Illustrator cc 2014 running slow, how can I make it quicker?
illustrator cc 2014 running slow, how can I make it quicker? file size is only 45.7 meg, I've newly installed a 512 gig solid state drive and 8 meg of ram into a mid 2009 Macbook pro. Surely it can go quicker than this.... help please.
Try This first...
Close All Open Apps... Perform a Reset... Try again...
Reset ( No Data will be Lost )
Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears. Release the Buttons.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1430
Also consider Deleting any Apps you have Purchased / Downloaded but you now never use..
If no joy...
Connect to iTunes on the computer you usually Sync with and “ Restore “...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
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See these:
Switching from Windows to Mac OS X,
Basic Tutorials on using a Mac,
Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts,
Anatomy of a Mac,
MacTips,
Switching to Mac Superguide, and
Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Mountain Lion Edition.
Additionally, *Texas Mac Man* recommends:
Quick Assist,
Welcome to the Switch To A Mac Guides,
Take Control E-books, and
A guide for switching to a Mac.
Once you get familiar with the Mac, see:
Mac Maintenance Quick Assist,
Mac OS X speed FAQ,
Speeding up Macs,
How to Speed up Macs, ,
Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance,
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panic(cpu 0 caller 0x001A8C8A): Kernel trap at 0x007759a9, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x0000003d, CR3: 0x0100a000, CR4: 0x00000660
EAX: 0x00000000, EBX: 0x00000416, ECX: 0x00000000, EDX: 0x0000003d
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EFL: 0x00010202, EIP: 0x007759a9, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x00000010
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Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
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Hi, I have a iMac Tiger running slowly, how can I make it run faster?
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Look at what is happenning with your Mac when you run Activity Monitor.
Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Activity Monitor
Click on the CPU tab on the lower half of the window to see how much time you are using.
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Activity Monitor has a neat feature where it can display a dynamic dock icon. In Activity Monitor View > Dock icon > Show cpu history.
"Reading system memory usage in Activity Monitor :"
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107918
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My macbook is running slow, how can I clean it up?
Is there a way to clean up my mac so that it does not run slow. Over the last few years I have noticed it loads slower and turns on slower. Any suggestions on ways to clean up my system so it can run more efficient?
First, make sure you have adequate backups. If your hard disk is failing this could be a sign. They don't last forever.
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It is very cursory though. It is likely you have installed many programs over the years, some of which may not have been updated by their developers, or perhaps there are some you have simply forgotten about and should be update or removed.
If this is possible and you are interested in determining what you may have installed that could be contributing to this behaviour, read on:
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http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck
Etrecheck will take a moment to run as it collects its data.
Copy and paste its output in a reply. Do not be concerned about anything that says "Problem" or "failed".
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Things You Can Do To Resolve Slow Downs
If your computer seems to be running slower here are some things you can do:
Start with visits to: OS X Maintenance - MacAttorney;
The X Lab: The X-FAQs;
The Safe Mac » Mac Performance Guide;
The Safe Mac » The myth of the dirty Mac;
Mac maintenance Quick Assist.
Boot into Safe Mode then repair your hard drive and permissions:
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions Pre-Lion/Mountain Lion
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
Repair the Hard Drive - Lion/Mountain Lion
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Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
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5. SyncTwoFolders
6. Synk Pro
7. Synk Standard
8. Tri-Backup
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQs on maintenance, optimization, virus protection, and backup and restore.
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Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
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Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
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[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2.Agent.plist Support
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[loaded] com.hp.help.tocgenerator.plist Support
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[not loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.helperTool.plist Support
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[not loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.volumeWatcher.plist Support
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AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.9 Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.9 Support
Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.201 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.6 Support
Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 3.1.0f4 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
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AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
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Last backup: 2014-04-26 02:43:03 +0000
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1% WindowServer
1% Safari
0% fontd
0% hidd
0% mds
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98 MB Safari
97 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
86 MB mds_stores
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223 MB Inactive RAM
457 MB Wired RAM
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2. AppDelete
3. Automaton
4. Hazel
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Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (455.86 GB free)
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Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
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com.avast.AvastFileShield (2.1.0 - SDK 10.9)
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[System] com.avast.init.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.avast.uninstall.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.barebones.authd.plist 3rd-Party support link
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[System] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
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[System] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
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AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.04 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.04 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.201 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.2.4.18058 3rd-Party support link
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.1.0 3rd-Party support link
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.2.4.18058 3rd-Party support link
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20125.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
Safari Extensions:
avast! Online Security: Version: 8
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
3rd Party Preference Panes:
avast! Preferences 3rd-Party support link
Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
Old Applications:
SLLauncher: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Silverlight/OutOfBrowser/SLLauncher.app
/Users/[redacted]/Downloads
Install Spotify 3: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Install Spotify: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Install Spotify 2: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Time Machine:
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
3% WindowServer
2% EtreCheck
0% locationd
0% aosnotifyd
Top Processes by Memory:
94 MB Google Chrome
82 MB avast!
82 MB mds_stores
60 MB Google Chrome Helper
53 MB Finder
Virtual Memory Information:
33 MB Free RAM
1.38 GB Active RAM
1.47 GB Inactive RAM
590 MB Wired RAM
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My MacBook Pro is running really slow - how can I fix it?
my MacBook Pro is running really slow - how can I fix it?
Things You Can Do To Resolve Slow Downs
If your computer seems to be running slower here are some things you can do:
Start with a visit to: OS X Maintenance - MacAttorney.
Boot into Safe Mode then repair your hard drive and permissions:
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions Pre-Lion/Mountain Lion
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
Repair the Hard Drive - Lion/Mountain Lion
Boot from your Lion Recovery HD. When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported, then click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the main menu. Select Restart from the Apple menu.
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Restart your computer normally and see if this has helped any. Next do some maintenance:
Suggestions for OS X Maintenance
For situations Disk Utility cannot handle the best third-party utility is Disk Warrior; DW only fixes problems with the disk directory, but most disk problems are caused by directory corruption; Disk Warrior 4.x is now Intel Mac compatible.
OS X performs certain maintenance functions that are scheduled to occur on a daily, weekly, or monthly period. The maintenance scripts run in the early AM only if the computer is turned on 24/7 (no sleep.) If this isn't the case, then an excellent solution is to download and install a shareware utility such as Macaroni, JAW PseudoAnacron, or Anacron that will automate the maintenance activity regardless of whether the computer is turned off or asleep. Dependence upon third-party utilities to run the periodic maintenance scripts was significantly reduced since Tiger. These utilities have limited or no functionality with Snow Leopard or Lion and should not be installed.
OS X automatically defragments files less than 20 MBs in size, so unless you have a disk full of very large files there's little need for defragmenting the hard drive. As for virus protection there are few if any such animals affecting OS X. You can protect the computer easily using the freeware Open Source virus protection software ClamXAV. Personally I would avoid most commercial anti-virus software because of their potential for causing problems. For more about malware see Macintosh Virus Guide.
I would also recommend downloading a utility such as TinkerTool System, OnyX 2.4.3, or Cocktail 5.1.1 that you can use for periodic maintenance such as removing old log files and archives, clearing caches, etc.
For emergency repairs install the freeware utility Applejack. If you cannot start up in OS X, you may be able to start in single-user mode from which you can run Applejack to do a whole set of repair and maintenance routines from the command line. Note that AppleJack 1.5 is required for Leopard. AppleJack 1.6 is compatible with Snow Leopard. There is no confirmation that this version also works with Lion.
When you install any new system software or updates be sure to repair the hard drive and permissions beforehand.
Get an external Firewire drive at least equal in size to the internal hard drive and make (and maintain) a bootable clone/backup. You can make a bootable clone using the Restore option of Disk Utility. You can also make and maintain clones with good backup software. My personal recommendations are (order is not significant):
1. Carbon Copy Cloner
2. Data Backup
3. Deja Vu
4. SuperDuper!
5. SyncTwoFolders
6. Synk Pro
7. Synk Standard
8. Tri-Backup
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQs on maintenance, optimization, virus protection, and backup and restore.
Additional suggestions will be found in Mac maintenance Quick Assist.
Referenced software can be found at CNet Downloads or MacUpdate.
Additional Hints
Be sure you have an adequate amount of RAM installed for the number of applications you run concurrently. Be sure you leave a minimum of 10% of the hard drive's capacity as free space.
Add more RAM. If your computer has less than 2 GBs of RAM and you are using OS X Leopard or later, then you can do with more RAM. Snow Leopard and Lion work much better with 4 GBs of RAM than their system minimums. The more concurrent applications you tend to use the more RAM you should have.
Always maintain at least 15 GBs or 10% of your hard drive's capacity as free space, whichever is greater. OS X is frequently accessing your hard drive, so providing adequate free space will keep things from slowing down.
Check for applications that may be hogging the CPU:
Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder. Select All Processes from the Processes dropdown menu. Click twice on the CPU% column header to display in descending order. If you find a process using a large amount of CPU time, then select the process and click on the Quit icon in the toolbar. Click on the Force Quit button to kill the process. See if that helps. Be sure to note the name of the runaway process so you can track down the cause of the problem.
Often this problem occurs because of a corrupted cache or preferences file or an attempt to write to a corrupted log file. -
How can I uninstall Maverick and reinstall snow leopard?
My mac hasn't been the same since I upgrading to maverick. Runs slow, crashes, can't cope with normal functions....
I need to go back to leopard or buy a new MacBook Pro!
Help, please helpRevert to a Previous OS X
Revert to former OS from Mavericks
Revert to Snow Leopard -
My macbook Pro 15-Inch 2.4/2.2GHz Geheugen 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM is very slow how can i speed it up???
Should i put new ram in????
and if yes what should i buy????
can anybody help me please
thx.You're welcome, j. If not enough free space availabe is the issue, now is a good time to upgrade to a much larger HD, as prices have never been better. Clear, illustrated directions are available at ifixit.com, macsales.com, powerbookmedic.com, youtube and others. Macsales, amazon and newegg have a nice selection of HDs, while the latter two also have lots of user reviews.
Given that your MBP is 4-5 years old, and the average life-span of a HD is 3-5 years . . . .
Given that you have a 17" MBP, you can install any capacity HD currently available, just make sure it's 2.5", SATA, and 12.5mm high or less (there's at least one Seagate monster out there that's 14-15mm high). All other things being equal, a 5400RPM HD is going to use less battery power, run cooler, quieter, and with less vibration, and, of course, run a bit slower than a 7200. An SSD is also a possibility (a very expensive one), but you're not going to see anywhere near the speed bump as newer machines due to the SATA 1 (1.5Gbps) SATA/HD bus bottelneck. -
My Macbook Pro has become slow and sometimes it hangs. How can I make it work fast and normal.
My Macbook Pro has become very slow and it sometimes hangs. How can I make it work faster and normal? I used Etrecheck and got the report below;
EtreCheck version: 1.9.12 (48)
Report generated June 16, 2014 at 18:05:25 GMT+1
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) (Verified)
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: (null)
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software:
OS X 10.9.3 (13D65) - Uptime: 0 days 1:50:52
Disk Information:
APPLE HDD TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Machintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (465.33 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-8A8
USB Information:
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper:
Mac App Store and identified developers
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
Dr.Web Light
Dropbox
Internet Plug-ins:
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 14.0.0.125 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 14.0.0.125 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Safari Extensions:
iGetter Extension: Version: 2.9.2
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:
iGetter Plugin: Version: 2.9.2 Support
iGetterScriptablePlugin: Version: 2.9.2 Support
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player Support
Time Machine:
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
4% Dropbox
3% WindowServer
0% fontd
0% Microsoft Word
0% Microsoft Excel
Top Processes by Memory:
242 MB drwebd
176 MB Dropbox
147 MB Dr.Web Light
86 MB WindowServer
82 MB App Store
Virtual Memory Information:
43 MB Free RAM
1.68 GB Active RAM
1.65 GB Inactive RAM
641 MB Wired RAM
421 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outsMeli070,
uninstall Dr.Web Light.
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