with using Time Machine visit Pondini's Time Machine FAQ for help with all things Time Machine.
    Referenced software can be found at MacUpdate.
    Additional Hints
    Be sure you have an adequate amount of RAM installed for the number of applications you run concurrently. Be sure you leave a minimum of 10% of the hard drive's capacity as free space.
    Add more RAM. If your computer has less than 2 GBs of RAM and you are using OS X Leopard or later, then you can do with more RAM. Snow Leopard and Lion work much better with 4 GBs of RAM than their system minimums. The more concurrent applications you tend to use the more RAM you should have.
    Always maintain at least 15 GBs or 10% of your hard drive's capacity as free space, whichever is greater. OS X is frequently accessing your hard drive, so providing adequate free space will keep things from slowing down.
    Check for applications that may be hogging the CPU:
    Pre-Mavericks
    Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder.  Select All Processes from the Processes dropdown menu.  Click twice on the CPU% column header to display in descending order.  If you find a process using a large amount of CPU time (>=70,) then select the process and click on the Quit icon in the toolbar.  Click on the Force Quit button to kill the process.  See if that helps.  Be sure to note the name of the runaway process so you can track down the cause of the problem.
    Mavericks and later
    Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder.  Select All Processes from the View menu.  Click on the CPU tab in the toolbar. Click twice on the CPU% column header to display in descending order.  If you find a process using a large amount of CPU time (>=70,) then select the process and click on the Quit icon in the toolbar.  Click on the Force Quit button to kill the process.  See if that helps.  Be sure to note the name of the runaway process so you can track down the cause of the problem.
    Often this problem occurs because of a corrupted cache or preferences file or an attempt to write to a corrupted log file.

  • Mac book pro is running very slow.  is there a way to do a disc cleanup?

    mac book pro is running very slow.  is there a way to do a disc cleanup?

    First, back up all data immediately, as your boot drive might be failing.
    Step 1
    This diagnostic procedure will query the system log for messages that may indicate a hardware fault. It changes nothing, and therefore will not, in itself, solve your problem.
    If you have more than one user account, these instructions must be carried out as an administrator. I've tested them only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, they may not work as described.
    Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
    syslog -k Sender kernel -k Message CReq 'Channel t|GPU D|I/O|n Cause: -' | tail | open -ef
    Copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C).
    Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
    ☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
    ☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
    ☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
    Paste into the Terminal window (command-V).
    The command may take a noticeable amount of time to run. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign (“$”) to appear.
    A TextEdit window will open with the output of the command. Normally the command will produce no output, and the window will be empty. If the TextEdit window (not the Terminal window) has anything in it, stop here and post it — the text, please, not a screenshot. The title of the TextEdit window doesn't matter, and you don't need to post that.
    Step 2
    There are a few other possible causes of generalized slow performance that you can rule out easily.
    Reset the System Management Controller.
    If you have many image or video files on the Desktop with preview icons, move them to another folder.
    If applicable, uncheck all boxes in the iCloud preference pane.
    Disconnect all non-essential wired peripherals and remove aftermarket expansion cards, if any.
    Check your keychains in Keychain Access for excessively duplicated items.
    Boot into Recovery mode, launch Disk Utility, and run Repair Disk.
    If you're booting from an aftermarket SSD, see whether there's a firmware update for it.
    If you have a MacBook Pro with dual graphics, disable automatic graphics switching in the Energy Saverpreference pane for better performance at the cost of shorter battery life.
    Step 3
    When you notice the problem, launch the Activity Monitor application in any of the following ways:
    ☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
    ☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
    ☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Activity Monitor in the icon grid.
    Select the CPU tab of the Activity Monitor window.
    Select All Processes from the menu in the toolbar, if not already selected.
    Click the heading of the % CPU column in the process table to sort the entries by CPU usage. You may have to click it twice to get the highest value at the top. What is it, and what is the process? Also post the values for % User, % System, and % Idle at the bottom of the window.
    Select the System Memory tab. What values are shown in the bottom part of the window for Page outs and Swap used?
    Next, select the Disk Activity tab. Post the approximate values shown for Reads in/sec and Writes out/sec (not Reads in and Writes out.)
    Step 4
    If you have more than one user account, you must be logged in as an administrator to carry out this step.
    Launch the Console application in the same way you launched Activity Monitor. Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. If you don't see that menu, select
    View ▹ Show Log List
    from the menu bar.
    Select the 50 or so most recent entries in the log. Copy them to the Clipboard (command-C). Paste into a reply to this message (command-V). You're looking for entries at the end of the log, not at the beginning.
    When posting a log extract, be selective. Don't post more than is requested.
    Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
    Important: Some personal information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting. That should be easy to do if your extract is not too long.

  • My mac book pro is running really slow what should I do?

    My mac book pro is running really slow what should I do?

    Things You Can Do To Resolve Slow Downs
    If your computer seems to be running slower here are some things you can do:
    Start with visits to:     OS X Maintenance - MacAttorney;
                                      The X Lab: The X-FAQs;
                                      The Safe Mac » Mac Performance Guide;
                                      The Safe Mac » The myth of the dirty Mac;
                                      Mac maintenance Quick Assist.
    Boot into Safe Mode then repair your hard drive and permissions:
    Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions Pre-Lion
    Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list.  In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive.  If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer.
    Repair the Hard Drive - Lion/Mountain Lion/Mavericks
    Boot to the Recovery HD:
    Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the Utilites Menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD disk icon and click on the arrow button below.
    When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list.  In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive.  If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported, then click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the main menu. Select Restart from the Apple menu.
    Restart your computer normally and see if this has helped any. Next do some maintenance:
    For situations Disk Utility cannot handle the best third-party utility is Disk Warrior;  DW only fixes problems with the disk directory, but most disk problems are caused by directory corruption; Disk Warrior 4.x is now Intel Mac compatible.
    Note: Alsoft ships DW on a bootable DVD that will startup Macs running Snow Leopard or earlier. It cannot start Macs that came with Lion or later pre-installed, however, DW will work on those models.
    Suggestions for OS X Maintenance
    OS X performs certain maintenance functions that are scheduled to occur on a daily, weekly, or monthly period. The maintenance scripts run in the early AM only if the computer is turned on 24/7 (no sleep.) If this isn't the case, then an excellent solution is to download and install a shareware utility such as Macaroni, JAW PseudoAnacron, or Anacron that will automate the maintenance activity regardless of whether the computer is turned off or asleep.  Dependence upon third-party utilities to run the periodic maintenance scripts was significantly reduced since Tiger.  These utilities have limited or no functionality with Snow Leopard or later and should not be installed.
    OS X automatically defragments files less than 20 MBs in size, so unless you have a disk full of very large files there's little need for defragmenting the hard drive.
    Helpful Links Regarding Malware Protection
    An excellent link to read is Tom Reed's Mac Malware Guide.
    Also, visit The XLab FAQs and read Detecting and avoiding malware and spyware.
    See these Apple articles:
              Mac OS X Snow Leopard and malware detection
              OS X Lion- Protect your Mac from malware
              OS X Mountain Lion- Protect your Mac from malware
              About file quarantine in OS X
    If you require anti-virus protection I recommend using VirusBarrier Express 1.1.6 or Dr.Web Light both from the App Store. They're both free, and since they're from the App Store, they won't destabilize the system. (Thank you to Thomas Reed for these recommendations.)
    Troubleshooting Applications
    I recommend downloading a utility such as TinkerTool System, OnyX, Mavericks Cache Cleaner, or Cocktail that you can use for removing old log files and archives, clearing caches, etc. Corrupted cache, log, or temporary files can cause application or OS X crashes as well as kernel panics.
    If you have Snow Leopard or Leopard, then for similar repairs install the freeware utility Applejack.  If you cannot start up in OS X, you may be able to start in single-user mode from which you can run Applejack to do a whole set of repair and maintenance routines from the command line.  Note that AppleJack 1.5 is required for Leopard. AppleJack 1.6 is compatible with Snow Leopard. Applejack does not work with Lion and later.
    Basic Backup
    For some people Time Machine will be more than adequate. Time Machine is part of OS X. There are two components:
    1. A Time Machine preferences panel as part of System Preferences;
    2. A Time Machine application located in the Applications folder. It is
        used to manage backups and to restore backups. Time Machine
        requires a backup drive that is at least twice the capacity of the
        drive being backed up.
    Alternatively, get an external drive at least equal in size to the internal hard drive and make (and maintain) a bootable clone/backup. You can make a bootable clone using the Restore option of Disk Utility. You can also make and maintain clones with good backup software. My personal recommendations are (order is not significant):
      1. Carbon Copy Cloner
      2. Get Backup
      3. Deja Vu
      4. SuperDuper!
      5. Synk Pro
      6. Tri-Backup
    Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on backup and restore.  Also read How to Back Up and Restore Your Files. For help with using Time Machine visit Pondini's Time Machine FAQ for help with all things Time Machine.
    Referenced software can be found at MacUpdate.
    Additional Hints
    Be sure you have an adequate amount of RAM installed for the number of applications you run concurrently. Be sure you leave a minimum of 10% of the hard drive's capacity as free space.
    Add more RAM. If your computer has less than 2 GBs of RAM and you are using OS X Leopard or later, then you can do with more RAM. Snow Leopard and Lion work much better with 4 GBs of RAM than their system minimums. The more concurrent applications you tend to use the more RAM you should have.
    Always maintain at least 15 GBs or 10% of your hard drive's capacity as free space, whichever is greater. OS X is frequently accessing your hard drive, so providing adequate free space will keep things from slowing down.
    Check for applications that may be hogging the CPU:
    Pre-Mavericks
    Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder.  Select All Processes from the Processes dropdown menu.  Click twice on the CPU% column header to display in descending order.  If you find a process using a large amount of CPU time (>=70,) then select the process and click on the Quit icon in the toolbar.  Click on the Force Quit button to kill the process.  See if that helps.  Be sure to note the name of the runaway process so you can track down the cause of the problem.
    Mavericks and later
    Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder.  Select All Processes from the View menu.  Click on the CPU tab in the toolbar. Click twice on the CPU% column header to display in descending order.  If you find a process using a large amount of CPU time (>=70,) then select the process and click on the Quit icon in the toolbar.  Click on the Force Quit button to kill the process.  See if that helps.  Be sure to note the name of the runaway process so you can track down the cause of the problem.
    Often this problem occurs because of a corrupted cache or preferences file or an attempt to write to a corrupted log file.

  • Why is my mac book pro mid 2010 so slow? How do I restore it to the speed it was when I first purchased it?

    Why is my mac book pro mid 2010 so slow? How do I restore it to the speed it was when I first purchased it?

    To repair any hardware damage would require opening the phone up.
    Software, put the handset into DFU mode and try that, it's a basic operating system on the phone that does nothing other than process the firmware upgrade request

  • Good Evening, I bought a Mac Book Pro in Miami and with Apple Care that was recorded in the Apple Store - Lincoln Road. Now I can not get access to Apple Care here in Brazil. Someone tell me what happens? Please help me solve this problem.

    Good Evening, I bought a Mac Book Pro in Miami and = with Apple Care thatwas recorded in the Apple Store - Lincoln Road. Now I can not get access toApple Care here in Brazil. Someone tell me what happens? Please help mesolve this problem.

    Call Apple Care

  • My Mac Book Pro is suddenly very slow.  Suggestions?

    My Mac Book Pro is suddenly very slow.  Suggestions?

    Hi p,
    Try any of the following which you have not yet done:
    Make sure you have at least 15% free space available on your HD.
    Check SMART status on HD.
    Repair Permissions.
    Repair Disk.
    SMC Reset.
    Safe Boot.
    Check Page outs in Activity Monitor.

  • When my Mac Book Pro is asleep and I lift the lid it sometimes goes dark.  I have to press the F2 key to get the screen again.  Is this a problem?

    When my Mac Book Pro is asleep and I lift the cover the screen goes dark and I have to press the F2 key to get it back.  What do I need to do to prevent this?

    Try this, may help.
    1. Reset PRAM.  http://support.apple.com/kb/PH4405
    2. Reset SMC.     http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
        Choose the method for:
        "Resetting SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own".
    If this does not help, contact Apple.
    Best.

  • I upgrade my MAC BOOK PRO EARLY 2011 and it crash upon login

    Hi,
    I have installed Mavericks os x 10.9.3 to my mac book pro early 2011 and afte that it crash every time I log in.
    I tried many things such as:
    1. I check teh disk health by command +R and it showes green status means it is OK
    2. I tries to safe boot and it worked and I am able to log in and stay in to it ..infact writing this in safe mode ..
    3. I tried moving many of teh thried pary software in trash such as plex, vuze, u torrent etc..and also erazed trash box
    4. I also hide log in items or just mius most od those except TmLogin Mgr that does not allow to minus...I hope you understood this what I did ..simple system pref --> user and group and the login itms are removed
    STILL same issue it crash ever time I log in normally..
    one more point my key board was little damaged may be I say nmber SIX key does not work after little milk spill on this but after that it was unning just fine since last 3 month
    At the end I would like to put this report content ..sorry I know this is not good to put all this crap but it hard to understand if it hide some important infor that help you to suggest me the solution..
    I saw your nice responseall around on the form and I am kind of sure that you will be able to help me with this ..
    Also please tell me how to get back up in sfae mode I connected my external drive but it didnt show up in finder and I tried using time machine but I was nt even able to figure out what to do in that..may be I bi scare of doing trial and error ...
    Thanks. AJ
    Anonymous UUID:       AA3350D8-85AB-5CB5-2E3C-DD7073590DBD
    Thu May 22 22:38:01 2014
    panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff80294526ff): "a freed zone element has been modified: expected 0xdeadbeefdeadbeef but found 0, bits changed 0xdeadbeefdeadbeef, at offset 8 of 128 in zone: kalloc.128"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2422.100.13/osfmk/kern/zalloc.c:461
    Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address
    0xffffff80c2c4b1e0 : 0xffffff8029422fa9
    0xffffff80c2c4b260 : 0xffffff80294526ff
    0xffffff80c2c4b2c0 : 0xffffff8029451df9
    0xffffff80c2c4b3c0 : 0xffffff802942aa6f
    0xffffff80c2c4b3f0 : 0xffffff80297d3b84
    0xffffff80c2c4b430 : 0xffffff802978cc6e
    0xffffff80c2c4b4e0 : 0xffffff802978c8cc
    0xffffff80c2c4b560 : 0xffffff80296000c0
    0xffffff80c2c4b5d0 : 0xffffff80295f5a55
    0xffffff80c2c4b6c0 : 0xffffff80295fc756
    0xffffff80c2c4b710 : 0xffffff80295fc25e
    0xffffff80c2c4b790 : 0xffffff80295df064
    0xffffff80c2c4bb10 : 0xffffff80297b5c2c
    0xffffff80c2c4bb70 : 0xffffff80295dfe4b
    0xffffff80c2c4bbc0 : 0xffffff80295f56d0
    0xffffff80c2c4bc00 : 0xffffff80295f149a
    0xffffff80c2c4bd80 : 0xffffff80295e96dc
    0xffffff80c2c4bf50 : 0xffffff8029840653
    0xffffff80c2c4bfb0 : 0xffffff80294f3c56
    BSD process name corresponding to current thread: com.apple.intern
    Mac OS version:
    13D65
    Kernel version:
    Darwin Kernel Version 13.2.0: Thu Apr 17 23:03:13 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2422.100.13~1/RELEASE_X86_64
    Kernel UUID: ADD73AE6-88B0-32FB-A8BB-4F7C8BE4092E
    Kernel slide:     0x0000000029200000
    Kernel text base: 0xffffff8029400000
    System model name: MacBookPro8,1 (Mac-94245B3640C91C81)
    System uptime in nanoseconds: 93393964240
    last loaded kext at 39308701672: com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC          1.60 (addr 0xffffff7fab1e5000, size 28672)
    loaded kexts:
    com.trendmicro.kext.KERedirect          1.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC          1.60
    com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor          1.9.5d0
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver          2.6.1f2
    com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver          1.0.2d2
    com.apple.driver.AGPM          100.14.15
    com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver          124
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDA          2.6.1f2
    com.apple.filesystems.autofs          3.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager          4.2.4f1
    com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl          3.5.26
    com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient          3.5.13
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU          2.0.4d1
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothUSBDFU          4.2.4f1
    com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport          4.2.4f1
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC          1.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver          2.6.1f2
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD3000Graphics          8.2.4
    com.apple.driver.AppleLPC          1.7.0
    com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin          1.0.0
    com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor          3.0.4d1
    com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet          1.0.0d1
    com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess          1
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelMCEReporter          104
    com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltIP          1.1.2
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelSNBGraphicsFB          8.2.4
    com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl          3.5.26
    com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight          170.3.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl          1.1.12
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons          240.2
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyEventDriver          240.2
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard          240.2
    com.apple.driver.AppleIRController          325.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver          3.0.1
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless          1.0.0d1
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1
    com.apple.BootCache          35
    com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient          3.6.6
    com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          404
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          2.5.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          666.4.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleSDXC          1.5.2
    com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331          700.20.22
    com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet          3.8.1b2
    com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI          5.0.2
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          660.4.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI          656.4.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          3.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.8
    com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager          161.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          2.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          2.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          2.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          2.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient          217.92.1
    com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          153
    com.apple.security.quarantine          3
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement          217.92.1
    com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl          3.5.26
    com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib          2.6.1f2
    com.apple.vecLib.kext          1.0.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily          1.9.7fc2
    com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib          1.14
    com.apple.kext.triggers          1.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily          10.0.7
    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP          2.2.6
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport          4.2.4f1
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController          2.6.1f2
    com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily          2.6.1f2
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI          1.0.12d1
    com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy          1.0.0
    com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily          5.7.0d11
    com.apple.iokit.IOSurface          91.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily          4.2.4f1
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMC          3.1.8
    com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltEDMSink          2.1.3
    com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPOutAdapter          3.1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl          3.5.26
    com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert          1.0.4
    com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport          2.4.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController          1.0.11d1
    com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily          2.4.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPInAdapter          3.1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPAdapterFamily          3.1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIDownAdapter          1.4.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch          240.9
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub          650.4.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver          660.4.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite          656.4.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice          3.6.6
    com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily          1.7
    com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily          1.7.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily          1.7.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI          2.6.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily          3.6.6
    com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltNHI          2.0.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOThunderboltFamily          3.2.7
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient          660.4.2
    com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family          630.35
    com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController          1.0.3b4
    com.apple.driver.mDNSOffloadUserClient          1.0.1b5
    com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily          3.2
    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily          4.5.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily          677.4.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily          2.6.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          2.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime          2.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily          2.0.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily          1.1
    com.apple.security.sandbox          278.11
    com.apple.kext.AppleMatch          1.0.0d1
    com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet          7
    com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore          2
    com.apple.driver.DiskImages          371.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily          1.9
    com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily          23
    com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore          28.30
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform          2.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily          2.9
    com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily          1.4
    com.apple.kec.corecrypto          1.0
    com.apple.kec.pthread          1
    Model: MacBookPro8,1, BootROM MBP81.0047.B27, 2 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.3 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.68f99
    Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000, Intel HD Graphics 3000, Built-In, 384 MB
    Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54333235533642465238432D48392020
    Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54333235533642465238432D48392020
    AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0xD6), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.22)
    Bluetooth: Version 4.2.4f1 13674, 3 services, 23 devices, 0 incoming serial ports
    Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1
    Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HTS545032B9A302, 320.07 GB
    Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8
    USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
    USB Device: Hub
    USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub
    USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
    USB Device: Hub
    USB Device: IR Receiver
    Thunderbolt Bus: MacBook Pro, Apple Inc., 22.1

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