CPU assignation is very slow and limited

I have the following program:
int main()
while(true);
return 0;
}called whileTrue.bin, when I execute it, the output of the line:
while true; do ps -u gimenero -o ruser,pid,ppid,s,pcpu,vsz,osz,comm | grep whileTrue.bin | grep -v grep;sleep 1;done
is the following:
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gimenero 14208 29576 O 12.5 27096 3387 ./whileTrue.binIt looks like the CPU assignation occurs very slowly, and it's limited at 12.5%. The other processes are at 1% or less, so almost the whole processor is available for whileTrue.bin.
Is this behavior configurable? It should not behave like this, a while-true loop should jump to the maximum (in this case, near 100%) in like a second or two (when I try this in another plattform, a Tru64 one, it behaves like spected, jumping to 99% in 1 second). This behavior is making everything very slow. Why is this CPU assignation so slow? Why is it limited? Where can I configure this limit and this rate of cpu assignation?

About the 12,5% limit, you're right, we're running on a 8 processor CPU and it considers the whole group to be 100%.
[gimenero@des-bill1 ~]$ mpstat
CPU minf mjf xcal intr ithr csw icsw migr smtx srw syscl usr sys wt idl
0 602 0 2017 838 202 1247 35 173 2536 7 8162 10 8 0 82
1 97 0 992 553 35 1041 53 139 2191 6 6488 4 5 0 91
2 719 0 1267 508 17 986 33 141 2416 5 7730 29 7 0 64
3 63 0 678 415 152 532 28 78 2451 4 5758 11 5 0 84
8 789 0 1145 536 3 1088 33 179 1963 7 7434 27 7 0 66
9 156 0 746 459 138 660 30 109 2047 5 5773 9 5 0 86
10 424 0 1077 622 111 1074 33 148 2304 6 6828 12 6 0 82
11 52 0 340 289 1 579 33 71 2174 4 5699 19 4 0 77
You're also right about the ps average. I tried the following code:
#include <time.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <errno.h>
using namespace std;
int main(int argc, char **argv)
    if (argc < 2)
        cout << "Uso: ciclos <tiempo>" << endl;
        return 1;
    errno = 0;
    int lapse = atoi(argv[1]);
    if (errno)
        cerr << strerror(errno) << endl;
        return 1;
    time_t currTime = time(NULL), startTime = currTime;
    time_t lastUp = currTime;
    long i, j;
    int last = 0;
    for (i = 0, j = 0; currTime - startTime < lapse; i++, currTime = time(NULL))
        if (currTime - lastUp > 0)
            cout << "Second " << (j++) << ": Cycles: " << i
                 << " (dif.: " << (int) (i - last) << ")" << endl;
            last = i;
            lastUp = currTime;
            i = 0;
    return 0;
}To measure the amout of cycles/sec at each second, and the results where the following:
Second 0: Cycles: 2038960 (dif.: 2038960)
Second 1: Cycles: 2558468 (dif.: 519508)
Second 2: Cycles: 2478702 (dif.: -79766)
Second 3: Cycles: 2537230 (dif.: 58528)
Second 4: Cycles: 2568078 (dif.: 30848)
Second 5: Cycles: 2497077 (dif.: -71001)
Second 6: Cycles: 2605301 (dif.: 108224)
Second 7: Cycles: 2541288 (dif.: -64013)
Second 8: Cycles: 2476847 (dif.: -64441)
Second 9: Cycles: 2575684 (dif.: 98837)
Second 10: Cycles: 2422618 (dif.: -153066)
Second 11: Cycles: 2339900 (dif.: -82718)
Second 12: Cycles: 2571484 (dif.: 231584)
Second 13: Cycles: 2420183 (dif.: -151301)
Second 14: Cycles: 2493220 (dif.: 73037)
Second 15: Cycles: 2580775 (dif.: 87555)
Second 16: Cycles: 2588471 (dif.: 7696)
Second 17: Cycles: 2524327 (dif.: -64144)
Second 18: Cycles: 2573308 (dif.: 48981)
which means it inmediately jumps to the higher value. The prstat average is as slow as ps.
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    [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.
Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.
When you post the log extract, you might see an error message on the web page: "You have included content in your post that is not permitted," or "The message contains invalid characters." That's a bug in the forum software. Please post the text on Pastebin, then post a link here to the page you created.

GT70 internet very slow and sluggish when waking from sleep

My GT70 sometimes is very slow and sluggish to respond when it is awoken from sleep mode. Browsers become unresponsive (hyperlinks don't register as links and require multiple clicks to respond) and internet gets very slow. Speedtest.net reports .50-3mb/s when it is usually 24mb/s and above. The hdd also thrashes about and won't calm down for what seems like an eternity.
This only happens when opening the lid after the machine sits idle for several hours. This is fixed by restarting the machine.
Does anyone know why this laptop would be behaving like this? it is very frustrating and makes sleep mode pretty much useless.
cheers,
-deluxxe

Quote from: darkhawk on 22-November-13, 13:17:05
First thing I would do is get CPU-Z and open that after wake-up and seeing if the CPU is running at the speed expected, or if it's stuck at some lower speed.
thanks for the reply. will try that next time it happens.

Premier Elements 4 very slow and frequently crash

Dear Adobe support staff,
I've purchased Adobe Premier Elements 4 several yeard ago for an urgnet job I made.
I didn't use it much because it crashes all the time, and it is very very slow and frustrating. So I've used other software instead.
Needless to say that I was very dissappointed.
Now, I want to give it a second chance. but it stiil keep crashing and still very very slow.
My questions:
1. Why does it crash all the time? is there is a fix for the problem?
2. What kind of Graphics Card or Video Editing Card do you recommend for my system to work relatively normal ?
3. How much will it cost me to upgrade to version 11 ?
My system SPEC:
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 ultimate with SP1 (32bit) .
CPU: INTEL Core2 QUAD cpu Q9550 , 2.83 GHZ with a 4 GB of RAM.
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT.
Motherboard: MICRO STAR INTERNATIONAL , MODEL MS-7353 3.0, CHIPSET INTEL X48,
RAM: 4 GB Dual Channel DDR2, 400 MHZ , 512 MB memory.
Please advice.
Sincerely yours,
Shimon Tourgeman.

For the crashing, this FAQ Entry might be useful. It starts with a general PrE checklist, then goes into computer and OS tuneup, and ends with many links on troubleshooting and finding causes: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/792580?tstart=0
As for the GPU, any current video card, with at least 1GB of VRAM, will work well. PrE does not place much of a load on the GPU, but it DOES rely very, very heavily on the video driver. Both nVidia and AMD/ATI issue constant driver updates, with nVidia leading the way at this moment.
Also, while talking about drivers, some users have experienced issues with Win8 drivers. I would wait until SP1 has been released for Win8, before changing to it from Win7. For this reason, I just ordered a new laptop, and specified Win7. As the company, ADK, only builds custom and semi-custom video editing machines, they commented that they will ONLY install Win7 at this time, and have been testing Win8, since the first beta. They do not think that it is yet ready for "prime time."
Good luck,
Hunt
PS - I still use PrE 4.0, but on XP-Pro SP3, and have only crashed it 2-3 times over the years. At least 2 times, it was due to OE on my part. However, my computer is tuned and built for video editing.

Very slow and unstable after update...

Hello!
After update yesterday, my Arch64 was very slow and unstable... Eclipse IDE crashes, Firefox uses +200mb and Xorg uses +15% of CPU. Xorg lags when I'm going to switch between virtual desktop in KDE... very strange!
Some confs below:
[root@Selene hlegius]# uname -a
Linux Selene 2.6.25-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Jun 14 17:44:19 CEST 2008 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7100 @ 1.80GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
[root@Selene hlegius]# free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 3947 1121 2826 0 30 466
-/+ buffers/cache: 624 3322
Swap: 0 0 0
[root@Selene hlegius]# kde-config -v
Qt: 3.3.8b
KDE: 3.5.9
kde-config: 1.0
[root@Selene hlegius]# X -version
X.Org X Server 1.4.2
Release Date: 11 June 2008
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.25-ARCH x86_64
Current Operating System: Linux Selene 2.6.25-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Jun 14 17:44:19 CEST 2008 x86_64
Build Date: 21 June 2008 11:53:34AM
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Any ideas ?

Rexilion wrote:
I misread that the in kernel driver of v3.12 was working properly. THat way you can figure out what exact change broke performance by testing different development kernels.
There is an in-kernel driver in staging called rtl8192u. It received a lot of changes in v3.12. Maybe try v3.11 and see if that works?
it didnt work in kernel 3.12, but with https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/dkms-8192cu/ it worked perfect
in kernel 3.13 it is horrible both witht he stock driver or with the AUR package.

Indesign image display is very slow and jerky

good morning
I contacted Adobe Customer Service in Italy because I have big problems with the Creative Suite CS 5.5, in particular with Indesign and in general with the display of images of AI and Acrobat.
As I work with Indesign image display is very slow and jerky. Even with AI and Acrobat work experience is not good, the images are jerky and there are hesitations in the fluidity of view.
The software is installed on windows 7 64bit Utlimate, the workstation is very powerful: Supermicro motherboard, dual Xeon E5620 2.4ghz, 16gb ram, SSD OCZ vertex4, PNY Nvidia Quadro 4000.
The customer service has sent me several tips for email, I have followed all the instructions but I did not get results. In conclusion, when I pointed out that reading on the forums I was not the only one who showed this problem and after discussing about my hardware configuration, they told me that the problem is probably due to the fact that I have two Xeon processors!
In efects had observed that CS 5.5 on my notebook works better, but I never thought about having problems because the PC is powerful. I checked the CPU and GPU when using Indesign and I could see that uses a single CPU, and most "only 1 core"! But of CPUs in the system there are two for a total of 8 cores. Indesign seems to use only 1/8 of the available computing power ... In addition, practically does not use the GPU (only 10-15%).
From the customer service was suggested to disable or remove a processor from the system. All this seems to me incredible. I use the workstation for applications that can take advantage of the power of the machine, should I remove the processor whenever I have to use CS 5.5? If things are this way I'm thinking of asking if Adobe buy me a PC with a single processor only for use with CS 5.5 ...
Thank you.

Interesting idea, I'll investigate in this direction, I should try to make a mirror of the ssd on a traditional hard drive, exchange them and see if the situation changes. It must, however, be a further factor in the eventual bad combination hardware ... on my laptop I have: windows 7 x64, intel core i7 processor, 16gb of ram, nvidia quadro 3000m, and .... a ssd ocz agility 3, but indesign is more responsive.
But why indesign should be influenced by the hard-drive? With 16gb of ram and working files on NAS because in design interacts with the hard drive?

When starting Thunderbird to retreive my emails it is very slow and eventually no emails show up. Help

I use Thunderbird to retrieve my emails. When I click on the site at the bottom left hand corner it indicates how many emails are waiting to upload on my page. AVG AntiVirus scans the emails. It starts out very slow and the green bar comes across the bottom right hand corner very slowly. I may get one or two emails but then it just stops and the rest of the emails don't upload on my site. My husband has the same issue as he uses Thunderbird also. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

H Sean,
Welcome to Apple discussion: )
What if anything have you tried or have done to trouble shoot the problem.
Look in your Console, found in the Applications/ Utilities folder for any
clue, check the console.logs & system.logs, for any clues & paste them in a reply post. Look for items that access the net.
Do you do any internet clutter cleaning, using a tool, such as OnyX make sure to get the correct version for 10.3.9 if you do download it.
See Neils User's tip article , on Clearing caches with OnyX
Do you do any Regular Maintenance/General Troubleshooting ?
Go to Home~/Library/Caches/Safari cache folder, and Get info on the size of the Safari cache folder, if it is larger then 5 MB's I would trash the entire Safari cache folder.
~/Library/Safari folder/Icons folder, what is the size of that folder, if more say 2-3MBS, that could slow things down. These are the icons beside every
bookmark & URL , when you trash this folder the Icons will all become default
blue bubbles, the icons will recreate, unless you set the "You -can" Read & Write to Read only, in the "Ownership & Permissions" portion of the "Get info" window. Same is true for the Safari cache folder.
System Preferences-> Accounts-> Start up items, the more items there the more CPU usage the more spinning you may experience, which items do
you have there?
Which version of iTunes are you running, & have you removed the extra files?
Do you have and problems running Disk permissions repair?
Please post back.
Eme'~[)

Macbook works very slow and consumes a lot of battery power when closed

Hi@all
I hope someone of you can help me. My Mac crashed yesterday. I got a warning saying "there was a problem, your Mac will reboot" (I didn't get the exact words because it vanished quite fast and the MacBook rebooted itself). Since then my Mac is working very slow and freezes every few minutes. I looked at the CPU usage but this is always under 25% so there shouldn't be a programm that causes this problem.
In addition:
When I close it, it seems to go to sleep mode normally but is still consuming quite high amounts of battery power and get's warm. When I work with it the temperature stays normal.
I have a MacBook Pro (mid 2012) with 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 running with Mavericks.
It would be great if someone has an idea what could cause this kind of problems.
Thanks a lot in advance for your suggestions :-)

sternblume,
for the high energy consumption in sleep mode, you could try resetting its System Management Controller.
For the slow working and freezing, you can try this: boot your MacBook Pro into Recovery mode by holding down a Command key and the R key as it starts up. Once the Mac OS X Utilities menu appears, select Disk Utility. On the left-hand side of the Disk Utility window, select your internal disk’s boot partition (typically called “Macintosh HD”). On the right-hand side, press the Verify Disk button if it’s not greyed out; if it is greyed out, or if it reports that errors were found, press the Repair Disk button. Once the verification/repair is completed, exit Disk Utility and select Restart from the Apple menu to restart in normal mode.

My MacBook (10.5.8) is very slow and has significant problems loading will Snow Leopard (10.6.3) help or make my computer slower?

My MacBook (10.5.8) is very slow and has significant problems loading will Snow Leopard (10.6.3) help or make my computer slower?
Also why does my Macbook make so much noise (The noise concerns me because it is so loud it sounds like the laptop will break down or something at any point)?

It depends on your Macbook model how to open the bottom case.
Anyway you need to open up the buttom case or keyboard panel to access the CPU fan like following.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hHA4DDEvZA
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Core+2+Duo+Lower+Case+Replacement/537
If you think you can't do that by yourself, you'd better bring it to Apple Store Genius Bar or Authorized Servce Shop to tell them about the problem.

Netflix /youtube is very slow and jerky

My macbook pro is a 2.43 GHz intel Core duo with 4GB of memory. I updated to Maverics and Netfix and youtube became very slow and jerky.
Even moving the mouse causes probles with playback.
This does not happen my wifes mac book pro, or my small windows laptop and it did not happen untill I updated to maverics.
Any suggestions?
Thanks

1. This procedure is a diagnostic test. It changes nothing, for better or worse, and therefore will not, in itself, solve the problem.
2. If you don't already have a current backup, back up all data before doing anything else. The backup is necessary on general principle, not because of anything in the test procedure. There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
3. Below are instructions to run a UNIX shell script, a type of program. All it does is to collect information about the state of the computer. That information goes nowhere unless you choose to share it. However, you should be cautious about running any kind of program (not just a shell script) at the request of a stranger on a public message board. If you have doubts, search this site for other discussions in which this procedure has been followed without any report of ill effects. If you can't satisfy yourself that the instructions are safe, don't follow them. Ask for other options.
Here's a summary of what you need to do, if you choose to proceed: Copy a line of text from this web page into the window of another application. Wait for the script to run. It usually takes a few minutes. Then paste the results, which will have been copied automatically, back into a reply on this page. The sequence is: copy, paste, wait, paste again. Details follow.
4. You may have started the computer in "safe" mode. Preferably, these steps should be taken in “normal” mode. If the system is now in safe mode and works well enough in normal mode to run the test, restart as usual. If you can only test in safe mode, do that.
5. If you have more than one user, and the one affected by the problem is not an administrator, then please run the test twice: once while logged in as the affected user, and once as an administrator. The results may be different. The user that is created automatically on a new computer when you start it for the first time is an administrator. If you can't log in as an administrator, test as the affected user. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this section doesn’t apply. Don't log in as root.
6. The script is a single long line, all of which must be selected. You can accomplish this easily by triple-clicking anywhere in the line. The whole line will highlight, though you may not see all of it in the browser window, and you can then copy it. If you try to select the line by dragging across the part you can see, you won't get all of it.
Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it:
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My iMac starterd up very slow and when it did it has a white screen with little black dots on it

my mac is starting very slow and it hasa white screen with little black dots.

Hello,
Have you blown the dust out lately?
Get Temperature Monitor to see if it's heat related...
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/12381/temperature-monitor
iStat Menus...
http://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/
And/or iStat Pro...
http://www.islayer.com/apps/istatpro/
See if the Disk is issuing any S.M.A.R.T errors in Disk Utility...
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH7029
Open Activity Monitor in Applications>Utilities, select All Processes & sort on CPU%, any indications there?
How much RAM & free space do you have also, click on the Memory & Disk Usage Tabs.
Open Console in Utilities & see if there are any clues or repeating messages.
In the Memory tab of Activity Monitor, are there a lot of Pageouts?

MBP has become very slow and unresponsive

MBP has become very slow and unresponsive even when I'm typing. When playing media it skips to the point that I can not listen to ANY of my music files with out it pausing every few seconds. The movies freeze and skip as well. I've ran the disk veryfication, started in safe mode and even deleted the catches. Now Im lost and dont know what els I can do. Help anyone??
I have OS X Lion 10.7.5 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 with 750GB that has more than 50% of free storage.

hey clinton.. so i did as you suggested and here are the results... hope it tells you something
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,1
          1 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
          8 GB RAM
Video Information:
          NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - VRAM: 1024 MB
          Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 512 MB
System Software:
          Mac OS X 10.7.5 (11G63b) - Uptime: 0 days 1:17
Disk Information:
          TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF disk0 : (750.16 GB)
                    disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 749.3 GB (598.4 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8
USB Information:
          Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
          Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
          Apple, Inc. MacBook Pro
Kernel Extensions:
          com.hzsystems.terminus.driver          Version: 4
Problem System Launch Daemons:
          [not loaded] ftp-proxy.plist
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] cn.com.air.PPPMonitor.plist
          [loaded] com.absolute.rpcgeo.plist
          [loaded] com.absolute.rpcnet.plist
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
          [loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
          [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
          [loaded] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.AntiVirus.plist
Launch Agents:
          [loaded] cn.com.air.usbswapper.plist
          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
          [loaded] SBA_ListenerAgent.plist
User Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
          [loaded] com.adobe.ARM.202f4087f2bbde52e3ac2df389f53a4f123223c9cc56a8fd83a6f7ae.plist
User Login Items:
          iTunesHelper
          uTorrent
          Android File Transfer Agent
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Flash Player
Internet Plug-ins:
          AdobePDFViewer.plugin
          AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin
          Flash Player.plugin
          FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
          googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin
          JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
          npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin
          o1dbrowserplugin.plugin
          QuickTime Plugin.plugin
          SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
Bad Fonts:
          None
Top Processes by CPU:
               3%          WindowServer
               1%          EtreCheck
               0%          ps
               0%          Mac_SwapperDemon
               0%          mds
               0%          aosnotifyd
Top Processes by Memory:
          156 MB             AntiVirus
          131 MB             Google
          90 MB              WindowServer
          82 MB              Finder
          74 MB              loginwindow
          66 MB              SystemUIServer
          57 MB              Dock
          49 MB              mds
          49 MB              PhotoStreamAgent
          41 MB              opendirectoryd
Virtual Memory Statistics
          5.63 GB            Free RAM
          1.37 GB            Active RAM
          305 MB             Inactive RAM
          708 MB             Wired RAM
          722 MB             Page-ins
          0 B                Page-outs

CPU assignation is very slow and limited

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