MacBook slow after upgrading to mavericks--still slow after reverting with time machine

After upgrading to Mavericks OS my 2012 MacBook became slower than ever before. My MacBook was freezing and the beach ball kept appearing. This seemed to be something a lot of people were experiencing with Mavericks, so after other suggested didn't work, I decided to just revert to Mountain Lion using Time Machine. But my mac is still slow--I now avoid using it because it's such a huge hassle. I have 8 gb of RAM, 5.5 gb of which is free. ~98 % of the CPU is idle. Have no idea how to get my computer back to how it used to be. Any suggestions?

Resetting SMC could solve the problem, if you didn't yet.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964?viewlocale=en_US
Or clean install of Mavericks could solve the problem.
How to create an OSX Mavericks install drive.
http://www.tips-and-tricks-in-mavericks.com/how-to-create-an-os-x-mavericks-inst all-drive/#more-1635

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Also my hard drive it is not available to do the free exchange program.
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After upgrading to Mavericks, I am having trouble with TimeMachine backups. As the backups get close to completion, it suddenly increasing the amount of data being backed up. My 400GB data takes up about 700GB on the backup drive.
Tried reformatting the backup disk and had the same result.

After upgrading to Mavericks, I am having trouble with TimeMachine backups. As the backups get close to completion, it suddenly increasing the amount of data being backed up. My 400GB data takes up about 700GB on the backup drive.
Tried reformatting the backup disk and had the same result.

Upgraded to Mavericks, can't find files on time machine

I have an external hard drive where I backup my Macbook Pro. I recently upgraded to Mavericks and now I can't find old files on time machine. I am looking for a file around a certain date, but no matter what date I look at in time machine - the files and data seem to be the same. I hope someone has a solution to my problem!

Hi Miax1,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
I understand that you are looking for a specific file in your Time Machine backup. It sounds like you are familiar with the interface but just cannot find the file. Just to make sure you are searching in the right area, I suggest reviewing the Restoring data from Time Machine backups section from the following article. Please let me know if you need further assistance.
Mac Basics: Time Machine backs up your Mac
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1427
Restoring specific files or folders
Choose Enter Time Machine from the Time Machine menu. The restore interface appears. You can literally see your windows as they appeared "back in time."
You can use the timeline on the right side of the window to reach a certain point back in time. The timeline shows the times of all backups on your backup drive. If you don’t know exactly when you deleted or changed a file, you can use the back arrow to let Time Machine automatically travel through time to show you when that folder last changed.
Note: Dates in pink indicate the data resides on your Time Machine backup device. Dates in white indicate the data resides on your Mac. In OS X Lion v10.7 and later, portable Macs include local snapshots.
You can also perform a Spotlight search from the Finder. Simply enter a search term in the Spotlight search field, and use the back arrow to have Time Machine search through your backups to find what you are looking for.
Before you restore a file, you can also use Quick Look to preview a file to make sure its the one you want. Highlight the file and press the Space Bar to bring up a quick look.
To restore, select the file/folder and click the "Restore" button. The file will automatically be copied to the desktop or appropriate folder. If the file you are restoring has another file in the same location with the same name, you will be prompted to choose which file to keep or keep both.
I hope this helps,
-Joe

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my macbook pro is running really slow after upgrading to Mavericks....any ideas?

OS X Mavericks: If your Mac runs slowly
The above link is not very useful, so if it doesn't help read on.
There are many potential reasons that a Mac may be running slower than expected, but more information is required to begin troubleshooting, much more.
Back up your documents and everything else important to you before proceeding. It is premature to conclude your hard disk is failing, but the symptoms you describe may presage an impending disk failure, and you should have backups anyway.
To help determine the possible causes of this behaviour read the following. None of what follows is intended to fix anything, but it will provide the additional information required to advance troubleshooting:
Boot OS X Recovery by holding ⌘ and r (two fingers) while you start your Mac. At the Mac OS X Utilities screen, select Disk Utility. Select your startup volume (usually named "Macintosh HD") and click the Repair Disk button. Describe any errors it reports in red.
When it finishes restart your Mac and test again for operation. If it's still not behaving as you expect it should, please post the results of EtreCheck in accordance with the following instructions:
Apple Support Communities contributor etresoft wrote a very useful app to quickly gather certain system information that may help point to a cause of this problem. Go to his website, download and run EtreCheck:
http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck
Etrecheck will be in your Downloads folder. Open it from there. You may see the following dialog box:
Click Open - etresoft contributes to this forum frequently and can be considered a trustworthy developer.
It will take a moment to run as it collects its data.
Copy and paste its output in a reply.
Do not be concerned about anything that says "Problem" or “failed” or anything else that may appear in red.
EtreCheck was designed to remove any personal information (such as your computer's name and serial numbers) but if you see anything that looks like an email address or any other personal information that should not be divulged to others, please delete or obscure that information when you post the reply.
When you are finished with EtreCheck, quit the program. It occupies very little space, and you can keep it or drag it to the Trash as you wish.
After completing the above please determine if the problems also occur in "Safe Mode":
Safe Mode or "Safe Boot" is a troubleshooting mode that bypasses all third party system extensions and loads only required system components. Read about it: Starting up in Safe Mode
You must disable FileVault before you can start your Mac in Safe Mode.
Starting your Mac in Safe Mode will take longer than usual, graphics will not render smoothly, audio is disabled on some Macs, and some programs (iTunes for example) may not work at all.
Merely starting your Mac in Safe Mode is not intended to resolve the problem, it's to observe its performance without certain additional components.
To end Safe Mode restart your Mac normally. Shutdown will take longer as well.
System performance problems for reasons that cannot be isolated to any other cause justify an SMC reset. Be sure to read the procedure carefully and follow all the steps exactly as written, even if they seem inapplicable or trivial.

Macbook slower after upgrading to Mavericks

Hello, I'm owner of a Macbook Pro MD322LL/A and I haven't had any issues with Lion (the OS that came with) but after upgrading to Mavericks it changed a lot:
Lower performance.
Transitions in the launchpad are laggy (and also buggy).
Start up time increased.
Anyway, that's why I want to make a clean install of Mavericks. Because I think that all these things happens because of making an upgrade rather than a fresh install (same thing occured with my iPhone and iOS 7, but that's another story )
And my question is:
Is it risky to format the Hard Drive and install the OS again? And do I need to do some things before doing it?(in order to keep the license and else)
Assuming that I need just to format the hardrive and install the OS X, isn't it a "simple" of doing it? (like Cmd+R but making a clean install)
Thanks!

This is the report:
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2
          1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
          AMD Radeon HD 6770M - VRAM: 1024 MB
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
Startup Items:
          VirtualBox: Path: /Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox
System Software:
          OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 0 days 0:18:12
Disk Information:
          APPLE HDD HTS547575B7E880 disk0 : (750,16 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209,7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 749,3 GB (652,3 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:
          org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv          (4.2.18)
          org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB          (4.2.18)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
          [invalid] com.bjango.istatmenusdaemon.plist
          [loaded] com.bombich.ccc.plist
          [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
          [not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist
Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.bjango.istatmenusagent.plist
          [not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist
          [not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist
User Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
          [loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.scheduledScan.plist
          [failed] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.trashWatcher.plist
          [loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist
          [not loaded] org.virtualbox.vboxwebsrv.plist
User Login Items:
          iTunesHelper
          BetterTouchTool
          Dropbox
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Flash Player
Internet Plug-ins::
          SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0
          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.152 - SDK 10.6
          Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.152 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.8.0 - SDK 10.9 Outdated! Update
          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
User Internet Plug-ins::
          WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.6
Bad Fonts:
          None
Old applications:
          Cisco WebEx Meeting Center:          Version: 1209.12.2806.0 - SDK 10.5
                    /Users/Guaranimini/Library/Application Support/WebEx Folder/1324/Meeting Center.app
          Keynote:          Version: 5.3 - SDK 10.5
                    /Applications/iWork '09/Keynote.app
          LIMBO:          Version: 1.0.0 - SDK 10.0
                    /Applications/LIMBO.app
          Numbers:          Version: 2.3 - SDK 10.5
                    /Applications/iWork '09/Numbers.app
          Pages:          Version: 4.3 - SDK 10.5
                    /Applications/iWork '09/Pages.app
          WJoy:          Version: 0.6 - SDK 10.5
                    /Users/Guaranimini/Downloads/WJoy 0.6/WJoy.app
          asannotation2:          Version: 1206.25.2804.0 - SDK 10.5
                    /Users/Guaranimini/Library/Application Support/WebEx Folder/1324/asannotation2.app
          atmsupload:          Version: 1209.12.2806.0 - SDK 10.5
                    /Users/Guaranimini/Library/Application Support/WebEx Folder/1324/atmsupload.app
          convertpdf:          Version: 1.2 - SDK 10.5
                    /Users/Guaranimini/Library/Application Support/WebEx Folder/1324/convertpdf.app
          ice:          Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5
                    /Users/Guaranimini/Downloads/WJoy 0.6/ice.app
Time Machine:
          Mobile backups: OFF
          Auto backup: NO
          Volumes being backed up:
                    Macintosh HD: Disk size: 697.84 GB Disk used: 90.34 GB
          Destinations:
                    SAMSUNG [Local] (Last used)
                    Total size: 0 B
                    Total number of backups: (null)
                    Size of backup disk: Too small
                              Backup size 0 B < (Disk used 90.34 GB X 3)
          Time Machine details may not be accurate.
          All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
               3%          Safari
               2%          WindowServer
               1%          hidd
               1%          EtreCheck
               0%          BetterTouchTool
Top Processes by Memory:
          238 MB          Safari
          131 MB          com.apple.IconServicesAgent
          78 MB          com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
          70 MB          Dropbox
          66 MB          mds_stores
Virtual Memory Statistics:
          958 MB          Free RAM
          1.51 GB          Active RAM
          601 MB          Inactive RAM
          978 MB          Wired RAM
          817 MB          Page-ins
          0 B          Page-outs
As you can see, there's a couple of things that are "bad" so instead of correcting every single problem (that would take me much longer) I just want to do a clean install and thats it.
arthur wrote:
I suppose you could do that with Internet Recovery as well. You should not have an issue in terms of losing your OS license, as long as you use the same Apple ID that you have been using with your Mac.
I didn't understand the license thing, but if I erase the disk and perform a clean install from a bootable USB that license won't lost am I right?
I made a bootable USB of Mavericks just using this simple command:
sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/SINTITULO --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app --nointeraction
What do I need to do now? go to disk utility select erase, and then install using the USB?
--- TO: hands4 ---
When do I need to do that? after erasing the hard drive with disk utility?
--- TO: Grant Lenahan ---
Yes, I don't really care about the things that my mac has, all the "important" things were backed up

Late 2007 15" MBP Very slow after upgrading to Mavericks

Hi guys,
this is my first post here. I look forward to learn and help others.
The reason of this post is, as outlined in the title, slow paerformance of my computer after upgrading to Mavericks. It was kinda slow from before but this time it's almost unbearable to use it. I used to be able to run VMWare with 2 XP and 1 windows server machines WITH JUST 2 GB OF RAM! Now I have 4 GB and can barely run a single virtual machine with XP and the cooling fans come on just by watching a video on youtube, which also makes performance take a dump.
These are the specs extracted from EtreCheck:
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.4/2.2GHz)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro3,1
          1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          GeForce 8600M GT     - VRAM: 256 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0
          AirPlay: Version: 1.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3
Startup Items:
          DynDNSUpdater - Path: /Library/StartupItems/DynDNSUpdater
System Software:
          OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 6 days 2:7:17
Disk Information:
          WDC WD5000BEVT-00ZAT0 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 149.92 GB (76.8 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
                    Storage (disk0s4) /Volumes/Storage: 349.19 GB (54.74 GB free)
USB Information:
          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
          Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple Computer Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
          com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt          (0.0.74)
          com.globaldelight.driver.BoomDevice          (1.1)
          com.eltima.SyncMate.kext          (0.2.5b15)
          com.vmware.kext.vmci          (90.4.18)
          com.vmware.kext.vsockets          (90.4.23)
          com.vmware.kext.vmnet          (0104.03.86)
          com.vmware.kext.vmx86          (0104.03.86)
          com.vmware.kext.vmioplug.10.1.24          (10.1.24)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
          [loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
          [invalid] com.bjango.istatmenusdaemon.plist
          [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
          [loaded] com.rim.BBDaemon.plist
          [loaded] com.synium.cleanappdaemon.plist
          [failed] rapiback.plist
Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
          [loaded] com.bjango.istatmenusagent.plist
          [loaded] com.epson.epw.agent.plist
          [loaded] com.rim.BBAlbumArtCacher.plist
          [loaded] com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist
          [loaded] net.culater.SIMBL.Agent.plist
          [loaded] org.gpgtools.macgpg2.gpg-agent.plist
          [invalid] org.gpgtools.macgpg2.gpg-agent.plist.plist
          [failed] syncmateStarter.plist
User Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
          [loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist
          [loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist
User Login Items:
          Boom
          Flux
          iTunesHelper
          Dropbox
          Cinch
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Application Enhancer
          Box Sync
          Flash Player
          Flip4Mac WMV
          FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE)
          GPGPreferences
          Perian
Internet Plug-ins:
          Default Browser.plugin
          DirectorShockwave.plugin
          Flash Player.plugin
          FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
          Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
          Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin
          JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
          MeetingJoinPlugin.plugin
          QuickTime Plugin.plugin
          SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
          Silverlight.plugin
          Unity Web Player.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
Bad Fonts:
          None
Time Machine:
          Skip System Files: NO
          Auto backup: NO
          Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
              22%          vmware-vmx
               6%          Google Chrome
               4%          WindowServer
               3%          coreaudiod
               2%          Boom
               1%          EtreCheck
               0%          BBLaunchAgent
               0%          mds_stores
               0%          CleanApp Daemon
               0%          mds
Top Processes by Memory:
          586 MB             vmware-vmx
          135 MB             Finder
          98 MB              Google Chrome
          90 MB              softwareupdated
          74 MB              Dropbox
          66 MB              VMware Fusion
          59 MB              mds_stores
          58 MB              Google Chrome Helper
          53 MB              WindowServer
          45 MB              systemstats
Virtual Memory Statistics:
          40 MB              Free RAM
          1.18 GB            Active RAM
          1.13 GB            Inactive RAM
          1.07 GB            Wired RAM
          24.09 GB           Page-ins
          645 MB             Page-outs
I understand it says my RAM is way too low, but hve no idea what's killing it. So far I've disabled and uninstalled all DynDNS items. I just read about Chrome's slow performance for MBP's and plan to switch back to Safari (Firefox made my computer even slower).
Thanks in advance for any light shed on this.
Oscar.

Thank you Kappy, while I was reviewing the log from EtreCheck I noticed the 3rd party preference panes, launchers and daemos. I deleted a few of them and it really helped with system performance. Reading your reply confirms that what I did was the right thing; here is an updated log from EtreCheck:
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.4/2.2GHz)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro3,1
          1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          GeForce 8600M GT     - VRAM: 256 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0
          AirPlay: Version: 1.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3
System Software:
          OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 0 days 0:22:52
Disk Information:
          WDC WD5000BEVT-00ZAT0 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 149.92 GB (77.67 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
                    Storage (disk0s4) /Volumes/Storage: 349.19 GB (54.09 GB free)
USB Information:
          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
          Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple Computer Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
          com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt          (0.0.74)
          com.globaldelight.driver.BoomDevice          (1.1)
          com.eltima.SyncMate.kext          (0.2.5b15)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
          [loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
          [invalid] com.bjango.istatmenusdaemon.plist
          [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
          [loaded] com.rim.BBDaemon.plist
          [loaded] com.synium.cleanappdaemon.plist
Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
          [loaded] com.bjango.istatmenusagent.plist
          [loaded] com.epson.epw.agent.plist
          [loaded] com.rim.BBAlbumArtCacher.plist
          [loaded] com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist
          [loaded] net.culater.SIMBL.Agent.plist
User Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
          [loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist
          [loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist
User Login Items:
          Boom
          Flux
          iTunesHelper
          Dropbox
          Cinch
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Box Sync
          Flash Player
          Flip4Mac WMV
          FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE)
          Perian
Internet Plug-ins:
          Default Browser.plugin
          DirectorShockwave.plugin
          Flash Player.plugin
          FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
          Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
          Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin
          JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
          MeetingJoinPlugin.plugin
          QuickTime Plugin.plugin
          SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
          Silverlight.plugin
          Unity Web Player.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
Bad Fonts:
          None
Time Machine:
          Skip System Files: NO
          Auto backup: NO
          Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
               5%          WindowServer
               4%          coreaudiod
               3%          com.apple.qtkitserver
               2%          com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
               1%          EtreCheck
               1%          Boom
               0%          SystemUIServer
               0%          BBLaunchAgent
               0%          CleanApp Daemon
               0%          Safari
Top Processes by Memory:
          180 MB             com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
          152 MB             com.apple.IconServicesAgent
          119 MB             Safari
          90 MB              mds_stores
          82 MB              com.apple.quicklook.satellite
          78 MB              com.apple.iTunesLibraryService
          66 MB              Dropbox
          57 MB              Finder
          49 MB              Preview
          41 MB              CleanApp Daemon
Virtual Memory Statistics:
          846 MB             Free RAM
          2.02 GB            Active RAM
          620 MB             Inactive RAM
          561 MB             Wired RAM
          1.22 GB            Page-ins
          0 B                Page-outs
I was reading about GeekBench in the discusions and decided to give it a go, although I was able to only perform the 32-bit tests, I got 1268 on the single-core score and 2187 for the multi-core score; I don't know how good or bad those numbers are. Wish I had a before and after reading but I read about it too late, when I had already erased several items.
I will appreciate any further input BEFORE I decide to reinstall the OS from scratch.
Oscar.

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Hi All,
I wonder if someone could possibly offer some suggestions please.
Everything was fine and running sweetly on ML.
After upgrading to Mavericks, Internet browsing has become ridiculously slow.
Safari, Chrome and Firefox all exhibit the same problems.
Spotlight isn't indexing, and nothing else is 'hogging' any resources.
There are no issues with my routher or modem ad my WindozePC works just fine.
I have seen posts by people recommending clearing the Cache and Preferences files.
Within these folders though, are settings I don't want to lose. (reg info for software etc.)
Due to geographical restrictions, a trip to the Genuis Bar isn't an option.
Could someone please offer some advice?
Many thanks in advance.

Hold down the Option key while emptying the Trash.
As for your Mac running slower... make sure there's enough free disk space.
Click your Apple menu icon top left in your screen. From the drop down menu click About This Mac > More Info > Storage
Make sure there's at least 15% free disk space.

Macbook 2012 Mid: Can't mount USB mass storage after upgrading to Mavericks

Hi guys,
I'm having big problems with USB mass storages. After upgrading to Mavericks my Mac doesn't see some USB storage devices (mostly USB sticks and Android phone's memory cards via USB. My external USB 3.0 hard disks work fine) at all even though the devices themselves (for example my Android phone) are clearly recognized according to the System Report. When I plug them in, they don't show up on my Finder or on Disk Utility.
I've searched everywhere and it seems like some other people are having the same problem, none seems to offer a definite solution. I've even formatted my HD and reinstalled Mavericks from the recovery partition. Now it mounts a USB stick that was in one of the USB ports at the time of installation but still doesn't read anything else! The funny thing is when I boot into Windows 8 on my Boot Camp partition, I can mount any USB devices including the USB stick and the Android phone I'm having problems on Mavericks without any problems. I can even see then when I boot into the recovery so there's clearly something wrong with Mavericks.
Any chance someone has figured out a solution for this? Apple should've address this long time ago.

Please read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a diagnostic test. It’s unlikely to solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
The purpose of the test is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party software that loads automatically at startup or login, by a peripheral device, by a font conflict, or by corruption of the file system or of certain system caches.
Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards, if applicable. Start up in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem. You must hold down the shift key twice: once when you turn on the computer, and again when you log in.
Note: If FileVault is enabled, or if a firmware password is set, or if the startup volume is a Fusion Drive or a software RAID, you can’t do this. Ask for further instructions.
Safe mode is much slower to start up and run than normal, with limited graphics performance, and some things won’t work at all, including sound output and Wi-Fi on certain models. The next normal startup may also be somewhat slow.
The login screen appears even if you usually login automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
Test while in safe mode. Same problem? Note: If the devices are not in Mac OS X format, they normally won't mount in safe mode, but they should appear in Disk Utility.
After testing, restart as usual (not in safe mode) and verify that you still have the problem. Post the results of the test.

My Mac has gone really slow since upgrading to Mavericks. Any suggestions as to how to speed things up again?

My Mac has gone really slow since upgrading to Mavericks. Any suggestions as to how to speed things up again?

First, back up all data immediately unless you already have a current backup. If you can't back up, stop here. Do not take any of the steps below.
Step 1
This diagnostic procedure will query the log for messages that may indicate a system issue. It changes nothing, and therefore will not, in itself, solve your problem.
If you have more than one user account, these instructions must be carried out as an administrator.
Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
syslog -k Sender kernel -k Message CReq 'GPU |hfs: Ru|I/O e|find tok|n Cause: -|NVDA\(|pagin|timed? ?o' | tail | awk '/:/{$4=""; print}' | open -ef
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window (command-V). I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, you may have to press the return key.
The command may take a noticeable amount of time to run. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign (“$”) to appear.
A TextEdit window will open with the output of the command. Normally the command will produce no output, and the window will be empty. If the TextEdit window (not the Terminal window) has anything in it, stop here and post it — the text, please, not a screenshot. The title of the TextEdit window doesn't matter, and you don't need to post that.
Step 2
There are a few other possible causes of generalized slow performance that you can rule out easily.
Disconnect all non-essential wired peripherals and remove aftermarket expansion cards, if any.
Reset the System Management Controller.
Run Software Update. If there's a firmware update, install it.
If you're booting from an aftermarket SSD, see whether there's a firmware update for it.
If you have a portable computer, check the cycle count of the battery. It may be due for replacement.
If you have many image or video files on the Desktop with preview icons, move them to another folder.
If applicable, uncheck all boxes in the iCloud preference pane. See whether there's any change.
Check your keychains in Keychain Access for excessively duplicated items.
Boot into Recovery mode, launch Disk Utility, and run Repair Disk.
If you have a MacBook Pro with dual graphics, disable automatic graphics switching in the Energy Saverpreference pane for better performance at the cost of shorter battery life.
Step 3
When you notice the problem, launch the Activity Monitor 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 Activity Monitor in the icon grid.
Select the CPU tab of the Activity Monitor window.
Select All Processes from the View menu or the menu in the toolbar, if not already selected.
Click the heading of the % CPU column in the process table to sort the entries by CPU usage. You may have to click it twice to get the highest value at the top. What is it, and what is the process? Also post the values for User, System, and Idle at the bottom of the window.
Select the Memory tab. What value is shown in the bottom part of the window for Swap used?
Next, select the Disk tab. Post the approximate values shown for Reads in/sec and Writes out/sec (not Reads in andWrites out.)
Step 4
If you have more than one user account, you must be logged in as an administrator to carry out this step.
Launch the Console application in the same way you launched Activity Monitor. 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.
Select the 50 or so most recent entries in the log. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combinationcommand-C. Paste into a reply to this message (command-V). You're looking for entries at the end of the log, not at the beginning.
When posting a log extract, be selective. Don't post more than is requested.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Important: Some personal information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting. That should be easy to do if your extract is not too long.

After upgrading to Mavericks on my MacBook, I'm not able to download third party applications like Dropbox and MyCleanMac 2. After clicking the download button, the screen just turns dark and is frozen. Any idea what is happening?

After upgrading to Mavericks on my MacBook, I'm not able to download third party applications like Dropbox and MyCleanMac 2. After clicking the download button, the screen just turns dark and is frozen. Any idea what is happening?

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.
Click the Clear Display icon in the toolbar. Then try the action that you're having trouble with again. Select any messages that appear in the Console window. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message (command-V).
When posting a log extract, be selective. In most cases, a few dozen lines are more than enough.
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.

After upgrading to Maverick, 16G RAM recognised as 8G in Macbook Pro 7.1 (2010 model )

I have upgraded to 16G RAM a year ago and I was running Mountain Lion, it was perfectly fine!
After upgrading to Maverick, 16G RAM recognised as 8G in Macbook Pro 7.1 (2010 model ) .
Here is the information from the "System Report" of the memory
Hardware Overview:
Model Name:          MacBook Pro
Model Identifier:          MacBookPro7,1
Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:          2.4 GHz
Number of Processors:          1
Total Number of Cores:          2
L2 Cache:          3 MB
Memory:          8 GB
Bus Speed:          1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version:          MBP71.0039.B0E
SMC Version (system):          1.62f7
Serial Number (system):          W8******ATM
Hardware UUID:          A91E9160-95A1-5005-B215-91F316AB8CA9
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State:          Enabled
Memory Slots:
ECC:          Disabled
BANK 0/DIMM0:
Size:          4 GB
Type:          DDR3
Speed:          1067 MHz
Status:          OK
Manufacturer:          0x0198
Part Number:          0x393955353432382D3034312E4130314C4620
Serial Number:          0x49061D48
BANK 1/DIMM0:
Size:          4 GB
Type:          DDR3
Speed:          1067 MHz
Status:          OK
Manufacturer:          0x0198
Part Number:          0x393955353432382D3034312E4130314C4620
Serial Number:          0x4D06C047
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Can someone delete this thread ?
I just fount out that I confused it with my the other macbook.
I open it and check there is only 2x4G ram installed on the computer.
Sorry for the confusion here & Thanks.

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