My mac is getting slower what to do????

my mac is getting slower what to do????Please

Start with this comprehensive troubleshooting article:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3521
Ciao.
An early 2011 MBP would have 10.6 installed, not 10.5. I assume that is a typographical error or is the MBP model year incorrect?
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HT1338 My mac is getting slower - what can I do?

My Mac seems to be getting slower and slower when it is processing, what can I do to clean it up?

See Here...
macworld.com/mac-troubleshooting-what-to-do-when-your -computer-is-too-slow.
Basically... Make sure you have enough Free Hard Drive space for your Mac to Perform as expected...
This is what Apple has to say.
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10798
More Info Here...
ds store > Why is my computer slow?
Thomas A Reed > Mac Performance Guide

I have my Mac Book Pro with the OS Yesomite since a month and I am feeling that my mac is getting slower than before a month. I want to install OS Lion on my mac. I think i have a DVD of OS Lion which comes when i bougnt Mac laptop in 2011.

I have my Mac Book Pro with the OS Yesomite since a month and I am feeling that my mac is getting slower than before a month. I want to install OS Lion on my mac. I think i have a DVD of OS Lion which comes when i bougnt Mac laptop in 2011. Should i install OS Lion? What wil happen if i install OS Lion, do i lost my Applications or ...????

Hi, the last install dvd that came out for mac's was Snow Leopard,10.6.3. Lion is a download from apple. You cannot just install it over Yosemite. You would have to backup your drive to save files you want and do a clean install. You might want to look into getting more memory. You can run 8 Gig"s of memory on your Macbook Pro.If your Macbook Pro is getting really slow you might want to download EtreCheck and then post the results here.http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck Check out this article. http://support.apple.com/kb/PH19031

My mac seems to be getting slow, what can I do to speed it up?

My iMac seems to be getting slow..I see the "colorful wheel from ****" (as I like to call it) far too often these days. In addition, videos are freezing far more often than they ever did before. It often requires me to restart completely.
Is there anything I can do to fix this?

Step by Step to fix your Mac
Why is my computer slow?
Most commonly used backup methods
If you get pinwheels when off the Internet, it coudl be a failing boot drive or just a few bad sectors as it has a hard time reading from it.
This is a possible cure, it's a lot of work though.
Reducing bad sectors effect on hard drives
How to erase and install Snow Leopard 10.6

My mac is getting slow, expecially surfing you tube

I have a mac book pro (mid 2009) and since few months it is getting slower and slower surfing internet,youtube and, generally speaking, all the software.
What I can do? Maybe a virus or a malware or stuff like that?
thanks for the support.

open disk utility and verify disk.
once that's done, verify disk permissions. repair if needed.
once repair is done, restart your macbook and see if that sorts out your issues.
cheers...

My Mac is getting slower and slower, I need to restart it constantly.

I mostly use it just to browser the internet, watch movies and listen to music, but recently I have notice that I have to restart it at least once a day to keep the software working nicely with out any lags. Any tips or suggestions? I don't think I need any hardware update.
Cheers!

Problem description:
Computer getting slower, need to restart it constantly.
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated March 22, 2015 at 17:52:54 CST
Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck
Click the [Click for support] links for help with non-Apple products.
Click the [Click for details] links for more information about that line.
Hardware Information: ℹ️
    MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012) (Verified)
    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro10,1
    1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
    8 GB RAM Not upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM0
            4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
    Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
    Wireless: en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n
    Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 144
Video Information: ℹ️
    Intel HD Graphics 4000
        Color LCD spdisplays_2880x1800Retina
    NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - VRAM: 1024 MB
System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.10.2 (14C1514) - Time since boot: 0:55:13
Disk Information: ℹ️
    APPLE SSD SM256E disk0 : (251 GB)
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 249.80 GB (114.63 GB free)
            Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked
            Core Storage: disk0s2 250.14 GB Online
USB Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
    Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Configuration files: ℹ️
    /etc/hosts - Count: 11
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
    Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
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    [loaded]    foo.tap (1.0) [Click for support]
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    [loaded]    com.karios.driver.DuetDisplay (1 - SDK 10.10) [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.sophos.kext.sav (9.2.50 - SDK 10.8) [Click for support]
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    [not loaded]    com.elgato.driver.DontMatchCinergy450 (1.1) [Click for support]
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    [not loaded]    com.elgato.driver.DontMatchVoyager (1.1) [Click for support]
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    [loaded]    com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.sophos.uiserver.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    net.culater.SIMBL.Agent.plist [Click for support]
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    [running]    com.adobe.adobeupdatedaemon.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.ea.origin.ESHelper.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2.Agent.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.sophos.common.servicemanager.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.symantec.ajaxserver.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.tunnelbear.mac.tbeard.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    vyprvpnservice.plist [Click for support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.nds.pcshow.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.nds.pcshow.uninstall.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.spotify.webhelper.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    net.infinite-labs.SIMBLEnablerForSandboxedApps.plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
    duet    Application (/Applications/duet.app)
    Flux    Application (/Users/[redacted]/Applications/Flux.app)
    iTunesHelper    Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
    Dump Truck    Application (/Applications/Dump Truck.app)
    EyeTV Helper    Application (/Library/Application Support/EyeTV/EyeTV Helper.app)
    VyprVPN    Application (/Applications/VyprVPN.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
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    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 17.0.0.134 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
    Flash Player: Version: 17.0.0.134 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
    o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.40.2.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
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    PepperFlashPlayer: Version: 17.0.0.134 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
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    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 15.0.0 - SDK 10.10 Check version
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    1Password
    Adblock Plus
    Disconnect
    Reddit Enhancement Suite
    Save to Pocket
Audio Plug-ins: ℹ️
    DVCPROHDAudio: Version: 1.3.2
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
    Flash Player [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
    Skip System Files: NO
    Mobile backups: OFF
    Auto backup: YES
    Volumes being backed up:
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    Destinations:
        LaCie [Local]
        Total size: 2.00 TB
        Total number of backups: 29
        Oldest backup: 2015-01-07 06:26:03 +0000
        Last backup: 2015-03-22 04:27:28 +0000
        Size of backup disk: Excellent
            Backup size 2.00 TB > (Disk size 249.80 GB X 3)
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        13%    Safari
         3%    parentalcontrolsd
         2%    Little Snitch Agent
         1%    pbs
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    426 MB    Safari
    222 MB    com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
    189 MB    SophosScanD
    180 MB    InterCheck
    155 MB    SophosAntiVirus
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
    105 MB    Free RAM
    3.62 GB    Active RAM
    3.53 GB    Inactive RAM
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    2 MB    Page-outs
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Older mac 2009 getting slower with new updates

Hi
This may be obvious - but does installing 6 years of updates onto my 2009 iMac result in the computer getting slower? Response times for searching in safari get longer etc and generally taking a few minutes to work fully is getting longer as the years go by. It could be old age I suppose.
Thanks

How much RAM do you have installed? Apple menu>About this Mac>Memory will show this information. 2gb of RAM and the Mac will work, but likely perform like a slug, 4gb is better, but in my experience performance is still not great. 8gb and the Mac should perform well. I recently upgraded an early '09 Mac with 4gb of RAM to 8gb and the difference is like chalk and cheese - no more spinning beachballs or fans working overtime.
Macsales and Crucial are good places to buy RAM, and it's very to do the upgrade yourself on 09 Macs:
http://uk.crucial.com/gbr/en
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/apple/memory/iMac

My Mac is exceptionally slow, what can I do?

Ok, heres the story. The day after christmas 2012, December 26 2012, I upgraded my Macbook Pro from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion. I originally got the mac in 2010. The upgrade went by fine but after I noticed that the mac was slower than before, it would still function but there would be mild freezes every now and then. I was hoping that this was just the system possibly adjusting to the new software. The slowed performance never went away.
About a three weeks after I upgraded I got a new iphone 4 from att and it was mailed to me by att. When I recieved the iphone 4 I pluged it into my mac and transfered the info from my previous iphone 3gs to the iphone 4, then I put my music on it. I put all my songs in a playlist and then transfered them all onto the iphone at once. I left the mac and iphone sit since it was going to take a while. When I went back to look at the status of the music the mac was froozen and I was unable to get it out of it, I could move the mouse but it was the spinning wheel and I couldn't click on anything or quit or force quit anything. So I manually shut down my mac and started it back up.
From this point on the performance on my mac has been disasterous. With the Mountain Lion still on my mac it took over 20 minutes to start up from restart whether in safe mode, regular boot up, or resetting the NVRAM. Previously if I ever did have to restart my mac it would be able to start up within 5 minutes. Once the mac was running again, around every 5 minutes, almost routinely, the mac would freeze and come out of it after 2-3 minutes. Previously it would never freeze, unless I was running three movies at the same time or something like that. I could almost do nothing on my mac since it was always freezing. When I was finally able to start itunes thing would freeze almost immediately and freeze again almost every 3 minutes, even with everything else quit out of. I could not play any songs off of itunes and it seemed like every minimal task I tried to preform in itunes would severely freeze the mac, it would freeze for anything from opening the itunes store to pluging in the iphone to trying to play a single song. I would have to manually shut down the computer and go through the long reboot process again. After three days of researching what might be wrong (mostly through my iphone since the mac was froozen or taking two minutes to open a single page) I decided to erase everything on my mac and downgrade back to Snow Leopard.
After fully upgrading Snow Leopard, it ran better but it would still freeze often and be hard to operate. The freezes went from every 5 minutes to about every 30-45 minutes. Every now and then I would get lucky and it would take over an hour to freeze, but eventually it would still freeze. Things would get disasterous again when I ran itunes (again). Running itunes 11, the performance went back down to how it was with mountain lion without running itunes. Itunes would be better at running task but it would always freeze randomly every 1-3 minutes, again with everything else quit out of.
I downgraded itunes 11 to itunes 10.7 and things have gotten better, the routine freezings have stopped and now the mac only freezes when itunes is running, but it still severely freezes. I still can't put music on my iphone and the mac overall is still very slow, it took over 4 minutes to finally get to this page (exluding the signing in process).
Can someone please tell me what is wrong with my Macbook? I am currently running Snow Leopard again with itunes 10.7. I am about a week away from completely erasing my iphone and mac and trying to reboot everything again. If that does not work I am going to go get a cheap PC. I just want to be able to listen to music while I'm surfing online again and put my songs on my iphone!

domh2010 wrote:
All of that did absolutely nothing. Actually it made things worse.
If you tried every possible solution in the all those links baltwo provided, there is nothing more anyone here can suggest other than waving a wand over the computer or you throwing salt over both shoulders.
Take the computer to an Apple store or an AASP. Whichever is more convenient for you. Let the geniuses there figure it out. Diagnostic testing is free.

My Mac is getting laggy, what can I do?

A lot of times I put it on sleep mode and when I open it up, it wont let me type the password and I then need to close it and open it again until it lets me type it.
The color wheel also appears sometimes. It will sometimes display websites in the wrong way. Please help. Here is the EtreChech I got. Let me know if theres something I can do
EtreCheck version: 1.9.15 (52)
Report generated September 19, 2014 at 10:42:55 AM GMT-5
Hardware Information: ?
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information: ?
Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: (null)
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ?
OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Uptime: 0 days 1:31:14
Disk Information: ?
APPLE HDD HTS545050A7E362 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (475.02 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS41N
USB Information: ?
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Thunderbolt Information: ?
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ?
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ?
[loaded] com.avira.kext.FileAccessControl (1.0.0d1 - SDK 10.9) Support
[loaded] com.silex.driver.sxuptp (1.10.5 - SDK 10.6) Support
[loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (4.3.12) Support
[loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (4.3.12) Support
[loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (4.3.12) Support
[loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (4.3.12) Support
Launch Daemons: ?
[failed] com.avira.antivirus.dbcleaner.plist Support
[loaded] com.avira.antivirus.ipm.loader.plist Support
[running] com.avira.helper.watchdox.plist Support
[loaded] com.ea.origin.ESHelper.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
[not loaded] org.virtualbox.startup.plist Support
Launch Agents: ?
[loaded] com.avira.antivirus.general.agent.plist Support
[loaded] com.avira.antivirus.ipm.ui.plist Support
[loaded] com.avira.antivirus.notifications.agent.plist Support
[failed] com.avira.antivirus.odscan.default.plist Support
[loaded] com.avira.antivirus.scheduler.agent.plist Support
[running] com.avira.antivirus.systray.plist Support
[loaded] com.avira.antivirus.telemetry.agent.plist Support
[failed] com.avira.antivirus.update.default.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ?
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support
[not loaded] org.virtualbox.vboxwebsrv.plist Support
User Login Items: ?
iTunesHelper
Sony Ericsson Bridge Helper
Google Drive
USB Control Center
Google Chrome
Internet Plug-ins: ?
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.3 - SDK 10.6 Support
Safari Extensions: ?
extension
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: ?
None
Time Machine: ?
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ?
      4% WindowServer
      3% Google Chrome
      2% TweetDeck
      2% hidd
      1% avguard-ondemand-mgmt
Top Processes by Memory: ?
287 MB savapi
279 MB avguard.bin
197 MB TweetDeck
123 MB Google Chrome
123 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
Virtual Memory Information: ?
90 MB Free RAM
1.64 GB Active RAM
1.61 GB Inactive RAM
625 MB Wired RAM
2.39 GB Page-ins
2 MB Page-outs

Sorry, again, for the really late reply John. So, the update on my problem: my mac is really laggy again in general and when I open the screen to get it out of sleep mode, it will take some seconds for it to let me type the password. l open apps and they take more than usual to load. I see the multicolor "loading" wheel quite a bunch of times. Please help. Below is a new EtreCheck report.
EtreCheck version: 1.9.15 (52)
Report generated October 8, 2014 at 12:07:24 AM EDT
Hardware Information: ?
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information: ?
Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: (null)
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ?
OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Uptime: 6 days 12:14:47
Disk Information: ?
APPLE HDD HTS545050A7E362 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (474.63 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS41N
USB Information: ?
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Thunderbolt Information: ?
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ?
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ?
[not loaded] com.avira.kext.FileAccessControl (1.0.0d1 - SDK 10.9) Support
[loaded] com.silex.driver.sxuptp (1.10.5 - SDK 10.6) Support
[loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (4.3.12) Support
[loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (4.3.12) Support
[loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (4.3.12) Support
[loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (4.3.12) Support
Problem System Launch Daemons: ?
[failed] com.apple.security.syspolicy.plist
[failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist
Launch Daemons: ?
[loaded] com.ea.origin.ESHelper.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
[not loaded] org.virtualbox.startup.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ?
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support
[not loaded] org.virtualbox.vboxwebsrv.plist Support
User Login Items: ?
iTunesHelper
Sony Ericsson Bridge Helper
Internet Plug-ins: ?
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.4 - SDK 10.6 Support
Safari Extensions: ?
extension
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: ?
None
Time Machine: ?
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ?
      6% TweetDeck
      2% hidd
      1% WindowServer
      0% Google Chrome
      0% fontd
Top Processes by Memory: ?
217 MB TweetDeck
147 MB Google Chrome Helper
147 MB Google Chrome
135 MB softwareupdated
78 MB Preview
Virtual Memory Information: ?
45 MB Free RAM
1.34 GB Active RAM
1.31 GB Inactive RAM
692 MB Wired RAM
71.92 GB Page-ins
2.24 GB Page-outs

My mac is getting slower and slower - here is the Etrecheck information on my mac.

Are there any issues that need to be addressed for my Mac?
Thank you for your help. Tis is my first Mac and I just want it to run smoothly, I'm also having difficulty trying to set up my Time machine.
EtreCheck version: 1.9.12 (48)
Report generated June 24, 2014 at 9:31:48 AM EDT
Hardware Information:
iMac (27-inch, Mid 2010) (Verified)
iMac - model: iMac11,3
1 3.2 GHz Intel Core i3 CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
ATI Radeon HD 5670 - VRAM: 512 MB
iMac 2560 x 1440
System Software:
OS X 10.9.3 (13D65) - Uptime: 0 days 0:17:24
Disk Information:
ST31000528AS disk0 : (1 TB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 999.35 GB (803.31 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H
USB Information:
EPSON USB2.0 MFP(Hi-Speed)
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          USB Flash Memory 4.01 GB
ZETA HD-2 (disk1s1) /Volumes/ZETA HD-2: 4 GB (3.96 GB free)
Logitech Logitech USB Headset
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
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Anywhere
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Time Machine not configured!
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Please 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.

My mac is getting slower

Does anyone know a reliable program to "clean" my mac? I've never had to do this but Lion seems to have slowed down my MacBook... It's just about 3 years old. Thanks!

Thanks! There's 19,9 GB left. I suppose there's no problem there?
I just checked the start up list in my profile... a lot on there! I took unnecessary programs of the list. Let me try to restart and see if it speeds up things. Keep you posted.

Mac running slow, what to do?

My mac is running slow, what should I do to clean it up?

Things You Can Do To Resolve Slow Downs
If your computer seems to be running slower here are some things you can do:
Start with visits to:     OS X Maintenance - MacAttorney;
                                  The X Lab: The X-FAQs;
                                  The Safe Mac » Mac Performance Guide;
                                  The Safe Mac » The myth of the dirty Mac;
                                  Mac maintenance Quick Assist.
Boot into Safe Mode then repair your hard drive and permissions:
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions Pre-Lion
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer.
Repair the Hard Drive - Lion/Mountain Lion/Mavericks
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the Utilites Menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD disk icon and click on the arrow button below.
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported, then click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the main menu. Select Restart from the Apple menu.
Restart your computer normally and see if this has helped any. Next do some maintenance:
For situations Disk Utility cannot handle the best third-party utility is Disk Warrior; DW only fixes problems with the disk directory, but most disk problems are caused by directory corruption; Disk Warrior 4.x is now Intel Mac compatible.
Note: Alsoft ships DW on a bootable DVD that will startup Macs running Snow Leopard or earlier. It cannot start Macs that came with Lion or later pre-installed, however, DW will work on those models.
Suggestions for OS X Maintenance
OS X performs certain maintenance functions that are scheduled to occur on a daily, weekly, or monthly period. The maintenance scripts run in the early AM only if the computer is turned on 24/7 (no sleep.) If this isn't the case, then an excellent solution is to download and install a shareware utility such as Macaroni, JAW PseudoAnacron, or Anacron that will automate the maintenance activity regardless of whether the computer is turned off or asleep. Dependence upon third-party utilities to run the periodic maintenance scripts was significantly reduced since Tiger. These utilities have limited or no functionality with Snow Leopard or later and should not be installed.
OS X automatically defragments files less than 20 MBs in size, so unless you have a disk full of very large files there's little need for defragmenting the hard drive.
Helpful Links Regarding Malware Protection
An excellent link to read is Tom Reed's Mac Malware Guide.
Also, visit The XLab FAQs and read Detecting and avoiding malware and spyware.
See these Apple articles:
          Mac OS X Snow Leopard and malware detection
          OS X Lion- Protect your Mac from malware
          OS X Mountain Lion- Protect your Mac from malware
          About file quarantine in OS X
If you require anti-virus protection I recommend using VirusBarrier Express 1.1.6 or Dr.Web Light both from the App Store. They're both free, and since they're from the App Store, they won't destabilize the system. (Thank you to Thomas Reed for these recommendations.)
Troubleshooting Applications
I recommend downloading a utility such as TinkerTool System, OnyX, Mavericks Cache Cleaner, or Cocktail that you can use for removing old log files and archives, clearing caches, etc. Corrupted cache, log, or temporary files can cause application or OS X crashes as well as kernel panics.
If you have Snow Leopard or Leopard, then for similar repairs install the freeware utility Applejack. If you cannot start up in OS X, you may be able to start in single-user mode from which you can run Applejack to do a whole set of repair and maintenance routines from the command line. Note that AppleJack 1.5 is required for Leopard. AppleJack 1.6 is compatible with Snow Leopard. Applejack does not work with Lion and later.
Basic Backup
For some people Time Machine will be more than adequate. Time Machine is part of OS X. There are two components:
1. A Time Machine preferences panel as part of System Preferences;
2. A Time Machine application located in the Applications folder. It is
    used to manage backups and to restore backups. Time Machine
    requires a backup drive that is at least twice the capacity of the
    drive being backed up.
Alternatively, get an external drive at least equal in size to the internal hard drive and make (and maintain) a bootable clone/backup. You can make a bootable clone using the Restore option of Disk Utility. You can also make and maintain clones with good backup software. My personal recommendations are (order is not significant):
1. Carbon Copy Cloner
2. Get Backup
3. Deja Vu
4. SuperDuper!
5. Synk Pro
6. Tri-Backup
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on backup and restore. Also read How to Back Up and Restore Your Files. For help with using Time Machine visit Pondini's Time Machine FAQ for help with all things Time Machine.
Referenced software can be found at MacUpdate.
Additional Hints
Be sure you have an adequate amount of RAM installed for the number of applications you run concurrently. Be sure you leave a minimum of 10% of the hard drive's capacity as free space.
Add more RAM. If your computer has less than 2 GBs of RAM and you are using OS X Leopard or later, then you can do with more RAM. Snow Leopard and Lion work much better with 4 GBs of RAM than their system minimums. The more concurrent applications you tend to use the more RAM you should have.
Always maintain at least 15 GBs or 10% of your hard drive's capacity as free space, whichever is greater. OS X is frequently accessing your hard drive, so providing adequate free space will keep things from slowing down.
Check for applications that may be hogging the CPU:
Pre-Mavericks
Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder. Select All Processes from the Processes dropdown menu. Click twice on the CPU% column header to display in descending order. If you find a process using a large amount of CPU time (>=70,) then select the process and click on the Quit icon in the toolbar. Click on the Force Quit button to kill the process. See if that helps. Be sure to note the name of the runaway process so you can track down the cause of the problem.
Mavericks and later
Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder. Select All Processes from the View menu. Click on the CPU tab in the toolbar. Click twice on the CPU% column header to display in descending order. If you find a process using a large amount of CPU time (>=70,) then select the process and click on the Quit icon in the toolbar. Click on the Force Quit button to kill the process. See if that helps. Be sure to note the name of the runaway process so you can track down the cause of the problem.
Often this problem occurs because of a corrupted cache or preferences file or an attempt to write to a corrupted log file.

Mac book pro getting slow. Help me.

I have a macbook pro 13" 2011 model. And what I noticed now is that my mac is getting slow even though I didn't use any apps at all. My free memory is still 60 gig something so I don't think this could be the reason why it's getting slow. Any help? I already deleted other big apps and programs. Even though I don't use any program, the mac is getting slow now... what should I do? do i need those mac keeper thing? thanks for the help!

How's it going Crampy?
By the % on the CPU Processes.
Whatever is using the most CPU Processes is the one giving the most issue.
If you're using Firefox, Safari or Google, see if it's loading flash on activity monitor.
You will see under %CPU how much of the CPU is actually being used by that application.
The higher the percentage, the slower you get and the hotter your MB Pro gets.

Getting Slow after Migration to a new Mac

Every time, I've bought a new Mac and using Migration Assistant to migrate my data to new Mac. The new Mac is getting slower, not look like a hardware upgrade. For example, my Macbook Pro i5 needs more than 10 seconds to start MS Word while my MBA needs less than 2 seconds.
Will there so many scrap or unused data migrated from my old mac? And my "migration data" has been accumulated for several times since 5~6 years ago. I've used this "migration data" for every new Mac arrives. So, This is not the first time I've expereinced, this was happens several times when I bought a new Mac.
Please note that Spotlight Indexing is complete.
Thanks.
Regards,

Thanks for your suggestions. I've updated the software already (noticing that it was system, i-movie and garage band which were being updated) but that didn't help. Previously that did help for i-photo though.
Anyway, I tried the sudo thing, I got the following messages but still no i-movie :
updatedyld_sharedcache: warning mismatched install path in /System/Library/CoreServices/RawCamera.bundle/Contents/Resources/MetadataLib.dy lib for /usr/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib
updatedyld_sharedcache: warning mismatched install path in /System/Library/CoreServices/RawCamera.bundle/Contents/MacOS/RawCamera for /usr/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib
updatedyld_sharedcache: warning mismatched install path in /System/Library/CoreServices/RawCamera.bundle/Contents/Resources/MetadataLib.dy lib for /usr/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib
updatedyld_sharedcache: warning mismatched install path in /System/Library/CoreServices/RawCamera.bundle/Contents/MacOS/RawCamera for /usr/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib
updatedyld_sharedcache: warning mismatched install path in /System/Library/CoreServices/RawCamera.bundle/Contents/MacOS/RawCamera for /usr/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib
updatedyld_sharedcache: warning mismatched install path in /System/Library/CoreServices/RawCamera.bundle/Contents/Resources/MetadataLib.dy lib for /usr/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib
Any other ideas?

My macbook retina 2013 13 inch is getting slow and extremely hot while charging and using it , what should i do to get it fine?

my laptop gets extremely hot within 10 minutes of charging and usage at full brighness
even the spreed of the cursore and the apps opening etc (the speeed of the laptop) gets slow
what should i do in this situation?

How hot is "extremely hot" and do the fans come on to cool your notebook? Download the free trial of iStat Menus and report back your average temps and fan speeds.
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