MBP 2011 slower with 8GB than 6GB

Hey everyone,
First post here so go easy no me ;-)
I have recently purchased a MBP i7 2.3Ghz with 4GB RAM and a 750GB hard Drive.
When i bought the machine I wasn't that impressed with the speed compared to my old MBP but i installed a 4GB card (Crucial DDR3) to put me up to 6GB and the speed difference is amazing. Having seen this i thought i'd install another 4GB (to have 2 x 4GB to take me to the 8GB max) to have the quickest machine possible without a SSD.
The machine recognises that it now has 8GB RAM but it actually slowed the machine down hugely. Can anyone explain why? Is it possible to correct this?
Thank you for your help!
Stodge

Hi there, Thanks for your help.
The 4GB cards are
"Crucial Sodimm Laptop Memory Upgrade (4GB,204-pin,DDR3 PC3-10600,Cl=9,1.5v)"
The 2GB cards are the ones that come with the MBP.
"hynix, 2GB 1Rx8 PC3-10600S-9-10-B1 DDR3"
The issue i have is that 8GB might not be faster than 6GB, but it certainly shouldn't be a LOT slower should it? Kappy says that no speed tests work, which is fine, but surely it shouldn't be slower, especially when putting in just one of the 4GB with the original 2GB is a LOT faster than the original 4GB (2 x 2GB) setup.
Thanks

Similar Messages

  • Photoshop CS6 keeps crashing. I am using a brand new IMAC, I have 16GB RAM recently updated as it was running slow with 8GB and lots of hardrive space. When it crashes, i lose all my presents and it changes my preferences, it also fails to save or produce

    Photoshop CS6 keeps crashing. I am using a brand new IMAC, I have 16GB RAM recently updated as it was running slow with 8GB and lots of hardrive space. When it crashes, i lose all my presents and it changes my preferences, it also fails to save or produce a recovered file despite settings asking it to do so every 5 mins now. When i try to report the problem, it says it has found an issue and gives me a link to a solution....but wont let me click on the link.... PLEASE HELP! It's killing my productivity.

    If the crash started right after you added RAM, it could be a bad Ram dimm. You can try this - change the amount of RAM in Photoshop to 4G, this should stop Photoshop from using the higher ram. If it doesn't crash, it's probably the ram. Or run a diagnostic app. You don't say when it crashes, what you're doing when it crashes - it there a pattern? Did it ever work on this computer? Did it work on your previous computer? Without a lot of data, it could be related to the new computer... What OS version? Did you recently update it? Have you updated Photoshop to the most recent update?
    Do you have any plug-ins loaded? Try restarting Photoshop, and immediately press & hold the shfit key to turn off plug-ins.

  • MBP Got Slower with Snow Leopard

    Hi friends,
    I have a 7 year old MPB with 200 GB capacity with 36 GB free and  these specs:
    Model Name:
    MacBook Pro
      Model Identifier:
    MacBookPro4,1
      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:
    2 GB
      Bus Speed:
    800 MHz
      Boot ROM Version:
    MBP41.00C1.B03
      SMC Version (system):
    1.27f2
      Serial Number (system):
      Hardware UUID:
    358AF7AF-CAF9-546D-81B1-BD0B0FD282A1
      Sudden Motion Sensor:
      State:
    I recently installed Snow Leopard and deleted about GB of my own files I didnt need. But rather than being faster, the MPB seems to be slower, with most programs taking a while to shut down or having to force quit them. There is also a lag in general after clicking on some stuff.
    Really annoys me, I hope I didnt get duped into Snow for no reason.
    Your thoughts?
    Thanks

    Backup your files off the computer to a storage drive and disconnect, then hold c or option key down and boot off the 10.6 disk and use Disk Utility to Erase with Security Option > Zero the entire drive.
    When that's complete, quit and install 10.6, then reboot and use your same user name, then update to 10.6.8.
    Use Pacifist from CharlesSoft to extract the iLife from your original machine spefic disks, then install programs from fresh sources.
    Finally return a copy of your files into their respective folders from backup,
    Keep the boot drive ideally under 50% filled, but not more that 80% filled.
    This is a lengthly process, but it catches everything and will fix and speed up your machine to perfect health.
    10.6 is fast, faster than 10.5 or even 10.7, and it's perfect for your older machine.
    So your problem is either a bad upgrade, a prior issue, a corrupted user account or bad sectors on the drive, any or all will be cured by the above method if followed as directed in that order.
    If your still having problems afterwards, the drive is dying and needs to be replaced or there is another hardware issue we can't solve.

  • Mid-2010 MBP super slow with 10.9.4 & lots of backups on disk

    After four years of recovering beautifully from spills and falls, I think my overly ambitious software updates may have done in my mid 2010 MacBook Pro.
    Aside from the usual Internet and word processing, I use my MBP for video editing.
    About two months ago, I finally upgraded from Snow Leopard (10.6) to Mavericks (10.9.3) because I wanted to switch from FinalCut Pro X (and my torrented FCP7) to Adobe Premiere CC.  I immediately downloaded several Creative Cloud applications and noticed a bit of slowdown, especially when using Premiere.  Figuring the Creative Cloud video apps were too much for my old MBP, I deleted everything except Photoshop and Muse, and I purchased a desktop PC for video editing on Premiere (waiting for it to arrive).
    I deleted several Creative Cloud applications and about 100 GB of video files (transferred from my Mac HD to an external HD).  Immediately after, I saw an available software update and clicked it, upgrading me to the new Mavericks 10.9.4.  Right after that, the Creative Cloud desktop app stopped working, so I reinstalled it.
    After that, my MBP slowed down considerably.  It takes 10-20 minutes to open any application, including Activity Monitor and Disk Utility.
    I backed up using Time Machine (took about 8 hours), and I repaired the disk using Disk Utility.  Repairing the disk hasn't sped anything up.
    I know my hard drive is way too full, but I can't figure out why so much of it is going to backups.  Since my hard drive is more than 80% full, shouldn't Time Machine automatically delete local images to bring it back to 80% at the very least?  I'm using my external hard drive for Time Machine backups, so I don't know why so many are on Mac HD.
    I can think of so many things that could be wrong - I only have 4GB RAM, my hard drive is almost full, and I probably shouldn't have installed Mavericks on such an old system in the first place - I'm not quite sure how to start fixing this problem.  I'd like to be able to continue using my laptop for web browsing, MS Office Suite, FCPX, and FCP7.  I'd be fine with reinstalling Snow Leopard (I still have the DVD), as long as the files on my hard drive are still accessible.
    I'm planning to go to a repair specialist on Monday, but if anyone has advice on fixes I can do in the meantime or things I can do to make his life easier, I'd really appreciate it!
    EtreCheck version: 1.9.12 (48)
    Report generated July 12, 2014 at 1:34:06 PM EDT
    Hardware Information:
      MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010) (Verified)
      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
      Color LCD 1280 x 800
    System Software:
      OS X 10.9.4 (13E28) - Uptime: 0 days 1:58:2
    Disk Information:
      Hitachi HTS545025B9SA02 disk0 : (250.06 GB)
      EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
      Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 249.2 GB (37.49 GB free)
      Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
      MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898 
    USB Information:
      Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
      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
    Gatekeeper:
      Mac App Store and identified developers
    Kernel Extensions:
      [not loaded] com.flipvideo.IOUSBCameraMassStorage (1.0.1) Support
    Launch Daemons:
      [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
      [running] com.bradfordnetworks.agent.plist Support
      [running] com.flipvideo.FlipShareServer.launchd.plist Support
      [loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support
    Launch Agents:
      [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
      [running] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist Support
      [running] com.flipvideo.FlipShare.AutoRun.plist Support
      [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
      [running] com.hp.help.tocgenerator.plist Support
    User Launch Agents:
      [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
      [failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist
      [loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist Support
      [running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support
    User Login Items:
      None
    Internet Plug-ins:
      o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support
      nplastpass: Version: 2.5.5 Support
      Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
      OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.6 Support
      AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 Support
      FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 14.0.0.145 - SDK 10.6 Support
      Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30317.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
      Flash Player: Version: 14.0.0.145 - SDK 10.6 Support
      QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
      googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support
      iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
      JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
    Safari Extensions:
      LastPass: Version: 3.1.41
      Searchme: Version: 1.3
    Audio Plug-ins:
      BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
      AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
      AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
      iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
    iTunes Plug-ins:
      Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
    User Internet Plug-ins:
      UploadManager: Version: (null) Support
      EMusic: Version: EMusic 1.0.0 Support
      ContentManager: Version: (null) Support
      RocketEngine: Version: (null) Support
    3rd Party Preference Panes:
      3ivx MPEG-4  Support
      Flash Player  Support
    Time Machine:
      Auto backup: YES
      Volumes being backed up:
      Macintosh HD: Disk size: 232.09 GB Disk used: 197.17 GB
      Destinations:
      My Passport for Mac [Local] (Last used)
      Total size: 931.16 GB
      Total number of backups: 7
      Oldest backup: 2014-06-07 00:28:18 +0000
      Last backup: 2014-07-12 14:47:51 +0000
      Size of backup disk: Excellent
      Backup size 931.16 GB > (Disk size 232.09 GB X 3)
      Time Machine details may not be accurate.
      All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
    Top Processes by CPU:
          5% Creative Cloud
          5% WindowServer
          2% mdworker
          2% mds_stores
          2% mds
    Top Processes by Memory:
      147 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
      111 MB Creative Cloud
      106 MB Google Chrome
      102 MB mds_stores
      70 MB Google Chrome Helper
    Virtual Memory Information:
      1.51 GB Free RAM
      1.46 GB Active RAM
      293 MB Inactive RAM
      499 MB Wired RAM
      508 MB Page-ins
      0 B Page-outs

    Metacalf,
    I have the same model MacBook Pro as you, and I’m running OS X 10.9.4 on mine without problems. I’d highly recommend that you upgrade your RAM; our model can work with 16 GB of RAM when Mac OS X 10.7.5 or newer is installed. I’ve got 8 GB in mine, but I’m not doing any video editing; you’d probably find 16 GB to be best. If your video editing is disk-bound, then you’d also benefit by replacing your internal HDD with a SSD.

  • IMac (27", mid 2011) slowed with many, many errors on startup...help?

    My iMac (27", mid 2011) has slowed and gives many, many errors via Console. I have Zapped the pRAM, used safe start, Etresoft check, and a complete check with TechTool. I'm running out of ideas except to reformat and start again. Here are a few lines from Console on today's startup and the results from EtreCheck. Any ideas?
    Console (a dozen lines)
    6/10/14 11:25:34.000 AM kernel[0]: Sandbox: mds_stores(188) deny file-read-data /Applications/Utilities/VoiceOver Utility.app/Contents/MacOS/VoiceOver Utility/..namedfork/rsrc
    6/10/14 11:31:24.947 AM WindowServer[139]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Finder" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
    6/10/14 11:31:25.135 AM WindowServer[139]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Finder" after 1.19 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
    6/10/14 11:31:42.195 AM Finder[262]: Warning: Cache image returned by the server has size range covering all valid image sizes. Binding: FileInfoBinding [0x9203] - extension: (NULL), UTI: dyn.agk80255drq, fileType: lock request size:18 scale: 1
    6/10/14 11:37:57.990 AM secd[307]:  SecErrorGetOSStatus unknown error domain: com.apple.security.sos.error for error: The operation couldn’t be completed. (com.apple.security.sos.error error 2 - Public Key not available - failed to register before call)
    6/10/14 11:37:57.990 AM secd[307]:  securityd_xpc_dictionary_handler EscrowSecurityAl[3206] DeviceInCircle The operation couldn’t be completed. (com.apple.security.sos.error error 2 - Public Key not available - failed to register before call)
    6/10/14 11:49:10.000 AM kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page(0x1000): p=3244[GoogleSoftwareUp] final status 0x0, allowing (remove VALID) page
    6/10/14 12:00:00.000 PM WindowServer[139]: CGXSetWindowListSystemAlpha: Invalid window 76 (index 0/1)
    6/10/14 12:01:03.571 PM xpcproxy[3302]: assertion failed: 13C64: xpcproxy + 3438 [D559FC96-E6B1-363A-B850-C7AC9734F210]: 0x2
    6/10/14 12:31:14.533 PM ntpd[191]: SYNC state ignoring -0.130845 s
    6/10/14 12:34:53.048 PM WindowServer[139]: MPAccessSurfaceForDisplayDevice: Set up page flip mode on display 0x042801c0 device: 0x7fafd2c1b8e0  isBackBuffered: 1 numComp: 3 numDisp: 3
    EtreCheck version: 1.9.11 (43) - report generated June 10, 2014 at 11:16:14 AM PDT
    Hardware Information:
              iMac (27-inch, Mid 2011)
              iMac - model: iMac12,2
              1 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 4 cores
              16 GB RAM
    Video Information:
              AMD Radeon HD 6770M - VRAM: 512 MB
    System Software:
              OS X 10.9.2 (13C64) - Uptime: 0 days 0:28:17
    Disk Information:
              ST31000528AS disk0 : (1 TB)
                        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 987.22 GB (60.78 GB free)
                        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
                        eDrive (disk0s4) <not mounted>: 12 GB
              OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5690H 
    USB Information:
              Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
              Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
              Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
              Seagate Backup+ Desk 3 TB
                        PhotoVAULT 2013+ (disk3s1) /Volumes/PhotoVAULT 2013+: 3 TB (218.41 GB free)
              Mitsumi Electric Hub in Apple Extended USB Keyboard
                        Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse
                        Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard
              Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
                        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Thunderbolt Information:
              Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
    Gatekeeper:
              Mac App Store and identified developers
    Kernel Extensions:
              [kext loaded] at.obdev.nke.LittleSnitch (4092 - SDK 10.8) Support
              [kext loaded] com.AmbrosiaSW.AudioSupport (4.1.2 - SDK 10.6) Support
              [not loaded] com.Avid.driver.AvidDX (4.9.2) Support
              [not loaded] com.SafeNet.driver.Sentinel (7.3.0) Support
              [not loaded] com.avid.driver.Avid_SCSI (1.2.0) Support
              [not loaded] com.avid.driver.Avid_SCSI_RBC (1.2.0) Support
              [not loaded] com.digidesign.fwfamily.driver (8.0.4f1) Support
              [not loaded] com.digidesign.mbox2.boot.driver (8.0.4f1) Support
              [not loaded] com.digidesign.mbox2.driver (8.0.4f1) Support
              [kext loaded] com.hzsystems.terminus.driver (4) Support
              [not loaded] com.paceap.kext.PACESupport (5.7.2b8) Support
              [not loaded] com.paceap.kext.PACESupport2 (5.7.2b8) Support
              [not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.leopard (5.7.2b8) Support
              [not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.master (5.7.2b8) Support
              [not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.panther (5.7.2b8) Support
              [kext loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard (5.7.2b8) Support
              [not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.tiger (5.7.2b8) Support
              [not loaded] com.roxio.BluRaySupport (1.1.6) Support
              [not loaded] com.roxio.TDIXController (2.0) Support
              [not loaded] com.symantec.kext.SymAPComm (12.6f28 - SDK 10.6) Support
              [kext loaded] com.symantec.kext.internetSecurity (5.3f6) Support
              [kext loaded] com.symantec.kext.ips (3.9.1f10) Support
              [not loaded] com.wdc.driver.1394HP (1.0.11 - SDK 10.4) Support
              [not loaded] com.wdc.driver.1394_64HP (1.0.1 - SDK 10.6) Support
              [not loaded] com.wdc.driver.USBHP (1.0.11) Support
              [not loaded] com.wdc.driver.USB_64HP (1.0.0 - SDK 10.6) Support
    Startup Items:
              Digidesign Mbox 2: Path: /Library/StartupItems/Digidesign Mbox 2
              DigidesignLoader: Path: /Library/StartupItems/DigidesignLoader
              PACESupport: Path: /Library/StartupItems/PACESupport
    Launch Daemons:
              [running] at.obdev.littlesnitchd.plist Support
              [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
              [loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Support
              [loaded] com.ambrosiasw.ambrosiaaudiosupporthelper.daemon.plist Support
              [running] com.autodesk.backburner_manager.plist Support
              [running] com.autodesk.backburner_server.plist Support
              [failed] com.autodesk.backburner_start.plist Support
              [running] com.digidesign.fwfamily.helper.plist Support
              [running] com.micromat.CheckmateIdleDaemon.plist Support
              [not loaded] com.micromat.CheckmateWorkerDaemon.plist Support
              [running] com.micromat.TechToolProDaemon.plist Support
              [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
              [loaded] com.symantec.errorreporter-periodic.plist Support
              [loaded] com.symantec.liveupdate.daemon.ondemand.plist Support
              [loaded] com.symantec.liveupdate.daemon.plist Support
              [not loaded] com.symantec.nav.migrateqtf.plist Support
              [running] com.symantec.sharedsettings.plist Support
              [running] com.symantec.symdaemon.plist Support
              [loaded] PACESupport.plist Support
    Launch Agents:
              [running] at.obdev.LittleSnitchUIAgent.plist Support
              [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
              [loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist Support
              [running] com.micromat.CheckmateAgent.plist Support
              [running] com.micromat.TechToolProAgent.plist Support
              [loaded] com.symantec.errorreporter-periodicagent.plist Support
              [running] com.symantec.uiagent.application.plist Support
    User Launch Agents:
              [loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
              [failed] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
              [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
              [running] ws.agile.1PasswordAgent.plist Support
    User Login Items:
              AdobeResourceSynchronizer
              1Password.agilekeychain
              Dropbox
              Google Drive
              DragThing
    Internet Plug-ins:
              Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.2.0.16   - SDK 10.8 Support
              FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 14.0.0.125 - SDK 10.6 Support
              AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 1.0.0.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
              Flash Player: Version: 14.0.0.125 - SDK 10.6 Support
              AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.0.0 Support
              Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
              JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
              QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
              SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.2.3 - SDK 10.6 Support
              Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
              iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
    Safari Extensions:
              Ebay Shopping Assistant: Version: 1.1
              DoNotTrackMe: Online Privacy Protection: Version: 3.1.1064
              Amazon Shopping Assistant: Version: 1.1
              Video Converter: Version: 4.0.0
              Slick Savings: Version: 2.0
              Searchme: Version: 1.3
              1Password: Version: 4.2.1
    Audio Plug-ins:
              BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
              AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
              AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
              iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
    iTunes Plug-ins:
              Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
    User Internet Plug-ins:
              Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 Support
    3rd Party Preference Panes:
              A Better Finder Preferences  Support
              Default Folder X  Support
              Flash Player  Support
              MenuMeters  Support
              Norton\nQuickMenu  Support
              TechTool Protection  Support
    Time Machine:
              Skip System Files: NO
              Mobile backups: OFF
              Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
              Volumes being backed up:
                        Macintosh HD: Disk size: 919.42 GB Disk used: 862.81 GB
              Destinations:
                        TimeMACHINE 2013 [Local] (Last used)
                        Total size: 2 
                        Total number of backups: 36
                        Oldest backup: 2013-04-27 17:05:57 +0000
                        Last backup: 2014-05-02 19:20:57 +0000
                        Size of backup disk: Too small
                                  Backup size 2  < (Disk used 862.81 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
                   1%          1Password 4
                   1%          PluginProcess
                   0%          fontd
                   0%          SystemUIServer
    Top Processes by Memory:
              246 MB          mds_stores
              229 MB          Safari
              213 MB          com.apple.IconServicesAgent
              115 MB          Dropbox
              98 MB          Finder
    Virtual Memory Information:
              10.65 GB          Free RAM
              3.14 GB          Active RAM
              762 MB          Inactive RAM
              1.46 GB          Wired RAM
              519 MB          Page-ins
              0 B          Page-outs
    Thanks for reading this far... ;-)
    joe holly

    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.
    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. All it does is to collect information about the state of the computer. That information goes nowhere unless you choose to share it. However, you should be cautious about running any kind of program (not just a shell script) at the behest of a stranger. If you have doubts, search this site for other discussions in which this procedure has been followed without any report of ill effects. If you can't satisfy yourself that the instructions are safe, don't follow them. Ask for other options.
    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.
    4. 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.
    5. 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.
    6. 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:
    PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/libexec;clear;cd;p=(Software Hardware Memory Diagnostics Power FireWire Thunderbolt USB Fonts 51 4 1000 25 5120 KiB/s 1024 85 \\b%% 20480 1 MB/s 25000 ports 'com.autodesk.AutoCad com.evenflow.dropbox com.google.GoogleDrive' DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES\ DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH -86 ` route -n get default|awk '/e:/{print $2}' ` 25 N\\/A down up 102400 25600 recvfrom sendto CFBundleIdentifier 25 25 25 1000 MB );N5=${#p[@]};p[N5]=` networksetup -listnetworkserviceorder|awk ' NR>1 { sub(/^\([0-9]+\) /,"");n=$0;getline;} $NF=="'${p[26]}')" { sub(/.$/,"",$NF);print n;exit;} ' `;f=('\n%s: %s\n' '\n%s\n\n%s\n' '\nRAM details\n%s\n' %s\ %s '%s\n\t(%s)\n' );S0() { echo ' { q=$NF+0;$NF="";u=$(NF-1);$(NF-1)="";gsub(/^ +| +$/,"");if(q>='${p[$1]}') printf("%s (UID %s) is using %s '${p[$2]}'",$0,u,q);} ';};s=(' /^ *$|CSConfigDot/d;s/^ */   /;s/[-0-9A-Fa-f]{22,}/UUID/g;s/(ochat)\.[^.]+(\..+)/\1\2/;/Shared/!s/\/Users\/[^/]+/~/g ' ' s/^ +//;5p;6p;8p;12p;' ' {sub(/^ +/,"")};NR==6;NR==13&&$2<'${p[10]} ' 1s/://;3,6d;/[my].+:/d;s/^ {4}//;H;${ g;s/\n$//;/s: [^EO]|x([^08]|02[^F]|8[^0])/p;} ' ' 5h;6{ H;g;/P/!p;} ' ' ($1~/^Cy/&&$3>'${p[11]}')||($1~/^Cond/&&$2!~/^N/) ' ' /:$/{ N;/:.+:/d;s/ *://;b0'$'\n'' };/^ *(V.+ [0N]|Man).+ /{ s/ 0x.... //;s/[()]//g;s/(.+: )(.+)/ (\2)/;H;};$b0'$'\n'' d;:0'$'\n'' x;s/\n\n//;/Apple[ ,]|Intel|SMSC/d;s/\n.*//;/\)$/p;' ' s/^.*C/C/;H;${ g;/No th|pms/!p;} ' '/= [^GO]/p' '{$1=""};1' ' /Of/!{ s/^.+is |\.//g;p;} ' ' $0&&!/ / { n++;print;} END { if(n<200) print "com.apple.";} ' ' $3~/[0-9]:[0-9]{2}$/ { gsub(/:[0-9:a-f]{14}/,"");} { print|"tail -n'${p[12]}'";} ' ' NR==2&&$4<='${p[13]}' { print $4;} ' ' END { $2/=256;if($2>='${p[15]}') print int($2) } ' ' NR!=13{next};{sub(/[+-]$/,"",$NF)};'"`S0 21 22`" 'NR!=2{next}'"`S0 37 17`" ' NR!=5||$8!~/[RW]/{next};{ $(NF-1)=$1;$NF=int($NF/10000000);for(i=1;i<=3;i++){$i="";$(NF-1-i)="";};};'"`S0 19 20`" 's:^:/:p' '/\.kext\/(Contents\/)?Info\.plist$/p' 's/^.{52}(.+) <.+/\1/p' ' /Launch[AD].+\.plist$/ { n++;print;} END { if(n<200) print "/System/";} ' '/\.xpc\/(Contents\/)?Info\.plist$/p' ' NR>1&&!/0x|\.[0-9]+$|com\.apple\.launchctl\.(Aqua|Background|System)$/ { print $3;} ' ' /\.(framew|lproj)|\):/d;/plist:|:.+(Mach|scrip)/s/:[^:]+//p ' '/root/p' ' !/\/Contents\/.+\/Contents|Applic|Autom|Frameworks/&&/Lib.+\/Info.plist$/ { n++;print;} END { if(n<1000) print "/System/";} ' '/^\/usr\/lib\/.+dylib$/p' ' /Temp|emac/d;/(etc|Preferences)\//s/^\.\/[^/]+//p;' ' /\/(Contents\/.+\/Contents|Frameworks)\/|\.wdgt\/.+\.([bw]|plu)/d;p;' 's/\/(Contents\/)?Info.plist$//;p' ' { gsub("^| ","||kMDItem'${p[35]}'=");sub("^.."," ") };1 ' p '{print $3"\t"$1}' 's/\'$'\t''.+//p' 's/1/On/p' '/Prox.+: [^0]/p' '$2>'${p[9]}'{$2=$2-1;print}' ' BEGIN { i="'${p[26]}'";M1='${p[16]}';M2='${p[18]}';M3='${p[31]}';M4='${p[32]}';} !/^A/ { next;} /%/ { getline;if($5<M1) a="user "$2"%, system "$4"%";} /disk0/&&$4>M2 { b=$3" ops/s, "$4" blocks/s";} $2==i { if(c) { d=$3+$4+$5+$6;next;};if($4>M3||$6>M4) c=int($4/1024)" in, "int($6/1024)" out";} END { if(a) print "CPU: "a;if(b) print "I/O: "b;if(c) print "Net: "c" (KiB/s)";if(d) print "Net errors: "d" packets/s";} ' ' /r\[0\] /&&$NF!~/^1(0|72\.(1[6-9]|2[0-9]|3[0-1])|92\.168)\./ { print $NF;exit;} ' ' !/^T/ { printf "(static)";exit;} ' '/apsd|OpenD/!s/:.+//p' ' (/k:/&&$3!~/(255\.){3}0/ )||(/v6:/&&$2!~/A/ ) ' ' $1~"lR"&&$2<='${p[25]}';$1~"li"&&$3!~"wpa2";' ' BEGIN { FS=":";} { n=split($3,a,".");sub(/_2[01].+/,"",$3);print $2" "$3" "a[n]" "$1;b=b$1;} END { if(b) print("\n\t* Code injection");} ' ' NR!=4{next} {$NF/=10240} '"`S0 27 14`" ' END { if($3~/[0-9]/)print$3;} ' ' BEGIN { L='${p[36]}';} !/^[[:space:]]*(#.*)?$/ { l++;if(l<=L) f=f"\n   "$0;} END { F=FILENAME;if(!F) exit;if(!f) f="\n   [N/A]";"file -b "F|getline T;if(T!~/^(AS.+ (En.+ )?text$|POSIX sh.+ text ex)/) F=F" ("T")";printf("\nContents of %s\n%s\n",F,f);if(l>L) printf("\n   ...and %s more line(s)\n",l-L);} ' ' BEGIN{FS="= "} /Path/{print $2} ' ' /^ +B/{ s/.+= |(-[0-9]+)?\.s.+//g;p;} ' ' END{print NR} ' ' /id: N|te: Y/{i++} END{print i} ' ' / /{$0="'"${p[28]}"'"};1;' '/ en/!s/\.//p' ' NR!=13{next};{sub(/[+-M]$/,"",$NF)};'"`S0 39 40`" ' $10~/\(L/&&$9!~"localhost" { sub(/.+:/,"",$9);print $1": "$9;} ' '/^ +r/s/.+"(.+)".+/\1/p' 's/(.+\.wdgt)\/(Contents\/)?Info\.plist$/\1/p' 's/^.+\/(.+)\.wdgt$/\1/p' 's/0/Off/p' );c1=(system_profiler pmset\ -g nvram fdesetup find syslog df vm_stat sar ps sudo\ crontab sudo\ iotop top pkgutil PlistBuddy whoami cksum kextstat launchctl sudo\ launchctl crontab 'sudo defaults read' stat lsbom mdfind ' for i in ${p[24]};do ${c1[18]} ${c2[27]} $i;done;' defaults\ read scutil sudo\ dtrace sudo\ profiles sed\ -En awk /S*/*/P*/*/*/C*/*/airport networksetup mdutil sudo\ lsof test );c2=(com.apple.loginwindow\ LoginHook '-c Print /L*/P*/loginw*' '-c Print L*/P*/*loginit*' '-c Print L*/Saf*/*/E*.plist' '~ $TMPDIR.. \( -flags +sappnd,schg,uappnd,uchg -o ! -user $UID -o ! -perm -600 \)' '.??* -path .Trash -prune -o -type d -name *.app -print -prune' '-c Print\ :'${p[35]}' 2>&1' '-c Print\ :Label 2>&1' '{/,}L*/{Con,Pref}* -type f ! -size 0 -name *.plist -exec plutil -s {} \;' "-f'%N: %l' Desktop L*/Keyc*" therm sysload boot-args status " -F '\$Time \$Message' -k Sender kernel -k Message Req 'Beac|caug|dead[^bl]|FAIL|GPU |hfs: Ru|inval|jnl:|last value [1-9]|n Cause: -|NVDA\(|pagin|proc: t|Roamed|rror|ssert|Thrott|tim(ed? ?|ing )o|WARN' -k Message Rne 'Goog|ksadm|SMC:' -o -k Sender fseventsd -k Message Req 'SL' " '-du -n DEV -n EDEV 1 10' 'acrx -o comm,ruid,%cpu' '-t1 10 1' '-f -pfc /var/db/r*/com.apple.*.{BS,Bas,Es,OSXU,Rem,up}*.bom' '{/,}L*/Lo*/Diag* -type f -regex .\*[cgh] ! -name *ag \( -exec grep -lq "^Thread c" {} \; -exec printf \* \; -o -true \) -execdir stat -f:%Sc:%N -t%F {} \;|sort -t: -k2 |tail -n'${p[38]} '-L {/{S*/,},}L*/Lau* -type f' '-L /{S*/,}L*/StartupItems -type f -exec file {} +' '-L /S*/L*/{C*/Sec*A,E}* {/,}L*/{A*d,Ca*/*/Ex,Compon,Ex,In,iTu,Keyb,Mail/B,P*P,Qu*T,Scripti,Sec,Servi,Spo,Widg}* -type f -name Info.plist' '/usr/lib -type f -name *.dylib' `awk "${s[31]}"<<<${p[23]}` "/e*/{auto,{cron,fs}tab,hosts,[lps]*.conf,pam.d,ssh{,d}_config,*.local} {,/usr/local}/etc/periodic/*/* /L*/P*{,/*}/com.a*.{Bo,sec*.ap}* .launchd.conf" list getenv /Library/Preferences/com.apple.alf\ globalstate --proxy '-n get default' -I --dns -getdnsservers -getinfo\ "${p[N5]}" -P -m\ / '' -n1 '-R -l1 -n1 -o prt -stats command,uid,prt' '--regexp --only-files --files com.apple.pkg.*|sort|uniq' -kl -l -s\ / '-R -l1 -n1 -o mem -stats command,uid,mem' -i4TCP:0-1023 com.apple.dashboard\ layer-gadgets '-d /L*/Mana*/$USER&&echo On' '-app Safari WebKitDNSPrefetchingEnabled' );N1=${#c2[@]};for j in {0..8};do c2[N1+j]=SP${p[j]}DataType;done;N2=${#c2[@]};for j in 0 1;do c2[N2+j]="-n ' syscall::'${p[33+j]}':return { @out[execname,uid]=sum(arg0) } tick-10sec { trunc(@out,1);exit(0);} '";done;l=(Restricted\ files Hidden\ apps 'Elapsed time (s)' POST Battery Safari\ extensions Bad\ plists 'High file counts' User Heat System\ load boot\ args FileVault Diagnostic\ reports Log 'Free space (MiB)' 'Swap (MiB)' Activity 'CPU per process' Login\ hook 'I/O per process' Mach\ ports kexts Daemons Agents launchd Startup\ items Admin\ access Root\ access Bundles dylibs Apps Font\ issues Inserted\ dylibs Firewall Proxies DNS TCP/IP Wi-Fi Profiles Root\ crontab User\ crontab 'Global login items' 'User login items' Spotlight Memory Listeners Widgets Parental\ Controls Prefetching );N3=${#l[@]};for i in 0 1 2;do l[N3+i]=${p[5+i]};done;N4=${#l[@]};for j in 0 1;do l[N4+j]="Current ${p[29+j]}stream data";done;A0() { id -G|grep -qw 80;v[1]=$?;((v[1]==0))&&sudo true;v[2]=$?;v[3]=`date +%s`;clear >&-;date '+Start time: %T %D%n';};for i in 0 1;do eval ' A'$((1+i))'() { v=` eval "${c1[$1]} ${c2[$2]}"|'${c1[30+i]}' "${s[$3]}" `;[[ "$v" ]];};A'$((3+i))'() { v=` while read i;do [[ "$i" ]]&&eval "${c1[$1]} ${c2[$2]}" \"$i\"|'${c1[30+i]}' "${s[$3]}";done<<<"${v[$4]}" `;[[ "$v" ]];};A'$((5+i))'() { v=` while read i;do '${c1[30+i]}' "${s[$1]}" "$i";done<<<"${v[$2]}" `;[[ "$v" ]];};';done;A7(){ v=$((`date +%s`-v[3]));};B2(){ v[$1]="$v";};for i in 0 1;do eval ' B'$i'() { v=;((v['$((i+1))']==0))||{ v=No;false;};};B'$((3+i))'() { v[$2]=`'${c1[30+i]}' "${s[$3]}"<<<"${v[$1]}"`;} ';done;B5(){ v[$1]="${v[$1]}"$'\n'"${v[$2]}";};B6() { v=` paste -d: <(printf "${v[$1]}") <(printf "${v[$2]}")|awk -F: ' {printf("'"${f[$3]}"'",$1,$2)} ' `;};B7(){ v=`grep -Fv "${v[$1]}"<<<"$v"`;};C0(){ [[ "$v" ]]&&echo "$v";};C1() { [[ "$v" ]]&&printf "${f[$1]}" "${l[$2]}" "$v";};C2() { v=`echo $v`;[[ "$v" != 0 ]]&&C1 0 $1;};C3() { v=`sed -E "$s"<<<"$v"`&&C1 1 $1;};for i in 1 2;do for j in 2 3;do eval D$i$j'(){ A'$i' $1 $2 $3; C'$j' $4;};';done;done;{ A0;A2 0 $((N1+1)) 2;C0;A1 0 $N1 1;C0;B0;C2 27;B0&&! B1&&C2 28;D12 15 37 25 8;A1 0 $((N1+2)) 3;C0;D13 0 $((N1+3)) 4 3;D23 0 $((N1+4)) 5 4;for i in 0 1 2;do D13 0 $((N1+5+i)) 6 $((N3+i));done;D13 1 10 7 9;D13 1 11 8 10;D22 2 12 9 11;D12 3 13 10 12;D23 4 19 44 13;D23 5 14 12 14;D22 6 36 13 15;D22 7 37 14 16;D23 8 15 38 17;D22 9 16 16 18;B1&&{ D22 11 17 17 20;for i in 0 1;do D22 28 $((N2+i)) 45 $((N4+i));done;};D22 12 44 54 45;D22 12 39 15 21;A1 13 40 18;B2 4;B3 4 0 19;A3 14 6 32 0;B4 0 5 11;A1 17 41 20;B7 5;C3 22;B4 4 6 21;A3 14 7 32 6;B4 0 7 11;B3 4 0 22;A3 14 6 32 0;B4 0 8 11;B5 7 8;B1&&{ A2 19 26 23;B7 7;C3 23;};A2 18 26 23;B7 7;C3 24;A2 4 20 21;B7 6;B2 9;A4 14 7 52 9;B2 10;B6 9 10 4;C3 25;D13 4 21 24 26;B4 4 12 26;B3 4 13 27;A1 4 22 29;B7 12;B2 14;A4 14 6 52 14;B2 15;B6 14 15 4;B3 0 0 30;C3 29;A1 4 23 27;B7 13;C3 30;D13 24 24 32 31;D13 25 37 32 33;A1 23 18 28;B2 16;A2 16 25 33;B7 16;B3 0 0 34;B2 21;A6 47 21&&C0;B1&&{ D13 21 0 32 19;D13 10 42 32 40;D22 29 35 46 39;};D23 14 1 48 42;D12 34 43 53 44;D22 0 $((N1+8)) 51 32;D13 4 8 41 6;D12 26 28 35 34;D13 27 29 36 35;A2 27 32 39&&{ B2 19;A2 33 33 40;B2 20;B6 19 20 3;};C2 36;D23 33 34 42 37;B1&&D23 35 45 55 46;D23 32 31 43 38;D12 36 47 32 48;D13 20 42 32 41;D23 14 2 48 43;D13 4 5 32 1;D22 4 4 50 0;D13 14 3 49 5;D12 26 48 59 49;B3 4 22 57;A1 26 46 56;B7 22;B3 0 0 58;C3 47;D23 22 9 37 7;A7;C2 2;} 2>/dev/null|pbcopy;exit 2>&-  
    Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
    7. Launch the built-in 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.
    Click anywhere in the Terminal window and paste by pressing command-V. The text you pasted should vanish immediately. If it doesn't, press the return key.
    8. If you see an error message in the Terminal window such as "syntax error," enter
    exec bash
    and press return. Then paste the script again.
    9. If you're logged in as an administrator, you'll be prompted for your login password. Nothing will be displayed when you type it. You will not see the usual dots in place of typed characters. Make sure caps lock is off. Type carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you make three failed attempts to enter the password, the test will run anyway, but it will produce less information. In most cases, the difference is not important. If you don't know the password, or if you prefer not to enter it, press the key combination control-C or just press return three times at the password prompt. Again, the script will still run.
    If you're not logged in as an administrator, you won't be prompted for a password. The test will still run. It just won't do anything that requires administrator privileges.
    10. The test may take a few minutes to run, depending on how many files you have and the speed of the computer. A computer that's abnormally slow may take longer to run the test. While it's running, there will be nothing in the Terminal window and no indication of progress. Wait for the line
    [Process completed]
    to appear. If you don't see it within half an hour or so, the test probably won't complete in a reasonable time. In that case, close the Terminal window and report the results. No harm will be done.
    11. When the test is complete, quit Terminal. The results will have been copied to the Clipboard automatically. They are not shown in the Terminal window. Please don't copy anything from there. All you have to do is start a reply to this comment and then paste by pressing command-V again.
    At the top of the results, there will be a line that begins with "Model Identifier." If you don't see that, but instead see a mass of gibberish, you didn't wait for the "Process completed" message to appear in the Terminal window. Please wait for it and try again.
    If any private information, such as your name or email address, appears in the results, anonymize it before posting. Usually that won't be necessary.
    12. When you post the results, you might see the message, "You have included content in your post that is not permitted." It means that the forum software has misidentified something in the post as a violation of the rules. If that happens, please post the test results on Pastebin, then post a link here to the page you created.
    Note: This is a public forum, and others may give you advice based on the results of the test. They speak only for themselves, and I don't necessarily agree with them.
    Copyright © 2014 by Linc Davis. As the sole author of this work, I reserve all rights to it except as provided in the Use Agreement for the Apple Support Communities website ("ASC"). Readers of ASC may copy it for their own personal use. Neither the whole nor any part may be redistributed.

  • Keeps Crashing out runs so very slow with more than say 50 images

    I useually come home from a shoot with around 2000 photos, I normally put theses into one directory in Lightroom called 'Temp Photos', this is so that I can go through and delete the duds, after that I will go through and rotate any that are slightly off square, and then finally I will Colour and Tone adjust what is left, normally ending up with 1500 to 1800 photos.
    The problem is this, I need to reload Lightroom after the import, the main reason for this is that when I load up the Task Panel it stats that Lightroom is using up around 780Mb RAM and around 99% CPU, and the system just grinds to a hault, that is if I can get Task Panel to even load, Lightroom seems to be so memory hungry that I normally can not get any response from the system at all, and have to resort to holding in the power button on the PC to shut it down and then boot from cold again.
    I need to do this about 10-20 times when working on this amount of images, as the more that I work with it the slower it gets, some times I can guage it right and I can quit out of Lightroom and restart it before it hangs the system.
    The system is a Dual Xeon 2.8GHz running XP SP2, 2Gb RAM, a 512Mb Video Card and load of Hard drive space, So why is this software SO memoryu hungry, and what Can i do to speed it up.

    > what Can i do to speed it up.
    When you import, make sure you render standard previews.
    After that, go to grid mode and the smallest available cell size. Look at the cells. In the upper right corner you'll likely see three dots. Wait for them all to disappear and then page down. Repeat until you get to the bottom. When you are done, restart LR.
    Let me know if that speeds your performance.

  • Intel Mac Mini runs slow with more than one app running.

    Hello, I just bought a new 1.66 Mac Mini. It's stock. When I don't have any applications open and I go to open one like a web browser or iTunes, they open very fast. If I have say iTunes or a browser open and I go to open another app, it opens very slow. I have counted up to 12 bounces of the icon before an app will open but the same app will open in one or two bounces of the icon if nothing else is open. Is this caused by only having 512Mb of RAM?

    I have never tried the Sims 2 (PC version) on a PC with integrated graphics, but I got good performance on a Dell laptop (512 MB RAM, Intel Pentium M 1.4 Ghz, nVidia GeForce Go5200 FX / 64 MB VRAM). I don't know how much impact the integrated graphics could have on its performance. Upgrading to 1 GB, however, should ensure that you get decent performance and even if you don't need that Gig it will make your computer faster.
    When using Windows under Boot Camp, your Mac will perform like any PC with the same hardware ...
    Mac mini1.25 Ghz G41 GB RAM40 GB HDDAirPort Extreme Mac OS X (10.4.6) External 250 GB LaCie HDDLaCie FW DVD-RW DL 16x20 GB iPod w/Color Display

  • Is my mbp 2011 compatibil with sata 3,6gbps?

    will ocz vertex 3 work? or is better to put vertex 2 ? my mbp is 2011 model

    According to Anandtech, they tested a 2011 high-end 15" model and found out that the HDD/SDD is connected using a 6Gbps link and the optical drive is at 3Gbps.
    Source: http://www.anandtech.com/show/4205/the-macbook-pro-review-13-and-15-inch-2011-br ings-sandy-bridge/5

  • Best CS5 memory settings for MBP dual core with 8GB RAM?

    The Adobe page on this suggests doing some tests (groan). But why, when there's a forum chock full of folks who've already done some..?
    So, what settings have you found to work best?
    Any other tweaks?
    BTW I also have CS4 running in Boot Camp. if anyone can recommend the settings there I'd much appreciate it.
    Cheers!

    > But why, when there's a forum chock full of folks who've already done some..?
    Because every composition has different requirements, every computer system is different, and every person is willing to make different trade-offs. There is no way to give a general recommendation if some people are working on web videos with hundreds of small motion graphics layers and other people are working on IMAX movies with only a few layers.
    This page is the closest that you're going to get to a general recommendation:
    http://forums.adobe.com/thread/543440

  • 2011 MBP with 8GB of RAM, generally slow under Lion, possibly thrashing

    I have a 17" 2011 MBP with 8GB of RAM and the fastest CPU available at the time.  It came with Snow Leopard, and it was really fast with basically everything I threw at it.
    Since the upgrade to Lion, it has a general tendency to get really unresponsive.  My workload hasn't fundamentally changed.  Rather than just hope it's bugs in Lion that will get fixed, I'd like to see if anyone can advise me on things I might investigate, either to fix things myself, or to be more intelligent about identifying bugs I can report.
    One thing I notice is that Time Machine backups will bring the system to its knees.  Everything will be going along just fine, and then TM will kick on, and all my apps will stop responding.  Once TM has finished, things will slowly come back to normal.  There's a lot of disk activity, which I have assumed was swapping.  Another thing that causes trouble is that mds (and a whole bunch of mdsworkers) will frequently kick on, and will slow down the system.
    CPU load is always quite low, but free memory is always very low.  (However, in some OS's Free Memory is misleading, because a lot of disk blocks are cached in RAM, so it's not really "used" either..)
    What I can't really distinguish for sure is if the system is slow because of swapping/thrashing (which is what I assume) or if it's slowed down for some other reason related to disk activity.
    Here are the apps I typically run:
    - NetBeans (which is a pig, taking up over 1GB or real memory)
    - Safari (which is also a pig, often taking up more than 1GB between the main Safari process and the Web Content process)
    - Sometimes Parallels (2GB for the VM, and probably another 1GB for other stuff, because it's also a pig)
    - kernel_task typically reports taking up over 1GB of real memory
    - WindowServer also reports using 280MB
    - various other small apps like Mail, NetNewsWire, Preview, Terminal, Adium, Smultron, Colloquy, none of which use much memory
    I got the 8GB, because I knew I was going to use a lot of memory for stuff, and it was great under Snow Leopard.  But with Lion, it just doesn't seem to be enough.  Even with all of those huge processes, I can't believe that their working sets are really as big as their virtual and physical memory footprints seem to be.  I mean it's not unusual for a process to have 2GB of virtual space but only a few 100MB of real memory, and some of that is shared object libraries, where the same physical memory is mapped into multiple processes.  (Have shared object libraries stopped being physically shared under Lion?)
    Are other people having similar trouble?  Any suggested remedies?  Any suggestions on how to investigate so I can see if there are any actual bugs?
    I would like to understand why my system went from zippy to slow after I upgraded to Lion.  Actually, quite a few things have broken.  Time Machine has become a pig, bluetooth doesn't work reliably anymore, airport doesn't connect reliably anymore, and lots of little annoying bugs.  But this is common for early point releases of new OS's, so I can't complain too much.  But for Lion to have really regressed in memory management is definitely not good.

    Safari, for what ever reason, has become a huge memory
    pig.  The longer you are using it the more memory it
    gobbles up.
    In Activity Monitor, check the Page outs and Swapped used.
    This will tell you how much memory swapping is going on.
    As for Time Machine, you may want to set your Parallels
    HD image not to get backed up by Time Machine.  May
    help since it is a huge collection of files.  But there have been
    issues reported with Time Machine and Lion.  I don't
    use it myself and opt for the cloning methodology and
    seperate data backup strategy.  Also, in Spotlight
    preferences under the Privacy Tab, I have added
    my Windows VM folders, for same reason.  Unless you really
    need to find something on the windows VM volumes when you
    don't have the Windows VM active, it just eats up alot
    of disk access time.
    For solving airport issues check this article:
    http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20117247-263/fixing-airport-problems-in-os- x/?tag=mncol;txt
    For Bluetooth devices, try removing them, and have them rediscovered if you
    can.
    Hopefully, this gives you a start on cleaning things up.

  • My 2011 MBP has begun running slow with frequent 'spinning beach ball' events. I'm running Yosemite and wondered if I should of use the original install disk for maintenance.

    My 2011 MBP has begun running slow with frequent 'spinning beach ball' events. I'm running Yosemite and wondered if I should of use the original install disk for a maintenance reinstall. I presume I'd have to download Yosemite again, though I'd be happy just using Snow Leopard again too.
    Thanks for the help.

    When you see a beachball cursor or the slowness is especially bad, note the exact time: hour, minute, second.  
    These instructions must be carried out as an administrator. If you have only one user account, you are the administrator.
    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 and start typing the name.
    The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
              SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
    from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
              View ▹ Show Log List
    from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
    Each message in the log begins with the date and time when it was entered. Scroll back to the time you noted above.
    Select the messages entered from then until the end of the episode, or until they start to repeat, whichever comes first.
    Copy the messages to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
    The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of it useless for solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
    Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
    Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
    Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

  • I have a 2011 Macbook Pro 15" Snow Leopard Quadcore icore 7 with 8Gb of RAM and Im a Webpage Graphic Designer but why is my Macbookpro is so slow!?

    I have a 2011 Macbook Pro 15" Snow Leopard Quadcore icore 7 with 8Gb of RAM and Im a Webpage Graphic Designer but why is my Macbookpro is so slow!?
    I'm opening like Skype, AIM, Chrome the Memory Hog, Adobe Photshop and Illustrator...  Its so slow! I tried Onyx, CleanMyMac, iFreeMemory or just purging  but still i still have to restart to get it back to normal after closing all the applications... im not really impressed with the memory swapping thing,Even though my inactive RAM is like 2GB its so SloW! Anyone knows how to fix this problem?

    It's hard to say why your machine is slow, but that machine with 8 GB of RAM should not be slow.  Could be any number of possible problems.  Try taking a look at the Mac OS X Speed FAQ.

  • Why is my refurb MBP 2011 so slow in comparison to an identical model?

    Hello dear community.
    I purchased my macbook pro early 2011 from the refurb store about four months ago.
    When I use a browser and a few (1 - 3) regular programs (office, itunes, acrobat) along the side the OS sometimes starts lagging.
    At first I was using chrome and as soon as I had it running for a while or with more than a few tabs i found it was getting really slow and i got the loading ball on the regular. I felt this couldn't really be it as the macbook should be running like a charm. I googled issues and found that in some cases chrome might be bugged and using up all the ram. Reluctantly I switched to Firefox & Safari which I both find to be lesser browsers in terms of usability. As it turns out this doesn't really solve the problem. Running aperture or final cut is still a pain and still takes so much longer than I would think.
    2 weeks ago I used a friends identical macbook pro 2011 and it runs a lot smoother than mine.
    Could this be related to the refurb purchase or did I do something wrong? My startup is not clogged, I always keep everything clean & tidy, I use progs such as clean my mac etc. pp.
    Would love to get some advice on this
    thx ahead!

    Please read this whole message before doing anything.
    This procedure is a diagnostic test. It won’t solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
    Third-party system modifications are a common cause of usability problems. By a “system modification,” I mean software that affects the operation of other software -- potentially for the worse. The following procedure will help identify which such modifications you've installed. Don’t be alarmed by the complexity of these instructions -- they’re easy to carry out and won’t change anything on your Mac.
    These steps are to be taken while booted in “normal” mode, not in safe mode. If you’re now running in safe mode, reboot as usual before continuing.
    Below are several lines of text in monospaced type, which are UNIX shell commands. They’re harmless, but they must be entered exactly as given in order to work. If you have doubts about the safety of running these commands, search this site for other discussions in which they’ve been used without any report of ill effects.
    Some of the commands will line-wrap or scroll in your browser, but each one is really just a single line, all of which must be selected. You can accomplish this easily by triple-clicking anywhere in the line. The whole line will highlight, and you can then either copy or drag it. The headings “Step 1” and so on are not part of the commands.
    Note: If you have more than one user account, Step 2 must be taken as an administrator. Ordinarily that would be the user created automatically when you booted the system for the first time. The other steps should be taken as the user who has the problem, if different. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this paragraph doesn’t apply.
    To begin, launch the Terminal application; e.g., by entering the first few letters of its name in a Spotlight search. A text window will open with a line already in it, ending either in a dollar sign (“$”) or a percent sign (“%”). If you get the percent sign, enter “sh” (without the quotes) and press return. You should then get a new line ending in a dollar sign.
    Step 1
    Copy or drag -- do not type -- the line below into the Terminal window, then press return:
    kextstat -kl | awk '!/com\.apple/ {print $6 $7}'
    Post the lines of output (if any) that appear below what you just entered (the text, please, not a screenshot.)
    Step 2
    Repeat with this line:
    sudo launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.apple/ {print $3}'
    This time, you'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. You may get a one-time warning not to screw up. You don't need to post the warning.
    Step 3
    launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.apple/ {print $3}'
    Step 4
    ls -1A /e*/mach* {,/}L*/{Ad,Compon,Ex,Fram,In,Keyb,La,Mail/Bu,P*P,Priv,Qu,Scripti,Servi,Sta}* L*/Fonts 2> /dev/null
    Important: If you synchronize with a MobileMe account, your me.com email address may appear in the output of the above command. If so, change it to something like “[email protected]” before posting.
    Step 5
    osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to get the name of every login item'
    Remember, steps 1-5 are all drag-and-drop or copy-and-paste, whichever you prefer -- no typing, except your password.
    You can then quit Terminal.

  • 2011 MBP Ram upgrade. 8Gb or 16Gb?

    Hi all.
    Well I've just sold my two Core2Duo machines and bought a late 2011 13" MBP. 2.4 i5 4Gb ram. I was always intending to upgrade the ram and then put an SSD in it.
    I've done a fresh install and have noticed right away that it doesn't take many apps to be open to get the beach ball up (having forgotten what that was like with max ram and an SSD in the MacBook)
    Now I was going to put 8Gb in initially, but I thought I'd ask opinions, as this is the first time I've used Mountain Lion so I'm not that familiar yet. Would 8Gb be enough for me, or do you recommend the 16Gb? I'm a graphic designer and use indesign, illustrator and photoshop, and the for my own uses I use iPhoto and iTunes and office occasionally. This is my personal machine, so I don't use it all day for this, just when I do any freelance.
    I was thinking 8Gb along with an SSD drive in the future should ought to do it. In the UK, crucial have 8Gb listed at £60 and 16Gb listed at £100 for this model (1333Mhz Ram)
    I know the intel 3000 card used ram for the graphics, and I will be plugged into an external screen also.
    Thanks for your help and suggestions.
    All help much appreciated.
    Rob

    I'm thinking of upgrading my RAM too. I have a MacBook Pro 15" (Late 2011 Model) with the following specs:
    2.2 GHz Intel Core i7
    4GB RAM
    AMD Radeon HD 6750M 512 MB
    As a 3D modeller and 2D illustrator, I use a lot of big software like Photoshop, Maya, Zbrush and Unreal 4. As much as I would like to upgrade to 16GB RAM, my wallet unfortunately is not on the same page with me. Is 8GB enough memory to run these software? And assuming I can afford the 16GB upgrade, can my MBP handle it?

  • Problems deploying Windows 7 x64 computers with more than 8GB RAM

    SCCM 2012 R2 CU1
    Windows 7 x64
    We have a weird problem after upgrading from SP1 to R2 CU1. We have built a Windows 7 64 bit image with the latest updates (currently September 2014 updates). It deploys fine to all computers. But after some days – don’t know exactly – guess after 4-7 days
    - we start getting errors on computers with more than 8 GB of RAM. The errors just start out of the blue. We didn't change TS, image or driver package.
    The error shows in 3 different ways – depending of the computer model.
    1) BSOD – STOP 0x000000F4. Disk error.
    2) Task Sequence error 0x87D00269 when installing the first Application in TS. The error seems to have something to do with Management Point not found.
    3) Task Sequence simply stops after installing CMclient. No errors - it simply stops.
    For instance we get the BSOD on the Lenovo ThinkCentre M93p. But on the ThinkCentre M83 we get the TS error 0x87D00269. M93p and M83 uses the same driver package. They consequently  fail every time after the error has begun. If we reduce (remove physically)
    the memory to max. 8GB of RAM, they successfully run the Task Sequence.  We get the above errors on both Lenovo and HP machines with more than 8GB. 
    I made a copy of the production TS and started testing. I created a new driver package for M93p/M83. It contains only the NIC drivers. Now M93p an M83 successfully finishes the TS. Adding sata or chipset or MEI/SOL drivers to the package I get the 0x87D00269
    error on both m93p and M83. At least not the BSOD on the M93p ;-)
    Tried setting  SMSTSMPListRequestTimeout to 180 in the TS. Also tried putting in a 5 minute break before installing the first Application in the TS. Also tried putting in SMSMP=mp1.mydomain in the installation properties for the CMclient. It is still
    the same problem.
    Investigating the smsts.log on a computer with the 0x87D00269 error.
    Policy Evaluation failed, hr=0x87d00269 InstallApplication
    25-09-2014 08:59:59 3020 (0x0BCC)
    Setting TSEnv variable 'SMSTSAppPolicyEvaluationJobID__ScopeId_654E40B7-FC55-4213-B807-B97383283607/Application_d9eea5a0-0660-43e6-94b8-13983890bae2'=''InstallApplication 25-09-2014 08:59:59 3020 (0x0BCC)
    EvaluationJob complete InstallApplication25-09-2014 08:59:59 3020 (0x0BCC)
    MP list missing in WMI, sending message to location service to retrieve MP list and retrying. InstallApplication 25-09-2014 08:59:59 3020 (0x0BCC)
    m_hResult, HRESULT=87d00269 (e:\qfe\nts\sms\client\osdeployment\installapplication\installapplication.cpp,1080) InstallApplication
    25-09-2014 08:59:59 3020 (0x0BCC)
    Step 2 out of 2 complete InstallApplication 25-09-2014 08:59:59 3020 (0x0BCC)
    Install application action failed: 'SCIENCE PC Guide'. Error Code 0x87d00269 InstallApplication 25-09-2014 08:59:59 3020 (0x0BCC)
    Sending error status message InstallApplication 25-09-2014 08:59:59 3020 (0x0BCC)
     Setting URL = http://mp1.mydomain, Ports = 80,443, CRL = false InstallApplication 25-09-2014 08:59:59 3020 (0x0BCC)
    Investegating the 0x87D00269 error on the siteservers Status Messages Queries is weird.
    Install Static Applications failed, hr=0x87d00269. The operating system reported error 617: You have attempted to change your password to one that you have used in the past. The policy of your user account does not allow this. Please select a password that
    you have not previously used.
    Hopefully this is a bug in translating the errorcodes? Just to be sure I checked all the SCCM serviceaccounts and none of them have expired passwords.  And again why only on computers with more than 8GB RAM.
    Anyone else had problems rolling computers with more than 8GB og RAM?
    Why does this happens after a few days? To begin with, it runs just perfect and then starts failing on all machines with more than 8GB. Without a change in TS, image and driverpackage. We have seen this pattern for the last 3 month after
    updating our image with the latest Windows Updates. It all started after updating from SP1 to R2 CU1.
    Why does it only affect machines with more than 8GB RAM?
    How to get rid of the 0x87D00269 error?
    Seems to be somehow related to driver installation mechanism in SCCM in combination with Windows 7 64 bit, +8GB RAM and SCCM 2012 R2 CU1 or perhaps just R2.
    Any help or hints would be appreciated!
    Thanks
    Anders

    We have the same workaround, using a x64 boot image resolved all our issues with WinPE 5.0.
    Machines with >4GB of RAM
    Lenovo ThinkPad T540p failed applying drivers with 80040005
    Black screen/white cursor issues intermittently
    No updates from Microsoft, they are still looking through the logs, but we have updated our boot images and all is well now. Our case it still open with Microsoft, they are researching the logs.
    Daniel Ratliff | http://www.PotentEngineer.com

Maybe you are looking for