New Mac has slowed down dramatically
My mac is only a few weeks old and I have noticed that it has slowed down dramatically. It takes quite awhile for programs to load. The fill-in boxes are not keeping up with my typing and it is getting quite annoying. I am new to Imac, so I am not sure how to go about checking the processing speed, etc. Any help would be appreciated.
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7114123
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Brand new Mac Pro slowing down
I have a brand new mac-pro (8 core 2.8ghz,6gb 1x350/2x500gbhd)10.5.5.I have only put about 60gb on start up disk and 200gb on my HD 1.I already get the spinning ball when i open up some app's and to send a email (say 10 words nothing else)takes 10-15 secs to send,my broadband is up to 10mb.This is connected cable no wifi.I also have to quit force programs (they just freeze)and then it doesn;t quit force, can't do nothing.I HAXE ONLY USED THIS 4 TIMES.
The hatter,
Thank you for the history of the posts here.
I might add, Dano, your experience is actually quite unusual. In fact your mileage can be much worse on a PC. Viruses can wipe out ALL your data in an instant on a PC, while not on a Mac. Mac users at worse if there is something unstable usually only lose data if there is some hardware or software issue. So backing up your data is a prerequisite for owning any kind of computer.
Your experience with numerous spinning beachballs usually is indicative of faulty RAM, an overfull hard drive (which you obviously don't have), a directory issue* (which may happen if you don't know how to shut down your machine, or are using the wrong utilities to diagnose your machine), or some other hardware problem that can be sometimes diagnosed via the hardware test discs that came with your machine as indicated here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303081
That lack of an error does not mean your RAM is healthy, it merely means the error is undetectable.
Secondly, if your version of Protools is too old, it will not run on a Mac Pro natively, so you have to make sure you are using the latest Protools. If your plugins are too old the same issue.
Third, if your software won't download fully, it usually is an indication that either your network is not setup properly, or your network preferences in your Mac is not setup properly. Some have found that by increasing the MTU they can make the networking work more smoothly. Some have found that by using an Open DNS they have less issues, as described on http://www.opendns.org/
So before you blame stuff on Apple lets get to the bottom of what's wrong with your machine.
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3 month old iMac has slowed down considerably after installing ML
I bought my iMac 3 months ago and installed Mountain Lion last night. Now everything on my Mac has slowed down considerably. From opening the System Settings to opening a page in Safari.
I have MS Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint installed and also VMware Fusion. I have software (CorelDraw) that only runs on Windows (the one I have) therefor the virtual harddrive.
Is this what is causing the problem? If so, how can i uninstall ML to get my computer back to it's previous state.
I am very new to Mac so I don't quite know where to go and how to fix it.I was just about to write the same problem, but I don't have VMware; my laptop is late 2008 was running Snow Leopard (uptodate version).
I've scientific softwares so probably would require a clean re-installation of ML. I MUST MENTION HERE that those software which were written for PPC will NOT work on ML. Just found out that one of my important softwares version won't work on ML; need $500 to upgrade that software .
Therefore, I'd also want to know how can I go back to SL.
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My computer has slowed down, my computer has slowed down,any ideas on how to speed it up
My MAC has slowed down,any ideas on how to speed it up?
How much free disk space do you have?
You may want to run these "standard" fixes if the problem persists.
1) Check the amount of free space on your harddrive. You should have a several gigs free.
2) You should run disk utility
a) verify the disk
b) update your permissions.
3) Try a safe boot.
Shutdown your machine. Hold down the shift key. Poweron. Wait awhile Wait awhile while you harddrive
is being checked.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1455
4) You may want to run applejack to clean up your machine.
http://applejack.sourceforge.net/
a lot more ways to fix your Mac.
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/faqs.html
Look at what is happening with your Mac when you run Activity Monitor.
Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Activity Monitor
1) Be sure you select all processes in the double arrow selection just be low the window title line.
2) Click on the CPU tab on the lower half of the window to see how much time you are using and if any applications are hogging the CPU.
3) Be sure the triangle in the CPU title is in the down position. This will list the processes from high to low.
You can gain some understanding of Activity Monitor by looking at it every once in a while. Look at the small graph.
Here is how I have my CPU display set up:
Do you need more cpu memory.
Click on System Memory to get statistics on memory usage. You should have some free memory.
The number to look at is page outs.
Mine is 13397. This means that some of my programs and data had to be written to disk because cpu memory filled up for a time. It means my programs ran a little slower than they could have. I could run fewer programs, deal with the slowness, or buy more memory. I'd say you want at least 512meg of memory for 10.4.
If the entry for entry for Page ins/outs is:
Page ins/outs: 29163/0
Notice I have 0 pageouts which says that I am not using my harddrive for extra memory space. Thus, I have enough memory.
Activity Monitor has a neat feature where it can display a dynamic dock icon. In Activity Monitor View > Dock icon > Show cpu history.
"Reading system memory usage in Activity Monitor :"
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107918
Managing Memory
See Kappy
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=8025223#8025223
Problems from insufficient RAM and free hard disk space
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I just upgrade to Maverick on my 2 year old MacBook Pro and it has slowed down the computer terribly. All I see every time I do anything is that crazy circle going round and round. I don't recommend you upgrading. How do I get rid of it. I believe it forces you to buy a new macbook!!!!
It does not. First things first have you tried restarting?
Try restting PRAM
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
Try booting up in Safe Mode
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1455
Also open "activity monitor" and look and see what is using a lot of processing power. -
Mavericks has slowed down my Mac. Some function in Mail don't work !
Mavericks has slowed down my Mac. I cleaned it but to no avail. Also Mail does not work well. Attachment picture cannot be exported to iphoto. Pretty disappointed ! Can anyone help. Thanks
Mavericks has slowed down my Mac. I cleaned it but to no avail. Also Mail does not work well. Attachment picture cannot be exported to iphoto. Pretty disappointed ! Can anyone help. Thanks
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my mac has started freezing and suddenly shutting down on me it seems as if every process has slowed down since downloading this last update of 11.1.4, any solutions? Because it shut down in the middle of a test twice now, saying keyboard issue.
What you describe sounds like a hardware issue. Unfortunately, you'll need to get that checked out by Apple. If you have an Apple Store near you, make an appointment with the Genius Bar and take the machine in for evaluation.
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I foolishly opened a free online movie site and since then my pc has slowed down and i keep getting other sites popping up constantly.
What should i do??There is no need to download anything to solve this problem.
You may have installed one or more of the common types of ad-injection malware. Follow the instructions on this Apple Support page to remove it. It's been reported that some variants of the "VSearch" malware block access to the page. If that happens, start in safe mode by holding down the shift key at the startup chime, then try again.
Back up all data before making any changes.
One of the steps in the article is to remove malicious Safari extensions. Do the equivalent in the Chrome and Firefox browsers, if you use either of those. If Safari crashes on launch, skip that step and come back to it after you've done everything else.
If you don't find any of the files or extensions listed, or if removing them doesn't stop the ad injection, ask for further instructions.
Make sure you don't repeat the mistake that led you to install the malware. It may have come from an Internet cesspit such as "Softonic" or "CNET Download." Never visit either of those sites again. You might also have downloaded it from an ad in a page on some other site. The ad would probably have included a large green button labeled "Download" or "Download Now" in white letters. The button is designed to confuse people who intend to download something else on the same page. If you ever download a file that isn't obviously what you expected, delete it immediately.
Malware is also found on websites that traffic in pirated content such as video. If you, or anyone else who uses the computer, visit such sites and follow prompts to install software, you can expect more of the same, and worse, to follow. Never install any software that you downloaded from a bittorrent, or that was downloaded by someone else from an unknown source.
In the Security & Privacy pane of System Preferences, select the General tab. The radio button marked Anywhere should not be selected. If it is, click the lock icon to unlock the settings, then select one of the other buttons. After that, don't ignore a warning that you are about to run or install an application from an unknown developer.
Still in System Preferences, open the App Store or Software Update pane and check the box marked
Install system data files and security updates (OS X 10.10 or later)
or
Download updates automatically (OS X 10.9 or earlier)
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Entire OS has slowed down and likes to stall
What factors can I look in to to cause the entire operating system to slow down dramatically? I can't recall if there was any single instance that started this behavior but it's been several weeks now.
Some examples;
On a fresh reboot, it takes a couple minutes (120-150 seconds) for the menu bar and dock to load up completely.
When I start Safari, it takes at least 20 seconds to just to allow me to either type in the url bar or to select a bookmark from my book mark bar. Once a website is entered, it can take up to a minute to actually load the web site. Many times this behavior with Safari is not secluded to a fresh reboot or restart of Safari. I've been using the browser for a couple hours now and it took more than 15 seconds to load ANY images on apple.com/support, meaning it was just a white page. Firefox is faster but still stalls at times.
Spotlight is slower than normal. Typing a-d-d to open Address book just wasn't all that snappy. Once Address Book opened, it took more time than usual just to load contacts. It shouldn't take ANY time as I recall. Typing p-h-o-t-o-s-h-o-p used to be very fast and responsive and the first suggestion was in fact photoshop. Now Spotlight occasionally hangs as I'm in the processes of typing and can't "think" past p-h-o-t-o so it thinks I want PhotoBooth.
Mail has also been acting slow. Just issuing CMD+N should take a split second but I have to wait for the OS to consider it before decides to create a new mail.
Generally, programs have just been stalling even more frequently than usual and I spent a portion of the day staring at spinning beach balls. I'm considering 30-60 minutes a portion of the day.
I've looked at some of the obvious things; I've eliminated all start up items in the accounts pref pane, I've freed up as much of the HDD as I can so I now have 12GB left on my 90GB partition. I'm currently running VMWare but I'm certain that it's actually having little to zero impact on the system performance. In fact, WinXP is running far more responsive at the moment as it's being emulated by Fusion. I had Tinker Tool installed but eliminated that and have restarted the os a number of times. Nothing seems to be standing out in Activity Monitor as a memory hog. Top items right now are VMWare, Safari, WindowServer and kernal-task.
Some more background...
This is a 1 gen old 15" MacBook Pro with a 2.2 GHz Core 2 Do and 4GB 667 MHz Ram. It occasionally likes to refuse any keyboard or track pad input but I can plug a mouse in and close programs before I restart. When that happens I need to zap PRam to get back to normal. I've probably done that about a dozen times in the last two weeks. I think that make be related to static discharge as I use the laptop. I had it at the Apple store to get the mother board (are they still "mother boards"?) replaced due to a video output problem and when I got it back the embedded serial number was gone so that causes issues with retaining passwords and such while web browsing. I've been informed on this forum that they can fix that at the shop. I've been having issues with the battery as well but just attribute that to an "old" battery. It's only about a year old but doesn't last more than 45 minutes. More recently, it has just decided to shut off with no warning when the battery indicator on the bottom of the computer shows it still has half a charge.
Thanks for any inputNot bad at all. I ran *sudo chmod -RN "/System/Library/User Template"* and it significantly reduced all the messages I received in disk utility. We went from about 40 to 8. The remaining messages are below.
2009-01-30 20:00:01 -0500: Warning: SUID file "System/Library/Filesystems/AppleShare/afpLoad" has been modified and will not be repaired.
2009-01-30 20:00:01 -0500: Warning: SUID file "usr/bin/setregion" has been modified and will not be repaired.
2009-01-30 20:00:09 -0500: Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Install.framework/Versions/A/Resources/runner " has been modified and will not be repaired.
2009-01-30 20:00:09 -0500: Warning: SUID file "System/Library/Printers/IOMs/LPRIOM.plugin/Contents/MacOS/LPRIOMHelper" has been modified and will not be repaired.
2009-01-30 20:00:09 -0500: Group differs on "private/etc/cups", should be 0, group is 26.
2009-01-30 20:00:09 -0500: Permissions differ on "private/var/spool/cups/cache/rss", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are drwxrwxr-x .
2009-01-30 20:00:13 -0500: ACL missing on "System/Library/User Template/English.lproj/Documents".
2009-01-30 20:00:13 -0500: ACL missing on "System/Library/User Template/English.lproj/Downloads". -
My mid 2011 MacBook Air has slowed down significantly overnight?
Last night my MacBook Air was working fine.
When I went to use it this morning, it has slowed down significantly. It takes awhile for it to respond to trackpad movement or the keyboard. Opening finder is delayed now, opening any app is delayed now. Booting it back up takes extra long now, probably around a minute compared to thirty seconds before.
I've tried an SMC reset, repairing the disk and repairing disk permissions.
From what I can see, the hardware doesn't appear to be failing, but I could be wrong.
Can anyone help me out? What could possibly be going on with my MacBook? How did this happen overnight?Your MacBook Air's memory is not upgradable, and as you already determined unused storage capacity is not a relevant factor.
There are many reasons a Mac may be performing slower than expected.
Back up your documents and everything else important to you before proceeding.
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.
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System has slowed down considerably after updates from Apple. Is SyncServer the culprit?
I use MacBook with preinstalled OS Leopard since April 2009. I have also regulalry updated my computer system using the Software Update application. However, since my last update on 12th Aug 2011, I have noticed that my system has slowed down. There is long pause between every character I type, delay in switching applications, battery dries out quicker, slow response to every command.
I have started facing this problem after updating following software like iTunes 10.4, Safari 5.0.6, Migration Assistant Update for MAC OS Leopard & Quick Time 7.7 from Software Updater. Although, my OS is still leopard.
I noticed on the Activity Monitor that syncserver is using majority of my RAM and reappers even if I stop the process. Some of its subprocess like AddressBookSync also appears and consumes lot of memory. Is this the problem? Though, I never noticed earlier what size it consumed.
I use Microsoft Office suite for Mac and have also checked and deselected all sync services. Yet, the Process (PID 305) continues to appear in Activity Monitor.
I am no techie, and would appreciate quick help to resolve this issue.
Thanks!I was just about to write the same problem, but I don't have VMware; my laptop is late 2008 was running Snow Leopard (uptodate version).
I've scientific softwares so probably would require a clean re-installation of ML. I MUST MENTION HERE that those software which were written for PPC will NOT work on ML. Just found out that one of my important softwares version won't work on ML; need $500 to upgrade that software .
Therefore, I'd also want to know how can I go back to SL.
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IiPad 2 has slowed down with ios8 copy paste is not working it hangs when you try to fill up forms ,Apple engineers you need to do something fast
Apple engineers do not participate here. Have you updated to iOS 8.1 which was just release yesterday? Have you done any other troubleshooting? If you haven't start here.
Go to Settings>Safari>Clear History and Website Data
Now close all apps. In order to close apps, you have to drag the app up from the multitasking display. Double tap the home button and you will see apps lined up going left to right across the screen. Swipe to get to the app that you want to close and then swipe "up" on the app preview thumbnail to close it.
Next, reset the iPad by holding down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider if it appears on the screen - let go of the buttons. Let the iPad start up.
If those three things made no difference, try this. Reset all settings. You will not lose any data, but most of the device settings will have to be entered in the settings app again. Settings>General>Reset>Reset all Settings.
If all of that fails, restore the iOS software. Backup your iPad before you restore, then restore the backup when you are done. If that still doesn't help, restore your iPad as new and start all over again. Most purchased content can be downloaded again at no charge as long as you use the same Apple ID and as long as the content is still available in the store.
Restore iPad to Factory Settings
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1414
Download Past Purchases
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Since installing Leopard (OS X 10.5.8) everything has slowed down.
Since installing Leopard (OS X 10.5.8) everything has slowed down. From powering up to powering down and everything in between, the computer has slowed down. A friend said every video I've watched - not necessarily downloaded - is on the hard drive and if I clean it up, that might help. But I don't know. I was using Tiger and everything was fine.
Hello, When I clicked on ABOUT THIS MAC, then MORE INFO, I got this:
Model Name: PowerBook G4 15"
Model Identifier: PowerBook5,6
Processor Name: PowerPC G4 (1.5)
Processor Speed: 1.67 GHz
Number Of CPUs: 1
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 167 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.9.1f3
I don't know how to tell how much memory is being used, but I don't have that much on it. I have quite a few icons sitting on the desktop and I've never done any maintenance, it never needed it so far. I've owned this computer almost 3 years. I bought it used, still under the 2 year AppleCare.
Thanks,
Dennis -
When the error list is open, my LabVIEW 8.2 slows down dramatically.
When the error list is open, my LabVIEW 8.2 slows down dramatically. I am also using a project window and LabVIEW DSC with shared variables. Has anyone seen this before and is there a fix.
Thanks,
Sean
Message Edited by SeanWat on 01-04-2007 01:47 PMWhile using 7.1 on a very old, slow, broken computer I experienced a slow down while my complex VI was running and my error window was open. I also experienced a similar slow down when I opened pretty much anything on that computer...
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Move from Tiger to Snow Leopard Has Slowed Down MBP Fall '08
I had to upgrade to snow leopard recently to use new releases of some software I use (like MacSpeech Dictate). Since upgrading, the speed of my mac has slowed significantly. Expose used to happen immediately. Now, it takes 4-7 seconds. When I switch from one program that's already open to another program that's already open, it often takes 10-20 seconds to switch. Etc. I've been a mac guy since before the mac (used the Lisa) and I've never been this unimpressed with an "upgrade."
Is there something I can do to get back to a mac that works when I want it to work?Sounds like you have some software which hasn't been tested with 10.6. See my upgrade FAQ* for resources to find out if this has happened:
http://www.macmaps.com/upgradefaq.html
Downgrading is much harder, though is outlined in this tip:
http://discussions.apple.com/click.jspa?searchID=-1&messageID=6183892
Note, for a MacBook Pro that shipped with less than 10.5, you must use the original MacBook Pro installer discs, or a clone backup to restore your system to 10.4.11 or earlier.
- * Links to my pages may give me compensation.
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