How come my mac computer is always running slow

My Mac computer is always running slow. The wheel keeps spinning. What is the problem?

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Why your Mac runs slower than it should
Things you can do to resolve slowdowns see post by Kappy
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How come my mac's battery charges fast and drains fast as well?, How come my mac's battery charges fast and drains fast as well?

I would like to know why my Macbook Air 13 IN. (The one before the newest one that just came out) loses battery so fast and also charges so fast? Literally, it takes about 2 hours for my mac to charge, which I love, but then when it is not plugged into the charger, it's battery life runs out in about 2 hours as well. The only changes I have made to my copmuter in the last month (when this problem began) was upgrading to Mavericks and playing games. First, I updated to OSX Mavericks (huge mistake on my part for various reasons). Secondarily, I began to play graphic intensive games on my mac; games like Team Fortress 2 on Steam. I began playing them very often. Now, I know, you all probably think that this is obviouslty the reason the battery drains so fast, and I get that, but how come it charges really fast too? It hasn't always done this, however. It used to take hours to charge and it would therefore last MUCH longer. So I basically have two questions; How come my mac's battery drains AND CHARGES so fast, and what can I do to restore its charging abilities back to their original state?

Yes, even playing the graphics intense STEAM games would have no accounting for ultra-fast charge times.
Since your Mac is short-charging your Air and there is wrong information being fed that a full charge has occurred when it in fact hasnt (as per your indications) then:
perform a SMC reset, and if same, you'll need to make an appt. with your Apple store for full diagnostics of possible IO board or battery circuitry issue.
SMC reset
Shut down the computer.
Plug in the MagSafe power adapter to a power source, connecting it to the Mac if its not already connected.
On the built-in keyboard, press the (left side) Shift-Control-Option keys and the power button at the same time.
Release all the keys and the power button at the same time.
Press the power button to turn on the computer.
Note: The LED on the MagSafe power adapter may change states or temporarily turn off when you reset the SMC.

How do I fix my mac book Pro from running slow?

How do I fix my mac book Pro from running slow?

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How come my mac isnt showing my external hard drive after installing os x maverick? and how to i fix that??

how come my mac isnt showing my external hard drive after installing os x maverick? and how to i fix that??

How do you mean it isn't showing the external drive? If you mean on the desktop, click Finder on the menu bar, Preferences, General and check the boxes for Show these items on the desktop - make sure hard drives is checked.
If you mean it is not showing in Finder or Disk Utility, make sure it is turned on, reboot and see if that mounts it so it shows up.

I have a new mac air 11inches, i tried to download my pictures using my usb mass storage device. how come my mac can't recognize and open my files? pls help...

i have a new mac air 11 inches and i tried to download my pictures using my usb mass storage device. how come my mac is not reading it? pls hel...

What exactly is your 'mass USB device', and how is it formatted? When you connect it to your MBA, does it show up on the desktop?

My Mac seems to be running slow, and what I call the rainbow wheel runs longer than I think it should.

My Mac seems to be running slow, and what I call the rainbow wheel, runs much longer than I think it should.

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My 4yr old mac book pro is running slow. Any suggestions?

My 4yr old mac book pro is running slow. Any suggestions?

Examine these articles for possible solutions;
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3521
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3353
You should find them excellent for troubleshooting.
Ciao.

I have a mac pro that is running slow. what can be done?

I have a mac pro that is running slow. what can be done?

Read the last two replies in this thread: https://discussions.apple.com/message/24218682#24218682
Reply here, not there.

My Mac Book has started running slow

Hey guys!
My mac is running so slow, I went online an tried to research the problem, and I condensed my desktop, deleted large programs I no longer needed, try to clean my caches, and I even downloaded all necessary updates.
I just ran Etre
Problem description:
My computer runs slow on both the internet and when pulling up programs. I’m trying to figure out a way to make my programs run fast again.
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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.
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New 8core mac pro, photoshop CS5 running slow

Hi all
I recently decided to switch from PC to MAC. I used to work on a quad core Dell XPS 710 which was very good but decided that an 8core mac would improve the performance of my work flow.
My new mac is a 2x2.26 quad core xeon with 8 gigs of ram and running the latest Mac OS. The computer itself runs fine but photoshop seems very laggy doing simple tasks such as moving images on layers etc. I've tried allocating up to 85% of the memory to photoshop in the preferences but nothing seems to make any difference.
At the moment I would say it runs at 3-4times slower than my old PC which seems madness to me
Any help, tips or advice would be much appreciated
Thanks
Trevor

Yes, something is wrong if it is running slower.
Did you install the 12.0.1 update?
Have you tried disabling third party plugins?
Have you tried updating your wacom tablet drivers?
Have you tried font cleanup as suggested in the other topics on slowdowns?

Mac Book Pro is running slow and the little spinning icon comes on alot! How can I clean up my computer?, Mac Book Pro is running slow and the little spinning icon comes on alot! How can I clean up my computer?

Please Help me! ThankYou and Happy New Year!

Start with this comprehensive troubleshooting article:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3521
Look at this one for possible solutions:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3353
Ciao.

I have a mac osx 10.5.8 I would like to know how to clean it up it is running slow.

I have a mac osx 10.5.8 I would like to know a good program to use to clean it up, one that does not cost an arm and a leg, free would be better.

Hello,
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 free RAM & free Disk 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 when this happens.
In the Memory tab of Activity Monitor, are there a lot of Pageouts?
Also...
One way to test is to Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, Test for problem in Safe Mode...
PS. Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive
Reboot, test again.
If it only does it in Regular Boot, then it could be some hardware problem like Video card, (Quartz is turned off in Safe Mode), or Airport, or some USB or Firewire device, or 3rd party add-on, Check System Preferences>Accounts (Users & Groups in later OSX versions)>Login Items window to see if it or something relevant is listed. Or an errant process eating up RAM.
Check the System Preferences>Other Row, for 3rd party Pref Panes.
Also look in these if they exist, some are invisible...
/private/var/run/StartupItems
/Library/StartupItems
/System/Library/StartupItems
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons
/Library/LaunchDaemons

How come my mac cannot play video from sites other than youtube

The space the video occupies on the webpage remains black all the way

Did you do any of the following?
Download from Adobe Flash Player
Check Flash Version
Adobe strongly recommends that you first uninstall any previous version of Flash Player, using the uninstaller:
http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-mac-os.html#main_1 0_4
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How get info about computer app is running on?

I am making an application that will have a license for running on only one computer at a time. I will have a license file that will hold info about the app, its version, etc. But I also want to put info about the computer that it's being installed on (none of that info will be sent to me, just saved in the license - enrypted - so the license can't be used on a diff computer). I do NOT want the OS name and version (they can change that) but the actual computer info.
I know some C/C++ programs can do this, but is there any way to get this info from java? Does anyone have any sample code or even just suggestions of places to look for this information? It'd be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance!

I know it's not a perfect solution - yes someone could
decompile it, but how many people do that or know how
to do that? Well, most semi-decent Java programmers know how to do that. Then they'll decompile and crack it and distribute it, provided that your
program actually is something good.
While doing what I suggest wouldn't stop
100% of the users from pirating my software (which I'm
attempting to make a living off of), it would stop
MORE than if I didn't do it.Probably it'd annoy more potential customers. It's a very bad idea to piss off the customers.
As for changing the HD, or even the computer it's on,
that would be totally possible. The app is equipped
with a way to invalidate the license so it won't work
on that computer, and contact my site to invalidate
the public key and then allow them to redo it on
another computer/HD. It all would take only about 2
minutes actually, so it's not even an inconvenience.As a potential customer I'd have to disagree.
I see no problem with that.Yes, but you're the author not the customer.
Do you or anyone else know of a way to do this, even
if not through Java, in C (JNI) or C++?Through JNI it's possible naturally, but I don't know the specifics.
The reason
it's a big deal is this: for a company like MS if only
20% of the users of their product actually pay for the
product, they're still making millions. If only 20% of
the users paid for mine, I wouldn't even have enough
money to live for 3 months!Get a job? :) Sorry, but seriously having copy protection isn't really going to make a difference. If your product is really good it will get cracked, if it's a specialized piece of software that won't be circulating in the mainstream, then a simple license check would suffice.

How come my Mac only shares 51 out of 500 photos from my iCloud account?

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How come my mac computer is always running slow

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