Multiple Issues with my Macbook Pro

Jan 2011- Received my Macbook Pro 15 inch (late 2011 version)
Feb 2011- Overheating issue, laptop started running very slowly without any applications open
Feb 2011- Sent it to Apple US, test was run, no issue found by Apple, they re-installed the OS, piece returned back, seemed to be running normally
Early 2012- Major battery issue, battery would suddenly drop down from 90% to 25% in 5 minutes with hardly any applications open
From late 2012 to present- When the laptop is put to sleep (with screen closed) and is opened after half an hour or longer, the mouse cursor remains stuck on the screen after waking it up. The only way to continue using the laptop is to restart it so that the mouse starts moving again. Every time the laptop is woken up after sleep mode, the speed of all running applications comes down noticeably.
Mid 2013- Replaced the Battery for Rs. 8000/- After using it just for two years
Late 2013- Laptop fan runs at a high speed even though there are no applications open on the system, suspected Temperature sensor issue, Activity monitor shows a particular kernel that is taking up a huge amount of CPU load.
I have only faced issues with my macbook pro and it still doesn't end,Is there any way I can ask for an out of warranty replacement or atleast if there is a permanent solution at an affordable cost? Apple as a brand has set a benchmark , it is only fitting that as loyal apple customers we expect products to exceed expectations in terms of performance and longeivity and not pose as a problem at every turn.There isn't any sense in going on spending on a laptop that costs a bomb already!!!

While you were on the warranty or if you still have it, you should check out the Apple Store. When you had noticed these problems earlier, you should have immediatly reacted upon them, rather than waiting.

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Having multiple issues with my MacBook Pro

I have a MacBook Pro that I purchases new January 2013. I upgraded from Mountain to Maverick about 2 months ago, with no problems.
About 3 days ago it started acting up. It started with my not being able to open Safari, although a few hours later I could, but then the next day and since I have not been able to again. I am unable to open several other programs, such as any adobe (illustrator, photoshop, InDesign, etc.). My anti-virus program is responding (I use Web Root). The speed has drastically reduced, as well... very sluggish, which I suppose is not surprising.
I, also, am not able to restart or shutdown properly. Last night I forced a shutdown because absolutely nothing was opening. Today, I was atleast able to open Finder and other basics, such as Reminder. However, I just went to see what other's I may be able to open and now just Finder will. I cannot give specs because boxes will not stay open. They just open for about half a second.
I apologize if I am all over the place. Any help will be greatly appreciated, thanks!
PS. I believe the reason the few things that would open before are only flashing for half a second is because it is still trying to shutdown. When I tried to force a shutdown, it said that it is already shutting down, which it's been doing for about an hour now.

Unfortunately, I think that the fact that you mentioned the presence of anti-virus software has dragged this discussion a bit off course. As you say that WebRoot has been installed for a year, while the problem just started recently (and not right after upgrading to Mavericks), I don't believe that the anti-virus software has anything to do with it.
As for what the problem might be, my best guess for something with such a sudden and unexplainable onset is a dying hard drive. Do you have backups of your data? If not, that could become a very serious problem. First priority needs to be figuring out a way to back up your data.
Once your data is backed up, check the hard drive's SMART status:
If it checks out fine (ie, says "Verified"), try repairing the hard drive with Disk Utility.

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I had beachballing and the wifi will not turn on. HELP

Unfortunately, I think that the fact that you mentioned the presence of anti-virus software has dragged this discussion a bit off course. As you say that WebRoot has been installed for a year, while the problem just started recently (and not right after upgrading to Mavericks), I don't believe that the anti-virus software has anything to do with it.
As for what the problem might be, my best guess for something with such a sudden and unexplainable onset is a dying hard drive. Do you have backups of your data? If not, that could become a very serious problem. First priority needs to be figuring out a way to back up your data.
Once your data is backed up, check the hard drive's SMART status:
If it checks out fine (ie, says "Verified"), try repairing the hard drive with Disk Utility.

Has anyone else been having hard drive issues with 13" MacBook Pro barely a year old?

Has anyone else been having hard drive issues with 13" MacBook Pro barely a year old?

Yes, BUT...
... there are many problems that are really easy to eliminate by replacing the Hard drive, including ones that have nothing to do with actual Drive Hardware failure. These include corrupted install of Mac OS X, its EFI partition, clobbered partition tables, or the appearance of Bad Blocks in a critical area.
Any of these problems can sometimes be eliminated by re-initializing the entire drive and writing Zeroes, and re-installing from scratch. The trouble is, this process takes hours to complete, and is not guaranteed to be successful -- you may still need a new drive after all that effort.
I learned from my Plumber that consumers have no appetite for solutions that might work, and detest return visits for any related problems whatsoever. You or your friend may have had your drive replaced, not because it actually failed, but because the situation was troublesome, and the provider thought you would not tolerate anything less than a crisp, complete fix on the first attempt. And based on the cost of technician time, it may have even been cheaper that way.

Hey guys ive got issues with my macbook pro that i bought not a year ago, and for the last week its just randomly restarting especially when im watching a video or using finalcut pro x can someone help me?

hey guys ive got issues with my macbook pro that i bought not a year ago, and for the last week its just randomly restarting especially when im watching a video or using finalcut pro x can someone help me?

What do you mean "Leave them my laptop again"? do you mean you have had it worked on before? for the same problem or a different one?
You need to take it in to Apple ASAP. No matter how long they have it, you want it fixed and fixed correctly.
top_cheese_1 wrote:
i bought it june 2012.. still on the warranty. i just didnt wanted to leave them my laptop again, but ok if you think thats what i should do..

Having trouble with kernal_task, fan, overheating, and lag issues with my Macbook Pro. What should I do?

I've had this problem with my Macbook Pro for the past few months. I am starting to become increasing dissatisfied with this product since it's less than even a year old and going through so many problems. I've taken at least 10 trips to the Apple Genius Bar in the past year.
I've had issues with
1) erratic trackpad
2) wifi connection timeouts
3) kernal_task taking up 300% of my CPU, my fan become crazy and just having my laptop lag to the point where I can't even use it.
I sent in my laptop for repairs last week again and they replaced my logic board and some other things. I recieved my laptop back yesterday, but I'm finding the same exact problem is happening again this morning. I still have warranty and set up another appointment for a few days... but the amount of trips I've taken is really starting to irritate me and my problem still isn't solved. What should I do? Is there another way to solve this or should I just keep going back to Genius Bar...
I regret buying this laptop. =\ It was so expensive but yet has so many problems. I've never had to deal with anything this cumbersome with my past few laptops.

If you've taken it back for the same problems over and over again, I suggest that you start asking for a replacement. Ensure that you've backed everything up to an ext HD and removed your personal data and information. IIRC, repeating problems warrant a replacement.

Having issues with 13" MacBook Pro. Running very slow and blank screen and sleep mode.

Bought my MBPro summer 2009. About a month / 6 weeks ago it began to run extremely slow at points. Now it is running poorly and getting very slow on a daily basis, to the point where it will not open applications, documents or even web pages for in excess of 5 minutes. I'm beginning to lose patience!
Also at the exact same time of these performance issues occuring, my MacBook Pro will not awaken from sleep mode when the lid is closed. Showing a blank dark screen and having to hard reset in order to boot up my system again and get it running.
What is the best solution in order to resolve these issues?
Your help is greatly appreciated.

Did you run Disk Utility>First Aid? If so what were the results? This is a copy of mine, note that the bottom line says: The partition map appears to be OK:
Ciao.

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So recently my screen has doing and I can't seem to understand why.

Do you have a problem with the Macbook Pro display itself? Well from the screenshot, there isn't anything wrong with it.

Multiple issues on '09 MacBook Pro- battery, DVD drive, slowness, browsers

I have a mid '09 MacBook Pro 2.53GHZ, 4GB RAM, running OS 10.5.8.
Recently, it's begun exhibiting random bad behavior, starting with slow behavior in Finder processes and, especially, very slow behavior and crashing in multiple apps, especially browsers (or maybe i just notice it there more because i use them the most). Then, all of a sudden the battery, which previously was fine and held a good charge, showed as Not Charging. I still have Applecare and called them, and they had me reset the power manager, which restored the battery to charging, but now it runs out quickly and often has strange readings, such as saying it has 6 minutes of charge when it also reads as 99% charged. The readings often have nothing to do with the actual state of the battery.
It's also suddently running a lot hotter and the fan is turning on more often, tho some of that may be that i now have both Google Chrome and Safari running at all times (i switch between them depending on which isn't hanging at any given time- both will crash with crashes of basic plug-ins, or simple non-responding, even tho Chrome is a newly installed app)
In case of system corruption, i decided it was a good time to upgrade to OS 10.6, which i simply hadn't gotten around to (a 10.6 disk came bundled along with with the original 10.5 disks with the Macbook when i bought it in late '09, probably an upgrade, it was right when they were switching over)... but i discovered that now DVDs won't mount either... so i can't install, reinstall, or even run diagnostics.
In disk utility booted from the internal drive, hard drive "verifies" fine and permissions are fine.
I've got a genius bar appointment the next time i go to city with the nearest Apple store- 120 miles away-
but any suggestions or ideas meanwhile?
the hardware issues- DVD drive, power, battery- make me wonder about the logic board's health.
Or could this still all be from OS or hard drive corruption?
And can i boot the Macbook from its Time Machine backup, which is on a firewire external drive, in order to run diagnostics? Not familiar with what Time Machine can and can't do. Otherwise, maybe i can borrow another mac to install OS from DVD to an open partition that's on the firewire hard drive and try to boot/run diagnostics from that (?). If i do that, should i do it with OS 10.5 (what it shipped with, and is currently running) or is it ok to do it with OS 10.6?
I'm also going to try to run in alternate user account to see if the browser etc crashes are as bad (i did try it briefly and found it still slow, tho not so badly).

Have you tried a SMC reset? Do a google search for more info.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964

Performance issues with unibody Macbook Pro 2009 purchased in October 2009

I have a 3.0Ghz Macbook Pro 15" which came installed with Snow Leopard.
I specified the machine with a 7200rpm 500GB drive although I had heard there were issues with these drives. I have installed Office 2008, CS/3, firefox, chronosync and fusion 3.0.
Since I have had the machine it has got slower and slower. Which surprises me given the configuration and the fact that I have 8GB of RAM. It should be quick.
I notice that it has become even slower since downloading a 'performance update' via software update which I installed when software update told me it was available yesterday, October 28th.
Has anyone else experienced the same problem? I also notice that these machines run very hot. I have read a lot of discussion which says that using Vista under fusion can make the machine run very hot. I have tried quitting fusion to see if the performance is any better and the machine still runs very hot and the performance is still awful.
To say that I am disappointed in such an expensive machine not performing properly is an understatement. I have a MacPro which apart from a graphics card replaced under warranty has never misbehaved itself.
I am not sure what all this 'Apple fanboy' nonsense is about - as far as I can see Apple with the notebook line seem to be releasing products which purport to be very advanced but in reading through the forums there seem to be nothing but problems with them.

Yeah, I was kinda worried since it is new. I thought maybe I could somehow adjust the brightness on the screen to make the bottom and corners brighter. And perhaps it was a software issue that was causing the keyboard to malfunction. And definitely have no clue about the headphone jack noises. And the bent display. Hmmm. I guess I will call AppleCare.

What appears to be a battery or charging issue with my MacBook Pro

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I'm sure I need one anyway so I'll likely do that regardless... I'm wondering if anyone can confirm that the light on the mag adapter wouldn't be lit up if it's a battery issue so I can rule that out though

Anyone having issues with their MacBook Pro Retina losing network connections?

I have been having a problem in which my internet connection, which will be working normally prior to closing the Mac, will not reconnect after it's woken up. I have to go so far as to reset my Time Machine AND Macbook to restore the connection. I noticed the most recent update for Mountain Lion also included some mention of a specific patch for Macbook Pro Retina's. Does anyone know of a documented issue?

Some recent updates from Apple might affect your problem, but I can't be sure. How long have you been having the problem?
I have to go so far as to reset my Time Machine AND Macbook to restore the connection.
Don't confuse "Time Capsule", an Apple Wi-Fi base station, with "Time Machine", backup software included with OS X since version 10.5. Your problem involves the former, not the latter.

Wifi, power and cooling issues with my MacBook Pro.

I've had my MacBook Pro for about 2 years and I've been really pleased with its performance from work I've thrown at it. I initially got this MacBook Pro refurbished from the Mac store and it has a Apple Care protection plan. Although this past year I've noticed several issues that are probably hardware related. First, my MacBook's WiFi does not receive WiFi signals from the great distances it used to anymore. The times I can pick up WiFi are within like 5 yards from my wireless router. Second, I'm having an issue with the power. This past week, it seems my Macbook Pro does not run off the battery anymore. It only powers on when connected into the power supply. If I unplug the power supply, my Macbook turns off. It does not revert to the battery which is strange. Third, cooling seems to be a problem. The Macbook Pro is getting very hot. It burns my lap when it is holding there. The cooling problem has lasted since I got my Macbook back in January of 2007. I thought it was normal since I would load the CPU with some graphics intensive games. Now the Macbook Pro gets hot to doing some less CPU intensive tasks like surfing the web or word processing. I have noticed, a decrease in performance, longer boot times, loading of web browsers, and word processing applications. Would this be the best time to consider taking my Macbook Pro and for repair with apple care? I'd like to trouble shoot these issues to know exactly why these problems are happening. I have a feeling it could be due to the Macbook Pro getting hot. As for cooling I go by the manual and place it on a table or hard surface, or my lap. I pretty much want to know what is wrog and how to prevent issues like this in the future.
Thanks.

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
It sounds like you have several issues:
I don't know why your MBP can only receive wireless signals from 5 feet away. Unless possibly the antenna has worked loose. But I'm just guessing.
Regarding the power, is your battery still good? Have you tried resetting the SMC?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1411?viewlocale=en_US
Regarding the heat issue, have you tried running the extended version of the Apple Hardware Test? If you check your fans with iStatPro, are both running at an appropriate speed for the heat?
Also, have you checked in Activity Monitor for any out of control processes which might be running in the background and hogging the CPU?
A good place to start would be with the AHT. Since you have Applecare, you should also have a Tech Tool Deluxe disc, and you can run that too. Should anything turn up in the form of an error code, that would indicate a hardware problem. Write down the code and call Apple to arrange for repair.
If you have access to an Apple Store, you could also just take your Mac in for evaluation.
Good luck!

Solved issues with my Macbook Pro freezing

My Macbook Pro would freeze from time to time. I could move the mouse and I could hit return with success but couldn't click the mouse at all. I would have to manually power down and restart to solve the issue. I tried all sorts of things to solve this. Thought it was iTunes, Outlook, videos. But there was nothing consistent.
It just happened again and of couse I was crazily clicking anything when I realized I could "right click" and see drop downs. I just couldn't use the mouse to make a selection. I could possibly arrow over and hit return but could not click. It made me wonder if it was my mouse or trackpad. (Be easy on me. I'm not a Mac expert by a long shot.)
During my crazy random right-clicking, I hovered over the bluetooth connections and noticed my mouse which made me think. I never had a problem while at home (aka no mouse) AND at work my wireless mouse was always there - a constant. So I removed the batteries and voila, my clicking issues were solved.
I am adding this to the forum in case there are others like myself searching for solutions. It's just one more thing to try before you lose it.

Just tried that and it didn't help. I actually was having so many issues with Safari that I downloaded Firefox. It ran a bit better but I still have issues with sluggishness...
I'm actually using Firefox right now.

Serious issues with my Macbook pro

I have a Macbook pro 15" late 2011. I've just upgrading to Mountail Lion, but since I've did the upgrade every 10 or 15 minutes my site and others sites like ebay or godaddy losses the conection.
I tried to make a ping from the Terminal and tells me something like this "cannot resolve siasproject.com: Unknown host".
I know that the pages are working fine because I can access with my iPhone or even a PC.
I use Google Chrome, Safari, Firefox, even Opera, but apparently the issue is in the OS.
The only way to navigate without any problem is with Tor,
Please, someone help me with my problem.

Hi s,
This might be a question to ask in the Mt. Lion forums: https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os/os_x_mountain_lion

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