Ipad has slowed considerably what's up

My iPad has slowed considerably. Does anyone know what causes this. Connections are slow, getting on ab app is slow, etc

Hi Pegatha911,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. I would recommend closing all your apps and restarting and maybe resetting as good initial troubleshooting steps:
iOS: Force an app to close
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5137
iPhone, iPad, iPod touch: Turning off and on (restarting) and resetting
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1430
Cheers,
- Ari

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4/14/14 11:54:41.000 AM kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page(0x1000): p=342[ksadmin] final status 0x0, allowing (remove VALID) page
4/14/14 11:54:55.132 AM Google Chrome Helper[346]: Process unable to create connection because the sandbox denied the right to lookup com.apple.coreservices.launchservicesd and so this process cannot talk to launchservicesd. : LSXPCClient.cp #426 ___ZN26LSClientToServerConnection21setupServerConnectionEiPK14__CFDictionary_bl ock_invoke() q=com.apple.main-thread
4/14/14 11:54:55.133 AM Google Chrome Helper[346]: Process unable to create connection because the sandbox denied the right to lookup com.apple.coreservices.launchservicesd and so this process cannot talk to launchservicesd.
4/14/14 11:54:55.360 AM Google Chrome Helper[346]: CGSLookupServerRootPort: Failed to look up the port for "com.apple.windowserver.active" (1100)
4/14/14 11:54:55.000 AM kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page(0x1000): p=348[ksadmin] final status 0x0, allowing (remove VALID) page
4/14/14 11:54:55.606 AM sandboxd[222]: ([287]) Mail(287) deny file-issue-extension /Applications/Google Chrome.app
4/14/14 11:54:56.616 AM Google Chrome Helper[351]: Process unable to create connection because the sandbox denied the right to lookup com.apple.coreservices.launchservicesd and so this process cannot talk to launchservicesd. : LSXPCClient.cp #426 ___ZN26LSClientToServerConnection21setupServerConnectionEiPK14__CFDictionary_bl ock_invoke() q=com.apple.main-thread
4/14/14 11:54:56.616 AM Google Chrome Helper[351]: Process unable to create connection because the sandbox denied the right to lookup com.apple.coreservices.launchservicesd and so this process cannot talk to launchservicesd.
4/14/14 11:54:56.632 AM Google Chrome Helper[351]: CGSLookupServerRootPort: Failed to look up the port for "com.apple.windowserver.active" (1100)
4/14/14 11:54:57.177 AM Google Chrome Helper[352]: Process unable to create connection because the sandbox denied the right to lookup com.apple.coreservices.launchservicesd and so this process cannot talk to launchservicesd. : LSXPCClient.cp #426 ___ZN26LSClientToServerConnection21setupServerConnectionEiPK14__CFDictionary_bl ock_invoke() q=com.apple.main-thread
4/14/14 11:54:57.177 AM Google Chrome Helper[352]: Process unable to create connection because the sandbox denied the right to lookup com.apple.coreservices.launchservicesd and so this process cannot talk to launchservicesd.
4/14/14 11:54:57.225 AM Google Chrome Helper[352]: CGSLookupServerRootPort: Failed to look up the port for "com.apple.windowserver.active" (1100)
4/14/14 11:54:57.412 AM Google Chrome Helper[355]: Process unable to create connection because the sandbox denied the right to lookup com.apple.coreservices.launchservicesd and so this process cannot talk to launchservicesd. : LSXPCClient.cp #426 ___ZN26LSClientToServerConnection21setupServerConnectionEiPK14__CFDictionary_bl ock_invoke() q=com.apple.main-thread
4/14/14 11:54:57.412 AM Google Chrome Helper[355]: Process unable to create connection because the sandbox denied the right to lookup com.apple.coreservices.launchservicesd and so this process cannot talk to launchservicesd.
4/14/14 11:54:57.420 AM Google Chrome Helper[354]: Process unable to create connection because the sandbox denied the right to lookup com.apple.coreservices.launchservicesd and so this process cannot talk to launchservicesd. : LSXPCClient.cp #426 ___ZN26LSClientToServerConnection21setupServerConnectionEiPK14__CFDictionary_bl ock_invoke() q=com.apple.main-thread
4/14/14 11:54:57.420 AM Google Chrome Helper[354]: Process unable to create connection because the sandbox denied the right to lookup com.apple.coreservices.launchservicesd and so this process cannot talk to launchservicesd.
4/14/14 11:54:57.835 AM Google Chrome Helper[355]: CGSLookupServerRootPort: Failed to look up the port for "com.apple.windowserver.active" (1100)
4/14/14 11:54:57.836 AM Google Chrome Helper[354]: CGSLookupServerRootPort: Failed to look up the port for "com.apple.windowserver.active" (1100)
4/14/14 11:57:06.116 AM syncdefaultsd[370]: Fixing push token
4/14/14 11:57:24.677 AM Mail[287]: *** Assertion failure in -[MFEWSCreateEventReplyResponseOperation executeOperation], /SourceCache/Mail/Mail-1874/FrameworkTargets/MailFramework/EWS/Items/MFEWSCreat eItemResponseOperation.m:37
EWS sent an unexpected quantify of create item replies: 3
          0   MailCore                            0x00007fff9851dc2c -[MCAssertionHandler _handleFailureWithPreamble:description:arguments:] + 141
          1   MailCore                            0x00007fff9851da9d -[MCAssertionHandler handleFailureInMethod:object:file:lineNumber:description:] + 215
          2   Mail                                0x00007fff8ae0bb51 -[MFEWSCreateItemResponseOperation executeOperation] + 595
          3   Mail                                0x00007fff8ae09922 -[MFEWSCreateEventReplyResponseOperation executeOperation] + 71
          4   MailCore                            0x00007fff9856eeda -[MCMonitoredOperation main] + 211
          5   Foundation                          0x00007fff928018a1 -[__NSOperationInternal _start:] + 631
          6   Foundation                          0x00007fff9280154b __NSOQSchedule_f + 64
          7   libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff8fec72ad _dispatch_client_callout + 8
          8   libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff8fecb7ff _dispatch_async_redirect_invoke + 154
          9   libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff8fec72ad _dispatch_client_callout + 8
          10 libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff8fec909e _dispatch_root_queue_drain + 326
          11 libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff8feca193 _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 40
          12 libsystem_pthread.dylib             0x00007fff8c6aeef8 _pthread_wqthread + 314
          13 libsystem_pthread.dylib             0x00007fff8c6b1fb9 start_wqthread + 13
4/14/14 11:57:24.678 AM Mail[287]: *** Assertion failure in -[MFEWSDeleteItemsRequestOperation initWithEWSItemIds:folderIdString:gateway:], /SourceCache/Mail/Mail-1874/FrameworkTargets/MailFramework/EWS/Items/MFEWSDelet eItemsRequestOperation.m:36
folder ID '(null)' for item delete is invalid
          0   MailCore                            0x00007fff9851dc2c -[MCAssertionHandler _handleFailureWithPreamble:description:arguments:] + 141
          1   MailCore                            0x00007fff9851da9d -[MCAssertionHandler handleFailureInMethod:object:file:lineNumber:description:] + 215
          2   Mail                                0x00007fff8ae0cd3f -[MFEWSDeleteItemsRequestOperation initWithEWSItemIds:folderIdString:gateway:] + 260
          3   Mail                                0x00007fff8ae09c83 -[MFEWSCreateEventReplyResponseOperation executeOperation] + 936
          4   MailCore                            0x00007fff9856eeda -[MCMonitoredOperation main] + 211
          5   Foundation                          0x00007fff928018a1 -[__NSOperationInternal _start:] + 631
          6   Foundation                          0x00007fff9280154b __NSOQSchedule_f + 64
          7   libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff8fec72ad _dispatch_client_callout + 8
          8   libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff8fecb7ff _dispatch_async_redirect_invoke + 154
          9   libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff8fec72ad _dispatch_client_callout + 8
          10 libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff8fec909e _dispatch_root_queue_drain + 326
          11 libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff8feca193 _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 40
          12 libsystem_pthread.dylib             0x00007fff8c6aeef8 _pthread_wqthread + 314
          13 libsystem_pthread.dylib             0x00007fff8c6b1fb9 start_wqthread + 13
4/14/14 11:58:16.363 AM WindowServer[90]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Google Chrome" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
4/14/14 11:58:17.989 AM WindowServer[90]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Google Chrome" after 2.63 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
4/14/14 11:58:23.803 AM Console[377]: setPresentationOptions called with NSApplicationPresentationFullScreen when there is no visible fullscreen window; this call will be ignored.
4/14/14 11:58:29.759 AM apsd[60]: Unrecognized leaf certificate
4/14/14 11:58:30.255 AM WindowServer[90]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Console" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
4/14/14 11:58:32.000 AM kernel[0]: process Mail[287] caught causing excessive wakeups. Observed wakeups rate (per sec): 401; Maximum permitted wakeups rate (per sec): 150; Observation period: 300 seconds; Task lifetime number of wakeups: 48511
4/14/14 11:58:32.916 AM WindowServer[90]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Console" after 3.66 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
4/14/14 11:58:33.801 AM ReportCrash[381]: Invoking spindump for pid=287 wakeups_rate=401 duration=113 because of excessive wakeups
4/14/14 11:58:36.212 AM Google Chrome Helper EH[362]: NSWindow does not support utility styleMask 0x10
4/14/14 11:58:32.000 AM kernel[0]: process Mail[287] caught causing excessive wakeups. Observed wakeups rate (per sec): 401; Maximum permitted wakeups rate (per sec): 150; Observation period: 300 seconds; Task lifetime number of wakeups: 48511
4/14/14 11:58:32.916 AM WindowServer[90]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Console" after 3.66 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
4/14/14 11:58:33.801 AM ReportCrash[381]: Invoking spindump for pid=287 wakeups_rate=401 duration=113 because of excessive wakeups
4/14/14 11:58:36.212 AM Google Chrome Helper EH[362]: NSWindow does not support utility styleMask 0x10
4/14/14 12:00:49.151 PM loginwindow[40]: *** WARNING: -[NSImage compositeToPoint:operation:] is deprecated in MacOSX 10.8 and later. Please use -[NSImage drawAtPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] instead.
4/14/14 12:00:49.152 PM loginwindow[40]: *** WARNING: -[NSImage compositeToPoint:fromRect:operation:] is deprecated in MacOSX 10.8 and later. Please use -[NSImage drawAtPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] instead.
4/14/14 12:00:50.664 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.WebKit.WebContent.98825194-AB5C-40F3-BBFD-DF5EB5209ACE[371]) Could not terminate job: 3: No such process
4/14/14 12:00:50.664 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.WebKit.WebContent.98825194-AB5C-40F3-BBFD-DF5EB5209ACE[371]) Using fallback option to terminate job...
4/14/14 12:00:50.697 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[147]: (com.apple.mail.45088[287]) Exited: Terminated: 15
4/14/14 12:01:02.526 PM Google Chrome Helper[398]: Process unable to create connection because the sandbox denied the right to lookup com.apple.coreservices.launchservicesd and so this process cannot talk to launchservicesd. : LSXPCClient.cp #426 ___ZN26LSClientToServerConnection21setupServerConnectionEiPK14__CFDictionary_bl ock_invoke() q=com.apple.main-thread
4/14/14 12:01:02.527 PM Google Chrome Helper[398]: Process unable to create connection because the sandbox denied the right to lookup com.apple.coreservices.launchservicesd and so this process cannot talk to launchservicesd.
4/14/14 12:01:02.544 PM Google Chrome Helper[398]: CGSLookupServerRootPort: Failed to look up the port for "com.apple.windowserver.active" (1100)
4/14/14 12:01:02.944 PM spindump[392]: Saved hang report for Mail version 7.2 (1874) to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Mail_2014-04-14-120102_Macintosh-4.hang
4/14/14 12:01:07.762 PM Google Chrome Helper[406]: Process unable to create connection because the sandbox denied the right to lookup com.apple.coreservices.launchservicesd and so this process cannot talk to launchservicesd. : LSXPCClient.cp #426 ___ZN26LSClientToServerConnection21setupServerConnectionEiPK14__CFDictionary_bl ock_invoke() q=com.apple.main-thread
4/14/14 12:01:07.762 PM Google Chrome Helper[406]: Process unable to create connection because the sandbox denied the right to lookup com.apple.coreservices.launchservicesd and so this process cannot talk to launchservicesd.
4/14/14 12:01:07.774 PM Google Chrome Helper[406]: CGSLookupServerRootPort: Failed to look up the port for "com.apple.windowserver.active" (1100)
4/14/14 12:01:12.000 PM kernel[0]: **** [IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport][SuspendDevice] -- Resume -- suspendDeviceCallResult = 0x0000 (kIOReturnSuccess) -- 0x7000 ****
4/14/14 12:01:33.124 PM com.apple.SecurityServer[14]: Killing auth hosts
4/14/14 12:01:33.124 PM com.apple.SecurityServer[14]: Session 100019 destroyed
4/14/14 12:01:33.128 PM com.apple.SecurityServer[14]: Session 100020 created
4/14/14 12:01:35.349 PM WindowServer[90]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Mail" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
4/14/14 12:01:36.343 PM WindowServer[90]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Mail" after 1.99 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
4/14/14 12:01:37.869 PM LKDCHelper[427]: Starting (uid=502)
4/14/14 12:01:50.000 PM kernel[0]: **** [IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport][SuspendDevice] -- Suspend -- suspendDeviceCallResult = 0x0000 (kIOReturnSuccess) -- 0x7000 ****

After loading mavericks on MacBook Pro (mid2010 i7) the entire system has slowed considerably?

A new software package required a minimum upgrade to OS 10.7. After speaking with an Apple Store rep. He suggested Mavericks as my system was compatible for this upgrade and assured me this would be a "seamless" transition. So I purchased the new software and downloaded/installed Mavericks (10.9.1), the system immediately slowed down significantly, this included Apple apps, my ISP and several Adobe programs as well. As I had opened/unsealed the new software, returning it would be very difficult, so I loaded it...no change.
I would appreciate any positive suggestions.
Thanks

The ISP provides anti virus
Start by removing that. It's completely worthless and also quite likely to be the cause of your problem.
Any third-party software that doesn't install by drag-and-drop into the Applications folder, and uninstall by drag-and-drop to the Trash, is a system modification.
Whenever you remove system modifications, they must be removed completely, and the only way to do that is to use the uninstallation tool, if any, provided by the developers, or to follow their instructions. If the software has been incompletely removed, you may have to re-download or even reinstall it in order to finish the job.
I never install system modifications myself, and I don't know how to uninstall them. You'll have to do your own research to find that information.
Here are some general guidelines to get you started. Suppose you want to remove something called “BrickMyMac” (a hypothetical example.) First, consult the product's Help menu, if there is one, for instructions. Finding none there, look on the developer's website, say www.brickmymac.com. (That may not be the actual name of the site; if necessary, search the Web for the product name.) If you don’t find anything on the website or in your search, contact the developer. While you're waiting for a response, download BrickMyMac.dmg and open it. There may be an application in there such as “Uninstall BrickMyMac.” If not, open “BrickMyMac.pkg” and look for an Uninstall button.
Back up all data before making any changes.
You will generally have to reboot in order to complete an uninstallation. Until you do that, the uninstallation may have no effect, or unpredictable effects.
If you can’t remove software in any other way, you’ll have to erase and install OS X. Never install any third-party software unless you're sure you know how to uninstall it; otherwise you may create problems that are very hard to solve.
WARNING: Trying to remove complex system modifications by hunting for files by name often will not work and may make the problem worse. The same goes for "utilities" such as "AppCleaner" and the like that purport to remove software.

My iMac has slowed considerably over the past few weeks.

Even after simply entering my password to get through screensaver there is a lag of 7-10 seconds. running 10.9.2 on a 3.06 intel core 2 duo. please advise

Suggestions of Things You Can Do To Help A Slow Computer
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
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.
Repair the Hard Drive - Lion/Mountain Lion/Mavericks
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the Utilites 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 disk icon and click on the arrow button below.
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.
Restart your computer normally and see if this has helped any. Next do some 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.
Note: Alsoft ships DW on a bootable DVD that will startup Macs running Snow Leopard or earlier. It cannot start Macs that came with Lion or later pre-installed, however, DW will work on those models.
Suggestions for OS X Maintenance
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 later 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.
Helpful Links Regarding Malware Protection
An excellent link to read is Tom Reed's Mac Malware Guide.
Also, visit The XLab FAQs and read Detecting and avoiding malware and spyware.
See these Apple articles:
          Mac OS X Snow Leopard and malware detection
          OS X Lion- Protect your Mac from malware
          OS X Mountain Lion- Protect your Mac from malware
          About file quarantine in OS X
If you require anti-virus protection I recommend using VirusBarrier Express 1.1.6 or Dr.Web Light both from the App Store. They're both free, and since they're from the App Store, they won't destabilize the system. (Thank you to Thomas Reed for these recommendations.)
Troubleshooting Applications
I recommend downloading a utility such as TinkerTool System, OnyX, Mavericks Cache Cleaner, or Cocktail that you can use for removing old log files and archives, clearing caches, etc. Corrupted cache, log, or temporary files can cause application or OS X crashes as well as kernel panics.
If you have Snow Leopard or Leopard, then for similar 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. Applejack does not work with Lion and later.
Basic Backup
For some people Time Machine will be more than adequate. Time Machine is part of OS X. There are two components:
1. A Time Machine preferences panel as part of System Preferences;
2. A Time Machine application located in the Applications folder. It is
    used to manage backups and to restore backups. Time Machine
    requires a backup drive that is at least twice the capacity of the
    drive being backed up.
Alternatively, get an external 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. Get Backup
3. Deja Vu
4. SuperDuper!
5. Synk Pro
6. Tri-Backup
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on backup and restore. Also read How to Back Up and Restore Your Files. For help with using Time Machine visit Pondini's Time Machine FAQ for help with all things Time Machine.
Referenced software can be found at 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:
Pre-Mavericks
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 (>=70,) 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.
Mavericks and later
Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder. Select All Processes from the View menu. Click on the CPU tab in the toolbar. Click twice on the CPU% column header to display in descending order. If you find a process using a large amount of CPU time (>=70,) 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.

I have a 2009 vintage MacBook Air. Ever since i downloaded Mavericks the performance has slowed considerably. Is there anything to do short of buying a new one?

I have a 2009 vintage MacBook Air. Ever since I installed maverik the speed to do anything has decreased significantly. After the 30 minutes of use it gets better, but still intemitently takes a time out for for a minute or more. Any solution other than buying a new one? Thanks
Model Name:          MacBook Air
Model Identifier:          MacBookAir2,1
Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:          1.86 GHz
Number of Processors:          1
Total Number of Cores:          2
L2 Cache:          6 MB
Memory:          2 GB
Bus Speed:          1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version:          MBA21.0075.B03
SMC Version (system):          1.34f8

2GB RAM is quite inadeqiate for OS X Mavericks to run efficiently.
It is better to have a new computer.
But you can try this.
OS X Mavericks: If your Mac runs slowly?
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13895
Startup in Safe Mode
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14204
Repair Disk
Steps 1 through 7
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5836
Reset SMC.     http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Choose the method for:
"Resetting SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own".
Increase disk space.
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13806

Iphoto 6.0.6 -now when importing from the camera has slowed considerably, 23 photos took 1 hour during the finishing stage

Slow importing from camera, at the finsihing stage. Took 1 hour for 23 pics

How big is your HD? How much free space on it?

I just upgraded to ISO8 and my ipad has slowed down alot. Why?

WHY IS MY IPAD WORKING SO SLOWLY NOW THAT I UPGRADED TO ISO8?

Hey there mrssue,
It sounds like your iPad is running slowly after you updated to iOS 8. That can be pretty frustrating, so I would like to start by troubleshooting the software on the iPad. First, quit all the running apps on the device:
iOS: Force an app to close
Double-click the Home button.
Swipe left or right until you have located the app you wish to close.
Swipe the app up to close it.
When you have done that reset the device with the bottom half of this article, and test the issue again:
iOS: Turning off and on (restarting) and resetting
If that does not resolve it, I would next backup the iPad to your iTunes Library and then restore it as new, and test it out again with this article:
iOS: How to back up your data and set up your device as a new device
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
All the very best,
Sterling

I just updated my ipad 2 to ios 7 and the ipad has reverted to what looks like factory settings...help!!!

updated ipad 2 from ios 4 something and it looks like its been reset to factory setting on ipad, but itues looks right. help!

Settings>General>Reset>Reset All Settings

HT4623 i tried updating my ipad to IOS7.2 this mrning and my ipad has locked up what do i do?

My ipad locked up after trying to download 7.2 how do i unlock it?

Reset iPad and continue with activation.

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