Slow Performance on the Macbook Pro

Hi, about a month ago I started noticing decreased performance from my MBP. Certain applications take a while to open while others open right away. MS Office 2008, Adobe CS3 suite take a while to open and fully load (more then a min) while applications such as internet explorer and games load right away. I am not sure whats wrong with it...it has more then enough memory (2gb) and a dual processor inside. Also, there is plenty of space on my HD (53gb free from 93gb).
Any help would be apperciated. I do have the disks for Lepord but I have not installed yet...would that help the situation or worsen it?

Hi,
There is no drop in your performance, Microsoft Office 2008 and Adobe CS3 are very large Apps, It's totally normal to take a minute or more to load. I have the same apps and I also have logic pro and final cut pro which also take a minute or more to load. What it is doing is loading the app fundamentals... into memory.

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Thanks in advance
Chris.
Mar 17 10:45:14 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Killing auth hosts
Mar 17 10:45:14 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Session 100015 destroyed
Mar 17 10:45:14 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Session 100018 created
Mar 17 10:45:16 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local Planbook[420]: The function `CGContextErase' is obsolete and will be removed in an upcoming update. Unfortunately, this application, or a library it uses, is using this obsolete function, and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system performance.
Mar 17 10:45:25 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local sandboxd[323] ([420]): Planbook(420) deny file-issue-extension /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft Word.app
Mar 17 10:45:40 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local Microsoft Word[429]: The function `CGContextErase' is obsolete and will be removed in an upcoming update. Unfortunately, this application, or a library it uses, is using this obsolete function, and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system performance.
Mar 17 10:45:42 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local Microsoft Word[429]: Failed to read a font collection file at /Users/chrisloneragan/Library/FontCollections/Web-safe Mac:Windows.collection. Recommend manually removing the file.
Mar 17 10:45:59 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local Console[436]: setPresentationOptions called with NSApplicationPresentationFullScreen when there is no visible fullscreen window; this call will be ignored.
Mar 17 10:45:59 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local Console[436]: The function `CGContextErase' is obsolete and will be removed in an upcoming update. Unfortunately, this application, or a library it uses, is using this obsolete function, and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system performance.
Mar 17 10:46:52 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro kernel[0]: **** [IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport][SuspendDevice] -- Resume -- suspendDeviceCallResult = 0x0000 (kIOReturnSuccess) -- 0x4c00 ****
Mar 17 10:46:55 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro kernel[0]: virtual bool IOUserEthernetController::setLinkState(bool): status=1 mCurrentMedium=0xffffff801aec8580
Mar 17 10:46:59 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local configd[18]: network changed: v4(en2+:172.20.10.3) DNS+ Proxy+ SMB
Mar 17 10:47:02 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local apsd[79]: Unrecognized leaf certificate
Mar 17 10:47:03 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro Creative Cloud[283]: objc[283]: Class HTTPHeader is implemented in both /Applications/Utilities/Adobe Creative Cloud/ACC/C3ContainerBL.dylib and /Applications/Utilities/Adobe Creative Cloud/AppsPanel/AppsPanelIL.dylib. One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
Mar 17 10:47:03 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro Creative Cloud[283]: objc[283]: Class ProxyManager is implemented in both /Applications/Utilities/Adobe Creative Cloud/ACC/C3ContainerBL.dylib and /Applications/Utilities/Adobe Creative Cloud/AppsPanel/AppsPanelIL.dylib. One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
Mar 17 10:47:05 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local AirPlayUIAgent[313]: 2014-03-17 10:47:05.120203 AM [AirPlayUIAgent] Changed PIN pairing: no
Mar 17 10:47:05 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local AirPlayUIAgent[313]: 2014-03-17 10:47:05.143376 AM [AirPlayUIAgent] Changed PIN pairing: no
Mar 17 10:47:06 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro Creative Cloud[283]: objc[283]: Class HTTPHeader is implemented in both /Applications/Utilities/Adobe Creative Cloud/ACC/C3ContainerBL.dylib and /Applications/Utilities/Adobe Application Manager/UWA/UpdaterCore.framework/UpdaterCore. One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
Mar 17 10:47:06 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro Creative Cloud[283]: objc[283]: Class ProxyManager is implemented in both /Applications/Utilities/Adobe Creative Cloud/ACC/C3ContainerBL.dylib and /Applications/Utilities/Adobe Application Manager/UWA/UpdaterCore.framework/UpdaterCore. One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
Mar 17 10:47:15 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local Adobe CEF Helper[456]: Internals of CFAllocator not known; out-of-memory failures via CFAllocator will not result in termination. http://crbug.com/45650
Mar 17 10:47:17 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local Adobe CEF Helper[459]: Internals of CFAllocator not known; out-of-memory failures via CFAllocator will not result in termination. http://crbug.com/45650
Mar 17 10:47:17 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local sandboxd[323] ([222]): ubd(222) deny file-read-data /.DocumentRevisions-V100/PerUID/501/68/com.apple.documentVersions/BTEC Unit 41 Assignments.590d0ee2-ca19-479e-b059-01e580727142.numbers/Index.zip
Mar 17 10:47:21 --- last message repeated 6 times ---
Mar 17 10:47:21 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local Adobe CEF Helper[459]: The function `CGFontSetShouldUseMulticache' is obsolete and will be removed in an upcoming update. Unfortunately, this application, or a library it uses, is using this obsolete function, and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system performance.
Mar 17 10:48:03 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Session 100020 created
Mar 17 10:48:17 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local identityservicesd[250]: [Warning] FTMessageDelivery failed! (HTTP Status Code: 0) Error (NSURLErrorDomain:-1003): A server with the specified hostname could not be found. https://service1.ess.apple.com/WebObjects/QueryService.woa/wa/query?uri=tel%3A%2 B447799017325
Mar 17 10:48:27 --- last message repeated 3 times ---
Mar 17 10:48:27 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local Creative Cloud[283]: CFNetwork SSLHandshake failed (-9806)
Mar 17 10:48:32 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local identityservicesd[250]: [Warning] FTMessageDelivery failed! (HTTP Status Code: 0) Error (NSURLErrorDomain:-1003): A server with the specified hostname could not be found. https://service1.ess.apple.com/WebObjects/QueryService.woa/wa/query?uri=tel%3A%2 B447799017325
Mar 17 10:48:37 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Mar 17 10:48:37 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local identityservicesd[250]: [Warning] FTMessageDelivery failed! (HTTP Status Code: 0) Error (NSURLErrorDomain:-1003): A server with the specified hostname could not be found. https://service1.ess.apple.com/WebObjects/QueryService.woa/wa/query?uri=tel%3A%2 B447891187123
Mar 17 10:48:41 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Mar 17 10:48:41 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local identityservicesd[250]: [Warning] FTMessageDelivery failed! (HTTP Status Code: 0) Error (NSURLErrorDomain:-1003): A server with the specified hostname could not be found. https://service1.ess.apple.com/WebObjects/QueryService.woa/wa/query?uri=tel%3A%2 B447799017325
Mar 17 10:48:43 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Mar 17 10:48:43 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local identityservicesd[250]: [Warning] FTMessageDelivery failed! (HTTP Status Code: 0) Error (NSURLErrorDomain:-1003): A server with the specified hostname could not be found. https://service1.ess.apple.com/WebObjects/QueryService.woa/wa/query?uri=tel%3A%2 B447891187123
Mar 17 10:48:50 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Mar 17 10:48:50 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Session 100021 created
Mar 17 10:48:50 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Killing auth hosts
Mar 17 10:48:50 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Session 100020 destroyed
Mar 17 10:48:50 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local identityservicesd[250]: [Warning] FTMessageDelivery failed! (HTTP Status Code: 0) Error (NSURLErrorDomain:-1003): A server with the specified hostname could not be found. https://service1.ess.apple.com/WebObjects/QueryService.woa/wa/query?uri=tel%3A%2 B447799017325
Mar 17 10:48:51 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Mar 17 10:48:51 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local identityservicesd[250]: [Warning] FTMessageDelivery failed! (HTTP Status Code: 0) Error (NSURLErrorDomain:-1003): A server with the specified hostname could not be found. https://service1.ess.apple.com/WebObjects/QueryService.woa/wa/query?uri=tel%3A%2 B447891187123
Mar 17 10:49:01 --- last message repeated 3 times ---
Mar 17 10:49:01 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local identityservicesd[250]: [Warning] FTMessageDelivery failed! (HTTP Status Code: 0) Error (NSURLErrorDomain:-1003): A server with the specified hostname could not be found. https://service1.ess.apple.com/WebObjects/QueryService.woa/wa/query?uri=tel%3A%2 B447799017325
Mar 17 10:49:24 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Mar 17 10:49:24 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local identityservicesd[250]: [Warning] FTMessageDelivery failed! (HTTP Status Code: 0) Error (NSURLErrorDomain:-1003): A server with the specified hostname could not be found. https://service1.ess.apple.com/WebObjects/QueryService.woa/wa/query?uri=tel%3A%2 B447891187123
Mar 17 10:49:24 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Mar 17 10:49:24 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local identityservicesd[250]: [Warning] FTMessageDelivery failed! (HTTP Status Code: 0) Error (NSURLErrorDomain:-1003): A server with the specified hostname could not be found. https://service1.ess.apple.com/WebObjects/QueryService.woa/wa/query?uri=tel%3A%2 B447799017325
Mar 17 10:49:34 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Mar 17 10:49:34 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Session 100022 created
Mar 17 10:49:34 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Killing auth hosts
Mar 17 10:49:34 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Session 100021 destroyed
Mar 17 10:49:34 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local identityservicesd[250]: [Warning] FTMessageDelivery failed! (HTTP Status Code: 0) Error (NSURLErrorDomain:-1003): A server with the specified hostname could not be found. https://service1.ess.apple.com/WebObjects/QueryService.woa/wa/query?uri=tel%3A%2 B447891187123
Mar 17 10:49:37 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Mar 17 10:49:37 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local identityservicesd[250]: [Warning] FTMessageDelivery failed! (HTTP Status Code: 0) Error (NSURLErrorDomain:-1003): A server with the specified hostname could not be found. https://service1.ess.apple.com/WebObjects/QueryService.woa/wa/query?uri=tel%3A%2 B447799017325
Mar 17 10:49:46 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Mar 17 10:49:46 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local identityservicesd[250]: [Warning] FTMessageDelivery failed! (HTTP Status Code: 0) Error (NSURLErrorDomain:-1003): A server with the specified hostname could not be found. https://service1.ess.apple.com/WebObjects/QueryService.woa/wa/query?uri=tel%3A%2 B447891187123
Mar 17 10:49:51 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Mar 17 10:49:51 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local identityservicesd[250]: [Warning] FTMessageDelivery failed! (HTTP Status Code: 0) Error (NSURLErrorDomain:-1003): A server with the specified hostname could not be found. https://service1.ess.apple.com/WebObjects/QueryService.woa/wa/query?uri=tel%3A%2 B447799017325
Mar 17 10:49:52 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Mar 17 10:49:52 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local Safari[469]: The function `CGContextErase' is obsolete and will be removed in an upcoming update. Unfortunately, this application, or a library it uses, is using this obsolete function, and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system performance.
Mar 17 10:49:58 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local identityservicesd[250]: [Warning] FTMessageDelivery failed! (HTTP Status Code: 0) Error (NSURLErrorDomain:-1003): A server with the specified hostname could not be found. https://service1.ess.apple.com/WebObjects/QueryService.woa/wa/query?uri=tel%3A%2 B447891187123
Mar 17 10:50:05 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Mar 17 10:50:05 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Session 100023 created
Mar 17 10:50:05 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Killing auth hosts
Mar 17 10:50:05 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Session 100022 destroyed
Mar 17 10:50:05 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local identityservicesd[250]: [Warning] FTMessageDelivery failed! (HTTP Status Code: 0) Error (NSURLErrorDomain:-1003): A server with the specified hostname could not be found. https://service1.ess.apple.com/WebObjects/QueryService.woa/wa/query?uri=tel%3A%2 B447799017325
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Mar 17 10:50:13 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local Safari[469]: CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary on line 3. Parsing will be abandoned. Break on _CFPropertyListMissingSemicolon to debug.
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Mar 17 10:50:47 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local Safari[469]: CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary on line 3. Parsing will be abandoned. Break on _CFPropertyListMissingSemicolon to debug.
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Mar 17 10:51:11 chris-loneragans-macbook-pro.local com.apple.WebKit.Networking[471]: CFNetwork SSLHandshake failed (-9806)

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☞ 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.
Step 1
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.
Enter the name of the crashed application or process in the Filter text field. Select the messages from the time of the last crash, if any. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message (command-V).
When posting a log extract, be selective. In most cases, a few dozen lines are more than enough.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Important: Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.
Step 2
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Processes: 96 total, 4 running, 9 stuck, 83 sleeping, 419 threads      19:07:17
Load Avg: 1.99, 1.81, 1.59 CPU usage: 2.36% user, 5.21% sys, 92.41% idle
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Networks: packets: 70104/55M in, 66648/10M out.
Disks: 966630/9347M read, 327765/18G written.
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4058 top          5.2   00:03.32 1/1 0    28   29    912K   216K   1620K
4055 bash         0.0   00:00.02 1    0    20   23    356K   216K   1112K
4052 CVMCompiler 0.0   00:00.30 1    0    30   69    7780K 220K   16M
4051 login        0.0   00:00.08 2    1    33   63    928K   216K   2184K
4049 Terminal     0.3   00:01.34 7    3    128+ 164+ 7580K+ 13M    15M+
4042 ocspd        0.0   00:00.02 1    0    26   33    420K+ 276K   1376K+
4041 WebProcess   0.0   00:04.35 7    3    119 201   16M-   10M    26M-
4039 Safari       1.1   00:09.44 12   3    193 413   47M-   20M    81M-
3958 spindump_age 0.0   00:00.02 2    2    38   55    356K   220K   1100K
3956 spindump     1.3   00:42.93 16/1 13   228 145   46M+   15M    53M+
3953 aosnotifyd   0.0   00:00.18 3    1    53   279   2064K 3532K 6156K
3939 AddressBookM 6.8   06:59.11 4    1    68   4067+ 2131M- 3308K 1554M-
3895 lsboxd       0.0   00:00.06 2    2    49   69    1156K 6820K 3292K
3031 cookied      0.0   00:01.36 2    1    42   82    2028K 268K   3
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312           helpd          me          0,4          65          358,9 MB          Intel (64 bit)
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405           Safari          me          0,5          12          120,0 MB          Intel (64 bit)
407           Safari Web Content          me          0,2          7          100,3 MB          Intel (64 bit)
195           WindowServer          _windowserver          0,5          7          64,4 MB          Intel (64 bit)

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As soon as the light on the MagSafe goes green to indicate a complete charge, everything is fine. Same also applies to me unplugging the MagSafe and switching to battery. What was spiking the CPU to 300% is now sitting back at 15%.
I have tried multiple different power supplies, and also an SMC reset, though I don't think that is actually working. I remember in the past after doing an SMC reset, the laptop would cycle through a restart or do something to indicate the job is done, where as now it just straight up boots like nothing happened.
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Try the SMC and PRAM resets again:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379
Maybe you will be lucky.
Run an Apple Hardware Test. Perhaps that will give a clue.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1509
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I agree/confirm. The new OS update made a significant improvement. I do not recall the settings I used. I just put everything to High and then reduced a few to medium until it ran smooth. I am pretty happy with gameplay now. My startup time is fair for me. It takes roughly 2 minutes for me to actually be in the game playing.
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Hi,
Lately my macbook pro is having some problems that are bothering me a lot.
After some use it simply will not boot and I have to restore the system by time machine. But before that happens, the boot is extremely slow, it does not leave the apple gray screen, then rebooting the computer by the recovery disk, several problems are presented during the disk check.
The last time I had the problem, the computer just was not mount the disk in any way, I had to erase the disk and restore the system from time machine. I've replaced the HD, reset PRAM, SMC, repair disk permissions, but nothing solved the problem.
Another problem that is occurring is that the system reports different values for the free disk space, on the table it reports a value, in the disk utility is informed another value, always lower, as if the table it reports the value of 502.33 GB of free space, in disk utility value reported is 498.20 GB. After performing the system restore, the computer works fine for about a week, and then presents the problems again.
The computer only has these problems with the Lion, the snow leopard operation is perfect, but as I paid $ 30.00 by the system, I wish to use it, but if the problems continue I think I will downgrade to the snow leopard.
Has anyone had the same problems with the Lion and the macbook pro?
Any suggestions to solve these problems without having to go back to the snow leopard?
My computer's configuration:
Mid-2009 Macbook Pro, 15.4 ", 8GB Ram, 750GB 7.200 rpm Hard Drive, Intel core 2 duo 2.53 GHz.
Thank´s

Hi djousma,
I just use the Mac OS, I've done a scan with virusbarrier (all updated virus definitions) and no virus was found. My software is all original, and most were purchased from the App Store.
I bought this macbook new, sealed box, and always had the feeling that something was wrong with it. After 8 months of purchase, the original HD had problems. I took the computer to an Apple authorized service center, they said the HD was damaged and replaced under warranty. This happened exactly two years ago. After replacing the HD the computer works normally until the installation of the Lion, I can't say if it was coincidence or not, but it's really weird problems start after installing the Lion. Another strange problem on my computer since I bought it, is that the battery reduces the percentage of load even with the connected MagSafe power.
I don't understand what's happening with my computer.
Thank You!

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1 - A delete button one the keyboard, I noticed that the Macbook Pro doesn't have one before purchasing it, but after using if for 2 weeks noticed how important it is.
2 - The 2 USB ports are quite inconvenient because they are next to each other, it would be more convenient if they are from both sides instead, like Macbook Air. I have devises that are a bit wider than the other ones, so when one of these is plugged in, the other USB port is unusable. Speaking of which USB 2.0 isn't good! The ThunderBolt port is great but there are no devises yet that can take any advantage of it, so in the meantime USB 3.0 would be great.
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4 - Numerical Keyboard - I know there is no room for it, but a button like Caps Lock could be used, when it's pressed certain buttons from the keyboard could act only as numerical keyboard and when pressed again, the keyboard could be back to normal.
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6 - The CD Drive is unnecessary, nobody uses it nowadays. Nobody listens to music from a CD and nobody installs any software from a CD, everyone uses the Internet for these things, the little part of people who are still using CDs, DVDs, etc. have other devises such as: DVD or Blue-ray players, HiFi systems and Desktops. The room that is taken by the Optical Disk could be used for a bigger battery.
7 - Better cooling system - when watching a move the laptop gets so hot that I literally can't put it on my lap (lol what a paradox, a laptop that cannot be put on a lap), also I would love to be able to close the lid and leave the laptop works (it is great when downloading big files or scanning software is used), but with that cooling system I'm afraid that it would overheat.
8 - Last but not least - The screen bezel. It's too big, Macbooks should be bezelless, it would make them much better looking.

DS had some great points, I'll chime in as well.
1.) I agree, it'd be handy to have. It definitely took some getting use to but once you do and modify your keyboard workflow it becomes second nature.
2.) I ended up investing a USB extension cable, Apple makes them I believe. At least they use to, I've had mine for years. While the cable dangling off the side of the machine is a bit of an annoyance, it's a necessity if I want to double up my AirCard (USB) with a thumb drive. USB 2.0 is still the "standard" and as such it's going to be the de facto peripheral port. Apple is historically slow about adopting non-standard peripheral interfaces unless they pioneer or champion it. It wouldn't surprise me if Apple still doesn't offer USB 3.0 this time next year. Thunderbolt/Light Peak is brand new tech, and as such it's going to take a while to have peripherals that support it. There are NAS devices that have it, they were just announced this week.
Here's a link regarding its deployment - http://www.tuaw.com/2011/04/13/intel-distributing-thunderbolt-developer-kits-thi s-quarter-more/
3.) I agree that HDMI would be nice but with Thunderbolt supporting HDMI, I really don't see Apple adding another video out port. There's no room left on the I/O strip on the 13" MBP for it. Apple use to include adapters (when the MBP first came out) but they've since stopped doing that and gouge with adapters. Thankfully there are numerous 3rd party offerings at a fraction of the price.
4.) I agree, I forget which "redesign" of the keyboard layout got rid of the Num Lock key. I know my 15" MBP (Santa Rosa) has it. I currently use my iPhone as my numerical keyboard, there's a great little app that pairs the phone to your computer via Bluetooth. It works great as an alternative.
5.) Marketing 101. By introducing it via a future revision this encourages current owners to want to upgrade/switch and thus move more units and tout it as a "feature upgrade." I was pretty shocked the i5/i7 update to the MBP 13" did not introduce the 1440 resolution.
6.) This is where you'll get disagreement. Rule #1 of proper Internet forum posting, don't use words like: everyone, everyone, most, all, nobody, no one, etc. Especially without evidence to back it up. While you don't use it, people do. I use mine daily, my co-workers use their drives daily. That's 11 people right there, which is 11 more than "nobody."
7.) Apple has never called their computer a "laptop." They've always referred to is as a portable computer. Matter of fact, they strongly discourage the use of their portable computers on your lap due to how the heat dissipation process works through the top case. So the problem(s) you're experiencing are to be expected, you're using the machine in a method that is not recommended by the manufacturer. They even discuss that in the "Getting Started" booklet that came with your machine.

Stop the beeps with the 7200 rpm hard disks of the MacBook Pro

http://www.hardmac.com/news/2009/07/13/stop-the-beeps-with-the-7200-rpm-hard-dis ks-of-the-macbook-pro
Stop the beeps with the 7200 rpm hard disks of the MacBook Pro
from HardMac.com by [email protected] (Lionel)
At the beginning of week, we have spoken about the unpleasant beeps made by the 7200 rpm hard drive proposed as an option in the MacBook Pro 2009.
A solution has been found, the details are given by Rémy.
These tedious beeps occur when the disc is inactive and are caused by a system
to reposition the play-back head carried out in a repetitive way.
In addition to the beeps of the hard drive, Mac OS X displays the pretty multicoloured wheel during some seconds while waiting for hard drive to finish these loadings and unloadings of the play-back head.
The solution comes with a utility of the name hdapm (for Hard Disk Advanced Power Management) which makes it possible to change the level of energy management (APM) of the hard drive.
Hdapm can be downloaded from : http://mckinlay.net.nz/hdapm; hdapm being a command line utility, it is thus necessary to use the Terminal (which is in /Applications/Utilitaires).
After copying hdapm into your user file, the command to enter is:
sudo ~/hdapm disk0 max
disk0 corresponds to the disc to regulate knowing that hdapm should function with any ATA disk supporting APM
max is the level of APM which is a number ranging between 1 and 254 included
the word following are preset and can used in the place a number for the level of APM
max (maximum performance) is the parameter to use to eliminate the “beeps”.
min (maximum economy of energy)
default (returns to the default setting)
The level of APM is a temporary adjustment in the firmware of the hard drive, this adjustment is lost when the disk is powered down and it is thus necessary to redo this at each for each start up.
To install hdapm so it is launched at each start-up, it is necessary to copy hdapm to the hard drive (/usr/local/bin is advised) and to copy the file hdapm.plist in /Library/LaunchDaemons.
It will be can be necessary to you to edit hdapm.plist with the desired parameters; the default settings are: the repertory where hdapm is /usr/local/bin, the hard drive is regulated on the first (disk0) and the level of APM is the maximum.
You can simply copy the file hdapm into /usr/local/bin file if you want to avoid modifying Plist.
Simplest way to reach these files is to use the Go/go to the file and to copy/paste this address before validating.

Yeah, I don't buy that. I spoke with Seagate a couple of months ago when I was looking for the impossible to find 500 GB 7200 RPM HD and asked them that very thing. They told me it would work fine, but I should disable SMS. Apple told me the same thing. I ultimately waited and got a non G-Force model, but Seagate told me it would work.
I also don't believe that they'd OEM the drive to Apple knowing it wouldn't work. That makes absolutely no sense. If Seagate knew the G-Force drive would not function properly in an Apple MacBook/MacBook Pro, and they OEM'd it to Apple for that purpose anyway, what does that say about Seagate?
I admit it's odd that the used the G-Force model given the presence of SMS, but apparently Seagate has prioritized the manufacturing of the G-Force drives and probably offered it to Apple.

Hello applecare can you help with the macbook pro i did the update the last one and safari doesn't open anything .. what should i do ?

hello applecare can you help with the macbook pro i did the update the last one and safari doesn't open anything .. what should i do ?

Hello John...
You may have a Safari third party add on installed that was compatible with the previous version of Safari but not 5.1. Try troubleshooting > Safari: Unsupported third-party add-ons may cause Safari to unexpectedly quit or have performance issues
FYI... this is a user to user forum. If you can't resolve the issue, information for contacting AppleCare here.

Have just installed Mavericks and restarted the MacBook Pro. That was 3 hours ago and after logging in, I got my wallpaper and dock, but none of my desktop icons, just the spinning coloured wheel. It's been like that for 2 hours. Is this normal? What shou

Have just installed Mavericks and restarted the MacBook Pro. That was 3 hours ago and after logging in, I got my wallpaper and dock, but none of my desktop icons, just the spinning coloured wheel. It's been like that for 2 hours. Is this normal? What should I do, please?
I tried holding the on/off switch down to make it shut down, but when I turned it back on again, the same thing happened and none of the keys etc makes any difference.
HELP!!!! Please.

No, what you're experiencing is not normal.
Try booting whilst holding down the Shift key - this will allow you to boot into Safe Mode, disabling third-party kernel extensions, etc. Your Mac will be slow to boot and will operate sluggishly. That's normal. If you can get in using Safe Mode then you have some start-up item that doesn't play well with Mavericks.
Call back,
Clinton

I have formatted the macbook pro 13,now i see 150GB drive and 350GB drive is not seen,pl advise to recover the 350GB and make single hard disk without partition

i have formatte the macbook pro 13 as it was slow and with boot camp,at the time of format sesstion stopped at 61% and was asking 6 hours to
complete.this was for 24 hrs on condtion so i skipped and now i find only 150 gb reserved for boot camp,where 350 allocated for mac is missing
pl advise the solution
i wish to install maverick so i started this on my 10.6.8 verstion macbook
thaks and regards
Dr srinivas

Use the trackpad to scroll, thats what it was designed for. The scroll bars automatically disappear when not being used and will appear if you scroll up or down using the trackpad.
This is a user-to-user forum and most people will post on here if they have problems. You very rarely get people posting to say there update went smooth. The fact is the vast majority of Mountain Lion users will not be experiencing any major problems with the OS, or maybe with apps which are not compatible, but thats hardly Apple's fault if developers don't update their apps.

Two external monitors + ethernet on the Macbook Pro Retina (late 2013)

The new MacBook Pro 13" retina have 2 thunderbolt connectors and one HDMI but no ethernet port (how pro is that?).
As the title of this post suggest, I want to drive two external monitors as well as an ethernet port.
1.) Is there a dock that woudl allow such setup out of the box?
-OR-
2.) Using the Macbook Pro's two thunderbolt ports and the following adapters:
- Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet,
- Mini DisplayPort to DVI (is this actually thunderbolt compat?).
Can once of the thunderbolt connector be splitted or chanied to drive etiher: two screens or one screen + ethernet?
Or would I also need to use the HDMI port in such case? If so is there any performance difference between the Macbook Pro's HDMI port and the thunderbolt ports? Can all these be run concurrently i.e. thunderbolt display and the HDMI port?
The monitors both have DVI-D connectors.

Thunderbolt expansion docks are beginning to appear. "They ain't cheap." This one would support what you want to do ... Belkin Express Dock (using both Thunderbolt ports on your MBP)
Thunderbolt devices can be daisy-chained however I don't believe that means it will support 2 displays on the same chain.
miniDisplayPort and Thunderbolt are co-compatible. You can plug a miniDisplayPort cable into the Thunderbolt port in order to connect a display.
DVI and HDMI are co-compatible. You should only need an appropriate cable to connect the display to the MBP's HDMI port.

I am thinking of getting my first Macbook pro for uni and was just wondering which one would be the best? The macbook pro or macbook pro with retina display? or even wait for the new release in 2013 ?

I am thinking of getting my first Macbook pro for uni and was just wondering which one would be the best? The macbook pro or macbook pro with retina display? or even wait for the new release in 2013 ?

If your budget is unlimited, look at both the retina and non-retina and make a decision based on your preferences. If funds are tight, explore the options in the refurbished section. Unless you are dealing with courses that demand specific performance parameters, any one of these options will suffice.
Ciao.

Does the macbook pro have a password protect feature?

i'm debating whether or not I need the Kensington ComboSaver Notebook Lock for college. if the macbook pro has a password-protect feature... maybe i don't need the lock

How would they know there was a password? Are you hoping to be able to say, "Excuse me, sir, but please don't steal my laptop, it's password protected." A thief wouldn't care, even if they slowed down to listen... they'd just erase your hard drive and sell the machine. (Or maybe not even erase the hard drive.)
Password protection is possible on many levels, some more secure than others, but none will discourage theft. Password protection's role is to protect against things ranging from casual snooping to determined spying, and the method used determines what can be protected against. For true data security, you must use encryption.
However, if you're looking to keep your laptop from getting stolen, you need to simply keep it close, or locked up when not adequately close. A security cable would be a good investment for leaving a computer unattended in a dorm room or apartment.

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