My Mac us running slow and i dont know have to investigate why?
HI Everyone my Mac is running slow.... i have used tools to clean up unwanted files. Looked at how much my files are takng up i have 41.1GB left out of 319G Mac Hardrive could this be the reason?
Do i need to move all my movies and audi files to a external hard drive will this speed up my mac?
Thanks Cam
You have plenty of disk space.
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.
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.
Otherwise, take the steps below when you notice the slowdown.
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.
Important: Some personal information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting. That should be easy to do if your extract is not too long.
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Problem description:
My mac has been very slow lately. Any suggestions?
EtreCheck version: 2.1.2 (105)
Report generated December 14, 2014 at 8:15:29 PM PST
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,5
1 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
2 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
1 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
1 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Uptime: 0:54:52
Disk Information: ℹ️
Hitachi HTS545016B9SA02 disk0 : (160.04 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
MacHD (disk0s2) / : 159.05 GB (49.15 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Startup Items: ℹ️
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[failed] com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication.plist [Details]
[failed] com.apple.icloud.fmfd.plist [Details]
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[failed] com.apple.security.cloudkeychainproxy.plist [Details]
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[failed] com.apple.ctkd.plist [Details]
[failed] com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced.plist [Details]
[failed] com.apple.ifdreader.plist
[failed] com.apple.nehelper.plist [Details]
[failed] com.apple.softwareupdate_download_service.plist [Details]
[failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist [Details]
[failed] com.apple.xpc.smd.plist [Details]
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[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Support]
[invalid?] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Support]
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist [Support]
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist [Support]
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[running] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Support]
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Support]
[invalid?] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Support]
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist [Support]
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[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Support]
[invalid?] com.nds.pcshow.plist [Support]
[invalid?] com.nds.pcshow.uninstall.plist [Support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
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Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
WidevineMediaOptimizer: Version: 6.0.0.12757 - SDK 10.7 [Support]
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.235 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.235 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player [Support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
Volumes being backed up:
MacHD: Disk size: 159.05 GB Disk used: 109.90 GB
Destinations:
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Total size: 30.88 GB
Total number of backups: 0
Oldest backup: -
Last backup: -
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 30.88 GB < (Disk used 109.90 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
6% WindowServer
0% AppleSpell
0% SystemUIServer
0% powerd
0% Google Chrome
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
131 MB softwareupdated
112 MB Google Chrome
41 MB Finder
34 MB Google Chrome Helper
32 MB WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
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587 MB Active RAM
551 MB Inactive RAM
350 MB Wired RAM
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865 MB Page-outs
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EtreCheck version: 1.9.15 (52)
Report generated September 24, 2014 11:00:40 AM GMT+07:00
Hardware Information: ?
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MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro7,1
1 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
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NVIDIA GeForce 320M - VRAM: 256 MB
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System Software: ?
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S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
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Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
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Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
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[running] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper.plist Support
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OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.2.0 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 13.9.8 - SDK 10.6 Check version
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.6.6
Safari Extensions: ?
Omnibar (Disabled)
iTunes Plug-ins: ?
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.2
User Internet Plug-ins ?
BlueStacks Install Detector: Version: 0.3.6 - SDK 10.7 Support
3rd Party Preference Panes: ?
Flash Player Support
Paragon NTFS for Mac ® OS X Support
Time Machine: ?
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4% WindowServer
1% WebProcess
0% fontd
0% SystemUIServer
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106 MB Safari
61 MB mds
57 MB WindowServer
57 MB firefox-bin
Virtual Memory Information: ?
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441 MB Inactive RAM
445 MB Wired RAM
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My MacBook started running extremely slow and hot a couple of days ago. I tried to search for help and found this forum where people had the same problem. people are advised to check with etrecheck software and post the results, So I did mine and below are my results. I hoping someone could help me out. Thanks a lot in advance.
EtreCheck version: 1.9.15 (52)
Report generated October 1, 2014 at 10:37:30 PM EDT
Hardware Information: ?
MacBook (13-inch, Mid 2010) (Verified)
MacBook - model: MacBook7,1
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
2 GB RAM
Video Information: ?
NVIDIA GeForce 320M - VRAM: 256 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ?
OS X 10.9.4 (13E28) - Uptime: 0 days 3:28:46
Disk Information: ?
Hitachi HTS545025B9SA02 disk0 : (250.06 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
disk0s2 (disk0s2) <not mounted>: 249.2 GB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
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USB Information: ?
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Gatekeeper: ?
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ?
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[loaded] com.squirrels.airparrot.framebuffer (3 - SDK 10.8) Support
[loaded] com.squirrels.driver.AirParrotSpeakers (1.8 - SDK 10.8) Support
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Startup Items: ?
Jaksta: Path: /Library/StartupItems/Jaksta
Launch Daemons: ?
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[invalid] com.mcafee.ssm.ScanFactory.plist
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[running] com.mcafee.menulet.plist Support
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User Login Items: ?
Safari
iTunesHelper
BitTorrent
uTorrent
Canon IJ Network Scanner Selector EX
Internet Plug-ins: ?
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AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.10 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 2.2 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.1 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.10 Support
SiteAdvisor: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.5 Support
GarminGPSControl: Version: 3.0.1.0 Release - SDK 10.4 Support
EPPEX Plugin: Version: 10.0 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 67 Check version
Safari Extensions: ?
SiteAdvisor
Add To Amazon Wish List
AdBlock-2
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
Java Support
MacFUSE Support
Time Machine: ?
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
Volumes being backed up:
Destinations:
KINGSTON [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 0 B
Total number of backups: (null)
Size of backup disk: Excellent
Backup size 0 B > (Disk size 0 B X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU: ?
2% WindowServer
1% softwareupdated
0% SystemUIServer
0% notifyd
0% appProtd
Top Processes by Memory: ?
164 MB Safari
84 MB softwareupdated
80 MB VShieldScanner
66 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
55 MB mds
Virtual Memory Information: ?
26 MB Free RAM
671 MB Active RAM
652 MB Inactive RAM
389 MB Wired RAM
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Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
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Copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C).
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
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11/4/11 11:32:34 PM com.apple.Dock.agent[121] Fri Nov 4 23:32:34 Dock[121] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Failed
11/4/11 11:32:35 PM [0x0-0x18a18a].org.mozilla.firefox[5773] Fri Nov 4 23:32:35 firefox[5773] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: _CGSFindSharedWindow: WID 1981
11/4/11 11:32:35 PM [0x0-0x18a18a].org.mozilla.firefox[5773] Fri Nov 4 23:32:35 firefox[5773] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSGetWindowLevel
11/4/11 11:32:35 PM [0x0-0x18a18a].org.mozilla.firefox[5773] Fri Nov 4 23:32:35 firefox[5773] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: _CGSFindSharedWindow: WID 1981
11/4/11 11:32:35 PM [0x0-0x18a18a].org.mozilla.firefox[5773] Fri Nov 4 23:32:35 firefox[5773] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSGetWindowAlpha
11/4/11 11:32:35 PM [0x0-0x18a18a].org.mozilla.firefox[5773] Fri Nov 4 23:32:35 firefox[5773] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSGetScreenRectForWindow
Coppied straight from Console, except my computer name is taken out.
Screen Shot of Garbled Video
Any help is greatly appreciated, and thanks in advance,
EliCall the Apple store asap. Let them know what is going on, and make an appointment with the genius. Make sure it gets taken care of before your 1 year warranty runs out in 2 months (unless you have AppleCare). If this issue was happening and was "fixed", obviously it wasn't and Apple needs to take care of this.
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Mac mini running slow and freezed during operation
I am running a 2011 MacMini. It is used for our worship services and recording. I am having issues with it freezing and slowing down. Usually we only have Propresenter ( presentatio program) and Gargeband (recording) running. I get the wait wheel and sometimes have to reboot to get going again. I have upgraded from 2 to 8 gig and also upgraded to the lion os. I have moved all files to an external drive. Any suggestions
Hi, you've mentioned some of this, but...
See if the Disk is issuing any S.M.A.R.T errors in Disk Utility...
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH7029
Open Activity Monitor in Applications>Utilities, select All Processes & sort on CPU%, any indications there?
How much RAM & free Disk space do you have also, click on the Memory & Disk Usage Tabs.
Open Console in Utilities & see if there are any clues or repeating messages when this happens.
In the Memory tab of Activity Monitor, are there a lot of Pageouts?
One way to test is to Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, Test for problem in Safe Mode...
PS. Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive
Reboot, test again.
If it only does it in Regular Boot, then it could be some hardware problem like Video card, (Quartz is turned off in Safe Mode), or Airport, or some USB or Firewire device, or 3rd party add-on, Check System Preferences>Accounts (Users & Groups in later OSX versions)>Login Items window to see if it or something relevant is listed.
Check the System Preferences>Other Row, for 3rd party Pref Panes.
Also look in these if they exist, some are invisible...
/private/var/run/StartupItems
/Library/StartupItems
/System/Library/StartupItems
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons
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My mac is running slower and less responsive than it should be.
When I check "about this mac - storage", the labels are not shown accurately, with 'other' saying zero kb but having the largest coloured portion on the chart. Applications take longer than expected to load. Not a great deal of time but I do feel that the mac is not responding as fast as it should when loading applications, starting up, shutting down etc. Can anyone reccomend how to improve performance or tell me a good applicationg to download to clean it up, provide internet security and improve speed.
From the menu bar, select
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Mac running slow and fan running at high speed
MacPro1,1, osx 10.7.5, 8gb ram
My mac is running slow and fan running at high speed & very loud. On MRI diagnostic it passes everything except this error "CPU Proximity: Can't Read ". I did low level configuration and still having issue with unit.See Below.
Mac running slow and fan running at high speed -
My mac is running slow and when i go as guest it loads fast. Can somebody help me please?
What Mac and OS?
Try a repair in Recovery Mode AND do a SAFE BOOT MODE.
Backup first, should be already.
I would be careful using a system that may have directory errors.
Create a new standard user account if the hard drive is sarfe to use and no errors.
Then migrate to the new account or find what in yours is offending and cauing problems.
Maybe from prior OS?
Started happening with 10.9? upgraded over 10.8?
Anytime a system freezes, STOP. Any hard or forced freeze, assume there is going to be need to repair and correct the hard drive directory.
Doesn't sound like networking or internet - is it only mail and web browser you have had trouble?
Then reset and clear the browser and use its safe launch mode.
Problems with Mavericks and Mail -- I'd say look in Mavericks forums. -
my mac is running slow and the wheel just spins. any suggestions?
my mac is running slow and the wheel just spins. any suggestions?
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My mac is running slow. Can i take it in to get wiped out
My mac is running slow. and it won't let me update some things. Can i take it to a mac store for them to "clean" my mac?
Yes, they can erase the hard drive and reinstall the OS, but so can you.
In order to help, need more info:
What OS version are you running?
Which year/model for your Mac?
Run this little utility and post the results here:
http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck -
My iCal is running slow and is empty.
I have my gmail linked to my iPhone and my Mac. However, lately it has been running slow and shows that I have no events at all, not even in the past years. My iPhone, however, shows that there are events. It shows that it the account is on there (The check box is checked). My iCal takes too long to remove the gmail account for me to reset it and freezes; I have for Force Quit it then. How do I fix this problem? Thank you in advance.
Hello
Did you found a solution.
My colleague use iCal and when he opens it, it freeze and take a long time to see nothint. Calendar is not responding during this time. So my problem seams to be very similar to yours.
My colleague is also sync gmail calendar with iCal.
Cheers
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