Disk Utility Disk 1st Aid SLOW in OS X10.7

I have an external hard drive that use for my Time Machine backups. It took some time but the Time Machine copied my OS X 10.7 Macintoah HD with no issues and all seemed well. I then opened and used the First Aid opton in the new Disk Utilty version 12 to Repair my Time Machine backup drive. It is still running and the time left is 45 minutes. It seems to be running in slow motion at best.
I wonder if there is an issue with both 10.6 and 10.7 files in the same TM backup?

As a follow-up the Disk Utility finally finished the Verification and Repair and said the TM external drive was okay. I then had the Time Machine do another back up and it worked but took five minutes for clean up after copying the files. I am not sure but I think the Disk Utilty may have changed something and It too the Time Machine some time to put them back in place. All seems well but the the 10.7 Disk Utility seems slower than I remember in 10.6.
As long as the TM is happy I am not messing with it!

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Disk is too slow or System Overload Errors(-10010)

Hi, It may have been a mistake, but for the 1st time in a long time, I updated my system and software two days ago, after which i tried to runm Logic 9. During playback, I am not getting a random error message that "Disk is too slow or System orverload. This is a system that has operated error free for the past eighteen months, no problems, until now! What really puzzles me about this is the part about "motion Sensor" ! My system is a Mac Pro Desktop unit and not a laptop, and definitely not equipped with and motion sensor(s) at least not that I am aware of.
Can nyone shed some light on this for me?
Thanks in advance

Hi
rockfort wrote:
Did you repair permissions after the OS update?
** I don't know how**
To repair Permissions, in the Finder, use the Go:Utilities function, and run Disk Utility.
In Disk Utility, select the boot drive partition on the left and click on "Repair Disk Permissions".
rockfort wrote:
Free space on the OS and/or Project drive(s)?
** 1.78TB space free on the drive**
So, are you recording /playing back your projects from your System drive?
This is not generally recommended. Instead one should really use an second (Project) drive either Internal (no good for an iMac) or external Firewire/Thunderbolt drive (depends which iMac you have).
Further, the error message you have been getting is a general "Disk too slow" and/or "CPU overloaded" message.
It would be worth keeping an eye on the System Performance meter in Logic whilst playing the project (Double click on the CPU meter in the Transport or use :Options:Audio:System Performance) to see if it is CPU or Disk related
CCT

"Disk is too slow" ???

I've been running Garageband happily eversince I bought my iMac 18 months ago, using it to transfer old cassette tapes to the Mac. Then suddenly 2 days ago I got the error message 'Disk is too slow'. Nothing unusual about the tape, just pop group (M People), not 1000-piece orchestra. The 250GB disk has 224GB free space. Tried closing all other apps (I don't run many anyway) but still problem. I need to finish off this copying urgently and I'm slightly desperate. No-one in the Garageband discussions has come up with anything.
No other apps have any problems, but then all the others presumably can control their input speed.
What is the problem causing the message, and how can I fix it? Is it because the disk has become fragmented, and if so is there an equivalent of the PC defrag utility for Mac? If not, what? Please help!!

Even in the PC world, defragmenting is never going to cause a problem like this. Defragmenting gives negligible benefits, at best. In the Windows world, people would be much better off if they forgot words like "defragment" and "registry". They end up either just wasting time or messing around with things they shouldn't be messing around with.
That said, run Apple Hardware Test on your system. The extended tests. That will see if there's anything obviously wrong with your system. If not, take it to an Apple store or AASP in your area, and ask them to run a check of the HDD. I'd tell you exactly what program to have them run, but in my experience you just get blank stares, followed by a second or two of silence, then a quick, "Uh-huh". Meaning they didn't understand a thing you just said. So just tell the person to have the monkeys in the back run tests on the HDD. They should be able to have an answer in a half hour or so.

Disk is too slow. (Prepare) (-10001) HELP

ive searched through endless threads with this.
I have just installed a symphony 64 pci card, im not using it with the symphony yet, still using the fireface ufx
this could be just a coincidence
but logic 9 is now constantly F&^%ing up
Disk is too slow. (Prepare)
(-10001)
when im playing, or recording the cpu goes into overload for no apparant reason and then no sound comes out.
I have to mess with buffer settings etc.. to get it to work.
I finally got everything working, and now Im back to trhe same problem of Logic been completely unworkable.
I tried changing the esata cable for my g-tech harddrive, have tried it without the UFX and it still F*&ks up
Im on an 8 core machine, 16gb ram, 6tb external drive, ssd drive etc..
Logic is really pi££ing me off now.
if anyone can help I would be very greatful.
when im playing, or recording the cpu goes into overload for no apparant reason and then no sound comes out.
I have to mess with buffer settings etc.. to get it to work.
I finally got everything working, and now Im back to trhe same problem of Logic been completely unworkable.
I tried changing the esata cable for my g-tech harddrive, have tried it without the UFX and it still F*&ks up

There's a guy on another thread here who just solved this exact same problem by using Disk Utility to Repair Disk Permissions. Admittedly, it sounds too good to be true in this case, but worth a try.

Disk first aid

I am new to OSX and have a question.
I used to be able to use disk first aid to check and or repair my hard disk. I don't seem to be able to find it in OSX
Is it called something else? and how do you use it too repair your disk? Where Is it Is it Disk utilities in the utility folder. I don't want to mess the HD up.How do you use it? What do you click on?
Any assistance would be appreciated
Thanks
John

Hi John!
Here are instructions.
THESE ARE THE STEPS FOR USING DISK UTILITY TO REPAIR YOUR HD
1.Insert your Mac OS X CD-ROM disc or Restore DVD disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key. This would be Disk 1 of the 3 CD Panther set.
2.Once started up from CD or DVD, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu.
Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from disc to access Disk Utility.
3.Click the First Aid tab.
4.Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
5.Select your Mac OS X volume, if necessary.
6.Click Repair. If DU reports errors it has fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported.
7.When finished, select Quit Disk Utility from the Installer menu.
8.Select Quit Installer from the Installer menu.
9.In the resulting pop-up window, choose restart.
10.After the computer has restarted, you can eject the CD.
TO REPAIR PERMISSIONS ON THE STARTUP DISK
1.Open Disk Utility, located in Applications/Utilities, and select the startup disk in the left column.
2.Click First Aid.
3.Click Verify Disk Permissions to test permissions or Repair Disk Permissions to test and repair permissions. (I never "Verify". Just run "Repair".)
Rerun RP until the only messages reported are listed in this article Spurious Permissions Errors Using: 10.3.x, authored by Michael Conniff.
When "Repair Permissions" is complete. Quit "Disk Utility".
ali b

Powerbook G4 stopped working it cuts on but no spinning disc symbol..won't run I installed the start up disk and it starts up but disk first aid says there is something wrong can't repair it..what do I do now? Do I erase everything and start over?

The G4 comes on but that is as far as it goes...I installed the startup disc it started and I tried disk first aid but it says it can't be repaired????If I erase everything will this fix the problem as well as make me lose everything?
The firsat aid box says:
" REPAIRING DISK FOR "HARD DRIVE"
checking HFS Plus volume
Checking events Overflowfile
Checking catalog file
Invalid node structure ( this is in RED )
rebuilding catalog B-tree
The volume Hard drive can not be repaired ( in red)
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit (-9972_) (in red)
REPAIR ATTEMPTED ON 1 VOLUME
0HFS volume repaired ( in green)
1 volume could not be repaired (in red)
[email protected] feel free to send email thanks

Bryan,
Do you have a second hard drive? If you can get the install disk to boot the computer then all is not lost. Install a clean system on a second hard drive to get back in business. If you have any backup copies of your software and files, use them to restore your computer to good working condition.
Then, install some form of data recovery software on your second drive. The recovery software can look at a bit mapped version of your drive and extract data that may be scrambled but usable. Think of the drive as a book. If someone tore out a few pages from the table of contents or index from a book, the main volume would be there but the book would not be repairable. Or, if the table of contents is OK but someone tore out a chapter or two, the other chapters would be there. The book is not complete but all is not lost.
Here is a review to get you up to speed:
http://data-recovery-software-review.toptenreviews.com/mac-recovery-software/
Start by getting your computer working off a clean install on a second drive so the data recovery process will work faster and have a destination for the recovered data.
Jim~
btw, it is better to list your email as follows: sssail3 at aol dot com. That format protects agains trolling for email addresses.

No Audio Playback due to Error Message "Disk is too slow. (Prepare) (-10001)"

Out of the blue, no audio playback. Was working just fine earlier today.
I repeatedly get the error message:
Disk is too slow. (Prepare)
(-10001)
NOTE: I have more than enough disc space. That is NOT the issue.
I also just got a second error message:
Part of the Project was not played
This project has too many real instrument tracks to be played in real-time. To optimize performance, see the 'Optimizing GarageBand performance' page in GarageBand Help.
NOTE: Odd as I have only 2 tracks in the GarageBand file.
Any others experience this? Suggestions?

Have a look into the Preferences folder (YourUserFolder/Libraries/Preferences/) and trash all Logic preferences.
You'll have to setup the program again.
cheers
rob

Why am I getting this error message, "Disk is too slow. (Prepare) (-10001)"

Hello all! I've been using GarageBand for a while now and I've accumulated quite a few files. Along with all of my movies and iTunes library, my internal hard drive filled up rapidly and I didn't catch it. I received a warning message on my screen one day saying that my hard drive was nearly full and I only had a few MB available. I'm using a 150 GB Solid State Hard Disk on my 2009 MacBook Pro (2.6 GHz Intel Cre 2 Duo, 4 GB of RAM). I remembered reading a while back that it's better to use an external hard drive for pretty much everything when using Garageband, so I bought one. I now have a seagate 500 GB, 5400 rpm external (USB 2.0) and I moved ALL of my movies and music over to it. I freed up around 60 GB of space on my internal hard drive in doing so.
So now that I've given you a little background, let me explain the issue I'm having. Before I noticed that my hard drive was full, I started receiving this error message:
Disk is too slow. (Prepare)
(-10001)
Upon receiving this message, I was unable to do pretty much anything in GarageBand. I couldn't listen to tracks, export to iTunes, or do anything! All I'm using GarageBand for is editing. My band and I do all our recording (and mixing) offsite at a separate studio and i just deliver a 2 track stereo signal (L/R) to my MacBook. From there, I just cut the individual tracks from a block of 30-45 minutes of recording because we just record our entire studio session and mix everything there. I pretty much never have more than two tracks and a few effects going at the same time.
After I realized that my disk was nearly full, I consulted my brother-in-law. He's head of the IT Deartpment at a major hospital here in West L.A. and he told me that I may have created a problem with the cache by filling up my internal hard drive and that I may still have issues with performance even after I free up space. He then told me that I may need to reboot my MacBook a few time to "free up the cache" (or something close to that, sorry guys I'm not that tech-savvy). It seems he may have been right, as I'm still experiencing the same issue. I rebooted around 10 times overall to no avail. I'm still using my internal hard drive to store the files that I'm working on (temporarily) because USB 2.0 is way too slow for my liking, when using GarageBand.
I've read quite a few articles on this offering solutions such as:
1. Do a complete Uninstall and Reinstall of GarageBand
2. Clone my hard drive to my external, format it, and reinstall everything back on it
3. Get a hard drive that supports Firewire 800 (The HDD I bought is USB 2.0, but it has two USB cables to increase speed, but I only have 1 port and I tried a powered USB Hub, but this HDD won't work with it for some reason).
4. Use different editing software.
5. Take it to Apple!
Will any of these things fix my problem? Are some better than others? Before I do anything, I wanted to ask this question on the furum to see if anybody had an easier (or cheaper!) solution. Any suggestions, tips, or advice would be much appreciated, as my band is starting to get on my case about finishing our CD! Thanks...

Have a look into the Preferences folder (YourUserFolder/Libraries/Preferences/) and trash all Logic preferences.
You'll have to setup the program again.
cheers
rob

Error message: "Disk is too slow or System Overload."

When I try to record from the line-in on my MacBook Pro (2.16GHz, 2GB RAM, 100GB 7200rpm HD), I get after some time (that can range from a few seconds to a few minutes) the error message: "CoreAudio: Disk is too slow or System Overeload. (-10010)".
This is weird because I get that error even when recording into an empty project. I have no such error on my old PowerBook G4 (867MHz, 512MB RAM) with the same version of Logic Express (most recent). Both computers are fully up-to-date.
I also get that error on my MacBook Pro very often when I'm working on a project and it's getting pretty annoying, it sorts of halts the process each time...
I also have Mail, iCal and Adium running at the same time as Logic Express, none of which use much CPU so the problem can't realistically be from them...
Any help to resolve this issue or at least shed some light on the potential cause would be greatly appreciated!

Simply having idle applications in the background is probably fine, but I certainly believe that something like Mail checking for new messages in the middle of recording in Logic could cause problems.
I would also check Activity Monitor to see if you have any background processes running that you aren't aware of. My wife's iBook slowed to a crawl once, and I discovered that a printer driver she installed to use a printer at work was using about 80 percent of the CPU.
-Eric

Time Capsule Disk is very slow

Hello,
I'm using 10.8.2 and I just bought a Time Capsule 2TB for my backups.
I have tried to use Time Machine to backup my data (about 200GB) via our wifi network. My MBP (Retina mid 2012) stands at a distance of 2 meters from the Time Capsule.
It took about 16 hours and at 90% it crashed.
After that I used Carbon Copy Cloner to backup my data manually. I think I will go on with this methode, because I will have instant access to my data.
CCC did the backup a bit faster (about 12-13 hours). Copying other files to the Time Capsule Disk is also slow (about 7-8 GB per hour). Navigating is also slow.
I turned off Spotlight completely without a difference in copying speed.
I think (and I hope) this Time Capsule disk could be faster. Is this a bug? Are there workarounds?
Thanks a lot!

-To sum up things: The setting "DHCP + NAT" delivers fast copying speeds
Yes. You will eliminate the backroute to the fiber modem or maybe even back to your ISP - depending on their setup.
The standard setting of the router is "DHCP + NAT" right?
Normally the standard setting is good enough to obtain an internet connection instantly (without filling in IP, DNS etc. manually).
Yes, you shoudl not have to fill in those details. Should work straight away as your MBP gets thos edetails automatically (yes?)
best to reset the Airport Extreme to defaults and connect it again using DHCP / NAT

How do I fix the problem 'disk is too slow' and what does it mean anyway?

I'm transferring casete tapes to the Mac via the input line. I've transferrred nearly 100 with no prouble, but sudddenly today two things have gone wrong (see separate question for the other one). This one is that suddenly the error message 'Disk is too slow' comes up. also the track (the top one, not the bottom edit section one) is bright red instead ofthe usual dark purple.
What's gone wrong and how do I fixit?

Sorry about the lack of terms: lazy of me I admit. Having read up Garageband Help, I think I've got the answers. Yes, by the top part I mean the track in the timeline. The bottom part is the same track showing up in what is headed the 'Audio Region' The bright red is the colour the track is in the timeline during recording, and it stays like that until after stopping recording I click somewhere in the timeline section (not necessarily on the track itself) at which time it just goes the normal kind of dull greyish colour an unselected region does.
Thanks for telling me how to see the HD info. Its 250GB, of which I've used about 23GB. The first computer I worked on as a programmer back in 1962 had a 400KB drum (the first disks didn't arrive until 1963) as its random access backing store - and yes, that is a K. The machine also came with 12KB of RAM and 4 tape decks, was the size of a hotel kitchen, and cost about $200,000. You young people don't know how lucky you are

Logic Pro X - Disk is too slow or System Overload. (-10010)

Hi there, I'm a professional music user and recently switched from Pro-Tools to Logic due to PT11's lack of third party plug-in support at the moment. I was looking forward to leaving behind the error messages of Pro-Tools for the supposed plain sailing of Logic. However, after installing Logic X and starting a new session with one track of audio and 4 tracks of software instruments, I'm receiving the following error message when attemping to record a part on one of the software instruments. 'Disk is too slow or System Overload. (-10010)'
I have an 8 core Mac Pro with the latest version of Mountain Lion, 16GB of Ram and a 250GB SSD boot drive (which Logic is installed on). My sessions are ran from a secondary 120GB SSD which has 110GB of free space on it and my sample libraries are streamed from another internal 250GB SSD and a 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive. My interface is a Focusrite Scarlett 6i6 USB 2.0 and my I/O buffer is set to 512.
It is completely unacceptable to me that I should be experiencing error messages with this set up and a 64 bit DAW, particularly when the session in question only has one track of audio and one instance of East West's Play engine, spread across 4 software instrument tracks.
Has anyone else experienced similar problems or have any ideas as to what the solution could be? I'd really appreciate any advice.
Cheers,
David

Just as a quick followup....
After doing a little research online it seems the Scarlett is one of those USB2 devices that has issues with how Apple changed their implementation of USB when they released Macs with USB3 interfaces and put this updated implementation into Lion and later Mountain Lion... and that this is probably why some people have major issues like the OP is reporting and why other's do not. It depends on the hardware/OS X version combination as to if this issue rears it's ugly head.
Oddly enough some Win 8 users are also reporting similar issues with the Scarlett for much the same reason.
The March 2013 Scarlett OS X drivers are intended to 'alleviate' this issue but Focusrite have stated it is only to 'alleviate' in some instances and not completely fix the problem for everyone who has it,.,..
However, the good news is that Focusrite have released some beta drivers (v1.7b2 and later b3) which seem to work better for some people than the last official release...
Mac Only.
General stability/logging improvements:
- Improved audio stream syncing
- Fixed bug which results in occasional inaccurate timestamps
- Improves sample rate switching
- 18i20 stream formats now switch automatically
- Fixes Forte streaming at 176.4/192kHz
You can find them here..
http://beta.focusrite.com
Note: These beta drivers again seem to only alleviate the issues for some people and not all but it has got to be worth giving them a try I would think...

CoreAudio: Disk is too slow

Have just switched over to MAC Pro Intel, a few years old. When press play in Garageband 3 get message "CoreAudio: Disk is too slow. (Prepare) (-10001)" This applies all previous Garageband 3 files and any newly created ones. I cannot play any of them. Can you tell me what this means and how I can fix? Thanks.

I looked at the Activity Monitor and didn't see anything using up resources. I saw disk writes peak out, but nothing to suggest why. I recorded track after track in the same project and finally after the 4th track, it started recording as long as I wanted without a problem. I'm going to chalk it up to disk fragmentation in that particular area.

Repeated Error: Disk is too slow. (Record) (-10005)

Hello brilliant forum users,
I'm using a brand new mac mini with all of the software updated. It's got 2GB of RAM.
I am recording spoken word through a mixer, onto one track (male basic).
There are no other tracks.
I have no other applications open, and the computer has had a fresh boot.
I am getting this error repeatedly, intermittently, with no apparent cause:
Disk is too slow. (Record)
(-10005)
After googling and reading up, I have done the following:
Made sure FileVault is off (it was).
Turned off time machine (I had it on).
In the energy saver preference, deselected 'put hard disk(s) to sleep when possible'.
Still, the error occurred.
Then, I decided to record to my 500GB external (backup) drive, which is connected via usb (I do not have a firewire external drive). I thought, surely this will fix the problem. I made sure time machine was disabled.
Still, the error occurred.
It is totally random, happens at 2 minutes, 20 minutes, or not at all.
I have recording audio resolution set at 'good'.
I am recording via an audio-in (3.5mm I think?) aux cable from an OUT on the mixer.
It seems that I should call apple, but I am at a meditation center in Thailand, and the time difference makes it difficult, not to mention that the computer is in the meditation hall, which makes phone calls difficult.
So, I turn to the trusted experience of YOU!
Thank you very much!
Most appreciatively,
Lizzy

I have also been getting this one intermittently while playing back - sometimes while playing back only one track. Don't know if it's related.
Part of the project was not played
This project has too many real instrument tracks to be played in real-time.
To optimize performance, see the 'Optimizing GarageBand performance' page in GB Help.
hmmm.. that doesn't sound right - and may suggest a software issue.
Have you tried creating a new user account (go to System Preferences, Accounts, and add another account with the "+" sign) and using Garageband from a new account?
Or if that's not working, do a complete uninstall of Garageband...
• trash GB receipts (at the hard drive level)
• trash your Caches folder (at the user level)
• trash all GB preferences (at the user level)
• trash the GB application
... then reinstall Garageband from scratch?
Hope this is helpful!

Disk is too slow or System Overload. (-10009)

Hello all,
I'm running a G4 PowerBook, with 1.67 GHz, and 1.5 GB DDR SDRAM. My Logic set-up is Logic Pro 7 and a Motu 828mkII.
My present Logic project contains 7 tracks, with EXS24 through 6 tracks and Sculpture through the last. The instruments were triggered through a midi keyboard.
While trying to score a short film, I keep running into the following error:
CoreAudio: Disk is too slow or System Overload. (-10009). The error happens while recording and during playback only. There are times when I do not recieve the error message, but playback is terribly jerky and I'm unable to clearly see exactly where I am on the timeline.
I have searched for similar errors on this site and cannot seem to find an answer. I imagine the solution is changing the way I have my I/O setting in the CPU usage. Am I on base?
I'd appreciate any help,
Kris

Hey Cyril and 25G's,
Well I went out and bought a OWC Mercury Elite Pro Firewire 800 with Oxford 912. I transferred the EXS Factory Sample files to the OWC drive. Then I deleted the EXS Factory Sample files on the OS hard disk. Then I created the alias for the Samples and placed the alias back in the Logic file under Application Support on the OS hard disk.
The alias' seem to be working because the Logic project works. The only problem is that it is still terribly jerky.
The CPU is maxing out while the I/O meter is not responding at all. Could this be the clue to my problem?
(Also, Cyril, call me stupid, but I cannot find the Virtual Memory portion in the EXS Preferences.)
Thank you for all your help. (I am a bit slow myself when it comes to Logic and the proper steps to de-bugging a problem. So, very detailed explanations are appreciated)

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