How to make photoshop run smoother on a macbook pro?
Here is my hardware overview:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro8,1
Processor Name: Intel Core i5
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 16 GB
For some odd reason, Photoshop isn't running smoothly on my mac despite going beyond the minimum requirements.
Wilnesse Dericer
The problem was, I had moved the Aperture 1.0 application into a new folder (it is placed by default at the top level of the APplications folder), and it seems that the 1.5.2 update installer doesn't recognize it in other locations.
So, when I moved it backt out of the new folder into the Application folder again, everything worked just fine.
Toralf
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Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2
1 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
AMD Radeon HD 6750M - VRAM: 512 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 0 days 4:2:0
Disk Information:
TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Dalek Caan (disk0s2) /: 499.25 GB (466.87 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-8A8
USB Information:
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Iomega Iomega Select HDD 500.11 GB
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
FAT-32 (disk1s2) /Volumes/FAT-32: 400.11 GB (48.79 GB free)
Mac (disk1s3) /Volumes/Mac: 99.66 GB (27.63 GB free)
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Kernel Extensions:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
Steam
Internet Plug-ins:
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 4.9.1.16010 3rd-Party support link
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 4.9.1.16010 3rd-Party support link
npgtpo3dautoplugin: Version: 0.1.44.29 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes:
None
Bad Fonts:
None
Old Applications:
/Library/Printers/EPSON/InkjetPrinter2/Utility/UT4
Epson Printer Utility 4: Version: 9.14 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
EpsonSuppliesTool4: Version: 8.61 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
MiroVideoConverter: Version: 2.6 - SDK 10.0 3rd-Party support link
Time Machine:
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
10% Skype
5% WindowServer
3% VLC
2% EtreCheck
1% coreaudiod
Top Processes by Memory:
182 MB Google Chrome Helper
131 MB VLC
123 MB Google Chrome
119 MB Skype
102 MB Mail
Virtual Memory Information:
42 MB Free RAM
1.49 GB Active RAM
1.45 GB Inactive RAM
960 MB Wired RAM
1.17 GB Page-ins
2 MB Page-outs -
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