Old time question: why is time machine suddenly extremely slow?

When I ran Time machine to back up into my external drive last night, It was 50-70MB/second, but now it does not even reach 1mb/s. I tried to re-index spotlight but no help, verified disk, no repairs needed. The only thing I haven't done is to reformat my back up drive. I wanna first try to look for any other solution here (hopefully there are some) before jumping on erasing my 5 hours of backing up yesterday. . Any solution?

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Did you happen to update early in the piece.. there is a supplement.
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I recently switched my external HDDs and began utilizing a different HDD in conjunction with Time Machine. I have used this HDD in the past with Time Machine and never had a problem. The initial backup is proceeding at an extremely slow rate and often freezes - as of writing, it is currently standing at 125.3MB of 1.07TB - About 1,172 days. I have erased and reformatted the drive (Mac OS Extended (Journaled)), tested data transfer rates to it by transferring files myself (normal rate), repaired permissions, verified my disks, tried the initial backup while spotlight was off and have forced a spotlight re-index, allowing it to go to completion before attemtping a backup - however, no solution has thus far worked. I have not made any large changes to my computer since I switched the HDDs either.
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If you have more than one user account, these instructions must be carried out as an administrator.
Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
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. If you don't see that menu, select
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kieranroy wrote:
Hey - apologize if this has been covered, but despite much searching, I haven't found a solution to my problem...
After a hard drive crash, I restored using a Time Machine backup. I figured it would be a good idea to start a fresh Time Machine backup going forward.
Does that mean you erased or reformatted the drive?
If you deleted some or all of the backups via the Finder, cancel the backup, reformat the drive, and start over.
Using a LaCie 500GB Firewire 800 drive (formatted MacOS Extended Journaled), after one hour, only 5GB has been backed up. As my MacBook Pro has 165GB of data, at this rate, it will take almost two days.
Does that hour include the "Preparing" phase? If so, nothing at all was backed-up during that time, so the actual rate is probably much faster.
Also note that the first items backed-up contain a very large number of mostly small files; there are things that must be done for each item, so that sort of backup will be longer than saving a few large files that total the same amount of space. The speed of the backup will increase and decrease during the backup; initial estimates are almost always quite high.
I've removed the Time Machine drive from Spotlight indexing. I have ensured Norton AntiVirus is not running. What else can I do to speed this up? It seems extremely slow by all comparisons I've read.
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Still taking *forever* to download images, pages, etc.
Here is the new report:
Hardware Information:
          iMac (24-inch, Early 2008)
          iMac - model: iMac8,1
          1 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS - VRAM: 512 MB
System Software:
          OS X 10.9.2 (13C64) - Uptime: 0 days 0:56:41
Disk Information:
          ST3500418AS disk0 : (500.11 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (415.73 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information:
          Iomega External HD 1 TB
                    EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Media (disk1s2) /Volumes/Media: 999.86 GB (626.31 GB free)
          Hewlett-Packard HP Color LaserJet CP1518ni
          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
          Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
                    Mitsumi Electric Apple Optical USB Mouse
                    Apple Inc. Apple Keyboard
          Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
          com.logmein.driver.LogMeInSoundDriver          (1.0.3 - SDK 10.5)
          net.telestream.driver.TelestreamAudio          (1.0.5 - SDK 10.6)
Startup Items:
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Launch Daemons:
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          Dropbox
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          Google Drive
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Internet Plug-ins:
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                    Size of backup disk: Adequate
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               1%          Google Chrome
               1%          Activity Monitor
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Why is my MacBook Pro extremely slow

Hi.
My MacBook Pro has recently began to run extremely slow. I have tried several clean up guides from you tube, but so far nothing has helped.
My battery is completely dead, so I only run with the charger connected.
I have done the etreecheck and here are the results:
Problem description:
My Mac is running extremely slow
EtreCheck version: 2.1.6 (109)
Report generated 17. jan. 2015 kl. 14.51.16 CET
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, Early 2011) (Technical Specifications)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
1 2.3 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: Replace Now - Cycle count 80
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Time since boot: 7 days 3:2:21
Disk Information: ℹ️
TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500,11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 498.88 GB (301.81 GB free)
Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked
Core Storage: disk0s2 499.25 GB Online
MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
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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
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Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
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/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.NovatelWireless.driver.NovatelWirelessUSBCDCECMControl (3.0.9) [Support]
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[not loaded] com.zte.driver.cdc_ecm_qmi (1.0.0d1) [Support]
[not loaded] com.zte.driver.cdc_usb_bus (1.0.0d1) [Support]
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[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Support]
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[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Support]
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[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Support]
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iTunesHelper UNKNOWN Hidden (missing value)
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JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 71 Check version
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.257 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.13 [Support]
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.13 [Support]
Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.257 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
WidevineMediaOptimizer: Version: 6.0.0.12607 - SDK 10.7 [Support]
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
User internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.2 [Support]
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
Norton Internet Security [Cached]
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player [Support]
Java [Support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: ON
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 498.88 GB Disk used: 197.07 GB
Destinations:
Data [Network]
Total size: 2.00 TB
Total number of backups: 94
Oldest backup: 2011-10-03 14:00:42 +0000
Last backup: 2015-01-17 13:47:50 +0000
Size of backup disk: Excellent
Backup size 2.00 TB > (Disk size 498.88 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      4% WindowServer
      2% Safari
      1% AppleSpell
      0% configd
      0% notifyd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
206 MB iPhoto
129 MB Mail
103 MB Safari
87 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
77 MB mds_stores
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
59 MB Free RAM
1.56 GB Active RAM
1.52 GB Inactive RAM
1.03 GB Wired RAM
3.56 GB Page-ins
35 MB Page-outs
Hope someone will be able to help and guide me through a clean up.

nothing seems out of order, apart from the useless Norton Internet Security.
though, since you don't have lots of RAM, consider rebooting the Mac everyso often ( "Time since boot: 7 days 3:2:21").
" Battery Health: Replace Now": indeed, the battery is dead
Did it start getting slow since Yosemite upgrade? (the new OS does tend to slow things down)

Adobe premiere cs6 suddenly EXTREMELY slow and CPU intensive

Hi everyone,
I'm editing candon 5d mk III footage (h.264 files) on my late 2011 MacBook pro. Here are the specs..
240 gig SanDisk SSD harddrive (190 gigs free)
500 Gig (250 gigs free)
8 gigs ram
2.4 ghz i5 processor
Intel HD graphics 3000 graphics card
I'm a wedding videographer and I am currently closing my last edits of the season. I have edited 20+ 45 minute videos on Adobe Premiere CS6 and have had absolutely no issues at all. I enjoy working on premiere so much that I've been trying to get my videographer friends to give a shot and simplify their workflows.
Upon starting my second to last edit (same process as the other 18 videos I've done this season, organizing the footage within it's respective folder, loading it into premiere with the couples' choice in music and opening 4-5 new sequences based on the events of the day) I noticed that I was having a lot of trouble importing folders into my media bin. I had to import all of the footage unorganized because loading the folders "Preperation, Ceremony, Photos, Reception" with the footage within them would cause premiere to freeze and become unrepsonsive. So, finding no solution I added all the footage in no particular fashion. Just one large unorganized group. Then, while organizing the files into bins, I noticed even the smallest move would take several minutes to complete. Because I was working directly off of my hard drive I figured these kinds of delays would eventually catch up to me, so I moved all of my files to my HDD and decided to work on them there. The project itself continued to be extremely slow and started crashing regularly (especially when applying audio effects). After a few hours, I stopped being able to play 1080p video at all. It would jam and stutter so often it become unuseable. 720p video was the next to go along with my ability to render anything in less than 30 minutes - 1 hour. At last attempt to use premiere I was getting an "Unable to compile movie - Unknown Error" message when trying to render alpha channel things (lower third titles and things of the nature), my ability to change the resolution of the playback had disappeared (Going from full, 1/2 and 1/4 did nothing, it just remained at full quality) and finally doing anything in premiere caused it to use 300% of my CPU (based off of my Activity Monitors metering).
Does anybody have any clue as to what could be happening to my machine/program? I have a yearly subscription to adobe's creative cloud service if that helps. Oh and I've tried moving my media cache's from my HDD to my SDD with little or no results. Don't know if that helps.
Thank you to anyone who helps in advance. What I believe to be clean installs aren't doing anything so I'm hoping somebody can give me a hand.

Sounds to me like specific media is dragging the Mac to a halt. (300%, really Apple? Isn't that like saying that my car can go up to 90mph, but last night I drove it at 300% speed, 270mph)
Some things to trouble shoot:
Do you have any assets in the project that are loaded directly from strange devices, like a SD card or CD audio? Any dynamic link media that may be problematic?
Is there anything that makes this footage different than footage from successful projects?
Can you work successfully with an old project?
Can you successfully start a new project using different or less media?
Is the 500 GB drive internal or external?
One time I was sent out at from work to troubleshoot a system that would freeze up like yours. The guy was an idiot and rude client that demanded that someone from our facility help him fix his own project. He said that he had been troubleshooting for a day, and then had convinced his organization's IT guy that he needed a way over spec new pc to run Premiere.
His system was fine. Within 3 minutes of checking media in his project, I saw that top track of the problem sequence had a video clip that was set to a speed of .01%, and he had the clip stretched for 24hours in the sequence. His project was supposed to be a 2 minute PSA. All his issues went away after removing the idiotic Day Long slow motion clip. He complained to my boss because I had laughed at him.
I relate that story to illustrate that it could be a weird thing with you media or fx, just as well as a hardware or software issue.
Good Luck

USB connection suddenly extremely slow

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Keep in mind that the very first device you connect will determine the default speed for the entire USB bus. So, if you boot up the MBP, log in, and plug in a USB2 device, then the bus will never operate faster than USB2. You would then need to reboot the computer, and first connect the USB3 device to ensure the bus steps up to USB3 speeds for USB3 devices.
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Machine running extremely slow

I am noticing my machine is running extremely slow. Even with out any Apps open my system memory is only at around 30% so not sure where the band width hog is? Looking at the activity monitor there are allot of things going on / most of which I do not know what they are.
I just ran an EtreCheck - does anyone here know of a way I can stream line my system to run faster and not chock so much?
Thanks
> j
EtreCheck Report:
EtreCheck version: 1.9.15 (52)
Report generated September 27, 2014 at 12:04:09 PM EDT
Hardware Information: ?
    MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2009) (Verified)
    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,2
    1 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
    8 GB RAM
Video Information: ?
    NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
        Color LCD 1920 x 1200
        AL2016W 1680 x 1050 @ 60 Hz
    NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT - VRAM: 512 MB
System Software: ?
    OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Uptime: 0 days 0:52:17
Disk Information: ?
    Hitachi HTS545050B9SA02 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
    S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (93.33 GB free)
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
    MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-868
USB Information: ?
    Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
    Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
        Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard
    LGE Nexus 5
    Apple, Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
    Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
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    Seagate GoFlex Desk Mac 800mbit - 800mbit max
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        Backup Disk 2 (SuperDuper) (disk2s2) /Volumes/Backup Disk 2 (SuperDuper): 2 TB (1.62 TB free)
    Seagate GoFlex Desk Mac 800mbit - 800mbit max
        S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
        EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
        Backup Disk 1 (Time Machine) (disk1s2) /Volumes/Backup Disk 1 (Time Machine): 2 TB (1.47 TB free)
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    /etc/sysctl.conf - Exists
Gatekeeper: ?
    Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ?
    [loaded]    com.seagate.driver.PowSecDriverCore (5.1.1) Support
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    IPSecuritasDaemon: Path: /Library/StartupItems/IPSecuritasDaemon
    MySQLCOM: Path: /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM
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    [loaded]    com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Support
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    [failed]    com.vmware.launchd.vmware.plist Support
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    [running]    com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.adobe.CS4ServiceManager.plist Support
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    [running]    com.seagate.SeagateStorageGauge.plist Support
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    [not loaded]    [email protected]
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    [not loaded]    com.shirtpocket.backupbytime.plist Support
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    FontAgent Activator
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    LogMeInSafari64: Version: 1.0.496 Support
    Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.0 Support
    Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
    Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.2.1.11 Support
    RealPlayer Plugin: Version: Unknown
    AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 Support
    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
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    Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
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    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 Support
    FAPPreferences Support
    MultiBrowser Support
    MySQL Support
Time Machine: ?
    Skip System Files: NO
    Mobile backups: ON
    Auto backup: YES
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    Destinations:
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        Last backup: 2014-09-21 19:05:03 +0000
        Size of backup disk: Excellent
            Backup size 2 TB > (Disk size 464.96 GB X 3)
    Time Machine details may not be accurate.
    All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU: ?
        13%    mtmfs
         8%    firefox
         5%    WindowServer
         3%    backupd
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    526 MB    mds_stores
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    98 MB    WindowServer
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I don't read "etrecheck" reports.
1. This procedure is a diagnostic test. It changes nothing, for better or worse, and therefore will not, in itself, solve the problem. But with the aid of the test results, the solution may take a few minutes, instead of hours or days.
Don't be put off by the complexity of these instructions. The process is much less complicated than the description. You do harder tasks with the computer all the time.
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. Backup is always a must, and when you're having any kind of trouble with the computer, you may be at higher than usual risk of losing data, whether you follow these instructions or not.
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. As I wrote above, it changes nothing. It doesn't send or receive any data on the network. All it does is to generate a human-readable report on the state of the computer. That report goes nowhere unless you choose to share it. If you prefer, you can act on it yourself without disclosing the contents to me or anyone else.
You should be wondering whether you can believe me, and whether it's safe to run a program at the behest of a stranger. In general, no, it's not safe and I don't encourage it.
In this case, however, there are a couple of ways for you to decide whether the program is safe without having to trust me. First, you can read it. Unlike an application that you download and click to run, it's transparent, so anyone with the necessary skill can verify what it does.
You may not be able to understand the script yourself. But variations of the script have been posted on this website thousands of times over a period of years. The site is hosted by Apple, which does not allow it to be used to distribute harmful software. Any one of the millions of registered users could have read the script and raised the alarm if it was harmful. Then I would not be here now and you would not be reading this message.
Nevertheless, if you can't satisfy yourself that these instructions are safe, don't follow them. Ask for other options.
4. Here's a summary of what you need to do, if you choose to proceed:
☞ Copy a line of text in this window to the Clipboard.
☞ Paste into the window of another application.
☞ Wait for the test to run. It usually takes a few minutes.
☞ Paste the results, which will have been copied automatically, back into a reply on this page.
The sequence is: copy, paste, wait, paste again. You don't need to copy a second time. Details follow.
5. You may have started the computer in "safe" mode. Preferably, these steps should be taken in “normal” mode, under the conditions in which the problem is reproduced. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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:
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Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
8. 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 by pressing command-V. The text you pasted should vanish immediately. If it doesn't, press the return key.
9. If you see an error message in the Terminal window such as "Syntax error" or "Event not found," enter
exec bash
and press return. Then paste the script again.
10. 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.
11. 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 what happened. No harm will be done.
12. 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.
At the top of the results, there will be a line that begins with the words "Start time." If you don't see that, but instead see a mass of gibberish, you didn't wait for the "Process completed" message to appear in the Terminal window. Please wait for it and try 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.
13. When you post the results, you might see an error message on the web page: "You have included content in your post that is not permitted," or "You are not authorized to post." That's a bug in the forum software. Please post the test results on Pastebin, then post a link here to the page you created.
14. 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 Use Agreement for 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.

Sudden EXTREME slowness, crashing

I was using my Macbook Pro today for just regular stuff, playing some music, when suddenly it slowed down to a really ridiculous speed. I double-clicked on a song in iTunes, it went to the pinwheel and took 15 seconds before the song played. I figured I would restart, so I did and now the computer is literally slower than I could have imagined.
At first reboot it sat at the Apple logo loading screen for a long time, to the point where I turned it off and let it sit for a moment, then turned it back on. For the next five or so off / on cycles it displayed a blank light-blue screen and nothing else, not responding to any kind of input. Holding down the button to get to the boot menu to choose between Windows and Mac didn't work.
Finally I left it for quite a long time and it managed to boot up to the login screen after about 30 minutes of loading. I managed to type in my password (which took awhile, it went to pinwheel for about 10 seconds before recognizing keyboard inputs). Another 10 - 15 minutes before it displayed the desktop and dock, then another 5 minutes before it displayed the top menu.
It continued to run extremely slow, and over the course of the next hour I managed to open up Disk Utility and Activity Monitor. Activity Monitor shows random tasks as "Not Responding", as does Force Quit. Different tasks at different times show up red, including SystemUI, iTunes, and Disk Utility itself.
I attempted to verify the disk, it worked for a moment, displayed a few errors and then stopped with the message "Underlying task failed", or something to that effect. I tried to Verify Disk permissions and it threw a long list back at me before freezing. Over the next 20 minutes I managed to force quit Disk Utility, and now my computer is apparently entirely frozen.
The Windows drive also didn't appear on the desktop, and under Disk Utility my windows partition showed up greyed out and d03 or something like that.
I'm going to try to restart with the install disk and run Disk Repair off of it and see if it will work, but I was hoping someone out there had an idea of what's gone wrong with my MBP before I just wipe the whole thing clean and start over...if I can.
It's a Macbook Pro, one of the first-iteration Macbook Pros that came out a few years ago.
Thanks a bunch.

Thanks for the quick reply. I tried restarting with the install disk, but it failed to repair with the same error. I'm going to have to send it in now anyway because the install disk is now stuck in there. Hopefully (with my luck) it won't spontaneously explode before I can get it to an Apple Store to have them send it back, I guess.
Thanks.

Computer suddenly extremely slow. Now grey screen.

Macbook Pro, OS X 10.6.8, purchased late 2009
Almost overnight, the computer became extremely slow when running apps. I tried multiple solutions -- verifying, repairing, etc. Yet as of now, its refusing to boot. Is there a way of restoring the system through time machine on an external HD on Mountain Lion? Does anyone strongly suspect (as I do) that this is the last gasp for the hard drive and a new one is in order? Or is the situation perhaps even more critical given the age of the machine?

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Trusteer Rapport Uninstall
Activity Monitor - Mavericks also Yosemite
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Question: Why does Time Machine hang on cloned drive?

I migrated my Main HD to a faster WD Velociraptor. I used the great utility Carbon Copy Cloner to clone the drive.
After a successful clone, I renamed the orignal HD (old) and duplicated the original HDD name to the new one. I shutdown, and removed the old HDD from my MacPro, and installed the New Main HD clone in it's place and rebooted.
The system came up and all looked fine until Time Machine started to index and then deleting old Backups indication. It did this for 2 hours! I let it run overnight figuring it was cleaning old backups.
This morning it had /!\ as the icon and Failed Backup indicated.
Instead of deleting the old TM backups folder on the specific HDD I use, I just formatted it, and re-assigned it as the TM HDD. It is fine now.
So what happened? How can I prevent this? Is there some file hidden and not cloned that affects TM?

Eddie Ski wrote:
This morning it had /!\ as the icon and Failed Backup indicated.
Most likely, it failed for lack of space for the new backup.
So what happened? How can I prevent this? Is there some file hidden and not cloned that affects TM?
The new drive may have all the same stuff on it as the old one, but it does have a different UUID (Universally Unique IDentifier), and that's what OSX uses to keep track of drives, not their names.
So Time Machine sees a different drive, and its whole role in life is to back up whatever's new or changed, so that's what it does. You cannot prevent it.

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