My computer is running slowly and the DVD app quits on start up
Firefox and Facebook made my computer slow. It started with "Warning unresponsive script error, would you like to stop or continue" this happened all the time while looking at FB. Then it killed my iChat somehow. So while trying to fix iChat, it said in a forum, to delete your cache.... so I did and that made my comp. worse. Now I can't use DVD player or VLC player. They quit during start up. What can I do to fix it and get it back to playing DVD's? I can still use the internet but if I click on something it can take a long time to change tasks. Can I fix this myself or do I need to take it in?
You are certainly welcome!
Good job getting all of that information from your computer, as well! :-)
Now, all of those processes that you "delete" (quit/force quit) from activity monitor should automatically restore once you restart your computer. Before a restart, however, the lack of the quitted processes should speed your computer up a bit.
You said that your second login item was "swf desktop." .swf is a flash file (usually an animation). Do you have some software running that is giving you some sort of motionized desktop image? This is a HUGE CPU hog (I know from experience) and would greatly slow your computer down. I would recommend removing that item from your startup items list.
I am not entirely sure what all of your login items represent, however, I do know that by default from a fresh install of Mac OS X, none should be present. I would actually advise to remove all of those items from your login items folder, unless you know more information about the items. Note: If you want any changes to take effect after removing login items, you must restart your computer and log in.
Clearing your RAM does not involve deleting a single bit of information from your hard drive. To clear your RAM, shut down your PowerBook, disconnect the power adapter (piece of hardware that plugs into an outlet in your wall), pull out the PowerBook's battery (If you have an Aluminum PowerBook, grab a coin of currency and use it to turn the silver disk on the bottom of the computer near the battery to the unlock icon. If you have a Titanium PowerBook, slide the slider on the side of the battery to the right and the battery should "pop" up), and wait about 10 minutes for the PRAM battery inside of the PowerBook to drain, thus erasing all RAM contents and not the hard drive information.
It nothing seems to be helping you PowerBook, a hard drive whipe and resinstall may be the easiest route.
As for backing up your hard drive data, I am sorry you are having errors. There are many ways to get around it, though. One way would be to boot a live CD of Ubuntu Linux for PowerPC. To do this, download the .iso file from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/8.04/release/ubuntu-8.04.1-desktop-powe rpc.iso. Once the download is finished, you'll need a blank CD to write the file to. To do this, open DiskUtility.app and drag the downloaded .iso file to the left-hand side of the Disk Utility window (where all volumes show up). Select the .iso file within Disk Utility and burn it to a disk. Once the process is complete, insert the CD into the CD-ROM drive of your PowerBook and shut it down. Once it shuts down, press the power button (top right) on your PowerBook and hold down the "C" key on your keyboard. This will tell the PowerBook to boot from watever volume is found in the CD-ROM drive (in this case, the Ubuntu Linux CD). You may be prompted to a black screen with some white text, giving you options on what to boot, as well as some information about your display. Do NOT install Ubuntu Linux, or else it will erase the contents of your hard drive. Choose the option that will allow for you to "live" boot the CD (run without installing). This will probably take a good few minutes to boot. In the event that your display does not work properly, restart, boot from the CD, but use the command where it talks about getting your display to work properly. Once you successfully boot Ubuntu Linux, click on "Places" (top left-hand corner of the desktop) and select your internal hard drive (Macintosh HD, or whatever you named the partition). You can then plug in your external hard drive, and select it from "Places" as well. With the two windows open, drag the wanted files from your PowerBook's hard drive window to the external hard drive's window in order to copy the files. Once the transfer is complete, restart your PowerBook. You shouldn't have to hold any keys down to get it to boot back up into Mac OS X but if it doesn't boot, hold down the option key on your keyboard and select your PowerBook's internal hard drive. Make sure that your files were successfully backed up before you do a reinstallation of Mac OS X.
There are also simpler ways to back up your documents, keeping in mind that you don't HAVE to back up your documents to your external hard drive. You said (I belive) that you could still send email from your PowerBook. Can you just attach important files (possibly indvidual files at a time) and email them to yourself, which would allow you to log onto your other (properly-working) computer and download the files to it's internal hard drive? This could take quite awhile and certainly a last resort.
Another, more-easier and effecient way, in my opinion, would be to transfer the files over your home network to your other working computer (your newly-purchased MacBook Pro). To do this, on your PowerBook, open system preferences, click the "Sharing" icon, and check the box that enables file sharing.
Now, on your MacBook Pro on the same network, conect to your PowerBook over the network. This can be done by (on your MacBook Pro) clicking on the Finder icon (bottom left corner of your computer screen (left-most icon in the Dock)), clicking "Finder" (top of screen in the task bar) and "Preferences." Once the Preferences window is opened, click on the "Sidebar" tab. Check the box that will show "Computer" in the left-hand side of any finder window. Close the preferences window. Click on your computer's name at the top right-hand side of your Finder window. Double click on the "Network" icon (a blue/purple sphere). Double click on your PowerBook's icon. You will most-likely be prompted to enter in some information (username and password). Enter in the proper requested information, and the contents of your PowerBook's hard drive should display in the finder window. Click-and-drag the wanted files from your PowerBook's window to a location on your MacBook Pro's hard drive. Depending on the size of the files and your Wi-Fi router speed, this could take some time. In the event that you are not using a Wi-Fi connection on a home network, let me know, and I will give other options that will allow you to do computer-to-computer file sharing (such as with an ethernet or firewire cable).
This stuff certainly takes time... One might suggest to free up a day with nothing going on to really get things done. Don't get frustrated, as I'm here to help and am fully confident that we'll get this all figured out! :-)
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Lync 2010 Client -Is there some logging that i can enable on Client side which will give me more insight as to what is the cause of error .
Have Already Checked below links these are very generic and basic but of no help !!!
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/7168.lync-troubleshooting-your-computer-is-running-slowly-and-affecting-audio-quality.aspx
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/communicator-help/your-computer-is-causing-poor-audio-quality-HA102221829.asp
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Does the issue happen only with external users or all of the users? Do you use VPN? Please provide us more environment configuration information.
Please make sure your computer’s device drivers are up-to-date.
You can try a different audio device to test the issue.
For a list of devices optimized for Lync:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/lync/gg278164.aspx
Here is another similar case for your reference:
http://www.techysnippets.com/your-computer-is-running-slowly-and-is-affecting-audio-quality-lync-2010/
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If the issue persists, you can enable logging tool on Lync client to simple troubleshooting the issue with the help of the link below:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg195661(v=ocs.14).aspx
What’ more, you can use the following methods for further troubleshooting:
Check the monitoring report:
http://blog.insidelync.com/2012/06/a-primer-on-lync-audio-quality-metrics/
Troubleshooting Lync Call Quality Locally with Snooper
http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2012/12/10/troubleshooting-call-quality-locally-with-snooper.aspx
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My computer is running sluggish and the internet connection runs very slow. what can I do?
My mac air is running slugiish and my internet connection takes forever to change windows...what can I do?
If the computer is brand new, it may be reviewing (indexing) all you files for search. This will take a few hours to complete. Otherwise you likely have a program that is running poorly and slowing your system down.
Open the Fibder
Click the Go menu at the top of the screen
Click on utilities menu item under go
Open the Activity Monitor
When Activity monitor opens, there will be a lot of data in the window, to make better sense of it click on the column labeled CPU. This will sort entries by how much of your computer's CPU they use. The lower the number the better.
Locate any programs using 80% or more of your CPU. They are the likely culprits of your speed issue.
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Okay, so I can't upgrade to Maverick because it's incompatible, nor do I happen to have thousands of dollars to dish out for a new Mac. I can't even find the next upgrade. Every time I click "Software Update" it finds nothing related to this. And it's also really important for me to be able to use iPhoto which lately just gives me the rainbow wheel of death even though I've tried several fixes.
There are no software updates for Lion (10.7) past 10.7.5.
If your machine supports Mountain Lion (10.8) you can buy it at the Apple Store. They'll send you a redemption code via email and you can use it at the App Store to download Mountain Lion.
http://www.todaysiphone.com/2013/10/online-apple-store-offering-redemption-codes -os-x-lion-mountain-lion/
iPhoto is not part of the OS and each of those apps can be purchased via the App Store. -
My computer is running slowly now, What can I do?
My Computer is running slowly and I do not know what can i do?
First, back up all data immediately, as your boot drive might be failing.
There are a few other possible causes of generalized slow performance that you can rule out easily.
Reset the System Management Controller.
If you have many image or video files on the Desktop with preview icons, move them to another folder.
If applicable, uncheck all boxes in the iCloud preference pane.
Disconnect all non-essential wired peripherals and remove aftermarket expansion cards, if any.
Check your keychains in Keychain Access for excessively duplicated items.
Boot into Recovery mode, launch Disk Utility, and run Repair Disk.
Otherwise, take the steps below when you notice the problem.
Step 1
Launch the Activity Monitor application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Activity Monitor in the icon grid.
Select the CPU tab of the Activity Monitor window.
Select All Processes from the menu in the toolbar, if not already selected.
Click the heading of the % CPU column in the process table to sort the entries by CPU usage. You may have to click it twice to get the highest value at the top. What is it, and what is the process? Also post the values for % User, % System, and % Idle at the bottom of the window.
Select the System Memory tab. What values are shown in the bottom part of the window for Page outs and Swap used?
Next, select the Disk Activity tab. Post the approximate values shown for Reads in/sec and Writes out/sec (not Reads in and Writes out.)
Step 2
If you have more than one user account, you must be logged in as an administrator to carry out this step.
Launch the Console application in the same way you launched Activity Monitor. Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. If you don't see that menu, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
Select the 50 or so most recent entries in the log. Copy them to the Clipboard (command-C). Paste into a reply to this message (command-V). You're looking for entries at the end of the log, not at the beginning.
When posting a log extract, be selective. Don't post more than is requested.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
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TS1473 My macbook is running hot and the fan is on how can i fix this?
How can I fix this problem. My computer is running hot and the fan keeps running. I dont have anything running with the CPUs thats over 90 or what not. I dont think anything is dusty. What else can it be?
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If i have Time Machine backed up on an external hard drive, do i just plug the drive into another macbook pro and all my stuff is in the new computer? Also, does it matter if the new computer is running Lion when the backed up info came from Snow Leopard 10.6.8?
No and Yes
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i recently upgraded to Lion and i find that my computer is running slow and applications are crashing. For example I have Word 2011 for Mac and it crashes all the time I end up losing my work. It often happens when I'm in class using notebook and when I press record my computer starts thinking and it freezes.
Also, I feel that it overheats often and my battery runs out pretty quickly. I had the macbook (black) and this never happened before. I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong or if there is something with my computer.I bought my computer summer 2010, I don't think this should be happening. Please Help......This is exactly what keeps happening to mine too. I was at a conference taking notes, and I was
using the Notebook template, and doing some audio recording simultaneously. About 3 hours into the conference (not consistently recording, but on and off with the sessions) my file wouldn't save anymore, saying something like "File cannot be modified while in use with another program" and "Invalid file name" when I would go back into my folder to look for it). I tried installing some updates from Microsoft, and when I restarted, I was at least able to open my old notes again, and so far it looks like the audio was working. However, today at the conference, the same thing happened again, but I wasn't actively recording any audio (though after I had copy and pasted my second file of notes into the original, I went back to using it after re-naming it).
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I'm using an older mac (2008 iMac). Things were getting slow and I used a program called DupZapper to get rid of a lot of duplicate files. It worked and my computer is running better. The only problem is now InDesign crashes at startup. I have the original disks and serial number (CS3) The error message is "required resources are missing". Same message if I try to uninstall. Any clues as to how to re-install?
reset your preferences and retry launching id: InDesign Help | Setting preferences
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Will running games that make the fan run loudly and the computer heat up damage my machine?
On my Macbook Air running Yosemite 10.10.3, with 4 GB RAM, 251 GB storage (170 GB free), a 1.6 GHz Intel Core i5 processor, and Intel HD 6000 1536 MB graphics card, when I play games such as Batman Arkham City, I experience very smooth gameplay with high fps. The only thing that worries me is when I play, the laptop heats up very much and the fan runs pretty loudly. Even with old, less intensive games like GTA SA, the computer gets pretty hot and the fan runs loudly. Is this damaging the computer, or can I continue to play these games?
Thanks.Yes you can continue to play games but heat is the bane of electronics and in time there will be a cost. When is hard to say, but I can put it this way, a fan running constantly at high speed is more likely to fail sooner than one at a slower speed.
Ciao. -
My computer is running slow and when typing the letters wait to show up. What can I do?
My computer is running slow and when typing the letters wait to show up. What can I do?
When was the last time you booted the system?
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Macbook Pro Running Slowly and Pinwheeling a lot
I have been having an issue with my macbook pro running very slowly lately. Everything just feels slugglish, and sometimes menus and other programs take a while to respond. I have 4 GB of RAM, and I just feel like things are running too slow for a computer with a Core2Duo and 4 Gigs of RAM. I have snow leopard installed.
Also, the computer came with 2GB, but I upgraded to 4 myself. I did not buy the memory from Apple though, I bought it directly from crucial. Is it possible the memory has gone bad or something. I really don't know what to do.Do you still have the slowness problem when running OSX from the DVD (not running AHT)?
Is this symptom occasional, or all the time?
Most of the classic problems causing slowness that can be user fixed have been covered, but it does not mean totally eliminated.
The hard drive can still be intermittently bad despite the SMART status. I would put the original RAM back, and boot from an external Firewire hard drive with my backup HD clone. If you don't have one, you should - you might need it sooner than you think. This test can confirm if your internal HD is causing this or not.
I suppose it's also possible that you've developed a software problem and reloading OSX might help. This is quite a lot of work without a backup clone or Time Machine backup. You may have to take it to a technician if you don't feel up to doing this. -
Macbook Pro 2009 runs slowly and freezes. Can someone look at this Etrecheck report and tell me what's wrong?
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,5
1 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 6 days 16:17:8
Disk Information:
FUJITSU MJA2160BH FFS G1 disk0 : (160.04 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
MacBook HD (disk0s2) /: 159.18 GB (29.38 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N
USB Information:
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
com.spsys.driver.IOKitDriver (1.0.0d1)
com.parallels.kext.usbconnect (8.0 18615.948847)
com.parallels.kext.hypervisor (8.0 18615.948847)
com.parallels.kext.hidhook (8.0 18615.948847)
com.parallels.kext.netbridge (8.0 18615.948847)
com.parallels.kext.vnic (8.0 18615.948847)
com.parallels.filesystems.prlufs (2010.12.28)
Startup Items:
StartupComponent: Path: /Library/StartupItems/StartupComponent
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.fitbit.galileod.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.spsecure.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
[System] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.spsecure.useragent.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] [email protected]
[not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
AdobeResourceSynchronizer
Dropbox
EvernoteHelper
Fitbit Connect Menubar Helper
Google Chrome
Internet Plug-ins:
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.4.4.2 3rd-Party support link
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.06 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.06 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.6 3rd-Party support link
AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin101750: Version: AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin 1.0.17 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
User Internet Plug-ins:
Move-Media-Player: Version: npmnqmp 071503000004 3rd-Party support link
fbplugin_1_0_3: Version: (null) 3rd-Party support link
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
MacFUSE 3rd-Party support link
Bad Fonts:
None
Old Applications:
Microsoft AutoUpdate: Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0
Microsoft Error Reporting: Version: 2.2.9 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Ship Asserts: Version: 1.1.4 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
SLLauncher: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Silverlight/OutOfBrowser/SLLauncher.app
Amazon MP3 Downloader: Version: INFO_PLIST_VERSION - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Auto backup: YES
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
37% prl_vm_app
10% WindowServer
9% Google Chrome
1% hidd
1% Agent
Top Processes by Memory:
602 MB prl_vm_app
115 MB Google Chrome
82 MB Google Chrome Helper
82 MB Mail
70 MB Microsoft Word
Virtual Memory Information:
137 MB Free RAM
782 MB Active RAM
718 MB Inactive RAM
1.50 GB Wired RAM
23.02 GB Page-ins
1.21 GB Page-outsHey greytdogs,
I would give some of the suggestions in this link a shot:
OS X Mavericks: If your Mac runs slowly
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13895
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Sincerely,
Delgadoh -
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