Activity Monitor issue

I have been using Activity Monitor more lately to stop Norton anti-virus automatic scan from scanning my Ipod because it takes too long to check it and usually ends up freezing when doing it. But just recently Activity Monitor has just stopped working, I click on the application and it bounces a few times in the dock and does not start up. How can I fix this issue?

just to sort out the easiest possible cause: have you verified that it not just the acitvity window that has gone missing? If that would be the case you would see Activity Monitor in the Menubar and could choose Window -> Activity Monitor or press  1 to get the windows back.
If that is not the case, is there a relevant (crash) log entry in the console?

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Activity Monitor issues

Hello all,
I am brand new to Mac. I bought my Macbook Pro about a month before Snow Leopard, and applied for the disc. I installed it (fresh copy) and ever since, my Activity Monitor will not run at all. When I click it, it opens, I see everything on the window, except the applications that are currently running. I then get the "colorful pin-wheel" and I have to force close it to do anything.
Any ideas?

System files, because of their permissions, are copied easiest (and safest) in Terminal.app, but you
can copy them when logged in as root (after activating (enabling) the root account). I do not
recommend operating as root user though, as one false move can obliterate your installation.
While it is possible to enable the root account, it is safer and potentially easier to use the sudo
command to gain root access to the system.
http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/699/mac-os-x-gain-rootsuperuser-access-using-sudo /
http://www.westwind.com/reference/OS-X/commandline/files-folders.html
http://homepage.mac.com/rgriff/files/TerminalBasics.pdf
http://macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/10/22/macforunix.html
The easiest way would have been to (in your husband's comp.) drag the
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.activitymonitord.plist to his
/users/shared folder.
Hook up his computer to yours on the Lan and drag the file from his shared folder
to your Desktop.
Open Terminal.app and run the following command (at the prompt):
sudo cp ~/Desktop/com.apple.activitymonitord.plist /System/Library/LaunchDaemons
(press enter, enter admin password, press enter again)
drag com.apple.activitymonitord.plist from desktop to trash after everything is working.
run permission repair, just to be sure (although the copy (cp) command will usually
copy a file and set the proper permissions accordingly).
done
Kj ♘

Active Monitor issues with WhatsUp Gold

Has anyone here written an active script for WhatsUp Gold to monitor that your SQL Service is actually running?
I've been working on customizing a script, which was publicly available from IPSwitch, to do so for my organization, but regardless of whether my server is actually up or down, it's returning an "UP" status.
My script is below:
On Error Resume Next
'Sending log message to the WhatsUp Event Viewer
Context.LogMessage "Checking Address=" & Context.GetProperty("Address")
'Set the result code of the check (0=Success, 1=Error)
Context.SetResult 0, "No error"
strQuery = "select count( *) as count from nowhere"
'Create connection and recordset objects
Set objConn = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
Set objRS = CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
'In my actual script it has the real server name, databasename, username and password
'Create the connection string based on the device credentials
objConn.ConnectionString = "Driver={SQL Server};Server=MyServerName;Database=MyDBName;uid=MyUserName;pwd=MyPassword;"
'Open and connect to the database
objConn.Open
'Perform the query and move to the first recordset entry
'in my actual script, this has my real tablename too
'this table always has values in it, so it should always return a count of at least 1 row
objRS.Open "select count( *) as count from tablename", objConn, 3, 3
objRS.MoveFirst
' If there are no records, then no value was returned; therefore an alert should be set off
IF IsNull(objRS) Then
Context.SetResult 1, "SQL Down"
'otherwise, if there IS a result set, the server is up, and it will notify the alert that SQL UP
ELSE
Context.SetResult 0, "SQL Up"
END IF
'Tidy up the objects
objRS.Close
objConn.Close

MD,
Is this still an issue?
Thank you!
Ed Price, Power BI & SQL Server Customer Program Manager (Blog,
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Mountain Lion 10.8.3: Dock shows 100%+ CPU in Activity Monitor

I upgraded my 'early 2008' MBP from 10.8.2 to 10.8.3 last week. Memory use seems to have increased with no real change in application usage — .CPU utilization seems similar, too. I have been watching Activity Monitor + vm_stat to see if I could identify any issues. I just noticed that the Dock process shows 100% CPU utilization in the detail section — even though the Activity Monitor summary stats show plenty of idle CPU cycles available. Swap activity is minimal — this all makes me question the validity and/or accuracy of the detailed stats shown in Activity Monitor. Any input or comment from the community?
TIA...
P.S. Activity Monitor screen shots are below. And no, I'm not running Parallels as per prior discussion https://discussions.apple.com/message/15596756#15596756 from 2011.

My $HOME/Library/Preferences folder contained only two com.apple.dock.* files:
com.apple.doc.plist w/current date timestamp
com.apple.doc.plist.KBPCAn with two-month old date timestamp
Detailed examination of the com.apple.doc.plist parameters seemed to be correct with nothing abnormal.
The killall Dock command suggested by Kappy seemed to address the 100%+ CPU at first, but then it returned.
Three consecutive full system shutdown/restart cycles seems to have eliminated Activity Monitor showing the Dock process running @ 100%+ CPU after 24+ hours of operation. No changes were made to the content of com.apple.dock.plist. My best guess at this point is that my system's Dock process may have had a memory leak-type issue that is neither traceable or reproduceable at this point.
The Activity Monitor issue variance (Dock process detail @ 100%+ CPU despite the summary record showing idle CPU cycles available) isn't explained. It seems to me that the sum of the detailed Activity Monitor records should match the summary pie chart information presented.
Thanks to Kappy for the input and suggestion. Further comment/discussion WRT the Activity Monitor issue is most welcome...

I've installed CS6 and web Premium on a Mac running 10.9.5, and Dreamweaver,Flash and Illustrator wont launch. All other components work normally. In Activity monitor it says Adobe switchboard failed to respond. Can anyone help solve this issue?

I've installed CS6 and web Premium on a Mac running 10.9.5, and Dreamweaver,Flash and Illustrator wont launch. All other components work normally. In Activity monitor it says Adobe switchboard failed to respond. Can anyone help solve this issue?

Release: 4/25/2012
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Issue with warehouse activity monitor LL01

In LL01 I can see some stock in interim storage with message "Interim storage stock, without movement".Pls suggest how can I clear them?
Note : Many TO`s are cleared in LU02.

Hi,
Check on it:-
Re: Problem with LL01-Warehouse Activity Monitor
LL01
pherasath

Activity Monitor has a language issue.

Activity Monitor is not using the default language set on the system. For some reason it is using French.
I have tried all different things to the system language settings etc but unable to work out why this application only shows up with the French language only.
I have tried many other applications and utilities and none show the same problem.
Any help much appreciated.
Terry

The /sbin directory is similar to /bin except it contains binaries that are specifically used for system administration. (The /bin directory is one of several locations where Unix-type binaries (programs or command-line commands) are kept.) Note: /sbin & /bin are OS X system directories and are "hidden" by default. Please check out this Mac OS X Hints article on how to "unhide" these types of folders in the Finder.
launchd was introduced with OS X Tiger, but is actually a platform independent program. Its primary purpose is for the starting/stopping of daemons, applications, processes, and scripts.
In this case it is launchd is used to start the item called "EXE." You can try using the tip above to access the /sbin directory to see if you can locate this item. If you can, you should Option-click it, and then, choose the "Get Info" option to see if you can find any additional information about it.

Can not find my Program in Lion Activity Monitor until reboot again

Hi,
I have tried to installed the datacard driver and user interface program in Lion and reboot; however, the resident program to detect the device of datacard does not exist in Activity Monitor. I need to reboot again, then I can find it exits in Activity Monitor of Lion. This issue does not happen in Mac Snow/Snow Leopard(32-bit/64-bit). I use the Metapackage or terminal command line to install and both need to reboot one more time. My script is
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/loginwindow AutoLaunchedApplicationDictionary -array-add '{"Path" = "/opt/data/Monitor.app";"Hide" = "0";}'
Is it a side effect of finder known issue in Lion ? Or I need to use another way like "Launch Daemon" or "Launch Agent" to do?
Many thanks for your comment.
Jason

I suspect it's Photoshop Express, the Adobe Touch App from the App Store
http://www.photoshop.com/tools/expresseditor
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/adobe-photoshop-express/id331975235?mt=8&ls=1
Express forum
http://forums.adobe.com/community/psexpress

Application Sudo listed in Activity Monitor - Is this a default app that should be running?

First Question:        Do other MBP users have an application Sudo listed in Activity Monitor from start up of their mac or with typical use?
Second Question:   If you have Sudo process listed in your Activity Monitor, do you also use an Huawei USB wireless modem?
Third Question:       For those experienced in relevant coding domains and given the more technical details below - your thoughts?
(Technical)
Using MBP Retina, mid 2012, OSX 10.8.4
I understand sudo is a unix root level access command.
I have used Terminal and become familiar with some basic unix commands, including using the sudo command in very limited single action command circumstances. I have not used Terminal for many weeks, and the sudo command probably twice several months ago.
Sudo showing in Activity Monitor as an active process is to my understanding an entirely different situation to it being used in Terminal. It appears the sudo process is being activated by some other application or process not of my direct use or actions.
I remain a little concerned about this in view of the purchase of this particular MBP. It has a story to it. I was told this MBP was available as new on discount as it had been purchased by a man for his wife, the wife then left him, and subsequently he returned it unused to the store.   I was aware that there was a slim risk the laptop had been used for some other activities, and returned so any come back comes back to the new owner.
I noted later with use that the MBP lower keys were sticky as if something has been spilt on them, so I do wonder if the laptop was previously used, then wiped, in which case the story presented to the retailer is likely not true and a more concerning scenario becomes possible.
All the same, I felt a clean install should remove any risk. The MBP arrived in standard ready to set up and go mode, so OS loaded but no activation. So it seemed a clean install to me.   I did not wipe the HD and do a fresh OS install from scratch. A decision I now regret.
Some months after using this new MBP, my concerns were raised when I had one day of inexplicable internet usage on a wireless internet connection. Not only did the level of data upload and data load, about 4 GB out of 20 GB for the month not make sense with actual usage, but also the MBP system logs did not tally with the internet providers accounting of usage on that day. There have been two or three other anomalies in usage since. The internet service provider reimbursed me on my evidence of OSX system logs. Not sure if the service provider has people joy riding other users accounts or something suss this end was going on. Never resolved. The ISP was not exactly forthcoming, and I had to press hard to get some collaboration on resolve the anomaly of unexplained data usage.
On the less suspicious side, the existence of this sudo program tracked down as in part coming from the install software from a Huawei modem provided by my internet provider. However, while widely used and therefore likely not a security risk, I still feel need for some better explanation and resolution of the persistent sudo process.
I have inquired to Apple Support about this sudo app running, and it apparently was not seen as an issue of concern by the front line support staff. I took up some further concerns with them but checks indicate no issues of concern with the MBP from their assessment. I trusted that as fairly likely a definitive view, and so left the questions and anomalies as unexplained but harmless.
It is now several months later and I still find the existence of sudo as a running application or process in Activity Monitor troubling, and decided to try and resolve once again how typical and for what reason it is active on my MBP. Which brings us to this post.
I have again spent a few hours searching on Google and Apple Support Forums.   All search results I find relate to the use of sudo as a unix command in Terminal to resolve a problem. I can not find any indication of sudo as an app being open routinely in Activity Monitor with or without Terminal being opened or used.
The only way I can think of to resolve if this is unusal or not is to get on this forum and ask the first two questions at the top of this post.
More technical details follow.
For some more technically minded the details may be of interest, hence below here I have added details for further comment.   I am hoping some MBP users on this forum may also be coders, and hence have some idea of the internal mac coding environment. Enough to shed some light on this situation.
As mentioned, I think the sudo Activity Monitor may originate from the running of the Internet Providers USB Wireless Modem and software (Huawei E 169? modem). The USB modem has the install software on it. You install that software on your HD as an application.
On this USB Wireless Modem front I have done some checking.
Killing sudo in Activity Monitor does not stop an internet connection mid session.
When the USB modem is removed, the sudo process remains running and listed in Activity Monitor.
If I remove the Modem icon, unplug modem, close all apps, restart without the modem connected, the sudo process is still loaded and running in Activity Monitor.
Months ago on a previous check if I deleted (uninstalled) the modem software, removed associated start up files installed by the modem installation, took out the USB Modem and did a restart, there was no return of the sudo process in Activity Monitor. When the modem software was reinstalled or the start up files restored directly, the sudo process returns to Activity Monitor. One of the software bits installed in start up files calls sudo (or so it appears having a peak in BBedit at the files.)
This seems to fairly much establish the source of the sudo application. However it does not resolve why it needs to be open all the time, and if this is unique to this modem, my modem, modems in general, or if permanent running sudo processes are fairly 'normal' in general. Since sudo is a root level access process, I do feel a little concerned of the situation.   Let's say the sudo process is needed to initiate the modem under some justification. Does the sudo process in remaining running permanently from there on, with or without the USB modem connected leave an open access way and vulnerability that can or is used later?   i do not know enough of the coding level architecture to form a view.   Still, seeing a permanent sudo process operating does niggle by sense of suspicion.    Hence, I continue to raise this issue and ask the questions I do.
In Activity Monitor:
sudo as a process when running is not very active.
Real Mem 8 KB, Virtual Mem 9.4 MB, Sent Msgs 75, Rcved Mesgs 26, Ports 25, Intel (64 bit).
The sudo process:
Using Sample Process in Activity Monitor:   sudo appears to be a running of the actual sudo command from within the unix command files.
Path:            /usr/bin/sudo (Master Library, not the one in the User files)
Load Address:    (removed)
Identifier:      sudo
Version:         ??? (???)
Code Type:       X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [1]
Call graph
2nd line is 2656 start (in libdyld.dylib) + 1 [(removed)]
Binary Images:
Includes reference to lots of .dylib files. eg libcache.dylib, libquarantine.dylib, libremovefile.dylib, libcompiler_rt.dylib, libcorecrypto.dylib
The parent process is launchd[1]
Process:         launchd [1]
Path:            /sbin/launchd
Load Address:    (removed)
Identifier:      launchd
Version:         ??? (???)
Code Type:       X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: ??? [Unknown]
It seems all of the activity of launchd[1] is from the sudo process.
Again reference to .dylib files as captured in call graph and Binary images.
I hope the details are valued by someone with an interest to assist with resolving concerns.

Thanks,
I usually use the OS connection option. So as you suggest, connect without the ISP connection software. Doing so does not by-pass the sudo command being active in Activity Monitor however.
On reading my post I see my failure to link the concerns of the laptop purchase with the sudo and modem. My thought here is of an intersection of known vulnerability with this widely used modem/software (via permanent sudo process activated) and that vulnerability then being known and utilised by another party(s).
I am pursuing the issue in part with consideration to a broader possible issue of vulnerability.
Thanks again for your thoughts and suggestions. Valued.

RAM and Activity Monitor questions M.B.P. Is sOoOoo slow and I just don't know where to start..RAM and Activity Monitor

   So I am really unsure where to start but I def need a little help getting to where I want to be or feel I should be. I understand that I am pretty much filled when it comes to the RAM on this machine but I need to figure out how to lower it. I back up my machine about once a week which is longer than I would prefer but due to the way Mavericks has been acting I cant deal with the long backup process.... WHY?!?? may be your response to that and I will fill you in. My external Hard Drive is a 1tb Lacie and its about 2 years old. In that time I have dropped, lost, threw and slept ontop of it. Causeing minor damage (each time) to the casing. So now becomes rather hot and I kinda dont want it to burn out. When I first updated to Mavericks the backups were fast and went along mb by mb...now though, the updates drag out for 3-5 hours and update kb by kb. Tried some of the "solutions" posted on here but none seem to work any more than me consistantly purging my system while the backup happens...kinda why I dont have time to do it everyday like I'd like.
     ANYWAY can someone please fill me in on a way, program, application, anything that will help me lower my RAM? Because in the spirit of honesty I just dont have the extra funds to snag some new RAM or another HD. I am almost at the point of saying "F**K IT" and wiping everything off the computer so its as close to empty as can be and manually, one by one redownloading what I want/need. But I dont have the time to accomplish that either. PLEASE lend me your ear and help a brudda out with some information from that exceptional brain of yours.
     Below is a copy of my machines "report" from EtreCHECK and I am including screen shots of what the (Mavericks) Activity Monitor currently looks like in ALL PROCESSES. PLUS it kinda seems that I have WAY TOOO MANY processes going on in the ACTIVITY MONITOR and have NO clue how to lower the amount.    Will truly appreciate any help anyone can toss my way.
    THANK YOU
              TommyTheTuna
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro6,2
          1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          Intel HD Graphics - VRAM: 288 MB
          NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 256 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0
          AirPlay: Version: 1.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3
System Software:
          OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 0 days 0:12:4
Disk Information:
          TOSHIBA MK3255GSXF disk0 : (320.07 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 319.21 GB (194.65 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Information:
          Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
          Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
          [not loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
          [not loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
          [not loaded] com.livescribe.PenCommService.plist
          [not loaded] com.luthresearch.scservice.plist
          [not loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
          [not loaded] com.paceap.eden.licensed.plist
          [not loaded] PACESupport.plist
Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
          [not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
          [not loaded] com.luthresearch.savvyconnectmenu.plist
          [not loaded] com.wacom.pentablet.plist
User Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
          [not loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist
          [not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
          [not loaded] com.Livestation.plist
          [not loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist
User Login Items:
          iTunesHelper
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Flash Player
Internet Plug-ins:
          AdobePDFViewer.plugin
          AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin
          Default Browser.plugin
          Flash Player.plugin
          FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
          Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin
          googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin
          iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
          JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
          npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin
          o1dbrowserplugin.plugin
          QuickTime Plugin.plugin
          SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
          WacomNetscape.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
          Unity Web Player.plugin
Bad Fonts:
          None
Time Machine:
          Skip System Files: NO
          Mobile backups: OFF
          Auto backup: NO
          Volumes being backed up:
                    Macintosh HD: Disk size: 319.21 GB Disk used: 124.57 GB
          Destinations:
                    Tuna's MacBook Pro Hard Drive [Local] (Last used)
                    Total size: 999.86 GB
                    Total number of backups: 2
                    Oldest backup: 2013-11-07 13:34:08 +0000
                    Last backup: 2013-11-26 05:08:40 +0000
                    Size of backup disk: Excellent
                              Backup size 999.86 GB > (Disk size 319.21 GB X 3)
          Time Machine details may not be accurate.
          All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
               2%          WindowServer
               1%          EtreCheck
               0%          SystemUIServer
               0%          fontd
               0%          Finder
               0%          Microsoft Word
               0%          aosnotifyd
Top Processes by Memory:
          156 MB             com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
          111 MB             Finder
          106 MB             Microsoft Word
          94 MB              Safari
          82 MB              Preview
          74 MB              WindowServer
          61 MB              CalendarAgent
          57 MB              com.apple.IconServicesAgent
          57 MB              com.apple.internetaccounts
          53 MB              SystemUIServer
Virtual Memory Statistics:
          1.07 GB            Free RAM
          1.92 GB            Active RAM
          237 MB             Inactive RAM
          662 MB             Wired RAM
          223 MB             Page-ins
          0 B                Page-outs

Mavericks is designed to use as much RAM as possible. Free RAM is wasted RAM... it's RAM that's not working for you, not doing anything helpful. Seeing your RAM full is not an indication that there is a problem. Seeing your memory pressure graph spike would be.
As for the performance issues, see my Mac Performance Guide.
Note that you've got a lot of third-party software loaded:
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
          [not loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
          [not loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
          [not loaded] com.livescribe.PenCommService.plist
          [not loaded] com.luthresearch.scservice.plist
          [not loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
          [not loaded] com.paceap.eden.licensed.plist
          [not loaded] PACESupport.plist
Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
          [not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
          [not loaded] com.luthresearch.savvyconnectmenu.plist
          [not loaded] com.wacom.pentablet.plist
User Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
          [not loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist
          [not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
          [not loaded] com.Livestation.plist
          [not loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist
You should probably try to weed some of that out, if possible, or at least make sure it's all updated and compatible with Mavericks.

Activity Monitor crashes every time I launch it since Leopard upgrade.

Activity Monitor crashes every time I try to launch it. It's done this ever since I first upgraded from Tiger to Leopard. I can't seem to narrow down why it happens. It doesn't seem to matter what's running already. I had it startup automatically when I had Tiger and upon the very first boot up in to Leopard it crashed and I've never been able to get it to run.
I saw one other person that said he had the exact same problem with Activity Monitor and the only way he was able to resolve his issue was by copying the program from another Mac. Well, I've only got one Mac. I've run the software update and installed all the available q and I still have this persistent problem.
Is it somehow possible to expand the file off the Leopard or Tiger DVD? Anyone have any other possible solutions? Are there other programs out there that will do the same thing as Activity Monitor?
Thanks,
Jeff

Delete the com.apple.ActivityMonitor.plist file located in /Users/username/Library/Preferences/ and relaunch Activity Monitor. If that doesn't fix it, create a new admin user account, log into it, and see if the problem persists. If so, use Pacifist 2.5 to extract it from the install disk and replace the existing one and the plist file. If not, then you most likely have a conflicting or corrupted file somewhere in the old account. To fix that, delete the original account, selecting the save data option, recreate the old account using the same username/password combo, log out and back into the new account, open the saved data dmg file in /Users/Deleted Users/, and slowly replace stuff. Also, see the steps I posted for resolving conflicts/corrupt plists within an account at:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4703015

MacPro Quad Core 32g Ram running slow Logic using only 9g in Activity Monitor

Well its taken a while, but this is my first foray into the world of forums! I'm so hacked off with this regular problem and havent been able to find anything anywhere to solve it i thought i'd see if anyone has any similiar issues and maybe even a solve to it.
So.... im an orchestrator and producer and after my mid 2008 Macbook Pro with 8g ram started freezing up i invested in this 3 years ago -
Mac Pro 2x 2.4ghz Quad Core intel Xeon and stuck in 32gb of lovely Crucial RAM and 3 seperate internal 1TB drives with one for operating system (10.6.8), one for Audio recording/saving and one for all my sample libraries.
32gb ram - should be enough i thought!
So i regularly run at least 30 VI's - Ni The giant, Spitfire Orchestral librabies (say 12 string instruments up to 0.69g per load) LASS strings, plus perc STYLUS, ABBEY road drums, Trillian basses (acoustic/electric), ominisphere etc etc. So pretty hefty sample instruments. But theyre sooo nice!!
In addition, the 32 bit server will come alive (NOT! So unstable i find) with my Waves plugs etc.
Looking at ACTIVITY MONITOR however i might be not touching 9 gig (and sometimes even less) of usage for Logic, and only say 800MB for 32 bit server and have NOTHING else open - and what do i find .....
- Mouse lag and cant really do anything with the mouse whilst playing the track - cant adjust volume - too slow, zooming problems
- Takes a good 2-3 seconds for track to stop playing
Dont get System OVERLOADS so much, its just that the system goes REALLLLLY slow.
What ive tried- - -
- Running Mountain Lion off another drive (havent had time to install it and wanted to be sure everything worked etc)
- Tried all audio prefs - large/small buffers/threads etc and yes i am on 1024.
in a nutshell how come with 32g RAM everything is so slow when barely using 10g of that???????
I dread getting to the end of a project cos i know im gonna be freezing so much, but with so much editing all the time for the orchestral parts i need everything unfrozen and working.
Sorry if this is long winded but wanted to describe what im experiencing.
Any feedback most welcome! Thankyou in advance.
Mac Pro 2x 2.4ghz Quad Core intel Xeon 32g RAM, 3TB storage
10.6.8
Logic Pro 9.1.8

Hi
A few thoughts:
julian6400 wrote:
In addition, the 32 bit server will come alive (NOT! So unstable i find) with my Waves plugs etc.
The 32bit server is a pita: Waves v9 are 64bit compatible (they run fine). 32 bit VI's can be run outside Logic using Vienna Ensemble Pro (see later)
julian6400 wrote:
So i regularly run at least 30 VI's - Ni The giant, Spitfire Orchestral librabies (say 12 string instruments up to 0.69g per load) LASS strings, plus perc STYLUS, ABBEY road drums, Trillian basses (acoustic/electric), ominisphere etc etc. So pretty hefty sample instruments. But theyre sooo nice!!
Some of these VI's are extremely CPU hungry: Abbey Rd drums for example, really do hammer the CPU. What does Logic's Performance meter show in the way of CPU load. What does Activity Monitor show regarding CPU load?
With 32G of RAM, this should not be the issue, but you might have general CPU problems (see above), and you may also have Sample disk streaming limitations if all the Loibraries you mention are on the same drive. How does Activity Monitor look regarding disk access? You might find it helpful to add a second drive and split the sample libraries across 2 for faster disk access.
I presume that you have plenty of free space on the System drive?
Logic can get sluggish if the Undo info gets way too big, and also if there are loads of regions in the Arrange: check Options:Project Information.
Many are finding some benefits (me included) by running the VI's in Vienna Ensemble Pro:
Better CPU load distribution than directly in Logic
"Persistant Samples": they can remain loaded whilst you switch Logic Projects
Logic is effectively running much less itself, so generally flies.
32bit Plugs hosted separately in VEP so no 32bit Bridge issues in Logic
Something to consider,though perhaps not yet, would be setting up a Slave computer using VEP.
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On a seperate but like issue - My internet is continually spotty and I stay online by running the dignostic thing in network. I hit it and it shows the last two or three lights orange for just a sec and then green...do again immediately same thing until I get green consistantly - then internet works fine for a bit and then have to do it all again. The first day I change router info or the first day i erased everything on my computer it did not do this and internet was great, but now back to having to run it constantly or weirdly, if I constantly run pages at say wiki I get less interruption. What is this? I feel like someone is on my computer and all I hear is how unlikely that is and why? I dont' know why, I just know it really seems that way.
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Not sure what I did, but I can't download anything with my download manager Speed Download! I get the spinning-ball-of-death when I try to open or run S.D. I get the same spinning-ball when I try to open the folder where S.D. stores it's downloaded files.
I've unistalled the application and deleted/changed the download folder that S.D. uses. I figure this would cancel out any corrupt files within the app; however, when I try to open the new version of Speed Download it starts the process and then just spins. I can't click on anything to do with the app. But everything else on the machine functions as normal.
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I've tried repairing permissions and optimizing the directories with Disk Warrior, but don't know which way to turn.
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It seems that it is a font corruption problem. I would love to be able to root out the corupt fonts and keep the rest. I can temporarily remove the fonts, or move them to another folder, but this is temporary!
I have tried to resolve duplicate fonts, and disable fonts (even delete) fonts within Font Book. I have used Font Finangler to "clean the cache" of my fonts.
But Speed Download is back to not working. And Word lists corrupt fonts whenever I open it, new ones each time. I've tried deleting the listed fonts from within my main library with Font Book, and erased theOffice font cache before rebooting.
Any easy programs that would allow me to keep the majority of my collected fonts? Do they continue to infect other fonts; spreading like a virus?
Thank you,
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How do I uninstall SyncMate Server, Activity Monitor shows it still there after appzapper uninstall of SyncMate app? Killing in AM proceeds with a SyncMate Server startup again??

How do I uninstall SyncMate Server, Activity Monitor shows it still there after appzapper uninstall of SyncMate app? Killing in AM proceeds with a SyncMate Server startup again??
Mavricks, MacbookPro, typical config of everything and standard business user, no heavy graphics, animation or media editing. MS Office, web apps, etc.
I have the same issue with Logmein, which I installed a trial, uninstalled with appzapper, which I thought does a good job of untangling the components of apps but for these 2 it doesn't. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thx,

Usually applications like these have their own uninstallers, either build into the installer ( ! ) itself or as a separate uninstaller app. Check the site of the software provider for instructions.
Here's the instructions for SyncMate: http://wiki.eltima.com/user-guides/syncmate-mac-os/uninstall.html
And LogMeIn: http://help.logmein.com/SelfServiceKnowledgeRenderer?type=FAQ&id=kA030000000DGF1 CAO&kw=

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