Why is my MacBook Air running so slow now?

I purchased my Air in October of last year (2013) so it's fairly new. I only use it for basics such as listen to movies, read articles, Youtube. On Saturday (5 days ago) my Mac froze up while I was listening to iTunes, so I held the power button down until it turned off. I let it rest for about 5 minutes then I tried to turn it back on, but nothing happened. No sound, no picture, nothing. I thought maybe the battery might be dead so I plugged it up & let it charge over night. The next day around noon or so I press the power button but nothing happened. I tried again the next day but nothing happened either. At this point I'm planning to head to the nearest Apple store to see what's wrong with my Mac. I tried to turn it on again on tuesday & to my surprise it came on. It took longer than usual to turn on but I was just happy it got that far. Two days later of using it to listen to music & browsing forums & I've easily noticed how much slower my computer is & now I can hear the inside of it louder than usual. It used to be super quick to do stuff on here & I couldn't even hear the inside of it & now it's the opposite. What could have caused or is causing this? I've never dropped it or spilled anything on it & I still have a lot of memory left on it. Any thoughts will help. Thanks

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".
3. Start up in Safe Mode.
      http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11212
If this does not help, contact Apple.
Best.

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- Reset SMC (multiple times.., no change)
- Reset PRAM (multiple times.., no change)
- Drained the battery completely (2 or 3 times, no change)
- Install Windows 7 on BootCamp in attempt to bypass the issue (CPU usage was 100% constantly in Windows also)
- Uninstalled FitBit software (no change..)
- Uninstalled other software I did not need (no change..)
- Attempt to boot into Safe Mode / Recovery Mode (even in this modes, the same thing is happening)
- Repaired Disk Permissions
- Backed up all personal data
- Used the built-in Internet Recovery mode to format my Macintosh HD and re-install a fresh copy of OS X (Mountain Lion). (no change…)
- Re-upgrade to Yosemite (no change..)
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Report generated 20 December 2014 3:38:49 PM AEST
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4 GB RAM
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Wireless: en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
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I'm hoping someone is able to provide some advice, guidance or help. The laptop is no longer covered by the 12 month Manufacturer Warranty, and I did not purchase an Apple Care plan as no Apple product I've owned before has experienced issues like this.
This whole experience is killing me! I'm suspecting hardware failure and I'm just so sad that this could happen to the laptop I've loved so much since I bought it!
The problem:
The kernel_task process is constantly running at 300% or higher cpu usage, with Activity Monitor indicating the processor is being maxed out by a system task. Also, the laptop's fan is constantly running at full capacity - from the moment the laptop turns on, or wakes up.
What I think the problem might be:
As a result of many, many Google searches, it appears that this behaviour may be due to the Macbook Air thinking it is overheating - and I will clarify here that it certainly is not. It is cool to touch, always, when this problem occurs. (yet the fan is almost taking off!). As a result of the MacBook Air thinking it's overheating, it not only is running the fan at a very high RPM (confirmed with iStat), but it also is intentionally choking the system with 'simple requests' in attempt to cool the computer down. Apparently this is a built-in feature of OS X. The kernel has priority over user tasks, causing all user tasks to be granted a lower priority, causing the computer to run INCREDIBLY SLOW. Even as I'm typing this, I'm about two sentences ahead of what is showing on the screen!
Steps I have taken:
- Read widely across the internet with every possible relevant search term I can think of
- Downloaded iStat to see if any of the temperatures are too high (they all seemed fine..)
- Disabled Bluetooth and Wifi. (no change)
- Reset SMC (multiple times.., no change)
- Reset PRAM (multiple times.., no change)
- Drained the battery completely (2 or 3 times, no change)
- Install Windows 7 on BootCamp in attempt to bypass the issue (CPU usage was 100% constantly in Windows also)
- Uninstalled FitBit software (no change..)
- Uninstalled other software I did not need (no change..)
- Attempt to boot into Safe Mode / Recovery Mode (even in this modes, the same thing is happening)
- Repaired Disk Permissions
- Backed up all personal data
- Used the built-in Internet Recovery mode to format my Macintosh HD and re-install a fresh copy of OS X (Mountain Lion). (no change…)
- Re-upgrade to Yosemite (no change..)
I've downloaded EtreCheck and here is the output:
Problem description:
OS X is running incredibly slow. kernel_task process is constantly using 300% and upward CPU usage.
EtreCheck version: 2.1.5 (108)
Report generated 20 December 2014 3:38:49 PM AEST
Click the [Support] links for help with non-Apple products.
Click the [Details] links for more information about that line.
Click the [Adware] links for help removing adware.
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2013) (Verified)
MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir6,1
1 1.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
Wireless: en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
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Color LCD 1366 x 768
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disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 120.47 GB (106.42 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
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Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
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Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.1
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.6.0 - SDK 10.8 Check version
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      16% storeagent
      15% Safari
      9% WindowServer
      9% repair_packages
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129 MB Safari
86 MB App Store
64 MB Finder
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1.76 GB Active RAM
140 MB Inactive RAM
623 MB Wired RAM
425 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
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I couldn't be happier.

Why is my MacBook Pro running so slow?

I have a MacBook Pro that I bought in September 2012, and it has been running absolutely fine until last week. I left it on for an hour while I went out, and when I came back it was suddenly running really slow (couldn't get rid of the spinning beach ball of death). I thought maybe it was because it needed updating, so I attempted to do this. However, it didn't do it properly. Not quite sure what happened but then it wouldn't even get past the startup screen. I know it's my own stupid fault that all this has happened, I kept ignoring the 'updates available' banner. Anyway, I googled what to do and got so impatient, I tried resetting the PRAM, verifying disk permissions, fsck, checked activity monitor etc. Nothing was wrong or out of the ordinary. I reinstalled OS X, took 24 hours but for some reason still wasn't working. So I tried it again, still didn't fix it and was stuck on the startup screen. Not quite sure what happened but then it eventually came on, although sadly somewhere along the way I had completely wiped my hard drive. Again, I was stupid for not backing up my data, and should have just left everything to the experts rather than being so impatient. After all of that, I've installed mavericks but it is still no better. It is just as slow as when it first started playing up, although at least it is actually functioning on some level now. I've accepted that I'm never getting my data back (unless anyone can tell me if there's a way?), but I'm baffled as to why it still isn't working properly, and I have lost everything for no reason. Please can someone help me as I am ready for throwing my laptop at someone or something.

chunk1234,
if your lost data is of considerable value to you, then you could try hiring a data recovery service, but their time is expensive. If you wish to go down that route, cleanly shut down your MacBook Pro, and don’t turn it on again until after the data recovery service has returned it to you — every time you do something on your hard drive, you make it more difficult for data recovery to succeed.
You might want to buy an external hard drive for use as a Time Machine backup destination, so that this situation doesn’t happen again — restoring from your last backup is far, far cheaper than hiring a data recovery service.
Regarding your current slowdown, have you tried resetting your MacBook Pro’s System Management Controller?

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My Macbook air is runnning too slow. I thought it was my internet service at home, but it is everywhere. Can someone help me clean out old or unneeded files? Thanks!

I wonder if there's some online activity going on (as it used to run OK) which is hogging CPU / memory?
If you open Activity Monitor and click on the "percentage" field it will order the processes so you can see which is taking up most.
You could try disconnecting from the internet to see if that makes a big improvement... if it does, maybe something wrong with a site you're visiting?

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Write off the MS stuff as indicators for now--starting with Office 2008, they developed very long launch times. The time to launch 2008 on my old 1.25Ghz G4 and my MBP 2.2G are virtually the same. Even document opens/saves are slow compared to Office 2004 and earlier.
1) You have adequate hard drive space so that eliminates one of the usual suspects.
2) Check for runaway background processes. Quit all running user applications so the computer is at normal idle. Find Activity Monitor in Applications > Utilities and launch it. If you've not run it before, change the "Show" pulldown at the top of the AM window from its default of "User Processes" to "All Processes." There is a column for "%CPU." Click that column header to sort by CPU usage. Watch the processes "bubble" for about a minute to get a better picture of the usage.
If any process is using more than about 25 percent of the CPU cycles while the computer is idling, post the names of the processes and we can see if they can be eliminated. My MBP shows nothing using more that about 5 percent on any given test run as long as I close all my user apps.
3) If you have never done any sort of maintenance procedures, taht can slow you down. Simply restarting the computer a few times a week clear a lot of temporary files. You also may wish to review this article on the Mac OSX periodic maintenance scripts, which, if run, also do a lot of cleanup:
http://thexlab.com/faqs/maintscripts.html
There are other useful articles on file maintenance associated with the one. Here's the index:
http://thexlab.com/faqs/faqs.html
Check out articles with "Maintain" and "Tuning" in the titles.
4) Use Disk Utility to check the SMART Status of your hard drive. A failing drive can make things slow before it makes things stop.

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Hello,
I am currently using Photoshop to batch a series of images.. Normally this would take less than 5 minutes for 100+ photos, however it has taken over two hours for just 40 photos.
The photos are still JPEG at a medium size. I don't understand why laptop is running so slow!!

First, back up all data immediately, as your boot drive may be failing.
Launch the usual set of applications you use 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.
☞ If you’re running OS X 10.7 or later, open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Activity Monitor in the page that opens.
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?
Step 2
You must be logged in as an administrator to carry out this step.
Launch the Console application in the same way as above. 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.
Post the 50 or so most recent messages in the log — the text, please, not a screenshot.
Important: Some personal information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Edit it out before posting.

New MacBook Air running really slow?!?!

Hello everyone,
Im new here and I hope I will find some help.
I got A new MacBook Air ( 1.4 GHz Intel Core i5 ) before xmas, on the 20th of Dec 2014... everything was ok, Im not moving it from its table...
Since I got it, I find it really SLOW when browsing the net... my old one was like 5 years old, with an almost dead battery and it was working like it was new.... and my Bf's MacBook Pro is 2 years old and its working more than fine!
Is it me being unlucky with it ??? Is it Yosemite??
Do I have to go to have it checked ?
Thanks in advance.
Oana

You have to take the computer to the Apple store to have it checked out.
Try resetting PRAM, SMC and staring up in SafeMode.
     Reset PRAM. http://support.apple.com/kb/PH18761
     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".
     Start up in Safe Mode. http://support.apple.com/kb/PH18760
Best.

Why is my macbook pro running so slow and so slow to reboot?

Hello,
I edit using Lightroom and Photoshop and I'm having an issue while editing. After editing around 8-10 photos in Photoshop the computer starts running unbelievably slow. After each 8-10 photos I have to close down everything and reboot. Even the reboot process is super slow as I have to force quit each application usually 1-2 times to get it to close. Is this normal? I have a 2011 17" with 2.2 GHZ i7 with 8GB ram. Is there any setting that I can change or be aware of.
Thanks,
Jack Fussell

If you have more than ten or so files or folders on your Desktop, move them, temporarily at least, somewhere else in your home folder.
If iCloud is enabled, disable it.
Disconnect all wired peripherals except keyboard, mouse, and monitor, if applicable. Launch the usual set of applications you use 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.
☞ If you’re running Mac OS X 10.7 or later, open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Activity Monitor in the page that opens.
Select the CPU tab.
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?
Step 2
You must be logged in as an administrator to carry out this step. Launch the Console application in the same way as above, and select “system.log” from the file list. Post the 50 or so most recent messages in the log — the text, please, not a screenshot.
Important: Some personal information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Edit it out before posting.
Step 3
Same as step 2, but select "kernel.log" from the file list.

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