Mac pro very slow
My 15" Mac Pro has begun running very slowly. I get the spinning beachball "wait" icon even when I am performing the simple (low CPU demand) of tasks.
I have not changed the RAM or any other hardware component, nor had I added any major software.
Any clues?
Linc;
Thanks for your fast reply.
Following are the values you requested:
1. Dropbox; Mean = 70%, range = 13% to 107% / 2. Kernel_task; M = 2%, range = 1.8 to 2.2% / 3. ITunes, M = 2.5%, range = 1.8 to 2.7%
% User M = 6%, range = 4% to 11% | % system M = 1.75, range = .87 to 3.12 | % Idle M = 90%, range = 86 to 98.
Page outs = 0 | Swap Used = 673.4 MB
Data read/sec; M = 500 KB/sec, range = 40 KB/sec to 3.7 MB/sec | Data Written/sec; M = 800 KB/sec, range = 2 KB/sec to 1,4 MB/sec
Log Values:
1/14/13 8:43:25.309 AM VDCAssistant[433]: AVF encoder error: fail to create accelerator instance
1/14/13 8:43:27.384 AM Google Chrome[408]: QuickTimeUSBVDCDigitizer: Found a camera (0xfffffffffa200000) , but was not able to start it up (0xe00002c5)
1/14/13 8:47:25.049 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[168]: (com.apple.pbs[339]) Exited: Killed: 9
1/14/13 8:47:25.000 AM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 339 [pbs]
1/14/13 8:47:25.000 AM kernel[0]: (default pager): [KERNEL]: ps_allocate_cluster - send HI_WAT_ALERT
1/14/13 8:47:25.000 AM kernel[0]: macx_swapon SUCCESS
1/14/13 8:47:26.013 AM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.audio.SandboxHelper[335]) Exited: Killed: 9
1/14/13 8:47:26.000 AM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 335 [com.apple.audio.]
1/14/13 8:47:26.340 AM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpcd.CA000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000[334]) Exited: Killed: 9
1/14/13 8:47:26.000 AM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 334 [xpcd]
1/14/13 8:47:26.863 AM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.iCloudHelper[309]) Exited: Killed: 9
1/14/13 8:47:26.000 AM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 309 [com.apple.iCloud]
1/14/13 8:47:28.000 AM kernel[0]: (default pager): [KERNEL]: ps_select_segment - send HI_WAT_ALERT
1/14/13 8:47:28.000 AM kernel[0]: macx_swapon SUCCESS
1/14/13 8:47:32.000 AM kernel[0]: (default pager): [KERNEL]: ps_select_segment - send HI_WAT_ALERT
1/14/13 8:47:32.000 AM kernel[0]: macx_swapon SUCCESS
1/14/13 8:49:03.592 AM Google Chrome[408]: Cannot find function pointer NAVCMPlugInFactory for factory 0644E1E5-BB99-11D7-B418-0003936CA8F0 in CFBundle/CFPlugIn 0x7cc4b2a0 </Library/Contextual Menu Items/SAVCMPlugIn.plugin> (not loaded)
1/14/13 8:50:12.488 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[168]: (com.apple.pbs[508]) Exited: Killed: 9
1/14/13 8:50:12.000 AM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 508 [pbs]
1/14/13 8:50:12.000 AM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 282 [cfprefsd]
1/14/13 8:50:13.000 AM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 258 [cfprefsd]
1/14/13 8:50:13.000 AM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 256 [distnoted]
1/14/13 8:50:13.700 AM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpcd.F6010000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000[235]) Exited: Killed: 9
1/14/13 8:50:13.000 AM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 235 [xpcd]
1/14/13 8:50:14.000 AM kernel[0]: (default pager): [KERNEL]: ps_select_segment - send HI_WAT_ALERT
1/14/13 8:50:14.000 AM kernel[0]: (default pager): [KERNEL]: ps_select_segment - send HI_WAT_ALERT
1/14/13 8:50:14.000 AM kernel[0]: macx_swapon SUCCESS
1/14/13 8:50:27.002 AM com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Killing auth hosts
1/14/13 8:50:27.003 AM com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Session 100011 destroyed
1/14/13 8:57:08.384 AM WindowServer[77]: CGXDisableUpdate: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Preview" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
1/14/13 8:57:08.949 AM ubd[644]: Unexpected SecTrustEvaluate result 7
1/14/13 8:57:08.949 AM ubd[644]: SecTrustGetResult status code for cert[0]: -2147409652
1/14/13 8:57:08.949 AM ubd[644]: SecTrustGetResult evidence[2].NumStatusCodes is zero
1/14/13 8:57:11.641 AM WindowServer[77]: reenable_update_for_connection: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Preview" after 4.26 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
1/14/13 8:57:20.071 AM com.apple.security.pboxd[649]: Bug: 12C60: liblaunch.dylib + 23849 [2F71CAF8-6524-329E-AC56-C506658B4C0C]: 0x25
1/14/13 8:57:20.234 AM com.apple.security.pboxd[649]: CGSGetWindowTags: Invalid window 0x8d
1/14/13 8:57:20.234 AM com.apple.security.pboxd[649]: kCGErrorFailure: CGSSetHideOnDeact: error getting window tags
1/14/13 8:57:22.976 AM com.apple.security.pboxd[649]: CGSCopyWindowColorSpace: Invalid window 0x8d
1/14/13 8:57:32.898 AM librariand[643]: MMe quota status changed: under quota
1/14/13 8:57:35.007 AM com.apple.security.pboxd[649]: CGSReleaseWindow: Invalid window 141
1/14/13 8:57:35.007 AM com.apple.security.pboxd[649]: _NXTermWindow: error releasing window (1000)
1/14/13 8:58:05.767 AM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.quicklook.satellite.3EA868E0-5092-45FD-811D-E7E62109A166[661]) Exited: Killed: 9
1/14/13 8:58:05.000 AM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 661 [QuickLookSatelli]
1/14/13 8:59:59.869 AM UserEventAgent[171]: Could not get event name for stream/token: com.apple.time/6: 0x3: No such process
1/14/13 8:59:59.878 AM UserEventAgent[171]: Could not get event name for stream/token: com.apple.time/10: 0x3: No such process
1/14/13 8:59:59.879 AM UserEventAgent[171]: Could not get event name for stream/token: com.apple.time/10: 0x3: No such process
1/14/13 8:59:59.879 AM UserEventAgent[171]: Could not look up channel/token: com.apple.time/0x10: 0x3: No such process
1/14/13 8:59:59.879 AM UserEventAgent[171]: Could not get event name for stream/token: com.apple.time/10: 0x3: No such process
1/14/13 8:59:59.879 AM UserEventAgent[171]: Could not get event name for stream/token: com.apple.time/10: 0x3: No such process
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