Macbook Pro is slow/laggy and makes a weird noise

Hello members,
I have a Mid-2010 Macbook Pro running Mountain Lion with all the latest updates. Everything was fine until 3 days back, when it started acting up. Moving the cursor was extremely laggy, and starting up any application takes forever. I also noticed a weird noise, more like a phone pulse dial, coming from the front. It repeats itself every 3 seconds, so I first thought it must be the HDD failing. But I have run all sorts of hardware tests but every test seems to infer that the HDD is working fine. Is it possible that the HDD is failing even though it doesn't show up on any test? The Apple store nearest to me is more than a 3 hour drive away, so it's almost impossible to go there in person. Can anyone please help? Thanks in advance.

I suggest you start with these user tip articles:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3353
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3521
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Macbook Pro is slow & laggy - EtreCheck Done

Hello Everyone,
I have serious performance issue with my MBP (late 2011). I attempted most common steps on this community and it doesn't solve the problem. The boot-up takes about 2-3 minute alone, when you move the cursor across the dock there is a delay of a few seconds for them pop out. All actions performed are taking incredibly long. In past 2 years, i never had a problem like this.
The system works fine in SafeMode, as if nothing is wrong. There is graphic performance issue (dock movement not smooth) in SafeMode but i think that's fine since its SafeMode. No other problem as such. Below are EtreCheck; i never installed any anti-virus or mackeeper or any such malware. I did install ccleaner but never really used it. I have Adobe Photoshop CS6, which i rarely use but my profession demands i keep it. I am facing this issue since yesterday, so initially i thought that i may need to upgrade my RAM. So i upgraded from 2 x 2 GB to 2 x 4 GB RAM. I now have 8 GB of Memory and unfortunately, the issue isn't resolved. Since it works well in Safe Mode, i think some application is trying to cause this issue. I used Activity Monitor to terminate any such application however, no such application is responsible for such CPU consumption yet the current stats are:
System: 86.25%
User: 6.55%
Idle: 5.60%
Already tried:
Restarting Macbook Multiple times
SMC Reset
NVRAM Reset
Removing unnecessary application which i no longer use
Removing non required Internet Plugins
Verifying hard disk to see if it needs any repair. All OK here. Read and Write speed 64mb/s and 54mb/s respectively
Removing start-up files from User group
Fan noise is audible and Battery Performance is affected.
Below are screenshot and latest EtreCheck:
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
8 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 512 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software:
OS X 10.9.4 (13E28) - Uptime: 0 days 0:8:4
Disk Information:
ST9500325ASG disk0 : (500.11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Hard Drive (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (426.2 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5970H
USB Information:
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Configuration files:
/etc/hosts - Count: 65
Gatekeeper:
Anywhere
Startup Items:
HWNetMgr: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWNetMgr
HWPortDetect: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWPortDetect
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support
[loaded] com.tunnelbear.mac.tbeard.plist Support
Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
[failed] com.nero.HSMMonitor.plist Support
User Login Items:
Dropbox
Internet Plug-ins:
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 14.0.0.145 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Flash Player: Version: 14.0.0.145 - SDK 10.6 Support
EPPEX Plugin: Version: 10.0 Support
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 Support
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support
Safari Extensions:
Searchme: Version: 1.3
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
User Internet Plug-ins:
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 Support
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player Support
Time Machine:
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
     14% mds
     10% Found
      7% mds_stores
      6% WindowServer
      4% FileIsFound
Top Processes by Memory:
106 MB Dropbox
66 MB Found
66 MB Dock
57 MB mds_stores
57 MB CalendarAgent
Virtual Memory Information:
4.91 GB Free RAM
1.60 GB Active RAM
311 MB Inactive RAM
1.19 GB Wired RAM
182 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
Please also note that SOMETIMES everything goes back to normal for a few minutes. The System usage decrease to 3-7% and no Fan Noise is audible however, after a few minutes it goes back to this. Average System Process is 85%
Application installed on this system are:
1Password
Adobe Bridge CS6
Adobe Extension Manager CS6
Adobe Photoshop CS6
Airmail
Android File Transfer
Caffine
CCleaner (never used really)
Chromecast
Dropbox
Evernote
Found
Google Chrome
Google Drive
Numbers
Octagon
TextWrangler
Tunnel Bear
Twitter
uTorrent
VLC
Note: I have recently updated OS X to 10.9.4 - Installed on Jul 28, 2014. Prior to install, i never had such problem.
I am following this thread and will be able to comment instantly. I really want to thank all the contributors in advance. Please help me

[failed] com.nero.HSMMonitor.plist Support
Update or un-install using the developer’s instructions to make sure you remove all parts of the application. Some people recommend not installing an application unless you know how to remove it.

Macbook pro won't turn, and make loud noises

When I was watching a video on my 15inch macbook pro, the screen suddenly turned black and made the click sound that is usually only present in forced shut down.
I then press the power button once, and nothing happened except for another "click" sound as I pressed the power button.
I tried pressing the power button again, and again, the same thing just kept on happening.
Then I pressed the power button down and held it for 5-10 seconds and heard multiple click sounds. After that, my macbook pro successfully turned on.
However, the noise (supposedly from the cooling fans?) kept getting louder and louder. My macbook pro now functions rather normally, but the noise would never go away, which worries me a lot.
Also, I turned it off and tried turning it on again. The same thing happened. I could not turn it on by pressing it once; all i heard was the click sounds. I could only turn it on by holding the power button for more than 5 seconds (also hearing the click sounds multiple times and the loud noise)
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1509

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I have a relatively new Macbook Pro Model A1398 Mid 2014 and the built in camera is very slow and lags. For example, if I wave my hand over the camera, I could see the slow movement of my hand and even after I finish waving, on the screen, I would still be mid-wave. Basically, it 's just really delayed and slow.
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I got this computer in September 2010 new from apple. Macbook Pro 15", 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5. memory: 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 build: 10J869 version 10.6.7
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A slow computer can be caused by a multitude of issues. The first thing I'd try is to check in Activity Monitor (Application - Utilities - Activity Monitor) and run it while you are doing your normal computing, what I'd recommend looking for are 2 things:
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2. Next click the System Memory tab towards the bottom and see how much FREE RAM you have during normal computing. If it's 500MB or below then your system is starved for RAM.
Report back what you find and then we can test some other items.
Roger

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It sounds as if your heads are bumping up against the platters. You shouldn't be hearing it and it may be an indication of drive failure. If you haven't already done so, get an external hard drive and make backups of your hard drive using Time Machine or your backup method of choice. Then take it into your local Apple Store and have them run diagnostics. Don't attempt to use Disk Utility or any other utility to repair it.
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Hi There I hope someone can help!!!
I had disconnected the power cable and left the MacBook in sleep mode with the lid shut. When I now go to open my MacBook up, and wait for my system to resume from where I left off the screen doesn't on and the sleep light goes off. when I close the lid the sleep light goes back on as if it is in sleep mode but the same happens when I open it again, no power to the screen.
I order to try get my MacBook working again I tried holding down the power button and switching it back on again but the MacBook now looks as if it is going to power up but the sleep light comes on for about 3 secs and then beeps, then every 4-5 secs constantly the MacBook beeps once in time with the sleep light (to note the sleep light is not following its usual fade on fade off rhythm).
I have tried resetting the SMC using the shift command control option and power button (also this is the only way to stop the beeping and flashing) and when you try and switch on the MacBook if you just press the power button it just follows the same beep with sleep light routine, but if you hold the power button in then the sleep light then flashes quickly about 4-6 times and then starts to beep in time with the flash again.
I will also add I have not reconfigured anything or added any RAM to my MacBook it is still on the standard (manufacturing) configuration as I have been looking about for anyone with similar issues and the main question back seems to be have you changed the RAM, I have also tried resetting teh RAM and the proble still persists.
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Hardware Information: ?
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information: ?
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
DELL E177FP 1280 x 1024 @ 60 Hz
System Software: ?
OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 4 days 13:16:54
Disk Information: ?
Hitachi HTS545032B9A302 disk0 : (320.07 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
disk0s2 (disk0s2) <not mounted>: 319.21 GB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8
USB Information: ?
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information: ?
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ?
Mac App Store and identified developers
Problem System Launch Daemons: ?
[failed] com.apple.ctkd.plist
[failed] com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced.plist
[failed] com.apple.nehelper.plist
[failed] com.apple.security.syspolicy.plist
[failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist
[failed] com.apple.xpc.smd.plist
Problem System Launch Agents: ?
[failed] com.apple.CallHistoryPluginHelper.plist
[failed] com.apple.cmfsyncagent.plist
[failed] com.apple.gamed.plist
[failed] com.apple.scopedbookmarkagent.xpc.plist
[failed] com.apple.telephonyutilities.callservicesd.plist
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[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
[running] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist Support
Launch Agents: ?
[failed] com.divx.dms.agent.plist Support
[loaded] com.divx.update.agent.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ?
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
User Login Items: ?
CheatSheet
Garmin Express Service
Dropbox
iTunesHelper
AdobeResourceSynchronizer
Google Chrome
Internet Plug-ins: ?
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
DivX Web Player: Version: 3.2.3.1164 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 25 Check version
Audio Plug-ins: ?
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 4.3.0 - SDK 10.10
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.10
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 300.22 - SDK 10.10
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.10
iTunes Plug-ins: ?
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.5 - SDK 10.10
User Internet Plug-ins ?
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.105 Support
3rd Party Preference Panes: ?
Flash Player Support
Java Support
Time Machine: ?
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ?
      3% WindowServer
      2% AppleIDAuthAgent
      1% com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64
      1% Dropbox
      0% Google Chrome
Top Processes by Memory: ?
123 MB Google Chrome
116 MB Google Chrome Helper
74 MB java
57 MB Safari
53 MB Finder
Virtual Memory Information: ?
50 MB Free RAM
1.12 GB Active RAM
1.09 GB Inactive RAM
1.03 GB Wired RAM
27.89 GB Page-ins
1.59 GB Page-outs

Hey VladimirGP,
Thanks for the question. I understand that you are experiencing performance issues with your MacBook Pro. The following resource may provide a solution:
OS X Mavericks: If your Mac runs slowly
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13895
Thanks,
Matt M.

MacBook Pro 2011 get hot and noise all the time and slowly ?

hi. why MacBook Pro get too hot and make a noise all the time i have Yosemite ,mac late 2011 and became very slow?

Games are very CPU/GPU intensive applications and will heat up the MBP. That will result in the fans increasing speed in order to dissipate the heat. This actually is an expected result and for the type of application, is 'normal'.
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