Extremely Sluggish mac, especially after 10.9.2 upgrade Any reasons?
Hi!
A few months ago I got a mid 2012 Mbp with the following config:
2.5Ghz i5/ 500gb /4gb (2x2) @1600Mhz
It was always a slow performer. Finder would hang and take ages for the "right click" menu to open, open programs would be sluggish and even after just three or four tabs running on chrome and no other app open, it would take forever to scroll, as the program would simply hang. I was waiting for the update and when 10.9.2 came, it made the problem even worse. On a fresh startup with no additional apps running, about 3 gb of my 4 gb ram are simply gone. Even if I load a bunch of simple apps like Messages or Notes, it quickly escalates to 3.99Gb and the machine hangs constantly.
Does the OS itself really take up 3GB? If so... (and it seems that way) Dafuq was Apple thinking? I am really regretting spending so much to get a mac only to find out 75% of the memory is being consumed by the God damned OS itself.
I digress.Anyhow, a friend suggested that this model of mac benefits from getting an SSD. Should I get an SSD, or upgrade RAM or both, to get some immediate relief? Or is there a way to get back some of my RAM and better performance?
I would take a look at your Etrecheck report first and see if there are some things there that can be remedied before you go investing in more RAM and/or a SSD.
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 1024 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.2 (13C64) - Uptime: 0 days 0:7:41
Disk Information:
APPLE HDD HTS545050A7E362 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (328.25 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS41N
USB Information:
SIGMACHIP Usb Mouse
M-Audio Oxygen 25
Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 USB
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Configuration files:
/etc/hosts - Count: 15
Kernel Extensions:
com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard (5.7.2)
com.digidesign.iokit.DigiDal (9.0f4)
Startup Items:
DigidesignLoader: Path: /Library/StartupItems/DigidesignLoader
PACESupport: Path: /Library/StartupItems/PACESupport
Launch Daemons:
[System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.paceap.eden.licensed.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] PACESupport.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
[System] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.google.GoogleContactSyncAgent.plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
uTorrent
Android File Transfer Agent
Google Chrome
Internet Plug-ins:
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.44 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.06 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.06 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.44 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.1.0 3rd-Party support link
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Outdated! Update
Safari Extensions:
Folx Safari Extension: Version: 1.0
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
User Internet Plug-ins:
FolxNetscapePlugIn: Version: Unknown
Picasa: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
Growl 3rd-Party support link
Perian 3rd-Party support link
Old Applications:
Audacity: Version: 2.0.5.0 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Audacity/Audacity.app
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0
Microsoft Error Reporting: Version: 2.2.9 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Ship Asserts: Version: 1.1.4 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft AutoUpdate: Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app
Photomatix Pro: Version: 4.2.7 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Time Machine:
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
4% WindowServer
3% Activity Monitor
2% EtreCheck
1% sysmond
1% hidd
Top Processes by Memory:
111 MB Google Chrome
102 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
70 MB ocspd
64 MB Google Chrome Helper
45 MB Dock
Virtual Memory Information:
1.83 GB Free RAM
1.31 GB Active RAM
286 MB Inactive RAM
600 MB Wired RAM
319 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
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