Events performance - beach ball?

Hey there -
I'm trying to get the hand of iPhoto '08 and events. Everything seems great architecturally and from a features point of view, but I've found that events are working VERY SLOWLY for me. If I work in "photos" mode everything's zippy, but as soon as I make, edit, view, expand or collapse events, everything slows to a crawl.
I have about 2,000 photos so far, so size shouldn't be an issue. I'm using iPhoto with multiple libraries, selecting a specific one on import. I've also got a fair amount of keywords - maybe a hundred. All of the photos I'm working with so far are my "archive," so there are many different formats, etc.
Still, though, everything else about the program is super zippy, and we're not talking a lot of photos here, and I have a fairly fast computer (Mac Pro 2x3.0 ghz). I'm worried if I go down this path much further, it'll get intolerably slow.
Thoughts?

For anyone that ever has this problem, the answer was to empty the trash. That sped things up considerably (the trash was very large indeed)

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Problem description: My macbook pro since this afteon has been slower, every application I open, it takes a long time to open, and shows the spinning beach ball for a while before it opens or performs some task, or responds to a click- EtreCheck

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Problem description:
My macbook pro since this afternoon has been slower, every application I open, it takes a long time to open, and shows the spinning beach ball for a while before it opens or performs some task, or responds to a click…
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
    MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011) (Technical Specifications)
    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
    1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
    16 GB RAM Upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            8 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM0
            8 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
    Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
    Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
    Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 250
Video Information: ℹ️
    Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 512 MB
        Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.10.2 (14C1514) - Time since boot: 0:25:47
Disk Information: ℹ️
    Hitachi HTS545032B9A302 disk0 : (320,07 GB)
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 318.84 GB (47.94 GB free) - 51 errors
            Core Storage: disk0s2 319.21 GB Online
    MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
    Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
    Mac App Store and identified developers
Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [not loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.trusteer.rapport.rapportd.plist [Click for support]
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    [loaded]    com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist [Click for support]
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    Stickies    Application (/Applications/Stickies.app)
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    Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
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    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.13 [Click for support]
    Flash Player: Version: 17.0.0.134 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
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    Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 [Click for support]
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User internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
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Time Machine: ℹ️
    Skip System Files: NO
    Auto backup: YES
    Volumes being backed up:
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    Destinations:
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        Total number of backups: 60
        Oldest backup: 2012-07-15 01:16:54 +0000
        Last backup: 2015-03-29 19:28:06 +0000
        Size of backup disk: Excellent
            Backup size 999.86 GB > (Disk size 318.84 GB X 3)
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        97%    rapportd
         3%    WindowServer
         1%    mds
         0%    fseventsd
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Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
    155 MB    Safari
    120 MB    Finder
    86 MB    rapportd
    86 MB    WindowServer
    69 MB    mds_stores
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    Mar 31, 2015, 06:00:15 PM    Self test - passed
    Mar 31, 2015, 01:13:05 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Microsoft Error Reporting_2015-03-31-131305_[redacted].crash
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Open Activity Monitor and kill this process - rapportd.
Reinstalling OS X Without Erasing the Drive
Boot to the Recovery HD: Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Reinstalling OS X Without Erasing the Drive
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the main menu. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions as follows.
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility and press the Continue button. After Disk Utility loads select the Macintosh HD entry from the the left side list. Click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If Disk Utility reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit Disk Utility and return to the main menu.
Reinstall OS X: Select Reinstall OS X and click on the Continue button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.
Alternatively, see:
Reinstall OS X Without Erasing the Drive
Choose the version you have installed now:
OS X Yosemite- Reinstall OS X
OS X Mavericks- Reinstall OS X
OS X Mountain Lion- Reinstall OS X
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     Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet
                 if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.

Since loading Lion, I've experienced much more instability than Snow Leopard. In particular, Mail crashes with regularity, full-screen apps seem to run slower and show the beach ball more often for longer, etc. I'm disappointed with the performance. Any

Since loading Lion, I've experienced much more instability than Snow Leopard. In particular, Mail crashes with regularity, full-screen apps seem to run slower and show the beach ball more often for longer, etc. I love the features, but I'm disappointed with the performance. Any help coming from Apple? I've been sending them so many reports after crashes, that their file must be full!

Summoning max. courage, I did what you advised. Here is the result. What does this tell you? My Lion 7.2 (mid 2011 iMac) has several annoying glitches (which I have so far tolerated through gritted teeth) but none that have actually stopped me working.
BTW, I see several items involving CleanMyMac which I did not know I had. It is generally villified as a trouble-maker. Spotlight can't find an app. or a utility of that name. How can I get rid of what's there please? Just delete?
Last login: Thu Nov 3 20:55:11 on console
Steve-Kirkbys-iMac:~ stevekirkby$ kextstat -kl | awk ' !/apple/ { print $6 $7 } '
com.AmbrosiaSW.AudioSupport(4.0)
Steve-Kirkbys-iMac:~ stevekirkby$ sudo launchctl list | sed 1d | awk ' !/0x|apple|com\.vix|edu\.|org\./ { print $3 } '
Password:
com.openssh.sshd
com.stclairsoft.DefaultFolderXAgent
com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper
com.bombich.ccc.scheduledtask.067493DB-2728-4DF3-87D8-092EF69086E8
com.bombich.ccc
com.adobe.SwitchBoard
Steve-Kirkbys-iMac:~ stevekirkby$ launchctl list | sed 1d | awk ' !/0x|apple|edu\.|org\./ { print $3 } '
com.sony.PMBPortable.AutoRun
uk.co.markallan.clamxav.freshclam
com.veoh.webplayer.startup
com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.volumeWatcher
com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.trashSizeWatcher
com.adobe.ARM.202f4087f2bbde52e3ac2df389f53a4f123223c9cc56a8fd83a6f7ae
com.adobe.AAM.Scheduler-1.0
Steve-Kirkbys-iMac:~ stevekirkby$ ls -1A {,/}Library/{Ad,Compon,Ex,Fram,In,La,Mail/Bu,P*P,Priv,Qu,Scripti,Sta}* 2> /dev/null
/Library/Components:
/Library/Extensions:
/Library/Frameworks:
AEProfiling.framework
AERegistration.framework
ApplicationEnhancer.framework
AudioMixEngine.framework
FxPlug.framework
NyxAudioAnalysis.framework
PluginManager.framework
ProFX.framework
ProMetadataSupport.framework
TSLicense.framework
iLifeFaceRecognition.framework
iLifeKit.framework
iLifePageLayout.framework
iLifeSQLAccess.framework
iLifeSlideshow.framework
/Library/Input Methods:
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins:
AdobePDFViewer.plugin
EPPEX Plugin.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
Quartz Composer.webplugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
SharePointWebKitPlugin.webplugin
Silverlight.plugin
flashplayer.xpt
iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
nsIQTScriptablePlugin.xpt
/Library/LaunchAgents:
com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
com.sony.PMBPortable.AutoRun.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons:
com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
com.apple.remotepairtool.plist
com.bombich.ccc.plist
com.bombich.ccc.scheduledtask.067493DB-2728-4DF3-87D8-092EF69086E8.plist
com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
com.stclairsoft.DefaultFolderXAgent.plist
/Library/PreferencePanes:
.DS_Store
Application Enhancer.prefPane
Default Folder X.prefPane
DejaVu.prefPane
Flash Player.prefPane
Flip4Mac WMV.prefPane
/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools:
com.bombich.ccc
com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper
com.stclairsoft.DefaultFolderXAgent
/Library/QuickLook:
iWork.qlgenerator
/Library/QuickTime:
AppleIntermediateCodec.component
AppleMPEG2Codec.component
DesktopVideoOut.component
DivX 6 Decoder.component
FCP Uncompressed 422.component
Flip4Mac WMV Advanced.component
Flip4Mac WMV Export.component
Flip4Mac WMV Import.component
LiveType.component
/Library/ScriptingAdditions:
.DS_Store
Adobe Unit Types.osax
Default Folder X Addition.osax
/Library/StartupItems:
Library/Address Book Plug-Ins:
Library/Frameworks:
EWSMac.framework
Library/Input Methods:
.localized
Library/Internet Plug-Ins:
Library/LaunchAgents:
com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
com.adobe.ARM.202f4087f2bbde52e3ac2df389f53a4f123223c9cc56a8fd83a6f7ae.plist
com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.trashSizeWatcher.plist
com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.volumeWatcher.plist
com.veoh.webplayer.startup.plist
uk.co.markallan.clamxav.freshclam.plist
Library/PreferencePanes:
.DS_Store
Perian.prefPane
WindowShade X.prefPane
Library/QuickTime:
AC3MovieImport.component
Perian.component
Library/ScriptingAdditions:
Steve-Kirkbys-iMac:~ stevekirkby$

Spinning beach ball and slower performance

I have been noticing that the performance of my iMac is becoming slower, with the dreaded spinning beach ball apearing whenever I change between applications to perform relatively basic functions. However, the worst is when I am in iTunes, where I experience the spinning beach ball for several minutes after connecting and choosing a device, and I typically cannot do anything else in other applications until it stops. As for other applications, I have nearly abandoned Aperture because anything from scrolling to adjustments will cause the spinning beach ball to return several seconds to minutes.
My iMac is a 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with nearly 30g's left on the hard drive. I have the memory max'd at 4GB. I am running OS X 10.7.2 with all apps completely up to date. Overall, I am doing basic functions in Bento, Pages, and surfing Safari on a daily basis with only the minimal applications needed open at once.
Is there anything I can do to resolve this?

Hi Todd, thanks for the reply. Actually, I do have CS6 via my Creative Cloud membership but I'm having to work in 5.5 on this particular client's system for a project.
I was hoping that the above solution would be the answer I was searching for but alas, that is apparently not the case, since the issues have returned and the spinning beach ball continues to churn... (nothing like the elation of finding a solution only to later feel crushing defeat as the problem returns...)
The issues were resolved for a while, so perhaps this post may still be able help someone. I'd rather be working in CS6 right now, and I'm pushing for this client to do the upgrade as well. Considering how much time is being wasted waiting for the Mac to continue after hanging every other keystroke, I'd think the client would be anxious to make the change!

New iMac beach ball and performance

I recently purchased a new iMac direct from Apple.
For months I had been using a Mac Mini at work with Mac OS X 10.6.6.
My new iMac has also been updated to 10.6.6. Also, I have installed the same software on both computers. They are essentially the same.
I was very excited about my purchase since my Mac Mini at work behaved beautifully. No crashes and no beach balls. It ran like butter.
My new iMac has more memory and a newer/faster processor than the Mac Mini at work, so I expected it to be even better.
So far, however, that has not been the case. I don't see any noticeable improvement in how my iMac runs vs the Mac Mini. Worse, my iMac is frequently hit with beach balls that routinely last 10 to 30 seconds per incident. It has been extremely frustrating. Also, the new iMac crashes quite often, which really surprised me. I have to routinely force quit apps and reboot which almost never happens at work.
Any ideas why the older computer seems to perform way better than my brand new one?
Thanks!

Update:
I don't know if this will be useful, but I'm documenting this for the record. Any confirmation of these observations would be most appreciated.
As a Perl programmer (a big reason why I went with iMac in the first place) one of the very first things I did out of the box with my new computer was dig into the terminal and install some Perl modules with CPAN.
I think I did this the very same night I first turned my iMac on. And I can't remember if there was ever a time when I didn't have the beach ball problem.
Eventually I was unable to install new modules or even run CPAN at all. The computer gave me a "permission denied" response even when I was logged in as the root user. I finally learned to solve this problem by going to the Disk Utility and fixing permissions.
I've been using my computer for 30 minutes now and happened to notice I haven't had any beach balls yet. That's a very rare thing for me.
So I'm wondering if the beach ball issues I've been experiencing were related to the stuff I did with CPAN or not.
Anyone ever experienced anything like this?
In the meantime I'll keep an eye on things and report back later with additional observations. Thanks!

Why do I get the spinning beach ball when I try to change from Events to Photos. How do I fix it?

Why do I get the spinning beach ball when I try to change from Events to Photos. How do I fix it?

Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Repair Database. If that doesn't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In early versions of Library Manager it's the File -> Rebuild command. In later versions it's under the Library menu.)
This will create an entirely new library. It will then copy (or try to) your photos and all the associated metadata and versions to this new Library, and arrange it as close as it can to what you had in the damaged Library. It does this based on information it finds in the iPhoto sharing mechanism - but that means that things not shared won't be there, so no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your events, albums and keywords, faces and places back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
Regards
TD

My 2011 MBP has begun running slow with frequent 'spinning beach ball' events. I'm running Yosemite and wondered if I should of use the original install disk for maintenance.

My 2011 MBP has begun running slow with frequent 'spinning beach ball' events. I'm running Yosemite and wondered if I should of use the original install disk for a maintenance reinstall. I presume I'd have to download Yosemite again, though I'd be happy just using Snow Leopard again too.
Thanks for the help.

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.

Spinning beach ball--slow performance

Hello:
My wife's MacBook (two years old, 10.5.5) is prone to episodes where the spinning beach ball appears and keeps spinning for a minute or more. This degrades performance considerably. :>
I looked at the app inspector and didn't see anything odd.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
David

Hi David Coursey-
How full is the hard drive? Does the BB spin after performing a particular action or with specific software? How much RAM is installed?
Luck-
-DP

Video performe horribley both with QT and youtube, beach ball ****.

I have no idea why but since the last update all my QT movies play back about only 4 secs of video, then i hear sound but the picture gets stuck, then on YouTube i get nothing but the beach-ball, i have to force quit firefox etc etc
Anyone else experiencing this?
I have over 120GB free on my drive, a external 750GB media drive for iPhoto docs and a 320GB Sata to USB 2.5" drive, all worked perfect until the last update.

i have some problems too.
Expecially for some youtube videos or someother flash/director streaming files.
Actually Director/Shockware plugin works horrible on new Mac intel models.
I try to install also version 10 of this plug in (it's a beta) but nothing new.
For some videos it's possible to watch them but it's not possible to forward the timeline or put it in full screen mode. this occurs very rarely on YouTube but very often on other streaming video sites.
The only remedy if you need to watch them is restarting Safari or Firefox under Rosetta, doing so flash/director plugins are loaded in PPC instead of Intel.
It's not funny but it works.
only a note:
as i remember , CNN uses Windows Media Video codecs in their streams so it's better you install
WindowsMedia component (it's free) from Microsoft Mac site (www.mactopia.com or microsoft.com/mac)

Frickin' Beach ball! Recent performance issues.

Hello there. I have had my mac for about a year and a half. Well, recently, I am having issues. For one, the beach ball seems more prevalent these days. When I type, there is a lag now, too. Also, programs are running more slowly, especially my web browsers. What on earth is going on? I have 1 GB of ram and it has worked thus far. I intend on bumping it up to my max. allowable of 2GB in the near future, but would like to know what is happening. Thanks a lot for any help from persons suffering from the same evil beach ball fate.

Sorry, I would also like to add that I have done the disk permissions and I am not running very intense programs. Camino or Safari, Yahoo Messenger. I try to keep my mac as clean as possible when it comes to programs, etc. In my system profiler, memory or CPU is not an issue. I am not even using 2% CPU and my RAM is just under half utilized. Thanks a lot!

Sudden performance issues, crashing and beach ball

The last week or so Safari slowed down dramatically, and kept giving me the spinning beach ball. Now this is happening throughout my system, after a restart it seems to work ok for a few minutes, then will barely funciton at all in any application, usually resulting in a spinning beach ball that never stops, or the sytem freezes completely.
I'm running 10.8.4, have the RAM maxed out, plenty of free HD space. I'm done some basic troubleshotting inlcuding verifying the disc, and also ran DiscWarrior from an external DVD.
Still having the same issues.
I work at home and this is my main computer so I'm trying to get it fixed soon.
thanks in advance!
Jeff

Back up all data immediately as your boot drive may be failing.
If you have more than one user account, these instructions must be carried out as an administrator. I've tested them only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, they may not work as described.
Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
syslog -k Sender kernel -k Message CReq 'Channel t|GPU D|I/O|n Cause: -' | tail | open -ef
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C).
Launch the Terminal 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. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window (command-V).
The command may take a noticeable amount of time to run. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign (“$”) to appear.
A TextEdit window will open with the output of the command. Normally the command will produce no output, and the window will be empty. If the TextEdit window (not the Terminal window) has anything in it, post it — the text, please, not a screenshot. The title of the TextEdit window doesn't matter, and you don't need to post that.

New iMac getting beach ball few times a week

Beach ball appears occasionally. Apple says all is OK but keep getting spinning wheel about 3 times a week. Only happens for few seconds.i took the computer to Apple store, major hassle, and they could not detect anything

3/31/15 7:16:02.000 PM kernel[0]: IOBluetoothHCIController::CreateDeviceReporterAction -- calling CreateDeviceReporter() device = = 0x6c00
3/31/15 7:16:02.000 PM kernel[0]: IOBluetoothHCIController::CreateDeviceReporter -- device = = 0x6c00
3/31/15 7:16:03.166 PM apsd[50]: Unexpected connection from logged out uid 501
3/31/15 7:16:03.171 PM iconservicesagent[209]: iconservicesagent launched.
3/31/15 7:16:03.467 PM WindowServer[132]: **DMPROXY** (2) Found `/System/Library/CoreServices/DMProxy'. Run with arg = -discovery
3/31/15 7:16:03.516 PM coreaudiod[189]: 2015-03-31 07:16:03.515692 PM [AirPlay] AirPlay: Performing audio format change for 4 (AP Out) to PCM/44100/16/2 for output and PCM/44100/16/2 for input
3/31/15 7:16:03.666 PM iconservicesagent[209]: Starting service with cache path: /var/folders/vq/yskwvrh92fx_hh52hy8ldtvr0000gn/C/com.apple.iconservices
3/31/15 7:16:03.851 PM WindowServer[132]: CGXSetDisplayColorProfileAndTransfer: Display 0x042c0140: Unit 0; ColorProfile { 1688253647 }; TransferFormula (1.000000, 1.000000, 1.000000)
3/31/15 7:16:04.061 PM com.apple.AmbientDisplayAgent[160]: AMBD Agent: xpc connection became invalid during event handler
3/31/15 7:16:04.139 PM DMProxy[211]: AMBD Services: connection interrupted: com.apple.AmbientDisplayAgent (Connection interrupted)
3/31/15 7:16:04.143 PM WindowServer[132]: CGXSetDisplayColorProfileAndTransfer: Display 0x042c0140: Unit 0; ColorProfile { 1688253647 }; TransferFormula (1.000000, 1.000000, 1.000000)
3/31/15 7:16:04.154 PM com.apple.AmbientDisplayAgent[160]: AmbientDisplayAgent started
3/31/15 7:16:04.158 PM com.apple.AmbientDisplayAgent[160]: AMBD initializing devices
3/31/15 7:16:04.167 PM com.apple.AmbientDisplayAgent[160]: AMBD Agent: xpc connection became invalid during event handler
3/31/15 7:16:04.168 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
3/31/15 7:16:04.180 PM secinitd[218]: UID[501]: cache loaded: /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.app-sandbox-cache.plist
3/31/15 7:16:04.185 PM com.apple.SecurityServer[53]: Session 100007 created
3/31/15 7:16:04.264 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.lakitu) The JoinExistingSession key is only available to Application services.
3/31/15 7:16:04.264 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.accounts.dom) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
3/31/15 7:16:04.264 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
3/31/15 7:16:04.337 PM com.apple.iCloudHelper[220]: objc[220]: Class FALogging is implemented in both /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/FamilyCircle.framework/Versions/A/FamilyCircl e and /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/FamilyNotification.framework/Versions/A/Famil yNotification. One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
3/31/15 7:16:04.344 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
3/31/15 7:16:04.617 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
3/31/15 7:16:04.662 PM configd[25]: network changed: DNS* Proxy
3/31/15 7:16:04.664 PM UserEventAgent[16]: Captiv
3/31/15 7:16:04.665 PM discoveryd[49]: Basic SleepProxy Could not get the primary interface
3/31/15 7:16:04.666 PM discoveryd[49]: AwdlD2d AwdlD2dStartAdvertisingPair: 'anas-imac' Advertising service started
3/31/15 7:16:04.667 PM discoveryd[49]: AwdlD2d AwdlD2dStartAdvertisingPair: 'anas-imac' Advertising service started
3/31/15 7:16:04.667 PM discoveryd[49]: AwdlD2d AwdlD2dStartAdvertisingPair: '86aeedefff879cc400000000000008efip6arpa' Advertising service started
3/31/15 7:16:04.673 PM UserEventAgent[16]: Captive: CNPluginHandler en1: Evaluating
3/31/15 7:16:04.674 PM UserEventAgent[16]: Captive: en1: Probing 'CutestBabyEver'
3/31/15 7:16:04.674 PM configd[25]: network changed: v4(en1!:192.168.1.129) DNS+ Proxy+ SMB
3/31/15 7:16:04.000 PM kernel[0]: en1: BSSID changed to c0:c1:c0:de:75:27
3/31/15 7:16:04.000 PM kernel[0]: en1: channel changed to 11
3/31/15 7:16:04.000 PM kernel[0]: IO80211AWDLPeerManager::setAwdlOperatingMode Setting the AWDL operation mode from SUSPENDED to AUTO
3/31/15 7:16:04.000 PM kernel[0]: IO80211AWDLPeerManager::setAwdlAutoMode Resuming AWDL
3/31/15 7:16:04.735 PM UserEventAgent[16]: Captive: CNPluginHandler en1: Authenticated
3/31/15 7:16:05.314 PM sntp[226]: time set +0.269251 s
3/31/15 7:16:05.362 PM identityservicesd[201]: ApplePushService: Timed out making blocking call, failed to perform call via XPC connection to 'com.apple.apsd'
3/31/15 7:16:05.385 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.FileSyncAgent.PHD.isRunning) The HideUntilCheckIn property is an architectural performance issue. Please transition away from it.
3/31/15 7:16:05.387 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.mbloginhelper.user) This key does not do anything: OnDemand
3/31/15 7:16:05.387 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.mbpluginhost.user) This key does not do anything: OnDemand
3/31/15 7:16:05.389 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.secd) This key does not do anything: OnDemand
3/31/15 7:16:05.389 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.secd) The ServiceIPC key is no longer respected. Please remove it.
3/31/15 7:16:05.390 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.speech.speechsynthesisd) This key does not do anything: OnDemand
3/31/15 7:16:05.391 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.TrustEvaluationAgent) This key does not do anything: OnDemand
3/31/15 7:16:05.391 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.DataDetectorsDynamicData) The JoinExistingSession key is only available to Application services.
3/31/15 7:16:05.469 PM AddressBookSourceSync[216]: ApplePushService: Timed out making blocking call, failed to perform call via XPC connection to 'com.apple.apsd'
3/31/15 7:16:05.518 PM syncdefaultsd[215]: ApplePushService: Timed out making blocking call, failed to perform call via XPC connection to 'com.apple.apsd'
3/31/15 7:16:05.581 PM ntpd[141]: peer time.apple.com @ 17.253.6.243
3/31/15 7:16:05.634 PM com.apple.iCloudHelper[220]: ApplePushService: Timed out making blocking call, failed to perform call via XPC connection to 'com.apple.apsd'
3/31/15 7:16:05.637 PM ntpd[141]: drift PPM:0.000 -> -32.524
3/31/15 7:16:05.649 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
3/31/15 7:16:05.841 PM netbiosd[225]: Attempt to use XPC with a MachService that has HideUntilCheckIn set. This will result in unpredictable behavior: com.apple.smbd
3/31/15 7:16:05.962 PM CalendarAgent[214]: Exception fetching ABCDContact in context <ABManagedObjectContext: 0x7f97914b1fd0>: keypath birthdayComponents not found in entity <NSSQLEntity ABCDContact id=21>
3/31/15 7:16:05.963 PM CalendarAgent[214]: Error fetching ABCDContact in context <ABManagedObjectContext: 0x7f97914b1fd0>: (null) (null)
3/31/15 7:16:06.063 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.appkit.xpc.sandboxedServiceRunner) The JoinExistingSession key is only available to Application services.
3/31/15 7:16:06.063 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.DataDetectorsDynamicData) The JoinExistingSession key is only available to Application services.
3/31/15 7:16:06.065 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.FileSyncAgent.PHD.isRunning) The HideUntilCheckIn property is an architectural performance issue. Please transition away from it.
3/31/15 7:16:06.066 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.mbloginhelper.user) This key does not do anything: OnDemand
3/31/15 7:16:06.066 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.mbpluginhost.user) This key does not do anything: OnDemand
3/31/15 7:16:06.067 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.secd) This key does not do anything: OnDemand
3/31/15 7:16:06.067 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.secd) The ServiceIPC key is no longer respected. Please remove it.
3/31/15 7:16:06.068 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.speech.speechsynthesisd) This key does not do anything: OnDemand
3/31/15 7:16:06.068 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.TrustEvaluationAgent) This key does not do anything: OnDemand
3/31/15 7:16:06.000 PM kernel[0]: BUG in process suhelperd[233]: over-released legacy external boost assertions (1 total, 1 external, 0 legacy-external)
3/31/15 7:16:06.150 PM apsd[50]: Attempt to set push wake topics without dark wake enabled: ()
3/31/15 7:16:06.259 PM apsd[50]: Attempt to set push wake topics without dark wake enabled: ()
3/31/15 7:16:06.261 PM com.apple.internetaccounts[222]: Additional Logging , array retured in signedInAccounts is (
"<IAAccount: 0x608000243600> -- uid: 8DC65E31-E991-463C-89EF-1A820047D2CB; loginName: ; provider: com.apple.account.icloud; parent: (null)\n\taccount ID: - com.apple.account.icloud - \n\tprovider attrs: {\n IADSIDKey = 1011887734;\n \"com.apple.InternetAccounts.loginName\" = \"\";\n \"com.apple.InternetAccounts.provider\" = \"com.apple.account.icloud\";\n fullName = \"Ana Licitra\";\n}"
3/31/15 7:16:06.362 PM identityservicesd[201]: ApplePushService: Timed out making blocking call, failed to perform call via XPC connection to 'com.apple.apsd'
3/31/15 7:16:06.469 PM AddressBookSourceSync[216]: ApplePushService: Timed out making blocking call, failed to perform call via XPC connection to 'com.apple.apsd'
3/31/15 7:16:06.000 PM kernel[0]: BUG in process suhelperd[233]: over-released legacy external boost assertions (1 total, 1 external, 0 legacy-external)
3/31/15 7:16:06.000 PM kernel[0]: BUG in process suhelperd[233]: over-released legacy external boost assertions (1 total, 1 external, 0 legacy-external)
3/31/15 7:16:06.000 PM kernel[0]: BUG in process suhelperd[233]: over-released legacy external boost assertions (1 total, 1 external, 0 legacy-external)
3/31/15 7:16:06.000 PM kernel[0]: BUG in process suhelperd[233]: over-released legacy external boost assertions (1 total, 1 external, 0 legacy-external)
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Authoritative, Real-time, Spinning Beach Ball Diagnostic Tool/Utility?

Dear Mac Mavens,
Is there an effective, real-time diagnostic tool/utility that authoritatively explains why my Mac is so-darn-slow...soooo mmaaannnnyyyyy times during the day?
The spinning beach ball is ubiquitous on my machine.
For example:
Sometimes--but not always--it can take Evernote, MS-PowerPoint, MS-Word, MS-Excel, and the like, as long as 3-5 minutes to become active.
Another example: Viewing "Open Recent" in just about any application can take 2-4 minutes.
Sometimes, again, not always: it can take 2-3 minutes for a browser tab to open.
To date, I have purchased, and run, virtually all the major "Keeper," "Cleaner," "Go Faster," "Tools" utilities (each promising to speed up a Mac)...but none of them either report a meaningful problem (however, some of the do report many, many trivial problems)--and none of them have had any effect whatsoever on system performance.
Also, I constantly check "Monitor" (which routinely reports CPU at ~3-7%) and iStat Mini (which routinely reports CPU at ~5%). Additionally, many, many times, I've examined the console.logs looking (without success) for anomalous events.
Hence this request. Is there a useful tool/utility/magic incantation which can help diagnosis this productivity-sapping issue and explain--in real-time--the cause of a spinning beach ball?
Conjecture: Given the consistently low reported CPU utilization...16Gb memory (1333 MHz DDR3)...1Tb SATA disk...2.8 GHz Intel Core 5 (1 processor, 4 cores)...in this somewhat beefy Mid-2010 27-inch--could the dominant constraint be the internal bus? If the bus is relatively slow...would that explain the too, too frequent beach ball?
Your specific suggestions are welcomed and greatly appreciated; thank you.
Plane Wryter

When you have the problem, 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. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
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.

New (8/14) Macbook Pro Retina - Premiere Pro CC 2014 spinning beach ball

Help! Seems my shiny new wiz-bang 4-core Macbook Pro with 16 GB of Ram and a 512 solid state drive works just fine with Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2014 until my project reaches a certain size, then it won't open the project and immediately gives me the deadly spinning beach ball. The only way to exit is to force quit whereupon I get the "Sorry, a serious error has occurred...". Aggravating beyond words.
Saw one forum comment where it was recommended to update to the 6.0 CUDA driver, but not even sure I have a CUDA driver. Plenty of space left on hard drive. In Premiere Pro preferences under the "Memory Tab" it doesn't seem to matter if it's set to "Optimize rendering for.... Memory or Performance." I've reinstalled the Premiere Pro App twice. Doesn't help.
Some specs:
Processor 2.5 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics Intel Iris Pro
NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M GPU PCie
Intel Iris Pro GPU Built-in
8 GB DDR# 1600 MHz (x2) = 16 GB RAM
350 GB of 499 GB left on drive
Of the 16 GB of RAM I have 11 available for Premiere Pro and the other 5 GB allocated for other apps.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

>NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M GPU PCie
>Intel Iris Pro GPU Built-in
Dual graphics adapters are a bane on civilization!!!
-http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/kb/error---preludevideo-play-modules.html
-http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1001579
-Use BIOS http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1019004?tstart=0
-link to why http://forums.adobe.com/message/4685328
-http://www.anandtech.com/show/4839/mobile-gpu-faceoff-amd-dynamic-switchable-graphics-vs-n vidia-optimus-technology/2
-Mac Utility for dual adapters http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1017891?tstart=0

Pre-n enabler seems to cause issues with lock up/beach ball

I just received my new C2D MBP yesterday with 3G of RAM and all was peachy. I decided to install the $1.99 Pre-N enabler patch from Apple and it appears that I'm not alone in having that cause system lock ups and beach balls from ****.
I unfortunately seem to be in the same boat. It runs for awhile and then all of a sudden it will just lock up and I'll get the spinning beach ball from **** forever, until I reboot.
I'm using mine with a NetGear Pre-N wireless router and while I'm getting 140kpbs connections I am getting a lot of receive errors and the machine just goes off to la-la land.
I was worried about something else until I read these posts over in Internet & Networking and now I'm wondering if there really is an issue with whatever the "enabler" did. It ceratinly appears to be this. Nothing else seems to cause it this kind of beach ball death.
So now I guess we need to look for an "un-enabler" patch. Just out of curiosity where do we email problems like this to get resolved?
UGGHHHHHHH!!!
Peter

I have this same problem. I reported a bug to apple bug id#4990056
Here is what i wrote:
10-Feb-2007 10:36 PM Brooks Roy:
Summary:
I recently got a Linksys WRT350N 802.11n router and using it with my macbook pro core 2 duo. The router is firmware version 1.03.2.
After installing the enabler from the apple site i verified it upgraded properly and it shows a/b/g/n for my airport card. However the computer has been locking up more and more. I finally narrowed it down to the airport card. Here is what happens:
Steps to Reproduce:
With regular airport usage, the mac will all of the sudden give the spinning 'beach ball' and just sit there. A simple http download will stop and the mac will become unresponsive. I cannot launch new applications. The icons will bounce in the dock but never open. I cannot force-quit any applications. My only option is to hold down the power button for a hard shutdown.
I can almost duplicate the issue 7 times out of 10. Sometimes it takes 15 minutes or so before it locks up, sometimes its almost immediately.
I have done a full fsck and permissions. I also downloaded tiger cache cleaner and cleaned all settings. I have also booted off the apple install cd and done a extended full RAM check on the 2Gb installed in my computer.
I have restored my IO80211Family.kext from my other macbook pro (regular core duo) and my problems have gone away. I am 100% sure there is a bug with the 802.11n enabler and the Linksys WRT350N.
I do not have any special configuration on my linksys, just MAC based wireless authentication.
When using the MacBook pro on the WRT350N in 802.11g without the latest 802.11n enabler the mac performs fine and does not become unresponsive.
Expected Results:
I expect the mac to perform just as a 802.11g network will work with increased transfer speeds.
Actual Results:
See above.
Regression:
It only occurs when using network traffic (i.e Mail.app, Safari browsing sites, etc. Any application that requires Airport.
Notes:
I am using the original IO80211Family.kext driver that does not have 802.11n support and it works properly. Also using builtin ethernet with airport off and the 802.11n driver works (obviously).

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