My macbook just got really slow after I deleted a load of render files. Any advice appreciated.

Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
          1 2.9 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2 cores
          8 GB RAM
Video Information:
          Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 512 MB
System Software:
          Mac OS X 10.7.5 (11G63b) - Uptime: 0 days 1:1:10
Disk Information:
          TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF disk0 : (750.16 GB)
                    disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 749.3 GB (267.77 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8
USB Information:
          TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1 TB
                    disk1s1 (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    RUPERT (disk1s2) /Volumes/RUPERT: 999.86 GB (995.51 GB free)
          Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Thunderbolt Information:
          Apple, Inc. MacBook Pro
Gatekeeper:
          Anywhere
Startup Items:
          MobileBrServ: Path: /Library/StartupItems/MobileBrServ
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
          [loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Support
          [running] com.cleverfiles.cfbackd.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.gopro.stereomodestatus.plist Support
          [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
          [failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist
          [loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist Support
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
          [running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support
User Login Items:
          Flux
          SmartDaemon
          iTunesHelper
          Google Chrome
          Dropbox
          Notification Mail
          Google Drive
          Spotify
Internet Plug-ins:
          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.206 - SDK 10.6 Support
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.1
          Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.206 - SDK 10.6 Support
          AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.1 Support
          SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 Support
          Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
Audio Plug-ins:
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.1 - SDK 10.7
iTunes Plug-ins:
          Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.3 - SDK 10.7
User iTunes Plug-ins:
          TuneUp Visualizer: Version: 2.4.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
          AudioScrobbler: Version: 6.0.5 - SDK 10.8 Support
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Flash Player Support
          FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE) Support
          GoPro Support
Time Machine:
          Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
              11%          WindowServer
               5%          Google Chrome
               2%          mds
               2%          backupd
               2%          System Preferences
Top Processes by Memory:
          229 MB          System Preferences
          123 MB          mds
          115 MB          Google Chrome
          106 MB          Spotify
          87 MB          Finder
Virtual Memory Information:
          4.71 GB          Free RAM
          1.95 GB          Active RAM
          396 MB          Inactive RAM
          978 MB          Wired RAM
          637 MB          Page-ins
          0 B          Page-outs

Have followed guidance above but have not been able to remove all files/programmes
This is how it looks now:
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
          1 2.9 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2 cores
          8 GB RAM
Video Information:
          Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 512 MB
System Software:
          Mac OS X 10.7.5 (11G63b) - Uptime: 0 days 0:4:12
Disk Information:
          TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF disk0 : (750.16 GB)
                    disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 749.3 GB (267.45 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8
USB Information:
          Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
          Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Information:
          Apple, Inc. MacBook Pro
Gatekeeper:
          Anywhere
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.gopro.stereomodestatus.plist Support
          [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
Launch Agents:
          [running] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
          [failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist
          [loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist Support
          [running] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
          [running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support
User Login Items:
          Flux
          iTunesHelper
          Google Chrome
          Dropbox
          Notification Mail
          Google Drive
          Spotify
Internet Plug-ins:
          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.206 - SDK 10.6 Support
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.1
          Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.206 - SDK 10.6 Support
          AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.1 Support
          SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 Support
          Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
Audio Plug-ins:
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.1 - SDK 10.7
iTunes Plug-ins:
          Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.3 - SDK 10.7
User iTunes Plug-ins:
          TuneUp Visualizer: Version: 2.4.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
          AudioScrobbler: Version: 6.0.5 - SDK 10.8 Support
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Flash Player Support
          FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE) Support
          GoPro Support
Time Machine:
          Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
              20%          Google Chrome
              10%          WindowServer
               8%          Spotify
               3%          coreservicesd
               3%          helpd
Top Processes by Memory:
          90 MB          Google Chrome
          82 MB          Dropbox
          82 MB          Google Drive
          74 MB          Spotify
          66 MB          mds
Virtual Memory Information:
          5.77 GB          Free RAM
          1.24 GB          Active RAM
          250 MB          Inactive RAM
          764 MB          Wired RAM
          340 MB          Page-ins
          0 B          Page-outs

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Thanks for your reply. Here is my report:
Problem description:
macbook pro is really slow after sleep mode
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
    MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) (Technical Specifications)
    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
    1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
    8 GB RAM Upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM0
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System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.10.2 (14C109) - Time since boot: 1:36:41
Disk Information: ℹ️
    APPLE HDD TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500,11 GB)
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        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
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Memory: 4GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Startup Disk: Macintosh HD
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB
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EtreCheck version: 1.9.15 (52)
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Hardware Information: ?
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,1
1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information: ?
Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: (null)
Color LCD 1440 x 900
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - VRAM: 512 MB
System Software: ?
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APPLE HDD HTS547550A9E384 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Talal (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (415.06 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
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Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
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Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
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Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
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BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
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Flash Player Support
Java Support
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      1% sharingd
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99 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
90 MB WindowServer
45 MB ocspd
33 MB com.apple.WebKit.Networking
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1.03 GB Inactive RAM
665 MB Wired RAM
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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
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 5 days 12:54:52
Disk Information: ℹ️
TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk1) / [Startup]: 498.88 GB (219.86 GB free)
Core Storage: disk0s2 499.25 GB Online
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS31N
USB Information: ℹ️
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: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Configuration files: ℹ️
/etc/sysctl.conf - Exists
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/Applications/AVG AntiVirus.app
[loaded] com.avg.Antivirus.OnAccess.kext (2015.0 - SDK 10.8) Support
/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.mice.driver.Wireless360Controller (1.0.0d14 - SDK 10.9) Support
[not loaded] com.mice.driver.WirelessGamingReceiver (1.0.0d14 - SDK 10.9) Support
[not loaded] com.mice.driver.Xbox360Controller (1.0.0d14 - SDK 10.9) Support
/System/Library/Extensions
[loaded] com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.6.6 - SDK 10.6) Support
[loaded] com.LivestreamProcaster.driver.ProcasterAudioRedirector (2.0.0 - SDK 10.0) Support
Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️
[failed] com.apple.accountsd.plist
[failed] com.apple.AirPlayUIAgent.plist
[failed] com.apple.bird.plist
[failed] com.apple.CalendarAgent.plist
[failed] com.apple.CallHistoryPluginHelper.plist
[failed] com.apple.CallHistorySyncHelper.plist
[failed] com.apple.cloudd.plist
[failed] com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication.plist
[failed] com.apple.coreservices.uiagent.plist
[failed] com.apple.EscrowSecurityAlert.plist
[failed] com.apple.icloud.fmfd.plist
[failed] com.apple.iconservices.iconservicesagent.plist
[failed] com.apple.lookupd.plist
[failed] com.apple.nsurlsessiond.plist
[failed] com.apple.pbs.plist
[failed] com.apple.pluginkit.pkd.plist
[failed] com.apple.printtool.agent.plist
[failed] com.apple.rcd.plist
[failed] com.apple.recentsd.plist
[failed] com.apple.sbd.plist
[failed] com.apple.scopedbookmarkagent.xpc.plist
[failed] com.apple.secd.plist
[failed] com.apple.security.cloudkeychainproxy.plist
[failed] com.apple.spindump_agent.plist
[failed] com.apple.telephonyutilities.callservicesd.plist
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[failed] com.apple.AssetCacheLocatorService.plist
[failed] com.apple.awdd.plist
[failed] com.apple.corestorage.corestoragehelperd.plist
[failed] com.apple.coresymbolicationd.plist
[failed] com.apple.ctkd.plist
[failed] com.apple.diagnosticd.plist
[failed] com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced.plist
[failed] com.apple.iconservices.iconservicesagent.plist
[failed] com.apple.iconservices.iconservicesd.plist
[failed] com.apple.ifdreader.plist
[failed] com.apple.installd.plist
[failed] com.apple.MobileFileIntegrity.plist
[failed] com.apple.nehelper.plist
[failed] com.apple.networkd_privileged.plist
[failed] com.apple.nsurlsessiond.plist
[failed] com.apple.periodic-daily.plist
[failed] com.apple.periodic-weekly.plist
[failed] com.apple.sandboxd.plist
[failed] com.apple.softwareupdate_download_service.plist
[failed] com.apple.softwareupdated.plist
[failed] com.apple.spindump.plist
[failed] com.apple.tccd.system.plist
[failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist
[failed] com.apple.xpc.smd.plist
[failed] org.cups.cupsd.plist
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[running] com.avg.Antivirus.gui.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist Support
[running] Safe.Connect.client.plist Support
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[running] com.avg.Antivirus.infosd.plist Support
[running] com.avg.Antivirus.services.plist Support
[running] com.mice.360Daemon.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist Support
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist Support
[running] Safe.Connect.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[failed] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist Support
User Login Items: ℹ️
Steam Application (/Applications/Steam.app)
Grabbit Application (/Applications/Grabbit.app)
iTunesHelper ApplicationHidden (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
Spotify UNKNOWN (missing value)
Google Drive Application (/Applications/Google Drive.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.2.0.16   - SDK 10.8 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.5 - SDK 10.6 Support
Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 4.5.1f3 - SDK 10.6 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
Mathematica: Version: 8.0.4.3538475 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 25 Check version
User Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.0 Support
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
AdBlock
XKit 7
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player Support
Flip4Mac WMV Support
Java Support
XBox 360 Controllers Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      2% WindowServer
      1% syslogd
      1% diagnostics_agent
      1% Microsoft Word
      0% loginwindow
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
52 MB HP_Deskjet_3050A_J611_series
43 MB Google Chrome
34 MB AVG
26 MB WindowServer
26 MB CalendarAgent
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
24 MB Free RAM
553 MB Active RAM
546 MB Inactive RAM
1.32 GB Wired RAM
122.48 GB Page-ins
1.70 GB Page-outs

I reset the PRAM and it seems to be running much smoother now.
I also uninstalled AVG and Google Drive.
I ran EtreCheck again and it seems better:
Problem description:
EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)
Report generated November 8, 2014 at 2:36:52 PM PST
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-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
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 0:5:5
Disk Information: ℹ️
TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk1) / [Startup]: 498.88 GB (241.81 GB free)
Core Storage: disk0s2 499.25 GB Online
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS31N
USB Information: ℹ️
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: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Configuration files: ℹ️
/etc/sysctl.conf - Exists
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.mice.driver.Wireless360Controller (1.0.0d14 - SDK 10.9) Support
[not loaded] com.mice.driver.WirelessGamingReceiver (1.0.0d14 - SDK 10.9) Support
[not loaded] com.mice.driver.Xbox360Controller (1.0.0d14 - SDK 10.9) Support
/System/Library/Extensions
[loaded] com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.6.6 - SDK 10.6) Support
[loaded] com.LivestreamProcaster.driver.ProcasterAudioRedirector (2.0.0 - SDK 10.0) Support
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist Support
[running] Safe.Connect.client.plist Support
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[running] com.mice.360Daemon.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist Support
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist Support
[running] Safe.Connect.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[failed] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist Support
User Login Items: ℹ️
Steam Application (/Applications/Steam.app)
Grabbit Application (/Applications/Grabbit.app)
iTunesHelper ApplicationHidden (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
Spotify UNKNOWN (missing value)
Google Drive Application (/Applications/Google Drive.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.2.0.16   - SDK 10.8 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.5 - SDK 10.6 Support
Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 4.5.1f3 - SDK 10.6 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
Mathematica: Version: 8.0.4.3538475 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 25 Check version
User Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.0 Support
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
AdBlock
XKit 7
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player Support
Flip4Mac WMV Support
Java Support
XBox 360 Controllers Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      7% WindowServer
      1% Google Chrome
      0% Google Drive
      0% fontd
      0% SystemUIServer
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
125 MB Google Chrome
99 MB Finder
90 MB Google Drive
86 MB WindowServer
82 MB ocspd
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
675 MB Free RAM
1.60 GB Active RAM
933 MB Inactive RAM
1.09 GB Wired RAM
1.26 GB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs

My Macbook has got very slow after upgrading + having truoble while booting

Please let me know what to do, first of all my macbook has slowed down a lot after i have upgraded to leapord. Secondly the big problem i am facing apart from the slow booting is that the login box does not come up when i first start my macbook. so i need to hold the power button and turn the macbook off and then turn on again and then it comes up. please help!

Please let me know what to do, first of all my macbook has slowed down a lot after i have upgraded to leapord. Secondly the big problem i am facing apart from the slow booting is that the login box does not come up when i first start my macbook. so i need to hold the power button and turn the macbook off and then turn on again and then it comes up. please help!

Safari has got really slow..

Hi
Over the past few weeks I've noticed Safari (2.0.4) has got really slow at both finding and loading web pages.
I know it's not my connection as when I open the same page in Flock or FF it's really fast.
I've emptied Safari's cache but it's made no difference.
Any ideas?
Thanks
15" 1.67 Ghz PowerBook & 12 1.33 Ghz Power Book Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Hi Roger
Over the past few weeks I've noticed Safari (2.0.4) has got really slow at both finding and loading web pages.
I know it's not my connection as when I open the same page in Flock or FF it's really fast.
I've emptied Safari's cache but it's made no difference.
Here's a list of basics I recommend when Safari slows down:
1. Empty your cache & History settings via the Safari menu
2. Trash your Icons Folder:
HD/Users/Home/Your_Name/Library/Safari/Icons
* Restart Safari and a new folder will be automatically regenerated.
3. Shut down your computer . . . unplug the computer, modem, and router, if you have one. Also the power to support the modem. Let everything sit for 2-3 minutes. Plug everything back in, start up your modem & router, then restart your computer.
For slow opening, I'd recommend checking your Font Book application for duplicate fonts (the ones with the little bullets next to them). If you find any, select them one at a time, go up to the Edit menu, and click on "Resolve Duplicates.
** I see that you are using a Powerbook. When you shut it down overnights than run MacJanitor. This a special script developed for Powerbook, iBook, Laptop etc ... users.
MacJanitor
This are the easiest things to start with
* Let us know if how every thing went ...
Dimaxum

My macbook pro is running really slow after upgrade to Mavericks

my macbook pro is running really slow after upgrading to Mavericks....any ideas?

OS X Mavericks: If your Mac runs slowly
The above link is not very useful, so if it doesn't help read on.
There are many potential reasons that a Mac may be running slower than expected, but more information is required to begin troubleshooting, much more.
Back up your documents and everything else important to you before proceeding. It is premature to conclude your hard disk is failing, but the symptoms you describe may presage an impending disk failure, and you should have backups anyway.
To help determine the possible causes of this behaviour read the following. None of what follows is intended to fix anything, but it will provide the additional information required to advance troubleshooting:
Boot OS X Recovery by holding ⌘ and r (two fingers) while you start your Mac. At the Mac OS X Utilities screen, select Disk Utility. Select your startup volume (usually named "Macintosh HD") and click the Repair Disk button. Describe any errors it reports in red.
When it finishes restart your Mac and test again for operation. If it's still not behaving as you expect it should, please post the results of EtreCheck in accordance with the following instructions:
Apple Support Communities contributor etresoft wrote a very useful app to quickly gather certain system information that may help point to a cause of this problem. Go to his website, download and run EtreCheck:
http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck
Etrecheck will be in your Downloads folder. Open it from there. You may see the following dialog box:
Click Open - etresoft contributes to this forum frequently and can be considered a trustworthy developer.
It will take a moment to run as it collects its data.
Copy and paste its output in a reply.
Do not be concerned about anything that says "Problem" or “failed” or anything else that may appear in red.
EtreCheck was designed to remove any personal information (such as your computer's name and serial numbers) but if you see anything that looks like an email address or any other personal information that should not be divulged to others, please delete or obscure that information when you post the reply.
When you are finished with EtreCheck, quit the program. It occupies very little space, and you can keep it or drag it to the Trash as you wish.
After completing the above please determine if the problems also occur in "Safe Mode":
Safe Mode or "Safe Boot" is a troubleshooting mode that bypasses all third party system extensions and loads only required system components. Read about it: Starting up in Safe Mode
You must disable FileVault before you can start your Mac in Safe Mode.
Starting your Mac in Safe Mode will take longer than usual, graphics will not render smoothly, audio is disabled on some Macs, and some programs (iTunes for example) may not work at all.
Merely starting your Mac in Safe Mode is not intended to resolve the problem, it's to observe its performance without certain additional components.
To end Safe Mode restart your Mac normally. Shutdown will take longer as well.
System performance problems for reasons that cannot be isolated to any other cause justify an SMC reset. Be sure to read the procedure carefully and follow all the steps exactly as written, even if they seem inapplicable or trivial.

Macbook really slow after waking from sleep

After waking up after sleeping my Macbook everything is really slow. It takes over 10 to 20 seconds to fully wake up. Once it does switching between applications etc. is really slow. Is this a problem that would be fixed by adding more RAM? I am not using any applications that would require Rosetta. I also experience this sluggishness other times too. There really is not any difference in using my 5 year old powerbook with Tiger installed and using my Macbook. (The Powerbook did not have problems waking up though.) Why is this?

That behaviour is expected. When the machine wakes from sleep, it has a lot of things to do; reconnecting network connections, checking battery life, copying stuff from memory to and from the swap file to get everything back 'up and running'. More memory will definitely help in this case.

Macbook pro 2008 super slow after fresh mavericks install

I install fresh snow leopard and mavericks after that, before i do this, my mac worked super fast and everithyng was great with snow leopard, after I intall mavericks the computer just got super slow, in every situation, opening apps or surfing the web is a pain in the... I hope apple fix this fast or I`ll be forced to go back to snow leopard again.
I have a macbook pro late 2008
core 2 duo 2.53hz
4gb ram 1067 mhz ddr3
512 nvidia geforce 9400m 256mb & dedicated geforce 9600m gt with 512mb
HD: TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100

That is normal for a few hours. Spotlight is rebuilding its index of all connected drives. Disconnect any that are external and it will settle down soon. You can reconnect them when you go to sleep so that Spotlight can complete indexing.

Macbook Pro still running slow after reformat

So my Macbook pro, which is about 3-4 years old now, just started running slow after the latest update i did, whichever the latest one was. Possibly a security update or whatever it was. So i decided it was time to reformat and just clear out the stuff on my computer so i erased the HD and reinstalled Snow Leopard. After all that it still lags and is slow. Its slow on things like scrolling down a web page, or opening programs, or when i use expose, it isn't super smooth like it normally is.
My MBP has 4gb of ram and 2.2ghz. I have also tried to repair the disk permissions, but didnt seem to help drastically. Any suggestions?

Hi there,
Have you applied all updates? Using Software Update or manually? Checked for EFI and SMC versions?
Don't you have any clue from Console logs?
Repair as T posted and bring back news and info about your Graphic Card.
Good luck.

My 2011 Macbook has become exceedingly slow after upgrading to Mountain Lion.

I have a 2011 Macbook which has become really slow after I upgraded to Mountain Lion in March. At first it wasn't that bad, but it's getting worse and my computer has begun to overheat even if I'm only using Google Chrome. I used to be able to keep multiple applications open at once and never closed many of them, but now if I want to get anything done I have to use the absolute minimum. My CPU has reached 86 degrees Celsius and temperatures slightly below this seem to be the average, even if I've only been on for ten minutes. It heats up VERY quickly. The fan has been operating at 2919 rpm, but it has said that for days and I don't know if this number should be changing? (I know that normal is about 2000 rpm, so I know it shouldn't be that high anyway.)
I'm currently working on cleaning out my harddrive of duplicate and unnecessary files and I plan on restoring to the default settings and backing everything up on an external harddrive... but are there other things I should be doing to speed my computer back up, like good programs to clean out my computer's temporary memory on a regular basis? The problem seems to have come on pretty fast though, so I don't know if there could be something else wrong with it and if I should take it into an Apple-approved repair place.
Also, I'm not one to illegally download/pirate things from sketchy websites, so I highly doubt a virus is the cause, especially given that Macs rarely get viruses.
Any suggestions of what to do and what programs/apps to install would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

I have a 2011 Macbook which has become really slow after I upgraded to Mountain Lion in March. At first it wasn't that bad, but it's getting worse and my computer has begun to overheat even if I'm only using Google Chrome. I used to be able to keep multiple applications open at once and never closed many of them, but now if I want to get anything done I have to use the absolute minimum. My CPU has reached 86 degrees Celsius and temperatures slightly below this seem to be the average, even if I've only been on for ten minutes. It heats up VERY quickly. The fan has been operating at 2919 rpm, but it has said that for days and I don't know if this number should be changing? (I know that normal is about 2000 rpm, so I know it shouldn't be that high anyway.)
I'm currently working on cleaning out my harddrive of duplicate and unnecessary files and I plan on restoring to the default settings and backing everything up on an external harddrive... but are there other things I should be doing to speed my computer back up, like good programs to clean out my computer's temporary memory on a regular basis? The problem seems to have come on pretty fast though, so I don't know if there could be something else wrong with it and if I should take it into an Apple-approved repair place.
Also, I'm not one to illegally download/pirate things from sketchy websites, so I highly doubt a virus is the cause, especially given that Macs rarely get viruses.
Any suggestions of what to do and what programs/apps to install would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

My macbook pro is very slow after installing mountain lion

my macbook pro is very slow after installing mountain lion? Is anyone else having this issue?

If you don't use an SSD and bump your RAM up to 8 Gb's you may experience slow speeds, but I noticed slow speeds with your general configuration in SL.
one thing you should consider right now is, Spotlight is Reindexing your hard drive, that takes time and resources, (resources which you don't necessarily have to spare).
If you continue feeling like your performance is slow, you have a few options with this computer (I have the same one).
the express card slot can house a wintec SSD drive. That little door on the side of your machine is pure gold for a really quick solution for speeding up your machine. I have one in mine right now i'm using as a scratch disk for CS6 but I used to boot from it, and the speed boost was out of this world.
You could take out the internal HDD and put in a new SSD (I have a Vertex 4 from OCZ) it is completely over kill but my experience is pretty fast and I keep up with the later MBP models colleagues have.
There are some other options for you like taking out the optical drive (however I don't know if I'm supposed to talk about that here). Google Data Doubler.
You need to also set it to always use the 9600 chipset, this will increase performance a lot too. to do this go to system preferences>energy saver>Better Performance. This switches the video card to the better one and makes a world of difference.
Lastly, your RAM. after an EFI Firmware update, our computer support up to 8GBs of RAM. Do it!
Late 08 MBP 2.53 GHZ 9600 chipset 8gb ram, Vertex 4 SSD

I believe my macbook pro hard drive is bad. I erased the drive and reinstalled the OS and the macbook still runs really slow. I dont know if the hard drive is the issue.

I believe my macbook pro hard drive is bad. I erased the drive and reinstalled the OS and the macbook still runs really slow. I dont know if the hard drive is the issue.

Did you try an SMC reset too? It's easily done and none of those resets to the best of my knowledge hurt anything. When I was fooling with my system, which at one point was a home made Fusion setup, I needed to reset the SMC sometimes to get the drives recognized. Reading the documentation the sudden motion sensor is drive related but that seems to be about it.
Some more specifics may be needed about the drive itself, the model number of your unit, and the OS version you're running.
At present, the problem seems sort of odd to me. FWIW cable problems can be quite intermittent. I used Scannerz to find some of the problems on my original system that I later converted to a new HD and SSD combo. It can find lots of problems if you learn how to use it right (HD problems, logic board system faults, and cable problems) but you need to get a system at least partially up and running to use it, and it doesn't sound to me like your there right now (in other words, don't go out and buy it because at this point I don't know how it could help you)
Another word of advice would be to not go out and start throwing parts at a problem unless you have a good idea what the source of the problem is. If you have a logic board problem, new drives and new cables won't make it go away, you'll just be wasting your money. Logic board problems, cable problems, and drive problems can all have very similar end user symptoms. The article that I linked above named "Hard Drive Problems" has a section on general symptoms of problems and if you read the article it becomes clear there's a lot of overlap associated with different types of problems.
I assume that your unit isn't under warranty. If, by chance it is I wouldn't even fool with it and I'd take it to Apple and let them deal with the problem. You also might want to check with whatever Apple sources you have available to test your system, like an Apple store, and see how much they'll charge (if anything) to evaluate the system.
I certainly hope this helps.

My macbook just got really slow after I deleted a load of render files. Any advice appreciated.

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