Loads of tracks slow performance

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I am running Logic Pro 9 on a iMac 21" (2.4ghz C2D, 4gb Ram OSX 10.7)
I am trying to make some scores for games, films etc using a simple midi keyboard and using the built in sounds and samples from logic but will want to change these later when I can get some amazing and realistically sounding samples
I have at the moment got 67 midi tracks (not even got any drums or percussion yet) but at certain points in the track my CPU jumps up and I am unable to do any type of mixing as I cannot hear the track. If I turn off the playback it runs fine but is a bit pointless as I cannot hear it to see what needs to be changed.
My question is do I need more CPU, RAM, better machine or would using LPX or external sound card (I have a Edirol UA25 I can borrow) make anything better, I am planning on blitzing the Mac to factory again shortly but don't know if that will make any difference but it is going to be my first thing to try.
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated
Adam

What you do is mix in sections.... and then freeze/unfreeze those sections....
So, for example, mix your drum parts and then when you have that section mixed, freeze those parts and move onto the next section and so on...
Freezing, frees up your CPU for other tasks.. so you have to plan ahead a bit... to get the most of it... and yes, there will be some limitations as you have mentioned but again, with some preplanning, you can make it work.
Note: Even on the latest Macs running the latest OS X / Logic pro X combos.. for larger projects, Freezing is still an essential part of optimizing performance in a lot of cases.
Also, if you are using multiple FX plugins..... with the same or similar settings on multiple tracks.. Start using Buses/Auxes to reduce the number of different FX plugins...
As for your actual issue..
Your Mac is simply not powerful enough to handle the projects you are creating...
But, unless you are willing to buy a new Mac.....
Things you should look at upgrading would be;
RAM (making sure you run Logic Pro 9 in 64bit mode to take advantage of that extra RAM) will help to some degree depending on what your projects contain. Example: The more samples you are using then more RAM will help...
Rolling back to Snow Leopard rather than using Lion... as SL + LP9 is still the optimal combination of OS X and Logic at this time... (Better than any OS X and Logic Pro X combo I might add..) Note; Modern Macs cannot run Snow Leopard.... as SL doesn't have the support for the latest hardware in modern Macs..
However.. given the age of your iMac and it's specs.. and the size of projects you are trying to create.. I think your best bet is going to be.. buying a faster, more capable Mac... One that has an i7 Quad Core and is upgradable to at least 16 GB RAM... The 2011 iMacs work very well in regards to this.. I have two 3.4Ghz i7 16 / 32GB Ram 2GB VRAM 27" 2011 iMacs... running SL and LP9 and frankly they outperform the more modern iMacs running Yosemite and LPX by some degree.
You can still find these 2011 iMacs if you search carefully.... They even still appear on the Mac Refurb store from time to time.. at a great price and with the full normal Apple Warranty...
Besides that model, if you are going to buy any new Mac, the Apple refurb store is one to check first.... for good pricing..
This third party website is great for finding out what is, and tracking the prices of stock in, the refurb store..
https://www.refurb.me/us/

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   Difference Clouds 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
   Diffuse Glow 13.0
   Displace 13.0
   Dry Brush 13.0
   Eazel Acquire 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
   Embed Watermark 4.0
   Entropy 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
   Extrude 13.0
   FastCore Routines 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
   Fibers 13.0
   Film Grain 13.0
   Filter Gallery 13.0
   Flash 3D 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
   Fresco 13.0
   Glass 13.0
   Glowing Edges 13.0
   Google Earth 4 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
   Grain 13.0
   Graphic Pen 13.0
   Halftone Pattern 13.0
   HDRMergeUI 13.0
   IFF Format 13.0
   Ink Outlines 13.0
   JPEG 2000 13.0
   Kurtosis 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
   Lens Blur 13.0
   Lens Correction 13.0
   Lens Flare 13.0
   Liquify 13.0
   Matlab Operation 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
   Maximum 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
   Mean 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
   Measurement Core 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
   Median 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
   Mezzotint 13.0
   Minimum 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
   MMXCore Routines 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
   Mosaic Tiles 13.0
   Multiprocessor Support 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
   Neon Glow 13.0
   Note Paper 13.0
   NTSC Colors 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
   Ocean Ripple 13.0
   Oil Paint 13.0
   OpenEXR 13.0
   Paint Daubs 13.0
   Palette Knife 13.0
   Patchwork 13.0
   Paths to Illustrator 13.0
   PCX 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
   Photocopy 13.0
   Photoshop 3D Engine 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
   Picture Package Filter 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
   Pinch 13.0
   Pixar 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
   Plaster 13.0
   Plastic Wrap 13.0
   PNG 13.0
   Pointillize 13.0
   Polar Coordinates 13.0
   Portable Bit Map 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
   Poster Edges 13.0
   Radial Blur 13.0
   Radiance 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
   Range 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
   Read Watermark 4.0
   Reticulation 13.0
   Ripple 13.0
   Rough Pastels 13.0
   Save for Web 13.0
   ScriptingSupport 13.1.2
   Shear 13.0
   Skewness 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
   Smart Blur 13.0
   Smudge Stick 13.0
   Solarize 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
   Spatter 13.0
   Spherize 13.0
   Sponge 13.0
   Sprayed Strokes 13.0
   Stained Glass 13.0
   Stamp 13.0
   Standard Deviation 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
   STL 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
   Sumi-e 13.0
   Summation 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
   Targa 13.0
   Texturizer 13.0
   Tiles 13.0
   Torn Edges 13.0
   Twirl 13.0
   Underpainting 13.0
   Vanishing Point 13.0
   Variance 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
   Variations 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
   Water Paper 13.0
   Watercolor 13.0
   Wave 13.0
   Wavefront|OBJ 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
   WIA Support 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
   Wind 13.0
   Wireless Bitmap 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
   ZigZag 13.0
Optional and third party plug-ins:
   DAZ Studio 3D Bridge 12.0
   DazUpdateScene 12.0
Plug-ins that failed to load: NONE
Flash:
   Mini Bridge
   Kuler
Installed TWAIN devices: NONE

Great news!
I followed your suggestion, Noel, and uninstalled my drivers with the Catalyst Uninstall Utility (which I hadn't used before), rebooted, reinstalled Catalyst 13.2 Beta 7, rebooted, deleted the PS Prefs, started PS, and now the performance is radically improved!
It baffles me why I would need to do a clean driver uninstall in a new system environment that has only ever had this video card, and is only a few months old, but that action seems to be what's improved the situation. Note that because I deleted the PS preferences, the good performance now occurs with the default Use Graphics Processor enabled, and Drawing Mode set to Advanced (with every feature in the Advanced dialog checked except 30bit display).
Having no reference point, I can't tell for sure if performance is as good as it theoretically ought to be for my system specs, but using the standard 13px brush is only slightly laggy behind the cursor, even if I become reckless and squiggle on the canvas violently. It wasn't just sluggish response before: Photoshop seemed to be in pain trying to draw the line segments as it laboured to catch up to the cursor. That is pretty much gone now.
Much more tellingly, zooming and panning the canvas is like it ought to be, responsive and clean, more or less like it was for me in CS4 with my old Nvidia 9600GT. The poor performance with zooming and panning was the most worrying aspect of the issue. It's a great relief to see these working more properly now.
I have to confess I'm a little embarrassed to have drug you through all this hassle only to discover that something as rudimentary as properly cleaning out the drivers would be the apparent solution. I never would have imagined that doing that, with such a new and stable system, would make any difference, since I don't have a legacy of older drivers dotting my hard drive. In any event, I'm really grateful that you guys took the time to try to help me.
In the interest of completeness, here's the relevant portion of my system info after doing the reinstall steps I mentioned above:
Adobe Photoshop Version: 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00) x64
Operating System: Windows 8 64-bit
Version: 6.2
System architecture: Intel CPU Family:6, Model:14, Stepping:5 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Physical processor count: 4
Processor speed: 2665 MHz
Built-in memory: 16379 MB
Free memory: 13680 MB
Memory available to Photoshop: 14695 MB
Memory used by Photoshop: 60 %
Image tile size: 1024K
Image cache levels: 4
OpenGL Drawing: Enabled.
OpenGL Drawing Mode: Advanced
OpenGL Allow Normal Mode: True.
OpenGL Allow Advanced Mode: True.
OpenGL Allow Old GPUs: Not Detected.
OpenCL Version: 3.0
OpenGL Version: 3.0
Video Rect Texture Size: 16384
OpenGL Memory: 2048 MB
Video Card Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
Video Card Renderer: AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
Display: 1
Display Bounds: top=0, left=0, bottom=1080, right=1920
Video Card Number: 2
Video Card: AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
Driver Version:
Driver Date:
Video Card Driver: aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.d ll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm64.dll
Video Mode: 1920 x 1080 x 4294967296 colors
Video Card Caption: AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
Video Card Memory: 2048 MB
Video Card Number: 1
Video Card: Microsoft Basic Render Driver
Driver Version: 12.100.17.0
Driver Date: 20130226000000.000000-000
Video Card Driver:
Video Mode:
Video Card Caption: Microsoft Basic Render Driver
Video Card Memory: 0 MB
As you can see, the Microsoft Basic Render Driver still appears as a Video Card in the list. This presumably has something to do with Windows 8, and I really don't know if its presence here is still a sign that my card is not being used to its optimal capability. I have a hunch that the slight lag that I am still experiencing with the brush when Use Graphics Processor is on -- totally absent with the acceleration turned off -- implies that Photoshop is still unable to take maximum advantage of my card. I would assume that the brush tool should be more responsive with acceleration on than off, in a rig without any issues, but that's just assumption on my part. If you turn off Use Graphics Processor on your systems, is the brush tool more or less responsive?
But again, panning the canvas with the hand tool is now extremely responsive, without any screen tearing or visible lag, and that's a massive improvement over the total meltdown of performance I was suffering from before.
Thanks again very much for your help. I'm grateful to all of you who took the time to chime in.

ITunes 10.1 (64-bit) slow performance

Hello all,
I have recently bought a new pc, a very fast machine (see details below), but I'm experiencing bad performance with iTunes 10.1 (64-bit) for windows.
I don't have a lot of stuff in iTunes, I have about 120 apps, 500 songs, 1200 photos, couple of ringtones and 0 videos in my library. The whole iTunes interface responds slowly. Like clicking on Music, Videos, my iPhone in the side menu makes iTunes freeze for a couple of seconds and then switches to the screen. Even after loading a screen iTunes is freezed for a seconds before it's responsive.
I've googled around for a while, and got some tips to disable some options in the preference window, so I've set all unnecessary things off, like: crossfadings songs, automatic update checking, looking for devices, automatic organizing, ping, genius, shared libraries, etc. but it doesn't speed up iTunes much.
It gets even worse whenever I connect my iPhone 3G (Fw 4.2.1, 16GB, Black). iTunes simply freezes for like half a minute and the pc makes a few beeping noises because of connecting an usb-device. Even Windows 7 slows down a lot while connecting. iTunes gets responsive once my iPhone appears under devices in the side menu.
Software I have constantly running in the backround are: AVG anti-virus free edition, SQL Server 2008, Steam and Skype. Turning off these softwares doesn't make a difference as well. There are no virusses or whatever on my pc. I let AVG anti-virus do a complete scan like once a week.
Taskmanager shows iTunes using about 240,000K of memory, followed by steam with 70,000k of memory and skype with 30,000k of memory.
Anyone else experiencing slow performance or know how to resolve this ?
System details:
Windows 7 64-bit
Intel i7 950 @ 3.06GHz quad core processor
6gigs of ddr3 (1600mhz) memory
Ocz vertex2 ssd (The O/S and all music, photos, apps are on this disk)
nvidia graphics card gtx460
Message was edited by: Leon49

Same with me! I recently bought a new laptop, and iTunes 9 was working just fine. It takes like 5 seconds to scroll down one line. Clicking on different tabs and things takes forever as well. I am not sure what is causing it yet, but like you, I have disabled all sorts of iTunes settings which has not helped yet. Hopefully Apple will fix this problem soon! Let me know if you find a way to solve this.
My PC Specs which are well above the minimum requirements:
Asus UL80Jt
Windows 7 64-Bit
Intel i3 330UM Dual Core Processor @ 1.2GHz (ASUS Overclocking to 1.7 GHz)
4GB RAM
1.3 GB Dedicated Video RAM
128 SSD

Very, very slow performance

Lightroom's performance on my computer has become, at times, intolerably slow. After rebooting my iMac and not opening any other programs or browsers, it just took about eight minutes to import 23 files, and a few more minutes to build 1:1 previews. When things are running fine this might take one minute. (I always build 1:1 previews on import and this happens with recently imported files as well as older ones, so it's not a question of having to build previews on the fly.) I've had extremely slow performance ("Loading") just moving from one photo to another in the Library and Develop modules or moving from one module to another, typically up to about 90 seconds, or when LR is "preparing the file" for export or edit in PS. But not always -- sometimes it's quite zippy -- and there's no pattern that I can see. Generally when this is occurring, memory "pressure" and CPU usage are normal, but it happens when usage is minimal as well. Occasionally there is a spinning beach ball but not usually.
My catalog has about 30k photos and very few presets of any kind. Probably 75% of these files have never been edited at all. I don't make hundreds of local adjustment, rarely more than ten in one image. I have about 40 Smart Collections with an average of several hundred images each. I rarely use Smart Previews. I optimize and back up the catalog every time I exit LR, which is a few times a week. My file/folder structure is simple and clean: /Pictures/year/day.
I'm running LR 5.4 on a mid-2011 iMac, 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7, with 16GB of memory. I have the Lightroom catalog and previews on the main drive, which is a 250GB SSD with about 100GB free. (Problem happened when my catalog was on different internal drive, too.) My pictures folder is on an internal drive with over 100GB available. I have the maximum cache size set to 50GB. I'm running Mavericks but it was just as slow under Mountain Lion. It was just as slow in earlier versions of Lightroom, major and minor. Other programs/apps run just fine on my computer, including Photoshop. (Generally, LR's performance is the same whether or not PS is running.) The only performance issue I've noticed since switching to Mavericks is that Finder stalls for several seconds every once in a while.
I've seen this Lightroom problem referred to on various forums, including Adobe forums, for a long time now -- years -- and I've never seen a definitive fix. I think I've answered all of the questions that are usually asked. Is there any solution to this? I use LR 30-40 hours per week. I'm tearing my hair out and the option of moving to another program would be the very last resort, but I might have to do that.

I don't use your same workflow, and I assume you're shooting RAW. However, after I have built 1:1 previews in LR (which takes a LONG time), when I click on a file to decide if it's sharp or not, it still takes 5-10 seconds for each file to load. And my computer isn't slow, and I have the same issue on my laptop, which is new and fast. I haven't seen a satisfactory answer to this problem, nor much acknowledgement from Adobe. My files are from a Nikon D7100 with 24 megapixels, so the file size is likely a factor.
If you are shooting the type of subjects where you use 1:1 previews primarily to determine sharpness, you could consider Photo Mechanic (unfortunately it costs $150) as the first step in your workflow. It uses the embedded jpg files in the RAW file, so it loads 1:1 jpg previews almost instantly. Sports and nature photographers use this product all the time, mostly to delete losers.

Windows Server 2012 very slow performance executing files

Hello,
I am running windows server 2012 as dc with 2 clients connected running win7 pro x64, this is a new setup.
Whenever i try to open a large file from the client or an application from the client it takes forever to startup or to load. The performance monitor indicates a maximum workload of 15% at all times.
I have tried all the following potential solutions i found, however none of them seem to do the trick.
- enable write cache = http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/a76f6e97-3266-4ba1-ba90-ad5318ec4937/slow-file-sharing-performance-on-windows-server?forum=winservergen
- change group policy = http://support.microsoft.com/kb/829700/nl
- change group policy as = http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/bcb4b580-50ef-4f10-bc9b-16db1bf24804/slow-network-file-execution-on-windows-server-2012?forum=winserverfiles
Does anyone have any ideas?
With kind regards

Hi,
You could disable SMBv3 on server 2012 to check if the issue related to SMB protocol.
How to enable and disable SMBv1, SMBv2, and SMBv3 in Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2696547/en-us
Warning: We do not recommend that you disable SMBv2 or SMBv3. Disable SMBv2 or SMBv3 only as a temporary troubleshooting measure. Do not leave SMBv2 or SMBv3 disabled.
Please also refer to the Forum FAQ to troubleshoot the slow performance issue:
[Forum FAQ] Troubleshooting Network File Copy Slowness
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/7bd9978c-69b4-42bf-90cd-fc7541ccb663/forum-faq-troubleshooting-network-file-copy-slowness?forum=winserverPN
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Lion: very slow performance of my macbook pro

very slow performance.
went to terminal, did the top command, and got following results (mind you, ONLY have Safari and of course Terminal open):
Processes: 96 total, 4 running, 9 stuck, 83 sleeping, 419 threads      19:07:17
Load Avg: 1.99, 1.81, 1.59 CPU usage: 2.36% user, 5.21% sys, 92.41% idle
SharedLibs: 1660K resident, 0B data, 0B linkedit.
MemRegions: 15947 total, 2662M resident, 47M private, 209M shared.
PhysMem: 695M wired, 2175M active, 1083M inactive, 3953M used, 13M free.
VM: 250G vsize, 1093M framework vsize, 699065(68) pageins, 1724738(881) pageouts
Networks: packets: 70104/55M in, 66648/10M out.
Disks: 966630/9347M read, 327765/18G written.
PID   COMMAND      %CPU TIME     #TH #WQ #POR #MREG RPRVT RSHRD RSIZE
4058 top          5.2   00:03.32 1/1 0    28   29    912K   216K   1620K
4055 bash         0.0   00:00.02 1    0    20   23    356K   216K   1112K
4052 CVMCompiler 0.0   00:00.30 1    0    30   69    7780K 220K   16M
4051 login        0.0   00:00.08 2    1    33   63    928K   216K   2184K
4049 Terminal     0.3   00:01.34 7    3    128+ 164+ 7580K+ 13M    15M+
4042 ocspd        0.0   00:00.02 1    0    26   33    420K+ 276K   1376K+
4041 WebProcess   0.0   00:04.35 7    3    119 201   16M-   10M    26M-
4039 Safari       1.1   00:09.44 12   3    193 413   47M-   20M    81M-
3958 spindump_age 0.0   00:00.02 2    2    38   55    356K   220K   1100K
3956 spindump     1.3   00:42.93 16/1 13   228 145   46M+   15M    53M+
3953 aosnotifyd   0.0   00:00.18 3    1    53   279   2064K 3532K 6156K
3939 AddressBookM 6.8   06:59.11 4    1    68   4067+ 2131M- 3308K 1554M-
3895 lsboxd       0.0   00:00.06 2    2    49   69    1156K 6820K 3292K
3031 cookied      0.0   00:01.36 2    1    42   82    2028K 268K   3
every minute or so the computer blocks, every 3 or 4 hours I have to restart etc.
any suggestions?

ok, stopped syncing in System preferences and even (horror) deleted the file which reappeared in seconds.
now waiting to see if stopping the syncing helps - though computer is now working a bit better, the info on Activity Monitor would indicate it is not a real improvement
473           AddressBookMobileMeSharingAgent          me          1,4          4          1.020,0 MB          Intel (64 bit)
312           helpd          me          0,4          65          358,9 MB          Intel (64 bit)
0           kernel_task          root          1,1          76          336,6 MB          Intel (64 bit)
459           Mail          me          0,4          9          276,2 MB          Intel (64 bit)
194           java          root          0,1          30          162,4 MB          Intel (64 bit)
405           Safari          me          0,5          12          120,0 MB          Intel (64 bit)
407           Safari Web Content          me          0,2          7          100,3 MB          Intel (64 bit)
195           WindowServer          _windowserver          0,5          7          64,4 MB          Intel (64 bit)

Mac pro Slow Performance

Hello Everyone,
I made a similar post about this subject not to long ago but now im back in the same situation. I will just recap everything that i did and hear your guys thoughts on what i did.
So to make a long story short.. I have a 2009 imac that contains all of my applications that i use on a daily basis. I then bought a 2012 12-core Mac Pro. Instead of being patient i wanted to start using this machine right away. I then set up migration assistant on both machines and literally copied everything over from my imac to my newly purchased mac pro. I later realized that this was a bad idea because it brought over boat loads of crap that was not being used (essentially 700GB) My computer was running very slow, defiantly not at speed of what a 12-core should be running at. so i started cleaning it up to the best that i could and was able to clear up 200 or so GB's. I still was not satisfied by the results i was getting. I kept getting beach balls and slow performance overall. so i went out and bought a 120GB SSD drive and figured that would be my best solution... well certainly it was at first. I then cleaned up my applications folder to clear up room in that folder. so after that was done i used migration assistant to transfer JUST the APPLICATIONS over to the SSD. After that was complete i then received a ton of crap on on the SSD. On boot up im not getting a pop up that is attached to a program i use to have on the iMac and is started to run slower than before the migration to the SSD...
So basically this is where i stand. I am thinking about just starting over from scratch and only bring over the files and applications that i need on the SSD. What is the best way to take applications off of my imac and put them onto my mac pro (meaning without migration assistant) The reason i need to transfer them over is because i do not have all of the applications on CD form to just re-install again. However, if i need to get the applications from the CD's for this to work then i will just have tp go through with that extra bit of trouble to do it the right way.
The whole purpose of this is trying to clean up my computer and keep it as organized as possible.
If anyone has any recommendations for the best way to perform this operation, its greatly appreciated!
thanks in advance!

A clean install along with Setup Assistant (or Migration Assistant) really is good and important way to go.
Too many issues moving to a newer OS and it has been made easy.
You can CCC clone the home folders elsewhere.
You can CCC the system and apps to another drifve and retain just your home library (the part that is now hidden which is annoying to some and taking too invasive into user space as if we can't and don't need access?)
~/Library
The only apps you can are ones you may as well just download and mount and drag, the type that lack and don't need to install anything anywheres but the package of the app itself.

Very slow performance / format

How can i formate ???
OS taking so much time to set when started...
Slow performance very slow
Any solution?

See your performance is slow because the app you are using doesnt get enough memory or CPU. SO try to minimize the load off so that the requistite power goes to the app which you are tending to use. One such method is to open task manager. Then startup. Disable the app which you dont want to. Like I have disabled them. This would definitely power up your system. Try removing unwanted apps from your PC.

Slower performance after Mavericks upgrade

My Macbook Pro has been significantly slowed down by my upgrade to Mavericks. (Processor 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7) (Memory 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3) (Graphics Intel HD Graphics 4000 1024 MB) I can't watch a 2 minute video without long... long rendering pauses. I get error messages and find the computer quits and starts again at random moments. Loading apps is slower. I am not talented technically and need some layman version of how to use time machine or other backup info to go back to my Mountain Lion IOS or how to fix this deterioration of my computer performance. I have run the etresoft app to provide more info. Unfortunately I am very much a novice at problem solving computer issues so if this is above my paygrade please feel free to send me to more competent sources..
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro10,1
          1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
          8 GB RAM
Video Information:
          Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 1024 MB
          NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - VRAM: 1024 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0
          AirPlay: Version: 1.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3
Startup Items:
          WiFiUtilityStartUp - Path: /System/Library/StartupItems/WiFiUtilityStartUp
System Software:
          OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 0 days 1:10:23
Disk Information:
          APPLE SSD SM256E disk0 : (251 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 250.14 GB (146.62 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
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
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
          Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Kernel Extensions:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
          [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
Launch Agents:
User Launch Agents:
          [failed] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
          [failed] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
          [loaded] ws.agile.1PasswordAgent.plist
User Login Items:
          Backup Engine
          Dropbox
          WirelessUtility
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Flash Player
Internet Plug-ins:
          Default Browser.plugin
          Flash Player.plugin
          FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
          QuickTime Plugin.plugin
          SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
          Silverlight.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
          Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin
Bad Fonts:
          None
Time Machine:
          Skip System Files: NO
          Mobile backups: OFF
          Auto backup: NO
          Volumes being backed up:
                    Macintosh HD: Disk size: 250.14 GB Disk used: 103.52 GB
          Destinations:
                    LaCie Disk [Local] (Last used)
                    Total size: 164.68 GB
                    Total number of backups: 1
                    Oldest backup: 2013-02-06 00:39:17 +0000
                    Last backup: 2013-02-06 00:39:17 +0000
                    Size of backup disk: Too small
                              Backup size 164.68 GB < (Disk used 103.52 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU:
               3%          WindowServer
               2%          firefox
               1%          EtreCheck
               1%          mds_stores
               1%          fontd
               0%          WirelessUtility
               0%          Mail
               0%          mds
               0%          aosnotifyd
Top Processes by Memory:
          426 MB firefox
          319 MB Finder
          246 MB Mail
          164 MB DashboardClient
          156 MB WindowServer
          156 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
          147 MB Dock
          131 MB mds_stores
          106 MB Dropbox
          106 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
Virtual Memory Statistics:
          2.31 GB Free RAM
          4.09 GB Active RAM
          732 MB Inactive RAM
          903 MB Wired RAM
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Do you know the reason for using WiFi Utility? It is not part of OS X and may be contributing to the problem.
Assuming you have no reason to use it:
Navigate to the following folder by selecting the entire line (triple-click to select it), then control-click, and from the contextual menu that appears, select Services > Open:
/System/Library/StartupItems/
Find the file WiFiUtilityStartUp and drag it to the Desktop. You will need to authenticate.
Next: Open System Preferences by selecting it from the  (Apple) menu, then select Users & Groups. Click the lock icon and authenticate, then click your User account. Select the Login Items tab, then select the item WirelessUtility. Delete it with the "–" (minus) button.
Next: Backup Engine is not part of OS X either, and is unrelated to Time Machine, which you are using. It may have been installed as part of a utility supplied by Seagate or other hard disk manufacturer. Such utilities should not be used on Macs. If you have no reason to use Backup Engine, delete it as well using the "–" button.
Quit System Preferences, log out, and log in again. Reply with your results.

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