I have a mac book pro that has become very slow. It has gradually gotten worse over the last 6 months. What can I do to enhance performance and speed?
I have a mac book pro 9,2, with intel corei5, 2.5 GHz., 1 processor, 2 cores, L2 cache (per core) 256KB, L3 Cache: 3MB, Memory 4GB, Boot Rom Version MBP91.00D3.BO8
System Software Version : OS X 10.9.5 (13F34)
Kernal Version: Darwin 13.4.0
Boot Volume: Macintosh HD
Boot Mode: Normal
Secure Virtual Memory: Enabled
Regarding the Macintosh Hard Drive:
Available space 208G.66GB , Capacity 499.25GB
Intel 7 Series Chipset, Link speed 6 Gigabit
Apple HDD Toshiba MK5065GSXF, Revision GV201B
Using Kodak ESP Printer 5200 Series AiO
Memory slots Bank0/DIMMO 2GB DDR3 1600MHZ and BANK 1/ DIMMO 2GB DDR3 1600MHz
The problem I am experiencing is a slowness of response between changing from various applications. What steps could I take to clean up the boot speeds, the applications speeds and general performance of the computer? I would like to restore the speeds of that when it was new.
Thank you for any suggestions you may have.
Activity Monitor - Mavericks also Yosemite
Activity Monitor in Mavericks has significant changes
Performance Guide
Why is my computer slow
Why your Mac runs slower than it should
Slow Mac After Mavericks
Things you can do to resolve slowdowns see post by Kappy
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rsb_cul_hunk wrote:
i have a mac book pro and it is having a lot of problems.apple has told me they will replace my laptop but now they are saying they wont replace coz i stay in india. wats d use of warranty then if they cant correct a laptop in india
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