Mid 2010 27" iMac running slowly
My 27" Mid 2010 Imac has been running more slowly lately. It takes longer for start-up, and I get the pinwheel frequently when running programs. I upgraded to Lightroom CC 2015 this week, and the regenerations of the photos on the screen are taking a lot longer than they used to. I upgraded my memory a couple of years ago to 8GB, so I don't think memory is an issue. The following is my EtreCheck report:
EtreCheck version: 2.2 (132)
Report generated 4/25/15, 3:34 PM
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
iMac (27-inch, Mid 2010) (Technical Specifications)
iMac - model: iMac11,3
1 2.8 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 4-core
8 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 0/DIMM1
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM1
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
ATI Radeon HD 5750 - VRAM: 1024 MB
iMac 2560 x 1440
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10.3 (14D136) - Time since boot: 0:15:41
Disk Information: ℹ️
WDC WD1001FALS-40Y6A0 disk0 : (1 TB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Nics HD (disk0s2) / : 999.35 GB (702.33 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Wacom Co.,Ltd. Intuos PTS
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
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Mac App Store and identified developers
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[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist [Click for support]
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WDDriveUtilityHelper Application (/Applications/WD Drive Utilities.app/Contents/WDDriveUtilityHelper.app)
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WacomTabletPlugin: Version: WacomTabletPlugin 2.1.0.2 [Click for support]
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Safari Extensions: ℹ️
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DivX Plus Web Player HTML5 <video>
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Perian [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Skip System Files: YES - System files not being backed up
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Nics HD: Disk size: 999.35 GB Disk used: 297.02 GB
Destinations:
Nicole L Stewart's Time Cap [Network]
Total size: 998.06 GB
Total number of backups: 132
Oldest backup: 2013-05-06 04:45:45 +0000
Last backup: 2015-04-25 21:51:23 +0000
Size of backup disk: Adequate
Backup size 998.06 GB > (Disk used 297.02 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
3% WindowServer
1% fontd
0% taskgated
0% Adobe Lightroom
0% askpermissiond
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
572 MB kernel_task
459 MB firefox
352 MB Adobe Lightroom
164 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(3)
147 MB mdworker(10)
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
4.30 GB Free RAM
3.70 GB Used RAM
0 B Swap Used
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
Apr 25, 2015, 03:17:11 PM Self test - passed
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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.
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I have an iMac (Mid 2010) and am running 0sx 10.8.5 and the WiFi always loses connection during sleep mode. I have seen numerous different solutions none of which seem to work. Can anyone help?
Test after taking each of the following steps that you haven't already tried. Back up all data before making any changes.
1. Make sure the network is on the preferred list by following these instructions. It's important to read the article carefully, as it's the starting point for any further efforts to solve the problem. If you skip any of the steps, the problem may not be solved. Make sure the box marked
Remember networks this computer has joined
is checked.
2. Follow the instructions in this support article under the heading
Symptom: After restarting or waking from sleep, my computer might not connect to the Internet
3. Reset the PRAM.
4. Make a note of all your settings for Wi-Fi in the Network preference pane, then delete the connection from the connection list and recreate it with the same settings. You do this by clicking the plus-sign icon below the connection list, and selecting Wi-Fi as the interface in the sheet that opens. Select Join other network from the Network Name menu, then select your network. Enter the password when prompted and save it in the keychain.
5. From the Location menu at the top of the Network preference pane, select Edit Locations. A sheet will drop down. Click the plus-sign button to create a new location. Give it any name you want. In the new location, set up the Wi-Fi service with the same settings you used before. Click Apply and test.
6. Launch the Keychain Access application. Search for and delete all AirPort network password items that refer to the network. Make a note of the password first.
7. Repair permissions on the startup volume.
8. Turn off Bluetooth and test.
9. Reset the System Management Controller.
10. This step shouldn't be necessary, but has been advised by Apple Support in some cases, apparently as a workaround for a bug. Open the Energy Saver pane in System Preferences. If applicable, click the padlock icon in the lower left corner to unlock the settings. Enter your administrator login password when prompted.
Select the Power Adapter tab and uncheck the boxes marked
Wake for Wi-Fi network access
and
Enable Power Nap...
if present. Then, if the computer is a MacBook, select the Battery tab and uncheck
Enable Power Nap...
11. Reinstall OS X. -
Mid-2010 27" iMac with i5 - process for determine why slow
I have a mid-2010 27" iMac with an i5 processor and 12 GB of memory running latest Maverick OS. I mainly use the computer for email, web browsing, light weight spreadsheets and importing/organizing/sharing photos. I understand why my computer would be slow on startup (with reloading Safari pages, updating notifications, updating email, updating iMessage, etc.) but more and more often I see the spinning ball while using the computer. I have run though the basic steps of fixing permissions, etc. and would like to understand what is limiting my computer's performance. A few other things to note...
I have 12 GB of memory (the original 2 GB x 2 and I've added 4 GB x 2). I have heard that mixing memory isn't best.
My 1 Tb hard drive is at 80% capacity. I have heard that ideally this would be lower.
How do I determine what is causing my slowness? Is there a way of finding out which programs are demanding memory and by how much? I have read that my iMac can offically support 16 GB memory and unofficially support up to 32 GB. Not sure if 12 GB is a limiting factor or not. Just looking to get another year or so from this computer without getting frustrated watching the spinning ball. Would a fresh install of Marvericks and then reloading my personal stuff improve the situation?
Thanks in advance!See:
Mac Maintenance Quick Assist,
Mac OS X speed FAQ,
Speeding up Macs,
How to Speed up Macs,
Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance,
Mac troubleshooting: What to do when your computer is too slow,
Essential Mac Maintenance: Get set up,
Essential Mac Maintenance: Rev up your routines,
Maintaining OS X,
Five Mac maintenance myths and
Myths of required versus not required maintenance for Mac OS X for information. -
Mid-2010 27" iMac very slow, even after clean OS install - HELP!
Good afternoon guys, I'm hoping someone can offer me some advice.
I bought my Mid-2010 27" iMac in May-ish 2011. Everything was brilliant, I couldn't believe the ease of use, and especially the start up speed, coming from a world of PCs. My iMac was used almost every day, for web browsing, photo editing, etc.
Maybe about April / May this year it started becoming very slow, slow to boot, slow to respond to mouse clicks, slow to do anything. Since I'd used about 750GB of my HDD (mainly photos), I decided I would archive some and hope that would ease the congestion. As my photos were stored in Aperture, it took about 3 days to export them all to my external HDD, 3 days of the iMac only getting so far, switching itself off, then me finally getting it to come back on (I was getting messages about Kernals, etc. now and again through boot too) - it finally backed up my photos I have from my daughters first year.
Great news, but I still had probably 400GB / 500GB of photos from her second year and any other photos I'd taken. I found the root of my Aperture directory, and managed to pull these images off, so everything is now backed up.
I decided I should try and clean install, and managed to get the HDD to boot and choose the option to re-install from Apple's Servers. All installed OK, and we're good to go! Fired up the iMac, and although it's fractionally quicker to respond, and a lot more stable, it's not quite right. And I've lost all my iLife Apps which originally came with the iMac.
Does this sound like a HDD issue? As I say, it was on quite a lot through the backup procedure, and I had set it (maybe stupidly looking back now) to never sleep, and for the monitor to only switch off after 3 hours. Or does it sound like something more is wrong with it?
I am quite confident of working with PCs, so would manage to replace the HDD I think, looking at some videos, etc. online. I did upgrade the RAM to 16GB, and that was simple enough. My question is, when you replace the HDD, how does it know where to look to the Apple Servers for the clean OS install? Or do I have to do something to let it know where to look first? I have to point out I don't have any Time Machine backup, etc. as the iMac was just not stable enough to get this in place - and up until that point, again probably stupid now looking back, I had never bothered to set up.
Any help / advice on this matter would be greatly appreciated. At the moment I have totally fallen out of love with the iMac, for something to cost £1,500+ and only last 3 years, where my last build PC lasted Approx 8 years for half the price, is very disappointing.
Thanks in advance,
ColJust suggesting things right off the bat here-
To me it sounds as though the HDD is failing, if your iMac shipped with a Seagate drive try entering your serial number to see if Apple will replace it:http://www.apple.com/au/support/imac-harddrive/
Or try running Apple Hardware Test a few times back to see if it is a hardware error.
As for the iLife apps they should've come on one of the install discs that shipped with your mac.
If your iMac is ineligible for the program above I would consider replacing it yourself with either an SSD or HDD, as for recognising apples servers for download, you will need the original install discs that came with your computer or if you haven't already it will need a firmware update to enable internet recovery
See here:Computers that can be upgraded to use OS X Internet Recovery
Good Luck! -
Mid 2010 27" IMac Target Display Mode has stopped working
I have a 27" mid 2010 IMac, NOT the thunderbolt version, and have been using it in target display mode for my Mac Pro and 2010 Mac Mini with no problems. I have used the Belkin cables, and routinely would switch between internal and external machines using Command-F2. Worked like a champ for about 7 months.
Today, with no obvious change, I cannot get the IMac to enter TDM. This is true whether I use the Mac Mini or the Mac Pro, and is true using either of two Belkin Cables.
I reset the PRAM and NVRAM on the IMac, but this made no difference. I changed keyboards from my Bluetooth IMac keyboard to an Apple USB keyboard. Again, no improvement. I have rebooted the machine without benefit. The IMac seems to function just fine in every other respect.
Since I have no other monitor that supports the mini DisplayPort on the two other machines, I am dead in the water at this point.
The machine is a mid 2010 27" IMac, OSX 10.6.7, 2.93Ghz I7 CPU, 16 Gb RAM, 480Gb SSD and has worked well for quite a few months.
Any help will be appreciated.When the display only shows the background, it's working in extended desktop mode. That's a logical extension of your desktop to the right of the MBP. Drag an application off the MBP to the right and it will appear on the iMac. When you close the lid of your MBP the iMac becomes the primary monitor in Clamshell mode.
If you want to mirror the MBP to the iMac then press CMD F1, press again for extended desktop mode. These settings are in System Preferences > Display > Arrangement tab.
When the iMac is in Target display mode, you don't use the keyboard on the iMac. Use the keyboard on the MBPro. -
I have a mid 2010 Macbook Pro running Snow Leopard and foolishly upgraded to Yosemite. Now have numerous problems. Is it possible to go back in time with Time Machine and reinstall Snow Leopard? Then upgrade to Lion or Mavericks? Any other ideas on how I can exit Yosemite?
Once you get yourself back to Snow Leopard, if you still want to upgrade somewhat, I would suggest the following:
1. Get an external hard drive that you can use for experiments with new OS versions. You could partition it into 2 or 3 partitions. You could then clone your existing Snow Leopard system to one partition using Carbon Copy Cloner (well worth $40) or SuperDuper ($25).
2. Buy OS X Mountain Lion for $20, through the Apple online store (I don't think it's available through the App Store). Apple has decided to make it very difficult for anyone to get Mavericks unless they have already downloaded it.
You will receive two e-mails from Apple, one containing a PDF with a redemption code, and one with the password you will need to unlock the PDF. Using the code, you will download Mountain Lion from the App Store, where it will appear among your Purchased items.
After ML finishes downloading, its installer app will launch itself. When you see this launch screen, QUIT the install app immediately! Go to your applications folder, find the Install OS X Mountain Lion app, and copy it to a safe location outside of your Applications folder. Keeping one or more copies will allow you to reinstall without unnecessary aggravation if you later need or want to do that. At this point, you can re-launch the Installer in the Applications folder and let it run. You can install it on a clean partition on your external HD, or you can allow it to upgrade the Snow Leopard clone you created on your external drive, or you can do both. This should allow you to test how everything works for as long as you like.
3. If you left yourself a free partition on your test drive, try a clean install of Yosemite and set everything up from scratch (do not migrate anything). This will allow you to see whether your problems with it were related to something in your Snow Leopard system. -
My IMac runs slowly all of a sudden
Hi
My IMac runs slowly all of a suddent with the catherine wheel appearing often as i move between porgrams and browse web sites
I have downloaded a sophos anti virus and have run all the security updates from the Apple site
SuggestionsSince you are using OS X 10.6.8 I would recommend that you reboot from your Original Installation Disk that came with your computer while holding down the D key. Then run the AHT (Apple Hardware Test) or Extended Apple Hardware Test to see if any of your hardware components are failing. Then from that same Disk I would run Disk Utility to use "Disk Repair" and then "Repair Permissions" and see if that solves the problem.
Hope this helps -
My mid 2010 MBP started running very slowly
Hey guys,
I have had my MBP for a few years now and over the last few months my laptop has seen major decreases in speed. I have ran an EtreCheck so far and pasted it below for your reference of my diagnostics. Looking for some extra help on how to speed this bad boy up. Thanks in advance.
Kevin
EtreCheck version: 1.9.12 (48)
Report generated July 6, 2014 at 3:24:33 PM PDT
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro6,2
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics - VRAM: 288 MB
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 256 MB
Color LCD 1440 x 900
System Software:
OS X 10.9.3 (13D65) - Uptime: 17 days 21:50:1
Disk Information:
ST9320325ASG disk0 : (320.07 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 319.21 GB (29.45 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898
USB Information:
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Gatekeeper:
Anywhere
Kernel Extensions:
[not loaded] com.nike.sportwatch (1.0.0) Support
[not loaded] com.speedbit.driver.vadriver (1.0.1) Support
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.disc-soft.DAEMONTools.PrivilegedHelper.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist Support
[running] com.regularrateandrhythm.rowmotehelperaide.plist Support
[loaded] com.spotflux.Spotflux.tun.plist Support
Launch Agents:
[running] com.conduit.loader.agent.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[running] com.kodak.BonjourAgent.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
[failed] com.speedbit.va.plist Support
[invalid] KodakAiOBonjourAgent
User Launch Agents:
[failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist
[loaded] com.kodak.KODAK AiO Firmware Updater.plist Support
[loaded] com.kodak.KODAK AiO Software Updater.plist Support
[loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist Support
User Login Items:
Steam
iTunesHelper
Nike+ Connect Helper
Skype
Rowmote Helper
StatusMenu
Internet Plug-ins:
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.4.0.11 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 60 Check version
Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.6 Support
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
Safari Extensions:
Searchme: Version: 1.2
GoPhoto.it: Version: 1.10
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
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player Support
Flip4Mac WMV Support
Java Support
Tuxera NTFS Support
Video Accelerator Support
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Auto backup: YES
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
4% WindowServer
1% Google Chrome
1% uTorrent
1% hidd
0% CIJScannerRegister
Top Processes by Memory:
164 MB softwareupdated
152 MB Google Chrome
127 MB Skype
98 MB iTunes
88 MB Google Chrome Helper
Virtual Memory Information:
169 MB Free RAM
1.25 GB Active RAM
1.01 GB Inactive RAM
885 MB Wired RAM
19.23 GB Page-ins
2.15 GB Page-outsPlease describe the problem in as much relevant detail as possible. The "etrecheck" fad hasn't made that step any less necessary. The better your description, the better the chance of a solution.
For example, if the computer is slow, which specific actions are slow? Is it slow all the time, or only sometimes? When did it start to be slow? Did you change anything just before it started? Have you seen any alerts or error messages? Have you done anything to try to fix it? Most importantly, do you have a current backup of all data? If the answer to the last question is "no," back up now. Ask if you need guidance. Do nothing else until you have a backup. -
Mid-2010 Macbook Pro running very hot
Hi all,
My mid-2010 Macbook pro is running very hot. On average CPU is 61-70 degrees Celsius, sometimes even more. I'm pretty bad at having lots of chrome tabs open and heavy multitasking, but even when I'm not temperature still ends up very high and fan rpm can get to over 6000. Heat seems to be concentrated to the lefthand side of the touchpad (battery area?). I'm running 10.9.3.
Current stats below from iStat pro widget (smcFanControl concurs with these temps), with only the following pic's activity running. Laptop currently balanced on two books (so airflow around the sides) which are in turn on my lap.
I have tried reseting the SMC with the shift-control-option-power method but it doesn't seem to have worked - instructions said to press and hold this, then release, then press power again to boot, but laptop boots up from this combination anyway.
Am I just doing something wrong or will this be an expensive trip to the apple store to fix?Hey happyhaskins,
If you are having an issue with your MacBook Pro running excessively hot, I would suggest that you troubleshoot using the steps in this article -
Mac notebooks: Operating temperature - Apple Support
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Happy computing,
Brett L -
My mid 2010 Macbook pro running OSX 10.8.4 sd card reader will not work
I have a Macbook Pro 13" mid 2010 model running OSX 10.8.4. I don't use the card reader very often so I can't tell you the last time it worked, but I have used it a few times without issue. (probably not for at least a year though)
I searched the forums and it seems this was an older problem with lots of suggested fixes. I tried blowing air through the slot and I also went looking for XQuartz but cannot find it under my utilities. (I assume it must be in the X11 category that is no longer supported under 10.8.4?)
I have tried putting it in all the way and pulling it out slightly as one person suggested and that also did not work.
Any ideas? For the first time in a long time I need the card slot and it doesn't feel like cooperating. LOL
edited to add that I am trying to access a Sony SDHC 32GB card model SF-32NX
Thanks in advance,
WayneIf you haven't already done so, eject the card by dragging its icon to the Eject icon in the Dock (where the Trash icon usually is.) Make sure the write-lock switch on the card is in the unlocked position. Then reinsert the card and test.
If there's no change, and the same happens with more than one card, the card reader is stuck in write-locked mode. I don't generally advise do-it-yourself hardware repair, but one ASC member managed to fix this problem. I haven't tried the fix myself and I can't offer any guidance beyond what's in that discussion. If you cause damage, don't expect your warranty to cover it. I suggest you instead make a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store. -
I own a late 2010 iMac. I understand it's old but I do not believe it should be running as slowly as it is. I've tried everything to fix it. I ran Mavericks since it came out and haven't had issues since a few days ago. I ran Disk repair and it told me something was wrong and wasn't able to fix it. It told me to restore and erase the computer. I did so and still slow and unresponsive. Boot time takes forever. Is there anything I can do without bringing it to apple? The warranty is way outdated and I don't have the money to replace the hard drive.
Again, the iMac is completely erased so their should't be any issues. Please helpIf Disk Utility found a problem and was unable to repair it in Recovery mode, then the hard drive is failing or there is some other hardware fault. The fault must be repaired if you want to continue using the machine. Alternatively, you may be able to start up from an external drive and stop using the internal one.
Make a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store, or go to another authorized service provider.
Back up all data on the internal drive(s) before you hand over your computer to anyone. There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional—ask if you need guidance.
If privacy is a concern, erase the data partition(s) with the option to write zeros* (do this only if you have at least two complete, independent backups, and you know how to restore to an empty drive from any of them.) Don’t erase the recovery partition, if present.
Keeping your confidential data secure during hardware repair
Apple also recommends that you deauthorize a device in the iTunes Store before having it serviced.
*An SSD doesn't need to be zeroed. -
Hi all,
I have a fairly new iMac (mid-2008 20" model) with a 2.4ghz Intel processor. I am a web designer and use this machine every day for my work. Several months after installing Adobe Creative Suite 3, I noticed that Photoshop was causing the cursor to jump and/or become jerky, as if the video card or processor were not keeping up with what's going on. This tends to happen after the computer's been in use for several hours or days after a restart, and it gets so bad I can't work. I have been following this in Leopard's Activity Monitor, and I noticed that Photoshop (being memory- and processor- hungry) taxes the processor more heavily than many other programs, which I expected. The strange thing, though, is that over time the Activity Monitor shows the "System" as taking up more and more processor capacity. I.E. when I first start up, the system is using 0-20% of the processor, the rest being available for the user; but after awhile, the system is requiring 50-90% of processor capacity, the result being that as soon as I switch into Photoshop from another program, the system is immediately overtaxed and starts moving very slowly (especially the cursor, as I said).
Now, here's the really strange part. As I said, this began happening a few months after I first installed Adobe CS3. I re-installed the software at Adobe's recommendation, and it was fine for another few months, but it began happening a few days ago, which is exactly the same time I shared a jump drive with a friend's worm-infected Windows XP machine. I know Macs don't get Windows worms, but is it possible that this thing has lodged itself on my system somehow and is causing it to run generally more slowly?
I appreciate any help you can give,
Nathan> That is a flat out lie, Phil Shock.
Right ... I'm actually
i lying
about your Leopard experience because that would benefit me in so many ways ... 8/
Whatever, Castaneda. You've never mentioned using it that I recall and I'm fairly certain you haven't bought it - you're obviously not running it on your ancient G4. Maybe cursory glances with your wife's Macbook? (which you also hate as I recall) .... feel free to enlighten me about your vast Leopard experience. What
b specifically
don't you like about it?
> Leopard is arguably and easily the worst OS ever released by Apple.
No. It's not.
Buko-
> ...the lack of stability is with InDesign is stopping me plus the fact that Epson is not updating the 2200 drivers.
I can't speak for stability with InDesign because I don't use it much but everything else I use is (and has been) rock solid. And the NON-updated Epson 2200 driver works just fine with Leopard - as well as it did in 10.4 anyway.
I totally agree that there's no
i highly compelling
reason to upgrade to Leopard, but the little things do add up. I love the ability to view content in the Finder - movies, images, PDFs, etc., without the need to open an app. Spotlight works fantastically - huge improvement over the version in 10.4. Networking has been much improved, Mail is much better, and on and on .... as I said, there's no killer feature but the combined overall improvements make the upgrade worthwhile.
FWIW - I use both 10.4 and 10.5 on a daily basis - 10.4 on a G5 Quad at work, and 10.5 on my Mac Pro at home. I prefer 10.5.
Ann-
> Just a sample of Leopard's history if you haven't been following it:
C'mon, that proves nothing. You could find similar threads about every OS released in addition to every version of Photoshop released. There will always be problems that may or may not be related to the software - and people will post about them.
The only real issue I recall with PSCS3/10.5 was the text input glitch that was rectified with 10.5.2. I've been using 10.5 full-time since then and haven't suffered
b ANY
of the "trauma" you mentioned.
> ... so Apple is apparently abandoning it and bringing us a whitewashed version which is to be called Snow Leopard.
If only other developers would follow suit. Imagine if Adobe would concentrate on actual performance improvements, rather than worthless bells and whistles (adjustment layer panel, anyone?), that cater to the newbie because the bean counters know new features and dumbing down the app will move more product. There are improvements in CS4 that make it worthwhile of course, but it's obvious that some stuff is only there for a perceived sales increase.
Only Apple has the guts to pull this off and I say good for them.
-phil -
Target Display Mode on late 2013 27" iMac to mid 2010 27" Imac
Hey guy's real strugling to make my 2010 imac become a display, When i connect my 2010 cinema display 23" everything works fine but the minute i try to enable the tdm function on the 2010 imac nothing happen. Like nothing I got the mini display to thunderbolt adapter but nothing happen with the imac.
Any help or suggestion is very welcome.Target Display Mode 2009 & 2010 iMacs
Target Display Mode And Thunderbolt
iMac- How to use your iMac as a Target Display Mode display
iMac (Mid 2011)- Target Display Mode does not work with Mini DisplayPort cable -
Ideas for causes of iMac Running Slowly
My iMac shows symptoms of spinning beach balls (sometimes rainbow, sometimes blue - does that mean anything?) on a number of applications. In addition the machine will sometimes stop completely for 10 secs or more and then resume whatever it was doing. While this effects a number of application Safari and Dragon Dictate are the big problems.
So far I've looked at the following, although I don't know that my analysis has been exhaustive.
1. Caches etc.
I installed Cocktail and have it run everynight when I log out of the account.
2. Age of the Machine (Its a 2007 iMac)
One developer was kind enough to run some tests for me. He had an identical machine and he ran the same test file. His setup showed no delays. File opening and use of the file was all relatively instantaneous. Mine frequently encounters long delays when opening the same file and using the file.
3. Permissions
This was the first thing I looked at. I did a manual repair and now its being done with Cocktail.
4. Reinstall the OS
I did a reinstall of the OS. There was no difference after the installation.
5. Utilities
I have a few untilities running in my menu bar. These were all removed and the machine was restarted without them. No difference in performance.
Additional Information
1. I ran the activity monitor.
When I get a spinning beachball an application/utility called "ScopedBookmarkAgent" is often consuming 95% of the CPU resources. If the spinning beachball lasts a couple of minutes then this application will be consuming large amounts of CPU resources for most of the time. When the machine stops completely I get the impression that the Activity Monitor stops as well. I cannot find any useful information on "ScopedBookmarkAgent" (I'm not a developer) that would suggest why it might be a problem or more importantly how to fix any problems with it.
2. Disk Drive Space
I have approximatly 100GB free on a 500GB drive. The drive is not the original drive, that was replaced by Apple under Apple Care sometime ago.
3. RAM
I have 4GB of RAM, the maximum possible on this machine.
4. OS
I'm running 10.8.4
I'd appreciate any thoughts on possible causes of my problem and suggestions on how to fix them. In particular with regard to "ScopeBookmarkAgent", since it would appear to be a culprit in the problem.The next time you have the problem, note the exact time: hour, minute, second.
If you have more than one user account, these instructions must be carried out as an 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. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. If you don't see that menu, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
Scroll back in the log to the time you noted above. Select any messages timestamped from then until the end of the episode, or until they start to repeat. Copy them to the Clipboard (command-C). Paste into a reply to this message (command-V).
When posting a log extract, be selective. In most cases, a few dozen lines are more than enough.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Important: Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.
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