My Macbook is getting slower
My MacBook is getting slowe & slower, eventhough I run OnyX every week.
I also checked with fsck, but without success.
Any tips ??
The machine itself is not slower but at this time it is performing more tasks than when you got it., So what has changed?
Are you running out of dosk space(how much free disk space do you have)?
Are you running more apps and running out of RAM?
What MacBook Pro model do you have?
What OS Version?
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MacBook is getting slower and slower
My 2008 2.4ghz Intel MacBook is getting slower and slower at running basic operations. I have tried to free up my harddrive as it was VERY full. I free up 40 GB+ of space, but something is still filling it back up?
Here is what my profile looks like
How do I figure out what all this "other" material is?
I thought it was due to a lack of memory after upgrading to Lion, but it has been getting dramatically worse, which doesn't seem like a memory issue to me.
Any thoughts?You're welcome.
The other section represents files that are uncategorized by your OS. That could be part of your OS, application fonts and so on.
2GB is enough to run lion but might be painfully slow. Try to bump it up to 4GB if your supports it.
If your MB is an early 08, you can go as high as 6GB. If you have a late 08, you can go as high as 8GB.
Only upgrade if you plan on keeping your MB longer. -
My Macbook Pro gets slow the longer I use it?!
Hi everyone, recently my MacBook Pro 2011 has been very slow. It started acting up about a week ago after I left my laptop on stand by mode for a while and when I returned to using it, the laptop was really slow, significantly slower compared to before. I restarted it and everything seemed fine but after using it for about 20 to 30 mins it starts to get slow again... As the result, I have to restart my laptop every 30 mins or so if I want to use it smoothly, but really... its very annoying having to restart it all the time. The symptoms are lag, slow application launch, applications not responding and A LOT of rainbow wheel...
I have verified and repaired the permission and the drive in the Disk Utility but the problem persists. Does anyone have a solution for this problem? Your help is very much appreciated. Thank you.Here it is:
Problem description:
MacBook Pro 2011 gets slower and slower the longer I use it.
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated February 19, 2015 at 4:50:07 PM GMT+7
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011) (Technical Specifications)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2
1 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-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
Battery Health: Check Battery - Cycle count 219
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
Color LCD 1440 x 900
AMD Radeon HD 6750M - VRAM: 1024 MB
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Time since boot: 1:55:14
Disk Information: ℹ️
TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF disk0 : (750.16 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 749.30 GB (277.35 GB free) - 17 errors
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Logitech USB Receiver
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Configuration files: ℹ️
/etc/hosts - Count: 6
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
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[loaded] com.Logitech.Unifying.HID Driver (1.2.0 - SDK 10.0) [Click for support]
Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️
[failed] com.apple.AddressBook.SourceSync.plist [Click for details]
Launch Agents: ℹ️
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[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]
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[running] net.culater.SIMBL.Agent.plist [Click for support]
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[unknown] com.bjango.istatlocaldaemon.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.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]
[failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist [Click for details]
[loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.trashSizeWatcher.plist [Click for support]
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[failed] com.nero.HSMMonitor.plist [Click for support] [Click for details]
[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
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Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 3.4.1f5 - SDK 10.5 [Click for support]
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Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
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SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.2.2 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.13 [Click for support]
OnLiveGameClientDetector: Version: OnLiveGameClientDetector 1.0.0 [Click for support]
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player [Click for support]
Logitech Control Center [Click for support]
VLC Streamer [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
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Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
Destinations:
Time Machine Backups [Local]
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Total number of backups: 0
Oldest backup: -
Last backup: -
Size of backup disk: Excellent
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Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
18% WindowServer
3% Google Chrome
2% Dock
1% LCCDaemon
1% iStatLocalDaemon
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
253 MB Google Chrome
180 MB mds_stores
99 MB ocspd
77 MB Mail
69 MB Finder
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
165 MB Free RAM
1.59 GB Active RAM
1.44 GB Inactive RAM
1.09 GB Wired RAM
153.69 GB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
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Feb 19, 2015, 02:53:06 PM Self test - passed
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Macbook pro getting slower right after bought it...
i have macbook pro; its now 9 months. my macbook pro is a mid-2010 model with intel is getting slower and slower. sometimes it just hangs on for several minutes. what should i do now?
thanks for your suggestion. I just made a call to apple service center. they have also suggested me to go there and do a hardware test... thanks a lot.
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I have one of the new macbooks and I installed a 500GB hard drive. It was fast, and then within the last month, it is getting slow. Is there something I can do to help speed up my computer?
Same thing has happened here. I've freed up disk space, not that it was full. I have roughly 100-120 gig of free space on a 250 gig HD. 2.4ghz Macbook with Apple installed RAM up to 4 Gig. It slows down at times where it used to be fine.
I don't even bother using using VMware Fusion anymore, it's so slow. The only things I have open at the same time are Safari, word, Excel, iCal, and activity monitor. If I'm watching a movie I generally turn it off before trying to run wincrap under fusion.
For some reason things have seriously slown down and noticeably so when it comes to multi tasking -
Hello,
My macbookpro is getting slower day by day . Its got i7 processor and 4 gbs of ram with 500 gbs of total space and 425.1 gbs of free space... Pls suggest what i shoud do now to get it work fast again ... osx 10.9.2 mavericks
ThanksLaunch 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. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
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.
Click the Clear Display icon in the toolbar. Then try the action that you're having trouble with again. Select any messages that appear in the Console window. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
When posting a log extract, be selective. In most cases, a few dozen lines are more than enough.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
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My MacBook Pro getting slower and slower, what do I need to do to speed it? Thanks.
Help to speed up my MacBook Pro.
By slower you mean starting up slower or during regular operation slower?
Login Items;
Over time, as you install more programs, they may be running at startup (login). Check what items are set to start during login.
Choose Apple menu > System Preferences and click Users & Groups.
Click your account’s name, and then click Login Items. Select the ones you dont want and hit the minus bar to delete from launching during log in.
For normal running processes;
Use Activity Monitor to see what processes and apps are using a lot of resources and then troubleshoot from there as to why certain programs are taking up more resources than normal.
Guide to using Activity Monitor;
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/activitymonitor.html
For MAC processes explained;
http://triviaware.com/macprocess/ -
Macbook Pro getting slower and slower, freezing all the time
Hi,
My early 2011 Macbook Pro is gettin slower and slower, and I'm pretty sure Mavericks only worsened the condition. This is my report, can someone help me on why this is happening?
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
Startup Items:
FanControlDaemon: Path: /Library/StartupItems/FanControlDaemon
System Software:
OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 1 day 1:28:0
Disk Information:
TOSHIBA MK5059GSXP disk0 : (500,11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209,7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 499,25 GB (54,63 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898
USB Information:
JMicron USB to ATA/ATAPI bridge 500,11 GB
EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted>: 209,7 MB
Filmes (disk2s2) /Volumes/Filmes: 499,76 GB (330,53 GB free)
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. iPhone
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Kernel Extensions:
de.novamedia.driver.NMSmartplugSCSIDevice (1.0.1)
com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.5.1)
com.bresink.driver.BRESINKx86Monitoring (8.0)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist
Launch Agents:
[failed] com.brother.LOGINserver.plist
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist
[loaded] de.novamedia.VodafoneDeviceObserver.plist
User Launch Agents:
[failed] com.akamai.single-user-client.plist
[loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist
[failed] com.google.GoogleContactSyncAgent.plist
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.helperTool.plist
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.trashSizeWatcher.plist
[loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist
[loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist
User Login Items:
uHD-Agent
GrowlHelperApp
Alfred
uTorrent
Dropbox
iShutdown
HyperDock Helper
Assistente de gestor de conteúdo
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Akamai NetSession Preferences
Fan Control
Flash Player
Flip4Mac WMV
Growl
HyperDock
Java
Internet Plug-ins::
DirectorShockwave: Version: 11.5.9r620
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 4.9.1.16010
Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 3.4.2f3 - SDK 10.5
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.3.8.1
RealPlayer Plugin: Version: Unknown
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6
Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 4.9.1.16010
npgtpo3dautoplugin: Version: 0.1.44.29 - SDK 10.5
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.6
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 45
Bad Fonts:
None
Old applications:
Content Manager Assistant: Version: 1.10.4086.78 - SDK 10.5
/Users/duarte_cunharosa/Applications/CMA.app
Content Manager Assistant: Version: 1.10.4086.78 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/CMA.app
FacebookVideoCalling: Version: 1.2.0.157 - SDK 10.5
/Users/duarte_cunharosa/Library/Application Support/Facebook/video/1.2.0.158/FacebookVideoCalling.app
Microsoft Alerts Daemon: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Alerts Daemon.app
Microsoft AutoUpdate: Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app
Microsoft Chart Converter: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Chart Converter.app
Microsoft Clip Gallery: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Clip Gallery.app
Microsoft Database Daemon: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Database Daemon.app
Microsoft Database Utility: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Database Utility.app
Microsoft Document Connection: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft Document Connection.app
Microsoft Error Reporting: Version: 2.2.9 - SDK 10.4
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0/Microsoft Error Reporting.app
Microsoft Excel: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft Excel.app
Microsoft Graph: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Graph.app
Microsoft Language Register: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Additional Tools/Microsoft Language Register/Microsoft Language Register.app
Microsoft Office Reminders: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Office Reminders.app
Microsoft Outlook: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft Outlook.app
Microsoft PowerPoint: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft PowerPoint.app
Microsoft Ship Asserts: Version: 1.1.4 - SDK 10.4
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0/Microsoft Ship Asserts.app
Microsoft Upload Center: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Upload Center.app
Microsoft Word: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft Word.app
Miro Video Converter: Version: 2.6 - SDK 10.0
/Applications/Miro Video Converter.app
My Day: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/My Day.app
Open XML for Excel: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Open XML for Excel.app
Plants vs: Version: 1.0.40 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Plants vs. Zombies.app
RipIt: Version: 1.6.2 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/RipIt.app
SLLauncher: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Silverlight/OutOfBrowser/SLLauncher.app
Solver: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Add-Ins/Solver.app
SyncServicesAgent: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/SyncServicesAgent.app
UPlayBrowser: Version: 1.0.1.23853 - SDK 10.5
/Library/Application Support/Ubisoft/Assassin's Creed Brotherhood/UPlayBrowser.app
Time Machine:
Mobile backups: ON
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 464.96 GB Disk used: 414.09 GB
Destinations:
Time Machine [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 698.32 GB
Total number of backups: 3
Oldest backup: 2013-12-20 18:10:54 +0000
Last backup: 2013-12-22 19:52:17 +0000
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 698.32 GB < (Disk used 414.09 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
9% Transmission
4% Dropbox
2% WindowServer
2% Dock
1% Google Chrome
Top Processes by Memory:
123 MB Google Chrome
119 MB iTunes
102 MB Dropbox
87 MB Google Chrome Helper
66 MB Finder
Virtual Memory Statistics:
148 MB Free RAM
995 MB Active RAM
859 MB Inactive RAM
1.03 GB Wired RAM
7.80 GB Page-ins
4.84 GB Page-outsIf you don't already have a current backup, back up all data before doing anything else. This procedure is a diagnostic test. It changes nothing, for better or worse, and therefore will not, in itself, solve your problem. The backup is necessary on general principle, not because of anything suggested in this comment. There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
Third-party system modifications are a common cause of usability problems. By a “system modification,” I mean software that affects the operation of other software — potentially for the worse. The procedure will help identify which such modifications you've installed, as well as some other aspects of the configuration that may be related to the problem.
Don’t be alarmed by the seeming complexity of these instructions — they’re easy to carry out. Here's a brief summary: In each of two steps, you copy a line of text from this web page into a window in another application. You wait about a minute. Then you paste some other text, which will have been copied automatically, back into a reply on this page. The sequence is copy; paste; paste again. That's all there is to it. Details follow.
You may have started the computer in "safe" mode. Preferably, these steps should be taken while booted in “normal” mode. If the system is now running in safe mode and is bootable in normal mode, reboot as usual. If it only boots in safe mode, use that.
Below are instructions to enter UNIX shell commands. They do nothing but produce human-readable output. However, you need to think carefully before running any program at the behest of a stranger on a public message board. If you question the safety of the procedure suggested here — which you should — search this site for other discussions in which it’s been followed without any report of ill effects. If you can't satisfy yourself that these instructions are safe, don't follow them.
The commands will line-wrap or scroll in your browser, but each one is really just a single long line, all of which must be selected. You can accomplish this easily by triple-clicking anywhere in the line. The whole line will highlight, and you can then copy it.
If you have more than one user account, Step 2 must be taken as an administrator. Ordinarily that would be the user created automatically when you booted the system for the first time. Step 1 should be taken as the user who has the problem, if different. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this paragraph doesn’t apply.
Launch the Terminal 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 Terminal in the icon grid.
When you launch Terminal, a text window will open with a line already in it, ending either in a dollar sign (“$”) or a percent sign (“%”). If you get the percent sign, enter “sh” and press return. You should then get a new line ending in a dollar sign.
Step 1
Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it:
PB=/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy; PR () { [[ "$o" ]] && printf '\n%s:\n\n%s\n' "$1" "$o"; }; PC () { o=$(grep [^[:blank:]] "$2"); PR "$1"; }; PF () { o=$($PB -c Print "$2" | awk -F'= ' \/$3'/{print $2}'); PR "$1"; }; PN () { [[ $o -eq 0 ]] || printf "\n%s: %s\n" "$1" $o; }; { system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType | sed '8!d;s/^ *//'; o=$(system_profiler SPDiagnosticsDataType | sed '5,6!d'); fgrep -q P <<< "$o" && o=; PR "POST"; o=$(( $(vm_stat | awk '/Pageo/{sub("\\.",""); print $2}')/256 )); [[ $o -gt 1024 ]] && printf "\nPageouts: %s MiB\n" $o; o=$(kextstat -kl | grep -v com\\.apple | cut -c53- | cut -d\< -f1); PR "Loaded extrinsic kernel extensions"; o=$(launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.apple|org\.(x|openbsd)|\.[0-9]+$/{print $3}'); PR "Loaded extrinsic user agents"; o=$(launchctl getenv DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES); PR "Inserted libraries"; PC "cron configuration" /e*/cron*; o=$(crontab -l | grep [^[:blank:]]); PR "User cron tasks"; PC "Global launchd configuration" /e*/lau*; PC "Per-user launchd configuration" ~/.lau*; PF "Global login items" /L*/P*/loginw* Path; PF "Per-user login items" L*/P*/*loginit* Name; PF "Safari extensions" L*/Saf*/*/E*.plist Bundle | sed 's/\..*$//;s/-[1-9]$//'; o=$(find ~ $TMPDIR.. \( -flags +sappnd,schg,uappnd,uchg -o ! -user $UID -o ! -perm -600 \) | wc -l); PN "Restricted user files"; cd; o=$(find -L /S*/L*/E* {,/}L*/{A*d,Compon,Ex,In,Keyb,Mail/Bu,P*P,Qu,Scripti,Servi,Spo}* -type d -name Contents -prune | while read d; do ID=$($PB -c 'Print :CFBundleIdentifier' "$d/Info.plist") || ID=; ID=${ID:-No bundle ID}; egrep -qv "^com\.apple\.[^x]|Accusys|ArcMSR|ATTO|HDPro|HighPoint|driver\.stex|hp-fax|JMicron|microsoft\.MDI|print|SoftRAID" <<< $ID && printf '%s\n\t(%s)\n' "${d%/Contents}" "$ID"; done); PR "Extrinsic loadable bundles"; o=$(find /u*/{,*/}lib -type f -exec sh -c 'file -b "$1" | grep -qw shared && ! codesign -v "$1"' {} {} \; -print); PR "Unsigned shared libraries"; o=$(system_profiler SPFontsDataType | egrep "Valid: N|Duplicate: Y" | wc -l); PN "Font problems"; for d in {,/}L*/{La,Priv,Sta}*; do o=$(ls -A "$d"); PR "$d"; done; } 2> /dev/null | pbcopy; echo $'\nStep 1 done'
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Then click anywhere in the Terminal window and paste (command-V). I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, you may have to press the return key after pasting.
The command may take up to a few minutes to run, depending on how many files you have and the speed of the computer. Wait for the line "Step 1 done" to appear below what you entered. The output of the command will beautomatically copied to the Clipboard. All you have to do is paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-Vagain. Please don't copy anything from the Terminal window. No typing is involved in this step.
Step 2
Remember that you must be logged in as an administrator for this step. Do as in Step 1 with this line:
PR () { [[ "$o" ]] && printf '\n%s:\n\n%s\n' "$1" "$o"; }; { o=$(sudo launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.(apple|openssh|vix\.cron)|org\.(amav|apac|calendarse|cups|dove|isc|ntp|post[fg]|x)/{print $3}'); PR "Loaded extrinsic daemons"; o=$(sudo defaults read com.apple.loginwindow LoginHook); PR "Login hook"; o=$(sudo crontab -l | grep [^[:blank:]]); PR "Root cron tasks"; o=$(syslog -k Sender kernel -k Message CReq 'GPU |hfs: Ru|I/O e|find tok|n Cause: -|NVDA\(|pagin|timed? ?o' | tail -n25 | awk '/:/{$4=""; print}'); PR "Log check"; } 2>&- | pbcopy; echo $'\nStep 2 done'
This time you'll be prompted for your login password, which you do have to type. Nothing will be displayed when you type it. Type it carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. Heed that warning, but don't post it. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator.
You can then quit Terminal. Please note:
☞ Steps 1 and 2 are all copy-and-paste — type only your login password when prompted.
☞ When you type your password, you won't see what you're typing.
☞ If you don’t have a password, set one before taking Step 2. If that’s not possible, skip the step.
☞ Step 2 might not produce any output, in which case the Clipboard will be empty. Step 1 will always produce something.
☞ The commands don't change anything, and merely running them will do neither good nor harm.
☞ Remember to post the output. It's already in the Clipboard. You don't have to copy it. Just paste into a reply
☞ If any personal information, such as your name or email address, appears in the output of either command, anonymize it before posting. Usually that won't be necessary.
☞ Don't post the contents of the Terminal window.
☞ Don't paste the output of Step 1 into the Terminal window. Paste it into a reply. -
Hello, my Macbook now getting slow, how can I make it fast and fix it?
How to make my Macbook fast and kill the risks?
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/Mountain 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.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
Repair the Hard Drive - Lion/Mountain Lion
Boot from your Lion Recovery HD. 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.
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the 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 and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Restart your computer normally and see if this has helped any. Next do some maintenance:
Suggestions for OS X 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.
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 Lion 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. As for virus protection there are few if any such animals affecting OS X. You can protect the computer easily using the freeware Open Source virus protection software ClamXAV. Personally I would avoid most commercial anti-virus software because of their potential for causing problems. For more about malware see Macintosh Virus Guide.
I would also recommend downloading a utility such as TinkerTool System, OnyX 2.4.3, or Cocktail 5.1.1 that you can use for periodic maintenance such as removing old log files and archives, clearing caches, etc.
For emergency 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. There is no confirmation that this version also works with Lion.
When you install any new system software or updates be sure to repair the hard drive and permissions beforehand.
Get an external Firewire 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. Data Backup
3. Deja Vu
4. SuperDuper!
5. SyncTwoFolders
6. Synk Pro
7. Synk Standard
8. Tri-Backup
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQs on maintenance, optimization, virus protection, and backup and restore.
Referenced software can be found at CNet Downloads or 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:
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, 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. -
MacBook Pro getting slower and slower
My MacBook Pro has been slowing down, to the point of "click... wait 60 seconds... click... wait 60 seconds".
Around 8 weeks ago, headed on in to Apple Store, to find my Hard Drive was dead (we actually watched it die completely once they hooked it up to their network to try and save my stuff, that was the last straw for it). One new Hard Drive later and I've been happily enjoying my much faster Mac. Until the last week.
It's worse when I try and use AirPlay - extending desktop to TV to watch a movie, that just kills it.
I've run Disk Repair. I've cleaned out any start up items I could find. I know I probably could do with some more RAM, and I'll do that when the budget allows.
I used to be able to run InDesign, Illustrator, VLC, Word, Safari, AirPlay and Mail at once no issues - now it struggles with two tabs in Safari. Have I killed another hard drive?
EtreCheck version: 1.9.13 (49)
Report generated 13 August 2014 9:52:17 pm AEST
Hardware Information: ?
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information: ?
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ?
OS X 10.9.4 (13E28) - Uptime: 0 days 0:20:33
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 (384.81 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS31N
USB Information: ?
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information: ?
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ?
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ?
[not loaded] com.ZTE.driver.ZTELTEUSBCDCACMData (5.0.1) Support
[not loaded] com.ZTE.driver.ZTELTEUSBMassStorageFilter (5.0.1) Support
[not loaded] com.ZTE.driver.ZTEUSBCDCACMData (1.3.12) Support
[not loaded] com.ZTE.driver.ZTEUSBMassStorageFilter (1.3.12) Support
[not loaded] com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraDIPSupport (1.0.0) Support
[not loaded] com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraFSRSupport (3.0.0) Support
[not loaded] com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraHSRSupport (3.0.0) Support
[not loaded] com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraIPDirect (1.1.5) Support
[not loaded] com.zte.LTEdriver.cdc_ecm_qmi (1.0.2) Support
[not loaded] com.zte.LTEdriver.cdc_usb_bus (1.0.2) Support
Launch Daemons: ?
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist Support
Launch Agents: ?
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[running] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist Support
[running] com.sierrawireless.SwitchTool.plist Support
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist Support
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ?
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
User Login Items: ?
None
Internet Plug-ins: ?
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 14.0.0.145 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 14.0.0.145 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 Support
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Safari Extensions: ?
Searchme (Disabled)
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
Time Machine: ?
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ?
3% WindowServer
1% Creative Cloud
1% fontd
0% sysmond
0% coreservicesd
Top Processes by Memory: ?
149 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
115 MB Finder
74 MB CalendarAgent
66 MB ocspd
61 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
Virtual Memory Information: ?
1.38 GB Free RAM
1.37 GB Active RAM
301 MB Inactive RAM
973 MB Wired RAM
369 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outsHad a look at the logs, and the following come up, the disk0s2: I/O errors seem to correspond with the freezing.
15/08/2014 9:33:32.000 pm kernel[0]: disk0s2: I/O error.
15/08/2014 9:33:53.000 pm kernel[0]: **** [IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport][SuspendDevice] -- Suspend -- suspendDeviceCallResult = 0x0000 (kIOReturnSuccess) -- 0x9800 ****
15/08/2014 9:33:57.000 pm kernel[0]: disk0s2: I/O error.
15/08/2014 9:34:16.000 pm kernel[0]: disk0s2: I/O error.
15/08/2014 9:34:36.000 pm kernel[0]: disk0s2: I/O error.
15/08/2014 9:34:55.000 pm kernel[0]: disk0s2: I/O error.
15/08/2014 9:34:55.610 pm syncdefaultsd[481]: *** -[IADomainCache init]: IA domains cache couldn't be read.
15/08/2014 9:34:55.610 pm syncdefaultsd[481]: -[IAPluginManager allAListPlugins] [546] -- *** warning: we're on the slow path.
15/08/2014 9:34:56.480 pm syncdefaultsd[481]: -[IAPluginManager allAListPlugins] [546] -- *** warning: we're on the slow path.
15/08/2014 9:35:14.000 pm kernel[0]: disk0s2: I/O error.
15/08/2014 9:35:33.000 pm kernel[0]: disk0s2: I/O error.
15/08/2014 9:35:33.927 pm com.apple.WebKit.Networking[240]: CFNetwork SSLHandshake failed (-9810)
15/08/2014 9:35:53.000 pm kernel[0]: disk0s2: I/O error.
15/08/2014 9:36:12.000 pm kernel[0]: disk0s2: I/O error.
15/08/2014 9:36:31.000 pm kernel[0]: disk0s2: I/O error.
15/08/2014 9:36:48.900 pm Safari[192]: Couldn't contact spell checker for Multilingual
15/08/2014 9:36:49.000 pm kernel[0]: disk0s2: I/O error.
15/08/2014 9:36:49.507 pm AppleSpell[417]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
15/08/2014 9:36:49.508 pm AppleSpell[417]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
15/08/2014 9:36:49.509 pm AppleSpell[417]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
15/08/2014 9:36:49.509 pm AppleSpell[417]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
15/08/2014 9:36:49.510 pm AppleSpell[417]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
15/08/2014 9:37:09.000 pm kernel[0]: disk0s2: I/O error.
15/08/2014 9:37:28.000 pm kernel[0]: disk0s2: I/O error. -
My macbook is getting slower, how do I fix that???
my Macbook is slower than the first time I got it..
it especially takes forever to turn on..
is there anyway I can fix that problem?The machine itself is not slower but at this time it is performing more tasks than when you got it., So what has changed?
Are you running out of dosk space(how much free disk space do you have)?
Are you running more apps and running out of RAM?
What MacBook Pro model do you have?
What OS Version? -
Slowly I turned.... Why is my Quad Core MacBook Pro getting slower with each Lion update?
I upgraded to Lion on my 20011 15" 2.0GHZ Quad Core MacBook Pro. The machine crashed at least 7 times (reports forwarded). I upgraded to 10.7.1 hoping for the crashes to go away. It began to crashed once a week. On checking the console reports Virus Barrier and Kaspersky (****!) used with Parallels seemed to be causing the crashes. Turn those puppies off and the crashes disappeared. HOWEVER, the computer is slow; opening mail seems 50% slower than on my MacBook 13". Today after spending 3 hours updating to 10.7.2, all apps seems to be dragging. Any ideas out there?
MichaelOK. Here's some test results. The most intense process I use on my Macs is using Handbrake to encode either DVDs or mkv files to mp4 files which generally pushes all cores to the max. I am using the latest 64bit version of Handbrake on both Macs.
So I took a sample mkv file of 65 seconds length and ran it using the same settings on both the Mac Pro (2 x 3 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 8GB RAM) and the Macbook Pro (2.66 GHz Intel Core i7 4GB RAM), straight after starting up both Macs so that there was plenty of RAM to spare on both. I ran the test two times on each Mac and got similar results both times, with the best results on each machine being as follows:
Mac Pro: max RAM used: 380MB, Time for encode: 102 seconds
Macbook Pro: max RAM used: 495MB, Time for encode: 84 seconds
This was for a 2-pass encoding with Turbo first pass to 2200kbps MP4 file from 720p mkv file.
So the Macbook Pro is coming in considerably quicker for this particular task. I'm not sure why the Mac Pro used less RAM, and whether this is the main factor in the time difference. Like I said, there was plenty of unused RAM on both Macs when I ran the test. I am no expert on the inner workings of Macs!
Needless to say though, I am happy with the results and very happy with the new Macbook Pro.
Nick -
The start sequence of my macbook is getting slower than at the beginning. How can I find the reason?
I use my mac book pro (Intel) now since 6 months
I installed several programs and the start-up-sequence now is getting longer than in the beginning.
Can somebody give me informations, where I can find information how to speed up the system
or to clean the system with a good utility?Hi sevenstringer
I have done most of the utilities in ONYX, f.e. all points in the register "Aufräumen" in english I think it's called "clear up" and also I've done also "Optimize" -> "Reconstruction" -> "Launch services".
After done all of this items, my start up procedure is always the same (about 30 s).
Is it possible that some programs, which I have installed can take this effects ?
(f.e.: VMWare and Parallels)
Or do you have some other ideas, f.e. how can I find older programs, which I will not use anymore, and uninstall it.
Thank you for aour informations. -
My Macbook is getting slow. I also hear the harddisk running.
I would like to know which program is eating capacity... Is there an application that could tell me?space nbrs:
in use: 119,39 GB
available: 200,34
CPU:
kernel_task root 4,3% but changes in 1,1 and back
DashboardClient 4% also changes in 1,1 and back
fysical mem:
kernel 380 MB
Safari 312,9 MB
better I provide this:
Analysis of sampling syslogd (pid 14) every 1 millisecond
Process: syslogd [14]
Path: /usr/sbin/syslogd
Load Address: 0x100000000
Identifier: syslogd
Version: ??? (???)
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [1]
Date/Time: 2011-08-21 20:27:25.673 +0200
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549)
Report Version: 6
Call graph:
2691 Thread_206 DispatchQueue_1: com.apple.main-thread (serial)
2691 0x10000098c
2691 0x10000f850
2691 select$DARWIN_EXTSN
2691 Thread_208
2691 thread_start
2691 _pthread_start
2691 0x10000b0e4
2691 mach_msg
2691 mach_msg_trap
2691 Thread_209
2691 thread_start
2691 _pthread_start
2691 0x10000b55d
2691 0x100009006
2691 _pthread_cond_wait
2691 __semwait_signal
2691 Thread_210
2691 thread_start
2691 _pthread_start
2691 0x100008c61
2691 _vprocmgr_log_drain
2691 vproc_mig_log_drain
2691 mach_msg
2691 mach_msg_trap
Total number in stack (recursive counted multiple, when >=5):
Sort by top of stack, same collapsed (when >= 5):
mach_msg_trap 5382
__semwait_signal 2691
select$DARWIN_EXTSN 2691
Binary Images:
0x100000000 - 0x100013fff +syslogd ??? (???) <294E71C5-F936-2D72-B70F-01399F9DFB3E> /usr/sbin/syslogd
0x7fff5fc00000 - 0x7fff5fc3bdef dyld 132.1 (???) <B536F2F1-9DF1-3B6C-1C2C-9075EA219A06> /usr/lib/dyld
0x7fff827c1000 - 0x7fff827c5ff7 libmathCommon.A.dylib 315.0.0 (compatibility 1.0.0) <95718673-FEEE-B6ED-B127-BCDBDB60D4E5> /usr/lib/system/libmathCommon.A.dylib
0x7fff836cd000 - 0x7fff8388efef libSystem.B.dylib 125.2.11 (compatibility 1.0.0) <9AB4F1D1-89DC-0E8A-DC8E-A4FE4D69DB69> /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib
0x7fff8a154000 - 0x7fff8a16afef libbsm.0.dylib ??? (???) <42D3023A-A1F7-4121-6417-FCC6B51B3E90> /usr/lib/libbsm.0.dylib
0x7fffffe00000 - 0x7fffffe01fff libSystem.B.dylib ??? (???) <9AB4F1D1-89DC-0E8A-DC8E-A4FE4D69DB69> /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib -
My macbook is getting slower by the day. At times, unresponsive, and I have to force close. Even a photo advance goes into search mode. Help?
My macbook is getting slower by the day. At times, unresponsive, and I have to force close. Even a photo advance goes into search mode. Help?
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