Mac book pro slowed down

i purchased new mac book pro exactly one year back, upgraded to mountain lion few months back, since last few days it ahs slowed down so much that it is difficult to work on the same. last programme i used for cleaning was iBoostup. pl. help me in speeding the mac.

"Cleaning" apps are useless - there's no need to clean anything from your Mac (save for files that you no longer use). OS X does a very good job of maintenance.
See ds store's Why is my computer slow? Some excellent tips there.
Clinton

Similar Messages

Mac book pro slowing down by cinema display

when using cinema display it is slowing down terribly my mac book pro! how can I restore the speed it had when I bought it 2 years ago?

when using cinema display it is slowing down terribly my mac book pro! how can I restore the speed it had when I bought it 2 years ago?

Why has my mac book pro slowed down after installing lion?

How do I get my mac book pro back up to seepd after installing lion?

How much free space do you have on your system drive?
Allan

Mac Book Pro slowing down

Please Help, Heres the details
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro6,2
          1 2.66 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          Intel HD Graphics - VRAM: 288 MB
          NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 512 MB
System Software:
          OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 0 days 2:26:18
Disk Information:
          TOSHIBA MK5055GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    c (disk0s2) /: 499.25 GB (350.45 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Information:
          Apple Inc. iPhone
          Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.google.GoogleContactSyncAgent.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
          iTunesHelper
Internet Plug-ins:
          FolxNetscapePlugIn: Version: Unknown
          AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 1.0.0.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
          AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 2.2 3rd-Party support link
          OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 3rd-Party support link
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
          Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 3rd-Party support link
          SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 3rd-Party support link
          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Outdated! Update
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
          AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
User Internet Plug-ins:
          Folx3Plugin: Version: 3.0.1 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          FolxNetscapePlugIn: Version: Unknown
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          DivX 3rd-Party support link
          Growl 3rd-Party support link
          Tuxera NTFS 3rd-Party support link
Bad Fonts:
          None
Old Applications:
          None
Time Machine:
          Auto backup: YES
          Volumes being backed up:
                    c: Disk size: 464.96 GB Disk used: 138.58 GB
          Destinations:
                    Time Machine Backups [Local] (Last used)
                    Total size: 2
                    Total number of backups: 17
                    Oldest backup: 2012-11-28 08:11:07 +0000
                    Last backup: 2013-11-26 17:25:41 +0000
                    Size of backup disk: Excellent
                              Backup size 2 > (Disk size 464.96 GB X 3)
          Time Machine details may not be accurate.
          All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
               1%          EtreCheck
               1%          sysmond
               1%          Google Chrome
               1%          WindowServer
               1%          Microsoft Excel
Top Processes by Memory:
          193 MB          Viber
          115 MB          Google Chrome
          86 MB          Microsoft Excel
          86 MB          mds_stores
          74 MB          WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information:
          1.00 GB          Free RAM
          1.73 GB          Active RAM
          303 MB          Inactive RAM
          862 MB          Wired RAM
          872 MB          Page-ins
          0 B          Page-outs

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
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.
Or you can simply do this:
Reinstall Mavericks without erasing drive
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.
Repair
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. When the process is completed, then quit DU and return to the main menu. Select Restart from the Apple menu.
Reinstall Mavericks
OS X Mavericks- Reinstall OS X
     Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet
                if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.

New Mac Book Pro slows down to a drip then drops downloads

Bought my new MBP about a month ago. I love everything about it other than the fact that I can't download music anymore. This is a necessity for any computer that I own. I'm on a Wifi home network with a Linksys (N) router. Every download goes well for about 10 MB. After that, d/l speed drops quickly, then the download is dropped completely because of a "lost internet connection". I've read similar things in other threads, but see no fix. My anger grows.

Could you briefly describe the symptoms you had before they replaced the card? My internet would work for pretty much 3-4 seconds at a time before cutting out for 20-30 seconds (complete packet loss) while the AirPort indicator still showed 4 bars. But, it worked perfectly in Windows 7. What ended up fixing it for me was A) installing 10.6.7 and B) disabling IPv6 in my Airport preferences.
Even now when I'm in OS 10.6.7 and I ping, say, a DNS server like 4.2.2.2, my ping latencies will range from 13ms to 140ms and everywhere in between, almost at random. When I boot into Win 7 via Bootcamp, pinging 4.2.2.2 again gives me consistent latencies of 13ms, with the occasional 14ms.
My thoughts are that Apple is having a software-related driver issue with the new Broadcom wireless cards they've introduced in the 2011 MacBook Pros on the OS X side (but not on the Win 7 side).

My Mac book pro shuts down after starting

My Mac book pro shuts down after a few second. I have to press the start button multiple time before uploading

MacBook Pro (17 -inch, Mid 2009) OS X Yosemite Version 10.10.2
Processor 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Startup Disk Macintosh HD
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB
Serial Number W8******8YB
Disk Utility Message:
Repairing permission for "Macintosh HD"
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOSARDAge nt" has been modifiedand wil not be repaired
Group differs on "Library/Printers/InstallerPrinters.plist";should be 80; group is 0.
Permission differs on "Library/Printers/InstalledPrinters.plist" should be -rw-rw-rw ; tey are -rw-r---r--
Repaired "Library/Printers/InstalledPrinters.plist"
Group differs on " Library/Preferences/com.apple.alf.plist" should be 80; group is 0.
Repaired "Library/Prefernces/com.apple.alf.plist"
User differs on "private/var/db/displaypolicyd"; should be 0; user is 244
Group differs on "private/var/db/dispaypolicyd:; should be 0 group is 244
Repaired "private/var/db/displaypolicyd"
Permission repair complete
I was not able to fix the problem,
TinTin 15
<Personal Information Edited by Host>

My Mac book pro shut down after getting a low battery message, and now or won't start at all. It's plugged in now and nothing, no fan, no chime when I hold down the power button

My Mac book pro shut down after getting a low battery message and now it won't start. Any ideas?

Hey Citrinesky,
Thanks for the question. I understand your MacBook Pro is not responding. The following resource may provide a solution:
Troubleshooting: My computer won't turn on
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1367
Thanks,
Matt M.

Mac Book Pro slow

Problem with the Mac Book Pro 13 Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM
I have imported quite a lot of photographs to my HDD library and before I noticed, I had less that 2GB space left and my mac seriously slowed down.
After a short while it crashed and then it took around three hours to reboot and to see the desktop again.
I removed some data and now have 40GB space left on my disc, also downloaded and installed latest OSX Mountain Lion. It is a little bit better it takes around one hour to restart my laptop now but now I am not sure what to do next. How and where to check where is the issue?
I have used a Blackmagic Disk Speed Test and it tells me that my SATA disk performance is both write and read around 70Mb/s.
Your advice would be really appreciated. Ola Z

Did you do a clean install or an upgarde of the OS?
I would do the following
1) Open Disk Utility
2) Check Disk for errors
3) Repair Permissions
4) Reboot
5) Reboot again.
6) If it isn't better, backup everything and do a clean reinstall of Mountain Lion

Mac Book Pro slow with boot up since Mavericks upgrade

Hi folks,
my mac book pro is booting up very slow and running slow as well since I upgraded to Mavericks.
Tried cleaning up, booting in safe mode, veryfying disk utility but nothing detected.
Can someone check my ETRE or does anyone have another idea what I can do to better the overall performance of my mac?
Thanks and cheers
EtreCheck version: 1.9.11 (43) - report generated 10 June 2014 1:19:56 pm GMT+2
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2009)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,3
          1 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
          NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
          OS X 10.9.3 (13D65) - Uptime: 0 days 0:14:20
Disk Information:
          Hitachi HTS545032B9SA02 disk0 : (320.07 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 319.21 GB (91.53 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-868
USB Information:
          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
          Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
          Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Gatekeeper:
          Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions:
          [not loaded] com.wdc.driver.1394HP (1.0.11 - SDK 10.4) Support
          [not loaded] com.wdc.driver.1394_64HP (1.0.1 - SDK 10.6) Support
          [not loaded] com.wdc.driver.USBHP (1.0.11) Support
          [not loaded] com.wdc.driver.USB_64HP (1.0.0 - SDK 10.6) Support
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
          [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist Support
User Login Items:
          Skype
          Dropbox
Internet Plug-ins:
          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Support
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
          Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
          SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.6 - SDK 10.6 Support
          Silverlight: Version: 4.0.50826.0 Support
          iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
Safari Extensions:
          DuckDuckGo: Version: 1.6.1
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:
          Picasa: Version: 1.0 Support
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Flash Player Support
Time Machine:
          Skip System Files: NO
          Auto backup: YES
          Volumes being backed up:
                    Macintosh HD: Disk size: 297.29 GB Disk used: 212.05 GB
          Destinations:
                    My Passport for Mac [Local] (Last used)
                    Total size: 931.16 GB
                    Total number of backups: 2
                    Oldest backup: 2014-05-15 12:51:17 +0000
                    Last backup: 2014-05-30 21:29:41 +0000
                    Size of backup disk: Excellent
                              Backup size 931.16 GB > (Disk size 297.29 GB X 3)
          Time Machine details may not be accurate.
          All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
               3%          WindowServer
               3%          Dropbox
               1%          fontd
               0%          com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
               0%          Skype
Top Processes by Memory:
          172 MB          com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
          143 MB          Safari
          82 MB          Skype
          78 MB          Dropbox
          66 MB          mds_stores
Virtual Memory Information:
          1.90 GB          Free RAM
          1.18 GB          Active RAM
          190 MB          Inactive RAM
          495 MB          Wired RAM
          273 MB          Page-ins
          0 B          Page-outs

[not loaded] com.wdc.driver.1394HP (1.0.11 - SDK 10.4) Support
          [not loaded] com.wdc.driver.1394_64HP (1.0.1 - SDK 10.6) Support
          [not loaded] com.wdc.driver.USBHP (1.0.11) Support
          [not loaded] com.wdc.driver.USB_64HP (1.0.0 - SDK 10.6) Support
Western Digital Software and Mavericks
Remove the software.
Activity Monitor - Mavericks
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

Mac Book pro slow to wake from sleep

Hi , Sometimes when I leave my mac book pro and it goes to sleep (screen goes black when lid open) it takes a while to wake from sleep again - sometimes up to 30-40 seconds? This seems very odd for an expensive machine that is around 6 months old and something that never used to happen with my old powerbook G4. It doesn't happen all the time but regularly. Should I be worried? Any help greatly appreciated!

I'm curious if you ever found a solution for this issue. I recently purchased the SanDisk Extreme II 480GB, replacing my OWC Extreme Pro 240GB. The OWC never experienced the "slow to wake" issue whereas the SanDisk drive does, consistently. To make sure I'm having the same symptoms, this is what happens to me: Put the mac to sleep (either manually or letting it do it on its own, waiting for the led to pulse showing that it is asleep), then wake it up (press a key on the keyboard), the logon screen shows almost immediately but as soon as I try to type the pinwheel/beach ball shows up, I wait between 20 and 30 seconds and then I'm able to type and all is well.
I contataced SanDisk and their support was horrible. They simply told me "contact MAC for this issue" (no joke, not "contact Apple" but "contact MAC", in all caps). I explained that it works fine with the OWC drive just not the SanDisk. They replied with another article showing that all macs have trouble waking from sleep (not true). I replied again indicating that I've never had this issue with any of my 3rd party drives, only this SanDisk. Then the replied simply stating that all mac's have issues with 3rd party hard drives when waking from sleep. At this point I threw a fit and yelled at my screen, even though it wasn't my screens fault.
In any case, their support has not been willing to do any actual troubleshooting. I'd love to return it and I might have to - but as you stated, it's annoying to have this issue but the performance is fine the rest of the time.
Thanks for any input you have.
Bryan

My Mac book pro Shuts down unexpectedly

This problem started barely last night, when I was using my Mac book pro when suddenly it shut down. The first thing that came up to my mind was that it was a battery issue, but I have notice that the laptop only shuts down when I type something in the keyboard. Could this be caused by the keyboard, or is a battery issue, or is it something else more serious?

Try resetting your SMC and PRAM.
Resetting the System Management Controller >>
Also, note the exact time the issue happens and check your System logs in your Console application for clues to the cause.
Dave M.
MacOSG Founder/Ambassador  An Apple User Group  iTunes: MacOSG Podcast
Macsimum News Associate Editor  Creator of 'Mac611 - Mobile Mac Support'

Why won't my Mac Book Pro shut down?

My Mac Book pro isn't shuttting down. I've clicked the apple icon on the left > shutdown. But nothing happens it just shows this rainbow wheel for a few seconds. I can't also control my volume and screen brightness with my keys any more and system preferences is not responding.. Help! Please!
Thank you!

Alright.., I will try this and hope i´ll do it right. My (a little older ) MacBook Pro has the same problem, it just wont shut down. Things works kind of fine until I shall shut it down, cause then the wheel will spin and spin and spin (and it goes to sleep still spinning), so it must be some corrupted files or app that is stuck. I just bought MacOs10.6.3 to reinstall or recover the harddrive, but I´ve never done these things on a Mac before. I have formated in Windows alright, but I am worried about the drivers, I dont know how to back them up! ??? Where do I find them? I hope I dont have to wipe the disc out fully, that it helps with just some cleaning up. I will come back after my "operation".. please wish me good luck! I really dont want it to crash completely.. Thank you for all the information I had here. See you soon.. '
/ Maria

2007 Mac Book pro Shuts down at startup attempt. Tried reloading OSX and will not start up after that.

My Mac Book Pro started having issues. I tried to relaod the operating system and it worked for a moment. When I tried to do a time machine back up it failed.
Now itr Shuts down at startup attempt. Tried reloading OSX and will not start up after that.

Dr.Conga,
did you try to do a Time Machine backup from your MacBook Pro, or a Time Machine restoration to it?
Are you trying to reload your current version of OS X (10.7.4, to judge from your signature), or are you trying to reload the version of Mac OS X that came on the grey installation DVDs that originally came with your MacBook Pro?

Mac book Pro shutting down by itself

More than once when I have closed the lid to my mac book pro it shut itself down and rebooted for no reason. All I would have open is firefox or safari and when I get back I get the log in window asking for my password. I have it set to never go to sleep so I have no idea what is causing it to do this.

I have it set to never go to sleep
The Energy Saver preference pane settings only apply to time with the lid open. Regardless, it will go to sleep when you close the lid, unless you have deactivated that via Terminal commands or 3rd party hacks.
and when I get back I get the log in window asking for my password
Are you sure it reboots? If you close the lid, go away, then come back and it asks for your login password, maybe in System Preferences > Security the require password to wake from sleep is checked...

Mac book pro shuts down by it's self?

My mac book pro will randomly shut down by its self. I dont know why, but it will restart after shutting down and give me a message saying would you like to report this problem and I always say yes and there has been no contact with me about the system problem. I received this laptop in August 2012 so it is relatively new.
Another question I have is how would I change the graphic settings on my Mac Book pro? I want to play the Sims3, but it says to change graphics?

If you have more than one user account, you must be logged in as an administrator to carry out these instructions.
Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
Select the most recent panic log under the heading System Diagnostic Reports on the left. If you don't see that heading, select
View ▹ Show Log List from the menu bar. Post the entire contents of the panic report — the text, please, not a screenshot. In the interest of privacy, I suggest you edit out the “Anonymous UUID,” a long string of letters, numbers, and dashes in the header and body of the report, if it’s present (it may not be.) Please don't post shutdownStall, spin, or hang reports.

Mac book pro slowed down

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for