Mac OSX Mavericks - System Hangs and Slowdowns
Hey guys,
I'm new to these forums so apologies in advance:
Anyway: I updated to Mavericks a few weeks ago and I have been experiencing hangs and slowdowns across the system.
The beachball is very common for relatively mundane tasks and things just take a lot longer to complete.
Here is the Etrecheck run: (This is after restarting mail and Evernote since those were eating up huge memory, like upwards of 700mb for Evernote)
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,1
1 2.6 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
System Software:
OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 10 days 3:4:10
Disk Information:
APPLE HDD HTS727575A9E362 disk0 : (750.16 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 649 GB (328.93 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
BOOTCAMP (disk0s4) /Volumes/BOOTCAMP: 100.3 GB (17.63 GB free)
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-8A8
USB Information:
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Logitech USB Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Kernel Extensions:
com.bresink.driver.BRESINKx86Monitoring (9.0)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
[loaded] com.barebones.authd.plist
[loaded] com.cloudpath.maccmd.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.facebook.videochat.Rahul.plist
[loaded] com.google.Chrome.framework.plist
[loaded] com.hp.printerAgent.plist
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.helperTool.plist
[loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist
[loaded] net.optimum.iptv.optimumapp.agent.v3.plist
[loaded] ws.agile.1PasswordAgent.plist
User Login Items:
gfxCardStatus
iTunesHelper
Bowtie
Caffeine
ClipMenu
Droplr
Cinch
Fantastical
Android File Transfer Agent
Google Chrome
3rd Party Preference Panes:
RCDefaultApp
Flash Player
Java
Internet Plug-ins:
Default Browser.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin
o1dbrowserplugin.plugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
Silverlight.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
Bad Fonts:
None
Time Machine:
Mobile backups: ON
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 649 GB Disk used: 320.07 GB
Destinations:
Time Machine [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 1.4 TB
Total number of backups: 12
Oldest backup: 2013-05-10 06:10:22 +0000
Last backup: 2013-11-07 22:01:54 +0000
Size of backup disk: Adequate
Backup size 1.4 TB > (Disk used 320.07 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU:
3% WindowServer
2% iTunes
1% EtreCheck
1% coreaudiod
1% fontd
0% Microsoft Word
0% SkyDrive
0% Google Chrome
0% softwareupdated
Top Processes by Memory:
311 MB Preview
221 MB mds_stores
197 MB iTunes
164 MB systemstats
164 MB Google Chrome
139 MB Evernote
139 MB WindowServer
106 MB Microsoft Word
106 MB Mail
66 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
Virtual Memory Statistics:
1.28 GB Free RAM
2.58 GB Active RAM
1.60 GB Inactive RAM
1.07 GB Wired RAM
15.07 GB Page-ins
405 MB Page-outs
Any suggestions?
I've read in other forums that there are two issues that is causing this problem of chopping audio and freezing interfaces. One has to do with USB 2.0 /USB 3.0 issues in OS. The other seems to be an issue with the Fusion drive.
The fix for the fusion drive issue that has been shared online is to either:
Option #1. Don't use the fusion drive and create an external boot drive clone (either SSD or standard HD) and use as your primary drive (completely surpassing the internal fusion drive).
Option #2. Split the internal fusion drive. From there you can use them as two separate logical drives. Load your OS on one of the drives (SSD or HD). http://www.macworld.com/article/2015664/how-to-split-up-a-fusion-drive.html
Before, you do any of the above, make sure that you backup your current system setup.
I just received my imac (2013) with 3TB fusion and I plan on trying option #1. I bought a 3TB external USB drive which I plan to clone after I have the machine running. Once I clone the internal drive, I will test how the machine runs from both the internal fusion and the external to prove if this addresses the audio clipping/stopping problem. Hopefully, Apple will find a fix for this.
It is really a dissapointment that a brand new $2500+ machine and software was not tested to perform something that my 2008 MacBookPro and my home built Window XT machine (circa 2003) did without issue. I wished that I would have checked the forums about these issues before I purchased the machine.
You can do some searches online and find even more detail discussions on this topic.
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