My FIOS has slowed to a snails crawl.

I have a wired (to FIOS) PC and a wireless (router), brand new, Mac. Over the last few weeks my internet speed on both has intermittently slowed considerably. I've reset my router a couple of times and that seemed to temporarily correct the problem. I spent some time with a Verizon rep the other day and after he had me run Speedtest.com, he said he "changed some settings" to increase my speed. It seemingly worked, but within a day, my computers are slow again. Is there something going on with Verizon? Could my router be the problem? Anybody have any thoughts?

if a reset of the router is temporarily resolving the issue... then yeah... it is probably the router
request a new one
Bob Robertson - Lighter Klepto - I steal lighters, not bandwith

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Absolutely. AHT isn't a perfect test -- Apple authorized dealers and Apple Stores have a more powerful utility available -- but a "positive" from AHT is a strong sign that all is not well with the drive.
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Let's check the S.M.A.R.T. disk status. Open Disk Utility, and select the drive - not the volume. What message is displayed next to S.M.A.R.T?
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John

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How come I can download a Compact Flash card of 8 Gb in about 5 minutes and it takes half an hour or so fo the equivalent amount of data to backup on the TC? Thank you.

Colin Cadle wrote:
In the end I erased all on the TC and started again. No problem except the transfer speed has slowed to a snail's pace. Calculating the speed at the moment it will take over 24 hours to backup 490 Gb. Is this correct? The TC is connected by regular ethernet cable
Roughly, yes. It varies greatly, of course, and the first part of a full backup is considerably slower (since the Applications and System folders are the first to be backed-up, and contain hundreds of thousands of mostly very small files). But overall you should get, very roughly, 20-24 GB/hour via Ethernet.
There are a couple of things you can do that might speed it up. See #D2 in [Time Machine - Troubleshooting|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/Troubleshooting.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of the +Time Machine+ forum).
Would I be better off with regular external hard drives connected by firewire?
Oh, yes! With F/W 400 expect roughly 50-55 GB/hour overall; F/W 800 80-85 GB/hour. For a laptop, the convenience of wireless backups is great, but for a desktop, it's a real drag, pardon the pun.
How come I can download a Compact Flash card of 8 Gb in about 5 minutes and it takes half an hour or so fo the equivalent amount of data to backup on the TC? Thank you.
There's a lot more to be done with a Time Machine backup than just copying files. They have a very complex structure, with things extensively linked together so Time Machine can do it's "magic" of only backing-up what's changed, but having each backup be a full one.

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OS 10.6.4
12gb RAM
many thanks in advance. i'm willing to send beer for a winning fix.

Good to know, thanks for the update. 10.6.x does manage memory differently, but our testing for performance has shown a slight improvement in the newer OS. So I am guessing that the OS update is not the issue. I just ran another test on a Mac with your configuration and saw a 4% improvement on 10.6.4 over 10.5.8.
It's uncertain what state the system memory was in when you started your tests. That's why I asked for a restart of the computer. The times reported seemed like there was a possibility that the OS was swapping. XDCAM footage places a high demand on system resources. But it's hard to say without being there.
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Hello,
For some time now my Wireless or Wired Internet connection using my Mac Pro has slowed to almost nothing. For example, This page took 5 mins to load and now Internet use has become unusable.
I feel its my Mac Pro because all other Apple Computer run very fast wirelessly. I have (2) New iMac's (1) Apple TV and (1) Apple iPhone. All stream and surf the Internet blazingly fast.
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I really feel that in some way (which is shocking) I am infected with "something" that is making my computer crawl on the Internet. Redirection of websites is just now very aggravating.
I am looking at the (2) Original Disks that came inside the Mac Pro Box. I'm seriously considering wiping my system clean and starting from scratch.
I currently hold NOTHING on my Factory 320GB HD other than programs.
I have installed (2) 1TB drives and created a RAID slice thus creating a single HD icon on my desktop that reads 1.8TB. Thats is where all my Music, Photos, and Movies reside.
My question is....
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Please let me know before I proceed.
Thank you for your time.
John

Your RAID won't be touched. But back it up today if you haven't yet!
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You might want to look at LittleSnitch or NetBarrier and do some logging.
I've seen/heard where older routers and modems were fine, but not with Mac Pro or with Intel Macs in general and needed to be replaced or firmware updated. Problems with the latest updates for Airport have been seen by some, and worth checking into - on forums, news sites or hit google.
And of course check what processes are getting loaded and run; manually delete caches, history, metadata, even the bookmarks cache.
~/Library/Caches/Metadata
There are issues with fake Flash updates; normal sites (like CNN) suffering from SQL-injection. Best to run with javascript off for now.
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My MacBook Pro has slowed to a crawl. It started when I was printing off the Internet. Now I get the spinning circle in just about every move. Any help?

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Try your fellow MacBook Pro owners forum -
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Latest (manual) downloads from Apple (but check vendor sites also for scanners, printers etc) and rule out a bad cable as well.
Apple Downloads

Have installed 10.10 on my iMac (mid 2007) 2.4 GHz 2Gb memory which has slowed to a crawl

have installed 10.10 on my iMac (mid 2007) 2.4 GHz me 2 GB which has slowed to a crawl

Try these in order testing your system after each to see if it's back to normal:
1. a. Resetting your Mac's PRAM and NVRAM
    b. Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
2. Restart the computer in Safe Mode, then restart again, normally. If this doesn't help, then:
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4. Reinstall Yosemite: Reboot from the Recovery HD. Select Reinstall OS X from the Utilities menu, and click on the Continue button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible
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5. Reinstall Yosemite from Scratch:
Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
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My MacBookPro has slowed to a crawl. Cleaned it with CleanMyMac 2 but no help. Can anyone suggest something? Thanks!

My MacBookPro has slowed significantly. I have cleaned it with CleanMyMac2 but it did not help. I have cleaned iPhoto and emptied the trash.
Any suggestions are appreciated.
thanks,
jim,

Thanks for the help....
stevejobsfan0123 wrote:
First off, uninstall CleanMyMac, it's a scam. http://macpaw.com/support/cleanmymac/knowledgebase/how-to-uninstall-cleanmymac-2
Next, run EtreCheck, which will give us information about your system: http://etresoft.com/etrecheck.
Problem description:
MacBookPro running very slowly. Three minutes to open Safari. Four to open iPhoto.
EtreCheck version: 2.0.9 (96)
Report generated October 31, 2014 at 9:11:03 PM CDT
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 4:25:31
Disk Information: ℹ️
Hitachi HTS545032B9A302 disk0 : (320.07 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Dummy (disk1) / [Startup]: 318.84 GB (210.08 GB free)
Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked
Core Storage: disk0s2 319.21 GB Online
MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Canon MP620 series
Generic Mass Storage 4.03 GB
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
IPHOTO (disk2s1) /Volumes/IPHOTO : 4.03 GB (3.84 GB free)
Logitech USB Receiver
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2.Agent.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.diskSpaceWatcher.plist Support
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.scheduledScan.plist Support
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.trashWatcher.plist Support
User Login Items: ℹ️
Canon IJ Network Scanner Selector2 Application (/Library/Printers/Canon/IJScanner/Utilities/Canon IJ Network Scanner Selector2.app)
Safari ApplicationHidden (/Applications/Safari.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.0.0.126   - SDK 10.8 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
Mathematica: Version: 9.0.1.4092152 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 15.0.0 - SDK 10.10 Check version
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
Omnibar
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player Support
Flip4Mac WMV Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: ON
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Dummy: Disk size: 318.84 GB Disk used: 108.76 GB
Destinations:
BackUp [Local]
Total size: 319.94 GB
Total number of backups: 3
Oldest backup: 2014-09-11 14:40:53 +0000
Last backup: 2014-10-15 17:08:07 +0000
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 319.94 GB < (Disk used 108.76 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      8% mds
      6% WindowServer
      0% AppleSpell
      0% ps
      0% askpermissiond
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
588 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
133 MB Safari
69 MB Preview
56 MB CalendarAgent
56 MB WindowServer
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73 MB Free RAM
1.28 GB Active RAM
1.21 GB Inactive RAM
1.03 GB Wired RAM
2.63 GB Page-ins
26 MB Page-outs

Premiere has slowed to a crawl. Please Help

Hi, I am a photographer and video editor. I built my computer about 15 months ago to work with CS5 and the Mecury Playback Engine. In the past few months it has been slowing down at an alarming rate. Over the holidays I created a video montage of pictures from my brother's wedding and Premiere kept stopping with an error that read something like 'Open GL driver failed' adding something about 'lack of memory'. I had to switch to software mode and avoid playing the timeline (to avoid rendering each photo, there were well over 100) so I could finish it in time. And now a project I am getting paid for will no longer play back smoothly. I get about 1 second of smooth video before it starts jumping and freezing all together. The audio continues but the picture does not. Here's what I have.
Intel Core i7 950 (quad core) 3.07GHz
12.0 GB Ram
Windows 7 Pro 64bit SP1 fully updated
Nvidia GTX 470 w/ 1280 MB GDDR5
current driver. 285.62
C: 60GB SSD for system and programs 4.64GB free
E: 300GB 10000 rpm 16MB cache VeliciRaptor Drive for Project files preview files/scratch disks and such 134GB free
G: 1TB 7200 rpm 32MB cache Barracuda Drive for Assets 158GB Free
I have 2 other drives but they are not used in this workflow.
Page file = 36859MB automatically managed on drives C:, E:, and G:
My Power Usage plan is set to High Performance.
I am editing in Premiere Pro CS5.5.2 (003 (MC: 258762))
The programs I have running in the background are: Realtek HD Audio Manager, NVIDIA Settings, Zone Alarm (security), Dropbox 1.1.45, Spyder3Utility, and as of today Spybot.
The Project is a short 10-12 min Documentary type video. It's mostly interview footage with various B-roll interspersed. The main timeline I use is 4 video and 4 audio layers. The fourth layer in both is turned off to holding stuff. There is not much in them. Layer 1 is pieces of another timeline. That timeline consists of 2 layers of interview footage from 2 angles with a third audio track from the zoom recorder all synced and color corrected. I adjust opacity here to pick which camera angle to use, but cut this timeline together in my main timeline to minimize sync problems and added color correction steps. In the main timeline, video layers 2 and 3 are B-roll. audio layers 2 and 3 include one short sound effect and a few pieces of music. Some of the music has been slowed or sped up to fit the timing needed. Premiere quickly renders that sound when I start up the project or make changes to those files in the timeline.
All audio is either MP3 or WAV files.
Most of the video is Canon DSLR footage (5D mkII, 7D, and 60D I believe). All 1920x1080 30p (a couple 24p by accident) there are some Jpegs, TIFFs, and one PNG file. Many of the pictures are housed in sub timelines with 2 layers. one with a moving picture and the other with a Gaussian blurred version in the background to fill the frame. There are some timelapeses that are of various sizes but nothing smaller than full HD. 2 are MP4 videos and the rest are quicktime.
All my timelines are preset for DSLR footage at 1920x1080 30fps.
Almost the entirety of my timeline has the little yellow line over it indicating that we should be hardware rendering this footage.
A few things about how I have worked with this computer. I built it for CS5. When I first started using it, it was brilliant. Lately The whole computer has slowed, a lot. last week I uninstalled some extraneous programs and tweaked somethings. Most everything on the computer is now running back up to snuff. Premiere is not. It is too the point that I cannot edit and a new edit of the project is due this Friday. When I first started using this computer I got some noise from the GPU and CPU fans when I would load up a heavy duty project. That made sense it was making the computer work. Now I get almost no noise from either fan and the thing runs like crap when I am editing. This doesn't make sense to me. Has something changed with an update of Premiere that changes the way it leverages the hardware, cause I doesn't seem to be doing that at all. Or might I have unknowingly flipped a switch somewhere that changed that leverage. In the Project Settings the Video Rendering and Playback is still set to Mercury Playback Engine GPU Accelerated. On the same line I have noticed much less fan noise when rendering with Media Encoder. I can't say I've seen a huge hit in performance there, but it doesn't seem to be taxing the GPU like it used to.
Please help if you can. I don't have time in my life to start the computer over with a fresh install on windows. Thanks so much.
Michael

I see nobody has suggested you delete your preferences. I do that whenever any app, not just Pr, starts acting strangely. I think with Pr on Windows you launch with the shift key held down. If that's wrong, somebody please correct me. I use a program on Mac called Preference Manager to keep good copies of preferences, because they get corrupted so easily on FCP especially, and also Ae.
Here's another general rule I employ, when Pr (or any NLE) starts behaving badly. It could be you have some corrupt media, which will cause your app to hang or quit, which you haven't described, but I suppose it could just bog things down.
Load a totally different project with totally different media. Does Pr work fine now? If so, your problem project may be corrupted, or it may contain corrupt media.
Make four copies of your sequence. Delete all but the first 1/4 of your sequence in the first copy. Now, does Pr work better? If so, great! You've just determined the issue is in the last 3/4 of your sequence.
Now, delete the first quarter, and last half from the second copy. And so on. Repeat this until you've found the section that causes your problem. Then subdivide that section until you've isolated the problem footage. Remove or replace that footage item with a non-corrupt version. Or, learn to live without it, or try transcoding it to another format, etc.
You also mentioned that you're using Nested Sequences, right? These have been a problem for me in a few projects, mostly with exporting, but worth a shot maybe: Render out the nested sequences to a lightly or uncompressed codec, and replace the nested sequences with the rendered file.
This is a long shot, but hey, you've got to start using the process of elimination to get to the root of your problem.
If Pr works lousy no matter what project or footage you load, that suggests there's something wrong with the install of Pr, or some other OS, virus, hardware or driver related issue.
I'm throwing a lot of ideas out there, and here are some more:
Open your Task Manager, and rig it so you can see the CPU performance. Are your meters clipping, or running at full bore? If so, your CPU may be having trouble keeping up with all the Long-GOP decoding you have going on.
Transcode your MP3 to WAV, and replace in the Timeline.
Transcode your Long-GOP material to an intraframe codec, and replace. A lot of Windows users use Cineform.
I'm fixating on your remark that when you started, things were "brilliant," but have since bogged down. That's why I was thinking VM, and also I can see how your continuously adding elements to the Sequence are slowly causing more challenges for the CPU and GPU.
I'm looking forward to your fixing this, and letting us know how you did it.

ITunes has slowed...every function and feature...

I am having a real problem with iTunes that seems to have started when I installed the iLife 08 package and following the most recent iTunes update. I have searched the forums and support and can't find a clue. All functions appear to be slowed to a frustrating crawl. I feel like I am back to my old Mac Plus...nothing cooks like it did.
It takes 8 seconds to drop any menu and 18 to 45 seconds to quit. Selecting any title on any list is activated 10 seconds or more after the mouse clik. Dragging to the iPod is so slow that I can't tell when I have accomplished it. Every operation has slowed down by what seems to be 80 or 90%
All the problems are on the G5Tower and the MacBook is unaffected.
I have seen so much of the spinning rainbow I thing my color blindness has been cured. I am going nuts...please help.

I'd say go to Activity Monitor and see what processes are in effect and see what's bogging down the CPU, From there you can kill any app that's hanging or depleting CPU resources. If all checks out well, Then a clean install of the OS is the next step.

Script has slowed massively due to Snow Leopard

I am using AppleScript to retrieve jobs from our job server (afp mount). What used to take a couple seconds in Leopard now takes minutes (or times out completely)
Here is the portion of the code that has slowed to a crawl. (theYearFolder and theJobNumber is defined earlier in the script)
tell application "Finder"
with timeout of 777 seconds
try
*duplicate (every folder in theYearFolder whose name begins with thejobnumber) to the desktop*
on error the error_message
display dialog the error_message buttons {"Cancel"} default button 1 with icon caution
end try
end timeout
end tell
I am aware that there are some new changes in SL that cause certain operations to be duplicated if they are called inside a Finder tell block. As far as I can tell, that is not what is happening. Is there a known speed issue with the new Cocoa Finder + AppleScript? Or is there something I can change in my script that would speed up this operation?
PS …theYearFolder contains several hundred items.
Ideas?

Here's a basic script that should give you a start:
<pre style="margin:0px;padding:5px;border:2px dotted green;width:630px; height:auto;color:#ffffff;background-color:#000000;overflow-x:auto;overflow-y:h idden;font-family:Verdana, Monaco, monospace;font-weight:bold;font-size:12px;"
title="Copy this text and paste it into your Script Editor application.">set theYearFolder to choose folder
set theJobNumber to 2
do shell script "find " & ¬
quoted form of text 1 through -2 of POSIX path of theYearFolder & ¬
" -type d -name '" & theJobNumber & "*' -exec cp -R '{}' ~/Desktop \\;"</pre>
Of course you won't need the first couple lines of code, I just used those to write the script. Hope this helps...

My FIOS has slowed to a snails crawl.

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