Mac Pro being slow after Mavericks
We updated the Macs here at work to Mavericks recently with varying results. One of the computers is experiencing drastic slowdowns, especially while working in Creative Suit (CC).
Info from EtreCheck:
Hardware Information:
Mac Pro (Early 2008)
Mac Pro - model: MacPro3,1
2 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon CPUs: 8 cores
6 GB RAM
Video Information:
ATI Radeon HD 2600 - VRAM: 256 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: 0 days 3:30:1
Disk Information:
ST3320820AS_P disk0 : (320,07 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209,7 MB
TEA (disk0s2) /: 319,21 GB (212,55 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information:
Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
Mitsumi Electric Apple Optical USB Mouse
Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard
Apple Computer, Inc. Apple Cinema HD Display
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
[loaded] info.lokiware.attachmenttamer.securetool.plist
Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist
[loaded] info.lokiware.attachmenttamer.setupagent.plist
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
[loaded] info.lokiware.attachmenttamer.cleanup.plist
User Login Items:
Suitcase Fusion 3
ProfileReminder
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player
Flip4Mac WMV
Growl
Java
Perian
Internet Plug-ins:
AdobeAAMDetect.plugin
AdobeExManCCDetect_x86_64.plugin
AdobePDFViewer.plugin
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin
Default Browser.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
Silverlight.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
Bad Fonts:
None
Time Machine:
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
2% WindowServer
2% Activity Monitor
1% EtreCheck
0% sysmond
0% fontd
0% AdobeCrashDaemon
0% aosnotifyd
Top Processes by Memory:
1.73 GB Adobe Photoshop CC
387 MB Adobe InDesign CC
283 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
166 MB firefox
104 MB Mail
80 MB WindowServer
74 MB Finder
55 MB AdobeAcrobat
43 MB Activity Monitor
25 MB mds_stores
Virtual Memory Statistics:
102 MB Free RAM
1.95 GB Active RAM
1.85 GB Inactive RAM
557 MB Wired RAM
1.20 GB Page-ins
17 MB Page-outs
Anyone got an idea on how to fix the problem?
I have 8GB ram on a late 2009 MacBook Pro, which has weathered good times and bad.
Reboots are killing me. It seems every root program has to do its thing all over again. (The same is true of my more recent MB Air, but of course, it has only a couple RAM that can't be built up, so the effect is less pronounced.)
I also note -- having "upgraded" to Mavericks directly from Snow Leopard -- that iCloud slows everything down. My Contacts (formerly Address Book, a perfectly good name) are atrocious, always requiring some sort of dishing information in and out with iCloud and ... well, it's just not pleasurable.
But this is progress, right? At least the battery lasts longer to compensate for more wait time.
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MAC BOOK PRO too slow after Maverick?
I update to Maverick OS about 2 months ago. At first my mac was so much faster, but that only lasted about a week. My MAC is now so much slower than it was before. I can still do things on it, but it is really slow. Any recommendations please? Can Chrome browser be the cause. I use chrome AND Safari on it.
Here is the status:
Macbook pro, i7, 2.2 GHz, OS 10.9.1, 8 GB memory, HD: 500GB, has about 117GB Free right now, It is connected to large display via thunderbolt.
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Mac Pro runs slow after upgrading to mavericks?
I can't figure it out..
Been a mac user sinc Macintosh then mac plus.
First time i have no explanation.
I upgraded my 2010 Dual Quad Mac Pro 96gb ram, ran so very very fast with Sonnet 4 port eSATA and MOTU PCIE 424 card.
Ever since i upgraded it is so SLLLLOOOWWW!!. I have tired re-installing, contacted all the hardware vendors and software vendors, got all the updates.
I cant figure out why it is running like a 20 year old computer?. I get the wheel, Finder hangs allot, will not relaunch. I take out ALL THE THIRD PARTY CARDS, and boot, still runs like a turtle. Adobe creative suite slow, Aperature takes hrs to update library. Tried creating a new library. Still slow. Avid Media composer, Final Cut Pro X is so slow at rendering i can drive to Santa Cruz from Santa Barbara to MAvericks surf spot go surfing and come home to find out it is 95% done. Also copying large 20 gig folders from one internal to another takes hrs. used to take minuts.
I need help! It is so unpleasent using my mac pro now, , miserable user experience. I dread booting as it takes 5 min to go. I have dual monitors. Apple NVIDA card. could it be CUDA? no updates availble. I removed all the third party cards, and nothing happens. Removed all usb, FW, etc pluged in usb mouse from Apple Factory.
What ever happend there must be a patch or fix? all of my friends with Macs all having same slow issue. Please offer some fixes.
1. Is there a way to __Un-install Mavericks? and return my computer back to previous OS? without ruining or formating HD?
It seems like the only solution. I would Purchase a new MAc Pro, but none of my studio takes thunderbolt, and it is so exspensive i am cornerd. I would be so happy if i could just remove Mavericks, instead of taping aspirine all over my Macs. Please Apple send an update that fixes this. Just google it 100,00's of users? we all love Apple, we need you to help us help you! anyone? please help.
Please help!!
Kiind Regards
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Mac Mini running slow after Mavericks
Hi All
I have a Mac Mini which I upgraded to Mavericks and now it intermittently runs extremely slow - almost at a standstill. I have tried a number of things, such as a complete OSX re-install; I've used MacKeeper to tidy up my junk; I have installed Time Machine Scheduler to stop constant back-ups; I have tested the machine when the Iomega Time Machine drive is unconnected and my 2TB external archive drive is unattached too; I have removed Flashplayer programmes, Silver light etc etc. But nothing is helping (I have not tried uninstalling Microsoft Office, yet!).
I is a busy working machine and I am now having to resort to using my Mac Air because things are so bad.
Weirdly, my wife's identical Mac Mini (with Mavericks) has none of these problems.
Here is my report from EtreCheck.... PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HELP AS I GOING CRAZY!!!
Thanks
Keith
Hardware Information:
Mac mini (Mid 2010)
Mac mini - model: Macmini4,1
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
NVIDIA GeForce 320M - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.2 (13C64) - Uptime: 0 days 0:29:13
Disk Information:
TOSHIBA MK3255GSXF disk0 : (320.07 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 319.21 GB (216.75 GB free)
HL-DT-STDVDRW GA32N
USB Information:
Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
Mitsumi Electric Apple Optical USB Mouse
Apple Inc. Apple Keyboard
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
[kext loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (0.0.64) Support
[not loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverVSP (0.0.64) Support
[kext loaded] net.kromtech.kext.AVKauth (2.3.6 - SDK 10.8) Support
[kext loaded] net.kromtech.kext.Firewall (2.3.6 - SDK 10.8) Support
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
[running] com.rim.BBDaemon.plist Support
[running] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.AntiVirus.plist Support
[running] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.plugin.AntiTheft.daemon.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
[failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[running] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper.plist Support
User Login Items:
None
Internet Plug-ins:
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 51 Mismatch! Oracle recommends Java 7 Update 55
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.201 - SDK 10.6 Support
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.01 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.01 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.201 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.1 - SDK 10.6 Support
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.1 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30317.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
Safari Extensions:
Torrenthandler: Version: 1.0
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:
RealPlayer Plugin: Version: (null) Support
Picasa: Version: 1.0 Support
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 Support
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player Support
Growl Support
Paragon NTFS for Mac ® OS X Support
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 297.29 GB Disk used: 95.43 GB
Destinations:
Iomega_HDD [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 465.64 GB
Total number of backups: 86
Oldest backup: 2012-01-15 18:54:59 +0000
Last backup: 2014-04-22 16:07:48 +0000
Size of backup disk: Adequate
Backup size 465.64 GB > (Disk used 95.43 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
5% mds_stores
4% mds
2% WindowServer
0% AntiVirus
0% firefox
Top Processes by Memory:
233 MB AntiVirus
184 MB firefox
139 MB MacKeeper Helper
94 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
76 MB mds_stores
Virtual Memory Information:
1.52 GB Free RAM
1.22 GB Active RAM
577 MB Inactive RAM
449 MB Wired RAM
246 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outsvelvetpic wrote:
I've used MacKeeper to tidy up my junk; I have installed Time Machine Scheduler to stop constant back-ups;
That's your first two mistakes. Get rid of MacKeeper. It is of no benefit, and is arguably detrimental.
Secondly, Time Machine backups only backup what has changed in the last hour. They should not be "constant", but even if they are, the speed at which the backup is made is irrelevant.
Get rid of the Kromtech thing, whatever that is, too.
Two things to test:
1. Does it work in Safeboot Mode? If so, then it's likely some third-party software that you normally have running.
2. Does it work in a brand new user account? If so, then your problem is a corrupt preference or cache in your old user account, or some user-triggered process. Go back to the old account and start refining your hunt. Remove a bunch of preference files and test; empty user caches with a utility like Onyx; turn off Login Items, etc. -
2009 Mac Pro Kernal Panic After Mavericks Update?
Anonymous UUID: 695D01B8-4953-4147-FD03-6D97F0C149BC
Thu Jul 3 16:06:49 2014
Machine-check capabilities: 0x0000000000001c09
family: 6 model: 26 stepping: 5 microcode: 17
signature: 0x106a5
Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU W3520 @ 2.67GHz
9 error-reporting banks
Processor 0: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000004
IA32_MC8_STATUS(0x421): 0xbe0000000001009f
IA32_MC8_ADDR(0x422): 0x000000020ca7f240
IA32_MC8_MISC(0x423): 0x9066987300090484
Processor 1: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000004
IA32_MC8_STATUS(0x421): 0xbe0000000001009f
IA32_MC8_ADDR(0x422): 0x000000020ca7f240
IA32_MC8_MISC(0x423): 0x9066987300090484
Processor 2: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000004
IA32_MC8_STATUS(0x421): 0xbe0000000001009f
IA32_MC8_ADDR(0x422): 0x000000020ca7f240
IA32_MC8_MISC(0x423): 0x9066987300090484
Processor 3: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000004
IA32_MC8_STATUS(0x421): 0xbe0000000001009f
IA32_MC8_ADDR(0x422): 0x000000020ca7f240
IA32_MC8_MISC(0x423): 0x9066987300090484
Processor 4: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000004
IA32_MC8_STATUS(0x421): 0xbe0000000001009f
IA32_MC8_ADDR(0x422): 0x000000020ca7f240
IA32_MC8_MISC(0x423): 0x9066987300090484
Processor 5: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000004
IA32_MC8_STATUS(0x421): 0xbe0000000001009f
IA32_MC8_ADDR(0x422): 0x000000020ca7f240
IA32_MC8_MISC(0x423): 0x9066987300090484
Processor 6: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000004
IA32_MC8_STATUS(0x421): 0xbe0000000001009f
IA32_MC8_ADDR(0x422): 0x000000020ca7f240
IA32_MC8_MISC(0x423): 0x9066987300090484
Processor 7: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000004
IA32_MC8_STATUS(0x421): 0xbe0000000001009f
IA32_MC8_ADDR(0x422): 0x000000020ca7f240
IA32_MC8_MISC(0x423): 0x9066987300090484
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff80154dcad9): "Machine Check at 0x000000011cc1ca7f, registers:\n" "CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x000000011cfc3000, CR3: 0x000000002a376000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660\n" "RAX: 0x0000000000000000, RBX: 0x0000000118e0a000, RCX: 0x0000000000000008, RDX: 0x0000000000000000\n" "RSP: 0x000000012a98cc00, RBP: 0x000000012a98cc20, RSI: 0x0000000000000805, RDI: 0x0000000118e15240\n" "R8: 0x0000000000000002, R9: 0x0000000000000000, R10: 0x0000000000000000, R11: 0x000000011cd70db0\n" "R12: 0x000000010bc6c460, R13: 0x0000000118e15240, R14: 0x000000012a98daa0, R15: 0x0000000118e0a870\n" "RFL: 0x0000000000000246, RIP: 0x000000011cc1ca7f, CS: 0x000000000000002b, SS: 0x0000000000000023\n" "Error code: 0x0000000000000000\n"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2422.110.17/osfmk/i386/trap_native.c :168
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff81ffefbdd0 : 0xffffff8015422f79
0xffffff81ffefbe50 : 0xffffff80154dcad9
0xffffff81ffefbfb0 : 0xffffff80154f3fef
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: Adobe Media Enco
Mac OS version:
13E28
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 13.3.0: Tue Jun 3 21:27:35 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2422.110.17~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: BBFADD17-672B-35A2-9B7F-E4B12213E4B8
Kernel slide: 0x0000000015200000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8015400000
System model name: MacPro4,1 (Mac-F221BEC8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 19154876737087
last loaded kext at 284748839755: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs 1.9 (addr 0xffffff7f974ec000, size 65536)
last unloaded kext at 345202174006: com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver 3.0.1 (addr 0xffffff7f973be000, size 8192)
loaded kexts:
com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 2.0.2
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.60
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0
com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.14.28
com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver 1.0.2d2
com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 124
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 2.6.3f4
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.5.13
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.2.5
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.2.6f1
com.apple.GeForceTesla 8.2.4
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess 1
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 2.6.3f4
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.2.6f1
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.7.0
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleRAID 4.0.6
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404
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com.apple.driver.Oxford_Semi 3.4.1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeLZVN 1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache 35
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 3.6.6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 683.4.0
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com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 660.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI 656.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 217.92.1
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com.apple.security.quarantine 3
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 217.92.1
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com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla 8.2.4
com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla 8.2.4
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.4.1
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.2.6f1
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.2.6
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 2.6.3f4
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.4.1
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 2.6.3f4
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.12d1
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.12d1
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com.apple.driver.AppleHIDMouse 180.9
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com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard 170.15
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com.apple.kec.pthread 1This happens more than once (reoccurring). More often when rendering in After Effects. And I have another Log that is slightly different. I'm leaning towards a bad Ram module. But Everything was working fine prior to upgrade. If I'm not rendering in after Effects it seems like I can get some work done. Running 16Gb RAM.
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Mac Pro Boot slow after Leopard Update and Carbon Copy Cloner
I just purchased a 1TB Internal hard drive - Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm - and used Carbon Copy Cloner to clone my original hard drive (which is running Tiger). Everything seems to be normal, except the the long boot up process. The desktop appears, the dock appears, and then there is a long pause of 20 to 30 seconds before the drives mount and and the desktop folders appear. I have 10 gigs of RAM, I have rebuilt the Directory with Disk Warrior 4.1, and also repaired the disk permissions (although some of them state that they can't be repaired). When I reboot from my original 250 Gig hard drive, the boot is lightning fast. Any thoughts? I have many third party software programs installed and am trying to avoid a fresh Leopard Install. Thanks, this is my first post!
this may happen on the first boot on a cloned drive because the system has to rebuild various caches that are not cloned. it should be back to normal boot speed after that.
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do a clean install and re-install needed apps, lots of posts where in place upgrades are slow for unknown reasons
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Mac book pro stops responding after Maverick OS restart. Currently have a circle with a line through it after 20+ hours. Tried to shut it down and use the Time Machine to restore but no response. How can I restore with Time Machine if it will not start?
sonjadg,
you can purchase a replacement pair of grey installation DVDs for your MacBook Pro from either Apple or iFixit. If Startup Manager is only showing an OS X Installer volume, then it sounds like the Mavericks installer had a problem midway through its installation process. To fix this, you’re going to need to erase your internal disk and reïnstall your original version of OS X from the grey Mac OS X Install DVD, use Software Update to get it back to 10.6.8 (presuming that your MacBook Pro originally came with Snow Leopard), and then restore from Time Machine. -
Macbook Pro slow after Maverick's install
My Macbook Pro is painfully slow after Maverick update last week. HELP
gramacindy,
yes, thank you. Insufficient disk space is not the cause of the slowdown. Depending upon which apps you typically run, you might benefit from upgrading its RAM from 4 GB to 8 GB — but whether that upgrade would help depends upon other factors.
If you boot into Safe mode, log in, and immediately restart into normal mode, is your MacBook Pro still painfully slow? If it is, download and install EtreCheck, and please include in your reply a copy of the output generated by a run of EtreCheck. -
My mac book pro very slow after update to Yosemite
hi. my mac book very slow after I upgrade to Yosemite. Is anyone like me? How should I do?
Yes, many are like you. Most of them have incompatible or poorly written software or not enough ram though. Download and run EtreCheck http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck and post its result here so that we may get a look at your aystem.
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mac pro too slow to use, spinning ball, no finder response, only hard power off, installing system stalls at 18 minutes left.
It is taking an hour to power up and mac apple logo appear onscreen. No finder controls or "clicks" are being recognized. Spinning beachball all the time.
Using hard power off and holding the mouse down, I was able to open the optical drive and then restart with "c" and ask the dvd to reinstall the system, but it has stalled before finishing the installation.
This happened about 4 days ago, first it started responding slowly, and then it just keeps spinning the beachball. I can't find hardware test. I did run etrecheck, it did not have any error messages, but I can't copy or move the data anywhere.... I am not able to access the mac pro with another machine, and now I am stuck in install freeze, so I can't copy etrecheck by hand onto a piece of paper.
Without being able to finish a reinstall, what can I try?
After it got bad, and before it got REALLY bad, I managed to repair permissions, but it took a long time. Most of a day. When I restarted from that, things were only worse.
Mac Pro 1,1 , 11 GB ram, 7300, 5TB hard drives, OS 10.6.8, the drive containing the system folder is/was 700 used, 290 free. While I could get commands to respond, I put Activity monitor on the desktop and watched it. System memory was 3.31 GB used, about 7 free, and some wired. No app was using a huge amount.
what should I try next? I put a bid on a new/old machine so that I could move the 4 hard drives over.Thank you for all your suggestions. Please correct me as I articulate this.
I have three versions( 5, 6, CC) of the Adobe Master Collection which I keep active for different clients. I have final cut and motion. I have Office 365. I have a collection of graphic apps that are individually not too big but in all, my app folder is 65GB and my bootcamp partition is 61GB. I can't fit all this on 120 ssd and a 256 will be full once I install, correct? drives should be half open?
Somehow I did not make it clear enough that I was trying to copy onto a 2TB drive I had just initiallized in order to try and save files from my startup drive. I don't use time machine. I take a day or a few days worth of documents and physically move them to another drive at night. If a series is finished I make two dvd's as well. The second black drive that was failing was the drive I moved my backup documents onto. At no point was I trying to backup onto the failing drives. I was trying to copy off both of them onto the other two drives, a third aux backup that has been there for a while, and a newish 2 TB which I designated as the startup drive when all this trouble started.
I wondered if there were any good techniques for trying to get the data off the failing drive. Thanks for the suggestion of Data Rescue 3. I don't have it yet, but I will try it as soon as I get it. I was never trying to repair in place.
I am very interested in getting a pci bracket and an ssd, but I may wait until I can afford the larger one. If I get an older bracket that is compatible with my old mac pro 1,1 , I'd like to be able to move it to a mac pro 3,1 if I get one. Will the larger ssd drives be compatible with the sata in a pci bracket that can work in my mac pro 1,1 ? sata 2 versus something else? If 240 or 256 is my size limit, how much more than my 65 and 61 GB partitions can I put on there? How much of a scratch disc can I make if I leave another 39 GB of headroom on my bootcamp partition? I'm filling 165 GB without making any allowance for temp files.
You have said that 120 is enough for any system. I think I must be misunderstanding something. Are you saying that assuming that most people run office and photoshop and maybe lightroom?
I have and use 4 HDD in this machine, mostly for document storage in two places.
I took out all but the group of 2GB ram chips I bought a year and a half ago. The old ram had passed the hardware test the last time I had access to the hardware test. Two black drives failed, one was a year old and one was a year and a half old, and that it may have been exacerbated by the heat wave. I don't know why the video and the monitor were affected save that the startup drive was failing. I am trying to replace the card.
With all this said, I am also looking at a used mac pro 3,1 with a better video card since a newer machine will likley be compatible through another OS upgrade. If a machine costs only a little more than a new card, it might be a better way to go.
I don't have any sources that offer an ssd for 100. ( of a size that is useful)
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Everything is slower after maverick what can I do to speed things up?
everything is slower after maverick what can I do to speed things up?
Boot-up slow, NetFlix streaming erratic, wifi will not automatically connect after putting computer in sleep mode, Studio One 2 glitches after running for a while. None of these problems existed until I upgraded to Mavericks.
Here is EtreCheck result:
Hardware Information:
iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2009)
iMac - model: iMac10,1
1 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
12 GB RAM
Video Information:
NVIDIA GeForce 9400 - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.2 (13C1021) - Uptime: 0 days 5:4:0
Disk Information:
ST3500418ASQ disk0 : (500.11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (357.95 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
PIONEER DVD-RW DVRTS09
USB Information:
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Logitech USB Receiver
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
PreSonus FIRESTUDIO_MOBILE 400mbit - 400mbit max
Thunderbolt Information:
Gatekeeper:
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions:
[not loaded] com.Logitech.Control Center.HID Driver (2.6.2) Support
[not loaded] com.beceem.BeceemAppleWiMAXAdapter (5.2.56d13) Support
[not loaded] com.fklt.driver (1.8.0) Support
[not loaded] com.novatelwireless.driver.3G (2.2.8) Support
[not loaded] com.novatelwireless.driver.3GData (2.2.8) Support
[not loaded] com.novatelwireless.driver.DisableAutoInstall (1.2) Support
[not loaded] com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraDevSupport (2.0.2) Support
[not loaded] com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraFSCSupport (2.0.2) Support
[not loaded] com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraFSRSupport (2.0.2) Support
[not loaded] com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraHSRSupport (2.0.2) Support
[not loaded] net.kromtech.kext.AVKauth (2.3.6 - SDK 10.8) Support
[not loaded] net.kromtech.kext.Firewall (2.3.6 - SDK 10.8) Support
[kext loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (3.1.6) Support
[not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (3.1.6) Support
[not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (3.1.6) Support
[kext loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (3.1.6) Support
[kext loaded] tc.tctechnologies.driver.PaeFireStudio (8028) Support
Startup Items:
PaeFireStudio: Path: /Library/StartupItems/PaeFireStudio
VirtualBox: Path: /Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox
Problem System Launch Daemons:
[failed] com.apple.DumpPanic.plist
[failed] com.apple.softwareupdated.plist
[failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist Support
[not loaded] com.sierrawireless.SierraReset.plist Support
[running] com.sierrawireless.SWoCMon.plist Support
[failed] com.sierrawireless.SWoCTool.plist Support
[running] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.AntiVirus.plist Support
Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist Support
[loaded] com.genieo.completer.download.plist Support
[loaded] com.genieo.completer.update.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[running] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper.plist Support
User Login Items:
Steam
iTunesHelper
ScanSnap Manager
2Wire_DSL_Setup_Tool
Android File Transfer Agent
RealPlayer Downloader Agent
TuneupMyMac
Internet Plug-ins:
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 55 Check version
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.206 - SDK 10.6 Support
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.206 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 8.3.1 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.2.0 Support
RealPlayer Plugin: Version: (null) Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30317.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
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:
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0 Support
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player Support
Java Support
Logitech Control Center Support
Time Machine:
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 464.96 GB Disk used: 131.59 GB
Destinations:
MacBackup [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 335.03 GB
Total number of backups: 203
Oldest backup: 2010-07-02 03:03:36 +0000
Last backup: 2014-05-02 15:58:01 +0000
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 335.03 GB < (Disk used 131.59 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
2% WindowServer
1% DashboardClient
0% fontd
0% RealPlayer Downloader Agent
0% imagent
Top Processes by Memory:
209 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
98 MB Safari
86 MB Finder
49 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
37 MB mds
Virtual Memory Information:
8.92 GB Free RAM
987 MB Active RAM
654 MB Inactive RAM
923 MB Wired RAM
573 MB Page-ins
248 KB Page-outs -
Mac Pro has slowed to a crawl - Please Help Me!
Hello,
For some time now my Wireless or Wired Internet connection using my Mac Pro has slowed to almost nothing. For example, This page took 5 mins to load and now Internet use has become unusable.
I feel its my Mac Pro because all other Apple Computer run very fast wirelessly. I have (2) New iMac's (1) Apple TV and (1) Apple iPhone. All stream and surf the Internet blazingly fast.
My Mac Pro is constantly being redirected to other sites (mostly **** related) and a huge amount of Pop ups (even though pop ads are disabled in Safari). All Internet browsers perform the same on my Mac Pro or ANYTHING Internet related including WoW, Software updates or even iTunes Music Down loads.
I really feel that in some way (which is shocking) I am infected with "something" that is making my computer crawl on the Internet. Redirection of websites is just now very aggravating.
I am looking at the (2) Original Disks that came inside the Mac Pro Box. I'm seriously considering wiping my system clean and starting from scratch.
I currently hold NOTHING on my Factory 320GB HD other than programs.
I have installed (2) 1TB drives and created a RAID slice thus creating a single HD icon on my desktop that reads 1.8TB. Thats is where all my Music, Photos, and Movies reside.
My question is....
When I wipe my system will that RAID be broken? Will I lose everything on those 2 drives or will using the restore CD's leave all that information in tact?
Please let me know before I proceed.
Thank you for your time.
JohnYour RAID won't be touched. But back it up today if you haven't yet!
I use Firefox for security with noscript and some other filters, but I also hardened the router firewall to manually block services, ports and add rules - both incoming and outgoing.
You might want to look at LittleSnitch or NetBarrier and do some logging.
I've seen/heard where older routers and modems were fine, but not with Mac Pro or with Intel Macs in general and needed to be replaced or firmware updated. Problems with the latest updates for Airport have been seen by some, and worth checking into - on forums, news sites or hit google.
And of course check what processes are getting loaded and run; manually delete caches, history, metadata, even the bookmarks cache.
~/Library/Caches/Metadata
There are issues with fake Flash updates; normal sites (like CNN) suffering from SQL-injection. Best to run with javascript off for now.
Might want to look into ClamXav and other malware protection. But I would switch and see how Firefox and Opera behave. And turn off java, script, and plug-ins while you consider your options and try to find out why. -
Why is my Macbook Pro running slow after I downloaded the new Lion software? I have a 2.26 GHz intel core 2 duo? whats Wrong?
Spotlight may be indexing your drive(s). Click the Spotlight icon at the right of your menubar; if it shows things being indexed, that's at least some of the reason.
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My Mac Pro cannot boot after upgrade to 10.8.3. Anything firmware I can reset or how should I do.
I am using a early 2008 Mac ProCan you boot into safe mode? http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1455
If not, how about Recovery? http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4718
If you can, run Disk Utlity and repair the disk. You can try rebooting normally, but I would just reinstall after quitting Disk Utility.
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