Computer very slow to do anything. Takes minutes to even move to trash.

How can I speed up computer? It takes a long time for anything to happen. It even takes minutes to move items to trash!

Hi Henry,
How old is it?
How much RAM is installed?
Exactly which model is it?
How much free space is available on the HD?
Have you tried anything, like repairing permission or verifying/repairing disk?

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Running so slow, navigating to anything takes minutes, what do I do?

My computer is running so slow, if I launch anything-including turning on the computer it takes forever to open. Moving around once open is the same. I don't know what to do.

Create a new User go to System Preferences > Users & Groups > "+" (make it an admin acct) and test the apps in this new account, if they work the problem is isolated to your User and not systemwide.
There are some simple troubleshooting steps you can take.
Be sure you drive is not overly full. Rule of thumb would be over 85%.
(First, be sure you have a good backup, or create one now.)
If the issue is limited to your user account try starting up in Safe Mode (It will take more time to startup because it runs a directory check.)
If your apps functions correctly that way, go to System Preferences >> Accounts >> Login Items and remove them. Boot normally and test. If not go to/Users/yourname/Library/Contextual Menu Items and move whatever is there to the desktop. Then do the same with /Library/Contextual Menu Items. Lastly, try moving/Users/yourname/Library/Fonts to your desktop.
* Go to your Finder "Go" menu hold the option key to choose "Library"
Log out/in or restart, if that sorts it start putting items back one at a time until you find the culprit.
If the issue is systemwide then, you may be able to repair this with the Combo Update This is a fuller install, as opposed to an incremental "delta" update so it should overwrite any files that are damaged or missing. It does not matter if you have applied it before.
Remember to Verify Disk before update and repair permissions after update from /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.
EDIT: Also, pls go to your Apple menu > About this Mac and let us know Processor and Memory listed.

Suddenly, time machine is very slow. Used to take up a minute and now more than half an hour. Does anybody know how this can happen? Indexing the back-up disk is off, but Timde Machine keeps on indexing!

Suddenly, time machine is very slow. Used to take up a minute and now more than half an hour. Does anybody know how this can happen? Indexing the back-up disk is off, but Timde Machine keeps on indexing!

same issue here...

Here are my Etrecheck results....can anyone help me get my computer faster? Problem description: Computer very slow-.and unresponsive EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121) Report generated April 16, 2015 at 10:19:42 AM EDT

Problem description:
Computer very slow….and unresponsive
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated April 16, 2015 at 10:19:42 AM EDT
Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck
Click the [Click for support] links for help with non-Apple products.
Click the [Click for details] links for more information about that line.
Hardware Information: ℹ️
    MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012) (Technical Specifications)
    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,1
    1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
    4 GB RAM Upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM0
            2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
    Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
    Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
    Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 412
Video Information: ℹ️
    Intel HD Graphics 4000
    NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - VRAM: 512 MB
        Color LCD 1440 x 900
System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.10.2 (14C1514) - Time since boot: 7 days 18:4:45
Disk Information: ℹ️
    APPLE HDD HTS547550A9E384 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 498.88 GB (299.54 GB free)
            Core Storage: disk0s2 499.25 GB Online
    MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8
USB Information: ℹ️
    Western Digital My Passport 0748 500.07 GB
        EFI (disk3s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        My Passport (disk3s2) /Volumes/My Passport : 499.73 GB (126.16 GB free)
    Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
    Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
    Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
        /System/Library/Extensions
    [not loaded]    com.quark.driver.Tether (1.1.0d4 - SDK 10.4) [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.quark.driver.Tether64 (1.1.0d3 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.wdc.driver.1394HP (1.0.11 - SDK 10.4) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.wdc.driver.1394_64HP (1.0.1 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.wdc.driver.USBHP (1.0.11) [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.wdc.driver.USB_64HP (1.0.0 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]
Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [killed]    com.apple.CallHistoryPluginHelper.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.CallHistorySyncHelper.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.gamed.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.Maps.pushdaemon.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.printtool.agent.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.telephonyutilities.callservicesd.plist
    6 processes killed due to memory pressure
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [killed]    com.apple.awdd.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.ctkd.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.emond.aslmanager.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.nehelper.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.wdhelper.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.xpc.smd.plist
    6 processes killed due to memory pressure
Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [not loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.coupons.coupond.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.mcafee.menulet.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.mcafee.reporter.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist [Click for support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [failed]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2.Agent.plist [Click for support]
    [unknown]    com.mcafee.ssm.ScanFactory.plist [Click for support]
    [unknown]    com.mcafee.ssm.ScanManager.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.mcafee.virusscan.fmpd.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist [Click for support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist [Click for support]
    [failed]    com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.diskSpaceWatcher.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.scheduledScan.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.trashWatcher.plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
    iTunesHelper    Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
    WDSecurityHelper    UNKNOWN (missing value)
    WDSecurityHelper    Application (/Applications/WD Security.app/Contents/WDSecurityHelper.app)
    WDDriveUtilityHelper    UNKNOWN (missing value)
    WDDriveUtilityHelper    Application (/Applications/WD Drive Utilities.app/Contents/WDDriveUtilityHelper.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    SiteAdvisor: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.1 [Click for support]
    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 17.0.0.169 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
    Flash Player: Version: 17.0.0.169 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    CouponPrinter-FireFox_v2: Version: 5.0.3 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
    SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.8 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 31 Check version
User internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 [Click for support]
    Stamps.com: Version: 1.1.13 [Click for support]
    DISH Anywhere Player: Version: 2.7.2.0 [Click for support]
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
    SiteAdvisor
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
    Flash Player [Click for support]
    Java [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
    Skip System Files: NO
    Mobile backups: ON
    Auto backup: YES
    Volumes being backed up:
        Macintosh HD: Disk size: 498.88 GB Disk used: 199.33 GB
    Destinations:
        My Passport [Local]
        Total size: 499.73 GB
        Total number of backups: 29
        Oldest backup: 2013-05-17 22:06:43 +0000
        Last backup: 2015-03-27 16:16:56 +0000
        Size of backup disk: Too small
            Backup size 499.73 GB < (Disk used 199.33 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
         6%    backupd
         5%    WindowServer
         1%    Google Chrome
         1%    loginwindow
         1%    mtmd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
    289 MB    Google Chrome Helper
    189 MB    Google Chrome
    84 MB    backupd
    78 MB    Mail
    77 MB    Finder
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
    17 MB    Free RAM
    1.22 GB    Active RAM
    1.22 GB    Inactive RAM
    996 MB    Wired RAM
    54.55 GB    Page-ins
    1.93 GB    Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
    Apr 14, 2015, 03:11:54 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/softwareupdated_2015-04-14-151154_[redacted].cp u_resource.diag [Click for details]

When you see a beachball cursor or the slowness is especially bad, note the exact time: hour, minute, second.
These instructions must be carried out as an administrator. If you have only one user account, you are the administrator.
Launch the Console 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 and start typing the name.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
          SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
          View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
Each message in the log begins with the date and time when it was entered. Scroll back to the time you noted above.
Select the messages entered from then until the end of the episode, or until they start to repeat, whichever comes first.
Copy the messages to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of it useless for solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
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I have same problem as OS X yers made my computer very slow. and i don't see any advantage so for

Hi every one.
I have 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo makbook. I upgraded to os x yersme. Now I am stuck and wondering why i did this as it made my computer very slow. stating time increased, some feature disappeared and I cannot save document In my hard drive using office. I do not want this any more. but the problem is i forgot my old software name. is any one know which would be that preinstalled software name. B. how can i go back to it with less hassle as I am not much of computer person.
thanks

Activity Monitor - Mavericks also Yosemite
Activity Monitor in Mavericks has significant changes
Performance Guide
Why is my computer slow
Why your Mac runs slower than it should
Slow Mac After Mavericks
Things you can do to resolve slowdowns see post by Kappy
6 Easy Tips to Speed Up OS X Yosemite on Your Mac
Do a backup, preferably 2 separate ones on 2 separate drives.
Revert to a Previous OS X - Yosemite
Revert Yosemite to Mavericks
If you do revert, I'd use Setup Assistant to restore your data. This process takes a while, so do it when you won't need the computer for several hours, based on my experience.

Adobe CC Lightroom en Photoshop installed, only now computer very slow in comparance to Lightroom 5.7, how can i get it faster....? I work on Win 7 Ultimate.

Adobe CC Lightroom en Photoshop installed, only now computer very slow in comparance to Lightroom 5.7, how can i get it faster....? I work on Win 7 Ultimate.

Try to follow below steps
Click on Finder and then hold Command + Shift + G keys on your keypad
It will open Go to folder window, type exactly ~/Library and click on Go
Then open Application Support > Adobe folders
Trash AAMUpdater and OOBE folders.
Now click on finder and hold Command + Shift + G keys on your keypad.
This time type /Library and click on Go.
Make sure to remove ~ symbol.
Then open Application Support > Adobe folders.
Trash AAMUpdater, Adobe Application manager, OOBE folders.
Now Click on Finder and then hold Command + Shift + U keys on your keypad.
It will open utilities folder.
Trash Adobe Creative Cloud and Adobe Application Manager folders
Download and Run CC cleaner tool from below link
http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/cs5-cleaner-tool-installation-problems/_jcr_conte nt/main-pars/accordion_container_1/accordion-par/accordion-item-1/accordion-item-par/proc e dure/proc_par/step_3/step_par/download/file.res/AdobeCreativeCloudCleanerTool.zip
Accept the license agreement and click on Adobe Application Manager
Then click on clean up selected
Close the window
Download and install Creative Cloud App from below link
Free Creative Cloud | Download Adobe Creative Cloud free trial

Itunes is very slow to load and takes forever to recognize iphone

My itunes has been running VERY slow. It takes several minutes to open, then it is unuseable for another several minutes. Here it can browse my library but my iphone doesn't show up. after this it takes five to ten minutes to recognize the iphone. it was working yesterday when I updated my iphone to 4.3.5, then suddenly this happened.
Any clues? I installed the most up to date version and it has the same symptoms and eventually says iTunes was unable to load data class information from sync services. Reconnect or try again later

I was able to get my iTunes functional again after disabling a lot of my windows services -- use this thread for your reference:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2292?viewlocale=en_US
I haven't pinpointed exactly which service(s) were causing the iTunes slowdown, as I haven't had time to test re-enabling all of them yet. But so far I've just disabled the services that I know I don't need anymore and iTunes has been running like a champ =)

After 10.5.2 update, computer very slow

Downloaded/installed update without incident. Microsoft Office programs are now very slow to open and very slow to perform certain tasks, like trashing an email. Emptying trash in the Finder sometimes works/sometimes doesn't. When it doesn't, I get a dialog box saying "You can't open Trash because Trash is being emptyed" or words to that effect. Force quitting hung aps usually does not work. It is sometimes possible to shut down or restart using the commands in the Apple menu but I've had to just power cycle the computer twice today when the commands didn't work. I tried verifying permissions but even that seemed to hang. Verifying the disk worked and it says the disk is ok. Any ideas on how to solve this? It almost feels like I've run out of memory but Activity Monitor says otherwise. Stumped.

I had some of the exact same issues. After I installed the 10.5.2 update and noticed these issues, I ran Software Update again and found a "Leopard Graphics Update 1.0".
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/leopardgraphicsupdate10.html
Once I installed this graphics update, my computer was back to normal.

Maverick is making my computer very slow

Can anyone please help me? Since upgrading from Snow Lepard to Maverick everything is very slow. Below is the EtreCheck report.
Thank you in advance.
Hardware Information:
          MacBook (13-inch, Mid 2009)
          MacBook - model: MacBook5,2
          1 2.13 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
          2 GB RAM
Video Information:
          NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
          OS X 10.9.2 (13C64) - Uptime: 0 days 0:58:40
Disk Information:
          FUJITSU MHZ2160BH FFS G1 disk0 : (160.04 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 159.18 GB (99.61 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS22N
USB Information:
          Micron Built-in iSight
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
          Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Startup Items:
          PenTabletDriver: Path: /Library/StartupItems/PenTabletDriver
Launch Daemons:
          [System] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.trusteer.rooks.rooksd.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
          [System] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.trusteer.rapport.rapportd.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] [email protected]
          [not loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
          iTunesHelper
          Skype
          Android File Transfer Agent
          Dropbox
          PenTabletDriver
Internet Plug-ins:
          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
          NP_2020Player_IKEA: Version: 5.0.94.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
          DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 2.0 3rd-Party support link
          o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.2.4.18058 3rd-Party support link
          CitrixICAClientPlugIn: Version: 11.2.0 3rd-Party support link
          googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.2.4.18058 3rd-Party support link
          Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20513.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
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
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Citrix Online Plug-in 3rd-Party support link
          DivX 3rd-Party support link
          Growl 3rd-Party support link
          Rapport 3rd-Party support link
Old Applications:
          Microsoft AutoUpdate:          Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
                    /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app
          SLLauncher:          Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Silverlight/OutOfBrowser/SLLauncher.app
          iSkysoft Video Converter:          Version: 2.5.2 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
          FaceboxPro:          Version: 2.1 - SDK 10.0 3rd-Party support link
          Spotify:          Version: 0.8.4.124.ga3559d86 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
          /Users/[redacted]/Downloads
                    Install Spotify:          Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Xtorrent:          Version: 2.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Time Machine:
          Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
              14%          WindowServer
               2%          Google Chrome
               1%          EtreCheck
               0%          ps
               0%          Dropbox
Top Processes by Memory:
          221 MB          helpd
          92 MB          Google Chrome Helper
          72 MB          Google Chrome
          37 MB          mds_stores
          29 MB          Finder
Virtual Memory Information:
          16 MB          Free RAM
          575 MB          Active RAM
          568 MB          Inactive RAM
          298 MB          Wired RAM
          1.50 GB          Page-ins
          406 MB          Page-outs

Un-install Trusteer. It doesn't play nicely on Macs.
Trusteer Rapport Uninstall
Activity Monitor - Mavericks
Activity Monitor in Mavericks has significant changes
Performance Guide
Why is my computer slow
Why your Mac runs slower than it should
Slow Mac After Mavericks
Things you can do to resolve slowdowns see post by Kappy
The 2 places I’ve seen recommended most to buy reliable RAM are below. I have purchased RAM several times from Other World Computing and have always been very satisfied with the product and service.
Crucial
Other World Computing

Tiger 10.4.8 running one computer very slow...

I have 2 main computers in my photography studio. Running all with Tiger
10.4.8.
One is a powerbook G4 with 17" screen. This one seems to be running OK.
The other is a G4 tower (733 processor - memory 1GB) and this computer seems to be running all apps very slow (Photoshop, Appleworks, printing, saving files ect.). I have begun have begun having problems on 'start-up' of a 'gray screen' saying I have to restart the computer (not exact on what it says but sure you all have seen it before...).
I run 'cocktail', 'disk warrior', 'techtool deluxe' and the 'disk utility' on a regular basis (at least once a week) and they don't seem to help.
I have 2 firewire external HD's hooked up to it (got alot of photos to work with).
Am wondering if anyone else is having a problem since updating to 10.4.8 or if the HD is just getting ready to end it's life?
Any help is appreciated!!!

1. You wrote: "I have been running cocktail, disk warrior, disk utility and techtool deluxe everyday and have not had the kernal panic issue in the last few days. So I think that issue has been cleared up."Hard to say without seeing the panic logs as to what may have caused the panic. If they return, follow the troubleshooting road map in my "Resolving Kernel Panics" FAQ.
2. You wrote: "Photoshop CS2, Bridge and even Appleworks (which I don't use all that often) is still running very, very slow. "Some additional suggestions:• See the "Troubleshooting performance problems" section of my "Tuning Mac OS X Performance" FAQ.
• An errant Startup or Login Item maybe the cause on the affected computer. My "Troubleshooting Startup and Login Items" FAQ can help you pin that down if such an item is causing the problem.
• Try troubleshooting the FireWire drives by process of elimination: try running without them, then one of them, then the other. If the problem occurs when one of the FireWire drives is connected, it could be a problem with the FireWire drive, the cable, or the FireWire port.
• To rule out broader hardware problems with the Mac itself, run the Apple Hardware Test (AHT) that came the affected computer. See my "Apple Hardware Test" FAQ for comprehensive advice on using the AHT in troubleshooting.3. You wrote: "Do you think that my HD (running the operating system) is just slowly beginning to die??? "You can rule that out by checking its SMART status. See Step 1 of the Procedure in my "Resolving Disk, Permission, and Cache Corruption" FAQ if you need step-by-step instructions.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X
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I may receive some form of compensation, financial or otherwise, from my recommendation or link.

Doubts about going back to Leopard because lion made the computer very slow

hi i bought a macbook pro on 2009 it came with leopard operating system. When lion came into the market i installed it but since then the computer is very slow.
I took it to an apple sotre and they told me that the memory was almost full so i bought an external hard drive where i have now all my music, photos and documents. But the computers is still very slow.
So im thinking about going back to leopard but i have some questions. i hope someone here help me
1. will i experience any problem synchronizing my iphone 5 or my ipad4?
2. will i be able to update itunes to the last version?
3. how shall make a backup of my computer
4. What do i have to do to restore leopard into my computer
thanks!

How much RAM does it have..?
To find out, go up on your menu bar to: Apple > About This Mac
If you have no other problems and plenty of free HDD space? Then 2GB of RAM will feel real slow running multiple Apps in Lion or Mountian Lion and you should try upgrading the RAM 4GB or more before moving back to Snow Leopard.
see > MacBook, MacBook Pro ‘Unibody’ DDR3 Memory + Free Installation Videos

After downloading 7 to my i-pad 2 the keyboard has become very slow responding and typing takes forever why?

After downloading the new 7.0.2 to my i-pad2 the onscreen keyboard is responding very slow. I have to wait for several seconds for it to show up on the screen after touching any key.

Reset all settings
Settings>General>Reset>Reset All Settings
Note: Data will not be affected but settings will be reset.

Very slow or non-existent broadband in the evening...

Why is it that when you contact BT about a slow or non-existent BT broadband every evening, they doggedly maintain that testing the line and waiting seven days will solve the problem? My BT broadband works wonderfully well during the daytime but slows to a standstill in the evening, not really a line problem, rather a bit of exchange congestion I think, unless of course you believe in conspiracies.
What if BT are actually setting the lines that have the old white HomeHub and Internet phone to a lower priority than the Infinity lines, to boost the performance of the new connections and encourage, (force), the current HomeHub users to upgrade? I rather like having two telephone lines, and would rather not upgrade and lose the second line, but I feel that this is not what BT want.
So if I'm forced to upgrade and lose the Internet phone it's off to Sky, those Murdochs need all the help they can get.
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Hi evm001 & Ropy
I am really sorry that you have had problems getting this sorted out. I'll be happy to get involved and make sure we get your service fixed if you can give us one more chance?
Could you drop me in an email please? Use the 'contact us' form in my forum profile under the 'about me' section. You can find it by clicking on my username.
Thx
Craig
BTCare Community Mod
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My MacBook Pro is running very slow is there anything I can do to improve the performance?

Is there anything I can do to improve the speed of my MacBook Pro?

Kappy's Personal Suggestions About OS X Maintenance
For disk repairs use Disk Utility. For situations DU 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. Drive Genius provides additional tools not found in Disk Warrior for defragmentation of older drives, disk repair, disk scans, formatting, partitioning, disk copy, and benchmarking.
Four outstanding sources of information on Mac maintenance are:
1. OS X Maintenance - MacAttorney.
2. Mac maintenance Quick Assist
3. Maintaining Mac OS X
4. Mac Maintenance Guide
Periodic 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.) See Mac OS X- About background maintenance tasks. If you are running Leopard or later these tasks are run automatically, so there is no need to use any third-party software to force running these tasks.
If you are using a pre-Leopard version of OS X, 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 after Tiger. (These utilities have limited or no functionality with Snow Leopard, Lion, or Mountain Lion and should not be installed.)
Defragmentation
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 except when trying to install Boot Camp on a fragmented drive. But you don't need to buy third-party software. All you need is a spare external hard drive and Carbon Copy Cloner.
Cheap and Easy Defragmentation
You will have to backup your OS X partition to an external drive, boot from the external drive, use Disk Utility to repartition and reformat your hard drive back to a single volume, then restore your backup to the internal hard drive. You will use Carbon Copy Cloner to create the backup and to restore it.
1. Get an empty external hard drive and clone your internal drive to the
       external one.
2. Boot from the external hard drive.
3. Erase the internal hard drive.
4. Restore the external clone to the internal hard drive.
Clone the internal drive to the external drive
1. Open Carbon Copy Cloner.
2. Select the Source volume from the left side dropdown menu.
3. Select the Destination volume from the left side dropdown menu.
4. Be sure the Block Copy button is not depressed or is ghosted.
5. Click on the Clone button.
Destination means the external backup drive. Source means the internal startup drive.
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager appears. Select the icon for the external drive and click on the upward pointing arrow button.
After startup do the following:
Erase internal hard drive
1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
2. After DU loads select your internal hard drive (this is the entry with the
       mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the
       drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is
       failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be
       reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the
       DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the
       drop down menu to one. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended
       (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to
       GUID then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait
       until the process has completed.
Restore the clone to the internal hard drive
1. Open Carbon Copy Cloner.
2. Select the Source volume from the left side dropdown menu.
3. Select the Destination volume from the left side dropdown menu.
4. Be sure the Block Copy button is not selected or is ghosted.
5. Click on the Clone button.
Destination means the internal hard drive. Source means the external startup drive.
Note that the Source and Destination drives are swapped for this last procedure.
Malware Protection
As for malware protection there are few if any such animals affecting OS X. Starting with Lion Apple has included built-in malware protection that is automatically updated as necessary.
Helpful Links Regarding Malware Protection:
1. Mac Malware Guide.
2. Detecting and avoiding malware and spyware
3. Macintosh Virus Guide
For general anti-virus protection I recommend only using ClamXav, but it is not necessary if you are keeping your computer's operating system software up to date. You should avoid any other third-party software advertised as providing anti-malware/virus protection. They are not required and could cause the performance of your computer to drop.
Cache Clearing
I recommend downloading a utility such as TinkerTool System, OnyX 2.4.3, Mountain Lion Cache Cleaner 7.0.9, Maintenance 1.6.8, or Cocktail 5.1.1 that you can use for periodic maintenance such as removing old log files and archives, clearing caches, etc. Corrupted cache files can cause slowness, kernel panics, and other issues. Although this is not a frequent nor a recurring problem, when it does happen there are tools such as those above to fix the problem.
If you are using Snow Leopard or earlier, then for emergency cleaning 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 works with Snow Leopard or earlier.)
Installing System Updates or Upgrades
When you install any new system software or updates be sure to repair the hard drive and permissions beforehand.
Backup and Restore
Having a backup and restore strategy is one of the most important things you can do to maintain your computer. Get an external Firewire 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. Deja Vu
3. SuperDuper!
4. Synk Pro
5. Tri-Backup
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQs on maintenance and backup and restore.
Always have a current backup before performing any system updates or upgrades.
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 or 20 GBs, whichever is greater, as free space. Avoid installing utilities that rely on Haxies, SIMBL, or that alter the OS appearance, add features you will rarely if ever need, etc. The more extras you install the greater the probability of having problems. If you install software be sure you know how to uninstall it. Avoid installing multiple new software at the same time. Install one at a time and use it for a while to be sure it's compatible.
Additional suggestions will be found in:
1. Mac OS X speed FAQ
2. Speeding up Macs
3. Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
4. Essential Mac Maintenance: Get set up
5. Essential Mac Maintenance: Rev up your routines
6. Five Mac maintenance myths
7. How to Speed up Macs
8. Myths of required versus not required maintenance for Mac OS X
Referenced software can be found at CNet Downloads or MacUpdate.
Add more RAM or run fewer applications concurrently.

Re: Satellite C855-1GN very slow performance - booting procedure takes 15min

My sister bought a Satellite C855-1GN installed with Win7 64-bit last December (typical - 4 days out of guarantee now) and for sometime has found it getting slower and slower.
She asked me to take a look at it for her, and she is quite right, this laptop is appalling unresponsive for even the most basic of tasks like opening Windows Explorer, which takes over a minute to open.
It's a similar story for pretty much any button press on this machine, sometimes longer depending on what has been clicked. Even getting the thing booted up from power button press to desktop being visible (let alone usable) takes a staggering 15 minutes plus.
Entering text such the password for user to login to Windows, or a URL in any browser (IE and chrome installed by default) results in the spinning circle equivalent to an egg timer for at least 60 seconds before anything happens, as does pretty much any button click. For example, Windows start button or right click on anything whatsoever.
Initially I suspected some kind of malware / too much rubbish installed. Ran full scans, no issues. Disabled / uninstalled all of the bloatware I could find, still no difference.
Shut down all power saving features, still appallingly slow.
Windows Experience / Task Manager / resmon all report nothing out of the ordinary nor anything eating resources. Out of desperation, reset to Out Of Box Experience condition using the hidden recovery partition... which took over 24 hours to complete, and that's not an exaggeration.
I went to bed, then to work for the day, and it still hadn't finished until I'd been home for a couple of hours.
This machine now has a completely fresh (albeit Toshiba specific) Win7 install, and runs just as horrifically slowly. I'm still waiting for desktop, 17 minutes after powering it on before typing this. It's had several reboots, and is not still installing anything.
6GB of RAM is more than ample. Whilst not a P3, 5 or 7, there is no way that an Intel B950 dual core processor running at an admittedly not top class 2.10GHz can be this slow (especially as it wasn't until a few months ago), I've had awful Celerons in my time which have been infinitely faster than this.
Has anyone else had similarly pathetic performance from this model? If so, we're any of you able to resolve it? Or should we just bin this paperweight?

Hi
In the past we have discussed many times about similar issues and some people were not satisfied about performance of brand new notebooks preinstalled with original recovery image.
As small example you can check this thread. Generally speaking there is described what you should do with this machine. You must, I like to use word optimize, preinstalled operating system. It will definitely run better and faster.
Other way there can also be problem with HDD. If your sister likes this machine I recommend you a small investment in new hardware. Exchange HDD with SSD. SSDs are not so expensive anymore so you can buy one, I would say, with 250GB and I think it is enough free space for their work.
You cannot imagine how fast they are. I use one on my old P500. Notebook starts in 40 seconds only.
Im pretty sure with new SSD and optimized original Win7 that you got with this notebook your sister will have good and pretty fast machine.

Computer very slow to do anything. Takes minutes to even move to trash.

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