S10-2 Wireless Super Slow (10% slower than cat5)
Is the S10-2 suppose to have very slow wireless capabilities? When plugged in hard wired into the router I get 300kbps but when I am connected to the router via wirelessly, I get 30kbps. I have confirmed another normal laptop I have that also gets 200 to 300kbps on the same download, so it isnt my wireless equipment.
Also when I open up multiple web pages, many of them take minutes to load all the way. I decided to do a test. I went to download a file from a location and with the S10-2 on wireless it went at 30kbps. When I disabled the wireless on the S10-2 and plugged into hard wire ethernet, it went at 300kbps (same download to take out that variable).
Anyone else experience this or can comment? I have a normal 15" laptop here that I get on wirelessly and it gets the between 200 to 300 kbps wireless for the same file which tells me it isnt my wireless router.
More notes:
I called Lenovo technical support. I could barely hear the person on the other end (very faint) and I asked several times for him to speak up because it sounded like the microphone he was using was a whole room away. In any event, I explaind to him the issue and he said that it is probably because I am connected to a 3G network. I don't have a 3G card in the laptop. He then wanted to remote in, but he couldnt get it going even though I followed his exact steps. He then had me type "netsh winsock reset" in DOS prompt and then restarted the computer. Still no improvement. He asked me to go to Lenovo's website and download the latest Intel wireless driver. I looked at my device manager and told him that it says Broadcom not Intel and he said okay, download the Broadcom driver. After I downloaded the Broadcom driver, I said okay it is downloaded and ran it. He then hung up the phone.
I then went through the prompts of uninstalling the current Broadcom driver installed and then rebooting and installing this new download from Lenovo's website. Little improvement at best.
I have the Lenovo S10-2 and a different brand 15 inch laptop that is about a year old. Side by side. Both are using the same wireless signal router from the house. I go to speedtest.net and the S10-2 had a .31 mbps download while the 15 inch lapto had a 3.20 mbps download, nearly 10x as much. I then plugged the S10-2 into the same network with a hard wired cat5 ethernet cord. I then did speedtest again on the S10-2 and got 2.9 mbps, right where it should be.
So is the wireless adapter dead? What would be the point of a netbook if I cant use wireless? I certainly dont ever plan on using it wired. I have had this unit for less than 20 days, should I just do a return?
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SQL> set autotrace traceonly
SQL> SELECT rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.onst_offst_cd,
2 rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.bkng_prd,
3 rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.systm_afflt_cd,
4 rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.jrnl_id,
5 rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.ntrl_accnt_cd,
6 rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.gnrl_ldgr_chrt_of_accnt_nm,
7 rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.lgl_entty_brnch_cd,
8 rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.crprt_melob_cd AS corp_mlb_cd,
rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.onst_offst_cd, SUM (amt) AS amount
9 10 FROM rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw
11 WHERE rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.bkng_prd = '092008'
12 AND rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.jrnl_id = 'RCS0002100'
13 AND rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.systm_afflt_cd = 'SAFF01'
14 GROUP BY rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.onst_offst_cd,
15 rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.bkng_prd,
16 rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.systm_afflt_cd,
17 rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.jrnl_id,
18 rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.ntrl_accnt_cd,
19 rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.gnrl_ldgr_chrt_of_accnt_nm,
20 rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.lgl_entty_brnch_cd,
21 rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.crprt_melob_cd,
22 rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.onst_offst_cd;
491 rows selected.
Execution Plan
0 SELECT STATEMENT Optimizer=CHOOSE (Cost=130605 Card=218764 B
ytes=16407300)
1 0 SORT (GROUP BY) (Cost=130605 Card=218764 Bytes=16407300)
2 1 VIEW OF 'RPT_HORIZON_SUBLEDGER_ENTRY_VW' (Cost=129217 Ca
rd=218764 Bytes=16407300)
3 2 SORT (UNIQUE) (Cost=129217 Card=218764 Bytes=35877296)
4 3 UNION-ALL
5 4 HASH JOIN (Cost=61901 Card=109382 Bytes=17719884)
6 5 TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'GNRL_LDGR_CHRT_OF_ACCNT'
(Cost=2 Card=111 Bytes=3774)
7 5 HASH JOIN (Cost=61897 Card=109382 Bytes=14000896
8 7 TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'SUBLEDGER_CHART_OF_ACC
OUNT' (Cost=2 Card=57 Bytes=1881)
9 7 HASH JOIN (Cost=61893 Card=109382 Bytes=103912
90)
10 9 TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'HORIZON_LINE' (Cost=
34 Card=4282 Bytes=132742)
11 9 HASH JOIN (Cost=61833 Card=109390 Bytes=7000
960)
12 11 TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'SUBLEDGE
R_ENTRY' (Cost=42958 Card=82076 Bytes=3611344)
13 12 INDEX (RANGE SCAN) OF 'SUBLEDGER_ENTRY_I
2' (NON-UNIQUE) (Cost=1069 Card=328303)
14 11 TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'HORIZON_SUBLEDGER_
LINK' (Cost=14314 Card=9235474 Bytes=184709480)
15 4 HASH JOIN (Cost=61907 Card=109382 Bytes=18157412)
16 15 TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'GNRL_LDGR_CHRT_OF_ACCNT'
(Cost=2 Card=111 Bytes=3774)
17 15 HASH JOIN (Cost=61903 Card=109382 Bytes=14438424
18 17 TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'SUBLEDGER_CHART_OF_ACC
OUNT' (Cost=2 Card=57 Bytes=1881)
19 17 HASH JOIN (Cost=61899 Card=109382 Bytes=108288
18)
20 19 TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'HORIZON_LINE' (Cost=
34 Card=4282 Bytes=132742)
21 19 HASH JOIN (Cost=61838 Card=109390 Bytes=7438
520)
22 21 TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'SUBLEDGE
R_ENTRY' (Cost=42958 Card=82076 Bytes=3939648)
23 22 INDEX (RANGE SCAN) OF 'SUBLEDGER_ENTRY_I
2' (NON-UNIQUE) (Cost=1069 Card=328303)
24 21 TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'HORIZON_SUBLEDGER_
LINK' (Cost=14314 Card=9235474 Bytes=184709480)
Statistics
25 recursive calls
18 db block gets
343266 consistent gets
370353 physical reads
0 redo size
15051 bytes sent via SQL*Net to client
1007 bytes received via SQL*Net from client
34 SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
1 sorts (memory)
1 sorts (disk)
491 rows processed
in test
SQL> set autotrace traceonly
SQL> SELECT rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.onst_offst_cd,
2 rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.bkng_prd,
3 rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.systm_afflt_cd,
4 rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.jrnl_id,
5 rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.ntrl_accnt_cd,
rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.gnrl_ldgr_chrt_of_accnt_nm,
6 7 rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.lgl_entty_brnch_cd,
8 rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.crprt_melob_cd AS corp_mlb_cd,
9 rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.onst_offst_cd, SUM (amt) AS amount
10 FROM rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw
11 WHERE rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.bkng_prd = '092008'
12 AND rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.jrnl_id = 'RCS0002100'
AND rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.systm_afflt_cd = 'SAFF01'
13 14 GROUP BY rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.onst_offst_cd,
15 rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.bkng_prd,
16 rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.systm_afflt_cd,
17 rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.jrnl_id,
18 rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.ntrl_accnt_cd,
rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.gnrl_ldgr_chrt_of_accnt_nm,
rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.lgl_entty_brnch_cd,
rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.crprt_melob_cd,
rpt_horizon_subledger_entry_vw.onst_offst_cd; 19 20 21 22
no rows selected
Execution Plan
0 SELECT STATEMENT Optimizer=CHOOSE (Cost=92944 Card=708 Bytes
=53100)
1 0 SORT (GROUP BY) (Cost=92944 Card=708 Bytes=53100)
2 1 VIEW OF 'RPT_HORIZON_SUBLEDGER_ENTRY_VW' (Cost=92937 Car
d=708 Bytes=53100)
3 2 SORT (UNIQUE) (Cost=92937 Card=708 Bytes=124962)
4 3 UNION-ALL
5 4 HASH JOIN (Cost=46456 Card=354 Bytes=60180)
6 5 TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'SUBLEDGER_CHART_OF_ACCOU
NT' (Cost=2 Card=57 Bytes=1881)
7 5 NESTED LOOPS (Cost=46453 Card=354 Bytes=48498)
8 7 HASH JOIN (Cost=11065 Card=17694 Bytes=1362438
9 8 HASH JOIN (Cost=27 Card=87 Bytes=5133)
10 9 TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'HORIZON_LINE' (Cos
t=24 Card=87 Bytes=2175)
11 9 TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'GNRL_LDGR_CHRT_OF_
ACCNT' (Cost=2 Card=111 Bytes=3774)
12 8 TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'HORIZON_SUBLEDGER_LI
NK' (Cost=11037 Card=142561 Bytes=2566098)
13 7 TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'SUBLEDGER_EN
TRY' (Cost=2 Card=1 Bytes=60)
14 13 INDEX (UNIQUE SCAN) OF 'SUBLEDGER_ENTRY_PK'
(UNIQUE) (Cost=1 Card=1)
15 4 HASH JOIN (Cost=46456 Card=354 Bytes=64782)
16 15 TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'SUBLEDGER_CHART_OF_ACCOU
NT' (Cost=2 Card=57 Bytes=1881)
17 15 NESTED LOOPS (Cost=46453 Card=354 Bytes=53100)
18 17 HASH JOIN (Cost=11065 Card=17694 Bytes=1362438
19 18 HASH JOIN (Cost=27 Card=87 Bytes=5133)
20 19 TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'HORIZON_LINE' (Cos
t=24 Card=87 Bytes=2175)
21 19 TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'GNRL_LDGR_CHRT_OF_
ACCNT' (Cost=2 Card=111 Bytes=3774)
22 18 TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'HORIZON_SUBLEDGER_LI
NK' (Cost=11037 Card=142561 Bytes=2566098)
23 17 TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'SUBLEDGER_EN
TRY' (Cost=2 Card=1 Bytes=73)
24 23 INDEX (UNIQUE SCAN) OF 'SUBLEDGER_ENTRY_PK'
(UNIQUE) (Cost=1 Card=1)
Statistics
1134 recursive calls
0 db block gets
38903505 consistent gets
598254 physical reads
60 redo size
901 bytes sent via SQL*Net to client
461 bytes received via SQL*Net from client
1 SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
34 sorts (memory)
0 sorts (disk)
0 rows processed
Thanks a lot in advance
JerryHi
Basically there are two kinds of tables
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- lookup
The number of records in a lookup table is usually small.
The number of records in a fact table is usually huge.
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- you must change the SSID to something unique
- use WPA2 Personal or WPA Personal for encryption.
Only then you can be sure to connect to your router and not another and only you can connect and nobody else. -
My iMac is getting slower and slower
My Mac (3.2GHz Intel Core i3 4GB Memory) is about 4 years old and has been getting slower and slower over the last 5 or 6 months. An earlier post recommended using 'Etracheck' which I have done and attached the information below. I think I may have a Ram issue but I would be grateful for any comments.
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
iMac (27-inch, Mid 2010) (Verified)
iMac - model: iMac11,3
1 3.2 GHz Intel Core i3 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
BANK 0/DIMM1
empty empty empty empty
BANK 1/DIMM1
empty empty empty empty
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
ATI Radeon HD 5670 - VRAM: 512 MB
iMac 2560 x 1440
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 6 days 16:10:12
Disk Information: ℹ️
SAMSUNG HD103SJ disk0 : (1 TB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 999.35 GB (629.98 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H
USB Information: ℹ️
Canon MG4200 series
Primax USB OPTICAL MOUSE
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Western Digital My Passport 070A 999.5 GB
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk4s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Backup (disk4s2) <not mounted> : 999.16 GB
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/System/Library/Extensions
[loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (0.0.67) Support
[not loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverVSP (0.0.67) Support
Startup Items: ℹ️
ChmodBPF: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ChmodBPF
Startup items are obsolete and will not work in future versions of OS X
Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️
[failed] com.apple.CallHistoryPluginHelper.plist
[failed] com.apple.CallHistorySyncHelper.plist
[failed] com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication.plist
[failed] com.apple.icloud.fmfd.plist
[failed] com.apple.scopedbookmarkagent.xpc.plist
[failed] com.apple.telephonyutilities.callservicesd.plist
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[failed] com.apple.awdd.plist
[failed] com.apple.ctkd.plist
[failed] com.apple.GSSCred.plist
[failed] com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced.plist
[failed] com.apple.ifdreader.plist
[failed] com.apple.nehelper.plist
[failed] com.apple.periodic-weekly.plist
[failed] com.apple.tccd.system.plist
[failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist
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[invalid?] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
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[loaded] com.ea.origin.ESHelper.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
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[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
User Login Items: ℹ️
BlackBerry Device Manager ApplicationHidden (/Library/Application Support/BlackBerry/BlackBerry Device Manager.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 4.1.2f1 Support
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.4.4.2 Support
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.12 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.4 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.12 Support
EPPEX Plugin: Version: 10.0 Support
User Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
BlueStacks Install Detector: Version: Unknown
Picasa: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.4 Support
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
Slick Savings
Searchme
Amazon Shopping Assistant
Ebay Shopping Assistant
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player Support
Flip4Mac WMV Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 999.35 GB Disk used: 369.37 GB
Destinations:
Backup [Local]
Total size: 0 B
Total number of backups: 0
Oldest backup: -
Last backup: -
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 0 B < (Disk used 369.37 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
3% WindowServer
0% AppleSpell
0% BBLaunchAgent
0% coreservicesd
0% Microsoft Word
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
180 MB Mail
176 MB iTunes
64 MB softwareupdated
52 MB Safari
47 MB mds_stores
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
35 MB Free RAM
824 MB Active RAM
808 MB Inactive RAM
652 MB Wired RAM
19.96 GB Page-ins
1.41 GB Page-outsThese instructions must be carried out as an administrator. If you have only one user account, you are the 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.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
In the top right corner of the Console window, there's a search box labeled Filter. Initially the words "String Matching" are shown in that box. Enter the word "Starting" (without the quotes.) You should now see log messages with the words "Starting * backup," where * represents any of the words "automatic," "manual," or "standard."
Each message in the log begins with the date and time when it was entered. Note the timestamp of the last "Starting" message that corresponds to the beginning of an an abnormal backup. Now
CLEAR THE WORD "Starting" FROM THE TEXT FIELD
so that all messages are showing, and scroll back in the log to the time you noted. Select the messages timestamped from then until the end of the backup, or the end of the log if that's not clear. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
☞ If all you see are messages that contain the word "Starting," you didn't clear the text field.
☞ The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of which is irrelevant to solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. Don't post more than is requested.
Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
☞ Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting. -
Macbook Pro getting slower and slower, freezing all the time
Hi,
My early 2011 Macbook Pro is gettin slower and slower, and I'm pretty sure Mavericks only worsened the condition. This is my report, can someone help me on why this is happening?
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
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
Startup Items:
FanControlDaemon: Path: /Library/StartupItems/FanControlDaemon
System Software:
OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 1 day 1:28:0
Disk Information:
TOSHIBA MK5059GSXP disk0 : (500,11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209,7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 499,25 GB (54,63 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898
USB Information:
JMicron USB to ATA/ATAPI bridge 500,11 GB
EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted>: 209,7 MB
Filmes (disk2s2) /Volumes/Filmes: 499,76 GB (330,53 GB free)
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. iPhone
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Kernel Extensions:
de.novamedia.driver.NMSmartplugSCSIDevice (1.0.1)
com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.5.1)
com.bresink.driver.BRESINKx86Monitoring (8.0)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist
Launch Agents:
[failed] com.brother.LOGINserver.plist
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist
[loaded] de.novamedia.VodafoneDeviceObserver.plist
User Launch Agents:
[failed] com.akamai.single-user-client.plist
[loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist
[failed] com.google.GoogleContactSyncAgent.plist
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.helperTool.plist
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.trashSizeWatcher.plist
[loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist
[loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist
User Login Items:
uHD-Agent
GrowlHelperApp
Alfred
uTorrent
Dropbox
iShutdown
HyperDock Helper
Assistente de gestor de conteúdo
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Akamai NetSession Preferences
Fan Control
Flash Player
Flip4Mac WMV
Growl
HyperDock
Java
Internet Plug-ins::
DirectorShockwave: Version: 11.5.9r620
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 4.9.1.16010
Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 3.4.2f3 - SDK 10.5
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.3.8.1
RealPlayer Plugin: Version: Unknown
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6
Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 4.9.1.16010
npgtpo3dautoplugin: Version: 0.1.44.29 - SDK 10.5
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.6
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 45
Bad Fonts:
None
Old applications:
Content Manager Assistant: Version: 1.10.4086.78 - SDK 10.5
/Users/duarte_cunharosa/Applications/CMA.app
Content Manager Assistant: Version: 1.10.4086.78 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/CMA.app
FacebookVideoCalling: Version: 1.2.0.157 - SDK 10.5
/Users/duarte_cunharosa/Library/Application Support/Facebook/video/1.2.0.158/FacebookVideoCalling.app
Microsoft Alerts Daemon: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Alerts Daemon.app
Microsoft AutoUpdate: Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app
Microsoft Chart Converter: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Chart Converter.app
Microsoft Clip Gallery: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Clip Gallery.app
Microsoft Database Daemon: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Database Daemon.app
Microsoft Database Utility: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Database Utility.app
Microsoft Document Connection: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft Document Connection.app
Microsoft Error Reporting: Version: 2.2.9 - SDK 10.4
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0/Microsoft Error Reporting.app
Microsoft Excel: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft Excel.app
Microsoft Graph: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Graph.app
Microsoft Language Register: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Additional Tools/Microsoft Language Register/Microsoft Language Register.app
Microsoft Office Reminders: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Office Reminders.app
Microsoft Outlook: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft Outlook.app
Microsoft PowerPoint: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft PowerPoint.app
Microsoft Ship Asserts: Version: 1.1.4 - SDK 10.4
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0/Microsoft Ship Asserts.app
Microsoft Upload Center: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Upload Center.app
Microsoft Word: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft Word.app
Miro Video Converter: Version: 2.6 - SDK 10.0
/Applications/Miro Video Converter.app
My Day: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/My Day.app
Open XML for Excel: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Open XML for Excel.app
Plants vs: Version: 1.0.40 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Plants vs. Zombies.app
RipIt: Version: 1.6.2 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/RipIt.app
SLLauncher: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Silverlight/OutOfBrowser/SLLauncher.app
Solver: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Add-Ins/Solver.app
SyncServicesAgent: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/SyncServicesAgent.app
UPlayBrowser: Version: 1.0.1.23853 - SDK 10.5
/Library/Application Support/Ubisoft/Assassin's Creed Brotherhood/UPlayBrowser.app
Time Machine:
Mobile backups: ON
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 464.96 GB Disk used: 414.09 GB
Destinations:
Time Machine [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 698.32 GB
Total number of backups: 3
Oldest backup: 2013-12-20 18:10:54 +0000
Last backup: 2013-12-22 19:52:17 +0000
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 698.32 GB < (Disk used 414.09 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
9% Transmission
4% Dropbox
2% WindowServer
2% Dock
1% Google Chrome
Top Processes by Memory:
123 MB Google Chrome
119 MB iTunes
102 MB Dropbox
87 MB Google Chrome Helper
66 MB Finder
Virtual Memory Statistics:
148 MB Free RAM
995 MB Active RAM
859 MB Inactive RAM
1.03 GB Wired RAM
7.80 GB Page-ins
4.84 GB Page-outsIf you don't already have a current backup, back up all data before doing anything else. This procedure is a diagnostic test. It changes nothing, for better or worse, and therefore will not, in itself, solve your problem. The backup is necessary on general principle, not because of anything suggested in this comment. There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
Third-party system modifications are a common cause of usability problems. By a “system modification,” I mean software that affects the operation of other software — potentially for the worse. The procedure will help identify which such modifications you've installed, as well as some other aspects of the configuration that may be related to the problem.
Don’t be alarmed by the seeming complexity of these instructions — they’re easy to carry out. Here's a brief summary: In each of two steps, you copy a line of text from this web page into a window in another application. You wait about a minute. Then you paste some other text, which will have been copied automatically, back into a reply on this page. The sequence is copy; paste; paste again. That's all there is to it. Details follow.
You may have started the computer in "safe" mode. Preferably, these steps should be taken while booted in “normal” mode. If the system is now running in safe mode and is bootable in normal mode, reboot as usual. If it only boots in safe mode, use that.
Below are instructions to enter UNIX shell commands. They do nothing but produce human-readable output. However, you need to think carefully before running any program at the behest of a stranger on a public message board. If you question the safety of the procedure suggested here — which you should — search this site for other discussions in which it’s been followed without any report of ill effects. If you can't satisfy yourself that these instructions are safe, don't follow them.
The commands will line-wrap or scroll in your browser, but each one is really just 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, and you can then copy it.
If you have more than one user account, Step 2 must be taken as an administrator. Ordinarily that would be the user created automatically when you booted the system for the first time. Step 1 should be taken as the user who has the problem, if different. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this paragraph doesn’t apply.
Launch the 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.
When you launch Terminal, a text window will open with a line already in it, ending either in a dollar sign (“$”) or a percent sign (“%”). If you get the percent sign, enter “sh” and press return. You should then get a new line ending in a dollar sign.
Step 1
Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it:
PB=/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy; PR () { [[ "$o" ]] && printf '\n%s:\n\n%s\n' "$1" "$o"; }; PC () { o=$(grep [^[:blank:]] "$2"); PR "$1"; }; PF () { o=$($PB -c Print "$2" | awk -F'= ' \/$3'/{print $2}'); PR "$1"; }; PN () { [[ $o -eq 0 ]] || printf "\n%s: %s\n" "$1" $o; }; { system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType | sed '8!d;s/^ *//'; o=$(system_profiler SPDiagnosticsDataType | sed '5,6!d'); fgrep -q P <<< "$o" && o=; PR "POST"; o=$(( $(vm_stat | awk '/Pageo/{sub("\\.",""); print $2}')/256 )); [[ $o -gt 1024 ]] && printf "\nPageouts: %s MiB\n" $o; o=$(kextstat -kl | grep -v com\\.apple | cut -c53- | cut -d\< -f1); PR "Loaded extrinsic kernel extensions"; o=$(launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.apple|org\.(x|openbsd)|\.[0-9]+$/{print $3}'); PR "Loaded extrinsic user agents"; o=$(launchctl getenv DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES); PR "Inserted libraries"; PC "cron configuration" /e*/cron*; o=$(crontab -l | grep [^[:blank:]]); PR "User cron tasks"; PC "Global launchd configuration" /e*/lau*; PC "Per-user launchd configuration" ~/.lau*; PF "Global login items" /L*/P*/loginw* Path; PF "Per-user login items" L*/P*/*loginit* Name; PF "Safari extensions" L*/Saf*/*/E*.plist Bundle | sed 's/\..*$//;s/-[1-9]$//'; o=$(find ~ $TMPDIR.. \( -flags +sappnd,schg,uappnd,uchg -o ! -user $UID -o ! -perm -600 \) | wc -l); PN "Restricted user files"; cd; o=$(find -L /S*/L*/E* {,/}L*/{A*d,Compon,Ex,In,Keyb,Mail/Bu,P*P,Qu,Scripti,Servi,Spo}* -type d -name Contents -prune | while read d; do ID=$($PB -c 'Print :CFBundleIdentifier' "$d/Info.plist") || ID=; ID=${ID:-No bundle ID}; egrep -qv "^com\.apple\.[^x]|Accusys|ArcMSR|ATTO|HDPro|HighPoint|driver\.stex|hp-fax|JMicron|microsoft\.MDI|print|SoftRAID" <<< $ID && printf '%s\n\t(%s)\n' "${d%/Contents}" "$ID"; done); PR "Extrinsic loadable bundles"; o=$(find /u*/{,*/}lib -type f -exec sh -c 'file -b "$1" | grep -qw shared && ! codesign -v "$1"' {} {} \; -print); PR "Unsigned shared libraries"; o=$(system_profiler SPFontsDataType | egrep "Valid: N|Duplicate: Y" | wc -l); PN "Font problems"; for d in {,/}L*/{La,Priv,Sta}*; do o=$(ls -A "$d"); PR "$d"; done; } 2> /dev/null | pbcopy; echo $'\nStep 1 done'
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Then click anywhere in the Terminal window and paste (command-V). I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, you may have to press the return key after pasting.
The command may take up to a few minutes to run, depending on how many files you have and the speed of the computer. Wait for the line "Step 1 done" to appear below what you entered. The output of the command will beautomatically copied to the Clipboard. All you have to do is paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-Vagain. Please don't copy anything from the Terminal window. No typing is involved in this step.
Step 2
Remember that you must be logged in as an administrator for this step. Do as in Step 1 with this line:
PR () { [[ "$o" ]] && printf '\n%s:\n\n%s\n' "$1" "$o"; }; { o=$(sudo launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.(apple|openssh|vix\.cron)|org\.(amav|apac|calendarse|cups|dove|isc|ntp|post[fg]|x)/{print $3}'); PR "Loaded extrinsic daemons"; o=$(sudo defaults read com.apple.loginwindow LoginHook); PR "Login hook"; o=$(sudo crontab -l | grep [^[:blank:]]); PR "Root cron tasks"; o=$(syslog -k Sender kernel -k Message CReq 'GPU |hfs: Ru|I/O e|find tok|n Cause: -|NVDA\(|pagin|timed? ?o' | tail -n25 | awk '/:/{$4=""; print}'); PR "Log check"; } 2>&- | pbcopy; echo $'\nStep 2 done'
This time you'll be prompted for your login password, which you do have to type. Nothing will be displayed when you type it. Type it carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. Heed that warning, but don't post it. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator.
You can then quit Terminal. Please note:
☞ Steps 1 and 2 are all copy-and-paste — type only your login password when prompted.
☞ When you type your password, you won't see what you're typing.
☞ If you don’t have a password, set one before taking Step 2. If that’s not possible, skip the step.
☞ Step 2 might not produce any output, in which case the Clipboard will be empty. Step 1 will always produce something.
☞ The commands don't change anything, and merely running them will do neither good nor harm.
☞ Remember to post the output. It's already in the Clipboard. You don't have to copy it. Just paste into a reply
☞ If any personal information, such as your name or email address, appears in the output of either command, anonymize it before posting. Usually that won't be necessary.
☞ Don't post the contents of the Terminal window.
☞ Don't paste the output of Step 1 into the Terminal window. Paste it into a reply. -
Is there a way to speed up a Mac (similar to de-fragging on a PC)? Mine has gotten slower and slower over time.
When memory/disc comes close to full would that have an effect on performance? How should I determine what programs/software to remove and free space?Things 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 2010 Macbook pro is running slower and slower. I went to the Genius Bar about eight months ago, and they botted up from the disk, and let it go through and find what its process to find and fix what I think were "orphan" files. I cannot remember what they did, but when they did it, the speed on my Macbook picked up considerably.
I have since upgraded to Mountain Lion, but these problems do not seem related to that. My 500 GB HDD is about 80% full.First, back up all data immediately, as your boot drive might be failing.
There are a few other possible causes of generalized slow performance that you can rule out easily.
Reset the System Management Controller.
If you have many image or video files on the Desktop with preview icons, move them to another folder.
If applicable, uncheck all boxes in the iCloud preference pane.
Disconnect all non-essential wired peripherals and remove aftermarket expansion cards, if any.
Check your keychains in Keychain Access for excessively duplicated items.
Boot into Recovery mode, launch Disk Utility, and run Repair Disk.
Otherwise, take the steps below 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 icon grid.
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. Post the approximate values shown for Reads in/sec and Writes out/sec (not Reads in and Writes out.)
Step 2
If you have more than one user account, you must be logged in as an administrator to carry out this step.
Launch the Console application in the same way you launched Activity Monitor. 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
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
Select the 50 or so most recent entries in the log. Copy them to the Clipboard (command-C). Paste into a reply to this message (command-V). You're looking for entries at the end of the log, not at the beginning.
When posting a log extract, be selective. Don't post more than is requested.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Important: Some personal information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting. That should be easy to do if your extract is not too long. -
Firefox gets slower and slower over time.
I have been using firefox for some time, Like it better than Safari generally, but I've noticed (and it has gotten worse with 3.6.x) that if you leave FF running for extended periods of time it gets slower and slower, does not seem to matter if add-ons are installed or not, and it gets REALLY bad after going in and out of flash based apps/games a couple times. It is not just a mac problem as this behaviour also happens on windows xp or newer, but windows OS needs to be rebooted daily anyways so most people won't notice.
Proceed with [[Basic Troubleshooting]] first of all.
You could also try running Firefox in [[Safe Mode]]. If it functions properly in that configuration, then one of your add-ons is the culprit.
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