My macbook is very slow
my macbook is very slow, what can I do about it?
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.
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Hello everyone! Thank you all in advance for any type of help or advice, I appreciate it a lot.
I am using:
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012)
Running OS X Yosemite Version 10.10.2
Processor 2,3 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory 4 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 512 MB
Macintosh HD has 294,08 GB free (out of 499,25 GB)
I am a student, using my MacBook constantly during the day. Applications that I use daily - Safari, Word, Outlook and Finder are always on; a lot of the time I am also using Photoshop CS6, Skype.
Ever since the update to OS X Yosemite my MacBook did slow down noticeably. I left this issue unattended as I was using uni computer at the time. Recently I returned to the actual studies and design work on my MacBook. I couldn't cope with how slow it was, ended up in forums looking for the solution. I tried a couple of things already (was restarting/shutting down computer in-between these tasks):
1. Disabled FileVault (it was on for moths, I had no idea of what it is), completed the decryption process (it took around 10 hours).
2. After that I ran EtreCheck, that found a couple of actual and potential issues, I more or less sort it out, will attach the new report in the end of the post.
3. Tried to disable Spotlight to affect mds, not sure it worked.
4. Moved to Trash apps I wasn't using, properly uninstalled only a couple of them. Emptied trash.
5. Erased Safari history that emptied about 500MB of RAM, but then it went back to almost 3.98GB full out of 4GB.
At the moment I only have Safari on and kernel_task takes 570MB of memory, used RAM is 3,88GB out of 4GB.
Fan is constantly on, MacBook is very slow. If I understand correctly RAM is the main issue, unfortunately being a student I am not able to buy and install more memory. I also understand that Photoshop takes a lot of RAM memory, what can I do about it? Photoshop is a crucial app for me.
Is there a way to free some of the RAM memory and make my Macbook faster? Would a clean Yosemite install help? (Can Yosemite at all perform properly on a MacBook with only 4GB memory? What will help it run faster?)
Here's my EtreCheck report:
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,1
1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
4 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 675
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 4000
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - VRAM: 512 MB
Color LCD 1440 x 900
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10.2 (14C1514) - Time since boot: 1:13:28
Disk Information: ℹ️
APPLE HDD TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500,11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 499.25 GB (294.08 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS31N
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[failed] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
[loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist
User Login Items: ℹ️
Google Drive UNKNOWN (missing value) What do I do about these?
Dropbox UNKNOWN (missing value)
CrossOver CD Helper UNKNOWN (missing value)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 1.0.0.0 - SDK 10.6 Too many?
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 17.0.0.134 - SDK 10.6
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
Flash Player: Version: 17.0.0.134 - SDK 10.6
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.40.2.0 - SDK 10.8
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.7 - SDK 10.6
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.40.2.0 - SDK 10.8
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 15.0.0 - SDK 10.10
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player
Perian Plan to uninstall
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured! Is it needed?
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
8% mds
3% WindowServer
1% Safari
0% fontd
0% com.apple.WebKit.Networking
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
185 MB mds_stores
142 MB Safari
107 MB Finder
90 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
86 MB WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
733 MB Free RAM
1.77 GB Active RAM
1.01 GB Inactive RAM
777 MB Wired RAM
2.12 GB Page-ins
12 KB Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
Apr 4, 2015, 07:55:31 PM Self test - passed
Apr 4, 2015, 01:48:14 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Skype_2015-04-04-134814_[redac ted].crash
Apr 3, 2015, 09:24:39 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Adobe Photoshop CS6_2015-04-03-212439_[redacted].cpu_resource.diag
Apr 3, 2015, 09:16:37 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Adobe Photoshop CS6_2015-04-03-211637_[redacted].crash
Apr 4, 2015, 12:15:29 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/LegacyFileVaultMessageTracer_2015-04-04-001529_ [redacted].crash
Thanks a lot in advance! Looking forward for the possible solutions!
AnnaLet Spotlight finish indexing your HDD. Stopping it is pointless.
Regarding the fans, it is always running when you turn on the MBP. It is a question of how fast. If there are light loads on the CPU, the fans should be near silent. If otherwise, try a SMC reset.
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295
If that does not slow the speed at very light loads then there are other reasons that need to be explored.
If you cannot instal;l additional RAM (your MBP will accept up to 16GB) then you will have to accept slower performance. Yosemite is a RAM glutton. The best sources of Mac compatible RAM are Owc and Crucial.
Time Machine or any other backup is only necessary if the data you have on your MBP is important. Ask yourself this question: What will be the degree of inconvenience should the internal HDD fail? All hard drives eventually fail.
Ciao. -
My macbook starting very slow i want to factory reset
my macbook starting very slow i want to factory reset
Hello sallay Amir,
Thanks for participating in the Apple Support Communities.
It sounds like you would like to erase your MacBook Pro and install a new copy of OS X, but the Mac does not boot to OS X Recovery when you hold the Command + R keys during startup.
If your Mac came with OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) or earlier, I recommend referring to the steps in this article:
Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard: How to Erase and Install - Apple Support
For a newer Mac (OS X Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks or Yosemite), try reinstalling OS X by using Internet Recovery, as described in the "OS X Internet Recovery" section on this page:
OS X: About OS X Recovery - Apple Support
All the best,
Jeremy -
MacBook suddenly very slow to start and operate
Sudenly last week my MacBook becomes very SLOW to start and to operate. Until last week it was working fine.
I do not believe to have perform anything abnormal and what is new is just the normal updating of the Softwares that is performed automaticlly every week.
I tried to shut down and restart several time.
I tried several time to reinstall Mac OS 10.6.8
I checked the hard disk with Disk utility and it results OK.
What to do ?
Thanks
MarcRight or control click the MacintoshHD icon. Click Get Info. In the Get Info window you will see Capacity and Available. Make sure you always have a minimum of 15% free disk space.
Why Is My Mac Running So Slow? [MacRx] | Cult of Mac -
i have install new hard drive 500gb and i still have 400gb available but my macbook run very slow getting rainbow all the time on screen.
need helpFirst boot into recovery and select Disk Utility>First Aid and repair the disk.
If there is no improvement, perform a Safe Boot:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1
If there is an improvement, then third party applications are probably the cause of the problem.
Ciao. -
MacBook Pro very slow to bring up homepage, programs won't open; likely related to failure to upgrade Java on Parallels, told that C disc low capacity, disc compression recommended was unsuccesful/failed. Rebooting, battery removal hasn't helped. Can't open Systems Preferences. Suggestions?
Linc, the resident dump guru, will probably be along in awhile and provide deeper insights, but here goes for now. I'm seeing an awful lot of warnings and messages from Chrome. Any chance you could lay off that browser for awhile and use Safari in the meanwhile? No red messages anywhere in the listing. Have you tried rebooting into Mountain Lion Recovery Mode to do a Repair Disk and Repair Disk Permissions? (Cause in spite of what your config tag says, the dump indicates you are running a ML kernel)
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After upgrading to Mavericks, macbook pro very slow
Hiya
I upgraded to Mavericks and ever since then my macbook pro is very slow.
When I try to open a new finder window, I get the rainbow ball. Chrome is extremely slow. Word is also slow to open, slow to wake, and slow to shut down. Pretty much everything is slow!
I did repair permissions using disk utility, but that didn't solve the problem.
I ran EtreCheck and here's what I got:
EtreCheck version: 1.9.11 (43) - report generated May 29, 2014 at 12:40:03 AM EDT
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
System Software:
OS X 10.9.3 (13D65) - Uptime: 0 days 0:15:50
Disk Information:
ST9500325ASG disk0 : (500.11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Ripley's Monster (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (73.12 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-8A8
USB Information:
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper:
Anywhere
Kernel Extensions:
[not loaded] com.novationmusic.driver.usb.audio (2.3) Support
[not loaded] com.numark.V7.usb_TIGER (2.0.3) Support
[not loaded] com.numark.ns6.usb (2.1.0) Support
[not loaded] com.numark.ns6.usb_TIGER (2.1.0) Support
[not loaded] com.numark.ns7.usb (2.0.2) Support
[not loaded] com.numark.ns7.usb_TIGER (2.0.2) Support
[not loaded] com.numark.v7.usb (2.0.3) Support
[not loaded] com.ploytec.xonedx.usb (2.0.2) Support
[not loaded] com.ploytec.xonedx.usb_TIGER (2.0.2) Support
[not loaded] com.rane.driver.sixtyeight.10.6 (1.1.2f4) Support
[not loaded] com.rane.driver.sixtyone.10.6 (1.0.0f1 - SDK 10.6) Support
[not loaded] com.rane.driver.sixtytwo.10.6 (1.0.0f1 - SDK 10.6) Support
[not loaded] com.rane.driver.sl2.10.6 (1.0.1f3) Support
[not loaded] com.rane.driver.sl3.10.6 (1.3.2f6) Support
[not loaded] com.rane.driver.sl4.10.6 (1.0.1f2) Support
[kext loaded] com.serato.usb.kext (2.3.0) Support
Startup Items:
HP IO: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP IO
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
[running] com.rane.sixtyeight.daemon.plist Support
[running] com.rane.sixtyone.daemon.plist Support
[running] com.rane.sixtytwo.daemon.plist Support
[running] com.rane.sl2.daemon.plist Support
[running] com.rane.sl3.daemon.plist Support
[running] com.rane.sl4.daemon.plist Support
Launch Agents:
[running] com.amazon.sendtokindle.launcher.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[loaded] com.lexmark.bmspecificlaunchd.plist Support
[loaded] com.lexmark.lxknetlaunchd.plist Support
[running] com.pharos.notify.plist Support
[running] com.pharos.popup.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
GrowlHelperApp
Stickies
BlueHarvest
EvernoteHelper
Flux
Flux
Dropbox
SpeechSynthesisServer
EvernoteHelper
Rowmote Helper
6500 Series Button Monitor
Internet Plug-ins:
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.1.18709 Support
nplastpass: Version: 2.0.7 Support
Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 4.2.2f1 - SDK 10.6 Support
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.4.4.2 Support
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.2.0 Support
ebrary Reader: Version: 2.22 - 1/26/10 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.1.18709 Support
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.7
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 9.5.5 Support
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.6 Support
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
User iTunes Plug-ins:
AudioScrobbler: Version: 3.0.4 Support
User Internet Plug-ins:
RealPlayer Plugin: Version: (null) Support
3rd Party Preference Panes:
BlueHarvest Support
Flash Player Support
Flip4Mac WMV Support
Growl Support
SIXTY-EIGHT Audio Control Panel Support
Sixty-One Audio Control Panel Support
Sixty-Two Audio Control Panel Support
SL 2 Audio Control Panel Support
SL 3 Audio Control Panel Support
SL 4 Audio Control Panel Support
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Ripley's Monster: Disk size: 464.96 GB Disk used: 396.86 GB
Destinations:
Time Machine Backups [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 931.19 GB
Total number of backups: 10
Oldest backup: 2013-03-01 09:16:00 +0000
Last backup: 2014-05-29 03:59:43 +0000
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 931.19 GB < (Disk used 396.86 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
9% WindowServer
6% Google Chrome
3% hidd
1% System Information
1% Dock
Top Processes by Memory:
160 MB Finder
139 MB mds_stores
127 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
119 MB Google Chrome
82 MB Dropbox
Virtual Memory Information:
538 MB Free RAM
1.50 GB Active RAM
1000 MB Inactive RAM
1016 MB Wired RAM
483 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outsLaunch 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.
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.
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.
☞ The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of which is irrelevant to 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.
☞ Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting. -
Macbook Air very slow all of a sudden
I bought a Macbook air end Feb - 1.6Ghz and 80GB. I also have XP with 40GB HD partitioned.
I have installed Norton 360 for my windows partition.
After the 1st month which was great, I now find the performance very slow if I have powerpoint and word and excel open along with safari.
Is there something I can do to get back to the great speed one had earlier?HI,
Checked free disk space lately? Right or control click the MacintoshHD icon on your Desktop, then click: Get Info. In the Get Info window, click the discovery triangle so it's facing down. You will see; Capacity and Available Make sure you have 10% available disk space, 15% is better. Not enough available drive space can cause issues like you are experiencing.
Boot from your install disk and run Disk Utility.
Insert Installer disk and Restart, holding down the "C" key until grey Apple appears.
Go to Installer menu (Panther and earlier) or Utilities menu (Tiger and later) 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.
Mac tune-up: 34 software speedups
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Carolyn -
Why is my Macbook Pro very slow to boot and also everything else?
Hi,
When I start my computer, it remains at the silver screen with Apple logo forever. The startup boot is supremely slow.
Even while i am opening applications, the icons keep on jumping at the dock for a long time before the application starts.
The problem started about two months ago however it has worsened a lot recently. This is my etrecheck profile. Hope it helps. Any help will be appreciated.
My MacbookPro is very slow. Here's the Etrecheck report.
Let me know what i should do.
EtreCheck version: 1.9.15 (52)
Report generated September 5, 2014 5:53:36 PM EDT
Hardware Information: ?
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011) (Verified)
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
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ?
Mac OS X 10.7.5 (11G63) - Uptime: 0 days 0:15:32
Disk Information: ?
Hitachi HTS545032B9A302 disk0 : (320.07 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 319.21 GB (200.46 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898
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. MacBook Pro
Kernel Extensions: ?
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMControl (1.4.17 - SDK 10.6) Support
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMData (1.4.17 - SDK 10.6) Support
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungComposite (1.4.17 - SDK 10.6) Support
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungMTP (1.4.17 - SDK 10.5) Support
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungSerial (1.4.17 - SDK 10.6) Support
Startup Items: ?
ciscod: Path: /System/Library/StartupItems/ciscod
Launch Daemons: ?
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Support
[running] com.cisco.anyconnect.vpnagentd.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
Launch Agents: ?
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[loaded] com.cisco.anyconnect.gui.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ?
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist
[loaded] com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist Support
[loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist Support
User Login Items: ?
iTunesHelper
Octoshape
Dropbox
AdobeResourceSynchronizer
fuspredownloader
KiesAgent
Internet Plug-ins: ?
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support
OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 Support
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.4.4.2 Support
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 14.0.0.145 - SDK 10.6 Support
DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 2.2 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20125.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 14.0.0.145 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.1
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 Support
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.2 - SDK 10.6 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 25 Check version
Safari Extensions: ?
DivXHTML5
Audio Plug-ins: ?
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.1 - SDK 10.7
iTunes Plug-ins: ?
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.3 - SDK 10.7
User Internet Plug-ins ?
OctoshapeWeb: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.8 Support
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 Support
3rd Party Preference Panes: ?
DivX Support
Flash Player Support
Flip4Mac WMV Support
Java Support
Time Machine: ?
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ?
6% firefox
3% airportd
3% socketfilterfw
3% WindowServer
0% fontd
Top Processes by Memory: ?
496 MB firefox
111 MB Dropbox
94 MB mds
82 MB Finder
53 MB WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information: ?
1.36 GB Free RAM
1.19 GB Active RAM
508 MB Inactive RAM
975 MB Wired RAM
268 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outsPlease uninstall "Cisco AnyConnect" and see whether there's an improvement. If there is, check to see whether there's an update, or preferably, use the built-in Cisco client instead.
Any third-party software that doesn't install by drag-and-drop into the Applications folder, and uninstall by drag-and-drop to the Trash, is a system modification.
Whenever you remove system modifications, they must be removed completely, and the only way to do that is to use the uninstallation tool, if any, provided by the developers, or to follow their instructions. If the software has been incompletely removed, you may have to re-download or even reinstall it in order to finish the job.
I never install system modifications myself, and except as stated in this comment, I don't know how to uninstall them. You'll have to do your own research to find that information.
Here are some general guidelines to get you started. Suppose you want to remove something called “BrickMyMac” (a hypothetical example.) First, consult the product's Help menu, if there is one, for instructions. Finding none there, look on the developer's website, say www.brickmymac.com. (That may not be the actual name of the site; if necessary, search the Web for the product name.) If you don’t find anything on the website or in your search, contact the developer. While you're waiting for a response, download BrickMyMac.dmg and open it. There may be an application in there such as “Uninstall BrickMyMac.” If not, open “BrickMyMac.pkg” and look for an Uninstall button. The uninstaller might also be accessed by clicking the Customize button, if there is one.
Back up all data before making any changes.
You will generally have to restart the computer in order to complete an uninstallation. Until you do that, there may be no effect, or unpredictable effects.
If you can’t remove software in any other way, you’ll have to erase and install OS X. Never install any third-party software unless you're sure you know how to uninstall it; otherwise you may create problems that are very hard to solve.
Trying to remove complex system modifications by hunting for files by name often will not work and may make the problem worse. The same goes for "utilities" such as "AppCleaner" and the like that purport to remove software. -
Macbook Pro very slow, won't play vids etc. Please help
Have run the etrecheck diagnostic software, results below:
Problem description:
Internet browsing very slow, particularly when scrolling on large pages.
DVD will only play sound, video is just a black screen.
Youtube would originally only play small screen, now won’t play at all.
Generally slow all round - lots of “egg timer”
EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)
Report generated 17 November 2014 22:20:16 GMT
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,5
1 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
2 GB RAM
BANK 0/DIMM0
1 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
1 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
spdisplays_display_connector
System Software: ℹ️
Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549) - Uptime: 212 days 22:8:28
Disk Information: ℹ️
ST9160314ASG disk0 : (149.05 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
- (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 159.70 GB (77.07 GB free)
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N disk1 : (6.93 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/Applications/Business Everywhere.app
[not loaded] WebToGo.Driver.Sierra (1) Support
[not loaded] com.Huawei.driver.HuaweiDataCardDriver (4.0.3) Support
[not loaded] com.ZTE.driver.ZTEUSBCDCACMControl (1.1.2) Support
[not loaded] com.ZTE.driver.ZTEUSBCDCACMData (1.1.2) Support
[not loaded] com.option.driver.OptionGTEdge (1.0.5) Support
[not loaded] com.option.driver.OptionMM (1.0.4) Support
[not loaded] com.option.driver.OptionMSD (1.0.0) Support
[not loaded] com.option.driver.OptionQC (1.1.16) Support
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[not loaded] org.samba.winbindd.plist Support
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[running] com.trusteer.rapport.rapportd.plist Support
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[running] com.trusteer.rooks.rooksd.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[running] Business Everywhere Support
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
User Login Items: ℹ️
iTunesHelper UNKNOWN (missing value)
Mac_SwapperDemon ApplicationHidden (/Library/Application Support/Birdstep/Mac_SwapperDemon.app)
3Connect Updater Application (/Applications/3Connect/3Connect.app/Contents/Resources/3Connect Updater.app)
Firefox UNKNOWN (missing value)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
DirectorShockwave: Version: 11.0.3r470 Support
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.2.1.11 Support
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.04 - SDK 10.6 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.223 - SDK 10.6 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.223 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.6.6
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
NP_2020Player_IKEA: Version: 5.0.94.1 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.04 - SDK 10.6 Support
Scorch: Version: 6.1.0 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 13.9.8 - SDK 10.6 Check version
Audio Plug-ins: ℹ️
iSightAudio: Version: 7.6.6
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player Support
Flip4Mac WMV Support
Rapport Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine information requires OS X 10.7 "Lion" or later.
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
6% rapportd
4% WindowServer
3% WebProcess
2% PluginProcess
0% SystemUIServer
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
365 MB WebProcess
245 MB rapportd
112 MB Safari
69 MB WindowServer
41 MB PluginProcess
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
13 MB Free RAM
888 MB Active RAM
442 MB Inactive RAM
534 MB Wired RAM
97.51 GB Page-ins
41.90 GB Page-outs
Problem description:
Internet browsing very slow, particularly when scrolling on large pages.
DVD will only play sound, video is just a black screen.
Youtube would originally only play small screen, now won’t play at all.
Generally slow all round - lots of “egg timer”
EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)
Report generated 17 November 2014 22:20:16 GMT
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,5
1 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
2 GB RAM
BANK 0/DIMM0
1 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
1 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
spdisplays_display_connector
System Software: ℹ️
Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549) - Uptime: 212 days 22:8:28
Disk Information: ℹ️
ST9160314ASG disk0 : (149.05 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
- (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 159.70 GB (77.07 GB free)
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N disk1 : (6.93 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/Applications/Business Everywhere.app
[not loaded] WebToGo.Driver.Sierra (1) Support
[not loaded] com.Huawei.driver.HuaweiDataCardDriver (4.0.3) Support
[not loaded] com.ZTE.driver.ZTEUSBCDCACMControl (1.1.2) Support
[not loaded] com.ZTE.driver.ZTEUSBCDCACMData (1.1.2) Support
[not loaded] com.option.driver.OptionGTEdge (1.0.5) Support
[not loaded] com.option.driver.OptionMM (1.0.4) Support
[not loaded] com.option.driver.OptionMSD (1.0.0) Support
[not loaded] com.option.driver.OptionQC (1.1.16) Support
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[not loaded] org.samba.winbindd.plist Support
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[running] com.trusteer.rapport.rapportd.plist Support
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[running] com.trusteer.rooks.rooksd.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[running] Business Everywhere Support
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
User Login Items: ℹ️
iTunesHelper UNKNOWN (missing value)
Mac_SwapperDemon ApplicationHidden (/Library/Application Support/Birdstep/Mac_SwapperDemon.app)
3Connect Updater Application (/Applications/3Connect/3Connect.app/Contents/Resources/3Connect Updater.app)
Firefox UNKNOWN (missing value)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
DirectorShockwave: Version: 11.0.3r470 Support
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.2.1.11 Support
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.04 - SDK 10.6 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.223 - SDK 10.6 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.223 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.6.6
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
NP_2020Player_IKEA: Version: 5.0.94.1 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.04 - SDK 10.6 Support
Scorch: Version: 6.1.0 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 13.9.8 - SDK 10.6 Check version
Audio Plug-ins: ℹ️
iSightAudio: Version: 7.6.6
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player Support
Flip4Mac WMV Support
Rapport Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine information requires OS X 10.7 "Lion" or later.
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
6% rapportd
4% WindowServer
3% WebProcess
2% PluginProcess
0% SystemUIServer
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
365 MB WebProcess
245 MB rapportd
112 MB Safari
69 MB WindowServer
41 MB PluginProcess
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
13 MB Free RAM
888 MB Active RAM
442 MB Inactive RAM
534 MB Wired RAM
97.51 GB Page-ins
41.90 GB Page-outsYour MBP needs more RAM based on the quantity of 'Page outs' vs 'Page ins'. 4 GB should be the minimum upgrade, 8 GB would be better. The RAM specifications for a 2009 MBP are; 204-pin PC3-8500 (1066 MHz) DDR3 SO-DIMM. The best sources of Mac compatible RAM are OWC and Crucial.
Delete any software for mobile communications devices that are no longer using.
Ciao. -
Hi All,
A couple of days ago, my aluminum macbook suddenly slowed to a crawl. Lots of beach balls, or just freezes with no indication as to why. In addition, certain applications (iTunes, Disk Utility,...) would crash, with crash reporter giving a KERNINVALIDADDRESS error code. I also ran into an error message in Terminal that the dylib shared cache was corrupted, and I wasn't able to rebuild it. I reinstalled OS X, which fixed the dylib and crashing issues, but the computer is still very slow. I've run memtester to investigate whether the RAM is faulty, but didn't find any problems. Disk Utility didn't find any problems with my HD either. Any other suggestions?
Thanks!HI,
Make sure there's enough free space on the startup disk. Right or control click the MacintoshHD icon. Click Get Info. In the Get Info window you will see Capacity and Available. Make sure you always have a minimum of 15% free disk space.
And help here for the The Spinning Beach Ball of Death
Carolyn -
suddenly my macbook pro has started working very slow...it seems its hanging...please help
Disconnect all peripherals from your computer.
Boot from your install disc & run Repair Disk from the utility menu. To use the Install Mac OS X disc, insert the disc, and restart your computer while holding down the C key as it starts up.
Select your language.
Once on the desktop, select Utility in the menu bar.
Select Disk Utility.
Select the disk or volume in the list of disks and volumes, and then click First Aid.
Click Repair Disk.
Restart your computer when done.
Repair permissions after you reach the desktop-http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25751 and restart your computer. -
MacBook Pro: Very slow download
Hi, I'm experiencing very slow download speed with Macbook pro recently. Tried download the same file using a Window notebook worked fine. please help.
I was downloading a spreadsheet from Hotmail: Download speed on Mac: 700b/s; Download speed on Window Notebook: 2Mb/s.That's insane.
Are you sure you don't mean 30Mbps?
Anyway, have you downloaded a test file hosted via ftp by your ISP? -
Audio problem and macbook pro very slow
Hello,
I have a macbook pro for less than a year.
The latter has begin to be very slow. In addition, I have no sound which are emitted from my Mac, setting apart the opening gong. By the jack, there is no red light that are emitted. I tried to go in the program "audio setup midi" but it does not even want to open. So I tried to open the configuration panel go to select a new audio output device, but to my surprise, after an interminable waiting times, I got a list of blank audio device .. .
I noticed that it started when I put my Mac to version 10.7.4 ... So this is very recent ...
When downloading the update, I was editing a script with automator and my Mac was rammed by an HDMI cable has a television, if it ever can help.
I was wondering how to solve my problem.
thank you
Bonjour,
j'ai un macbook pro depuis moins d'un an.
Ce dernier a commencer a être très lent. De plus, je n'ai plus aucun son qui es émis de mon Mac, mise a part le gong d'ouverture. Par la prise jack, il n'y a pas de lumière rouge qui es émis. J'ai essayé d'aller dans le programme "configuration audio midi" mais celui-ci ne veux même pas ouvrir. J'ai donc essayé d'ouvrir le paneau de configuration pour aller sélectionner un nouveau périphérique de sortie audio, mais a ma grande surprise, après un délais d'attente interminable, j'ai eu droit a une liste de périphérique audio vide...
J'ai remarqué que cela a commencé lors que j'ai mis mon Mac à la version 10.7.4... Donc, c'est tout récent...
Lors du téléchargement de la mise à jours, j'éditais un scripte avec automator et mon Mac était banché par un cable HDMI a une télévision, si jamais ça peux aider.
Je me demandais comment résoudre mes problème.
MerciThe startup drive is failing, or there is some other internal hardware fault.
Back up all data on the drive immediately if you don't already have a current backup. There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional—ask if you need guidance.
Make a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store, or go to another authorized service provider.
If privacy is a concern, erase the data partition(s) with the option to write zeros* (do this only if you have at least two complete, independent backups, and you know how to restore to an empty drive from any of them.) Don’t erase the recovery partition, if present.
Keeping your confidential data secure during hardware repair
Apple also recommends that you deauthorize a device in the iTunes Store before having it serviced.
*An SSD doesn't need to be zeroed. -
Early 2008 MacBook Pro - Very slow start up, very hot
Hi All,
Looking for some help. Searched quite a few of the online forums and have not been able to resolve this issue.
A few months back, my old reliable MacBook Pro (early 2008) started behaving oddly. Have no idea why, but went to start it up one day, and it took forever to start up and get me to the login screen. Been like that ever since. Occassionally, when I finally get to the login screen, the keyboard will not function. After a few minutes though, it always works. This only happens about 5% of the time. Once I log in, everything about the computer from a performance perspective seems to be pretty normal In addition to the slow start up, however, system gets extremely hot at the top of the keyboard, near the monitor. Fans run fast almost all the time when the system is powered on, and often when it is 'asleep'. CPU Temp goes to about 170, and the fans are always between 2400 and 3500.
I took it to Apple a while back, and based on the incredibly slow start up time they believed it was a disk issue. I went ahead and purchased a 500GB internal drive and this past weekend used SuperDuper to copy the original boot disk. All went well and I now have a new internal disk. At the same time, I upgrade the RAM from 2GB to 4GB.
After all that, the system is still very slow at startup and runs as hot as it did before. I will say, it does seem to be slightly faster on the startup, but not what I had become accustomed to for the first 4 years of use.
I looked at the activity monitor and don't see any processes hogging resources.
No anti-virus software running.
Currently running Mac OSX 10.6.8
My battery is pretty muc shot, but I never really use the system unplugged.
Any thoughts? Thanks in advance!Hi there
I am having a similar issue, my mac is the same age but I am getting a major heat issue.
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