MacBook Pro is VERY slow after Mountain Lion upgrade
Hello folks, I have a MacBook Pro that was running very well before I upgraded to Mountain Lion...since then it runs worse than a Windows machine.
The configuration is as follows:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro8,3
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 2.2 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 8 GB
Boot ROM Version: MBP81.0047.B27
SMC Version (system): 1.70f5
Serial Number (system): C0xxxxxxF92
Hardware UUID: 5BCBC5E9-E531-55F0-A712-B40886C7B45F
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled
As stated, I have 8 GB of ram, under system memory I have the following info:
Free: 863 MB
Wired: 1.28 GB
Active: 3.60 GB
Inactive 2.27 GB
Used 7.15 GB
VM Size 306.76 GB
Page Ins 1.22 GB
Page Out 745.4 MB
Swap Used 2.12 GB
Disk usage is:
Space Utilized 454.49 GB
Space Free 294.8 GB
I have rebooted on many occasions and it is still slow.
Any ideas as to what could be going on?
John
<Edited By Host>
Regardless of whether you think you need it, uninstall it and test to see if the slowness problem is solved.
If it isn't put it back if you must, but there's no point trying to look for another cause till you've eliminated this one. You have a huge amount swaps which is what is causing your slowdown. 90% chance that's your AV software doing that.
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MacBook Pro 7,1 SLOW with Mountain Lion
Hi there!!
Well my problem is with my 2010 Macbook Pro 13" 2.4 Ghz Intel C2D is really slow and it always shows the spinning beachball even when open a new tab in Safari or any other app, when play a song or a video on iTunes it pauses several times, the video gets freeze but the audio continues.
Just a few months ago I upgraded the Ram to 8 Gb (Corsair 1067) and the Hdd to a 640 gb Toshiba, thinking that the problem would be the OS I made a clean install of Mountain Lion and the problem continued, ran the AHT and it shows an error with the Ram, I changed the wrong module with one of the 2 gb that the computer came with but the problem continues, I've been monitoring the system, temperature, ram, hd and cpu (made an stress test) and it all just seems to be fine, but is not...
Hope you can help me please!!Things You Can Do To Keep Your Computer From Slowing Down
If your computer seems to be running slower here are some things you can do:
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.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
Repair the Hard Drive - Lion
Boot from your Lion Recovery HD. 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.
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Restart your computer normally and see if this has helped any. Next do some maintenance:
Suggestions for OS X 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.
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 Lion 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. As for virus protection there are few if any such animals affecting OS X. You can protect the computer easily using the freeware Open Source virus protection software ClamXAV. Personally I would avoid most commercial anti-virus software because of their potential for causing problems. For more about malware see Macintosh Virus Guide.
I would also recommend downloading a utility such as TinkerTool System, OnyX 2.4.3, or Cocktail 5.1.1 that you can use for periodic maintenance such as removing old log files and archives, clearing caches, etc.
For emergency 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. There is no confirmation that this version also works with Lion.
When you install any new system software or updates be sure to repair the hard drive and permissions beforehand.
Get an external Firewire 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):
Carbon Copy Cloner
Data Backup
Deja Vu
SuperDuper!
SyncTwoFolders
Synk Pro
Synk Standard
Tri-Backup
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQs on maintenance, optimization, virus protection, and backup and restore.
Additional suggestions will be found in Mac maintenance Quick Assist.
Referenced software can be found at CNet Downloads or 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:
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, 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. -
My Macbook pro is very slow after upgrading to Mavericks
I upgraded to Mavericks on October 2013, since then my Mac is very slow, I have followed several suggestions in this forum, but the problem has not been fixed. Is it possible to return to Mountain Lion, my Mac had a good performace before the upgrade to Mavericks.
The report from etrecheck is the following:
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 0 days 20:59:38
Disk Information:
ST9500325ASG disk0 : (500.11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 499.25 GB (216.35 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS31N
USB Information:
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Kernel Extensions:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
[System] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
Microsoft Database Daemon
KiesAgent
fuspredownloader
Internet Plug-ins:
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.38 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.38 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.0 3rd-Party support link
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
Silverlight: Version: 4.1.10329.0 3rd-Party support link
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 51 3rd-Party support link
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:
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.105 3rd-Party support link
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
Java 3rd-Party support link
Bad Fonts:
None
Old Applications:
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office
Microsoft Graph: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Database Utility: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Centro de carga de Microsoft: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Avisos de Microsoft Office: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
My Day: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
SyncServicesAgent: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Open XML for Excel: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Alerts Daemon: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Database Daemon: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Chart Converter: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Galería de imágenes de Microsoft: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0
Informe de errores de Microsoft: Version: 2.2.9 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Ship Asserts: Version: 1.1.4 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011
Microsoft PowerPoint: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Excel: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Outlook: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Word: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Conexión de documentos de Microsoft: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft AutoUpdate: Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app
Solver: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Complementos/Solver.app
iPackr: Version: 1.50 - SDK 10.0 3rd-Party support link
MoxierWallet: Version: 1.1.3 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Graphing Calculator Viewer: Version: 4.0.2 - SDK 10.0 3rd-Party support link
Mail Clips: Version: 1.0.1 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
Kies: Version: 3.0.0.13091_3 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Timey: Version: 1.1.0 - SDK 10.0 3rd-Party support link
WheelOfLifeLite: Version: 1.3 - SDK 10.0 3rd-Party support link
EasyFind: Version: 4.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
FaceboxPro: Version: 2.1 - SDK 10.0 3rd-Party support link
MediaMaster Server: Version: 1.3 - SDK 10.0 3rd-Party support link
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: ON
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 464.96 GB Disk used: 263.47 GB
Destinations:
TOSHIBA EXT [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 3
Total number of backups: 12
Oldest backup: 2013-11-01 04:28:05 +0000
Last backup: 2014-01-28 22:54:22 +0000
Size of backup disk: Excellent
Backup size 3 > (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:
5% mds_stores
4% mds
3% WindowServer
1% EtreCheck
1% mtmd
Top Processes by Memory:
295 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
172 MB Safari
168 MB Microsoft Database Daemon
70 MB com.apple.WebKit.Networking
70 MB WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information:
965 MB Free RAM
1.52 GB Active RAM
549 MB Inactive RAM
1021 MB Wired RAM
531 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
Thak you in advanceI upgraded to Mavericks on October 2013, since then my Mac is very slow, I have followed several suggestions in this forum, but the problem has not been fixed. Is it possible to return to Mountain Lion, my Mac had a good performace before the upgrade to Mavericks.
The report from etrecheck is the following:
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 0 days 20:59:38
Disk Information:
ST9500325ASG disk0 : (500.11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 499.25 GB (216.35 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS31N
USB Information:
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Kernel Extensions:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
[System] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
Microsoft Database Daemon
KiesAgent
fuspredownloader
Internet Plug-ins:
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.38 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.38 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.0 3rd-Party support link
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
Silverlight: Version: 4.1.10329.0 3rd-Party support link
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 51 3rd-Party support link
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:
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.105 3rd-Party support link
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
Java 3rd-Party support link
Bad Fonts:
None
Old Applications:
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office
Microsoft Graph: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Database Utility: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Centro de carga de Microsoft: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Avisos de Microsoft Office: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
My Day: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
SyncServicesAgent: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Open XML for Excel: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Alerts Daemon: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Database Daemon: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Chart Converter: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Galería de imágenes de Microsoft: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0
Informe de errores de Microsoft: Version: 2.2.9 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Ship Asserts: Version: 1.1.4 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011
Microsoft PowerPoint: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Excel: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Outlook: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Word: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Conexión de documentos de Microsoft: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft AutoUpdate: Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app
Solver: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Complementos/Solver.app
iPackr: Version: 1.50 - SDK 10.0 3rd-Party support link
MoxierWallet: Version: 1.1.3 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Graphing Calculator Viewer: Version: 4.0.2 - SDK 10.0 3rd-Party support link
Mail Clips: Version: 1.0.1 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
Kies: Version: 3.0.0.13091_3 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Timey: Version: 1.1.0 - SDK 10.0 3rd-Party support link
WheelOfLifeLite: Version: 1.3 - SDK 10.0 3rd-Party support link
EasyFind: Version: 4.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
FaceboxPro: Version: 2.1 - SDK 10.0 3rd-Party support link
MediaMaster Server: Version: 1.3 - SDK 10.0 3rd-Party support link
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: ON
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 464.96 GB Disk used: 263.47 GB
Destinations:
TOSHIBA EXT [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 3
Total number of backups: 12
Oldest backup: 2013-11-01 04:28:05 +0000
Last backup: 2014-01-28 22:54:22 +0000
Size of backup disk: Excellent
Backup size 3 > (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:
5% mds_stores
4% mds
3% WindowServer
1% EtreCheck
1% mtmd
Top Processes by Memory:
295 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
172 MB Safari
168 MB Microsoft Database Daemon
70 MB com.apple.WebKit.Networking
70 MB WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information:
965 MB Free RAM
1.52 GB Active RAM
549 MB Inactive RAM
1021 MB Wired RAM
531 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
Thak you in advance -
Macbook Pro won't start after Mountain Lion download.
Downloaded Mountain Lion for my 2007-08 Macbook Pro. Internet was painfully slow (60kb/sec, usually 15 mgb/sec). After not using it a week while vacationing, I started it up, and it was working fine until it randomly shut down and brought up an error screen (hence the reason it shut down) and asked if I wanted to boot normally. I powered it down; now it won't start at all. Power button doesn't work, demounting the battery for a minute and remounting doesn't work, nothing works. I have a genius bar appointment soon, but am wondering if anyone has some advice.
Close problem - I believe the problem is RAM is storing your last data, and not releasing it, so you cannot boot it. Trying removing RAM fully, then starting.
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Formatting my HD very slow after Mountain Lion crash
Hello everyone, I downloaded Mountain Lion and everything was great. Suddenly, all my apps crashed at the same time. I couldn't even Force Quit so I decided to turn the mac off by pressing the button. After that, when I turned it on it never started the OS, what I had was the Apple Logo and a spinning icon.
I backed up some files I needed into another computer via Firewire (those files were very very slow when copied, like for 600 MB 2 hours).
Now I am trying to erase the disk so I can do a Clean Install of ML but it is taking forever. I am afraid it's a HD issue. I read this problem was caused by Sophos antivirus so that makes a little bit happier.
Is it normal that it takes so long to erase the disk? It has been like for 15 minutes.
Thanks in advance for your help guys.It depends on what options you chose for erase. If you chose any kind of overwrite 15 minutes may not be unreasonable (certainly no on a 7-pass overwrite, but even on a single pass overwrite 15 minutes could be used up depending on the size of your disk and how full it was).
From your description, I have to say I'd suspect a HD failure rather than Sophos. Still, if you're wiping the disk we'll never know till you try to reinstall and see how you get on. If you choose to migrate from a backup, you'll have to start up in Safe Mode (hold down the shift key while powering on) to make sure Sophos gets bypassed. Actually, try 'shift-command-v' while you power on, which will show you the log as it boots up. You might get some clue as to where its hanging, if it hangs. -
Macbook Pro won't reboot after mountain lion installation.
I installed the new Mountain Lion o/s and the installation was sucessful. However, when the computer started to
reboot by itself, it just stuck on the grey screen with the logo and the turning wheel. It has been like this for hours.
What should I do to fix this problem? Please help. The computer was purchased during Christmas 2011.Call Apple support and they can talk you through getting back to a restore.
It appeared that my disk was a little corrupt before performing the upgrade. You should use diskutility to verify and repair your disk before doing this upgrade.
Or just hold the option key down on boot up to see if you can get to the restore utility. -
Battery drains very fast after Mountain lion upgrade
After I upgraded the OS from Lion to Mountain Lion battery drains very fast in my MacBook Pro 13" (Mid 2010).
Drains approxymately 1% every minute.
I am now on 10.8.2
Any solutions? Any Help?Hope we find some solution at the earliest.
Or else, I will have to roll back to Lion and my $20 is lost for 10.8.1
I am really disappointed.
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