My macbook pro 13'' is 18 months old and has started running v slow?? Any ideas? My software is uptodate etc?
My macbook pro is 18 months old and has started running v slow. When I start it up it takes 5 minutes to load etc? Is there anything I can do to fix it?
try some suggestions from this article: http://www.maclife.com/article/feature/25_ways_speed_your_mac
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My MacBook is almost two years old and has started running really slow. It gets bogged down when it is running different programs at the same time, like Safari and Pages. It didn't react this way until recently. Any advice would be very welcome.
Launch Disk Utility and select the icon of the internal drive (the drive itself, not the volume icons below it.) Is the SMART status "Verified?" If not, replace the drive immediately. If the status is "Verified," the drive may still be failing. Back up all data, if you haven't already done so. Reinstall Mac OS X, then run Software Update. Test with all wired peripherals disconnected. If it's still slow, you have a hardware problem.
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My macbook pro has started running slowly! Any ideas?
My macbook pro has started running slowly. Particularly the internet (firefox and safari). I have tried repairing the disk / verifying the disk and the permissions via Disk Utility, and have also tried uninstalling and re-installing firefox, and updating the software (all up to date). None of this has helped.
The old Dell laptop we have is running faster than my mac!
I also have Parallels Desktop Installed with Windows 7, although this has never caused a problem in the past...
I am running with Mac OS X, Version 10.6.8, processor 2.66Ghz Intel Core Duo, and 4GB memory (it's normally lightning fast!).
Any ideas would be much appreciated.
Thanks.This is a known problem with Parallels and the recent update for 10.6.8. You do not need to actually have Parallels running to experience the problem and there is nothing in Activity Monitor that would indicate the issue is related to Parallels. You can find the explanation on Parallels site. They have put out an update to correct the problem:
http://kb.parallels.com/111541 -
I have a new Macbookbook, about 2 months old, and at times running video, the fans starts and does not stop. how do you get it to stop. Also i am thinking once the video is done the fan should be slowing down and getting quiet on its own.
Your fan(s) will run at high speed (i.e., loudly) while video is playing, and you can't get around that.
If your fans are not slowing down within 2-4 minutes after CPU- and/or GPU-intensive usage ends, and the application that was showing the video is still running, Quit that application. (In fact, if you're accustomed to Windows, you may not realize that simply closing a Mac application's window does not quit the application. You still need to use the Quit command in the application-name menu. There will always be a bright dot beside or below the application icon in your Dock for each application that is open.) Quit the ones you aren't using, and see whether that allows the fans to slow down without restarting the machine. If that doesn't do the trick, reset the SMC:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US -
i have connect a seagate HDD formated on NTFS to my macbook pro with Mac OS 10.7 but my HDD is read only
any idea how can i change it to read & write ?i tried the trial version of tuxera and it gives me the possibility to read & write , Thanx fschweig.
@ Samberl : what is the benifts of keeping my drives on mac format and this SW mediafour i install on my PC to let it write the mac formated HDD ?
is it free ?
all the best
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I have a Seagate Slim Portable 500 GB USB 3.0 external hard drive that worked great with my Macbook Pro 13" Retina but gets ejected and won't show files on any iMac. My Macbook Pro and the two different iMacs I tried it on were all using Mountain Lion, so the only difference was the iMac versus Macbook Pro.
I just tried this, no luck...
I connected a different USB cable, still the same problem. Tried both cables with the problematic hard drive on two different computers, still the same problem.
At this point I assume I'll probably need professional help in saving the files, thanks for the assistance. -
The case of my 7 month old mpb has started to get very hot within 2 or 3 minutes of switching it on. Is this normal and is there anything I can do?
The heat generated by the system is directly related to the load put on the system and the speed of the fans.
The former (high CPU load) generates heat, the latter (fan speed) dissipates it.
If your machine is getting hot then either some process is consuming lots of CPU power, causing more heat to be generated, or your fans are not working properly to dissipate whatever heat is being generated.
So the first question is whether your fans speeds kick into high gear or not? if they don't then it could indicate a hardware problem, either with broken fans, or with broken temperature sensors that control the fan speed.
If the fans do come on but the system is still getting hot then I'd look for a software issue - some process that's running rampant. It should be easy to spot with something like /Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor. There should be a lot of processes listed, but most should use just a few percentage points of CPU power. If any process is using a lot of CPU power then it warrants some investigation - what is that process? should it be running? Is it failing in some way. Post the results of your Activity Montor report and I'm sure someone can chime in. -
I switched to Apple Mail in the last two months. When I attempt to print an email message, I get a blank piece of paper. When I attempt to use the print options suggested in "Mail Help", the program crashes and has to be reopened. Any ideas?
Which version of Mail are you using as well as which Snow Leopard version you are using?
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my iphone 4 is almost 2 years old and has started locking up. what do i do to get it working as it used to?
Have you tried: restarting, resetting, restoring?
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My macbook Pro Retina is 5 months old. I have nothing but a cursor and a black screen. What gives???
I have nothing but a cursor and a black screen. It's only 5 months old! What gives here? This is my first Mac and I'll tell you, they aren't impressing me.
Did you get it fixed at the store? I have this same problem my macbook pro that I bought at the end of December. I am not impressed and very unhappy that I now need to drive to some store to fix it. I tried to get it fixed through the phone but alas it still does not work.
After spending as much money as I did for this thing that I've only had for less than three months and used maybe less than 10 times, I'm slightly upset. I need to have this working by Saturday. -
Motherboard broken Macbook Pro Sept 2012 (13 months old)
My MacBook Pro is just over a year old, arrived Oct 2012: I have never dropped it and always took great care of it e.g. letting battery fully die before recharging etc. Two weeks ago the when I restarted it the grey loading circle screen came on and wouldn't log in. I ran disk repairs and reset the PRAM. Still wouldn't work so I gave it into a regular computer store to be repaired. They initally thought the harddisk was broken but now they're telling me that the Motherboard is gone. How can this be? It's only 13 months old!
I would ask for it back and do one simple test. Remove the original hard drive and connect it to the system with a SATA to USB adapter and run the system from that drive. If you still get errors buy a new hard drive and do the same, connect it to the computer with a SATA to USB adapter and install OS X on it and run the system from there.
If the system runs fine with the original drive it is not the drive or the logic board (Motherboard) that is the problem.
It is more than likely the cable going from the drive to the logic board that is the problem. If the system doesn't run fine with the original but does with a new drive with a clean install of OS X then it was the original drive.
You would expect a Mac computer costing much more than a Windows PC with the exact same hardware would last longer. But the simple fact is any electronic device, no matter who brands/sells it or how much it costs, can fail at any time. -
MacBook Pro reverts to 9-month old recent files when I restart
My MacBook Pro is, in many ways, stuck on November 3.
Whenever I restart it, it loses all records of recent activity. The date and time are still correct, and the files I've created still exist, but other things are stuck in the past.
When I look at recent files, it only has files I've opened since starting up my computer and files from November. When I use a program like Logic that opens the last file I was working on, it's always the file I had open back then. When I open Mail, it goes to an old email. When I open iTunes, it starts on a playlist I never use and makes me agree to terms again. It also always tells me there's an update I need to download. I added a VPN status to the top right menu, but it goes away. You get the idea.
I upgraded from Leopard to Snow Leopard, hoping that would solve the problem, but no luck. I tried repairing permissions and resetting PRAM, but neither worked. Any ideas on how to fix this would be appreciated.
Thanks!My brand new MBP15 is my first Mac after 10 horrible Windows years - it's great, but it has the same problem:
On the first day I optimised the battery following instructions exactly.
Yesterday and the day before I was travelling, and in the hotel I plugged in the Magsafe and worked for about 2 hours. Then I looked at the power controls and wondered why the battery does not charge. The menu symbol showed the little power plug, but not the 'charging' symbol. The battery stayed at about 30%, no change at all. The little LED on the Magsafe plug was neither green nor orange... I looked a second time: it was green, but very, very, very dim. I left it plugged in all night and did not sleep well...
Next day, I was in a meeting, afraid to run out of power during a presentation. I plugged it in - and it charged. Everything was fine. On my way home I worked, using the battery. In the evening I came home, plugged it in - and it did not charge.
Today, similar again.
So, I went to my Apple dealer. He recommended an Apple-CTRL-P-R-Restart, three times. No change. We checked the power adapter with a second MBP. It works fine. We checked the battery. It is charged in the other MBP. We put a different battery into my MBP - and it does not charge. So, we agreed that if this stays the same in the next days I have to send my brand new Mac to repair.
Well, maybe this is a known problem and can be solved in a different way. Any ideas what I can do?
(While I am writing this, the little LED on the Magsafe plug is green, but very, very, very dim, and the battery is charged. It did not charge while I was out for four hours.) -
My Macbook Pro is running really slow - anyone got any ideas?
chuanist wrote:
FWIW: I just looked over a friend's daughter's 2010 MacBook Pro unibody (2.66ghz) that was slow as molasses in Winter. She has been using it for her work at U.C. Berkeley for three months. After running Mac Janitor I repaired permissions with Disk Utility and there were thousands of files that needed to be re-set. After that it ran the way it should.
I was pretty surprised because when I repair permissions on my Mac Pro tower practically nothing gets changed.
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My Mac is 3-4 months old and has suddenly started running slow?
Is there something I can do such as a clean up?
Kappy's Personal Suggestions for OS X Maintenance
For disk repairs use Disk Utility. For situations DU cannot handle the best third-party utilities are: 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. Drive Genius provides additional tools not found in Disk Warrior. Versions 1.5.1 and later are 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. I also recommend booting into safe mode before doing system software updates.
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):
Carbon Copy Cloner
Data Backup
Deja Vu
SuperDuper!
SyncTwoFolders
Synk Pro
Synk Standard
Tri-Backup
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQs on maintenance, optimization, virus protection, and backup and restore.
Additional suggestions will be found in Mac Maintenance Quick Assist.
Referenced software can be found at CNet Downloads or MacUpdate.
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. -
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