My Macbook became extremely slow with Leopard
Hi,
After installing the new Leopard on my Macbook it became extremely slow. There is a way to solve this problem?
Thank U,
A.
Hi andy0704,
the Spotlight indexing is done automatically by the system. It is just indexing the "new" searchengine - so to speak. To get faster and better search results.
If you did the TM Back up - all of your data is already backed up- and you'll find everything in that backup folder...the complete harddrive of your machine.
Your docs and picture should be in the same place /folder on your backup drive as on your boot harddrive - just "mirrored" ...
hope that helps..
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Early 2008 Macbook Pro extremely slow with Yosemite 10.10.2
Since updating to Yosemite, my system has become very slow and unresponsive. Below is the EtreCheck report, and I am looking for assistance on how to get my system back to quicker speeds.
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2008) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro4,1
1 2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
2 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
1 GB DDR2 SDRAM 667 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM1
1 GB DDR2 SDRAM 667 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 55
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GeForce 8600M GT - VRAM: 512 MB
Color LCD 1440 x 900
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OS X 10.10.2 (14C109) - Time since boot: 2 days 20:25:10
Disk Information: ℹ️
Hitachi HTS542525K9SA00 disk0 : (250.06 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
MacBook Pro Luis's HD (disk0s2) / : 249.20 GB (91.47 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
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MacBook Pro Luis's HD: Disk size: 249.20 GB Disk used: 157.73 GB
Destinations:
Data [Network]
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Last backup: 2014-01-26 23:47:11 +0000
Size of backup disk: Excellent
Backup size 998.06 GB > (Disk size 249.20 GB X 3)
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Feb 4, 2015, 03:02:55 PM Self test - passedIf you choose to use garbage such as "Intego VirusBarrier" you are going to need more memory, a lot more. I suggest you uninstall it according to its instructions, and evaluate your Mac's performance without burdening it with completely useless junk. As long as Intego remains active, your Mac will have few resources remaining to do anything else.
Using Intego's "Virus Barrier" and "Net Barrier" products on a brand new Mac containing nothing but one minimally configured user account resulted in performance degradation so severe that it became nearly unusable. No knowledgeable Mac user would consider using it even remotely tolerable.
Intego should only be uninstalled using the uninstaller included with it. Don't use anything else. A successful uninstallation will result in the following:
After that, restart your Mac. Other Intego components will remain but they will be inert and will not affect your Mac's operation. -
MACBook Pro - Extremely Slow with Freezes
Hi,
I have this macbook pro model
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro9,2
Processor Name: Intel Core i5
Processor Speed: 2.5 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 4 GB
And with 385 GB out of 499 GB of free memory.
I have practically nothing on it, no huge files & not more than the basic apps., nothing !
However, I have a very slow response. Word sometimes takes a minute to open when I only have just Chrome running in the background.
It gets worse when many apps are running together, but even then its only basic apps nothing major. Safari would normaly take not less than 20 seconds to open. I have just dropbox thaat run automatically after start up but nothign else. Still most of the time I am faced with the slow response. The spinning beack ball is always on to, which makes me force quit alot of time.
My battery is working quite well
Thanks for the feedback !If you choose to use garbage such as "Intego VirusBarrier" you are going to need more memory, a lot more. I suggest you uninstall it according to its instructions, and evaluate your Mac's performance without burdening it with completely useless junk. As long as Intego remains active, your Mac will have few resources remaining to do anything else.
Using Intego's "Virus Barrier" and "Net Barrier" products on a brand new Mac containing nothing but one minimally configured user account resulted in performance degradation so severe that it became nearly unusable. No knowledgeable Mac user would consider using it even remotely tolerable.
Intego should only be uninstalled using the uninstaller included with it. Don't use anything else. A successful uninstallation will result in the following:
After that, restart your Mac. Other Intego components will remain but they will be inert and will not affect your Mac's operation. -
My macbook runs extremely slow when logging in after waking up from sleep, locking up and I am unable to use the keyboard. Furthermore, when just using safari to watch streaming television, my computer gets really slow, and locks up, and the dock appears blank and I sit here frustrated. Anytime i wake up my computer, my keys don't respond and I've waited at most 3 minutes untill i can type in my password. Even sometimes when i type in my password and hit enter, it takes forever to open up my mac. I have barely used any storage in my macbook, since i only use it for college, and I have run clamscan wiht no viruses showing... Any ideas?
when just using safari to watch streaming television, my computer gets really slow, and locks up, and the dock appears blank
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This procedure is a diagnostic test. It’s unlikely to solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
The purpose of the test is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party software that loads automatically at startup or login, or by a peripheral device.
Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards. Boot in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem. Note: If FileVault is enabled, or if a firmware password is set, or if the boot volume is a software RAID, you can’t do this. Ask for further instructions.
Safe mode is much slower to boot and run than normal, and some things won’t work at all, including sound output andWi-Fi on certain iMacs. The next normal boot may also be somewhat slow.
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MacBook startup extremely slow and troubleshooting solutions haven't worked. What can I do?
My MacBook is about a year old, and recently it became extremely slow during startup. At first it just seemed a little slow, but the past couple of days it has taken more and more time. It's now taking 5 - 10 minutes to fully come on. Once it's on, everything is fine.
I've troubleshooted in Apple Communities and tried all of the advice I've found, but nothing seems to be working. Here are the details.
My computer:
MacBook
OS 10.7.4
Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Available hard disk space: 163.27 GB free (out of 249.2 GB)
What I've tried so far (in order):
1. Check startup disk - Startup disk was correctly selected
2. Use Disk Utility to Verify Hard Disk - No problems identified
3. Updated system software - no major updates (I update regularly to begin with)
4. Check System Monitor for hidden activity - Almost no activity (no other programs were running at the time); no strange users or activity
5. Check Login Items - The iTunesHelper was causing an error. I removed it and replaced it with iTunesHelper from the iTunes Package. The error was fixed, but no improvement in startup time. (Current Login items: GrowlMenu, GrowlHelperApp (Growl is up to date), iTunesHelper, Dropbox)
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AlBayanBold.ttf
AmericanTypewriter.ttc
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Apple Chancery.ttf
Apple LiGothic Medium.ttf
Apple LiSung Light.ttf
AppleCasual.dfont
AppleMyungjo.ttf
Arial Black.ttf
Arial Bold Italic.ttf
Arial Bold.ttf
Arial Italic.ttf
Arial Narrow Bold Italic.ttf
Arial Narrow Bold.ttf
Arial Narrow Italic.ttf
Arial Narrow.ttf
Arial Rounded Bold.ttf
Arial Unicode.ttf
Arial.ttf
ArialHB.ttf
ArialHBBold.ttf
Ayuthaya.ttf
Baghdad.ttf
Bangla MN.ttc
Bangla Sangam MN.ttf
Baskerville.ttc
BiauKai.ttf
BigCaslon.ttf
BlairMdITC TT-Medium
Bordeaux Roman Bold LET Fonts
Brush Script.ttf
Chalkboard.ttc
Chalkduster.ttf
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Cochin.ttc
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Comic Sans MS.ttf
Copperplate.ttc
Corsiva.ttf
CorsivaBold.ttf
Courier New Bold Italic.ttf
Courier New Bold.ttf
Courier New Italic.ttf
Courier New.ttf
Cracked
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DevanagariMT.ttf
DevanagariMTBold.ttf
Didot.ttc
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fonts.dir
fonts.list
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Georgia Bold Italic.ttf
Georgia Bold.ttf
Georgia Italic.ttf
Georgia.ttf
GillSans.ttc
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GujaratiMT.ttf
GujaratiMTBold.ttf
Gungseouche.ttf
Gurmukhi MN.ttc
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Hei.ttf
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Herculanum.ttf
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Hiragino Sans GB W6.otf
Hoefler Text Ornaments.ttf
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Impact.ttf
InaiMathi.ttf
Kai.ttf
Kailasa.ttf
Kannada MN.ttc
Kannada Sangam MN.ttf
Kefa.ttc
Khmer MN.ttc
Khmer Sangam MN.ttf
Kokonor.ttf
Krungthep.ttf
KufiStandardGK.ttf
Lao MN.ttc
Lao Sangam MN.ttf
Malayalam MN.ttc
Malayalam Sangam MN.ttf
Microsoft
Microsoft Sans Serif.ttf
MshtakanBold.ttf
MshtakanBoldOblique.ttf
MshtakanOblique.ttf
MshtakanRegular.ttf
Myanmar MN.ttc
Myanmar Sangam MN.ttf
Nadeem.ttf
NanumGothic.ttc
NanumMyeongjo.ttc
NanumScript.ttc
NewPeninimMT.ttf
NewPeninimMTBold.ttf
NewPeninimMTBoldInclined.ttf
NewPeninimMTInclined.ttf
NISC18030.ttf
Noteworthy.ttc
Optima.ttc
Oriya MN.ttc
Oriya Sangam MN.ttf
Osaka.ttf
OsakaMono.ttf
Palatino
Palatino.ttc
Papyrus.ttc
PCmyoungjo.ttf
Pilgiche.ttf
PlantagenetCherokee.ttf
PortagoITC TT
PTSans.ttc
Raanana.ttf
RaananaBold.ttf
Sathu.ttf
Silom.ttf
Sinhala MN.ttc
Sinhala Sangam MN.ttf
Skia.ttf
STIXGeneral.otf
STIXGeneralBol.otf
STIXGeneralBolIta.otf
STIXGeneralItalic.otf
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STIXIntDReg.otf
STIXIntSmBol.otf
STIXIntSmReg.otf
STIXIntUpBol.otf
STIXIntUpDBol.otf
STIXIntUpDReg.otf
STIXIntUpReg.otf
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STIXIntUpSmReg.otf
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STIXNonUniBol.otf
STIXNonUniBolIta.otf
STIXNonUniIta.otf
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STIXSizOneSymReg.otf
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Tamil Sangam MN.ttf
Telugu MN.ttc
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Times New Roman.ttf
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Trebuchet MS Bold.ttf
Trebuchet MS Italic.ttf
Trebuchet MS.ttf
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ヒラギノ明朝 Pro W3.otf
ヒラギノ明朝 Pro W6.otf
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ヒラギノ角ゴ Pro W6.otf
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ヒラギノ角ゴ StdN W8.otf
儷宋 Pro.ttf
儷黑 Pro.ttf
华文仿宋.ttf
华文宋体.ttf
华文楷体.ttf
华文细黑.ttf
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7. Verified and repaired disk permissions (there were several differences, they were all repaired).
I don't know what else to try. My Mac's not making any strange noises, and is otherwise running well. The only thing that I can think of is that it's been too humid in my house recently (rainy season in Japan). But the slow startup seems to be the same regardless of time of day and humidity, and if it were humidity I have no idea how to fix that. Also, none of my other Mac devices seem to be similarly affected, so I doubt that's the problem.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you!It turns out that my hard drive was shot. I took my MacBook to the Apple Store on Wednesday, they kept it for analysis and repair. They replaced the hard drive, and I've already got it back (Friday; less than two days in total).
Although I did check my hard disk with the disk utility, it did not identify the problem.
Some other troubleshooting advice that I overlooked was to try reinstalling my OS and to try starting up in Safe Mode. Neither would have helped in this case, but they may be useful for someone else having similar problems.
Other advice - always make sure your data is backed up and that you Apple Care coverage is up to date. -
Blackberry Z10 became extremely slow after OS update to version 10.3.1.2243
Hi,
My Blackberry Z10 became extremely slow after OS update to version 10.3.1.2243. For example it sends text message 10-15 seconds after send button has been hit.
Can not answer the phone when a caller is calling (answer slide interface is unrespnsovie), if I want to launch any application screen turns black and nothing happens, etc.
Does anyone experience similar issues?
Thank you.
Michal.Hi and Welcome to the Community!
A quick read of this site will answer your final question quite clearly. The "fix" depends on several factors, but given what you describe I recommend you immediately update, via AutoLoader, to the most recent version (.2582)...some of the prior versions contain some particularly challenging issues, which are reported to be fixed in this version.
Good luck and let us know!
Occam's Razor nearly always applies when troubleshooting technology issues!
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My computer is extremely slow, with the rainbow wheel appearing with every click. It is one year old, and has all the most recent updates. Why is it so painfully slow?
That sounds horrible. There are a number of reasons it could occur.
The first thing to do is ensure you have adequate backups, because what you describe can be a symptom of impending disk failure.
To help determine the possible causes of this behaviour read the following. None of what follows is intended to fix anything, but it will provide the additional information required to advance troubleshooting. There are four separate parts to it; read everything first.
Boot OS X Recovery by holding ⌘ and r (two fingers) while you start your Mac. At the Mac OS X Utilities screen, select Disk Utility. Select your startup volume (usually named "Macintosh HD") and click the Repair Disk button. Describe any errors it reports in red. If Disk Utility reports "The volume Macintosh HD appears to be OK" in green then you can be reasonably (though not completely) assured your hard disk is in good working order.
When it finishes restart your Mac and test again for operation. If it's still not behaving as you expect it should, please post the results of EtreCheck in accordance with the following instructions:
Apple Support Communities contributor etresoft wrote a very useful app to quickly gather certain system information that may help point to a cause of this problem. Read about it here. It contains a link to download EtreCheck. Don't download it from anywhere else (such as may be found by following the results of an Internet search).
Click Open - etresoft contributes to this forum frequently and can be considered a trustworthy developer.
It will take a moment to run as it collects its data.
Copy and paste its output in a reply.
Do not be concerned about anything that says "Problem" or “failed” or anything else that may appear in red.
EtreCheck was designed to remove any personal information (such as your computer's name and serial numbers) but if you see anything that looks like an email address or any other personal information that should not be divulged to others, please delete or obscure that information when you post the reply.
When you are finished with EtreCheck, quit the program. It occupies very little space, and you can keep it or drag it to the Trash as you wish.
After completing the above please determine if the problems also occur in "Safe Mode":
Safe Mode or "Safe Boot" is a troubleshooting mode that bypasses all third party system extensions and loads only required system components. Read about it: Starting up in Safe Mode
You must disable FileVault before you can start your Mac in Safe Mode.
Starting your Mac in Safe Mode will take longer than usual, graphics will not render smoothly, audio is disabled on some Macs, and some programs (iTunes for example) may not work at all.
Merely starting your Mac in Safe Mode is not intended to resolve the problem, it's to observe its performance without certain additional components.
To end Safe Mode restart your Mac normally. Shutdown will take longer as well.
System performance problems for reasons that cannot be isolated to any other cause justify an SMC reset. Be sure to read the procedure carefully and follow all the steps exactly as written, even if they seem inapplicable or trivial. -
My phone doest ring with incoming calls, but it also doesnt show someone is calling. I only see it, when i get the txt of missed calls.
Further the phone is extremely slow with opening whats app, emails, photos, camera and it closets the programs while using it.
I have many people around me with iPhone having the same complaints, but nothing has changed yet.
Please Apple solve this quickly otherwise the iPhone i enjoyed so much will be remplaceren with a Samsungesme43 wrote:
... the phone is extremely slow with opening whats app, emails, photos, camera and it closets the programs while using it.
See this discussion...
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since installing Lion, yahoo page became extremely slow and sometimes would not open e-mails at all. anyone encountered this problem?
since installing Lion, yahoo page became extremely slow and sometimes would not open e-mails at all. anyone encountered this problem?
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Dreamweaver has been running extremely slow with reflow.css.
Dreamweaver has been running extremely slow with reflow.css. Wondering if anyone else is encountering this issue? If so, any fixes or known variable that causes this to happen?
I haven't see this. Can you describe a little more about what you are doing and what parts are slow? If there are specifc steps you can also file a bug with the Dreamweaver team:
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform&product=12 -
I have 190 gigabytes named others out of 350 gigabytes space!! I have tried everything in vain, Please help, my macbook is extremely slow
I have 190 gigabytes named others out of 350 gigabytes space!! I have tried everything in vain, Please help, my macbook is extremely slow
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PC running extremly slow with iTunes
Hello all,
Question is why my laptop would be running extremly slow with cover flow when it has more than enough horsepower to run almost any application (2.33 dual core, 512 graphics card, 2gig ram). iTunes runs just fine on my work laptop with cover flow, and its specs arent on par with my personal laptop. The only difference i can think of is that the work laptop (the good one) is running xp pro and the home is running vista 32bit. the other difference i can think of is that at home, all the music is stored via external HD while on the work laptop the files are stored locally on the laptops hard drive.
any advice would be greatly appreciated
Cheers!Vista has been reported to be a bit more buggy/laggy/unstable with iTunes. Music running of an external will also be noticeably slower and more jumpy than running off an internal. You answered your own question.
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Macbook Pro running extremely slow with version OS X 10.10.2
Since updating to Yosemite, version OS X 10.10.2 on my 2010 MacbookPro, it has been running extremely slow in all applications. Everything from booting up and shutting down to getting mail open, printing or using Safari takes a long time! Lots of beach balls spinning and other delays. I have 4 GB of memory and 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo.
When you see the beachball cursor, note the exact time: hour, minute, second.
These instructions must be carried out as an administrator. If you have only one user account, you are the administrator.
Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
Each message in the log begins with the date and time when it was entered. Scroll back to the time you noted above.
Select the messages entered from then until the end of the episode, or until they start to repeat, whichever comes first.
Copy the messages to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of it useless for solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
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After installinf current version of Firefox I can hardly use it with web pages that heavily use java, like chats on www.polchat.pl. Previous version worked similar to Safari or IE. Newest is extremely slow. Is it goimg to be fixed ?
After installinf current version of Firefox I can hardly use it with web pages that heavily use java, like chats on www.polchat.pl. Previous version worked similar to Safari or IE. Newest is extremely slow. Is it goimg to be fixed ?
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Problem description:
The processing speed of any function is extremely slow - such as opening Mail, Safari, clicking on a page within Safari, switching to MS Word, adding a window in Safari, loading a page from Safari. I get the spinning wheel most of the time before the action is completed. All other Macs which are newer in my home WiFi network operate just fine. I have done a top level (novice) check for malware, and haven’t found anything. Any help you can suggest would be truly appreciated! Thank you!
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated March 25, 2015 4:45:43 PM CDT
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008) (Technical Specifications)
MacBook - model: MacBook5,1
1 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
2 GB RAM
BANK 0/DIMM0
1 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 0/DIMM1
1 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Battery Health: Replace Soon - Cycle count 675
Video Information: ℹ️
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
spdisplays_display_connector
System Software: ℹ️
Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549) - Time since boot: 6 days 5:40:11
Disk Information: ℹ️
TOSHIBA MK1653GSX disk0 : (149.05 GB)
- (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD A (disk0s2) / : 159.70 GB (39.03 GB free)
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-868
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
BUFFALO HD-PCFU3 931.51 GB
- (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Buffalo ExDrive (disk1s2) /Volumes/Buffalo ExDrive : 999.86 GB (805.75 GB free)
Apple, Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.palm.ClassicNotSeizeDriver (3.2.1) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecDriverCore (5.0.1) [Click for support]
/System/Library/Extensions/Seagate Storage Driver.kext/Contents/PlugIns
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_4 (5.0.1) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_5 (5.0.1) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.SeagateDriveIcons (5.0.1) [Click for support]
Startup Items: ℹ️
HP Trap Monitor: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP Trap Monitor
Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[not loaded] org.samba.winbindd.plist [Click for support]
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.seagate.SeagateStorageGauge.plist [Click for support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.synology.CloudStation.plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
iTunesHelper UNKNOWN Hidden (missing value)
Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
EvernoteHelper UNKNOWN Hidden (missing value)
Doodle iCal Connector UNKNOWN (missing value)
Google Chrome Application Hidden (/Applications/Google Chrome.app)
EvernoteHelper Application (/Applications/Evernote.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/EvernoteHelper.app)
HP Scheduler Application (/Library/Application Support/Hewlett-Packard/Software Update/HP Scheduler.app)
HPEventHandler Application (/Library/Printers/hp/hpio/HPEventHandler.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 13.9.8 - SDK 10.6 Check version
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 17.0.0.134 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.6.6
Flash Player: Version: 17.0.0.134 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
nppanda3d: Version: Unknown [Click for support]
Musicnotes: Version: 1.18.8 [Click for support]
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.6 [Click for support]
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.7 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 2.6.1f3 [Click for support]
DirectorShockwave: Version: 11.5.0r596 [Click for support]
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
Evernote Web Clipper
Audio Plug-ins: ℹ️
iSightAudio: Version: 7.6.6
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player [Click for support]
Paragon NTFS for Mac ® OS X [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine information requires OS X 10.7 "Lion" or later.
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
2% WindowServer
0% Synology Cloud Station
0% fontd
0% Finder
0% Dropbox
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
307 MB WebProcess
129 MB Safari
97 MB mds
69 MB Dropbox
56 MB WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
102 MB Free RAM
1.06 GB Active RAM
450 MB Inactive RAM
262 MB Wired RAM
2.47 GB Page-ins
846 MB Page-outsBefore you do anything do you have a current backup? If not make one.
I don't see any of the usual software suspects associated with slow downs. You don't need the Seagate software, you should uninstall that.
Reset the SMC Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) - Apple Support and PRAM How to Reset NVRAM on your Mac - Apple Support
You only have 2GB of ram and could upgrade to 8GB, but Snow Leopard should run ok in 2GB.....not great but ok.
Start up in Safe Mode OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode? - Apple Support be paitient as it will take awhile to start as it checks and tries to repair any problems with the file system. Once it's completely started up you can restart normally.
Insert your Snow Leopard disc and restart while holding the C key. Run Disk Utility to repair the hard drive and permissions. While in Disk Utility check the SMART status of the hard drive, anything other than Verified indicates a problem with the hard drive.
Again, you only have 2GB of ram.....try restarting your Macbook every day.....it's been running for almost a week now.
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