I have MACBOOK PRO - 3 years old, lately it is running very slow. I have reset it to factory settings - no joy. Did pressing Cntrl, option, shift start button for 10 secs - still no joy. Any suggestions?

I have MACBOOK PRO - 3 years old, lately it is running very slow. I have reset it to factory settings - no joy. Did pressing of Cntrl, option, shift keys and start button for 10 secs - still no joy. Any suggestions?

Were you trying to get to Recovery mode to repair the hard drive or reinstall?
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Mac Keeper is a malware !!!! Read here and unistall this crap >>>
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3027
MacKeeper can be regarded as highly invasive malware* that can de-stablize your operating system. It is unethically marketed by a company called Zeobit and a rip-off.
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Your machine has lasted a long time, congratulations, they usually only last about 4-5 years.
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I am not sure how my computer ballooned to this size, but it makes sense why it's like a turtle and is slower than my 4 year old Sony.
Can someone help me?? I am not sure what processes to get rid of and I feel like Google Chrome is taking up huge amounts of my Ram. I mean yeah I open Google Chrome and run like 8 tabs and have Word and iTunes open, but my 4 years old Sony could run faster than this and I used to open like 12+ tabs on Chrome while running Word, Excel, Powerpoint, iTunes, and VLC on my Sony. Which was nowhere near as powerful as this computer. Supposedly.
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The problem is not that your page ins are big, as that value resets when you reboot the system. However, your page outs are are almost 25% of your page ins, which means you can use more memory for the applications you run. A page out is done when memory is full, and the system needs to add something else to memory, so it writes some memory to the hard drive to make room. The guideline to add more memory is 10% to 15% page outs greater than page in's, and yours are more than that.
Your MacBook Pro can handle up to 16GB of memory. You might want to consider upgrading to 8GB, which would double what you have today. OWC and Crucial are two sources for quality memory. $42 for 8GB from Crucial, and you can usually find a % off coupon on retailmenot.com.

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Is the "Seagate (Model: STBD1000400) 1TB Internal Serial ATA III/Serial ATA II Solid State Hybrid Drive for Laptops" a worthwhile and compatible purchase from Best Buy?

I havent used that hybrid drive, maybe someone else here has.
As for replacement with a conventional HD:
Best buy 1TB Toshiba 5400RPM 2.5" 9.5mm thick
same as used by Apple in new macbook pros made by Hitachi, marked Toshiba.
These are the same HD used in current Macbook Pro, theyre made by Hitachi, marked Toshiba however
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http://www.amazon.com/MQ01ABD-2-5-Internal-Hard-Drive/dp/B0077CV2RO/ref=sr_1_1?i e=UTF8&qid=1377897424&sr=8-1&keywords=toshiba+5400+1tb+2.5%22
If you want that Hitachi travelstar, here it is on ebay for $69 by a reputable seller:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HGST-Travelstar-5K1000-0J22413-1TB-SATA-2-5-Laptop-Hard- Drive-HTS541010A9E680-/251275236853?pt=US_Internal_Hard_Disk_Drives&hash=item3a 8 12bd5f5
I know this sellers reputation, however his prices are higher:
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I just wanted to post my resolution to a problem that I had trouble finding an answer to on these forums.
Short version:
I replaced the hard drive in my 2009 MacBook Pro because the computer froze and upon reboot the Disk Utility said it was corrupted, but with the new hard drive the computer ran very slowly and often showed the spinning rainbow wheel. I replaced the SATA cable that connects the hard drive to the motherboard and it works perfectly once again.
Long version:
Recently my MacBook Pro (2009 running Snow Leopard) froze up and I performed a hard reset by holding down the power button. When I turned the computer back on it would not boot OS so I ran disk utility from the Snow Leopard install DVD. The test said the hard drive was corrupted, and since the computer is way past warranty I decided to change the drive out myself. I bought a 500GB Seagate Momentus 5400 Drive from Amazon, opened the computer and replaced the existing hard drive with the new one. When I first booted from the OS install DVD, my computer was not recognizing that any hard drive was present. I read somewhere on these forums that sometimes the formatting on new Seagate drives can't be read by MacBooks and they need to be reformatted using another computer, but I tried simply taking the hard drive out and putting it back in a couple of times thinking maybe I had just not plugged it in correctly. After the 4th attempt the hard drive magically showed up, and I was able to reformat the drive and install OS and even Windows XP on bootcamp.
Everything seemed to be okay but applications were running slowly considering this was a fresh drive and OS install. Over time, the computer started to hang more and more. In OS I would get the spinning rainbow wheel even when doing something as simple as opening a browser window in Chrome or trying to type into a text field. When I tried to use Windows it would simply freeze after only a short time and I'd have to do a hard reset.
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http://scsc-online.com/Scannerz.html
I think that's the correct link. If it isn't and you're interested and that's wrong, just google it. I'd also check out their downloads section, especially the sort of short document on using path isolation to detect and isolate problems.
Scannerz can detect both errors and irregularities. It uses the surface scan progress as a reference. Cable problems never show up at the same location because they're typically intermittent. Surface problems always show up at the exact same place. That's the only product (at least commercially available) that can do that.
I don't know if this information is of any value to you because it sort of sounds like you've already solved the problem, but it might be of use if you have problems in the future.
In any case, I've seen several posts on several different sites where people were reporting insulation break down on some of the SATA cables. Apparently the insulation breaks down and the cable starts shorting to the case.

Help! MacBook Pro only boots in Safe Mode and runs extremely slow (bonus: happened in Brazil and there are no Apple stores here - I need you guys!)

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Utility Disk Logs
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Permissions differ on “Library/Java”; should be drwxr-xr-x ; they are drwxrwxr-x .
Repaired “Library/Java”
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Repaired “System/Library/Frameworks/CoreGraphics.framework/Resources”
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Repaired “System/Library/Frameworks/CoreGraphics.framework/Versions/Current”
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Checking catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking catalog hierarchy.
Checking extended attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
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Checking the EFI system partition’s file system
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See this for incompatible log in items
https://support.apple.com/kb/TS4348
Also you can perform #1 and #2 as these occur before Safe Mode, so you just reboot again with Shift key if you need to enter Safe Mode again.
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