My Macbook is slow all of a sudden?

Hello
i have had my Macbook for 5 years and all of a sudden its started to become slow, that deadly spinning umbrella is haunting me every time i try to use it. the gb left is 102gb it had 160gb at one point im not sure if it needs more gb to run smoother, ive been trying to clean out the memory of old documents. slowly as the umbrella comes back time after time. can anyone help me with some ideas
all the best Sam Arthur

Hi Sam,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. This article has some things you can try if your MacBook seems to be slow:
OS X Mavericks: If your Mac runs slowly
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13895
Cheers,
- Ari

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My mac is running vert slow all of a sudden

I reinstalled 10.7.4 last month with a clean install today my mac mini is very slow all of a sudden. I have made no changes and have not installed any software since the clean install. When I click on anything the mouse cursor becomes the rainbow circle for 1.m16 seconds (sorry tried to give you guys exact info but i only measured it once:)
What i tried up to now:
I tried to boot the mac with cmd r and reinstall. However the moment it connects to the internet the mothing happens i let it run for 2.5 hours and the blue bar did not even give me 1% (my internet on my mac air has no problems.
I checked disk utility and checked disk permissions and repair disk. both no problems
I ran activity monitor and here is the info.
Activity monitor"
memory free 50gig of 150
RAM free 1 out of 3 gig
CPU
user 1.5%
system 1.50%
Idle 97.00
system memory
free 1.02 gb
wired 593.6 mb
active 661.9
inactive 766
disk activity
2.73 gb data read
1.11 GB written

Thanks for your reply! This is it i hope.
17/08/2012 22:58:18.206 UserEventAgent: get_backup_share_points no AFP
17/08/2012 22:58:20.203 mds: (Normal) FMW: FMW 0 0
17/08/2012 22:58:20.652 airportd: _processDLILEvent: en1 attached (down)
17/08/2012 22:58:20.000 kernel: AirPort: Link Down on en1. Reason 8 (Disassociated because station leaving).
17/08/2012 22:58:20.701 UserEventAgent: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptiveSCRebuildCache:81 Failed to get service order
17/08/2012 22:58:20.702 UserEventAgent: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptiveSCRebuildCache:81 Failed to get service order
17/08/2012 22:58:20.717 UserEventAgent: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptivePublishState:1211 en1 - PreProbe
17/08/2012 22:58:22.000 kernel: 00000000 00000020 NVEthernet::setLinkStatus - not Active
17/08/2012 22:58:22.729 configd: bootp_session_transmit: bpf_write(en1) failed: Network is down (50)
17/08/2012 22:58:22.729 configd: DHCP en1: INIT-REBOOT transmit failed
17/08/2012 22:58:22.739 configd: network configuration changed.
17/08/2012 22:58:22.757 configd: setting hostname to "richards-Mac-mini.local"
17/08/2012 22:58:23.615 rpcsvchost: sandbox_init: com.apple.msrpc.netlogon.sb succeeded
17/08/2012 22:58:24.263 com.apple.launchd: (com.apple.netbiosd[90]) Exited abnormally: Hangup: 1
17/08/2012 22:58:26.961 com.apple.launchd: (com.apple.netbiosd) Throttling respawn: Will start in 5 seconds
17/08/2012 22:58:26.000 kernel: Auth result for: 00:19:15:d0:d0:bd MAC AUTH succeeded
17/08/2012 22:58:26.000 kernel: AirPort: Link Up on en1
17/08/2012 22:58:26.000 kernel: en1: BSSID changed to 00:19:15:d0:d0:bd
17/08/2012 22:58:28.000 kernel: AirPort: RSN handshake complete on en1
17/08/2012 22:58:29.015 loginwindow: Login Window Application Started
17/08/2012 22:58:30.108 configd: network configuration changed.
17/08/2012 22:58:31.102 ntpd: proto: precision = 1.000 usec
17/08/2012 22:58:34.116 UserEventAgent: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptivePublishState:1211 en1 - Probe
17/08/2012 22:58:34.117 UserEventAgent: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CNSPreferences:60 Creating new preferences
17/08/2012 22:58:34.117 UserEventAgent: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptiveStartDetect:2343 Bypassing probe on WLAN_D0BD because it is protected and not on the exception list
17/08/2012 22:58:34.119 UserEventAgent: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptivePublishState:1211 en1 - Unknown
17/08/2012 22:58:34.121 configd: network configuration changed.
17/08/2012 22:58:36.581 com.apple.launchd: (com.apple.xprotectupdater[21]) Exited with code: 252
17/08/2012 22:58:37.443 loginwindow: **DMPROXY** Found `/System/Library/CoreServices/DMProxy'.
17/08/2012 22:59:38.200 warmd: [warmctl_evt_timer_bc_activation_timeout:260] BC activation bcstop timer fired!
17/08/2012 23:00:30.000 kernel: disk0s2: I/O error.
17/08/2012 23:00:32.977 ReportCrash: DebugSymbols was unable to start a spotlight query: spotlight is not responding or disabled.
17/08/2012 23:00:34.378 com.apple.launchd: (com.apple.coreservicesd[57]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
17/08/2012 23:00:34.380 mdworker: checkinWithServer(), failed checking in with coreservicesd, err=#-308/0xfffffecc (ipc/mig) server died serverPort=0x0 opts=0x0
17/08/2012 23:00:34.380 mdworker: LaunchServices/5123589: Unable to lookup coreservices session port for session 0x186a0 uid=0 euid=0
17/08/2012 23:00:34.385 mdworker: LaunchServices/5123589: Unable to lookup coreservices session port for session 0x186a0 uid=0 euid=0
17/08/2012 23:00:34.385 mdworker: LaunchServices/5123589: Unable to lookup coreservices session port for session 0x186a0 uid=0 euid=0
17/08/2012 23:00:35.319 mdworker: LaunchServices/5123589: Unable to lookup coreservices session port for session 0x186a0 uid=0 euid=0
17/08/2012 23:00:35.319 mdworker: LaunchServices/5123589: Unable to lookup coreservices session port for session 0x186a0 uid=0 euid=0
17/08/2012 23:00:35.319 mdworker: LaunchServices/5123589: Unable to lookup coreservices session port for session 0x186a0 uid=0 euid=0
17/08/2012 23:00:35.319 mdworker: LaunchServices/5123589: Unable to lookup coreservices session port for session 0x186a0 uid=0 euid=0
17/08/2012 23:00:35.319 mdworker: LaunchServices/5123589: Unable to lookup coreservices session port for session 0x186a0 uid=0 euid=0
17/08/2012 23:00:35.319 mdworker: LaunchServices/5123589: Unable to lookup coreservices session port for session 0x186a0 uid=0 euid=0
17/08/2012 23:00:35.319 mdworker: LaunchServices/5123589: Unable to lookup coreservices session port for session 0x186a0 uid=0 euid=0
17/08/2012 23:00:35.319 mdworker: LaunchServices/5123589: Unable to lookup coreservices session port for session 0x186a0 uid=0 euid=0
17/08/2012 23:00:35.607 ReportCrash: Saved crash report for coreservicesd[57] version ??? (???) to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/coreservicesd_2012-08-17-230035_localhost.crash
17/08/2012 23:00:36.768 loginwindow: LaunchServices/5123589: Unable to lookup coreservices session port for session 0x186a5 uid=0 euid=0
17/08/2012 23:00:36.784 loginwindow: LaunchServices/5123589: Unable to lookup coreservices session port for session 0x186a5 uid=0 euid=0
17/08/2012 23:00:36.784 loginwindow: LaunchServices/5123589: Unable to lookup coreservices session port for session 0x186a5 uid=0 euid=0
17/08/2012 23:00:36.784 loginwindow: LaunchServices/5123589: Unable to lookup coreservices session port for session 0x186a5 uid=0 euid=0
17/08/2012 23:00:47.145 com.apple.launchctl.LoginWindow: com.apple.findmymacmessenger: Already loaded
17/08/2012 23:01:29.381 loginwindow: LaunchServices/5123589: Unable to lookup coreservices session port for session 0x186a5 uid=0 euid=0
17/08/2012 23:01:29.381 loginwindow: LaunchServices/5123589: Unable to lookup coreservices session port for session 0x186a5 uid=0 euid=0
17/08/2012 23:01:29.381 loginwindow: LaunchServices/5123589: Unable to lookup coreservices session port for session 0x186a5 uid=0 euid=0
17/08/2012 23:01:29.381 loginwindow: LaunchServices/5123589: Unable to lookup coreservices session port for session 0x186a5 uid=0 euid=0
17/08/2012 23:01:29.381 loginwindow: LaunchServices/5123589: Unable to lookup coreservices session port for session 0x186a5 uid=0 euid=0
17/08/2012 23:01:29.381 loginwindow: LaunchServices/5123589: Unable to lookup coreservices session port for session 0x186a5 uid=0 euid=0
17/08/2012 23:01:29.381 loginwindow: LaunchServices/5123589: Unable to lookup coreservices session port for session 0x186a5 uid=0 euid=0
17/08/2012 23:01:29.381 loginwindow: _RegisterApplication(), unable to get application ASN from coreservicesd, and this application requires an ASN, so aborting. error=#-1.
17/08/2012 23:01:29.382 com.apple.loginwindow: _RegisterApplication(), unable to get application ASN from coreservicesd, and this application requires an ASN, so aborting. error=#-1.
17/08/2012 23:02:38.676 com.apple.launchd: (com.apple.loginwindow[36]) Job appears to have crashed: Abort trap: 6
17/08/2012 23:02:38.738 loginwindow: Login Window Application Started
17/08/2012 23:02:38.916 WindowServer: Unable to open IOHIDSystem (e00002bd)
17/08/2012 23:02:38.950 loginwindow: **DMPROXY** Found `/System/Library/CoreServices/DMProxy'.
17/08/2012 23:02:39.031 com.apple.launchctl.LoginWindow: com.apple.findmymacmessenger: Already loaded
17/08/2012 23:02:39.104 ReportCrash: Saved crash report for loginwindow[36] version ??? (???) to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/loginwindow_2012-08-17-230239_localhost.crash
17/08/2012 23:02:39.195 airportd: _doAutoJoin: Already associated to “WLAN_D0BD”. Bailing on auto-join.
17/08/2012 23:02:39.000 kernel: virtual bool IOHIDEventSystemUserClient::initWithTask(task*, void*, UInt32): Client task not privileged to open IOHIDSystem for mapping memory (e00002c1)
17/08/2012 23:02:39.886 com.apple.SecurityServer: Session 100006 created
17/08/2012 23:02:39.889 loginwindow: Login Window Started Security Agent

My Moms Desktop is running slow all of a sudden...?

My mother is really upset about her Desktop being slow all of a sudden. But her computer had updated something automatically earlier in the day when I was on. I'm not sure what it was exactly. She also said it was working earlier today as well once I left, and then after that she signed off. Once she logged back in it was way slower than normal. Even when I logged in before she got home tonight it took about 5-10 mintues just to startup from logging onto it. She called the Century Link company to tmake sure it wasn't her internet or anything but the guy just hung up on her while he was asking her a lot of questions that she had already done. And we tried re-starting it, and she said she tried to reboot it but the computer didn't even bring up the restore page because it's really slow. And then after that we finally got to restore the computer it still is running really slow. Is there any other way we can fix this?

If the issue began as the result of an update, then use Windows system restore to put the PC back in the state it was in before the update was performed. Choose a system checkpoint dated just before the update.
You have not stated which operating system is installed. that always helps. Gp into thee Control Panel; and click on Programs and features. In the left side of the window select view installed updates to see what was installed and the specific date. Note the date and then go into System restore. Chose the system checkpoint with the same date as the update and then committ to the system restore point. When the PC is restarted it should return to its formerly percieved speed, if the update was indeed the issue. Afterwards turn off automatic updates and set Windows update to check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them . Take control of the updates that your PC receives. Don't let the operating system do that for you automatically.
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Time Machine backup painfully slow all of a sudden

For some reason my time machine backups have become painfully slow for some reason. They were fine earlier today, then IIRC I booted windows, then booted back into OSX to run a backup. Despite there being only 1 or two changes (files added to the system) time machine began "preparing backup" by going through all the files on my HDD! Now, it is backing up, but at the rate of about 5 Kb/s!
Something is wrong. I've tried deleting the progress file in the backup folder and "resetting" TM by deselecting the backup drive and selecting it again. Nothing worked. Why would TM be so slow all of a sudden?
Has anyone any ideas?

iBookguy wrote:
No pre-backup thinning needed: 18.98 GB requested (including padding), 205.25 GB available
Copied 105384 files (7.2 MB) from volume Mac OSX.
That is a bit suspicious, but not necessarily wrong. Something caused it to think about 16 GB had been changed (it adds 20% for the "padding" in the message).
How are you running Windoze? Is it on a separate partition? If you're running it via virtualization software, with the vm file on an OSX disk but excluded from TM, that's a possible explanation.
105384 files in only 7.2mb? I doubt it...something seems fishy
Those counts are nearly always very high, and sometimes crazy high. There's some indication it's counting all the metadata, extended attributes, etc., as separate files.
If in doubt, boot up from your Install disc and do a +*Repair Disk+* on your boot volume. Then reboot normally and run another backup. That should trigger a "deep traversal," where TM will compare everything on your system with it's backups, to be sure it's got everything it should.

I have a MacBook Pro and all of a sudden I cannot get wireless internet connectivity to my router or any other router, I get connectivity through the ethernet port but not wireless. This was working well till this morning

I have a MacBook Pro and all of a sudden I cannot get wireless internet connectivity to my router or any other router, I get connectivity through the ethernet port but not wireless. This was working well till this morning

BXB1905 wrote:
I tried the Apple diagnostics it did not work.
What do you mean it did not work! What were the results of the diagnostic tests?
Have you contacted your ISP to determine if the problem is on their end?
Have you changed your router channel? Sometimes this resolves wireless problems.
Your profile confirms you are using Lion. Check out the following:
Troubleshooting Wi-Fi issues in OS X Lion and Mac OS X v10.6
Configuring 802.1X in Mac OS X Lion and Later

'Vintage' MacBook has lost all wifi connection suddenly and stored settings. I've tried to manually input my IP address and DNS number but it just times out when trying to connect to the network can anyone help?

'Vintage' MacBook has lost all wifi connection suddenly and stored settings. I've tried to manually input my IP address and DNS number but it just times out when trying to connect to the network can anyone help?

You said:
We still couldn't get it to stop timing out. I tried to download the firmware from iClarified but iTunes said it didn't recognise the software.
Just what did yo do to gt iTunes to see the download:

My macbook pro became very slow all of a sudden?

I just bought a used macbook pro early 2012. It was all restored and nice when I got it. It has worked perfectly for about a week and then I don't know why, but all of a sudden it became very slow in every aspect; Booting, opening apps, even surfing on the web became slower and laggy. It also seems like it has a battery problem when it is in standby. Because it uses a lot of power. Actually so much that it might go dead just by standing for a few hours. Is there anything I can do?

In regards to the battery situation, try a SMC reset:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Is there a change?
When you got the MBP, was Mavericks the installed OSX? What you may have to do is boot the MBP with the OPTION+COMMAND+R keys. This will connect you to the Apple servers and allow you to erase the HDD and install the original OSX that the MBP came with. This sets up the MBP to your Apple ID and will permit you to install any appropriate updates accordingly. You may then download and install Mavericks from the App Store.
Ciao.

Macbook PRO 2009 running extremely slow all of a sudden

Hello, I have been encountering recent problems regarding my macbook pro 15" from 2009. All of a sudden it became extremely slow and spinning beach ball every time I click something. It used to be very fast it's as if something happened over night. I have already tried re formatting the whole computer and installed a new os x. I verified the hard drive that it's okay and I have already reset the pram. Would love some help please and thank you. Specs for my laptop are: 2.8GHz Intel core 2 duo, 500GB HD, 8GB Ram and it's from 2009. No recent applications were installed.

Hello, I have been encountering recent problems regarding my macbook pro 15" from 2009. All of a sudden it became extremely slow and spinning beach ball every time I click something. It used to be very fast it's as if something happened over night. I have already tried re formatting the whole computer and installed a new os x. I verified the hard drive that it's okay and I have already reset the pram. Would love some help please and thank you. Specs for my laptop are: 2.8GHz Intel core 2 duo, 500GB HD, 8GB Ram and it's from 2009. No recent applications were installed.

HT4718 my macbook pro became ultra slow all of a sudden?please help

Hi
I have a macbookpro i bought in 2012 with following specifications
Processor 2.9GHz Intel Core i7
Memory 8 Gb 1600 MHz DDR3
It became ULTRASLOW all of a sudden.I have not used even half of storage or disk space because I use it basically for internet surfing and doing my school work.Any help will be much appreciated.Thanks.

Hello t@singh
Check out the article below for your MacBook Pro running slow and slowing your productivity. Check Activity Monitor to see if your RAM is being used up and also check the hard drive using Disk Utility.
OS X Lion: If your Mac runs slowly
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH3915
Using Activity Monitor to read System Memory and determine how much RAM is being used (OS X Mountain Lion and earlier)
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1342
Regards,
-Norm G.

IMac running extremely slow all of a sudden

I have a 1st generation Intel iMac (24", late 2006), which ran fine for three years but all of a sudden slowed to a crawl about a month ago. I upgraded to 3GB of RAM, but didn't see any improvement; I've run the disk utility app on the system install disk and didn't get any problems; I don't see anything in the Activity Monitor that's hogging CPU usage (although iTunes uses about 7% while playing music and 20% while playing video - considerably higher when it loads a new track into RAM); and I have 70GB free on a 300GB hard disk. I realize that this is just scratching the surface, so what else should I be looking at? For what it's worth, yes I have an HP printer, but the drivers don't seem to take up that much CPU time; and I'm still on 10.4.11, so maybe it's just time to upgrade to Snow Leopard; but either way I've been on this system (and with this printer) for a long time, and I don't understand why this would happen all of a sudden...
Thanks!
Message was edited by: Astigmatism

HI,
70GB free disk space could be at least part of the problem for the disk slowing down.
Try Freeing space on your Mac OS X startup disk
Check the startup disk for errors that may need repairing.
Insert your install disk and Restart, holding down the "C" key until grey Apple appears.
Go to Installer menu and launch Disk Utility.
Select your HDD (manufacturer ID) in the left panel.
Select First Aid in the Main panel.
*(Check S.M.A.R.T Status of HDD at the bottom of right panel. It should say: Verified)*
Click Repair Disk on the bottom right.
If DU reports disk does not need repairs quit DU and restart.
If DU reports errors Repair again and again until DU reports disk is repaired.
When you are finished with DU, from the Menu Bar, select Utilities/Startup Manager.
Select your start up disk and click Restart
While you have the Disk Utility window open, look at the bottom of the window. Where you see Capacity and Available. *Make sure there is always 10% to 15% free disk space*
If you cannot boot from your install disc, try booting in Safe Mode
How to Force Background Maintenance
One way to free up disk space...
Open Console. Select system.log then from the Menu Bar click Reveal in Finder then move that log file to the Trash. These logs can take up as much as a GB.
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