My Macbook Pro became noisy and slow after I reboot it. Any Help pls
I just bought my Macbook Pro last month here in Japan, and it is working well until one time I cannot login my username and password because whenever I type my username, an Arabic-like characters appear. Then using my iphone, I searched on the internet and luckily found answer to my problem. Macbook Pro users shared their same problems, and they mentioned about "rebooting" (switch on and hold Shift). then I tried it and resolved my problem.. But when I was about to use my mac, i noticed a noisy fan and my mac became slow.(which I never experiece before eventhough I have poor connection, it still run fast). And what I hate most is it always `reload/ buffer`.. A rainbow color ball always appear and it will reamin reloading for a long time.. one time, I leave it relaoding and try to cook dinner, expecting to fnish relaoding after i cook, but it didnt change, it is still relaoding (with rainbow color ball) .. What can I do with this problem? what im doing with my Mac is purely internet, movies (no downlad, just watching free movies, but not always), and manage my own site.. I hope and expect a solution from you guy.. thank you...
Try the usual things. Reset the SMC. Reset the PRAM. Repair Disk Permissions. Clear all the caches. Check the Activity Monitor to see if any processes are hogging cpu/ram. Make sure everything is up to date. Check the temperatures with a program like Temperature Monitor or iStatPro to make sure its not overheating, and to find out what speed the fans are running at.
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MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro7,1
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
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2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
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Disk Information: ℹ️
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I have an early 2008 macbook pro that is running slow after upgrading to lion. Is there anything I can do? this is what I have,Processor 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Memory 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM.
First, back up all data immediately, as your boot drive may be failing.
Launch the usual set of applications you use when you notice the problem.
Step 1
Launch the Activity Monitor 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 Activity Monitor in the page that opens.
Select the CPU tab of the Activity Monitor window.
Select All Processes from the menu in the toolbar, if not already selected.
Click the heading of the % CPU column in the process table to sort the entries by CPU usage. You may have to click it twice to get the highest value at the top. What is it, and what is the process? Also post the values for % User, % System, and % Idle at the bottom of the window.
Select the System Memory tab. What values are shown in the bottom part of the window for Page outs and Swap used?
Next, select the Disk Activity tab. What approximate values are shown for Reads in/sec and Writes out/sec?
Step 2
You must be logged in as an administrator to carry out this step.
Launch the Console application in the same way as above. Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left.
Post the 50 or so most recent messages in the log — the text, please, not a screenshot.
Important: Some personal information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Edit it out before posting. -
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. -
I have a macbook pro non retina, and I wanna know, there is any problem if I take my computer turned on into my backpack actually is not a ssd disk thanks
it's fine if you leave it on.......i keep mine turned on while travelling with my macbook in my laptop bag and have had no issues.
if however, you plan on running around or jogging - it's better to turn it off.
but leaving it on will not hurt it. -
My 13 inch macbook pro freezes,when i use the magic mouse.pleae any help to resolve this
My 13 inch macbook pro freezes,when i use the magic mouse.pleae any help to resolve this.My OS is OS X 10.6.8.
Usual first things to try are a smc and pram reset.
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I am running very slowly after upgrading to ver 10.9.1 on my macbook pro. Can anyone help me to solve this problem. I am including the results from running Etresoft.
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro6,2
1 2.53 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
8 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics - VRAM: 288 MB
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 256 MB
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Startup Items:
ChmodBPF: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ChmodBPF
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OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 0 days 0:53:49
Disk Information:
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EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 499.25 GB (200.83 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N
USB Information:
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Western Digital My Passport 071A 1 TB
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Backup (disk1s2) /Volumes/Backup: 999.83 GB (622.71 GB free)
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
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Skip System Files: NO
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Volumes being backed up:
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Destinations:
Backup [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 931.17 GB
Total number of backups: 85
Oldest backup: 2013-02-13 18:40:47 +0000
Last backup: 2013-12-31 17:59:26 +0000
Size of backup disk: Adequate
Backup size 931.17 GB > (Disk used 277.92 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
29% Mail
3% WindowServer
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229 MB Mail
147 MB iBank
123 MB WindowServer
Virtual Memory Statistics:
3.36 GB Free RAM
2.92 GB Active RAM
621 MB Inactive RAM
1.11 GB Wired RAM
1.67 GB Page-ins
0 B Page-outsThings 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
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.
Repair the Hard Drive - Lion/Mountain Lion/Mavericks
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the Utilites 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 disk icon and click on the arrow button below.
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.
Restart your computer normally and see if this has helped any. Next do some 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.
Note: Alsoft ships DW on a bootable DVD that will startup Macs running Snow Leopard or earlier. It cannot start Macs that came with Lion or later pre-installed, however, DW will work on those models.
Suggestions for OS X Maintenance
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 later 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.
Helpful Links Regarding Malware Protection
An excellent link to read is Tom Reed's Mac Malware Guide.
Also, visit The XLab FAQs and read Detecting and avoiding malware and spyware.
See these Apple articles:
Mac OS X Snow Leopard and malware detection
OS X Lion- Protect your Mac from malware
OS X Mountain Lion- Protect your Mac from malware
About file quarantine in OS X
If you require anti-virus protection I recommend using VirusBarrier Express 1.1.6 or Dr.Web Light both from the App Store. They're both free, and since they're from the App Store, they won't destabilize the system. (Thank you to Thomas Reed for these recommendations.)
Troubleshooting Applications
I recommend downloading a utility such as TinkerTool System, OnyX, Mavericks Cache Cleaner, or Cocktail that you can use for removing old log files and archives, clearing caches, etc. Corrupted cache, log, or temporary files can cause application or OS X crashes as well as kernel panics.
If you have Snow Leopard or Leopard, then for similar 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. Applejack does not work with Lion and later.
Basic Backup
For some people Time Machine will be more than adequate. Time Machine is part of OS X. There are two components:
1. A Time Machine preferences panel as part of System Preferences;
2. A Time Machine application located in the Applications folder. It is
used to manage backups and to restore backups. Time Machine
requires a backup drive that is at least twice the capacity of the
drive being backed up.
Alternatively, get an external 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. Get Backup
3. Deja Vu
4. SuperDuper!
5. Synk Pro
6. Tri-Backup
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on backup and restore. Also read How to Back Up and Restore Your Files. For help with using Time Machine visit Pondini's Time Machine FAQ for help with all things Time Machine.
Referenced software can be found at 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:
Pre-Mavericks
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 (>=70,) 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.
Mavericks and later
Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder. Select All Processes from the View menu. Click on the CPU tab in the toolbar. Click twice on the CPU% column header to display in descending order. If you find a process using a large amount of CPU time (>=70,) 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. -
My Macbook Pro has become super slow after upgrading to 10.9.2. can anyone help please?
My Macbook pro has slowed down drastically after upgrading to 10.9.2. It has become so slow that i can hardly use it. I did an etrcheck
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 1024 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.2 (13C64) - Uptime: 0 days 0:19:10
Disk Information:
APPLE HDD TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (356.27 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
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Launch Daemons:
[System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
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Amazon Shopping Assistant: Version: 1.1
Slick Savings: Version: 1.0
Searchme: Version: 1.3
AdBlock: Version: 2.6.18
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
Old Applications:
None
Time Machine:
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
29% Safari
16% com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
5% PluginProcess
4% WindowServer
3% com.apple.WebKit.Networking
Top Processes by Memory:
289 MB Safari
131 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
82 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
82 MB mds_stores
66 MB Finder
Virtual Memory Information:
721 MB Free RAM
1.62 GB Active RAM
1.05 GB Inactive RAM
636 MB Wired RAM
1.18 GB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs1. This procedure is a diagnostic test. It changes nothing, for better or worse, and therefore will not, in itself, solve the problem.
2. If you don't already have a current backup, back up all data before doing anything else. The backup is necessary on general principle, not because of anything in the test procedure. There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
3. Below are instructions to run a UNIX shell script, a type of program. All it does is to collect information about the state of the computer. That information goes nowhere unless you choose to share it. However, you should be cautious about running any kind of program (not just a shell script) at the request of a stranger on a public message board. If you have doubts, search this site for other discussions in which this procedure has been followed without any report of ill effects. If you can't satisfy yourself that the instructions are safe, don't follow them. Ask for other options.
Here's a summary of what you need to do, if you choose to proceed: Copy a line of text from this web page into the window of another application. Wait for the script to run. It usually takes a few minutes. Then paste the results, which will have been copied automatically, back into a reply on this page. The sequence is: copy, paste, wait, paste again. Details follow.
4. You may have started the computer in "safe" mode. Preferably, these steps should be taken in “normal” mode. If the system is now in safe mode and works well enough in normal mode to run the test, restart as usual. If you can only test in safe mode, do that.
5. If you have more than one user, and the one affected by the problem is not an administrator, then please run the test twice: once while logged in as the affected user, and once as an administrator. The results may be different. The user that is created automatically on a new computer when you start it for the first time is an administrator. If you can't log in as an administrator, test as the affected user. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this section doesn’t apply. Don't log in as root.
6. The script is a single long line, all of which must be selected. You can accomplish this easily by triple-clicking anywhere in the line. The whole line will highlight, though you may not see all of it in the browser window, and you can then copy it. If you try to select the line by dragging across the part you can see, you won't get all of it.
Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it:
PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin; clear; Fb='%s\n\t(%s)\n'; Fm='\n%s\n\n%s\n'; Fr='\nRAM details\n%s\n'; Fs='\n%s: %s\n'; Fu='user %s%%, system %s%%'; AC="com.autodesk.AutoCAD com.evenflow.dropbox com.google.GoogleDrive"; H='^[[:space:]]*((127\.0\.0\.1|::1|fe80::1%lo0)[[:space:]]+local|(255\.){3}255[[:space:]]*broadcast)host[[:space:]]*$'; NS=networksetup; PB="/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c Print"; A () { [[ a -eq 0 ]]; }; M () { find -L "$d" -type f | while read f; do file -b "$f" | egrep -lq XML\|exec && echo $f; done; }; AT () { o=`file -b "$1" | egrep -v '^(A.{16}t$|cann)'`; Ps "${1##*/} format"; }; Pc () { o=`grep -v '^ *#' "$2"`; l=`wc -l <<< "$o"`; [[ l -gt 25 ]] && o=`head -n25 <<< "$o"`$'\n'"[$((l-25)) more line(s)]"; Pm "$1"; AT "$1"; }; Pm () { [[ "$o" ]] && o=`sed -E '/^ *$/d;s/^ */ /;s/[-0-9A-Fa-f]{22,}/UUID/g;s/(ochat)\.[^.]+(\..+)/\1\2/;/Shared/!s/(\/Users\/)[^/]+/\1-/g' <<< "$o"` && printf "$Fm" "$1" "$o"; }; Pp () { o=`$PB "$2" | awk -F'= ' \/$3'/{print $2}'`; Pm "$1"; }; Ps () { o=`echo $o`; [[ ! "$o" =~ ^0?$ ]] && printf "$Fs" "$1" "$o"; }; R () { o=; [[ r -eq 0 ]]; }; SP () { system_profiler SP${1}DataType; }; id -G | grep -qw 80; a=$?; A && sudo true; r=$?; t=`date +%s`; clear; { A || echo $'No admin access\n'; A && ! R && echo $'No root access\n'; SP Software | sed -n 's/^ *//;5p;6p;8p'; h=(`SP Hardware | awk '/ Id/{print $3}; /Mem/{print $2}'`); o=$h; Ps "Model"; o=$((h[1]<4?h[1]:0)); Ps "Total RAM (GB)"; o=`SP Memory | sed '1,5d;/[my].*:/d'`; [[ "$o" =~ s:\ [^O]|x([^08]|0[^2]|8[^0]) ]] && printf "$Fr" "$o"; o=`SP Diagnostics | sed '5,6!d'`; [[ "$o" =~ Pass ]] || Pm "POST"; p=`SP Power`; o=`awk '/Cy/{print $NF}' <<< "$p"`; o=$((o>=300?o:0)); Ps "Battery cycles"; o=`sed -n '/Cond.*: [^N]/{s/^.*://p;}' <<< "$p"`; Ps "Battery condition"; for b in FireWire Thunderbolt USB; do o=`SP $b | sed -En '/:$/{s/ *:$//;x;s/\n//;s/\n.*//;/\)/p;};/^ *(V.+ [0N]|Man).+ /{s/ 0x.... //;s/[()]//g;s/(.+: )(.+)/ (\2)/;H;};/Apple|Broadcom|Genesy|Intel|SMSC/{s/.//g;h;}'`; Pm $b; done; o=`pmset -g therm | sed 's/^.*C/C/'`; [[ "$o" =~ No\ th|pms ]] && o=; Pm "Thermal conditions"; o=`pmset -g sysload | grep -v :`; [[ "$o" =~ =\ [^GO] ]] || o=; Pm "System load advisory"; o=`nvram boot-args | awk '{$1=""; print}'`; Ps "boot-args"; fdesetup status | grep -q On && o=on || o=; Ps "FileVault"; a=(/ ""); A=(System User); for i in 0 1; do o=`cd ${a[$i]}L*/Lo*/Diag* || continue; for f in *.{cr,h,pa,s}*; do [[ -f "$f" ]] || continue; d=$(stat -f%Sc -t%F "$f"); [[ "$f" =~ h$ ]] && grep -lq "^Thread c" "$f" && f="$f *"; echo "$d ${f%%_2*} ${f##*.}"; done | sort | tail`; Pm "${A[$i]} diagnostics"; done; grep -lq '*$' <<< "$o" && printf $'\n\t* Code injection\n'; o=`syslog -F bsd -k Sender kernel -k Message CReq 'caug|GPU |hfs: Ru|last value [1-9]|n Cause: -|NVDA\(|pagin|proc: t|Roamed|rror|ssert|Thrott|timed? ?o|WARN' -k Message Ane 'SMC:' | tail -n25 | awk '/:/{$4=""; $5=""};1'`; Pm "Kernel messages"; o=`df -m / | awk 'NR==2 {print $4}'`; o=$((o<5120?o:0)); Ps "Free space (MiB)"; o=$(($(vm_stat | awk '/eo/{sub("\\.",""); print $2}')/256)); o=$((o>=1024?o:0)); Ps "Pageouts (MiB)"; s=( `sar -u 1 10 | sed '$!d'` ); [[ s[4] -lt 85 ]] && o=`printf "$Fu" ${s[1]} ${s[3]}` || o=; Ps "Total CPU usage" && { s=(`ps acrx -o comm,ruid,%cpu | sed '2!d'`); n=$((${#s[*]}-1)); c="${s[*]}"; o=${s[$n]}%; Ps "CPU usage by process \"${c% ${s[$((n-1))]}*}\" with UID ${s[$((n-1))]}"; }; s=(`top -R -l1 -n1 -o prt -stats command,uid,prt | sed '$!d'`); n=$((${#s[*]}-1)); s[$n]=${s[$n]%[+-]}; c="${s[*]}"; o=$((s[$n]>=25000?s[$n]:0)); Ps "Mach ports used by process \"${c% ${s[$((n-1))]}*}\" with UID ${s[$((n-1))]}"; o=`kextstat -kl | grep -v com\\.apple | cut -c53- | cut -d\< -f1`; Pm "Loaded extrinsic kernel extensions"; R && o=`sudo launchctl list | awk 'NR>1 && !/0x|com\.(apple|openssh|vix\.cron)|org\.(amav|apac|calendarse|cups|dove|isc|ntp|openld|post[fg]|x)/{print $3}'`; Pm "Extrinsic daemons"; o=`launchctl list | awk 'NR>1 && !/0x|com\.apple|org\.(x|openbsd)|\.[0-9]+$/{print $3}'`; Pm "Extrinsic agents"; o=`for d in {/,}L*/Lau*; do M; done | egrep -v 'com\.apple\.(CSConfig|server)' | while read f; do ID=$($PB\ :Label "$f") || ID="No job label"; printf "$Fb" "$f" "$ID"; done`; Pm "launchd items"; o=`for d in /{S*/,}L*/StartupItems; do M; done`; Pm "Startup items"; sys=`pkgutil --regexp --only-files --files com.apple.pkg.* | sort | uniq | sed 's:^:/:'`; b=`sed -E '/^.+Lib.+\/Contents\/Info.plist$/!d;s/\/Info.plist$//;/Contents\/./d' <<< "$sys"`; l=`egrep '^/usr/lib/.+dylib$' <<< "$sys"`; [[ "$b" && "$l" ]] && { o=`find -L /S*/L*/{C*/Sec*A,E}* {/,}L*/{A*d,Compon,Ex,In,iTu,Keyb,Mail/B,P*P,Qu*T,Scripti,Sec,Servi,Spo}* -type d -name Contents -prune | grep -Fv "$b" | while read d; do test -f "$d/Info.plist" || continue; ID=$($PB\ :CFBundleIdentifier "$_") || ID="No bundle ID"; printf "$Fb" "${d%/Contents}" "$ID"; done`; Pm "Extrinsic loadable bundles"; o=`find /usr/lib -type f -name *.dylib | grep -Fv "$l"`; Pm "Extrinsic shared libraries"; :; } || echo $'\nReceipts missing'; o=`for e in INSERT_LIBRARIES LIBRARY_PATH; do launchctl getenv DYLD_$e; done`; Pm "Inserted dylibs"; o=`find -L {,/u*/lo*}/e*/periodic -type f -mtime -10d`; Pm "Modified periodic scripts"; o=`scutil --proxy | grep Prox`; Pm "Proxies"; o=`scutil --dns | awk '/r\[0\] /{if ($NF !~ /^1(0|72\.(1[6-9]|2[0-9]|3[0-1])|92\.168)\./) print $NF; exit}'`; i=`route -n get default | awk '/e:/{print $2}'`; I=`$NS -listnetworkserviceorder | sed -En '/ '$i'\)$/{x;s/^\(.+\) //p;q;};x'`; n=`$NS -getdnsservers "$I" | awk '!/^T/{printf "not "; exit}'`; Ps "DNS (${n}from DHCP)"; o=`$NS -getinfo "$I" | awk '/k:/{if ($3 !~ "(255\.){3}0") print}; /v6:/{if ($2 !~ "A") print}'`; Pm "TCP/IP"; R && o=`sudo profiles -P | grep : | wc -l`; Ps "Profiles"; f=auto_master; [[ `md5 -q /etc/$f` =~ ^b166 ]] || Pc $f /etc/$f; for f in fstab sysctl.conf crontab launchd.conf; do Pc $f /etc/$f; done; f=/etc/hosts; Pc "hosts" <(egrep -v "$H" $f ); AT $f; Pc "User launchd" ~/.launchd*; R && Pc "Root crontab" <(sudo crontab -l); Pc "User crontab" <(crontab -l); R && o=`sudo defaults read com.apple.loginwindow LoginHook`; Pm "Login hook"; LD="$(`find /S*/*/F* -type f -name lsregister | head -n1` -dump)"; o=`for ID in $AC; do [[ "$LD" =~ $ID ]] && echo $ID; done`; Pm "Application check"; Pp "Global login items" /L*/P*/loginw* Path; Pp "User login items" L*/P*/*loginit* Name; Pp "Safari extensions" L*/Saf*/*/E*.plist Bundle | sed -E 's/(\..*$|-[1-9])//g'; o=`find ~ $TMPDIR.. \( -flags +sappnd,schg,uappnd,uchg -o ! -user $UID -o ! -perm -600 \) | wc -l`; Ps "Restricted user files"; cd; o=`find . -maxdepth 1 -exec basename {} + | while read f; do [[ ("$f" =~ ^\.. && ! "$f" =~ ^\.(adobe|android|bash.+|CFU.+|cache|config|cups|dropbox|DS_Store|filezilla|font.+|git.+|profile|rnd|sh_.+|ssh|subv.+|Trash(es)?|zprofile|zsh.+)$) || ($(stat -f%f "$f") -ge 32768 && "$f" != Library) ]] && ls -Fd "$f"; done`; Pm "Hidden user files"; o=`SP Fonts | egrep 'id: N|te: Y' | wc -l`; Ps "Font problems"; o=`find L*/{Con,Pref}* -type f ! -size 0 -name *.plist | while read f; do plutil -s "$f" >&- || echo $f; done`; Pm "Bad plists"; d=(Desktop L*/Keyc*); n=(20 7); for i in 0 1; do o=`find "${d[$i]}" -type f -maxdepth 1 | wc -l`; o=$((o<=n[$i]?0:o)); Ps "${d[$i]##*/} file count"; done; o=; [[ UID -eq 0 ]] && o=root; Ps "UID"; o=$((`date +%s`-t)); Ps "Elapsed time (s)"; } 2>/dev/null | pbcopy; exit 2>&-
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
7. Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Click anywhere in the Terminal window and paste (command-V). The text you pasted should vanish immediately. If it doesn't, press the return key.
8. If you see an error message in the Terminal window such as "syntax error," enter
exec bash
and press return. Then paste the script again.
9. If you're logged in as an administrator, you'll be prompted for your login password. Nothing will be displayed when you type it. You will not see the usual dots in place of typed characters. Make sure caps lock is off. Type carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you make three failed attempts to enter the password, the test will run anyway, but it will produce less information. In most cases, the difference is not important. If you don't know the password, or if you prefer not to enter it, press the key combination control-C or just press return three times at the password prompt. Again, the script will still run.
If you're not logged in as an administrator, you won't be prompted for a password. The test will still run. It just won't do anything that requires administrator privileges.
10. The test may take a few minutes to run, depending on how many files you have and the speed of the computer. A computer that's abnormally slow may take longer to run the test. While it's running, there will be nothing in the Terminal window and no indication of progress. Wait for the line
[Process completed]
to appear. If you don't see it within half an hour or so, the test probably won't complete in a reasonable time. In that case, close the Terminal window and report the results. No harm will be done.
11. When the test is complete, quit Terminal. The results will have been copied to the Clipboard automatically. They are not shown in the Terminal window. Please don't copy anything from there. All you have to do is start a reply to this comment and then paste by pressing command-V again.
If any private information, such as your name or email address, appears in the results, anonymize it before posting. Usually that won't be necessary.
12. When you post the results, you might see the message, "You have included content in your post that is not permitted." It means that the forum software has misidentified something in the post as a violation of the rules. If that happens, please post the test results on Pastebin, then post a link here to the page you created.
Note: This is a public forum, and others may give you advice based on the results of the test. They speak only for themselves, and I don't necessarily agree with them.
Copyright © 2014 by Linc Davis. As the sole author of this work, I reserve all rights to it except as provided in the Terms of Use of the Apple Support Communities website ("ASC"). Readers of ASC may copy it for their own personal use. Neither the whole nor any part may be redistributed. -
My MacBook Pro late 2011 has recently slowed to snails pace after successfully running Yosemite from a clean install for many months.
I always have Activity monitor running to keep an eye on memory and CPU. When the issue started, I noticed Kernel_task for the first time and its 0.5 to 1GB.
I have verified/repaired the disk and repaired permissions in Safe Mode. Also done SMC and PRAM resets.
CPU usage is usually 2% or less unless number crunching in Excel or watching videos.
I created a new user account, which is much faster in opening Safari and searching. There is no Kernel_task showing for the new user.
Cardo-updater is for a motorcycle bluetooth headset.
Xquartz is for GIMP.
Rogueamoeba is for Audio Hijack Pro.
These three have been in use since day 1 of Yosemite and before in Mavericks.
Etrecheck results
Oddities - I don't know what the disk info not mounted means. Not mounting the Recovery disk looks scary to me as uninformed.
Time machine disk too small - thought I was using a 1 TB drive !!
Problem description:
MBP late 2011 has become very slow after a few months after a Yosemite clean install. Kernel_task memory circa 1 GB. CPU activity is a few percent. Created a new user. Activity monitor does not show Kernel_task at all. Much faster as the new user. Permissions repaired in Safe mode. SMC and PRAM reset done. Short hardware test (option D on boot) - no problems. I have VirtualBox to run XP at times for some Win apps.
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated 3 March 2015 10:30:47 am AEDT
Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011) (Technical Specifications)
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
Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 278
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10.2 (14C109) - Time since boot: 0:40:45
Disk Information: ℹ️
ST9500325ASG disk0 : (500.11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Yosemite HD (disk0s2) / : 499.25 GB (290.00 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 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
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/Library/Application Support/VirtualBox
[loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (4.3.22) [Click for support]
[loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (4.3.22) [Click for support]
[loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (4.3.22) [Click for support]
[loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (4.3.22) [Click for support]
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist [Click for support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
[unknown] com.cardosystems.cardo-updater.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.rogueamoeba.instanton-agent.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] jp.co.canon.MasterInstaller.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist [Click for support]
[not loaded] org.virtualbox.startup.plist [Click for support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[not loaded] org.virtualbox.vboxwebsrv.plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
Activity Monitor Application (/Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.2.0.16 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
NP_2020Player_IKEA: Version: 5.0.94.1 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.3 [Click for support]
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.8 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
Silverlight: Version: 4.0.60129.0 [Click for support]
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 75 Check version
User internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
AdBlock
DuckDuckGo
Ghostery
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player [Click for support]
Flip4Mac WMV [Click for support]
Java [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Yosemite HD: Disk size: 499.25 GB Disk used: 209.25 GB
Destinations:
Yosemite [Local]
Total size: 319.73 GB
Total number of backups: 10
Oldest backup: 2014-10-27 14:49:11 +0000
Last backup: 2015-02-28 00:39:26 +0000
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 319.73 GB < (Disk used 209.25 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
6% WindowServer
1% cardo-updater
0% AppleSpell
0% loginwindow
0% fontd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
155 MB Finder
103 MB WindowServer
77 MB CalendarAgent
77 MB Spotlight
73 MB com.apple.internetaccounts
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
187 MB Free RAM
1.55 GB Active RAM
1.38 GB Inactive RAM
1.10 GB Wired RAM
1.53 GB Page-ins
602 KB Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
Mar 3, 2015, 09:48:14 AM Self test - passedStart time: 14:09:53 03/03/15
Revision: 1273
Model Identifier: MacBookPro8,1
System Version: OS X 10.10.2 (14C109)
Kernel Version: Darwin 14.1.0
Time since boot: 4:22
UID: 501
SerialATA
ST9500325ASG
CPU usage (%)
WindowServer (UID 0): 16.8
Login hook
/usr/bin/loginfix.sh
Firewall: On
System caches/logs
2.3 GiB: /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.coresymbolicationd/data
Diagnostic reports
2015-02-07 LegacyFileVaultMessageTracer crash
2015-02-12 Skype hang
2015-02-12 com.apple.AmbientDisplayAgent crash
2015-02-13 CalendarAgent crash
2015-02-14 LegacyFileVaultMessageTracer crash
2015-02-19 mdworker32 crash x16
2015-02-21 LegacyFileVaultMessageTracer crash
2015-02-26 iTunes crash
2015-02-26 mdworker32 crash x2
2015-02-27 mdworker32 crash x2
2015-02-28 LegacyFileVaultMessageTracer crash
HID errors: 41
Shutdown codes
-62 1
Kernel log
Mar 1 12:56:00 supdrvDTraceInit: RTR0DbgKrnlInfoOpen failed with rc=-102.
Mar 1 12:56:00 VBoxDrv: Failed to open kernel symbols, rc=-102
Mar 1 13:17:52 rtR0InitNative: warning! failed to resolve special kernel symbols
Mar 1 13:17:52 supdrvDTraceInit: RTR0DbgKrnlInfoOpen failed with rc=-102.
Mar 1 13:17:52 VBoxDrv: Failed to open kernel symbols, rc=-102
Mar 1 13:56:07 rtR0InitNative: warning! failed to resolve special kernel symbols
Mar 1 13:56:07 supdrvDTraceInit: RTR0DbgKrnlInfoOpen failed with rc=-102.
Mar 1 13:56:07 VBoxDrv: Failed to open kernel symbols, rc=-102
Mar 1 13:59:10 rtR0InitNative: warning! failed to resolve special kernel symbols
Mar 1 13:59:10 supdrvDTraceInit: RTR0DbgKrnlInfoOpen failed with rc=-102.
Mar 1 13:59:10 VBoxDrv: Failed to open kernel symbols, rc=-102
Mar 2 10:00:04 rtR0InitNative: warning! failed to resolve special kernel symbols
Mar 2 10:00:04 supdrvDTraceInit: RTR0DbgKrnlInfoOpen failed with rc=-102.
Mar 2 10:00:04 VBoxDrv: Failed to open kernel symbols, rc=-102
Mar 2 10:06:25 rtR0InitNative: warning! failed to resolve special kernel symbols
Mar 2 10:06:25 supdrvDTraceInit: RTR0DbgKrnlInfoOpen failed with rc=-102.
Mar 2 10:06:25 VBoxDrv: Failed to open kernel symbols, rc=-102
Mar 2 10:14:26 rtR0InitNative: warning! failed to resolve special kernel symbols
Mar 2 10:14:26 supdrvDTraceInit: RTR0DbgKrnlInfoOpen failed with rc=-102.
Mar 2 10:14:26 VBoxDrv: Failed to open kernel symbols, rc=-102
Mar 3 09:49:14 rtR0InitNative: warning! failed to resolve special kernel symbols
Mar 3 09:49:14 supdrvDTraceInit: RTR0DbgKrnlInfoOpen failed with rc=-102.
Mar 3 09:49:14 VBoxDrv: Failed to open kernel symbols, rc=-102
Mar 3 12:44:10 Warning: IOSurface 00000066 modified by process com.apple.WebKit using the GPU while surface is write locked by process com.apple.WebKit
Mar 3 12:44:10 Warning: IOSurface 00000066 modified by process com.apple.WebKit using the GPU while surface is write locked by process com.apple.WebKit
System log
Mar 3 11:48:02 WindowServer: WSGetSurfaceInWindow : Invalid surface 828055384 for window 199
Mar 3 11:48:02 WindowServer: WSGetSurfaceInWindow : Invalid surface 828055384 for window 199
Mar 3 11:48:02 WindowServer: WSGetSurfaceInWindow : Invalid surface 828055384 for window 199
Mar 3 11:59:33 WindowServer: WSGetSurfaceInWindow : Invalid surface 829050891 for window 217
Mar 3 12:09:34 WindowServer: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Microsoft Excel" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
Mar 3 12:52:42 Mail: Set a breakpoint at CGSLogError to catch errors as they are logged.
Mar 3 12:52:42 Mail: Invalid window requested in CGSWindowThawBackdrops : 382
Mar 3 13:11:46 fseventsd: Logging disabled completely for device:1: /Volumes/Recovery HD
Mar 3 13:12:00 WindowServer: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "System Preferences" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
Mar 3 13:33:56 WindowServer: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Spotlight" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
Mar 3 13:47:48 com.apple.backupd: Error -35 while resolving alias to backup target
Mar 3 13:47:48 com.apple.backupd: Backup failed with error 18: The backup disk could not be found.
Mar 3 13:48:13 com.apple.backupd: Error -35 while resolving alias to backup target
Mar 3 13:48:13 com.apple.backupd: Backup failed with error 18: The backup disk could not be found.
Mar 3 13:51:26 WindowServer: WSGetSurfaceInWindow : Invalid surface 861039197 for window 342
Mar 3 13:51:26 WindowServer: WSGetSurfaceInWindow : Invalid surface 861039197 for window 342
Mar 3 13:51:26 WindowServer: WSGetSurfaceInWindow : Invalid surface 861039197 for window 342
Mar 3 13:54:47 WindowServer: WSGetSurfaceInWindow : Invalid surface 948771229 for window 189
Mar 3 13:54:50 sharingd: 13:54:50.400 : SDConnectionManager:: XPC connection invalidated
Mar 3 14:08:12 fseventsd: Logging disabled completely for device:1: /Volumes/Recovery HD
Mar 3 14:08:59 WindowServer: WSGetSurfaceInWindow : Invalid surface 948402577 for window 33
Mar 3 14:08:59 WindowServer: WSGetSurfaceInWindow : Invalid surface 948402577 for window 33
Mar 3 14:08:59 WindowServer: WSGetSurfaceInWindow : Invalid surface 948402577 for window 33
Mar 3 14:08:59 WindowServer: WSGetSurfaceInWindow : Invalid surface 948402577 for window 33
Mar 3 14:08:59 WindowServer: WSGetSurfaceInWindow : Invalid surface 948402577 for window 33
launchd log
Mar 1 09:06:51 com.apple.xpc.launchd.user.502.100005.Aqua: Could not read path: path = /Users/USER/Library/LaunchAgents, error = 2: No such file or directory
Mar 1 09:06:52 com.apple.xpc.launchd.user.502.100005.Aqua: Could not import service from caller: caller = otherbsd.297, service = com.apple.photostream-agent, error = 119: Service is disabled
Mar 1 09:36:40 com.apple.xpc.launchd.user.501.100019.Aqua: Could not import service from caller: caller = otherbsd.545, service = com.apple.photostream-agent, error = 119: Service is disabled
Mar 1 09:45:11 com.apple.xpc.launchd.user.502.100030.Aqua: Could not read path: path = /Users/USER/Library/LaunchAgents, error = 2: No such file or directory
Mar 1 09:45:12 com.apple.xpc.launchd.user.502.100030.Aqua: Could not import service from caller: caller = otherbsd.709, service = com.apple.photostream-agent, error = 119: Service is disabled
Mar 1 09:49:06 com.apple.internetaccounts: GUI session does not exist for service to join. It will be spawned without access to the GUI.
Mar 1 09:53:20 com.apple.xpc.launchd.user.502.100006.Aqua: Could not read path: path = /Users/USER/Library/LaunchAgents, error = 2: No such file or directory
Mar 1 09:53:20 com.apple.xpc.launchd.user.502.100006.Aqua: Could not import service from caller: caller = otherbsd.296, service = com.apple.photostream-agent, error = 119: Service is disabled
Mar 1 09:56:28 com.apple.xpc.launchd.user.502.100006.Aqua: Could not read path: path = /Users/USER/Library/LaunchAgents, error = 2: No such file or directory
Mar 1 09:56:29 com.apple.xpc.launchd.user.502.100006.Aqua: Could not import service from caller: caller = otherbsd.297, service = com.apple.photostream-agent, error = 119: Service is disabled
Mar 1 12:56:18 com.apple.xpc.launchd.user.501.100006.Aqua: Could not import service from caller: caller = otherbsd.296, service = com.apple.photostream-agent, error = 119: Service is disabled
Mar 1 13:18:13 com.apple.xpc.launchd.user.501.100006.Aqua: Could not import service from caller: caller = otherbsd.296, service = com.apple.photostream-agent, error = 119: Service is disabled
Mar 1 13:59:40 com.apple.xpc.launchd.user.501.100005.Aqua: Could not import service from caller: caller = otherbsd.297, service = com.apple.photostream-agent, error = 119: Service is disabled
Mar 1 14:07:01 com.apple.xpc.launchd.user.502.100020.Aqua: Could not read path: path = /Users/USER/Library/LaunchAgents, error = 2: No such file or directory
Mar 1 14:07:02 com.apple.xpc.launchd.user.502.100020.Aqua: Could not import service from caller: caller = otherbsd.477, service = com.apple.photostream-agent, error = 119: Service is disabled
Mar 1 14:07:12 com.apple.internetaccounts: GUI session does not exist for service to join. It will be spawned without access to the GUI.
Mar 1 14:40:11 com.apple.iCloudHelper: GUI session does not exist for service to join. It will be spawned without access to the GUI.
Mar 1 14:40:12 com.apple.internetaccounts: GUI session does not exist for service to join. It will be spawned without access to the GUI.
Mar 1 14:48:04 com.apple.iCloudHelper: GUI session does not exist for service to join. It will be spawned without access to the GUI.
Mar 1 14:48:05 com.apple.internetaccounts: GUI session does not exist for service to join. It will be spawned without access to the GUI.
Mar 1 16:28:29 com.apple.xpc.launchd.user.501.100035.Aqua: Could not import service from caller: caller = otherbsd.722, service = com.apple.photostream-agent, error = 119: Service is disabled
Mar 2 10:00:24 com.apple.xpc.launchd.user.501.100005.Aqua: Could not import service from caller: caller = otherbsd.298, service = com.apple.photostream-agent, error = 119: Service is disabled
Mar 2 10:06:46 com.apple.xpc.launchd.user.501.100007.Aqua: Could not import service from caller: caller = otherbsd.300, service = com.apple.photostream-agent, error = 119: Service is disabled
Mar 2 10:14:31 com.apple.xpc.launchd.user.501.100005.Aqua: Could not import service from caller: caller = otherbsd.283, service = com.apple.photostream-agent, error = 119: Service is disabled
Mar 3 09:49:19 com.apple.xpc.launchd.user.501.100005.Aqua: Could not import service from caller: caller = otherbsd.290, service = com.apple.photostream-agent, error = 119: Service is disabled
Console log
Feb 25 16:47:41 fontd: Failed to open read-only database, regenerating DB
Mar 2 10:00:23 fontd: Failed to open read-only database, regenerating DB
Loaded kernel extensions
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (4.3.22)
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (4.3.22)
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (4.3.22)
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (4.3.22)
Daemons loaded
cardo-updater
com.adobe.fpsaud
com.apple.AccountPolicyHelper
com.apple.CodeSigningHelper
com.apple.MobileFileIntegrity
com.apple.awdd
com.apple.backupd-auto
com.apple.cache_delete
com.apple.cfprefsd.xpc.daemon
com.apple.cmio.registerassistantservice
com.apple.coreduetd
com.apple.coresymbolicationd
com.apple.ctkd
com.apple.diagnosticd
com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced
com.apple.iconservices.iconservicesagent
com.apple.iconservices.iconservicesd
com.apple.ifdreader
com.apple.nehelper
com.apple.networkd_privileged
com.apple.nsurlsessiond_privileged
com.apple.nsurlstoraged
com.apple.sandboxd
com.apple.secinitd
com.apple.softwareupdated
com.apple.spindump
com.apple.systemadministration.writeconfig
com.apple.systemstatsd
com.apple.tccd.system
com.apple.watchdogd
com.apple.wdhelper
com.apple.xpc.smd
com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper
com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool
com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper
com.rogueamoeba.instanton-agent
jp.co.canon.MasterInstaller
org.cups.cupsd
org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx
Agents loaded
com.apple.CloudPhotosConfiguration
com.apple.DataDetectorsDynamicData
com.apple.InputMethodKit.UserDictionary
com.apple.MailServiceAgent
com.apple.cfprefsd.xpc.agent
com.apple.imdpersistence.IMDPersistenceAgent
com.apple.internetaccounts
com.apple.pluginkit.pkd
com.apple.sbd
com.apple.secd
com.apple.secinitd
com.apple.security.cloudkeychainproxy3
com.apple.tccd
User login items
Activity Monitor
- /Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor.app
Safari extensions
AdBlock
- com.betafish.adblockforsafari
DuckDuckGo
- com.duckduckgo.safari
Ghostery
- com.betteradvertising.ghostery
Prefetching: Off
Widgets
iCal
iCloud errors
bird 62
cloudd 19
comapple.InputMethodKit.UserDictionary 4
CallHistorySyncHelper 4
Safari 1
Continuity errors
sharingd 7
Restricted files: 97
Lockfiles: 164
Contents of /Library/LaunchAgents/com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist
- mod date: Jan 31 13:16:59 2014
- checksum: 297651013
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.oracle.java.Java-Updater</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Resources/Java Updater.app/Contents/MacOS/Java Updater</string>
<string>-bgcheck</string>
</array>
<key>StandardErrorPath</key>
<string>/dev/null</string>
<key>StandardOutPath</key>
<string>/dev/null</string>
<key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
<dict>
<key>Hour</key>
<integer>10</integer>
<key>Minute</key>
<integer>38</integer>
<key>Weekday</key>
<integer>2</integer>
</dict>
</dict>
...and 1 more line(s)
Contents of /Library/LaunchAgents/org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist
- mod date: Nov 11 11:07:49 2013
- checksum: 2451978492
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>org.macosforge.xquartz.startx</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/opt/X11/lib/X11/xinit/launchd_startx</string>
<string>/opt/X11/bin/startx</string>
<string>--</string>
<string>/opt/X11/bin/Xquartz</string>
</array>
<key>Sockets</key>
<dict>
<key>org.macosforge.xquartz:0</key>
<dict>
<key>SecureSocketWithKey</key>
<string>DISPLAY</string>
</dict>
</dict>
<key>ServiceIPC</key>
<true/>
<key>EnableTransactions</key>
<true/>
...and 2 more line(s)
Contents of /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.rogueamoeba.instanton-agent.plist
- mod date: Mar 25 19:00:08 2014
- checksum: 3487242040
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.rogueamoeba.instanton-agent</string>
<key>MachServices</key>
<dict>
<key>com.rogueamoeba.instanton-agent</key>
<true/>
</dict>
<key>Program</key>
<string>/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/InstantOn.driver/Contents/MacOS/instanton-a gent</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>instanton-agent</string>
</array>
<key>ThrottleInterval</key>
<integer>0</integer>
</dict>
</plist>
Contents of /Library/LaunchDaemons/jp.co.canon.MasterInstaller.plist
- mod date: Nov 25 22:39:19 2013
- checksum: 1894334785
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>jp.co.canon.MasterInstaller</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/jp.co.canon.MasterInstaller</string>
</array>
<key>ServiceIPC</key>
<true/>
<key>Sockets</key>
<dict>
<key>MasterSocket</key>
<dict>
<key>SockFamily</key>
<string>Unix</string>
<key>SockPathMode</key>
<integer>438</integer>
<key>SockPathName</key>
<string>/var/run/jp.co.canon.MasterInstaller.socket</string>
<key>SockType</key>
<string>Stream</string>
</dict>
...and 3 more line(s)
Contents of /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.virtualbox.startup.plist
- mod date: Mar 1 13:56:03 2015
- checksum: 3094394405
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key> <string>org.virtualbox.startup</string>
<key>Disabled</key> <false/>
<key>RunAtLoad</key> <true/>
<key>KeepAlive</key> <false/>
<key>LaunchOnlyOnce</key> <true/>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/Library/Application Support/VirtualBox/LaunchDaemons/VirtualBoxStartup.sh</string>
<string>restart</string>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>
Contents of /private/etc/ssh_config
- mod date: Jan 20 11:13:19 2013
- checksum: 1281775184
Host *
SendEnv LANG LC_*
Host *
XAuthLocation /opt/X11/bin/xauth
Contents of Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.SafariBookmarksSyncer.plist
- mod date: Nov 11 12:53:23 2010
- checksum: 1213721873
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.apple.Safari</string>
<key>LimitLoadToSessionType</key>
<string>Aqua</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/SafariSyncClient.app/Contents/MacOS/S afariSyncClient</string>
<string>--sync</string>
<string>com.apple.Safari</string>
<string>--entitynames</string>
<string>com.apple.bookmarks.Bookmark,com.apple.bookmarks.Folder</string>
</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<false/>
<key>ThrottleInterval</key>
<integer>60</integer>
<key>WatchPaths</key>
<array>
<string>/Users/USER/Library/Safari/Bookmarks.plist</string>
</array>
</dict>
...and 1 more line(s)
Contents of Library/LaunchAgents/org.virtualbox.vboxwebsrv.plist
- mod date: Mar 1 13:56:19 2015
- checksum: 3654809970
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Disabled</key>
<true/>
<key>KeepAlive</key>
<false/>
<key>Label</key>
<string>org.virtualbox.vboxwebsvc</string>
<key>Program</key>
<string>/Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/vboxwebsrv</string>
<key>Sockets</key>
<dict>
<key>Listeners</key>
<dict>
<key>SockServiceName</key>
<string>18083</string>
<key>SockType</key>
<string>stream</string>
<key>SockFamily</key>
<string>IPv4</string>
</dict>
</dict>
</dict>
...and 1 more line(s)
Bundles (new)
/Applications/VirtualBox.app
- org.virtualbox.app.VirtualBox
/Users/USER/Downloads/EtreCheck.app
- com.etresoft.EtreCheck
Installations
Office 2011 14.4.6 Update: 14/11/2014 3:29 pm
Adobe Flash Player: 12/11/2014 7:12 pm
Java 7 Update 71: 5/11/2014 1:23 pm
Canon ScanGear: 29/10/2014 5:15 pm
Adobe Flash Player: 26/10/2014 9:30 am
Elapsed time (sec): 823 -
My macbook pro is now unworkably slow after hard drive replacement
installed a new harddrive wdc blue 320 5400, verified in DU, . I reinstalled 10.5,
can't see time machine. and now it is so slow that it rainbow spins for 30 seconds after each click on any window, folder, button, anything.
I've updated,activity monitored, mackeepered.
my last ditch is migration assistant (now on 30th hours).
to see if a retored orignal system and prefs will see the Time Machine backup, and get back from there.
it will work fine if booted to a usb drive with same system.
if I didn't know better, Disk Utility is lying to me and this is a bad hard drive or somehow incompatible with the dual core intels.
is applejack worth trying, onyx?
I may just hit it with a banana
thanks to anyone with the know how about this.thank you Neville that was alot of help.
I am faced with believing the few discussions concerning slow replacement drives, that claim, that the new WD drives have firmware issues with the os x 10.5 2009 macbook pro's as well as any drive with a speed greater that 5400. all my utilies onyx & DU, say my drive is functioning.
however every operation that involves the new drive (whether it was the boot drive or not) takes 30 -60 times the speed I am used to.
I am now going to search for a confirmed compatible replacement drive.
p.s.
thanks for upgrading my thinking on drive set ups, that will hold me in good stead for years, and I appreciate that very much -
Please help our macbook pro is running very slow after recent update.
After updating a few months ago our macbook that was faultless before is running very slow,
when typing the beachball spins for ages before it appears ect
didn't do any backups or use time machine so i have no idea what to do.
ThanksEtreCheck version: 2.1.5 (108)
Report generated 1 January 2015 21:26:59 GMT
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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 10.10.1 (14B25) - Uptime: 5 days 1:26:25
Disk Information: ℹ️
ST9500325ASG disk0 : (500.11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 498.88 GB (411.49 GB free)
Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked Failed
Core Storage: disk0s2 499.25 GB Online
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS31N
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/System/Library/Extensions
[loaded] com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.5.1) [Support]
[not loaded] com.leapfrog.codeless.kext (2) [Support]
[not loaded] com.leapfrog.driver.LfConnectDriver (1.9.8 - SDK 10.7) [Support]
Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️
[invalid?] com.VTech.AgentMonitor.plist [Support]
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[running] com.Affinegy.InstaLANa.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.hp.messagecenter.launcher.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Support]
[running] com.iobit.AMCDaemon.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.leapfrog.connect.authdaemon.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Support]
[failed] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist [Support]
[invalid?] com.iobit.AMCUpdate.plist [Support]
[running] com.leapfrog.connect.monitor.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist [Support]
[not loaded] com.user.UninstallAD.plist [Support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
Steam UNKNOWN (missing value)
iTunesHelper ApplicationHidden (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
MenuTab for Facebook UNKNOWN (missing value)
AdobeResourceSynchronizer ApplicationHidden (/Applications/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/Support/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)
Spotify UNKNOWN (missing value)
Spotify UNKNOWN (missing value)
Safari Application (/Applications/Safari.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.235 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin101737: Version: Unknown
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.12 [Support]
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.12 [Support]
CouponPrinter-FireFox_v2: Version: 1.1.10 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.235 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 25 Check version
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player [Support]
Growl [Support]
Java [Support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
28% softwareupdated
4% WindowServer
2% Safari
0% fontd
0% AppleSpell
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
259 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
236 MB loginwindow
107 MB Finder
90 MB ocspd
82 MB softwareupdated
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
25 MB Free RAM
1.61 GB Active RAM
1.60 GB Inactive RAM
1.06 GB Wired RAM
1.71 GB Page-ins
1 MB Page-outs -
MacBook Pro is getting very slow after ~1h of using. It's not even getting hot!
MacBook Pro 15'
early 2011
OS X 10.9 (13A603) Maverics
2 GHz Intel Core i7
8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB
+my battery is dead and Im using cable all the time
When I turn ON my Macbook everything is OK, but after ~1h of doing whatever (surfin on net, listetning iTunes or watching movies) it's suddenly getting super slow. After that even scrolling down the websites is lagging and watching movies from HDD is impossible (glitchy and low fps). Macbook is not getting hot at all. Normal restarting doesn't work - it's slow as it was before (I need to wait long time to turn in ON again). Yesterday I decided to restart the SMC (Control+Option+Shift+Power Button) and after restarting Macbook it was OK again for another 1h.
I've already tried:
- cleaning with Clean my Mac 2
- scan with ClamXav
- restarting SMCI'm updating OS X right now (downloading).
Etrecheck informations:
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2
1 2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
8 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 512 MB
AMD Radeon HD 6490M - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 0 days 0:9:56
Disk Information:
Hitachi HTS545050B9A302 disk0 : (500,11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209,7 MB
System (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 145,4 GB (71,97 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
Heaven (disk0s4) /Volumes/Heaven: 301,98 GB (41,36 GB free)
**** (disk0s5) /Volumes/****: 51,73 GB (978,4 MB free)
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898
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
Configuration files:
/etc/hosts - Count: 46
Gatekeeper:
Anywhere
Kernel Extensions:
[not loaded] com.silabs.driver.CP210xVCPDriver (3.0.0d1) Support
[not loaded] com.silabs.driver.CP210xVCPDriver64 (3.0.0d1) Support
[not loaded] com.wacom.kext.wacomtablet (6.3.5 - SDK 10.8) Support
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Support
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2.Agent.plist Support
Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[running] com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.diskSpaceWatcher.plist Support
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.scheduledScan.plist Support
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.trashWatcher.plist Support
User Login Items:
None
Internet Plug-ins:
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.06 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.06 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.152 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
WacomNetscape: Version: 2.1.0-1 - SDK 10.8 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
WacomTabletPlugin: Version: WacomTabletPlugin 2.1.0.2 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
Safari Extensions:
AdBlock: Version: 2.6.31
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player Support
Growl Support
Perian Support
WacomTablet Support
Tuxera NTFS Support
Time Machine:
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
4% WindowServer
2% storeagent
0% ps
0% syslogd
0% mds_stores
Top Processes by Memory:
229 MB Safari
90 MB mds_stores
54 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
49 MB Finder
49 MB WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information:
5.49 GB Free RAM
1.17 GB Active RAM
114 MB Inactive RAM
1.22 GB Wired RAM
192 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs -
MacBook Pro (late 2009) running slow after Mavericks install - EtreCheck printout included
Any advice appreciated!
Restarted my computer and ran EtreCheck prior to opening any programs.
EtreCheck version: 1.9.11 (43) - report generated June 7, 2014 at 4:32:12 PM CDT
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,5
1 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.3 (13D65) - Uptime: 0 days 0:4:14
Disk Information:
FUJITSU MJA2250BH FFS G1 disk0 : (250.06 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 249.2 GB (76.63 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N
USB Information:
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Logitech USB Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Gatekeeper:
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions:
[kext loaded] com.Logitech.Control Center.HID Driver (3.6.0 - SDK 10.6) Support
[not loaded] com.Logitech.Unifying.HID Driver (1.2.0 - SDK 10.6) Support
[not loaded] com.cisco.nke.ipsec (1.0.0) Support
[kext loaded] com.globaldelight.driver.BoomDevice (1.1 - SDK 10.5) Support
[kext loaded] com.jft.driver.PdaNetDrv (1.0.64) Support
[not loaded] com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraDevSupport (2.0.4) Support
[not loaded] com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraFSCSupport (2.0.4) Support
[not loaded] com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraODSupport (2.0.5) Support
[kext loaded] com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraSerial (1.0.1) Support
Startup Items:
CiscoVPN: Path: /System/Library/StartupItems/CiscoVPN
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.cloudpath.maccmd.plist Support
[loaded] com.ea.origin.ESHelper.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2.Agent.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
[loaded] com.sharpcast.xfsmond.plist Support
[not loaded] com.sierrawireless.SierraReset.plist Support
[running] com.sierrawireless.SierraSerial.plist Support
[running] com.sierrawireless.SWoCMon.plist Support
[loaded] org.gpgtools.gpgmail.patch-uuid.plist Support
Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[running] com.Logitech.Control Center.Daemon.plist Support
[running] org.chromium.chromoting.plist Support
[loaded] org.gpgtools.gpgmail.enable-bundles.plist Support
[loaded] org.gpgtools.gpgmail.patch-uuid-user.plist Support
[loaded] org.gpgtools.Libmacgpg.xpc.plist Support
[loaded] org.gpgtools.macgpg2.fix.plist Support
[running] org.gpgtools.macgpg2.shutdown-gpg-agent.plist Support
[loaded] org.gpgtools.macgpg2.updater.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist
[running] com.google.Chrome.framework.plist Support
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.diskSpaceWatcher.plist Support
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.scheduledScan.plist Support
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.trashWatcher.plist Support
[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support
User Login Items:
Flux
BoxSyncHelper
GrowlHelperApp
iTunesHelper
Connect360Helper
PSPWareHelper
Google Drive
Dropbox
Caffeine
Google Chrome
TuneupMyMac
StatusMenu
Internet Plug-ins:
nplastpass: Version: 2.5.5 Support
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.1.18709 Support
OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 Support
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.2.3 Support
net.juniper.DSSafariExtensions: Version: (null) Support
Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 4.3.5f1 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Support
DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 1.4 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Support
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.1.18709 Support
Mathematica: Version: 9.0.1.4092152 Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
Safari Extensions:
LastPass: Version: 3.1.21
Open in Internet Explorer: Version: 1.0
DivX Plus Web Player HTML5 <video>: Version: 2.1.2.126
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 Internet Plug-ins:
WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Box Sync Support
remoting_host_prefpane Support
DivX Support
Flash Player Support
GPGPreferences Support
Growl Support
Logitech Control Center Support
MacFUSE Support
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Auto backup: YES
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
3% WindowServer
1% mds_stores
0% Google Drive
0% fontd
0% BoxSyncEngine
Top Processes by Memory:
106 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
78 MB Dropbox
78 MB Google Chrome
78 MB Google Drive
61 MB BoxSyncEngine
Virtual Memory Information:
1.84 GB Free RAM
1.21 GB Active RAM
308 MB Inactive RAM
407 MB Wired RAM
335 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outsYou might want to consider pairing waaaay down on the User Login Items.
Having all of these apps launching at startup/login is probably slowing down your Mac's startup time AND having all of these apps running in the background is both eating yo CPU cycles and RAM.
Add or remove automatic items
Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Users & Groups.
Select your user account, then click Login Items.
Do one of the following:
Click Add below the list on the right, select an app, document, folder, or disk, then click Add.If you don’t want an item’s windows to be visible after login, select Hide. (Hide does not apply to servers, which always appear in the Finder after login.)
Select the name of the item you want to prevent from opening automatically, then click Delete below the list on the right.
Google apps like Chrome and Drive may still not be playing well and are NOT 100% compatible/compliant with OS X Mavericks.
Until Google releases a proper fix or official update for OS X Mavericks, completely uninstall these Google apps.
If you do not like Apple's Safari Web browser, as an alternative, try using Mozilla FireFox.
Mozilla constantly updates FireFox and just released a new update recently and is ,usually, more stable on OS X Mavericks. -
MacBook Pro screen flickers and freezes after Snow Leopard/Safari 5 updates
Hi guys,
I have a silver 120GB 15-inch MacBook Pro from Summer 2007 with 3GB RAM and 25+GB free space which has recently begun to freeze irrecoverably. The first appearance of these symptoms seems to coincide with my installing the Snow Leopard 10.6.6 update via Software Update.
I'm not particularly well versed in computer technology, but will try to describe my problem as detailedly as possible.
What happens is this:
1. I start the computer as per usual, with only a couple of startup items. Everything's fine.
2. I start working. Use a lot of Safari 5 for browsing websites, often with some kind of Flash or "Flash-type" content such as banner ads, videos, even full Flash designs. I may also have programs such as QuickTime, VLC or an image editor open, if not necessarily "actively" doing anything. Everything's still fine - I'm able to both browse websites and watch videos as usual.
3. After a while of active working - say, 1-3 hours - I notice browsing websites gets a little choppy. Display features such as the file list view in Finder may or may not appear properly. The rotating wait cursor may or may not appear from time to time.
4. Immediately after symptom no. 3, the next time I start to watch a video, either via Safari 5 (say for example something on DailyMotion.com) or a file via QuickTime, something goes wrong.
Following no. 4, one of three things invariably happen:
5a) The video freezes and the entire screen flickers from black to the screen view very quickly two or three times, after which the computer or screen appears to freeze. The cursor still moves, but nothing reacts to it - open windows become completely unresponsive, nor does the top or any other menu react in any way to clicking. The "menu row" of application items, which normally appears when I move the cursor to the very bottom of the screen, doesn't appear. Restarting "blindly" by pressing the Off-button once and pressing R doesn't work. I'm forced to do a hard reboot, after which the computer is once again fine until the next two hours of active working. This usually happens ONLY when I try to watch a video in Full Screen-mode.
5b) I notice the video freezing only just in time, and am able to pause it and "esc" out of Full Screen-mode, and the computer remains operational. However, as soon as I again try to play video in Full Screen-mode, everything described in 5a. happens.
5c) The video stops playing, and the screen reverts momentarily to pale blue before switching to the login screen. I login again with my details, and everything appears to be fine again until the next two hours of active working. The computer "starts up" a lot faster than with a hard reboot. This usually happens ONLY when I've tried to watch a video in its original size, i.e. when not in Full Screen-mode.
This happens 1-4 times a day, and it appears to depend directly on how much work I've been doing on the computer. The less I use it in the course of a day, the longer it takes until the next time it freezes.
So, in a way, I'm able to replicate this problem. 95% of the time the screen has frozen while watching or starting to watch (usually already when starting to watch) video footage, but it has also frozen a couple of times just switching between e.g. Safari 5 and an image editor or browsing a website with a Flash banner ad or embedded video content (which however hasn't necessarily been playing); today, the screen froze when I tried to open a website made entirely with Flash.
Although it could be just a coincidence, I believe this issue first appeared when I updated Snow Leopard to 10.6.6 via Software Update alongside some other pending updates, including as far as I recall one for Safari 5. The update process appeared to have gone well at the time, though, and was not interrupted in any way. I have never had this specific problem with the computer/screen before, though.
I've read a couple of threads here regarding very similar issues with newer MBP models than mine, in which it has been suggested that the fault may lie in a malfunctioning NVIDIA GeForce graphics card. Now I've had that replaced already once because my screen went unexpectedly completely blank after a forced reboot 1-2 years ago (I don't remember exactly), but according to my System Profiler info the card still a GeForce 8600M GT. Can it be failing again?
I've also had some kind of a RAM card failure once. As far as I understood it, one of the RAM cards had fried and was preventing the computer from starting up. I replaced the bad 1GB card with a new 2GB one and the problem was resolved. Before the computer died, there were also other symptoms, but they were not similar to these.
I'm also doing the Apple Hardware Test tomorrow. Any other suggestions, though, than the graphics card?
*Could this have to do with Flash or Safari 5?* Just hear me out. Even though my computer has frozen from watching a video in just QuickTime, Safari 5 has always been open in the background at the same time, and more likely than not with websites with "Flash" content open. And come to think of it, before I performed the Snow Leopard and Safari 5 updates, I used to have daily problems viewing Flash video in Safari 5, the video content either suddenly showing up as "Plug-in Failure" or crashing the browser; I've had both Safari 5 and the Safari 5 Flash plug-in "quit unexpectedly" countless times in the past, almost daily. Sometimes the "Plug-in Failure" could be fixed just by refreshing the browser view; at other times, Safari 5 would stop showing Flash content altogether - Flash banner ads (such as Google ads), YouTube and other Flash videos, everything - until I quit and restarted Safari 5. BUT - since the day I updated everything via Software Update, I don't remember this happening; it never gets to "Plug-in Failure" now. Could it be worth trying to use e.g. just Firefox for a while or is there something (e.g. Adobe Flash) that I could try reinstall? Or am I just clutching at straws here?
Thanks for reading this long, long post!Do you have access to an Apple Store? If so, it may be worth making an appointment at the genius bar and having them run the test for the NVIDIA problem. Since your replacement logic board still has the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 M GT video chip, it could be starting to happen to your replacement logic board.
I also agree with all of CMCSK's suggestions. Freezing is often associated with hard drive problems. You might also want to run SMART Utility:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/systemdiskutilities/smartutility.html
You can download the demo and run it several times for free. It will give you a very comprehensive view of the physical health of your hard drive. If you still have the original one from 2007, it's getting pretty long in the tooth and may be approaching the end of its average useful life of 3-5 years. I just recently had to replace my original 2007 Fujitsu drive.
If your drive is headed south, and is also too small, it may be time to upgrade to a larger and faster drive.
The software update probably didn't cause the problems, but it may have exposed problems that were already in existence.
Good luck! -
MacBook Pro has been running slow after installing Yosemite
Hey,
I have a MacBook Pro and recently updated from OS 10.6.8 to Yosemite. My computer has been running really slow lately.
Here is my EtreCheck Report:
Problem description:
Mac has been running very slowly
EtreCheck version: 2.1.6 (109)
Report generated January 18, 2015 at 10:42:01 PM EST
Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck
Click the [Support] links for help with non-Apple products.
Click the [Details] links for more information about that line.
Click the [Adware] links for help removing adware.
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010) (Technical Specifications)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro7,1
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 989
Video Information: ℹ️
NVIDIA GeForce 320M - VRAM: 256 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Time since boot: 2:48:14
Disk Information: ℹ️
Hitachi HTS545025B9SA02 disk0 : (250.06 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 249.20 GB (78.83 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[not loaded] org.eyebeam.SelfControl.plist [Support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist [Support]
[failed] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist [Support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
iTunesHelper UNKNOWN Hidden (missing value)
Spotify UNKNOWN (missing value)
uTorrent Application (/Applications/uTorrent.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.1.102.55 [Support]
OVSHelper: Version: 1.0 [Support]
Flash Player: Version: 11.1.102.55 Mismatch! Adobe recommends 16.0.0.257
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 2.2 [Support]
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
Silverlight: Version: 4.0.51204.0 [Support]
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
Searchme [Installed] Adware! [Remove]
DivX Plus Web Player HTML5 <video> [Installed]
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
DivX [Support]
Flash Player [Support]
MacFUSE [Support]
Perian [Support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
24% Google Chrome
12% WindowServer
4% coreaudiod
3% Google Chrome Helper EH
2% hidd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
279 MB Google Chrome Helper EH
176 MB Finder
150 MB Google Chrome
77 MB WindowServer
69 MB Pages
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
171 MB Free RAM
1.28 GB Active RAM
1.14 GB Inactive RAM
821 MB Wired RAM
4.60 GB Page-ins
135 MB Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
Jan 18, 2015, 07:54:30 PM Self test - passed
Jan 18, 2015, 06:51:08 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Photo Booth_2015-01-18-185108_[redacted].crashBack up your Mac, if you have not already done so. To learn how to do that read Mac Basics: Time Machine backs up your Mac.
You inadvertently installed adware. Eradicating it is simple and you don't have to download or install anything to fix it. For an explanation or how this may have occurred, how to avoid it in the future, and for Apple's recommended solution read How to install adware.
Google Chrome is known to run notoriously poorly on Macs. If you want to run Google Chrome, you may need to install more memory, upgrade your Mac to a newer model, or both. Use Safari or Firefox, both of which will run well and do not litter a system with a plethora of resource - hungry "helpers" and other constantly running intrusive processes such as those Google insists upon installing.
Adobe Flash Player is outdated. If you need to use Adobe Flash Player, you must keep it up to date. New versions appear very frequently.
You are running a torrent client. Doing so will leave you vulnerable to malware, data theft, or both.
Some users have resolved otherwise inexplicably poor performance with an SMC reset. Read and follow all the steps including those that may appear to be inapplicable or trivial.
If your Mac still performs poorly, please determine if the same 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.
If none of the above resolves your concern, more information is required. To augment the information you already provided, follow the instructions below.
If your Mac is momentarily unresponsive, consider the following.
Launch the Console app - it is in your Utilities folder. You can find it by selecting Utilities from the Finder's Go menu.
If the log list column on the left is not already displayed, show the log list by selecting Show Log List from Console's View menu. Select Show Toolbar if it is not already shown.
Locate system.log in the list and select it. Many date and time-stamped entries will appear, hundreds of them, and you must find the entries relevant to your Mac's problem.
To do that click the Clear Display button in the Toolbar. All previously displayed log entries will be disappear.
Next: Perform whatever actions cause the Mac to exhibit the slow behavior. If the problem is caused by errors logged by the system, the Console window will show them being recorded in system.log.
One or more of them, along with their time stamps, may reveal the reason for the problem you describe.
Copy and paste those log entries in a reply. If hundreds of the same repetitive messages appear, please edit them before posting. There should be no need for more than a few log entries.
Most of the entries will be cryptic but will contain information you might consider personal such as your Mac's name. If you do not want that information to appear, delete or obscure it when posting your reply. Leave enough information so that the entries can be deciphered.
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