Mac suddenly is going ultra slow

I have had this Macbook pro 13" for just over a year and it suddenly just wants to run slow. I see the rainbow circle spinny thing all the time when I click things and it will stop in the middle or me typing something etc. I've reset the PRAM and SMC like the chat support told me to do, I've also restarted multiple times as well as going into recovery mode and repairing the disk. None of this has fixed my mac and I'm a bit worried because I need the computer and don't have enough money to buy another. It's a Mid 2012 Macbook pro 13" With 8GB of RAM and a 2.9GHz i7. I'm running OS X 10.9.3.
Please help!!!

Here are the results:
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
          1 2.9 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2 cores
          8 GB RAM
Video Information:
          Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: (null)
System Software:
          OS X 10.9.3 (13D65) - Uptime: 0 days 0:31:43
Disk Information:
          APPLE HDD TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF disk0 : (750.16 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 749.3 GB (544.2 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8
USB Information:
          Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
          Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information:
          Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Configuration files:
          /etc/hosts - Count: 95
Gatekeeper:
          Anywhere
Kernel Extensions:
          [kext loaded] com.GoodLuckTechnology.driver.RecordComputerSound (1.01 - SDK 10.7) Support
          [not loaded] com.cisco.nke.ipsec (1.0.0) Support
          [kext loaded] com.orderedbytes.driver.CMUSBDevices (4.6.0 - SDK 10.6) Support
          [not loaded] com.orderedbytes.driver.CMUSBKeyboard (4.6.0 - SDK 10.6) Support
          [not loaded] com.orderedbytes.driver.CMUSBPointer (4.6.0 - SDK 10.6) Support
          [kext loaded] com.orderedbytes.driver.ControllerMateFamily (4.6.0 - SDK 10.6) Support
          [kext loaded]          foo.tap (1.0) Support
          [kext loaded]          foo.tun (1.0) Support
          [kext loaded] virtualcdrw.driver (1.0 - SDK 10.7) Support
Startup Items:
          CiscoVPN: Path: /System/Library/StartupItems/CiscoVPN
          ChmodBPF: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ChmodBPF
          tap: Path: /Library/StartupItems/tap
          tun: Path: /Library/StartupItems/tun
Launch Daemons:
          [running] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
          [loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Support
          [running] com.autodesk.backburner_manager.plist Support
          [running] com.autodesk.backburner_server.plist Support
          [loaded] com.autodesk.backburner_start.plist Support
          [loaded] com.barebones.authd.plist Support
          [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
          [loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
          [loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist Support
          [loaded] xxx.qnation.PeerGuardian.locum.plist Support
Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
          [loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
          [running] com.orderedbytes.ControllerMateHelper.plist Support
          [not loaded] info.ajaxplorer.launcher.plist Support
          [running] virtualcdrw.daemon.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
          [loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
          [loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist Support
User Login Items:
          iTunesHelper
          uTorrent
          CrossOver CD Helper
          pploader
          pplogger
Internet Plug-ins:
          Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 4.0.1f2 Support
          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
          Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.1.0.24   - SDK 10.8 Support
          SlingPlayer: Version: (null) - SDK 10.6 Support
          AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 Support
          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Support
          Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
          Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Support
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
          SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.1 - SDK 10.6 Support
          AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 Support
          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 55 Check version
Safari Extensions:
          AdBlock: Version: 2.6.34
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 iTunes Plug-ins:
          TuneUp Visualizer: Version: 2.2.0 Support
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Flash Player Support
          Flip4Mac WMV Support
          Growl Support
          Java Support
          Perian Support
Time Machine:
          Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
               3%          WindowServer
               1%          NETGEARGenieDaemon
               0%          aosnotifyd
Top Processes by Memory:
          188 MB          com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
          156 MB          com.apple.IconServicesAgent
          139 MB          Safari
          82 MB          Finder
          74 MB          CrossOver CD Helper
Virtual Memory Information:
          5.29 GB          Free RAM
          1.56 GB          Active RAM
          392 MB          Inactive RAM
          775 MB          Wired RAM
          310 MB          Page-ins
          0 B          Page-outs

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    Mar 17, 2015, 12:09:30 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cfprefsd_2015-03-17-120930_[redacted].crash
    Mar 17, 2015, 12:09:14 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cfprefsd_2015-03-17-120914_[redacted].crash
    Mar 17, 2015, 12:08:58 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cfprefsd_2015-03-17-120858_[redacted].crash
    Mar 17, 2015, 12:08:42 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cfprefsd_2015-03-17-120842_[redacted].crash
    Mar 17, 2015, 12:08:42 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ocspd_2015-03-17-120842_[redacted].crash
    Mar 17, 2015, 12:08:41 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ocspd_2015-03-17-120841_[redacted].crash
    Mar 17, 2015, 12:08:10 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cfprefsd_2015-03-17-120810_[redacted].crash
    Mar 17, 2015, 12:07:54 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cfprefsd_2015-03-17-120754_[redacted].crash

Seems to have worked.
We hooked up the external HD, turned on Time Machine, and everything backed up.
Then we ran Disk Utility. The disk repair required the reboot thing and took two tries. Then repaired permissions. Also updated Flash.
Seems to be running okay now, but we have ordered a new SSD (as well as a new iMac 5k ). We use multiple computers so hoping we can get a couple more years of use out of this old computer as it ran fast and fine until this problem.
Thank you so much for your help! We really appreciate it.

Mac mini headless - goes Slow!

Hi
I am wanting to run a Mac Mini (new 20013 base model) as a music stremer, and as headless. I want to control it on an iPad using RealVNC or si ilar.
However, I have read a problem exists where the MM goes into slow mode and becomes sluggish / useless as it thinks it hasn't
got a monitor connected. Is this correct, and if so, how can I avoid it?

Facts would be nice, I don't have much to go on, a couple of reports of that problem, but 100s of reports of using the Mini headless & no mention of any "Slow" problem!???
Hmmm, I wonder if it's only Server and/or a Mouse???
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4246224?start=0&tstart=0
I hope we can get somebody in here that isn't having the problem to see what might be different?

Since i update my Macbook pro to 10.7.3, my mac is going really slow!

Since i update my Macbook pro to 10.7.3, my mac is going really slow, i mean i can even load iTunes because it get freeze!!!!!!.
What can i do? i tried everything, but the only thing left is to reinstall everything, and NO WAY i'm doing that. Because is APPLE's falt, his update was corrupt.
When are they going to make a patch? what are they waiting for?

Hello, Abdull GH.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
You may find this article helpful in troubleshooting this issue.
Apple computers: Troubleshooting issues with video on internal or external displays
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1573
Cheers,
Jason H.

It goes so slow when I open my Mac, is this normal??

hi, i don't know if any of you ever experienced this as well or not, but i don't feel happy with how it goes so slow when i open my mac.
soo.. i just installed OS X Mavericks on my macbook pro 13" (2.4 GHz with memory 4 GB), since then it feels much slower for me to wait for my mac loading into the desktop screen, is it normal?? but i can work with the applications normally after it's opened, not even as slow as the opening part. is this normal too?? or should i downgrade the OS? what indicates that mac isn't compatible with the OS?
i see some has posted that teir macs running slowly too after installing Mavericks, if you experience it too, is it the whole thing you do on your mac getting sloweer or only at the opening part as what's happening on mine?
Thanks before!! Regards!

When you next have the problem, note the exact time: hour, minute, second.
If you have more than one user account, these instructions must be carried out as an administrator.
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.
Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. If you don't see that menu, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
Each message in the log begins with the date and time when it was entered. Scroll back to the time you noted above. Select the messages entered from then until the end of the episode, or until they start to repeat, whichever comes first. Copy the messages to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message (command-V).
The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of it useless for solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. In most cases, a few dozen lines are more than enough. It is never necessary or helpful to post more than about 100 lines. "The more, the better" is not the rule here.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Important: Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

Ultra slow wifi

After months of not being able to connect to my wifi router (3COM) (kept getting 'Error connecting to network') Apple told me problem lies in my router and I should get a compatible router... like theirs... (disgusting - every other brand of wifi adapter has managed to connect to it)
Anyways, so I read almost every post on this forum and bought a Linksys WAG354 as it seemed most people could use it with no problems. And hey presto I can connect to it!!
... but my speed is ULTRA slow. I'm copying 30Gb to a PC wired to the router and my transmit speed (As monitored by MenuMeters) is occasionally going upto 1.5MB then down to 200KB, but usually hangs around around 500KB!! (~4Mb) and I'm sitting just 2m from the router with apparently full signal strength (5 bars according to the icon).
My router is set to 11g and other wireless PCs which are about 15m away in another room can copy at about 20Mb. When I try the same copy except with MBP wired to the router MenuMeters reports around 90Mb - so no problems there.
Basically my wifi is ultra slow. Does anyone know why this could be? Any hacks/patches I could apply? I do software update everyday, so I guess its a 3rd party fix I need - or maybe something to do with the router config? channel? wpa etc?
MacBook Pro C2D 17" Mac OS X (10.4.8) Week 46 Build

this is a known bug of the C2D wifi cards, it's still not clear what causes it, but i looks like a software problem, hopefully, otherwise the wifi card has to be replaced....
your not the only one waiting for a new update for the airport extreme drivers in the C2D and the mac pro.

My Mac Book Pro was really slow at everything and would kick me out of my photos every time i got on them. now it won't even allow me to log on. i put my password in and the screen will flash white and go back to the login page. HELP please...

My Mac Book Pro was really slow at everything and would kick me out of my photos every time i got on them. now it won't even allow me to log on. i put my password in and the screen will flash white and go back to the login page. HELP please...

There is nothing wrong with your Dell, it will work fine with any MacbookPro. I have been using Dell displays for over 12 years with many different Mac models. I have two 21" Ultra Sharp displays working side by side to design a Keynote presentation right now.
The issue your having is with the way Keynote takes control of the video output to both displays, it sends the presentation signal to one and the presenter display to the other, this is set up in;
Keynote preferences > Presenter display.
If you want to show a wesite or another app on either display, use application switcher:
press the the command key on the keyboard, then the tab key; a row of applications will show what applications are running, choose which one you want to show. Use command > tab to return to Keynote.

Which Mac Pro? More cores=slower speeds? And most of us know the speed matters or FPU for music and I don't understand the faster is for the least amount of procs. And while I get the whole rendering thing and why it makes sense.

Which Mac Pro? More cores=slower speeds? And most of us know the speed matters or FPU for music and I don't understand the faster is for the least amount of procs. And while I get the whole rendering thing and why it makes sense.
The above is what the bar says. It's been a while and wondered, maybe Apple changed the format for forums. Then got this nice big blank canvas to air my concerns. Went to school for Computer Science, BSEE, even worked at Analog Devices in Newton Massachusetts, where they make something for apple.
The bottom line is fast CPU = more FPU = more headroom and still can't figure out why the more cores= the slower it gets unless it's to get us in to a 6 core then come out with faster cores down the road or a newer Mac that uses the GPU. Also. Few. I'm the guy who said a few years ago Mac has an FCP that looks like iMovie on Steroids. Having said that I called the campus one day to ask them something and while I used to work for Apple, I think she thought I still did as she asked me, "HOW ARE THE 32 CORES/1DYE COMING ALONG? Not wanting to embarrass her I said fine, fine and then hung up. Makes the most sense as I never quite got the 2,6,12 cores when for years everything from memory to CPU's have been, in sets of 2 to the 2nd power. 2,4,8,16,32,64,120,256,512, 1024, 2048,4196,8192, 72,768. Wow. W-O-W and will be using whatever I get with Apollo Quad.
Peace to all and hope someone can point us in THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THANK YOU

Thanks for your reply via email/msg. He wrote:
If you are interested in the actual design data for the Xeon processor, go to the Intel site and the actual CPU part numbers are:
Xeon 4 core - E5.1620v2
Xeon 6 core - E5.1650v2
Xeon 8 core - E5.1680v2
Xeon 12 core - E5.2697v2
I read that the CPU is easy to swap out but am sure something goes wrong at a certain point - even if solderedon they make material to absorb the solder, making your work area VERY clean.
My Question now is this, get an 8 core, then replace with 2 3.7 QUAD CHIPS, what would happen?
I also noticed that the 8 core Mac Pro is 3.0 when in fact they do have a 3.4 8 core chip, so 2 =16? Or if correct, wouldn't you be able to replace a QUAD CHIP WITH THAT? I;M SURE THEY ARE UO TO SOMETHING AS 1) WE HAVE SEEN NO AUDIO FPU OR PERHAPS I SHOULD CHECK OUT PC MAKERS WINDOWS machines for Sisoft Sandra "B-E-N-C-H-M-A-R-K-S" -
SOMETHINGS UP AND AM SURE WE'LL ALL BE PLEASED, AS the mac pro was announced Last year, barely made the December mark, then pushed to January, then February and now April.
Would rather wait and have it done correct than released to early only to have it benchmarked in audio and found to be slower in a few areas- - - the logical part of my brain is wondering what else I would have to swap out as I am sure it would run, and fine for a while, then, poof....
PEACE===AM SURE APPLE WILL BLOW US AWAY - they have to figure out how to increase the power for 150 watts or make the GPU work which in regard to FPU, I thought was NVIDIA?

AirPort Disk works on Vista but is ULTRA SLOW on MacBook Pro...please help.

This is nuts, huh? Please help.
I can copy files using Window's Vista at about 7MBps so it takes around 2min 40secs to copy a previously bought 1.3GB iTunes TV show from the AirPort Disk (connected via USB 2.0)to my Vista machine. I understand this is a reasonable speed, if you think it should go faster let me know. When I try to play it with iTunes directly from the Airport Disk(by control clicking it and telling it to play with iTunes, not sure this is the best way, advice appreciated) it plays okay but I get a fair amount of stutters where it will skip a 1-4 seconds. Any way to fix this? Or should I just download it to my computer and play it from there. I was trying to save space and confusion on my computers and just play via the Airport Extreme Disk.
NOW THE WEIRD STUFF! It takes 4 hours to download the same TV file mentioned above from the Airport Disk to my MacBook Pro! And to stream the movie from the Airport Disk is impossible. Can anyone offer suggestions? I searched online and could not find any help.
Additional Info that might be helpful:
-AirPort Extreme 340ll/a, Version 7.5(I assume that's the firmware version).
-I erased with 0s and formatted an external 7200RPM 8MB Western Digital drive to "Mac OS Extended Journaled" via my MacBook Pro's USB port, using Disk Utility.
-My wi-fi connections seems fine: for web surfing it is fast with my Macbook and Windows computers, so that's not a problem. FYI, I did some internet download speed tests and got like 15,000-20,000kbps, which is pretty good, right?
-I hooked the drive up directly to my MacBook Pro's USB 2.0 port and copied the same HD TV show file to the computer, and Apple's "Activity Monitor" utility showed it is reading and writing at 30MBps which I understand is quite good. So it does not appear to be a hard drive problem either.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Cause of problem:
I found out that the problem was that in the "Airport Utility" under "Internet Connection" tab, the "Connection Sharing" had been set to "Off(Bridge Mode)". This stopped my MacBook Pro from accessing the AirPort Disk(an external hard drive connected to the AirPort Extreme Base Station). I still find it weird that My HP computer could access the AirPort Disk just fine and my MacBook Pro was so ultra slow(i.e. 4 hours to copy a 1.3GB file!) accessing files on the hard drive.
So, how did the default setting get changed to cause the problem to being with? I got some error pop-up box that said there were 2 NAT tables causing a conflict of some sort, so I followed it's instructions which put it in bridge mode which caused the problems. The reset of the wireless router put the "Connection Sharing" back into "Share a Public IP address" mode which is the default.
So anyway, this appears to be the end of this story, and I hope this post saves some people out there from some headaches and lost time!
Peace!

PS and LR going really slow

Hi There, I have just started using ps and lr today after downloading it. It is going really slow and taking a long to do one thing.
I us a Mac and I keep getting the spinning rainbow ball. I also had an error come up saying 3D features require a minimum of 512mb of vRAM. PS has detected less than that on your system. Updating the diver of your graphics card may resolve the issue. ...
Then it sends me a link to adobe..
What does this mean? Is this causing the slowness? I don't think I am using anything to do with 3D..
Thank you

This forum is actually about the Cloud, not about using individual programs
Once your program downloads and installs with no errors, you need the program forum
If you start at the Forums Index http://forums.adobe.com/index.jspa
You will be able to select a forum for the specific Adobe product(s) you use
Click the "down arrow" symbol on the right (where it says ALL FORUMS) to open the drop down list and scroll
http://forums.adobe.com/community/lightroom
http://forums.adobe.com/community/photoshop

Garageband 10 going SOOO slow...help please.

Hello everyone,
I just downloaded the newest version of Garageband (v.10) and now I've noticed that it is going extremely slow. This is a brand new iMac I'm running it on. My specs are as folllows:
27 inch model
3.2 GHz quad-core Intel Core i5
8GB of 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM
1TB HD
I really feel like my computer should be running this without a problem. Why is it lagging so hard?
I don't have any other programs running (besides an instance of Safari).
The reason I'm worried is because I have a project coming up in which I will need to crank out a LOT of music in a very short period of time. I need this thing to be operating at top capacity.
Is there something I'm missing?
Is it possible to revert back to the older version of Garageband that I know worked just fine?
PLEASE HELP, I'm in trouble if I can't fix this.

I don't have any other programs running (besides an instance of Safari)
Safari can be a memory hog - if in doubt, quit Safari, before working with GarageBand.
Is it possible to revert back to the older version of Garageband that I know worked just fine?
If you did not delete your older GarageBand version, when you upgraded, it will be still installed. The GarageBand installer will have moved it to a subfolder of Applications -look for a folder GarageBand 6.0.5 in Applications. You can use both GarageBand version in parallel, no problem.
and now I've noticed that it is going extremely slow
Try to narrow down the problem. Is this the same on all projects?
Then check, if you have incompatible audio units installed. GarageBand 10.0 is not compatible with older Audio Units. And if you are using audio interfaces, check, if there are updates for the drivers.
See: GarageBand for Mac (v10.0): Unexpected behavior with Audio Units plug-ins

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