Everything slow

Well I start my search for a solution here. About two weeks ago my MacBook Pro slowed down. Everything slowed down. Slow internet (I have 10mg service), slow to open windows, slow to access parts of drop down menus, slow to go back, slow to open programs, slow to 'forward' instructions such as print, search, open. Slow to close programs, close down, restart. Everything just slowed down. I have lots of available memory, nothing else running at the same time. I don't know where to look to resolve the problem. I've learned to expect the beach ball but sometimes it doesn't even show up. Any thoughts? Thank you.

I would suggest that you check and repair permissions and, perhaps, even verify the hard drive and repair if needed. Often file permissions become corrupted. Boot from your install disc by holding down the "C" key during startup. After picking your language, go to the Utilities->disk utilities. Verify the disk and then repair permissions. Given that a try before you do anything drastic.

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Yesterday I upgraded to Mountain Lion OS 10.8.1 everything slowed down. Adobe Illustrator takes forever to perform any operation, Same goes for Chrome. I have quit all the aplication except for Illustrator and it's still extremely slow.
I have upgraded ONLY because I read that upgrading to 10.8 will fix a problem with saving to PDF from Illustrator. It did not solve that problem.
Intead now I cannot use Ms Word, Excell, Powerooint I was able to use with 10.6. !!!
I want to revert back to OS 10.6.!!!
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Please help!
AgathaM

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Sorry, Apple has no approved method to downgrade the version of iOS on your iDevice. You can voice your displeasure with the iOS by leaving feedback at the appropriate subsection from the link below.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/

After ripping about 75 cds everything slowed down. Help- is it cache issue?

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NOT true. Going back does not reverse all the work you have done. It simply restores settings and files to where they were. All the cds I burned remained as did every other file i created or edited.
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Internet running slowly, videos not playing well, everything slowing down. Wifi signal is strong, not sure what the problem is. Help please.

I have had my mac since December of this year. Suddenly it will not play video with stopping every few seconds to load, and my internet is running slower even though the connection is fine and everythiny else in the house on wifi is working well. Whats the issue?

Run this web based browser scan, it will tell you in red and provide a link to the download page.
https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck/
Also another great free program is OnyX, just run everything, cleans your machine out on a system level.
You can cancel the reboot to run another cleaning section, just make sure you reboot at the end before using the computer.
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/11582/onyx
Also use the Firefox web browser, it's insanely faster, the fasest of all browsers. The choice of Add-ons is numerous, personalization is just awesome. Everything can be changed, moved around etc. Persona's, themes etc. Just insane.
Not only that, Firefox is for Windows, OS X and Linux, the same browser on all.
https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/fx/
Do a bandwidth test after you fixed Flash.
http://www.speedtest.net/

Yosemite everything slow, freezing up, Help before I toss this machine in the trash!

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When it finally opens every action brings the spinning beachball.
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Problem description:
Yosemite issue. Everything has slowed to a snails pace. I can’t have multiple applications open. The computer locks up, freezes, applications don’t open or freeze and I have to force quit. Even though FileVault is OFF I can’t configure automatic log in, It’s a mess.
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crkd-rvr wrote:
SMART came back verified
I've tried Safe Boot and Safe Mode
The system when I did the reinstall was better than before but has progressively gotten worse. I had new ram which I just installed but I am not seeing an improvement.
I might revert back to Maverick maybe things will revert to better performance.
So the system is now at 12 GB ram:
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Leo

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Hi, today I upgraded to catalyst9.2.
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ERROR - Get temperature failed for Adapter 0 - ATI Radeon HD 3850
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PPLIB command execution has failed!
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Alright, Gryphonator, looks like you're being hijacked. Try the following:
1) Go to this webpage and download the latest stable version of Opera (in case you don't know, it's a Web browser, and if you don't like it, you can ditch it whenever you want); save it to your Desktop
2) Reboot your Mac in Safe Mode by keeping the Shift key down on startup until you get the Apple grey backdrop AND a progress bar. Once this shows onscreen, you can lift your finger from the Shift key
3) Once in Safe Mode, you are not connected to the Internet (unplug your Ethernet cable before you do anything), and only the basic OS X kernel extensions are running, so try and install Opera on your regular user account
4) Plug your Ethernet cable and try to connect to the Internet (you should be able to)
5) Unplug the Ethernet cable, and reboot normally
6) Once your Mac is up and running, try browsing the Web with Opera
7) Let us know of your progress (or lack thereof...)
The point of installing/using Opera is that it doesn't yet exist on your system, so it can't have corrupt plist preferences files and the like. Installing it in Safe Mode will prevent whatever is playing with your Internet connection from wreaking havoc with install.
Finally, for all its flaws, Opera is probably the safest Web browser there is. I've never been hijacked once in all the years I've used it, even when using Windows as my primary OS (see, you CAN turn to the Dark Side of the Force and come back!)
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Problem after importing - now EVERYTHING slow!

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