Macbook Pro WAY TOO LOUD

Sorry for the Caps-attack in the subject, but it's all too true. Any time I plug in headphones, the sound is painfully loud at the lowest volume setting. On video games and video players, this is usually fine (I can lower the volume through in game settings or on the player) but occasionally a flash animation will temporarily deafen me, and I have no way to avoid it but to close the tab.
Anyone else running into this problem?

This forum is for troubleshooting compatbility issues between Mac OS and Windows. I suggest you post your question in the MacBook Pro discussions:
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=190

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Anthony,
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If you're not logged in as an administrator, you won't be prompted for a password. The test will still run. It just won't do anything that requires administrator privileges.
11. The test may take a few minutes to run, depending on how many files you have and the speed of the computer. A computer that's abnormally slow may take longer to run the test. While it's running, there will be nothing in the Terminal window and no indication of progress. Wait for the line
[Process completed]
to appear. If you don't see it within half an hour or so, the test probably won't complete in a reasonable time. In that case, close the Terminal window and report the results. No harm will be done.
12. When the test is complete, quit Terminal. The results will have been copied to the Clipboard automatically. They are not shown in the Terminal window. Please don't copy anything from there. All you have to do is start a reply to this comment and then paste by pressing command-V again.
At the top of the results, there will be a line that begins with the words "Start Time." If you don't see that, but instead see a mass of gibberish, you didn't wait for the "Process completed" message to appear in the Terminal window. Please wait for it and try again.
If any private information, such as your name or email address, appears in the results, anonymize it before posting. Usually that won't be necessary.
13. When you post the results, you might see an error message on the web page: "You have included content in your post that is not permitted," or "You are not authorized to post." That's a bug in the forum software. Please post the test results on Pastebin, then post a link here to the page you created.
14. This is a public forum, and others may give you advice based on the results of the test. They speak only for themselves, and I don't necessarily agree with them.
Copyright © 2014 by Linc Davis. As the sole author of this work, I reserve all rights to it except as provided in the Use Agreement for the Apple Support Communities website ("ASC"). Readers of ASC may copy it for their own personal use. Neither the whole nor any part may be redistributed.

My Macbook Pro is too slow!

I am only running Firefox, Papers2 and Pages and 3.99GB of my 4GB ram is being used up. A detailed description of my system I took with EtreCheck is below.
There is a kernel task that is using a lot of my memory, does anyone know what this is ?
I hope someone can help me !
Best,
Problem description:
my computer is too slow!
EtreCheck version: 2.0.10 (97)
Report generated 2 November 2014 08:09:22 CET
Hardware Information: ℹ️
    MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010) (Verified)
    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro6,2
    1 2.53 GHz Intel Core i5 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
Video Information: ℹ️
    Intel HD Graphics - VRAM: 288 MB
    NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 256 MB
        Color LCD 1440 x 900
System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Uptime: 4:17:44
Disk Information: ℹ️
    Hitachi HTS545050B9SA02 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
    S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (94.22 GB free)
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
USB Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
    Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
    Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
    Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
        /Incompatible Software/InterCheck.app
    [not loaded]    com.sophos.kext.sav (7.1.1) Support
        /Incompatible Software/Parallels Service.app
    [not loaded]    com.parallels.kext.prl_hid_hook (6.0 12106.692267) Support
    [not loaded]    com.parallels.kext.prl_hypervisor (6.0 12106.692267) Support
    [not loaded]    com.parallels.kext.prl_netbridge (6.0 12106.692267) Support
    [not loaded]    com.parallels.kext.prl_usb_connect (6.0 12106.692267) Support
    [not loaded]    com.parallels.kext.prl_vnic (6.0 12106.692267) Support
        /Library/Extensions
    [loaded]    org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (4.1.8) Support
    [not loaded]    org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (4.1.8) Support
    [not loaded]    org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (4.1.8) Support
    [loaded]    org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (4.1.8) Support
        /System/Library/Extensions
    [not loaded]    com.haier.driver.evdo (1.0.6) Support
Startup Items: ℹ️
    FanControlDaemon: Path: /Library/StartupItems/FanControlDaemon
    VirtualBox: Path: /Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox
    Startup items are obsolete and will not work in future versions of OS X
Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [not loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist Support
    [invalid?]    com.cisco.anyconnect.gui.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
    [invalid?]    com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.adobe.versioncueCS3.plist Support
    [running]    com.cisco.anyconnect.vpnagentd.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
    [invalid?]    com.mozy.backup.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist Support
    [running]    com.sophos.autoupdate.plist Support
    [invalid?]    com.sophos.intercheck.plist Support
    [running]    com.sophos.notification.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
    [loaded]    com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
    [invalid?]    com.akamai.client.plist Support
    [running]    com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support
    [invalid?]    org.virtualbox.vboxwebsrv.plist Support
User Login Items: ℹ️
    Citations    UNKNOWN (missing value)
    iTunesHelper    UNKNOWNHidden (missing value)
    Google Notifier    UNKNOWN (missing value)
    EvernoteHelper    UNKNOWN (missing value)
    Skype    UNKNOWN (missing value)
    Google Notifier    UNKNOWN (missing value)
    Mozy Status    UNKNOWN (missing value)
    iAntiVirus    UNKNOWNHidden (missing value)
    TTSL Olive VME101 Dialer    UNKNOWN (missing value)
    SOHOCalendarsService    UNKNOWN (missing value)
    SpeechSynthesisServer    Application (/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks /SpeechSynthesis.framework/Versions/A/SpeechSynthesisServer.app)
    SophosUIServer    Application (/Library/Sophos Anti-Virus/SophosUIServer.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.5.0 - SDK 10.8 Support
    Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
    Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.2.1.11 Support
    AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin1016264: Version: AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin 1.0.16 Support
    OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.2 Support
    RealPlayer Plugin: Version: Unknown
    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
    DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 1.4 Support
    Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
    Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
    iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
    googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.5.0 - SDK 10.8 Support
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 9.5.5 Support
    SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 Support
    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 71 Check version
User Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.79 Support
    Move_Media_Player: Version: npmnqmp 071503000004 Support
    Picasa: Version: 1.0 Support
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
    Evernote Web Clipper
    Save to Pocket
    Feeder
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
    AppTrap Support
    DivX Support
    Flash Player Support
    Flip4Mac WMV Support
    Growl Support
    Java Support
    MacFUSE Support
    Xmarks for Safari Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
    Skip System Files: NO
    Auto backup: YES
    Destinations:
        Time Machine Backups [Local]
        Total size: 999.86 GB
        Total number of backups: 74
        Oldest backup: 2011-09-30 09:35:52 +0000
        Last backup: 2014-10-29 15:40:43 +0000
        Size of backup disk: Excellent
            Backup size 999.86 GB > (Disk size 0 B X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
        23%    storeagent
        10%    WindowServer
         1%    mds_stores
         1%    sysmond
         1%    plugin-container
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
    442 MB    firefox
    146 MB    Finder
    139 MB    mds_stores
    125 MB    installd
    107 MB    WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
    479 MB    Free RAM
    1.40 GB    Active RAM
    1.00 GB    Inactive RAM
    916 MB    Wired RAM
    1.21 GB    Page-ins
    114 MB    Page-outs

RAM usage as such is not your problem since Mavericks is designed to use as much as is available. Read this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5890
Since you have Parallels installed, a RAM increase would be beneficial.
Ciao.

New Retina Macbook pro 15 Haswell loud fan?

I'm running a brand new 15" 2.3ghz 16gb, 500HD (of course shipped with Mavericks), anyway this sucker is LOUD, the fan fires up every time I do a photo import with Lightroom 5. My room-temperature is average and it's sitting on a cool table. I ran diagnostics and apparently there are no issues. Once the import is complete the fan shuts off after a minute or so. This is my first mac so maybe this is typical but I wasn't expecting an average task to push this power-horse and fire up it's fan so easily...... Love the machine otherwise.....

After a lot of frustration going to Geniuses, begging to go to level 2 tech support, and even calling on my Joint Venture membership Genius privileges, I had just returned the notebook for a new one, as I was in the 14-day return period.
My new MacBook Pro still experiences this issue, but it is not as intense or as troublesome.
That Apple has not discovered this issue makes me wonder how they test their computers. One would have thought that this would have been discovered long ago and dealt with in the latest software update.
My two MacBook Pro Retinas, MacBook Air, iMac, and Mac Mini ALL run harder, louder, and slower in Mavericks under the simplest tasks.
Again, the easiest test is to move a file from A to B, from the desktop to a folder.
This issue did not appear in Mountain Lion.
As my JV rep said, "When you buy a Ferrari, you expect it to drive like one."

My 2008 Macbook Pro makes a loud fan noise.

Hello -
I bought my 15" macbook pro back in October 2008. I was very happy with my purchase due to the machine's performance. But over the past year I have noticed an increase in the fan noise. It almost sounds like it's hitting against something at a very high speed, hense this irregular fan noise. The noise also increases drastically when I am working on Photoshop or InDesign. I also partitioned my hard-drive to hold windows so I can work on AutoCad.....noise increases also as I work on my machine.
Why is this happening? Could this loud fan noise damage any internal component to the machine? Should I bring it in to Apple immediately?
Thank you!

Some of the applications that you mention are somewhat CPU intensive which creates heat and results in fan speed increase and hence additional noise (to state the obvious). However if you are experiencing excessive noise when CPU loads are modest it could be that your fans are failing as all mechanical devices eventually will or you may have 'schmutz' inside that is the cause of the unwanted noise.
I suggest you open the MBP and see if there is any dust in the fans that may very well be affecting their performance. After 4 years, this is not an uncommon situation and it could be the solution to the problem.
If not, then you may consider getting replacements from iFixit or Powerbook Medic and replace them your self. It is not rocket science in this instance. If you suffer from chronic fingerfumbilitis, then have the Apple store do it for you.
Ciao.

Why does the MacBook Pro make a loud heat noise?

So, when I was playing a game called "Modern Combat Domination" my MacBook Pro make a very loud heat noise? Does that mean I should stop playing the game? I worried. Thank You.

That means your fan(s) sped up to dispose of the excess heat generated by playing the game. It's a sign that your machine is taking care of itself properly.

MacBook Pro using too much RAM

I have 15" MacBook Pro, purchased in February, 2013. It has 2.6 Ghz Intel i7 processor, 8 GB RAM and a 750 GB hard drive. The HD is about 25% filled, mostly with photos. It came with Mountain Lion, I upgraded to Mavericks, then to Yosemite. I go back and forth between Safari and Chrome for my browser. (I've heard Chrome uses too much memory, but I've found the opposite to be the case for my computer.) All upgrades went smoothly, no problems. I love using it, EXCEPT...
Over the past year, I've thought it was using too much RAM for very simple activities and it slows to a crawl using Aperture or MS Word. Even when just web browsing, and nothing else open or running, the computer will use 6 to 7 gigs of available RAM. Using Aperture is so slow it's no longer fun... I wait and wait for the beach ball to go away and it does, eventually (Won't need to worry about Aperture for too much longer, I guess). I've been thinking about Lightroom to replace Aperture, but I'm worried that I will have similar problems with a new program. Any suggested solutions? Thanks!

Hey danfrompeoria,
Thanks for the question. If I understand correctly, you are using a lot of memory. I would recommend that you read this article, it may be able to help you isolate or resolve the issue.
OS X Yosemite: If your Mac runs slowly
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Have a great day,
Mario

Retina MacBook Pro fan very loud and usb mouse disconnecting when restarting the computer

2 days ago, I got a brand new retina MacBook Pro 13 inch with the specs 2.8 GhZ i7, 8 gigs of ram and 512gb ssd. It should definitely be functioning properly since it's a really expensive computer, but I already noticed a few problems that I hope you can help me with.
So first of all, when I play World of Warcraft, the fan seems to go up to 6000rpm and is very loud. I checked the activity monitor and it says WoW is using about 60% CPU, so it shouldn't have to be that loud. I also installed smcfancontrol, but it doesn't seem to lower the speed of the fan.
I ran an apple diagnostics test and it couldn't find any problems, and I also tried resetting my smc, but the fan is still going very loud.
And the second problem I have is, that when I have my mouse usb connected to my Mac, and I restart it, it can't detect the mouse anymore. So I'd have to pull out the usb plug and put it back in everytime I turn on my computer. isn't it supposed to automatically connect to my mouse when it's already plugged in?

Matt,
Try reading this, then go to the section on Resetting the SMC for a Macbook Pro with a battery you should not remove.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964

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