Macbook pro performing poorly

I'm running 10.9 Mavericks.
The other day as I was doing my every day activites I realized randomly my macbook pro began preforming extremely poorly.
My problems:
Boot time now takes 2-3 minutes.
Applications take 2-3 minutes to open.
Applications will say they're open sometimes but will not display.
Applications will take several tries to quit.
Applications, especially Safari, will randomly crash.
Everything is slower and takes a while to do, even opening a simple folder will take a minute.
The things I have tried:
I ran a Hardware test and the results showed it is not a hardware problem.
I have reset the SMC and PRAM and the problems still occur.
I have Verified and repaired the Disk/Permissions, however it seems to stop mid-way through (after about an hour).
I have replaced my HDD as I thought it was failing, bought a brand new SSD and installed a clean version of Mavericks. It did not help.
I have an appointment with a "genius" at the apple bar tomorrow as my laptop is still under warranty, but would like to figure out what's wrong before I go.
I assume it HAS to be a hardware problem as it has transfered from my HDD to a clean install on a brand new SSD.
Another question I had is if Apple usually handles these things quickly? I need my laptop for my upcoming finals as I'm a computer science major.

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Can anybody tell me how the MacBook pro performs with logic studio in comparison to the mac pro?
I currently use a 2005 Power Mac and normally have Logic Studio running with Ableton Live together, my 2006 MacBook pro always struggled with this.
Anyway now apple is practically stopping all support for my old power pc, it feels like its time to upgrade but I'm not sure what to? I don't want an iMac and the current offering of mac pros are 2 years out of date. This seems to leave two choices
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Yeah, certain instruments and combinations of plugins will cause issues with CPU spikes and freezing up. A trick I found in the Apple support docs is to split the number of plugins on a particular channel between the main instrument channel and an Aux channel.
Let's say, for example, you've got a synth that's particularly CPU-intensive, and you've got a bunch of CPU-intensive effects on it. Take half of those plugins and put them into an Aux channel, and send the audio output from the synth channel itself into that aux channel. Believe it or not, this spreads out the processing power across the multiple cores of your CPU, lessening how intensely the CPU is having to work in one particular core. Tried it out, works great!
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Extremely slow macbook pro performance

I have a 4GB Macbook Pro 13 inch, less than 1/2 the memory is in use. Computer startup can take up to 10 minutes, and opening any app can take 1-2 minutes. Apps are constantly stalling, and Safari is constantly showing the spinning wheel of doom. It's running OS X 10.9.5. It's at the point where my iPhone is a much better option that using my Mac. Any suggestions on speeding it up? I used to have MacKeeper on it, but the Genius Bar at the Apple store told me the uninstall it, as it often can cause a slow performance.

Problem description:
Extremely slow macbook pro performance. Slow, stalled applications, extremely slow start up, constantly stalling and slow apps.
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated February 6, 2015 at 8:15:22 PM CST
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
    MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010) (Technical Specifications)
    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro7,1
    1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
    4 GB RAM Upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM0
            2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
    Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
    Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
    Battery Health: Check Battery - Cycle count 753
Video Information: ℹ️
    NVIDIA GeForce 320M - VRAM: 256 MB
        Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Time since boot: 3 days 0:2:48
Disk Information: ℹ️
    WDC WD3200BPVT-00HXZT1 disk0 : (320.07 GB)
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 319.21 GB (145.89 GB free)
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
    MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
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    Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
    Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
    Fitbit Inc. Fitbit Base Station
    Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
    Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
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    Anywhere
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        /Library/Extensions
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         1%    Fitbit Connect Menubar Helper
         1%    Notes
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    120 MB    Mail
    82 MB    Safari
    64 MB    Messages
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Macbook pro performing very poor due to Yosemite

Hi,
I bought macbook pro 2012 model just 10 days back. Unfortunately i got yosemite preinstalled. My macbook pro is performing very very poor now .. Please help me in this regard
Problem description:
Very slow performance
EtreCheck version: 2.1.5 (108)
Report generated 12 January 2015 8:06:38 pm IST
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 4000
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Uptime: 3 days 1:6:20
Disk Information: ℹ️
APPLE HDD HTS545050A7E362 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
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Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 498.89 GB (428.37 GB free)
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HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS41N
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Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
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Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
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[killed] com.apple.emond.aslmanager.plist
[killed] com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced.plist
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[killed] com.apple.nehelper.plist
[killed] com.apple.nsurlsessiond.plist
[killed] com.apple.periodic-daily.plist
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[killed] com.apple.spindump.plist
[killed] com.apple.systemstats.analysis.plist
[killed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist
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Flash Player [Support]
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      5% WindowServer
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      0% smcFanControl
      0% AppleSpell
      0% Google Chrome
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408 MB com.apple.SpeechRecognitionCore.speechrecognitiond
133 MB Google Chrome
120 MB Skype
86 MB loginwindow
77 MB Pages
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
51 MB Free RAM
1.30 GB Active RAM
1.22 GB Inactive RAM
773 MB Wired RAM
45.09 GB Page-ins
646 MB Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
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MacBook Pro performance issues w/2nd monitor and FCP7

I have this MacBook Pro bought brand-new in January 2010:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,2
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 3.06 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 8 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
and until today had never attached a second monitor to it. Today I hooked up my Samsung 24" to do some dual screen editing in Final Cut 7.0.3. I was unable to play back my video at full speed in the second monitor, and after a few seconds of skippy playback I'd get that error message about unable to play back video at full speed and to check my RT settings. I was using a Mini DisplayPort to DVI adapter. My computer has no issues playing the video in the laptop's monitor at any resolution and any quality settings (I've never changed the RT settings or anything else in the menu ever but I tried every combination this time). I then tried using my TV as a 2nd monitor with an HDMI adapter. Same performance issues. I then tried my friend's newer 13" MBP 8,1 and it performed flawlessly with the same project & footage. I feel like my $3,000 computer should outperform a $1,200 one even if mine is a year and a half older. Any advice?
Chris

Wow, you posted this perfectly to coincide with an identical problem, albeit using Logic Pro 9.1.5 rather than FCP.
Last week, I purchased a 23" external monitor to use alongside my "flagship" 2011 15" hi-res, 2.3 i7 Macbook Pro with 8Gb of RAM.
It is connected via a mini-DVI to D-sub analog (not that that should matter?) and all appeared fine.
The first issue I had was with my MBP's fan now running CONSTANTLY, when I have the second monitor attached. Even when the machine is completely idle.
When using the machine to record audio, this is a fairly hefty problem and not something I had anticipated - indeed why would I anticipate such a thing?
What is far, far worse though is that over the last few days I have had repeated problems with performance drop-outs and errors in Logic and I have trying to fathom out why. Realising that the only major system change made, was the above monitor connection, I ran some tests.
I restarted my MBP, no other apps were running and with my new 23" monitor attached acting as main display with MBP built in display on as secondary
I loaded up a fairly demanding Logic project which was hitting 40% to 60% CPU usage when using the built in MBP display last week
I ran activity monitor and had CPU usage history open
The above project now repeatedly overloads and playback halts in a given 8 bar section - with CPU at 80% most of the time
I disconnected the external display, no shut down, I just let the machine switch to the built in 15".
Started the same project, the same 8 bar section and hey presto - CPU usage back down to 40% to 60%
The above was reflected in the CPU usage history with the graph showing CPU use down by about a half, when running this Logic project WITHOUT the external display.
There is a very useful benchmark Logic project that has been used as a test by many users to gauge Logic performance on given Apple hardware.
The project has about 100 tracks pre-configured with CPU intensive plugins, designed to tax the CPU.
The idea is that you load up the project with tracks muted, press play and then unmute the tracks steadily until Logic us unable to play contiunously because of a system performance error.
On my MBP, with the external monitor NOT attached, I can play back around 50 of the audio tracks in this benchmark project.
With the monitor attached, I can get about 22 tracks playing.... which is actually a far worse a performance drop (-50% I think!?) than with the first example!
I did also try with just the external monitor attached and not the MBP display and performance was about 10% better than with dual monitors - so still extremely poor, to say the least.
This machine is the flagship MBP and has a dedicated AMD Radeon HD6750 GPU which should take care of most if not ALL graphics processing - I mean it's capable of running some pretty demanding games!
Putting aside the issue of constant fan noise, there is no reason AT ALL, why using an external monitor should tax the i7 CPU this way - it's not as though Logic is graphically demanding... far from it.
I am on 10.6.8, Logic 9.1.5, all apps up to date via "Software Update".
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Audition CS5.5 and Macbook pro performance

Hey guys, this is my first post on this forum. I’ll give you a little history as to how I got here.
Started off on CE2.0 then moved onto Audition 1.5 and now I’m on Audition 3.0
I know Audition like the back of my hand, It suits my workflow perfectly(well almost perfectly).
I found that I was reaching some limitations with Audition 3. A normal session for me would consist of 1 Midi track for the EZDrummer VSTi and then up to around 30 audio tracks. My genre is rock/indie/acoustic. Each track will generally have compression and reverb. My vocal track consists of Reverb, 2 compression effects(to compress and de-ess) and sometimes Antares Autotune.
What I found was that I could tell the system was starting to giveway, I was getting pops and clicks during playback, and I would have to start freezing tracks. I found that Antares Autotune was pushing my system, along with the Guitar Suite.
My main problems I found was comping tracks. I would need to create a new track for each vocal take, which ends up pushing the system even more.
I decided I needed to make a change. So I started looking for alternate DAW’s which had a “take” system. I was deciding between Logic or Protools. I’ve been running a PC setup since forever, so Logic would mean I would have to buy a Mac. I choose Logic 9 as I have witnessed my friend comp vocals on it, and it looked very user friendly, So I bought myself a Macbook Pro 15” with the i7 CPU.
So I’ve been using this setup for the last 2 months or so, and to be perfectly honest I miss Adobe Audition. Dont get me wrong, Logic is great, but it feels more like a toy compared to Audition. I feel more at home with Audition. More specifically the workflow, and the Studio Reverb plugin is the best reverb plugin I have EVER used. Not to mention the dynamics processor has great de-esser presets.
ANYWAY.
Its question time.
In Audition and more specifically Audition 5.5 Is there a built in “take” system which I’m not aware about? Or do we all just create a new track for each vocal take and comp that way? I don’t mind this way of Comping vocals, the problem lies when the system starts to pop and click due to having too many tracks. This brings me to my next question.
How is the performance of the Mac version of Audition 5.5 on a 15” i7 Macbook Pro with 4gig of ram? Unfortunately my trial period has run out, and I didn’t get much of a chance to push the system(I couldn’t open my .ses files).
Is there a way to convert .ses to .sesx? I tried converting to .xml and it didn’t carry over the plugins.
Can I extend my trial period of Audition 5.5 in anyway?
I really want to give Audition another shot if I can convert to .sesx with ease and have great performance with my Macbook pro.

Okay, I've spent some time this morning looking at Guitar Rig 5 in CS5.5 and CS6. Guitar Rig can install a lot of flavors of audio plug-in depending on your need. Audition only cares about the VST and Audio Unit (on Mac.)
There was an issue we found in Audition CS5.5 where some effects don't properly report their channelization. While not technically an Audition bug (it's part of the VST spec, I believe) we were not trapping these wayward plug-ins, which is why you saw Guitar Rig listed, but disabled. We addressed this issue in Audition CS6 by catching plug-ins that do not respond to channel requests as expected and assigning them as appropriate.
Guitar Rig is now enabled in Audition CS6 VST Effects List
More importantly, Audition CS6 opens up some pretty impressive effect channelization options which allow you to route the channels of a file into an effect in any manner you like. This allows you full control over which channel is assigned to which effect input, and which channel the output should be applied.
Feeding a 5.1 file into a Mono effect now enables precise control over channel routing.
Full control over 5.1 files into 5.1 effects as well. Any combination of channelizations and effects should work well.
Lastly, here's Guitar Rig 5 running in Audition CS6. While it definitely works, I do not recommend modifying this particular guitar track. Much like trying to pitch correct Freddie Mercury, Keith Richards guitar work does not benefit from additional processing

Reduced macbook pro performance, more spinning wheel

Greetings, my macbook pro has, in the last several weeks, begun running slower with an increased rate of the spinning wheel. Below are the data from my etrecheck. Any thoughts on what is causing the reduced performance? Thank you!
EtreCheck version: 2.0.6 (91)
Report generated October 26, 2014 at 11:10:26 AM MDT
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
8 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 4000 -
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 0:41:17
Disk Information: ℹ️
APPLE HDD HTS545050A7E362 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk1) / [Startup]: 498.91 GB (326.94 GB free)
Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked
Core Storage: disk0s2 499.25 GB Online
MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.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
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[running] com.amazon.cloud-player.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
User Login Items: ℹ️
iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.4 - SDK 10.6 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 25 Check version
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
Adblock Plus (Disabled)
AdBlock
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player Support
Java Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      7% mds
      4% WindowServer
      0% ocspd
      0% fontd
      0% AppleSpell
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
352 MB Safari
344 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
137 MB mds_stores
69 MB WindowServer
43 MB Spotlight
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
4.33 GB Free RAM
2.97 GB Active RAM
442 MB Inactive RAM
846 MB Wired RAM
1.26 GB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs

Greetings, my macbook pro has, in the last several weeks, begun running slower with an increased rate of the spinning wheel. Below are the data from my etrecheck. Any thoughts on what is causing the reduced performance? Thank you!
EtreCheck version: 2.0.6 (91)
Report generated October 26, 2014 at 11:10:26 AM MDT
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
8 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 4000 -
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 0:41:17
Disk Information: ℹ️
APPLE HDD HTS545050A7E362 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk1) / [Startup]: 498.91 GB (326.94 GB free)
Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked
Core Storage: disk0s2 499.25 GB Online
MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.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
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[running] com.amazon.cloud-player.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
User Login Items: ℹ️
iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.4 - SDK 10.6 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 25 Check version
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
Adblock Plus (Disabled)
AdBlock
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player Support
Java Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      7% mds
      4% WindowServer
      0% ocspd
      0% fontd
      0% AppleSpell
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
352 MB Safari
344 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
137 MB mds_stores
69 MB WindowServer
43 MB Spotlight
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
4.33 GB Free RAM
2.97 GB Active RAM
442 MB Inactive RAM
846 MB Wired RAM
1.26 GB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs

Sluggish (new) MacBook Pro performance

Got a new MacBook pro about 2 weeks ago.
Last week when I booted, it had trouble booting and then it did an "Internet restore" for about 30 min. The MacBook rebooted after that and since that time, has booted wel but has had sluggish performance.
For example, as I type this letter, it will respond fine for about 30 seconds, and then all of a sudden pause / freeze for 2 seconds, then catch up to my keystrokes.
Thoughts on what is causing this? I shut down all other aps and also did a clean reboot, but the behavior (across apps, including Finder) continues.
Thanks!

Thank you for the response. I tried that, but here is what I get below:

EFI Update broke my Retina Macbook Pro performance

Ever since I applied the last EFI Update that was released with 10.8.2 my retina macbook pro has been working awfully.
To begin with xcode, I don't know if it's the version 4.5 or what but switching from one plain file to another takes up to 1 minute and if I switching to a Storyboard it takes way longer. Right now all processes are taking up to 130% on activity monitor and it's impossible to work on it.
After waking up from sleep it's taking years before I can start typing, it takes up to 20-25 seconds, on 10.8.1 it took around 10-15 seconds and on OS X Lion it was instantaneous, What happened?
This is really affecting me, how can I fix this or roll back this EFI update or 10.8.2 all along?

This didn't solved my issue, Apps are still using a lot of resources.
I'm attaching a screenshot of xcode using 114% of the processor, no compiling is being done, just editing.
The rMBP has 16GB of RAM, so it's not pagination

2011 macbook pro 17 poor airport reception

Howdy.
I have a fairly new MB Pro 17" built in early 2011, details below:
Model Name:          MacBook Pro
Model Identifier:          MacBookPro8,3
Processor Name:          Intel Core i7
Processor Speed:          2.3 GHz
Number of Processors:          1
Total Number of Cores:          4
L2 Cache (per Core):          256 KB
L3 Cache:          8 MB
Memory:          8 GB
Boot ROM Version:          MBP81.0047.B1E
SMC Version (system):          1.70f3
Hardware UUID:          3F7D3A04-A3CE-524C-BD05-9C5E5776BB82
It's a great computer and is my 3rd unibody MacBook Pro - I update every year because of a salary sacrifice system at work!
I've never had a problem with airport on an MBP before, but the reception on this one is appalling in some situations - at home I have an Airport Extreme and the MBP works well with that. However, when I'm at our Cabaret Club using an other wireless connection, my MBP is constantly losing signal. In our venue I have a Mac Mini which connects to the wireless modem without a problem and, my colleagues MacBook's all seem to connect and mantain their connection without issue - it's just my MBP that has a majro problem.
Any ideas what I can do to try to rectify this - it's driving me nuts.
Cheers.
Phil.

Hallo Uppe,
the Macbook Pro 17" (8,3) has a normal gamut display that in fact covers 98% of the sRGB and 75% of the AdobeRGB colorspace.
Here the sRGB colorspace (green) and the LCD colorspace (in red) compared:
...and there the AdobeRGB colorspace (in purple) and the LCD colorspace (in red) compared:
...hope this helps!
damon

Very slow macbook pro performance

I have issues with very slow response time & the spinning ball almost constantly with my Macbook Pro. I've included the EtreCheck report here & hope someone can help. I'm not so technically savvy, so layman's terms would be great! Cheers
EtreCheck version: 1.9.12 (48)
Report generated 22 July 2014 12:22:04 PM AEST
Hardware Information:
    MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010) (Verified)
    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro6,2
    1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
    4 GB RAM
Video Information:
    NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 256 MB
        Color LCD 1440 x 900
        spdisplays_display_connector
    Intel HD Graphics - VRAM: 288 MB
        spdisplays_display_connector
System Software:
    Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549) - Uptime: 5 days 13:28:33
Disk Information:
    Hitachi HTS545032B9SA02 disk0 : (298.09 GB)
        - (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 200 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 297.77 GB (136.97 GB free)
    MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Information:
    Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
    Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
    Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Kernel Extensions:
    [not loaded]    au.com.maxon.driver.MSM6280Panther (1.0) Support
    [not loaded]    au.com.maxon.driver.MSM6280Universal (1.0) Support
    [not loaded]    au.com.maxon.driver.MaxonFamily (1.0) Support
    [not loaded]    com.ZTE.driver.ZTEUSBCDCACMControl (1.1.2) Support
    [not loaded]    com.ZTE.driver.ZTEUSBCDCACMData (1.1.2) Support
    [not loaded]    com.ZTE.driver.ZTEUSBMassStorageFilter (1.3.1) Support
    [not loaded]    com.option.driver.Option72 (2.17.0) Support
    [not loaded]    com.option.driver.OptionMSD (1.21.0) Support
    [not loaded]    com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraDIPSupport (1.0.0) Support
    [not loaded]    com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraDevSupport (1.0.7) Support
    [not loaded]    com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraFSRSupport (1.0.1) Support
    [not loaded]    com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraHSRSupport (2.1.1) Support
    [not loaded]    com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraIPDirect (1.1.1) Support
    [not loaded]    net.Thomson.iokit.USBLAN_usbpart (1.6.0) Support
Launch Daemons:
    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.sierrawireless.SWoCTool.plist Support
Launch Agents:
    [not loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.hp.messagecenter.launcher.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
User Login Items:
    iTunesHelper
    Dropbox
    AdobeResourceSynchronizer
    HP Scheduler
Internet Plug-ins:
    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 13.9.8 - SDK 10.6 Check version
    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 14.0.0.145 - SDK 10.6 Support
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.6.6
    AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.06 - SDK 10.6 Support
    Flash Player: Version: 14.0.0.145 - SDK 10.6 Support
    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.06 - SDK 10.6 Support
    SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.1.0 Support
    Silverlight: Version: 4.1.10329.0 Support
    PDF Browser Plugin: Version: 2.4.4 - SDK 10.6 Support
    iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
iTunes Plug-ins:
    Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.2
User iTunes Plug-ins:
    TuneUp Visualizer: Version: (null) Support
3rd Party Preference Panes:
    Flash Player Support
    Growl Support
Top Processes by CPU:
       160%    firefox
         4%    WindowServer
         2%    plugin-container
         2%    Finder
         1%    activitymonitord
Top Processes by Memory:
    1.27 GB    firefox
    131 MB    iPhoto
    119 MB    soffice
    94 MB    plugin-container
    82 MB    mds
Virtual Memory Information:
    345 MB    Free RAM
    1.98 GB    Active RAM
    917 MB    Inactive RAM
    680 MB    Wired RAM
    3.89 GB    Page-ins
    2.00 GB    Page-outs
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 15in
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/

The one thing that sticks out is Firefox is using an excessive amount of CPU resources. Delete Firefox and see if there is an improvement.
Ciao.

On Location with Several MacBook Pros Performing Diagnostics

I am on location at an Apple store at the moment, doing a diagnostic of a new MacBook Pro 2.16GHz with serial number W8612. They are allowing me to test the units side by side with my current MBP 2.16GHz W8612.
Currently, the new unit has not shown any Tm0P errors like my current one -- I've run the diagnostics test (both extensive and quick) about 6 times already without problem. So far things look okay.
One of the senior techs here informed me that a customer came in with a MBP experiencing the 2SNS/1/10000000: Tm0P error and he said it has to do with the hard drive.
No details on wether exactly this is the hard drive controller on the logic board itself or the actual HD.
I'll report more after more testing.
Incase anyone's wondering, I am the author of the DailyTech article reporting on issues with the MacBook Pro and currently at Apple Store Canada at Yorkdale shopping center in Toronto.
Tuan
Tuan Nguyen
Senior Editor, DailyTech LLC
[email protected]
www.dailytech.com

Kkapoor -
I understand that currently my article is the only major source of this, however, the people who I have spoken with are Apple employees - whether or not they know a lot or a litte about the actual situation, I have no idea.
I am reporting on what they say. As employees of Apple, they are representing the company. They are able to look up error codes and such.
The Apple employee I spoke to has yet to confirm the Tm0P error that some are experiencing. He is unable to find substantial information on what the error is. He said "at this point, they're just requesting we capture these units and send them back".
There will always be people out there to discredit information. That's fine. I'm reporting on what's given to me by Apple employees as well as testing.
Tuan

Question about 17" Macbook Pro performance

So, I am able to get a new laptop soon, and money is not a factor. I was thinking of picking up a fully maxed out 17" Macbook Pro.
So what I was wondering.. how well will games run on it with these specs selected:
2.93GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
8GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM
256GB Solid State Drive
I am completely unfamiliar with macs. I have never owned one, and I'm not sure how well this would preform in Bootcamp (Probably usuing XP/Windows 7 when it is released).
I plan to play some pretty graphic intensive games (Left 4 Dead, Demigod etc) and would really hate for them to under preform.
Any help/advice would be awesome.
Thanks in advance

Customhobo wrote:
So what I was wondering.. how well will games run on it with these specs selected:
2.93GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
8GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM
256GB Solid State Drive
Congratulations on your forthcoming purchase!
That is the ultimate configuration available today! It will exceed your every expectation.
Once you get it, let us know, and we will provide you with helpful tips.
Good luck!

Macbook pro performance is very slow

Mac book Pro system performance is very slow.

Reinstall OS X if you've never done this before:
How to Perform an Archive and Install
An Archive and Install will NOT erase your hard drive, but you must have sufficient free space for a second OS X installation which could be from 3-9 GBs depending upon the version of OS X and selected installation options. The free space requirement is over and above normal free space requirements which should be at least 6-10 GBs. Read all the linked references carefully before proceeding.
1. Be sure to use Disk Utility first to repair the disk before performing the Archive and Install.
Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
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 Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger, Leopard or Snow Leopard.) 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. Now restart normally.
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.
2. Do not proceed with an Archive and Install if DU reports errors it cannot fix. In that case use Disk Warrior and/or TechTool Pro to repair the hard drive. If neither can repair the drive, then you will have to erase the drive and reinstall from scratch.
3. Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When you reach the screen to select a destination drive click once on the destination drive then click on the Option button. Select the Archive and Install option. You have an option to preserve users and network preferences. Only select this option if you are sure you have no corrupted files in your user accounts. Otherwise leave this option unchecked. Click on the OK button and continue with the OS X Installation.
4. Upon completion of the Archive and Install you will have a Previous System Folder in the root directory. You should retain the PSF until you are sure you do not need to manually transfer any items from the PSF to your newly installed system.
5. After moving any items you want to keep from the PSF you should delete it. You can back it up if you prefer, but you must delete it from the hard drive.
6. You can now download a Combo Updater directly from Apple's download site to update your new system to the desired version as well as install any security or other updates. You can also do this using Software Update.
An even better choice is to wipe the drive and reinstall Leopard from scratch. Make a backup first, then restore your files from the backup.

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