Slow, unresponsive Finder.

Downloaded a security update this morning and after restarting the computer the computer is completely unresponsive. Applications take 3-4-5 minutes to launch, many freeze while starting.
I have checked and repaired the start up disk, through Diak Utility. The HD is ok.
Still it is no good. Could any one help?
I'm trying to do a backup but the computer takes forever.

toolman wrote:
Well, thought I had it but it's back. I removed all traces of techtool but I still can not do anything for at least 5 minutes after I get my desk top to show. This is annoying.
If it will let you, can you open up Activity Monitor during this period and see what's hogging the CPU?
Although this in itself will use some CPU, maybe temporarily set AM as a login item. That way it'll open up as soon as it can.
And check all these
~/Library/LaunchAgents (where ~ is your home folder Library, normally invisible in Lion. Use Go>Go to folder.)
/private/var/run/StartupItems (This one is invisible. Get TinkerTool to show hidden.)
/Library/StartupItems
/System/Library/StartupItems
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons
/Library/LaunchDaemons

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First time or two I restarted it took 3 or 4 minutes to get to the desktop and when I did get to the desktop the finder was unresponsive for at least another 3-4 minutes. It would finally start working normally. I disabled all log in items and the time to get to the destop has improved but the unresponsive finder remains.
I have:
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toolman wrote:
Well, thought I had it but it's back. I removed all traces of techtool but I still can not do anything for at least 5 minutes after I get my desk top to show. This is annoying.
If it will let you, can you open up Activity Monitor during this period and see what's hogging the CPU?
Although this in itself will use some CPU, maybe temporarily set AM as a login item. That way it'll open up as soon as it can.
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Ever since my iphoto library crashed (ran out of space without warning) my mcbook pro has been slow, unresponsive, freezes in sleep mode and won't restart... please help.

Hi everyone
Ever since my iphoto library crashed (ran out of space without warning) my mcbook pro has been slow, unresponsive, freezes in sleep mode and won't restart...
I've since backed everything up on an external hard drive, removed the corrupt library, even reinstalled the operating software and there is now hardly anything on the hard drive, it still runs painfully slow. If I close the lid which puts it in sleep mode, it either doesn't go into sleep mode but instead the battery just gets drained and I find it completely empty of power (it won't start again unless plugged in), or it goes into sleep mode but just freezes when I try to reopen.
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Have you tried SMC and PRAM resets?
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379
Ciao.

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I am running Snow Leopard on a iMac 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 3GB RAM.
Just over a week ago my machine started being extremely slow, unresponsive and displaying the spinning wheel. At times it won't restart, it gets stuck either on the blue screen or the logo screen.
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You need to let Apple know that you are missing a system disc. You will need to provide Apple the computer serial number in order to get the correct one - US (800) 767-2775. If you're not in the US, you may need to go through the regional Apple Store that serves your location to find the contact number. Here's a list of links to all of those -
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No way that I know of!
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MacBook Pro 10.10 extremely slow/unresponsive

Problem description:
MacBook Pro is very slow ever since 10.10 was installed. When waking from sleep it takes a while for the background to appear and then only half of the wallpaper will appear. Also, when using Safari, it becomes extremely unresponsive with the spinning beachball appearing every 5 minutes.
EtreCheck version: 2.1.2 (105)
Report generated 14 December 2014 20:49:23 GMT
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
1 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Uptime: one day 4:35:12
Disk Information: ℹ️
ST9500325ASG disk0 : (500.11 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 498.90 GB (356.44 GB free)
Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked
Core Storage: disk0s2 499.25 GB Online
MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/Library/Application Support/Avast/components/fileshield/unsigned
[not loaded] com.avast.AvastFileShield (2.1.0 - SDK 10.9) [Support]
/Library/Application Support/Avast/components/proxy/unsigned
[not loaded] com.avast.PacketForwarder (1.4 - SDK 10.9) [Support]
/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (4.2.10) [Support]
[not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (4.2.10) [Support]
[not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (4.2.10) [Support]
[not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (4.2.10) [Support]
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.logmein.driver.LogMeInSoundDriver (1.0.2 - SDK 10.5) [Support]
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[failed] com.apple.AirPlayUIAgent.plist [Details]
[failed] com.apple.CallHistoryPluginHelper.plist
[failed] com.apple.CallHistorySyncHelper.plist [Details]
[failed] com.apple.cmfsyncagent.plist [Details]
[failed] com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication.plist [Details]
[failed] com.apple.EscrowSecurityAlert.plist [Details]
[failed] com.apple.printtool.agent.plist [Details]
[failed] com.apple.rcd.plist [Details]
[failed] com.apple.SafariNotificationAgent.plist
[failed] com.apple.sbd.plist [Details]
[failed] com.apple.telephonyutilities.callservicesd.plist [Details]
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[failed] com.apple.AssetCacheLocatorService.plist [Details]
[failed] com.apple.awdd.plist [Details]
[failed] com.apple.ctkd.plist
[failed] com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced.plist [Details]
[failed] com.apple.ifdreader.plist
[failed] com.apple.installd.plist [Details]
[failed] com.apple.nehelper.plist [Details]
[failed] com.apple.nesessionmanager.plist
[failed] com.apple.periodic-daily.plist [Details]
[failed] com.apple.periodic-weekly.plist [Details]
[failed] com.apple.softwareupdate_download_service.plist [Details]
[failed] com.apple.systemstats.analysis.plist [Details]
[failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist
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[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist [Support]
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist [Support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Support]
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist [Support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[invalid?] com.avast.home.userinit.plist [Support]
[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist [Support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
None
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
AdobeExManDetect: Version: AdobeExManDetect 1.1.0.0 - SDK 10.7 [Support]
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.246 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 [Support]
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.246 - SDK 10.6 Mismatch! Adobe recommends 16.0.0.235
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 2.2 [Support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.6 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 65 Check version
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
AdBlock
avast! Online Security
DivX Plus Web Player HTML5 <video>
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
DivX [Support]
Flash Player [Support]
Java [Support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Mobile backups: ON
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 498.90 GB Disk used: 142.46 GB
Destinations:
TimeMachine [Network]
Total size: 984.35 GB
Total number of backups: 0
Oldest backup: -
Last backup: -
Size of backup disk: Adequate
Backup size 984.35 GB > (Disk used 142.46 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      29% Finder
      6% WindowServer
      0% AppleSpell
      0% Google Chrome
      0% com.apple.prefs.backup.remoteservice
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
202 MB Safari
193 MB Finder
47 MB WindowServer
30 MB Disk Utility
26 MB com.apple.WebKit.Networking
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
38 MB Free RAM
920 MB Active RAM
885 MB Inactive RAM
1.23 GB Wired RAM
38.33 GB Page-ins
1.97 GB Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
Dec 13, 2014, 04:14:59 PM Self test - passed
Dec 13, 2014, 04:46:33 PM QuickLookSatellite_2014-12-13-164633_RH-3.crash
Dec 13, 2014, 04:39:06 PM Finder_2014-12-13-163906_RH-3.cpu_resource.diag [Details]
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These 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 and start typing the name.
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from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
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Etrecheck on a really slow unresponsive iMac 2010

Hi there,
I've tried updating software and hope I haven't shot myself in the foot installing Yosemite but my Mac is running really badly. It just isn't really working. It's taken me 90 mins to turn it on, install etrecheck and post this. Hope you guys can help!
Problem description:
iMac running super slow an generally unresponsive. Like a 1994 PC
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated 5 March 2015 11:30:09 GMT
Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck
Click the [Click for support] links for help with non-Apple products.
Click the [Click for details] links for more information about that line.
Hardware Information: ℹ️
    iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) (Technical Specifications)
    iMac - model: iMac11,1
    1 2.66 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 4-core
    4 GB RAM Upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM0
            2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
        BANK 0/DIMM1
            Empty
        BANK 1/DIMM1
            Empty
    Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
    Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
    ATI Radeon HD 4850 - VRAM: 512 MB
        iMac 2560 x 1440
System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Time since boot: 0:30:51
Disk Information: ℹ️
    ST31000528ASQ disk0 : (1 TB)
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 999.35 GB (182.79 GB free) - 100 errors
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
    HL-DT-ST DVDRW GA11N
USB Information: ℹ️
    Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
    Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
    Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
    Mac App Store and identified developers
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        /System/Library/Extensions
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    [loaded]    com.digidesign.iokit.DigiDal (8.0.4f2) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.digidesign.mbox2.boot.driver (8.0.4f2) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.digidesign.mbox2.driver (8.0.4f2) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.digidesign.usb.elevenrack.driver (1.0.1) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.flipvideo.IOUSBCameraMassStorage (1.0.1) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.master (5.7.2) [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (0.0.74) [Click for support]
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    [loaded]    com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard (5.7.2) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.tiger (5.7.2) [Click for support]
Startup Items: ℹ️
    Digidesign Mbox 2: Path: /Library/StartupItems/Digidesign Mbox 2
    DigidesignLoader: Path: /Library/StartupItems/DigidesignLoader
    PACESupport: Path: /Library/StartupItems/PACESupport
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    [not loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.epson.Epson_Low_Ink_Reminder.launcher.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.epson.esua.launcher.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.epson.eventmanager.agent.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.flipvideo.FlipShare.AutoRun.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.hp.quick.connect.software.agent.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.rim.BBAlbumArtCacher.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist [Click for support]
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    [running]    com.digidesign.elevenrack.helper.plist [Click for support]
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    [running]    com.rim.BBDaemon.plist [Click for support]
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    [loaded]    com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]
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    [running]    com.spotify.webhelper.plist [Click for support]
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    iTunesHelper    UNKNOWN Hidden (missing value)
    Dropbox    Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
    AdobeResourceSynchronizer    Application Hidden (/Applications/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/Support/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)
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    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    EPPEX Plugin: Version: 3.0.5.0 [Click for support]
    AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.13 [Click for support]
    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.13 [Click for support]
    Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
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    Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
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Safari Extensions: ℹ️
    AdBlock
Audio Plug-ins: ℹ️
    Digidesign CoreAudio: Version: 8.0.4 [Click for support]
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
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    Digidesign Eleven Rack [Click for support]
    DigidesignMbox2 [Click for support]
    Digidesign Mbox 2 Pro [Click for support]
    Flash Player [Click for support]
    Java [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
    Skip System Files: NO
    Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
    Volumes being backed up:
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    Destinations:
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        Total size: 0 B
        Total number of backups: 0
        Oldest backup: -
        Last backup: -
        Size of backup disk: Too small
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Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
        17%    WindowServer
        11%    Dock
         6%    SubmitDiagInfo
         2%    lsregister
         0%    coreservicesd
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    554 MB    Finder
    228 MB    Safari
    129 MB    Dock
    107 MB    mds_stores
    91 MB    com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
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    1.92 GB    Active RAM
    1.56 GB    Inactive RAM
    556 MB    Wired RAM
    1.92 GB    Page-ins
    233 KB    Page-outs
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It shows a staggering number of errors on your hard drive. Back up everything now, then boot from your recovery partition and see if Disk Utility can repair your internal hard drive. IF it can;t you may be looking at a new drive.
There was an Apple repair extension program for the 1TB Seagate hard drives in 2009 27-inch iMacs but it has now expired. If you did not take advantage of that program, a failing HD could be the issues.
Adding RAM might help too, but you must get the hard drive issues sorted first.

Unresponsive Finder

Hi, I am a g5 user with a 10.5.7 OS. I made a very stupid mistake the other day when my computer started running slow and the pinwheel kept coming up every time I went to crop a picture on iphoto '09. I went and re-installed iphoto '08 thinking it would solve this issue, but then it slowed everything down even more and now I can't open iphoto at all, it won't launch. I called the phone service and he advised to reload "09 and it would solve the problem. Wrong it got worse, now I can't open my finder - it is unresponsive. At this point I am in a panic and need help. Has anyone gone through this? I can't get into my finder so I cannot open any applications. Can anyone help me please?

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mkdir ~/Documents/FilesFromMyDesktop
find ~/Desktop -type f -depth 1 -exec mv {} ~/Documents/FilesFromMyDesktop \;
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Slow, unresponsive system...PLEASE HELP!

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I've been having issues for the past couple of days...nothing is seriously wrong, everything has just become very slow and unresponsive. Even with no apps open, just moving a Finder window about is very jerky and it takes time for the window to catch up with your mouse. Moving through the menu bar (just the finder with nothing else open) seems to be an effort and it takes a while for the the blue selection to catch up with the mouse curser.
It's done a few other things that seems strange; when launching one app (Safari for example) and clicking on the desktop to access the finder menu bar, it will still display the Safari menu - only hiding the app or minimising the window will enable you to access the Finder menu. I've also been unable to deselect anything in a folder or on the desktop (ie. I couldn't click on the desktop background to deselect all drives and files/ folders, I could just click from one to the other to select them).
Curser selections are also an effort and no matter how slow you click and drag it seems to miss the first few characters or words in the selection (if that makes sense?!). If I click and drag at the speed I normally would it will miss the first few sentences in a paragraph.
I've performed a hardware test and everything passed.
I've reset the PRAM.
Disk Utility flags up the following;
ACL found but not expected on "Applications/Utilities".
ACL found but not expected on "Applications".
ACL found but not expected on "Library".
which it has done since installing 10.5, but takes about 10 minutes to verify the disk.
Oh, and I've got 86GB free on my startup disk. As I said, everything IS working, just working very slowly. The only app I've installed recently is Skype, and I've got nothing in my startup items folder.
Any comments are much appreciated.

Check out this thread:
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AFP Directory Listings via VPN very slow in Finder

Hello all!
I recently exchanged my existing Apple iMac Core2Duo (with Mac OS X 10.6.8) to a brand new iMac 27" i7 (10.9.4). Besinde to this new iMac I´m using a MacBook Pro 15" (with 10.6.8). WLAN/Airport is turned off; only Ethernet / LAN is used.
My problem right now is: since the upgrade to OS X Mavericks we are experiencing server problems, browsing AFP shares on remote servers (VPN). The Directory Listing is very slow an can take up to 30 minutes for large listings. I can't browse network folders with Finder because it's too slow. It takes forever just list all the subfolders. If I try to transfer or open a file, everything is fine and I can do it at the right speed.
Here's the setup
2 networks are connected thanks to a VPN connection.
All clients, in all connected networks can communicate to a common fileserver (MacPro with OS X 10.6.8 SnowLeopard Server) in Network A
Firewall is not an issue between those networks
The clients authenticate via OpenDirectory and Kerberos to the fileserver
So the problems occur if i want to connect a client on network B to the server on network A. Connection, authentication, ... all good. Even the performance over the VPN, to tranfer files is OK. But browsing subfolders is catastrophic. I used AFP , results are the same. I also made tests on older clients, to see if the fileserver is the problem. 10.6 and 10.8 clients can browse normally, speed is OK.
So my question: What can I do to accelerate the browsing of my AFP/SMB shares for all my Mavericks clients? What can I do to speed up the Directory Listing? And yes: i know about solutions like PathFinder, TotalFinder, .... but i'm more interested in a native solution to this problem.
Thx!!
OS X Mavericks (10.9.4), 10.6.8 Server

This has been a major issue in Mavericks all along. SMB has been a total disaster for anyone who works with MACs on a corporate network, causing admins night terrors, anxiety disorders, and general sadness. 10.9.4 + some server side fixes (smbcreditsmax and smbcreditsmin) fixed many of the issues, but the slow finder listings over VPN connections is still unusable. the only workarounds i know of are:
- switch to windows
- downgrade to mountian lion
- use FTP or webDav protocols
- use a 3rd party finder replacement: mucommander (clunky additional app but works!)
I will be testing Yosemite beta this weekend, i have heard reports that some of this nonsense is fixed.

Macbook Pro (2010) slow/unresponsive booting OSX from Windows

Hello All,
Let me introduce myself. My name is Josh and I am currently deployed in Afghanistan and also pursuing an Info Sec degree. As such I was forced to boot camp Windows 7 on my Mac in order to complete certain classes needing Windows and Windows software. I am running into some issues that I can not seem to work around. First I will give the stats of my computer then try to explain the issues I am encountering.
Macbook Pro 13inch Mid 2010
2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
16GB memory
Crutial 256 GB SSD
OSX 10.9.2
Windows 7 Professional
New battery
I partitioned the SSD in half for both Windows and OSX. Each has around 30 GB of data on each side. I installed the SSD and memory around 6 months ago and everything worked flawlessly. Needing Windows and being cheap I decided to dual boot, through bootcamp, the two operating systems. Install, although a pain, was completed sucessfully and worked great. It has been installed for about 3 months and ran flawlessly. I have kept up with updates on both sides and running antivirus on Windows. I rarely do any work besides school on Windows but run the antivirus regularly for protection. These issues arose a few days ago. One issue I encounter periodically is that when booting to Windows I hold down the control key and it still loads OSX. I have to try several times to get it to boot Windows. Sometimes it works first try. Once in Windows everything works as it should and fast with the memory and SSD. When I shut down the computer and return to OSX everything loads as normal with the same speed except when I go to open an application. It takes several minutes of spinning wheel for it to open. Until then it is slow and often unresponsive. If I let it run its course it will eventually calm down and work correctly. During this time the fan kicks on. Another issue is that sometimes one of my external hard drives fails to read. I can unplug and plug it back into each of the USB hubs with no luck. The two external hard drives I have are one for Time Machine backups- 1TB Western Digital and the other for all my work- 1TB Western Digital. Each hard drive is scanned with Windows 7 during antivirus checks. Finally, I installed a new battery, as mine was gone, and since the install I do not get the same life span out of a charge (around 5 hours max with little use). If anyone has any advise please feel free to contribute. I would like to solve the issue. Thank you for your time and if you need any more information I would happily provide.
Also: I will be creating another thread for two more Macbook Pros I am working to resolve issues.
Josh

Josh,
have you tried resetting your MacBook Pro’s System Management Controller, to see if it would have any effect on your battery life and fan frequency?

Slow/unresponsive video playback, media pending, after CC'14 October update

Encountering a strange issue after the October update. It's a project carried over from the previous CC'14 version, nothing crazy, about an 18 minute timeline of video/.mov clips straight off a JVC GY-HM600U with simple RGB curves/masks on some clips, some Prores422 clips of graphics exported out of After Effects, a couple nested sequences featuring simple text w/ cross dissolves, and a lower 3rd Quicktime with RGB+Alpha. There are some linked AE comps in the project but not in the sequence. Ran fine before update. Here's my system, obviously no CUDA so Mercury Playback is software only:
Upon opening the project everything is fine, playback is smooth, scrubbing from beginning to end no problem. After a period of time, 10-15 minutes? Suddenly video playback hangs up, with audio continuing to play after . Opening a clip in the Source window displays the Media Pending thumbnail, after 15 seconds it seems to find the media but again it's only a still frame with video hanging up. Then audio seems to hang up and I can't do anything. I can still manipulate the UI but scrubbing through the timeline is completely unresponsive, pressing play does nothing.
Quitting the program seems to freeze it, the window closes but it stays lit up in my dock and shows Application Not Responding, causing me to force quit.
A system reboot yesterday seemed to clear the issue up for the remainder of the work day but it's back today. Not sure where the issue is coming from, but seems like some kind of memory leak or something similar since it seems to be a gradual degradation in performance. I'll have to roll back to a previous version to finish up this project until things are fixed.

Hello,
Many thanks for your very long reply and your interest in my problems.
I shall try to answer you :
- 1) OS : Windows 7 64 bits Pro SP1, french,
                 Version : 6.1.7601.18247 (Win7RTM)
                 Framework.NET : 4.0.30319.18408 built by : FX451RTMGREL)
                 DirectX : 11.0,
                 OpenGL : 6.1.7600.16385 (Win7_rtm.090713-1255).
- 2) Yes the media pending goes away but after a couple of minutes (one
year ago I was using PP CS6 and Encore CS6, I never had this problem
even with very long files),
- 3) Yes my GPU driver is updated (Nvidia GeForce 332.21 dated 12/19/2014).
I never had thiese problems with PP CS6 + Encore CS6 and my projects
built with these PP ans Encore version were with the same structure and
length (in PP CS6 : sequences up to 45 minutes, in Encore CS6 chapters
up to the same time).
The difference between are in my hardware :
- the RAM was upgraded from 12 GB to 24 GB,
- the CPU was overclocked from 3,2 GHz (default) to 3,88 GHz).
- 4) I shall try up to the disk burn to check if the problem is just due
to display of "animated buttons".
I hope my answer will be usefull for you.
Regards,
Jacques Gourier.
Le 11/02/2014 19:53, Stan Jones a écrit :
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      Re: Media pending with Encore CS6
created by Stan Jones <http://forums.adobe.com/people/Stan+Jones> in
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<http://forums.adobe.com/message/6110278#6110278

Slow loading Finder in Mavericks?

I bought the brand new Macbook Pro Retina that came with Mavericks plus I upgraded my old Macbook Pro Retina to Mavericks before my new one came. On both computers I am noticing a few different things that are rather annoying.
When attaching documents to emails, etc... it is taking my finder forever to load the contents of the directory I am trying to access. It is doing this on both computers, so I am assuming this is something to do with Mavericks and not the new computer. It is rather frustrating because for my job, I am contstantly attaching documents to emails every day, but having to wait a good minute or two for a directory to load to find what I am looking for to attach is getting rather annoying.
Even my stickie notes load slow now when opening them in Mavericks and it has never done that before. They kind of appear laggy when loading. Usually they just popped right up.
Is anybody else experiencing this problem? Any suggestions for a fix? I really enjoy Mavericks but it seems to be messing with the overall performance of some things.

This problem really negates any benefit that Mavericks may offer simply in the reduced productivity this slowness creates. I really struggled with it and was seriously contemplating reverting to the previous version of Mac OS X Mountain Lion. However, on reflection, I identified one of the features of Mavericks that could be responsible. App Nap. As I understand it, App Nap is designed to conserve energy and automatically slows down applications that are loaded but not currently active. If this is the case and it is applied to the Finder, then this could be the cause of our frustrations. On most Apps. in Maverick, using Get Info will present amongst other options, an opportunity to disable App Nap for the specific application. However, this option is not available for the Finder app. (/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder/Contents/MacOS/Finder).
I checked with Activity Monitor and discovered that the Finder process did get App Napped if unused so how to disable the App Napping? Happily, after some Googling, I came across these folks who had the answer:
http://www.tekrevue.com/tip/disable-app-nap-os-x-mavericks/
So I opened terminal and issued the following command:
sudo defaults write com.apple.Finder NSAppSleepDisabled -bool YES
Hey Presto, finder appears to be restored to its normal operating speed.
I suspect that to reverse this step, the above command should be issued with the argument NO.
If you try this, you do so at your own risk but I wanted to share it because of the frustrating impact it is having to so many folks.
Good Luck and please let me know if it works for you.

External HD slow in finder: list loading very slow

I have a 1 TB HD that is very slow with loading the files in finder.
This has not been a problem with my 8 year old pc at home. Where I run macdrive to
acces the files. The HD is formatted in HFS+
When I press a folder it looks like if Finder first loads all the files in that folder and then when it's done loading it shows me the files. Is this a settings thingy or is the finder just acting like an idiot. Because it's extremely annoying and stops my workflow.
Ones it's loaded I can switch from different folders that I've previously viewed and there is no problem.
I hope someone can tell me what's going on inside the computer.
Thanxs.

It takes forever to show up in finder. I've never had this problem before on the iMacs (white and silver), eMacs, Macbooks. And now I'm working on a tower mac with 4gb and it starts acting like a you know what...I'm sorry if I sound very annoyed but I am very annoyed. I checked Disc Utility, did a repair scan but it will take 22 hours. The academy is not open for 22 hours. Looked for the same problem but no useful info which tells me that I can do something about it or not.

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