Mavericks causing slow finder and more
Since upgrading to Mavericks I am having issues with findder, deleting files that keep deleting forever. WHen trying to open a file through lets say Photoshop it takes 2 minutes for it to see any file in the folder I have browsed to. Not to mention other issues like my screen freezing up and going all garbley.
Here is my EtreCheck
Hardware Information:
iMac (24-inch, Early 2009)
iMac - model: iMac9,1
1 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
8 GB RAM
Video Information:
NVIDIA GeForce 9400 - 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:
MimocoSoundByte - Path: /Library/StartupItems/MimocoSoundByte
ProTec6 - Path: /Library/StartupItems/ProTec6
ProTec6b - Path: /Library/StartupItems/ProTec6b
tap - Path: /Library/StartupItems/tap
tun - Path: /Library/StartupItems/tun
System Software:
OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 0 days 3:41:22
Disk Information:
WDC WD6400AAKS-40H2B0 disk0 : (640.14 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 639.28 GB (90.36 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5670S
USB Information:
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Wacom Co.,Ltd. Intuos5 touch M
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
com.metakine.handsoff.driver (1.0.4)
com.hzsystems.terminus.driver (4)
com.vara.driver.VaraAudio (1.0.3)
foo.tap (1.0)
foo.tun (1.0)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
[loaded] com.micromat.TechToolProDaemon.plist
[failed] com.slinkware.slinkDaemon.plist
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist
Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[loaded] com.brother.LOGINserver.plist
[loaded] com.micromat.TechToolProAgent.plist
[loaded] com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist
[loaded] net.culater.SIMBL.Agent.plist
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
[failed] com.apple.SafariBookmarksSyncer.plist
[loaded] com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
[loaded] com.vemedio.Snowtape.RadioAgent.plist
[not loaded] ws.agile.1PasswordAgent.plist
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
AllBookmarks
BusyCalAlarm
Cinch
TotalFinder
Divvy
Fantastical
SizeUp
DDAssist
Alarms
GoFlex Home Agent
TextExpander
TextExpander 3.4.2
TextExpander
BambooCore
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player
Flip4Mac WMV
Java
MacFUSE
Perian
TechTool Protection
WacomTablet
Internet Plug-ins:
AdobeExManDetect.plugin
AdobePDFViewer.plugin
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin
Default Browser.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
RealPlayer Plugin.plugin
Silverlight.plugin
WacomNetscape.plugin
WacomTabletPlugin.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin.plugin
NPRoblox.plugin
Bad Fonts:
None
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: NO
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 639.28 GB Disk used: 548.91 GB
Destinations:
GoFlex Home Backup [Network] (Last used)
Total size: Zero KB
Total number of backups: (null)
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size Zero KB < (Disk used 548.91 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU:
6% WindowServer
3% WacomTabletDriver
2% EtreCheck
2% bluetoothaudiod
2% WacomTouchDriver
1% Disk Utility
1% Cinch
1% iTunes
0% powerd
0% coreaudiod
Top Processes by Memory:
532 MB Adobe Photoshop CS6
254 MB PluginProcess
213 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
164 MB iTunes
139 MB mds_stores
115 MB softwareupdated
106 MB Safari
106 MB WindowServer
79 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
74 MB installd
Virtual Memory Statistics:
2.30 GB Free RAM
3.48 GB Active RAM
1.19 GB Inactive RAM
799 MB Wired RAM
796 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
Try a safe boot (restart, hold down shift until you see the Apple logo). If this eliminates the symptom, then you know the problem is with some third-party software you have installed. Mac OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode?
You have a lot of third party stuff added on to your computer which is probably not compatible with Mavericks.
I bet that a safe boot will show you a speedy mac again.
A few things I can comment on:
[loaded] com.micromat.TechToolProDaemon.plist
[loaded] com.micromat.TechToolProAgent.plist
Techtool is nice but I wouldn't let it install any of its monitoring software, like this Daemon and its buddy Agent.
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
Google drive is not compatible with Mavericks.
[not loaded] ws.agile.1PasswordAgent.plist
1Password is unnecessary, now that iCloud does keychains, and does it better.
[loaded] net.culater.SIMBL.Agent.plist
SIMBL is a chronic offender, GUI changer.
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
[failed] com.apple.SafariBookmarksSyncer.plist
[loaded] com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
[loaded] com.vemedio.Snowtape.RadioAgent.plist
[not loaded] ws.agile.1PasswordAgent.plist
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
AllBookmarks
BusyCalAlarm
Cinch
TotalFinder
Divvy
Fantastical
SizeUp
DDAssist
Alarms
GoFlex Home Agent
TextExpander
TextExpander 3.4.2
TextExpander
BambooCore
I think you can see where I'm going with this.
You have a ton of user login items, launch agents, and user launch agents.
In some cases you have multiple copies of each. You are a promiscuous downloader!
I'd go through the list and eliminate what you don't really need, which is proably most of it.
There's so much extraneous stuff on there, if I were you, I'd backup my documents and erase the HD and do a clean install. And then start over and not install all this stuff that you don't need. You are spending a lot of time with things that change the GUI where it doesn't need changing, and monitor your mac where it doesn't need monitoring (like TechTool), as opposed to actually doing stuff with your mac. All of this extraneous stuff is costly in terms of memory and CPU cycles. But then, that's a personal choice. I try to avoid software like this and just stick to the basics: Logic, iWork, iTunes.
Just for comparison, if you're interested, here's my Etrecheck report:
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2
1 2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
8 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 512 MB
AMD Radeon HD 6490M - 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: 2 days 11:54:16
Disk Information:
Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series disk0 : (512.11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Untitled (disk0s2) /: 499.12 GB (400.89 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
eDrive (disk0s4) /Volumes/eDrive: 12 GB (4.65 GB free)
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS31N
USB Information:
Apple Inc. iPhone
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. iPhone
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:
at.obdev.nke.LittleSnitch (4052)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] at.obdev.littlesnitchd.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[loaded] com.raynersw.nshctldo.plist
[loaded] org.cindori.AuthHelper.plist
Launch Agents:
[loaded] at.obdev.LittleSnitchUIAgent.plist
User Launch Agents:
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
Dropbox
Caffeine
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player
Internet Plug-ins:
Default Browser.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
Bad Fonts:
None
Time Machine:
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Untitled: Disk size: 499.12 GB Disk used: 98.23 GB
Destinations:
Fantom [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 999.86 GB
Total number of backups: 1
Oldest backup: 2013-11-03 16:31:36 +0000
Last backup: 2013-11-03 16:31:36 +0000
Size of backup disk: Adequate
Backup size 999.86 GB > (Disk used 98.23 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU:
4% WindowServer
2% EtreCheck
1% fontd
0% Little Snitch Agent
0% mtmd
0% Little Snitch Network Monitor
0% com.apple.WebKit.Networking
0% Dropbox
0% loginwindow
0% warmd
Top Processes by Memory:
197 MB iTunes
180 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
147 MB softwareupdated
139 MB Safari
123 MB Finder
115 MB Pages
115 MB Mail
98 MB WindowServer
82 MB installd
74 MB Dropbox
Virtual Memory Statistics:
2.69 GB Free RAM
3.07 GB Active RAM
1010 MB Inactive RAM
1.24 GB Wired RAM
1.66 GB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
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launch agents
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user launch agents
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user login items
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3rd party preference panes
7
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internet plugins
13
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Installing Mavericks cause Kernel Panic and after installing too
Hi,
I worked with Mountain Lion and all was good, but I thought that would be nice to update to Mavericks.
And I'm not good in Mac OS, so I didn't prepare backup before, because believed that it have to work.
But during installation I got kernel panic several times, yeah. But installation process was continued and finally Mavericks was installed.
I was happy, but I shouldn't.
From time to time I'm getting kernel panic and I don't know what is reason.
The worst things that I can't rollback to ML, because for some reason Mavericks installing instead.
And I did clean install several times, and did cleaning NVRAM and PRAM, but it all didn't help to me.
I haven't Apple Support in my country, so I can't even come to service center.
And my last hope is your support.
Could you please look on a kernel panic log and say me what is wrong with it?
Anonymous UUID:
CB0D1011-3613-05A6-5015-9ABF6A5C5764
Sun Dec 8 22:57:24 2013
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff80074dc19e): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f8934696c, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0xffffef7f8936c9b8, CR3: 0x000000000a169000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660
RAX: 0x0fffffc5f76d0000, RBX: 0xffffef7f8936c9b0, RCX: 0x0000000000000001, RDX: 0x000003a0892cfa12
RSP: 0xffffff80efc03d80, RBP: 0xffffff80efc03e70, RSI: 0x000003c0892c668c, RDI: 0xffffff80e8eed148
R8: 0x00000000e0000000, R9: 0x0000000000000005, R10: 0x00000000ffffffff, R11: 0xffffffffffffffff
R12: 0xffffff801937f800, R13: 0x0000000000000005, R14: 0xffffff80e8eed148, R15: 0xffffff7f8936ae20
RFL: 0x0000000000010006, RIP: 0xffffff7f8934696c, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0xffffef7f8936c9b8, Error code: 0x0000000000000002, Fault CPU: 0x1
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff80efc03a10 : 0xffffff8007422f69
0xffffff80efc03a90 : 0xffffff80074dc19e
0xffffff80efc03c60 : 0xffffff80074f3606
0xffffff80efc03c80 : 0xffffff7f8934696c
0xffffff80efc03e70 : 0xffffff7f89345b89
0xffffff80efc03f30 : 0xffffff80074dda5c
0xffffff80efc03f50 : 0xffffff800743757a
0xffffff80efc03f90 : 0xffffff80074378c8
0xffffff80efc03fb0 : 0xffffff80074d6aa7
Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement(216.0)[A6EE4D7B-228E-3A3C-95BA-10E D6F331236]@0xffffff7f89343000->0xffffff7f8936dfff
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
13A603
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 13.0.0: Thu Sep 19 22:22:27 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2422.1.72~6/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 1D9369E3-D0A5-31B6-8D16-BFFBBB390393
Kernel slide:
0x0000000007200000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8007400000
System model name: MacBookPro5,5 (Mac-F2268AC8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 6087597184120
last loaded kext at 734223625091: com.apple.filesystems.smbfs
2.0.0 (addr 0xffffff7f89736000, size 335872)
last unloaded kext at 317416816502: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs
1.9 (addr 0xffffff7f89736000, size 57344)
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com.apple.filesystems.smbfs
2.0.0
com.apple.filesystems.autofs
3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor
1.9.5d0
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager
4.2.0f6
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC
1.60
com.apple.driver.AGPM
100.14.11
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver
124
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA
2.5.2fc2
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet
1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver
2.5.2fc2
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X
7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess
1
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin
1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC
1.7.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU
2.0.4d1
com.apple.GeForceTesla
8.1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient
3.5.13
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport
4.2.0f6
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight
170.3.5
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl
1.1.12
com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor
3.0.4d1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons
240.2
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless
1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib
1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache
35
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard
240.2
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController
325.7
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader
3.3.5
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient
3.6.0
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter
404
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage
2.4.0
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331
700.20.22
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI
4.9.9
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub
650.4.4
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort
2.9.5
com.apple.nvenet
2.0.21
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBOHCI
650.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI
650.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager
161.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC
2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET
1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons
2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS
2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC
2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC
1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient
216.0.0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall
153
com.apple.security.quarantine
3
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement
216.0.0
com.apple.kext.triggers
1.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily
10.0.7
com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl
3.4.12
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib
2.5.2fc2
com.apple.vecLib.kext
1.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily
1.9.4fc11
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib
1.14
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface
91
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily
4.2.0f6
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy
1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI
1.0.12d1
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily
5.5.1d27
com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla
8.1.8
com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla
8.1.8
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport
4.2.0f6
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP
2.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController
2.5.2fc2
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily
2.5.2fc2
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert
1.0.4
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController
1.0.11d1
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport
2.3.6
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily
2.3.6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC
3.1.6d1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch
240.6
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver
650.4.4
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice
3.6.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass
3.6.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub
650.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite
650.4.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice
3.6.0
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily
1.7
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily
1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily
1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI
2.6.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily
3.6.0
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family
600.34
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily
4.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient
650.4.4
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily
2.6.0
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily
3.2
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily
650.4.4
com.apple.driver.NVSMU
2.2.9
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM
2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime
2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily
2.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily
1.1
com.apple.security.sandbox
278.10
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch
1.0.0d1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet
7
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore
2
com.apple.driver.DiskImages
371.1
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily
1.9
com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily
21
com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore
28.30
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform
2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily
2.8
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily
1.4
com.apple.kec.corecrypto
1.0
com.apple.kec.pthread
1
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Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, PCI, 256 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x0198, 0x393930353432382D3035312E4130304C4620
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x0198, 0x393930353432382D3035312E4130304C4620
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x8D), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.22)
Bluetooth: Version 4.2.0f6 12982, 3 services, 23 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: ST9500420AS, 500,11 GB
Serial ATA Device: HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N
USB Device: Built-in iSight
USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
USB Device: IR Receiver
USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Bus:Oksan wrote:
Sun Dec 8 22:57:24 2013
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff80074dc19e): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f8934696c, type 14=page fault, registers:
Model: MacBookPro5,5, BootROM MBP55.00AC.B03, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.26 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.47f2
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x0198, 0x393930353432382D3035312E4130304C4620
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x0198, 0x393930353432382D3035312E4130304C4620
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Problems with slow finder and com.apple.finder.plist
I have four users in my marketing department, all running Mac Pros with 10.6. and Adobe CS5 and some other software for design work. Each one has a slowness issue using the Finder (by itself and inside programs (ie, within Photoshop and going to Open)) when accessing our network drives. Other people, including myself, can access those same directories without slowness.
'Slowness' is an understatement. What would normally take a second is taking 5 to 10 minutes to show content in folders.
When I delete "com.apple.finder.plist" off their systems, and reboot, everything snaps back to being speedy, but it doesn't last and they need to remove that file once a day.
I have two saved plist files before they deleted it, but I don't know what do look for when I view the contents with a plist editor.
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http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/11582/onyx
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Mavericks causing slowness with certain Apps
I am experiencing 10-15 minute wait times(Beach Ball) when I am using Photoshop CS5. When I have Steam running, or even when it is being launched, my mac becomes unusable until the app crashes. These applications were definitely not running slow or crashing before I upgraded to Mavericks. I have booted to my recovery drive and run Disk Utility to Repair Disk and Repair Permissions, but that did not seem to help at all. I have even restored from a Time Machine Backup and the symptoms remain. Any assistance is appreciated.
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro6,2
1 2.66 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2 cores
8 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics - VRAM: 288 MB
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 512 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
System Software:
OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 0 days 3:3:52
Disk Information:
Hitachi HTS725050A9A362 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 379 GB (100.03 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
BOOTCAMP (disk0s4) /Volumes/BOOTCAMP: 120.25 GB (20.39 GB free)
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898
USB Information:
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
CHICONY HP Basic USB Keyboard
Turtle Beach Turtle Beach PX3 (PC)
Logitech G700s Rechargeable Gaming Mouse
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (4.2.6)
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (4.2.6)
com.squirrels.driver.AirParrotSpeakers (1.7 - SDK 10.7)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
[loaded] com.autodesk.mentalraysat2011.plist
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist
[loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist
Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist
[loaded] com.divx.dms.agent.plist
[loaded] com.divx.update.agent.plist
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist
[loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist
[loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist
[loaded] com.wacom.pentablet.plist
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
[loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist
[not loaded] org.virtualbox.vboxwebsrv.plist
User Login Items:
Steam
Caffeine
Canon IJ Network Scanner Selector2
3rd Party Preference Panes:
PenTablet
Flash Player
Flip4Mac WMV
Growl
Java
Perian
Internet Plug-ins::
WacomNetscape: Version: 1.1.1-1
OVSHelper: Version: 1.1
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.3.6.5
Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 3.5.0f5 - SDK 10.6
WacomTabletPlugin: Version: WacomTabletPlugin 2.1.0.1
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.8
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6
DivX Web Player: Version: 3.0.1.5 - SDK 10.5
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6
Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.6
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.8
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 45
Bad Fonts:
None
Old applications:
DMSLaunch: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5
/Library/Application Support/DivX/DMSLaunch.app
DivX Converter: Version: 10.0.1 (Build 10.0.1.57) - SDK 10.5
/Applications/DivX Converter.app
DivXMediaServer: Version: 10.0 - SDK 10.5
/Library/Application Support/DivX/DivXMediaServer.app
DivXTransferWizard: Version: 10.0.0 (Build 10.0.1.41) - SDK 10.5
/Library/Application Support/DivX/DivXTransferWizard.app
DivXUpdate: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5
/Library/Application Support/DivX/DivXUpdate.app
Epson Printer Utility 4: Version: 8.61 - SDK 10.5
/Library/Printers/EPSON/InkjetPrinter2/Utility/UT4/Epson Printer Utility 4.app
Microsoft AutoUpdate: Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app
Microsoft Error Reporting: Version: 2.2.9 - SDK 10.4
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0/Microsoft Error Reporting.app
Microsoft Ship Asserts: Version: 1.1.4 - SDK 10.4
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0/Microsoft Ship Asserts.app
Peggle Deluxe: Version: Peggle version 1.0.5 - SDK 10.4
/Users/dsdarsenal11/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/Peggle Deluxe/Peggle Deluxe.app
Peggle Nights: Version: 1.0.4 - SDK 10.4
/Users/dsdarsenal11/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/Peggle Nights/Peggle Nights.app
SLLauncher: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Silverlight/OutOfBrowser/SLLauncher.app
Tower Wars: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5
/Users/dsdarsenal11/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/Tower Wars/Tower Wars.app
Trine2Launcher: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5
/Users/dsdarsenal11/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/Trine 2/Trine2Launcher.app
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 352.97 GB Disk used: 259.81 GB
Destinations:
Time Capsule [Network] (Last used)
Total size: 2
Total number of backups: 83
Oldest backup: 2012-12-13 21:36:25 +0000
Last backup: 2013-12-22 00:47:04 +0000
Size of backup disk: Excellent
Backup size 2 > (Disk size 352.97 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
2% WindowServer
2% EtreCheck
1% firefox
0% mds_stores
0% mds
Top Processes by Memory:
451 MB firefox
164 MB mds_stores
147 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
139 MB softwareupdated
106 MB Finder
Virtual Memory Statistics:
4.37 GB Free RAM
1.65 GB Active RAM
864 MB Inactive RAM
1.13 GB Wired RAM
1.75 GB Page-ins
0 B Page-outsDaniel Davidson wrote:
I have checked with Steam Support, but they are unable to offer me any assistance and they say it's a problem with Mavericks and not their software.
In other words they cannot get their software to work with Mavericks. You need to check for updates, especially
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (4.2.6)
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (4.2.6)
com.squirrels.driver.AirParrotSpeakers (1.7 - SDK 10.7)
[loaded] com.wacom.pentablet.plist
Steam
Caffeine
The last two, I honestly wouldn't bother keeping. I have seen bpth as culprits so far in affecting Mavericks installs adversly.
Cheers
Pete -
Mavericks Mail slow - deletes and updates
I have two exchange accounts and a gmail account in mail. Until the Mavericks update, I had to force quit mail at least once per day. That hasn't happened yet. HOWEVER, If the focus is in the message in the preview pane and not on the message header in the message list, delete doesn't work at all. If I click on the header, it will eventually delete, but takes a few seconds.
Any others with this issue?Hello there, SeamusMcG.
The following Knowledge Base article offers some pointers for determining what may be causing the slowness:
OS X Mavericks: If your Mac runs slowly
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13895
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Pedro. -
Software Update caused freezing, Finder, and HD problems...
My weekly software update ran yesterday and it came back with a handful of updates so I clicked ok to install them and several required the system restart...as it was in the shutting down phase of restart it stalled on a screen that said updates installing and it did nothing... I left it for well over 3 hours and still nothing so I forced quit by holding in the power button...when I then restarted everything is super slow to respond and many applications don't work at all i.e. finder, mac HD, I can't select force quit...just a whole array of things not working correctly...when I try to go to the Apple menu and select restart or shut down nothing happens... I need help -I am not very Mac fluent.
thanks,Hi! I'm having the same problems! Updated to 10.6.3 noticed that after the restart I got crash reports that the dock experienced bad access and restarted over and over again+the desktop pictures were changing like **** every second.
opened up Disc Utility and did HDD fix and repared permissions, the HDD no problems but loads of permissions issues. Ran it several times and then rebooted and started with the install CD and redid the Disc Util. and did another restart. It worked for a little while but soon again, quicklook crashes, and finder crashes, and I cannot start any apps at all, not even the terminal, nothing. I can open up the HDD and look around and throw stuff in the trash bin, but nothing more.
I've tried to throw away tiff, jpegs, movies,aiff, mp3, avi:s that were on the desktop, or in the dock. I have trashed several plists, preferences, pref-panes (plugins as perian etc) but nothing helps. Free disc space is 13.5 %.
I am writing this on my work computer mac book pro 2,53 GHz, 4GB and 10.6.3 no problems, but my own computer was originally a 10.5 system and then upgraded to SL.
Help me please! I cannot access any prefs, programs, apps or anything that requires starting up of anything. Starting up in safe mode does not do anything, still cannot start apps!
Help!
PLZ! -
Adobe Reader 8.1 causing slow down and crashes
Despite safely using 7.0 for years, when I updated to 8.1, my computer slowed to a snail's pace and froze frequently, more than hourly. I have definitely traced the problem to Adobe Reader 8.1 (8.1.2?)because the problems disappeared the several times I uninstalled it. I am now using 7.0 without any problems. Does any one have an idea what the problem is? Can I ever safely upgrade to Version 8?
The link to the Reader forum is at the top of this forum.
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Hi
In the last two days it takes about 1 min to send an email from mail via our server. Prior it was almost instant. If I go to the xserve and open server admin, it takes about 2 min to show the information. Everything else on the server runs at normal speed (8 core xeon). If I open workgroup manager, it also takes about 2 min before it shows the information. Everything works, it is just super slow
Any suggestions?
Cheers
TonyHave you tried things like
1) Reboot and see if the condition continues.
2) Start up Activity Monitor and see what is performance stats are, look for runaway processes, etc
3) Start up Top in a terminal window - hit o to sort and type cpu for the response. -
Feeding dynamic data into formula is causing slow execution and weird results
I am gathering 11 channels of analog input voltage, then performing a series of (different, editable) calculations on each channel of voltage to convert each to sensor temperature.
My first stage of calculations (using multiply, subtract, and divide blocks) works fine.
My second stage of calculations (which includes a natural log "ln") is being performed with the formula block. However, the formula block has three red arrows where the input constants are, and the results of the formula block are intermittent and incorrect (if plotted, the plot just flashes what looks like a value of 1 intermittently... if saved to a csv file, the results show a bunch of zeros and then a row of values, then more zeroes).
I'm not sure if I need to be converting my dynamic data to an array before feeding into the formula, or if there's some other way applying a complex formula to dynamic data, or...? I'd like to stick with dynamic data because it makes plotting things easier, but I'm open to other suggestions.
Solved!
Go to Solution.
Attachments:
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Capture2.PNG 20 KBConverting from a waveform to a double array makes you lose time information.
Index Array can be expanded to index out as many items as you need.
He meant Coercion Dots. The spellcheck probably went to cocoon.
There are only two ways to tell somebody thanks: Kudos and Marked Solutions
Unofficial Forum Rules and Guidelines -
YOSEMITE SLOW, GRAPHIC PROBLEM & MORE..
I have problem with everything in my mac. Safari is slow and lags. I need to w8 much time to open my apps like; iTunes, Steam, App store, finder and more. I have graphic problems, fps prob, yosemite need a lot of CPU and memory. Someone has the same problem? Need 7-10 min to turn on my mac. Will be resolved with an update? Sorry for my bad english, I'm italian.
1. This procedure is a diagnostic test. It changes nothing, for better or worse, and therefore will not, in itself, solve the problem. But with the aid of the test results, the solution may take a few minutes, instead of hours or days.
Don't be put off by the complexity of these instructions. The process is much less complicated than the description. You do harder tasks with the computer all the time.
2. If you don't already have a current backup, back up all data before doing anything else. The backup is necessary on general principle, not because of anything in the test procedure. Backup is always a must, and when you're having any kind of trouble with the computer, you may be at higher than usual risk of losing data, whether you follow these instructions or not.
There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
3. Below are instructions to run a UNIX shell script, a type of program. As I wrote above, it changes nothing. It doesn't send or receive any data on the network. All it does is to generate a human-readable report on the state of the computer. That report goes nowhere unless you choose to share it. If you prefer, you can act on it yourself without disclosing the contents to me or anyone else.
You should be wondering whether you can believe me, and whether it's safe to run a program at the behest of a stranger. In general, no, it's not safe and I don't encourage it.
In this case, however, there are a couple of ways for you to decide whether the program is safe without having to trust me. First, you can read it. Unlike an application that you download and click to run, it's transparent, so anyone with the necessary skill can verify what it does.
You may not be able to understand the script yourself. But variations of the script have been posted on this website thousands of times over a period of years. The site is hosted by Apple, which does not allow it to be used to distribute harmful software. Any one of the millions of registered users could have read the script and raised the alarm if it was harmful. Then I would not be here now and you would not be reading this message.
Nevertheless, if you can't satisfy yourself that these instructions are safe, don't follow them. Ask for other options.
4. Here's a summary of what you need to do, if you choose to proceed:
☞ Copy a line of text in this window to the Clipboard.
☞ Paste into the window of another application.
☞ Wait for the test to run. It usually takes a few minutes.
☞ Paste the results, which will have been copied automatically, back into a reply on this page.
The sequence is: copy, paste, wait, paste again. You don't need to copy a second time. Details follow.
5. You may have started the computer in "safe" mode. Preferably, these steps should be taken in “normal” mode, under the conditions in which the problem is reproduced. If the system is now in safe mode and works well enough in normal mode to run the test, restart as usual. If you can only test in safe mode, do that.
6. If you have more than one user, and the one affected by the problem is not an administrator, then please run the test twice: once while logged in as the affected user, and once as an administrator. The results may be different. The user that is created automatically on a new computer when you start it for the first time is an administrator. If you can't log in as an administrator, test as the affected user. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this section doesn’t apply. Don't log in as root.
7. The script is a single long line, all of which must be selected. You can accomplish this easily by triple-clicking anywhere in the line. The whole line will highlight, though you may not see all of it in the browser window, and you can then copy it. If you try to select the line by dragging across the part you can see, you won't get all of it.
Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it:
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I recently installed Yosemite from Mavericks. I find that Yosemite is slowing me down and causing havoc on my home web page. How do uninstall Yosemite and get back to Mavericks?
kenmac1969 wrote:
I'm gonna jump in as I have similar issues with Yosemite.
My two old white MacBooks run perfect with Snow leopard, but my 2011 17" i7 Macbook Pro is a dead slug with yosimite installed.
Tried the start with C held down, also with option held down. All it does is beeps at me three times, then again three times.....
I want to remove yosimite and install Snow leopard from dvd as yosimite runs worse than a Windows OS.
Can it be done, what do I need to do please?
Examples of faults, even with a 1tb solid state drive and 16 gig of ram, it is incredibly slow. Took four hours to install Logic 8 last night, I still have to reinstall logic 9 upgrade. On the White MacBooks I got both 8 and 9 installed in under an hour and a half all up.
Beeping on startup means failed RAM.
Slowness is usually caused by incompatible third-party system modifications. -
Mavericks - So Slow and Troublesome.
I have clean installed Mavericks twice but still much of the time my Macbook is unresponsive and very frustrating to use.
It was fine on the intial Mavericks instal but over the last month or two I have been having more and more problems.
Problems include
browser windows (Firefox and Chrome) take forever to load,
right clicking in any app often results in the beach ball for 30seconds or more before the dialog box opens
most apps take forever to load,
beach balling at length in any app,
long wait usually for cursor to appear in any app or website text box
Dock set to hide/show - it quite often doesn't show when cursor moved to edge of screen
Four finger swipe up to activate Mission Control doesn't work sometimes
Four finger swipe to move between desktops doesn't work sometimes
Hot corners stop working at times
Long delays between typing and letters appearing on screen sometimes
Quicklook very slow whether trying to view docs in Finder, Mail, Desktop
I could go on, just about everything I try and do on the computer in every app very often causes delays, beachballing and freezes.
Even on cool days the fan is running high 4000rpm or more, I hardly ever used to hear the fan except hot days/working the machine hard.
Quite often first thing in the morning after it has been asleep overnight the Macbook is almost totally frozen for a couple of minutes before it 'wakes' up and it useable. It quite often needs a restart or crash shut down/restart to get it going.
I have lost count now of the number of times I have had to crash shut down by holding the power key when the computer just becomes inoperable or incredibly slow.
I installed a new hard drive a couple of years ago which was larger and had a higher rpm than the original.
I would really appreciate some help or tips to ascertain what is wrong.
Thanks
Tim
MacBook "Core 2 Duo" 2.4 13" (Unibody)
Late 2008/Aluminum - MB467LL/A - MacBook 5,1
4gb RAMSeems I can go up to 8gbRAM but this seems not to be problem.
The Etresoft report
Hardware Information:
MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008)
MacBook - model: MacBook5,1
1 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 0 days 1:5:33
Disk Information:
Hitachi HTS725050A9A364 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macbook HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (201.9 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-868
USB Information:
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple, Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
com.squirrels.driver.AirParrotSpeakers (1.7 - SDK 10.7)
com.squirrels.airparrot.framebuffer (3 - SDK 10.7)
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[System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.bombich.ccc.plist 3rd-Party support link
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[System] com.freemacsoft.appcleanerd.plist 3rd-Party support link
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[System] com.orbicule.uc.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.regularrateandrhythm.rowmotehelperaide.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.tunnelbear.mac.tbeard.plist 3rd-Party support link
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[System] com.divx.update.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.mozy.status.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.orbicule.UCAgent.plist 3rd-Party support link
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iTunesHelper
AppCleaner Helper
BetterTouchTool
Spotifree
XtraFinder
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DivX Web Player: Version: 3.0.1.5 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.70 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 3rd-Party support link
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 45 Outdated! Update
Safari Extensions:
Conduit Search for Safari: Version: 1.0
Searchme: Version: 1.2
Audio Plug-ins:
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AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9
InstantOn: Version: 7.1.0 - SDK 10.8 3rd-Party support link
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
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/_CCC Archives/2013-11-17 (November 17) 13-35-45/Applications
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/Applications/iWork '09
/_CCC Archives/2013-11-17 (November 17) 13-35-45/Library/Application Support/DivX
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DMSLaunch: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Time Machine:
Mobile backups: ON
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macbook HD: Disk size: 464.96 GB Disk used: 276.93 GB
Destinations:
Tim [Network] (Last used)
Total size: 558.47 GB
Total number of backups: 45
Oldest backup: 2013-09-05 05:11:49 +0000
Last backup: 2014-02-25 02:27:42 +0000
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 558.47 GB < (Disk used 276.93 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
/sbin excluded from backup!
/usr excluded from backup!
/System excluded from backup!
/bin excluded from backup!
/private excluded from backup!
/Library excluded from backup!
/Applications excluded from backup!
Top Processes by CPU:
16% firefox
5% WindowServer
3% mds
2% BetterTouchTool
1% hidd
Top Processes by Memory:
637 MB firefox
246 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
180 MB mds_stores
168 MB iTunes
111 MB Messages
Virtual Memory Information:
301 MB Free RAM
1.45 GB Active RAM
1.35 GB Inactive RAM
540 MB Wired RAM
2.06 GB Page-ins
11 MB Page-outs -
MacBook Pro (mid 2010) - Slow Startup and Initial Load of Apps after Mavericks Install
Hello everyone,
Long time Snow Leopard user here. I've been absolutely, 100% thrilled with my MBP's performance / speed since mid 2010. Since installing Mavericks I've noticed two things:
1. Initial on boot load times seem much slower
2. The first time you open an app (Safari, even TextEdit) is far slower than in Snow Leopard.
Now granted, once the computer has been on for about 5 minutes, and once you've had an application open for 1-2 minutes, than performance is okay once again. But it seems that quite literally everytime you do "anything" for the first time since the computer has been turned on you run the risk of a spinning beachball and an extended wait. This simply never happened in Snow Leopard.
I'm not a computer science major but I do understand that when you do something for the first time since a reboot it will need to load new files into the RAM which takes time. However, I've been using this computer since 2010 and have never experienced this behavior / speed / delay, etc... something seems fundamentally different.
For example, even just opening finder, and navigating to the Applications folder results in sluggish behavior the first time. Also, anytime you first click the top menu bar in an application you run the risk of a beachball.
It doesn't seem like a failing hard drive because I can read/write large chunks of data one an app is finally loaded. It's just initially loading the app takes quite literally 10-20 times longer than Snow Leopard. It seems like perhaps Mavericks itself, the core of the new OS was perhaps installed in a bad sector of the HD, but none of my other files are on bad sectors... if that makes sense. Again - I'm not a computer science major so I'm largely just making things up
It also seems as if multitasking and switching between several open apps has seen a decrease in performance. Could it be that perhaps Mavericks RAM management is superior to Snow Leopard, but only if there is a TON of RAM to go around? Could it be as simple as Macs with only 4GB installed should not be allowed to even install Mavericks?
Does this sound normal for Mavericks considering I have a C2D processor, a non SSD, and only 4GB ram? I know those specs are "outdated" for 2014, but keep in mind these were the specs that I've always had and with Snow Leoapard I was consistently thrilled with the speed of the computer.
I suppose my question is: should my strategy be to simply turn the computer on, get a cup of coffee and let everything load and maybe even have my frequently used apps load on startup, etc... and carry on as normal? Does something seem off? Should I invest in a new SSD / RAM upgrade? I know the upgrades couldn't hurt, but the issue is that I was perfectly content until upgrading to Mavericks
I've tried booting into OS X Recovery mode and using the Disk Utility. I've tried Safe Mode. I've included a "EtreCheck" report below. I'm open to any ideas / suggestions.
Thanks!!
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro7,1
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
NVIDIA GeForce 320M - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 0 days 0:10:48
Disk Information:
Hitachi HTS545025B9SA02 disk0 : (250.06 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 249.2 GB (228.46 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898
USB Information:
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
Logitech USB Receiver
Apple Inc. Apple Keyboard
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Launch Daemons:
[System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
[System] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
None
Internet Plug-ins:
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.152 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.152 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Outdated! Update
AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 3rd-Party support link
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
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
iTunes Plug-ins:
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
Old Applications:
None
Time Machine:
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
4% WindowServer
1% EtreCheck
0% mds
0% mds_stores
0% airportd
Top Processes by Memory:
111 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
94 MB Finder
57 MB Dock
53 MB SystemUIServer
53 MB EtreCheck
Virtual Memory Information:
1.64 GB Free RAM
1.42 GB Active RAM
314 MB Inactive RAM
390 MB Wired RAM
316 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outsWish I could be of some help, but I'm having similar issues on my mid 2011 macbook pro with 8 GB ram. It's very frustrating. I haven't worked on a computer this slow since the early 90's. Even simple things like signing in to this site bring up the beach ball for maybe ten seconds. When opening up apps I often have to wait minutes, and often end up force quitting when they hang. I'm using force quit a dozen or more times a day, when it used to be very rare.
I don't know if it's Mavericks. I installed a new hard drive in November, but the problems really started getting bad since the latest upgrade.
It's not just opening apps. If I have an app open in the background and switch to it I have similar issues. Watching a simple video is often accompanied by stalls and delays - which is really bad as I'm often using the laptop to edit video. It's become unuseable for work.
Perhaps the most frustrating is clicking on a link, only to find Safari decides to complete a previous scroll that it had paused. The page jumps down, and sometimes I end up clicking on a link I didn't want. Then I have to wait for THAT spinning beach ball before I can go back to the previous spinning beach ball.
It can take up to ten minutes to restart. I've tried everything I could find on these pages so far, and nothing has worked.
I thought maybe it was something I've done (and perhaps it is), but I keep seeing others with similar issues. -
AppleScript, Finder and Mavericks
I'm frustrated.
Addressing Finder in AppleScript from Mavericks is unbelievably slow. I just upgraded one of my "automation" machines (a quad-core 2.5GHz iMac with 32GB of RAM) to Mavericks from 10.8.5, and the AppleScript that has been running on it since 10.7.5 is struggling with what I would call the most basic code.
Here's the code that used to take <1 min to execute but now times-out under Mavericks:
tell application "Finder"
with timeout of 300 seconds
set pdfsList to every item in folder "path:to:folder:with:pdfs:" whose name extension is "pdf"
end timeout
end tell
I'm not sure what to do here, and without figuring out a way to accomplish the same result, I'm dead in the water.
Any help/advice would be much appreciated here. I'd like to avoid reinstalling the OS, but I certainly will give that a shot if necessary.You should look at the System Events.app dictionary. There are a few subtle differences: e.g. the root object for file system scripting is disk item not item, and SE prefers POSIX paths to HFS paths (where the Finder will only accept HFS paths). SE doesn't have a duplicate command, its move command is sketchy, it doesn't have any acceess to Finder labels, it lacks the 'entire contents' property of folders so that you have to do recursive folder searches for embedded objects. But even so it's much faster and more stable. Easiest thing to do when you need to access a Finder-specific function is collect HFS paths from SE and pass them to the Finder, e.g.:
tell application "System Events"
set pdfsList to path of every item in folder "path:to:folder:with:pdfs:" whose name extension is "pdf"
end tell
tell application "Finder"
reveal pdfsList
end tell -
HT201364 I downloaded OS X Mavericks over the weekend and it has made my Macbook Pro extremely slow
I downloaded OS X Mavericks over the weekend and it has made my Macbook very slow. Browsing has become slow. Mail hardly moves. It takes ages to show contents of inbox, yes including previously downloaded emails too. Thus the overall experience is very disappointing. IS THERE A WAY TO GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS OS X that I had? OS X Mavericks should be renamed as OS X HAVOCKWRECKS.
I am just a Apple user guy.
Here's your report with some comments in red:
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro6,2
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM This is a minimum amount of RAM for basic Mavericks function (I know the specs say 2 GB). If you are doing anything more than just checking your email you may want more RAM, especially if you are doing things that are more memory intensive, like audio/video recording/editing. It all depends on your degree of tolerance for the SBBOD (the spinning beachball of death). At the moment you've got no page-outs so that's good.
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics - VRAM: 288 MB
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 256 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:
HWNetMgr: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWNetMgr
HWPortDetect: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWPortDetect
StartOuc: Path: /Library/StartupItems/StartOuc
System Software:
OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 0 days 0:28:26
Disk Information:
Hitachi HTS545032B9SA02 disk0 : (320.07 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 319.21 GB (49.67 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898
USB Information:
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
These next categories are all things that are loaded at startup and can be potential causes for poor performance, as they run in the background. These all need to be looked at carefully if you want your mac to run better. The rules are:
1) if you can live without the app that installs these potential culprits, uninstall it. You have to uninstall the app itself, not just the file that is listed here.
2) if you can't live without the app, then at least research it to see if it is compatible with Mavericks, and make sure you have the latest version.
Some of these I don't know about, but I've marked those with **; you'll have to research them yourself.
Kernel Extensions:
com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (0.0.74) **
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist ** The google stuff is suspect in my book. This is sort of like spyware and installs things on your computer without your permission. Google Drive was or is incompatible with Mavericks, and a lot of the people writing in to this forum are running Chrome. I'd stay away from all things Google.
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
[loaded] com.rim.BBDaemon.plist **
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist **
Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist **
[loaded] com.hp.messagecenter.launcher.plist **
[loaded] com.rim.BBAlbumArtCacher.plist **
[loaded] com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist **
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist **
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist **
[failed] jp.co.canon.UFR2.BG.plist This one definitely needs to be uninstalled (failed.) You have to uninstall the app that is responsible. Probably a printer or camera "utility", which is unnecessary.
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
[loaded] com.google.GoogleContactSyncAgent.plist **more google stuff.
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
RealPlayer Downloader Agent **
BlackBerry Device Manager **
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player
Flip4Mac WMV
Internet Plug-ins:: ** you have quite a few of these. I'd get rid of all that you can. These could make for poor browser performance.
DirectorShockwave: Version: 11.5.8r612
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 4.9.1.16010
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.3.6.5
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.6
RealPlayer Plugin: Version: (null)
Silverlight: Version: 4.0.50917.0
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.152 - SDK 10.6 ** two versions of flash player probably isn't good.
Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.152 - SDK 10.6
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 4.9.1.16010
npgtpo3dautoplugin: Version: 0.1.44.29 - SDK 10.5
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 9.5.5
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.6
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.8.0 - SDK 10.9 Outdated! Update needs updating
User Internet Plug-ins::
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0 **
Bad Fonts:
None
Old applications:
Microsoft Alerts Daemon: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Alerts Daemon.app
Microsoft Chart Converter: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Chart Converter.app
Microsoft Clip Gallery: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Clip Gallery.app
Microsoft Database Daemon: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Database Daemon.app
Microsoft Database Utility: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Database Utility.app
Microsoft Document Connection: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft Document Connection.app
Microsoft Excel: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft Excel.app
Microsoft Graph: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Graph.app
Microsoft Language Register: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Additional Tools/Microsoft Language Register/Microsoft Language Register.app
Microsoft Office Reminders: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Office Reminders.app
Microsoft Outlook: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft Outlook.app
Microsoft PowerPoint: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft PowerPoint.app
Microsoft Upload Center: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Upload Center.app
Microsoft Word: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft Word.app
My Day: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/My Day.app
Open XML for Excel: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Open XML for Excel.app
Solver: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Add-Ins/Solver.app
SyncServicesAgent: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/SyncServicesAgent.app
Time Machine:
Auto backup: YES
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
61% RimAlbumArtDaemon ** this sounds like some unnecessary software for downloading album art, and it's using 61% of your CPU.
20% Mail
15% WindowServer
14% iTunes
5% coreaudiod
Top Processes by Memory:
242 MB mds_stores
202 MB RimAlbumArtDaemon
180 MB Mail
143 MB iTunes
117 MB WindowServer
Virtual Memory Statistics:
1.07 GB Free RAM
1.50 GB Active RAM
556 MB Inactive RAM
776 MB Wired RAM
535 MB Page-ins
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