Start up slow - safari slow

I have a macbook - recently no startup sound - also, safari is very slow to load - no other problems - disc utility and disc permissions run and show no problems - any ideas on the startup sound disappearing ??? thanks

Are you serious about this question? "is your volume turned up when you shut it down?"
lol
you sound like microsoft assistance.
:P just kidding..

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Trying to clean up my 09 MacBookPro. safari has been pretty slow and i keep getting what i like to call 'the wheel of death' on my desktop on opening safari or searching or opening some apps.
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HI and Welcome to Apple Discussions...
There are no Mac viruses.
Any tips that I can do myself
You can do this!
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Hi
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Appreciate your inputs.
Thanks.

Reset Safari.
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iv done an update to OSX 10.9.5 but still the same iv check Activity Monitor and cant really see anything which might using up CPU or Memory ? HHD space over 500GB left...
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Hi John, thanks for getting back iv copied part of what is in the log hopefully this will tell you whats happening ??
Sep 27 18:43:03 DanPro.local WindowServer[175]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Finder" after 1.54 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
Sep 27 18:43:04 DanPro.local launchctl[389]: launchctl: Dubious permissions on file (skipping): /Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
Sep 27 18:43:08 DanPro.local sudo[392]:     root : TTY=unknown ; PWD=/ ; USER=Admin ; COMMAND=/bin/launchctl load /Library/LaunchAgents/com.parallels.vm.prl_pcproxy.plist
Sep 27 18:43:08 DanPro.local sudo[395]:     root : TTY=unknown ; PWD=/ ; USER=Admin ; COMMAND=/bin/launchctl start com.parallels.vm.prl_pcproxy
Sep 27 18:43:09 DanPro.local sandboxd[374] ([141]): coreaudiod(141) deny file-read-data /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/A52Codec.component
Sep 27 18:43:10 DanPro.local sandboxd[374] ([141]): coreaudiod(141) deny file-read-metadata /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/A52Codec.component/Contents
Sep 27 18:43:10 DanPro.local syncdefaultsd[332]: [AOSAccounts] : IAAppProvider::CopyAccountUIDForUser Timed out waiting
Sep 27 18:43:10 DanPro.local com.apple.InputMethodKit.UserDictionary[397]: -[PFUbiquitySwitchboardEntryMetadata setUseLocalStorage:](760): CoreData: Ubiquity: Admin~D746949C-1F9F-5A11-B4E1-B30CC465D487:UserDictionary
Using local storage: 1
Sep 27 18:43:11 DanPro.local sandboxd[374] ([141]): coreaudiod(141) deny file-read-metadata /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/A52Codec.component
Sep 27 18:43:12 DanPro.local com.apple.time[303]: Interval maximum value is 946100000 seconds (specified value: 9223372036854775807).
Sep 27 18:43:14 DanPro.local com.apple.SecurityServer[25]: Session 100016 created
Sep 27 18:43:16 DanPro.local imagent[354]: [Warning] Creating empty account: PlaceholderAccount for service: IMDService (iMessage)
Sep 27 18:43:17 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Sep 27 18:43:17 DanPro.local soagent[340]: No active accounts, killing soagent in 10 seconds
Sep 27 18:43:18 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Sep 27 18:43:18 DanPro.local com.apple.InputMethodKit.UserDictionary[397]: -[PFUbiquitySwitchboardEntryMetadata setUseLocalStorage:](760): CoreData: Ubiquity: Admin~D746949C-1F9F-5A11-B4E1-B30CC465D487:UserDictionary
Using local storage: 0
Sep 27 18:43:20 DanPro.local com.apple.time[303]: Interval maximum value is 946100000 seconds (specified value: 9223372036854775807).
Sep 27 18:43:21 DanPro.local com.apple.NotesMigratorService[408]: Joined Aqua audit session
Sep 27 18:43:23 DanPro.local apsd[60]: Failed to send activation record to service com.apple.ManagedClient.enroll
Sep 27 18:43:28 DanPro.local soagent[340]: Killing soagent.
Sep 27 18:43:28 DanPro.local NotificationCenter[330]: SOHelperCenter main connection interrupted
Sep 27 18:43:28 DanPro.local imagent[354]: [Warning] Denying xpc connection, task does not have entitlement: com.apple.private.icfcallserver (soagent:340)
Sep 27 18:43:30 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Sep 27 18:43:30 DanPro.local Dropbox[370]: PyObjCPointer created: at 0xbe8fc88 of type {OpaqueJSContext=}
Sep 27 18:43:34 DanPro kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher dbfseventsd (pid: 419) - Using /dev/fsevents directly is unsupported. Migrate to FSEventsFramework
Sep 27 18:43:35 DanPro.local Dropbox[370]: ICARegisterForEventNotification-Has been deprecated since 10.5. Calls to this function in the future may crash this application. Please move to ImageCaptureCore
Sep 27 18:43:54 DanPro.local soagent[434]: No active accounts, killing soagent in 10 seconds
Sep 27 18:43:54 DanPro.local com.apple.time[303]: Interval maximum value is 946100000 seconds (specified value: 9223372036854775807).
Sep 27 18:43:54 DanPro.local com.apple.dock.extra[433]: No endpoint returned trying to load UnreadCountController.bundle, suspending
Sep 27 18:43:54 DanPro.local soagent[434]: No active accounts, killing soagent in 10 seconds
Sep 27 18:44:05 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Sep 27 18:44:05 DanPro.local soagent[434]: Killing soagent.
Sep 27 18:44:05 DanPro.local com.apple.dock.extra[433]: SOHelperCenter main connection interrupted
Sep 27 18:44:05 DanPro.local imagent[354]: [Warning] Denying xpc connection, task does not have entitlement: com.apple.private.icfcallserver (soagent:434)
Sep 27 18:44:35 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Sep 27 18:44:46 DanPro.local launchservicesd[52]: Application App:"Finder" asn:0x0-e00e pid:315 refs=7 @ 0x7fd472b0f400 tried to be brought forward, but isn't in fPermittedFrontApps ( ( "LSApplication:0x0-0x20020 pid=444 "SecurityAgent"")), so denying. : LASSession.cp #1481 SetFrontApplication() q=LSSession 100006/0x186a6 queue
Sep 27 18:44:46 DanPro.local WindowServer[175]: [cps/setfront] Failed setting the front application to Finder, psn 0x0-0xe00e, securitySessionID=0x186a6, err=-13066
Sep 27 18:45:00 DanPro.local universalAccessAuthWarn[455]: AccessibilityAPI: pid 304, is not allowed to access the accessibility API. Path: /Library/Little Snitch/Little Snitch Agent.app/Contents/MacOS/Little Snitch Agent
Sep 27 18:45:07 DanPro.local System Preferences[446]: tcp_connection_destination_prepare_complete 1 connectx to 54.230.150.75#80 failed: 64 - Host is down
Sep 27 18:45:07 DanPro.local System Preferences[446]: tcp_connection_destination_prepare_complete 1 connectx to 54.230.150.12#80 failed: 64 - Host is down
Sep 27 18:45:07 DanPro.local System Preferences[446]: tcp_connection_destination_prepare_complete 1 connectx to 54.230.150.62#80 failed: 64 - Host is down
Sep 27 18:45:07 DanPro.local System Preferences[446]: tcp_connection_destination_prepare_complete 1 connectx to 54.230.148.165#80 failed: 64 - Host is down
Sep 27 18:45:07 DanPro.local System Preferences[446]: tcp_connection_destination_prepare_complete 1 connectx to 54.230.150.147#80 failed: 64 - Host is down
Sep 27 18:45:07 DanPro.local System Preferences[446]: tcp_connection_destination_prepare_complete 1 connectx to 54.230.149.220#80 failed: 64 - Host is down
Sep 27 18:45:07 DanPro.local System Preferences[446]: tcp_connection_destination_prepare_complete 1 connectx to 54.230.150.54#80 failed: 64 - Host is down
Sep 27 18:45:07 DanPro.local System Preferences[446]: tcp_connection_destination_prepare_complete 1 connectx to 54.230.151.226#80 failed: 64 - Host is down
Sep 27 18:45:07 DanPro.local System Preferences[446]: tcp_connection_handle_destination_prepare_complete 1 failed to connect
Sep 27 18:45:07 --- last message repeated 7 times ---
Sep 27 18:45:07 DanPro.local System Preferences[446]: TSUpdateCheck: Connection failed! Error - Could not connect to the server. http://www.flip4mac.com/Updater/WMV/update2.plist?version=2.4.4.2&productid=0000 000&OSVersion=10.9.5&CPU=Intel%20Core%20i7&QTVersion=7.7.3
Sep 27 18:45:15 DanPro.local mds[34]: (Normal) Volume: volume:0x7ffb15002000 ********** Bootstrapped Creating a default store:0 SpotLoc:(null) SpotVerLoc:(null) occlude:0 /Volumes/firmwaresyncd.BFjJib
Sep 27 18:45:28 DanPro.local com.apple.IconServicesAgent[334]: main Failed to composit image for binding VariantBinding [0x275] flags: 0x8 binding: FileInfoBinding [0x175] - extension: GIF, UTI: com.compuserve.gif, fileType: ????.
Sep 27 18:45:28 DanPro.local quicklookd[440]: Warning: Cache image returned by the server has size range covering all valid image sizes. Binding: VariantBinding [0x203] flags: 0x8 binding: FileInfoBinding [0x103] - extension: GIF, UTI: com.compuserve.gif, fileType: ???? request size:100 scale: 1
Sep 27 18:45:29 DanPro.local com.apple.IconServicesAgent[334]: main Failed to composit image for binding VariantBinding [0x279] flags: 0x8 binding: FileInfoBinding [0x373] - extension: mp4, UTI: public.mpeg-4, fileType: ????.
Sep 27 18:45:29 DanPro.local quicklookd[440]: Warning: Cache image returned by the server has size range covering all valid image sizes. Binding: VariantBinding [0x403] flags: 0x8 binding: FileInfoBinding [0x303] - extension: mp4, UTI: public.mpeg-4, fileType: ???? request size:100 scale: 1
Sep 27 18:46:11 DanPro.local sudo[471]:     root : TTY=unknown ; PWD=/ ; USER=Admin ; COMMAND=/bin/launchctl load /Library/LaunchAgents/com.parallels.vm.prl_pcproxy.plist
Sep 27 18:46:11 DanPro.local sudo[473]:     root : TTY=unknown ; PWD=/ ; USER=Admin ; COMMAND=/bin/launchctl start com.parallels.vm.prl_pcproxy
Sep 27 18:46:14 DanPro.local prl_client_app[467]: find_shared_window: WID 104
Sep 27 18:46:14 DanPro.local prl_client_app[467]: CGSOrderWindowListWithGroups: invalid window ID (104)
Sep 27 18:46:14 DanPro.local prl_client_app[467]: CGSOrderWindowList: NULL list pointer or empty list
Sep 27 18:46:24 DanPro.local Installer[477]: *** WARNING: -[NSImage compositeToPoint:operation:] is deprecated in MacOSX 10.8 and later. Please use -[NSImage drawAtPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] instead.
Sep 27 18:46:24 DanPro.local Installer[477]: *** WARNING: -[NSImage compositeToPoint:fromRect:operation:] is deprecated in MacOSX 10.8 and later. Please use -[NSImage drawAtPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] instead.
Sep 27 18:46:24 DanPro.local Installer[477]: *** WARNING: -[NSImage compositeToPoint:operation:fraction:] is deprecated in MacOSX 10.8 and later. Please use -[NSImage drawAtPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] instead.
Sep 27 18:46:24 DanPro.local Installer[477]: *** WARNING: -[NSImage compositeToPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] is deprecated in MacOSX 10.8 and later. Please use -[NSImage drawAtPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] instead.
Sep 27 18:46:26 DanPro.local sandboxd[374] ([484]): mdworker(484) deny file-read-data /Users/Admin/Applications (Parallels)/{37c79a0d-5740-4675-b78e-1d084bca0232} Applications.localized/.localized (pre-plugin fstype:hfs fsflag:480D000 flags:240000005E diag:0 isXCode:0 uti:dyn.ah62d4rv4gk80w25tr2 plugin:internalPlainTextImporter - find suspect file using: sudo mdutil -t 4348162)
Sep 27 18:46:27 --- last message repeated 3 times ---
Sep 27 18:46:27 DanPro.local sandboxd[374] ([484]): mdworker(484) deny file-read-data /Users/Admin/Applications (Parallels)/{568d769e-ce74-400d-bcbb-5cf810567a9b} Applications.localized/.localized (pre-plugin fstype:hfs fsflag:480D000 flags:240000005E diag:0 isXCode:0 uti:dyn.ah62d4rv4gk80w25tr2 plugin:internalPlainTextImporter - find suspect file using: sudo mdutil -t 4278386)
Sep 27 18:46:51 --- last message repeated 3 times ---
Sep 27 18:46:51 DanPro.local launchservicesd[52]: Application App:"Installer" asn:0x0-26026 pid:477 refs=7 @ 0x7fd471625870 tried to be brought forward, but isn't in fPermittedFrontApps ( ( "LSApplication:0x0-0x27027 pid=490 "SecurityAgent"")), so denying. : LASSession.cp #1481 SetFrontApplication() q=LSSession 100006/0x186a6 queue
Sep 27 18:46:51 DanPro.local WindowServer[175]: [cps/setfront] Failed setting the front application to Installer, psn 0x0-0x26026, securitySessionID=0x186a6, err=-13066
Sep 27 18:47:22 DanPro.local WindowServer[175]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "System Preferences" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
Sep 27 18:47:24 DanPro.local WindowServer[175]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "System Preferences" after 3.01 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
Sep 27 18:47:26 DanPro.local tccd[324]: Refusing client without path (pid 63)
Sep 27 18:47:31 --- last message repeated 5 times ---
Sep 27 18:47:31 DanPro.local sandboxd[374] ([544]): mdworker(544) deny file-read-data /Users/Admin/Applications (Parallels)/{37c79a0d-5740-4675-b78e-1d084bca0232} Applications.localized/.localized (pre-plugin fstype:hfs fsflag:480D000 flags:240000005E diag:0 isXCode:0 uti:dyn.ah62d4rv4gk80w25tr2 plugin:internalPlainTextImporter - find suspect file using: sudo mdutil -t 4348162)
Sep 27 18:48:01 --- last message repeated 3 times ---
Sep 27 18:59:39 DanPro.local WindowServer[175]: _CGXSetWindowBackgroundBlurRadius: Invalid window 0xffffffff
Sep 27 18:59:39 DanPro.local loginwindow[38]: find_shared_window: WID -1
Sep 27 18:59:39 DanPro.local loginwindow[38]: CGSGetWindowTags: Invalid window 0xffffffff
Sep 27 18:59:39 DanPro.local loginwindow[38]: find_shared_window: WID -1
Sep 27 18:59:39 DanPro.local loginwindow[38]: CGSSetWindowTags: Invalid window 0xffffffff
Sep 27 18:59:39 DanPro.local launchservicesd[52]: Application App:"loginwindow" asn:0x0-1001 pid:38 refs=7 @ 0x7fd472a1a940 tried to be brought forward, but isn't in fPermittedFrontApps ( ( "LSApplication:0x0-0x28028 pid=551 "ScreenSaverEngine"")), so denying. : LASSession.cp #1481 SetFrontApplication() q=LSSession 100006/0x186a6 queue
Sep 27 18:59:39 DanPro.local WindowServer[175]: [cps/setfront] Failed setting the front application to loginwindow, psn 0x0-0x1001, securitySessionID=0x186a6, err=-13066
Sep 27 18:59:40 DanPro com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[286] (com.apple.SystemUIServer.agent[314]): The following job tried to hijack the service "com.apple.tsm.uiserver" from this job: 0x7fd160700590.anonymous.loginwindow
Sep 27 19:15:39 DanPro.local loginwindow[38]: resume called when there was already a timer
Sep 27 19:15:58 DanPro.local fontd[320]: BUG in libdispatch client: dispatch_mig_server: mach_msg() failed (ipc/send) invalid memory - 0x1000000c
Sep 27 19:18:23 DanPro.local Google Chrome[307]: Error launching spell checker for U.S. English: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=256 "The application “AppleSpell.service” could not be launched because a miscellaneous error occurred (OSStatus -1712)." UserInfo=0x811506e0 {NSURL=file://localhost/System/Library/Services/AppleSpell.service, NSUnderlyingError=0x8115a8b0 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (OSStatus error -1712.)", NSLocalizedDescription=The application “AppleSpell.service” could not be launched because a miscellaneous error occurred (OSStatus -1712).}
Sep 27 19:18:30 DanPro.local AppleSpell[378]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
Sep 27 19:19:00 --- last message repeated 5 times ---
Sep 27 19:20:34 DanPro.local Google Chrome[307]: Error launching spell checker for U.S. English: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=256 "The application “AppleSpell.service” could not be launched because a miscellaneous error occurred (OSStatus -1712)." UserInfo=0x81190860 {NSURL=file://localhost/System/Library/Services/AppleSpell.service, NSUnderlyingError=0x8075f150 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (OSStatus error -1712.)", NSLocalizedDescription=The application “AppleSpell.service” could not be launched because a miscellaneous error occurred (OSStatus -1712).}
Sep 27 19:20:34 DanPro.local Google Chrome[307]: Suppressing further spell checker launch failure warnings
Sep 27 19:20:48 DanPro.local AppleSpell[378]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
Sep 27 19:21:18 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Sep 27 19:22:36 DanPro.local AppleSpell[378]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
Sep 27 19:22:36 DanPro.local AppleSpell[378]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
Sep 27 19:22:54 DanPro kernel[0]: process Google Chrome[307] caught causing excessive wakeups. Observed wakeups rate (per sec): 158; Maximum permitted wakeups rate (per sec): 150; Observation period: 300 seconds; Task lifetime number of wakeups: 62932
Sep 27 19:22:54 DanPro.local ReportCrash[571]: Invoking spindump for pid=307 wakeups_rate=158 duration=285 because of excessive wakeups
Sep 27 19:23:09 DanPro.local spindump[572]: Saved wakeups_resource.spin report for Google Chrome version 37.0.2062.124 (2062.124) to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Google Chrome_2014-09-27-192309_DanPro.wakeups_resource.spin
Sep 27 19:24:03 DanPro.local Disk Utility[575]: 10.4-style NSNumberFormatter method called on a 10.0-style formatter, which doesn't work. Break on _NSNumberFormatter_Log_New_Methods_On_Old_Formatters to debug. This message will only be logged once.
Sep 27 19:31:58 DanPro kernel[0]: USBMSC Identifier (non-unique): 08606E6D401FBE50670A65A2 0x951 0x1666 0x100, 3
Sep 27 19:32:03 DanPro.local fseventsd[45]: could not open <</Volumes/KINGSTON/.fseventsd/fseventsd-uuid>> (No such file or directory)
Sep 27 19:32:03 DanPro.local fseventsd[45]: log dir: /Volumes/KINGSTON/.fseventsd getting new uuid: 0E2839C5-4246-4B9E-B9F1-7EDC5D7CBD50
Sep 27 19:32:11 DanPro.local WindowServer[175]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Disk Utility" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
Sep 27 19:32:11 DanPro.local WindowServer[175]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Disk Utility" after 1.21 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
Sep 27 19:41:27 DanPro kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page(0x1000): p=611[GoogleSoftwareUp] final status 0x0, allowing (remove VALID) page
Sep 27 19:46:05 DanPro xpcproxy[622]: assertion failed: 13F34: xpcproxy + 3438 [D559FC96-E6B1-363A-B850-C7AC9734F210]: 0x2
Sep 27 19:58:09 DanPro.local launchservicesd[52]: Someone attempted to start application App:"Archive Utility" asn:0x0-2c02c pid:652 refs=6 @ 0x7fd472b0d3a0 but it still has _kLSApplicationLockedInStoppedStateKey=true, so it is is staying stopped. : LASApplication.cp #2468 SetApplicationInStoppedState() q=LSSession 100006/0x186a6 queue
Sep 27 19:58:21 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Sep 27 19:58:21 DanPro kernel[0]: hfs: mounted StellarPartitionManager on device disk2s2
Sep 27 19:58:21 DanPro.local mds[34]: (Normal) Volume: volume:0x7ffb13ad7000 ********** Bootstrapped Creating a default store:1 SpotLoc:(null) SpotVerLoc:(null) occlude:0 /Volumes/StellarPartitionManager
Sep 27 19:58:22 DanPro.local DiskImages UI Agent[667]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
Sep 27 19:58:34 DanPro.local WindowServer[175]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "CoreServicesUIAgent" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
Sep 27 19:58:34 DanPro.local WindowServer[175]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "CoreServicesUIAgent" after 1.13 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
Sep 27 19:58:36 DanPro.local CoreServicesUIAgent[654]: Error: qtn_file_apply_to_path error: Read-only file system
Sep 27 19:58:49 DanPro.local filecoordinationd[333]: NSFileCoordinator received a message and couldn't parse it. Details: <dictionary: 0x7ffe6cb09270> { count = 2, contents =
"parameters" => <dictionary: 0x7ffe6cb0cc80> { count = 0, contents =
"kind" => <string: 0x7ffe6cb09a10> { length = 15, contents = "providerCheckin" }
Sep 27 19:58:49 DanPro.local Finder[315]: NSFileCoordinator: Sending of a providerCheckin message was interrupted. Details: Connection interrupted
Sep 27 19:59:07 DanPro kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[654] Unable to quarantine: 93
Sep 27 19:59:17 --- last message repeated 2 times ---
Sep 27 19:59:17 DanPro.local authexec[693]: executing /Applications/StellarPartitionManager.app/Contents/MacOS/StellarPartitionManage r.app/Contents/MacOS/StellarPartitionManager
Sep 27 19:59:17 DanPro.local launchservicesd[52]: Application App:"Finder" asn:0x0-e00e pid:315 refs=7 @ 0x7fd472b0f400 tried to be brought forward, but isn't in fPermittedFrontApps ( ( "LSApplication:0x0-0x34034 pid=695 "SecurityAgent"")), so denying. : LASSession.cp #1481 SetFrontApplication() q=LSSession 100006/0x186a6 queue
Sep 27 19:59:17 DanPro.local WindowServer[175]: [cps/setfront] Failed setting the front application to Finder, psn 0x0-0xe00e, securitySessionID=0x186a6, err=-13066
Sep 27 19:59:23 DanPro kernel[0]: disk1s1: media is not present.
Sep 27 19:59:23 --- last message repeated 10 times ---
Sep 27 19:59:23 DanPro kernel[0]: msdosfs_fat_uninit_vol: error 6 from msdosfs_fat_cache_flush
Sep 27 19:59:23 DanPro.local mds_stores[177]: (/private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/T)(Error) IndexStore in int _sqlite_bulkEnd(PersistentIDStore *):sqlite3BtreeCommit failed; rc = 13
Sep 27 19:59:47 DanPro.local universalAccessAuthWarn[455]: AccessibilityAPI: pid 693, is not allowed to access the accessibility API. Path: /Applications/StellarPartitionManager.app/Contents/MacOS/StellarPartitionManage r.app/Contents/MacOS/StellarPartitionManager
Sep 27 20:00:20 DanPro.local launchctl[747]: launchctl: Dubious permissions on file (skipping): /Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
Sep 27 20:00:21 DanPro.local com.apple.IconServicesAgent[745]: IconServicesAgent launched.
Sep 27 20:00:21 DanPro.local distnoted[748]: # distnote server agent absolute time: 4798.155538505   civil time: Sat Sep 27 20:00:21 2014   pid: 748 uid: 0 root: no
Sep 27 20:01:36 DanPro kernel[0]: hfs: unmount initiated on StellarPartitionManager on device disk2s2
Sep 27 20:13:07 DanPro.local CoreServicesUIAgent[934]: Saving rejection record:
Rejected URL=file:///Users/Admin/Downloads/WD%20Drive%20Utilities.app/
App URL=file:///Users/Admin/Downloads/WD%20Drive%20Utilities.app/
Sep 27 20:13:07 DanPro.local CoreServicesUIAgent[934]: App URL discarded
Sep 27 20:13:07 DanPro com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[286] ([0x0-0x3f03f].com.westerndigital.WDDriveUtilities[938]): Exited: Killed: 9
Sep 27 20:13:17 DanPro.local CoreServicesUIAgent[934]: Saving rejection record:
Rejected URL=file:///Users/Admin/Downloads/WD%20Drive%20Utilities.app/
App URL=file:///Users/Admin/Downloads/WD%20Drive%20Utilities.app/
Sep 27 20:13:17 DanPro.local CoreServicesUIAgent[934]: App URL discarded
Sep 27 20:13:17 DanPro com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[286] ([0x0-0x40040].com.westerndigital.WDDriveUtilities[941]): Exited: Killed: 9
Sep 27 20:13:43 DanPro.local WindowServer[175]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Finder" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
Sep 27 20:13:44 DanPro.local WindowServer[175]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Finder" after 1.28 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
Sep 27 20:13:56 DanPro.local CoreServicesUIAgent[947]: Saving rejection record:
Rejected URL=file:///Users/Admin/Downloads/WD%20Drive%20Utilities.app/Contents/WDDriveUt ilityHelper.app/
App URL=file:///Users/Admin/Downloads/WD%20Drive%20Utilities.app/Contents/WDDriveUt ilityHelper.app/
Sep 27 20:13:56 DanPro.local CoreServicesUIAgent[947]: App URL discarded
Sep 27 20:13:56 DanPro com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[286] ([0x0-0x41041].com.westerndigital.WDDriveUtilityHelper[946]): Exited: Killed: 9
Sep 27 20:14:08 DanPro.local WindowServer[175]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Finder" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
Sep 27 20:14:13 DanPro.local Finder[315]: Warning: Cache image returned by the server has size range covering all valid image sizes. Binding: FileInfoBinding [0xe003] - extension: (NULL), UTI: dyn.agk80255drq, fileType: lock request size:18 scale: 1
Sep 27 20:14:13 DanPro.local WindowServer[175]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Finder" after 5.68 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
Sep 27 20:14:15 DanPro.local Finder[315]: Warning: Cache image returned by the server has size range covering all valid image sizes. Binding: FileInfoBinding [0xe103] - extension: (NULL), UTI: dyn.agk81n5ddrq, fileType: ulck request size:18 scale: 1
Sep 27 20:14:19 DanPro.local launchservicesd[52]: Application App:"Finder" asn:0x0-e00e pid:315 refs=8 @ 0x7fd472b0f400 tried to be brought forward, but isn't in fPermittedFrontApps ( ( "LSApplication:0x0-0x43043 pid=953 "SecurityAgent"")), so denying. : LASSession.cp #1481 SetFrontApplication() q=LSSession 100006/0x186a6 queue
Sep 27 20:14:19 DanPro.local WindowServer[175]: [cps/setfront] Failed setting the front application to Finder, psn 0x0-0xe00e, securitySessionID=0x186a6, err=-13066
Sep 27 20:14:33 DanPro.local CoreServicesUIAgent[957]: Saving rejection record:
Rejected URL=file:///Users/Admin/Downloads/WD%20Drive%20Utilities.app/
App URL=file:///Users/Admin/Downloads/WD%20Drive%20Utilities.app/
Sep 27 20:14:33 DanPro.local CoreServicesUIAgent[957]: App URL discarded
Sep 27 20:14:38 DanPro com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[286] ([0x0-0x44044].com.westerndigital.WDDriveUtilities[955]): Exited: Killed: 9
Sep 27 20:15:19 DanPro kernel[0]: USBMSC Identifier (non-unique): 08606E6D401FBE50670A65A2 0x951 0x1666 0x100, 3
Sep 27 20:15:22 DanPro.local fseventsd[45]: check_vol_last_mod_time:XXX failed to get mount time (25; &mount_time == 0x1100a43d8)
Sep 27 20:15:22 DanPro.local fseventsd[45]: log dir: /Volumes/KINGSTON/.fseventsd getting new uuid: 32BF5BC3-BF24-43A9-A2F8-A6067526CF23
Sep 27 20:16:15 DanPro.local WindowServer[175]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Dock" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
Sep 27 20:16:17 DanPro.local WindowServer[175]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Dock" after 2.97 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
Sep 27 20:16:21 DanPro.local fseventsd[45]: unmounting: failed to remove log dir /Volumes/KINGSTON/.fseventsd (Directory not empty)
Sep 27 20:16:21 DanPro.local Finder[315]: CreateWithFileInfo failed to create URL with FSRef, falling back to blank icon.
Sep 27 20:24:26 DanPro xpcproxy[997]: assertion failed: 13F34: xpcproxy + 3438 [D559FC96-E6B1-363A-B850-C7AC9734F210]: 0x2
Sep 27 20:28:12 DanPro.local WindowServer[175]: _CGXSetWindowBackgroundBlurRadius: Invalid window 0xffffffff
Sep 27 20:28:12 DanPro.local loginwindow[38]: find_shared_window: WID -1
Sep 27 20:28:12 DanPro.local loginwindow[38]: CGSGetWindowTags: Invalid window 0xffffffff
Sep 27 20:28:12 DanPro.local loginwindow[38]: find_shared_window: WID -1
Sep 27 20:28:12 DanPro.local loginwindow[38]: CGSSetWindowTags: Invalid window 0xffffffff
Sep 27 20:28:12 DanPro.local launchservicesd[52]: Application App:"loginwindow" asn:0x0-1001 pid:38 refs=7 @ 0x7fd472a1a940 tried to be brought forward, but isn't in fPermittedFrontApps ( ( "LSApplication:0x0-0x48048 pid=999 "ScreenSaverEngine"")), so denying. : LASSession.cp #1481 SetFrontApplication() q=LSSession 100006/0x186a6 queue
Sep 27 20:28:12 DanPro.local WindowServer[175]: [cps/setfront] Failed setting the front application to loginwindow, psn 0x0-0x1001, securitySessionID=0x186a6, err=-13066
Sep 27 20:40:10 DanPro kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page(0x1000): p=1007[GoogleSoftwareUp] final status 0x0, allowing (remove VALID) page
Sep 27 20:40:12 DanPro.local launchservicesd[52]: Application App:"Little Snitch Agent" asn:0x0-7007 pid:304 refs=5 @ 0x7fd47161eff0 tried to be brought forward, but isn't in fPermittedFrontApps ( ( "LSApplication:0x0-0x1001 pid=38 "loginwindow"", "LSApplication:0x0-0x48048 pid=999 "ScreenSaverEngine"")), so denying. : LASSession.cp #1481 SetFrontApplication() q=LSSession 100006/0x186a6 queue
Sep 27 20:40:12 DanPro.local WindowServer[175]: [cps/setfront] Failed setting the front application to Little Snitch Agent, psn 0x0-0x7007, securitySessionID=0x186a6, err=-13066
Sep 27 20:42:13 DanPro.local WindowServer[175]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Little Snitch Agent" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
Sep 27 20:42:13 DanPro.local WindowServer[175]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Little Snitch Agent" after 1.09 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
Sep 27 21:03:55 DanPro xpcproxy[1028]: assertion failed: 13F34: xpcproxy + 3438 [D559FC96-E6B1-363A-B850-C7AC9734F210]: 0x2
Sep 27 21:03:57 DanPro.local com.apple.dock.extra[433]: <NSXPCConnection: 0x7fa1b3528b30>: received an undecodable message (no exported object to receive message). Dropping message.
Sep 27 21:21:57 DanPro.local com.apple.IconServicesAgent[334]: main Failed to composit image for binding VariantBinding [0x253] flags: 0x8 binding: FileInfoBinding [0x5dd] - extension: jpg, UTI: public.jpeg, fileType: JPEG.
Sep 27 21:21:57 DanPro.local quicklookd[1057]: Warning: Cache image returned by the server has size range covering all valid image sizes. Binding: VariantBinding [0x203] flags: 0x8 binding: FileInfoBinding [0x103] - extension: jpg, UTI: public.jpeg, fileType: JPEG request size:16 scale: 1
Sep 27 21:21:57 DanPro.local com.apple.IconServicesAgent[334]: main Failed to composit image for binding VariantBinding [0x7d7] flags: 0x8 binding: FileInfoBinding [0x34b] - extension: ai, UTI: com.adobe.illustrator.ai-image, fileType: PDF .
Sep 27 21:21:57 DanPro.local quicklookd[1057]: Warning: Cache image returned by the server has size range covering all valid image sizes. Binding: VariantBinding [0x403] flags: 0x8 binding: FileInfoBinding [0x303] - extension: ai, UTI: com.adobe.illustrator.ai-image, fileType: PDF request size:16 scale: 1
Sep 27 21:21:59 DanPro.local com.apple.IconServicesAgent[334]: main Failed to composit image for binding VariantBinding [0x443] flags: 0x8 binding: FileInfoBinding [0x5e3] - extension: jpg, UTI: public.jpeg, fileType: ????.
Sep 27 21:21:59 DanPro.local quicklookd[1057]: Warning: Cache image returned by the server has size range covering all valid image sizes. Binding: VariantBinding [0x603] flags: 0x8 binding: FileInfoBinding [0x503] - extension: jpg, UTI: public.jpeg, fileType: ???? request size:16 scale: 1
Sep 27 21:22:20 DanPro.local com.apple.IconServicesAgent[334]: main Failed to composit image for binding VariantBinding [0x9eb] flags: 0x8 binding: FileInfoBinding [0x15f] - extension: png, UTI: public.png, fileType: ????.
Sep 27 21:22:20 DanPro.local quicklookd[1057]: Warning: Cache image returned by the server has size range covering all valid image sizes. Binding: VariantBinding [0x803] flags: 0x8 binding: FileInfoBinding [0x703] - extension: png, UTI: public.png, fileType: ???? request size:16 scale: 1
Sep 27 21:22:22 DanPro.local WindowServer[175]: _CGXSetWindowBackgroundBlurRadius: Invalid window 0xffffffff
Sep 27 21:22:52 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Sep 27 21:38:53 DanPro kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page(0x1000): p=1076[GoogleSoftwareUp] final status 0x0, allowing (remove VALID) page
Sep 27 21:44:58 DanPro.local WindowServer[175]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Little Snitch Agent" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
Sep 27 21:45:01 DanPro.local WindowServer[175]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Little Snitch Agent" after 4.23 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
Sep 27 21:46:22 DanPro.local com.apple.IconServicesAgent[334]: Icon filename entry missing from bundle info dictionary for bundle at URL: file://localhost/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/AOSKit.framework/Versions/A/X PCServices/com.apple.iCloudHelper.xpc/
Sep 27 21:51:58 DanPro.local Google Chrome[307]: CFUserNotificationDisplayAlert: called from main application thread, will block waiting for a response.
Sep 27 21:52:16 DanPro.local uTorrent[1107]: *** WARNING: -[NSImage compositeToPoint:operation:] is deprecated in MacOSX 10.8 and later. Please use -[NSImage drawAtPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] instead.
Sep 27 21:52:16 DanPro.local uTorrent[1107]: *** WARNING: -[NSImage compositeToPoint:fromRect:operation:] is deprecated in MacOSX 10.8 and later. Please use -[NSImage drawAtPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] instead.
Sep 27 21:54:10 DanPro.local ntpd[179]: SYNC state ignoring +0.165018 s
Sep 27 22:00:49 DanPro.local AppleSpell[378]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
Sep 27 22:01:19 --- last message repeated 2 times ---
Sep 27 22:01:22 DanPro.local AppleSpell[378]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
Sep 27 22:19:28 DanPro.local Console[1150]: setPresentationOptions called with NSApplicationPresentationFullScreen when there is no visible fullscreen window; this call will be ignored.
Sep 27 22:24:28 DanPro xpcproxy[1181]: assertion failed: 13F34: xpcproxy + 3438 [D559FC96-E6B1-363A-B850-C7AC9734F210]: 0x2
Sep 27 22:24:29 DanPro.local WindowServer[175]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Safari" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
Sep 27 22:24:30 DanPro.local syncdefaultsd[1180]: Fixing push token
Sep 27 22:24:31 DanPro.local launchctl[1183]: launchctl: Dubious permissions on file (skipping): /Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
Sep 27 22:24:31 DanPro.local WindowServer[175]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Safari" after 2.50 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)

Safari slowness

I bought new Macbook Pro two days ago and soon Safari became very slow. I can not type forms since suddenly there is no type for a few seconds. I decided to swich to Safari 4 beta but same thing happened. It takes a few second after clicking a link that there is any response. The pointer finger shows up slowly on links.
I keep several automatically updated windows open all the time. It helps if I close those windows. Now I am typing this with a Firefox which seems to be immune to those open windows that slow Safari down.
I used Safari with my old PowerMac G5/1.8GHz and Panther and it worked just fine. Got this slowness problem only after buying Macbook Pro and Leopard.
Any ideas or do I better stick to Firefox?

The following usually works on both Tiger and Leopard:
(First, if yours is an Intel Mac, check that Safari is not running in Rosetta, which is enough to slow it to a crawl.)
Adding DNS codes to your Network Settings, should gives good results in terms of speed-up:
Open System Preferences/Network. Double click on your connection type, or select it in the drop-down menu. Click on TCP/IP and in the box marked 'DNS Servers' enter the following two numbers:
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
(An explanation of why that is both safe and a good idea can be read here: http://www.labnol.org/internet/tools/opendsn-what-is-opendns-why-required-2/2587 / )
Whilst in System Preferences/Network you should also turn off 'IPv6' in your preference pane, as otherwise you may not get the full speed benefit (the DNS resolver will default to making SRV queries). If you want to know what IPv6 is:
This is Apple's guidance on iPv6:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.5/en/8708.html
Click on Apply Now and close the window.
Restart Safari, and repair permissions.
If that didn't do it, then try this as well:
Empty Safari's cache (from the Safari menu), then close Safari.
Go to Home/Library/Safari and delete the following files:
form values
download.plist
Then go to Home/Library/Preferences and delete
com.apple.Safari.plist
Repair permissions (in Disk Utility).
Start up Safari again, and things should have improved.

Safari slow? Try these simple steps

There are many posts containing lots of suggestions for fixing Safari 4's slowness. In the past, I have had bad experiences attempting to fix problems following instructions that mess with technical and operating files and settings. Resetting and reinstalling rarely works and can set you back. Using outside software and MacWorld suggestions has really mucked up my machine. Using Firefox is not acceptable to me because I want the Apple integration, especially for syncing or backing up. So, I look for the simple solutions and found the following to be effective:
1. Empty cache regularly. This long-time fix has noticeably helped speed up older Safaris. When its effectiveness diminished with Safari 4, I searched for other solutions.
2. Turn off Top Sites. This "enhancement" evidently consumes time and visibly takes hard drive space. Someone suggested turning it off and then getting rid of the files (not folders) it had set aside. (They are located in home/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/Webpage Previews.) I found almost 3,000 files consuming about 600 MB residing there! They are simply saved web pages, so no hidden risks from deleting them. Personally, I was happy to turn off Top Sites. It's output looks good, but the sites chosen weren't helpful. I prefer to Apple-D a good page into a Bookmark Menu category.
3. Turn off RSS in Safari. Many have said this slows down Safari. To get RSS feeds, I use NetNewsWire and have found it to be a good, non-invasive stand-alone RSS service.
4. Set Safari preference to delete history as frequently as you can. I set it to keep for only one day. Don't know how much this helps overall speed, but it gets rid of annoying time trap. (When you accidently mouse over a previous day, Safari locks on that day, making you wait while it recalls all that day's history.)
These changes really helped my Safari 4 speed. Hope you have the same good results.

When I first started using vers. 4, I didn't notice any slow-down at all. I wondered about all the 'slow Safari" topics in this thread. Now I see why. It keeps getting slower and slower as time goes on.
I like the spiffy looking 'Top Sites' thing, but that and other excessive caching, etc., is not worth the performance degradation by any stretch.
Thanks for these tips. If these tweaks don't speed it up enough to suit me, I'll try the folder locking trick mentioned in another thread. If after that I don't see a marked improvement, I suppose I'll bite the bullet and start using Firefox as much as I don't want to do that. :'(
Bells and whistles are good - until they start to obscure the whole reason they're ringing and whistling.

Safari slow to open up web page

When I open safari, it takes a while (20 to 30 secs) to load it's first website (the home page). Once it opens, I have no problem navigating the web. My internet speed is around 6 mps, so that's not the problem. Help!!

You're welcome.
Go here for trouble shooting 3rd party plugins or input managers which might be causing the problem. Safari: Add-ons may cause Safari to unexpectedly quit or have performance issues
Web pages now include a small icon or 'favicon' which is visible in the address bar and next to bookmarks. These icons take up disk space and *slow Safari down*. It is possible to erase the icons from your computer and start fresh. *To delete Safari's icon cache using the Finder, open your user folder, navigate to ~/Library/Safari/ and move this file "webpageIcons.db to the Trash.*
Relaunch Safari. If it's not a third party plugin issue, go to the Safari Menu Bar, click Safari/Preferences. Make note of all the preferences under each tab. Quit Safari. Now go to ~/Library/Preferences and move this file com.apple.safari.plist to the Desktop. Relaunch Safari.
If it's ok... the move that .plist file to the Trash.

My 2011 13'' MacBook Pro has started to run really slow.

I have a 2011 13" MacBook pro and this week it has started to run really slow. Specifically it takes about 3 to 4X longer to do just about every task. The only thing ive done recently was update from Lion 10.7.3 to 10.7.4 and a Safari update. Are there any suggestions on what I should do to fix it or on what could be the potential cause?

Things That Can Keep Your Computer From Slowing Down
If your computer seems to be running slower here are some things you can do:
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.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
Repair the Hard Drive - Lion
Boot from your Lion Recovery HD. 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.
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the 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 and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Restart your computer normally and see if this has helped any. Next do some maintenance:
Suggestions for OS X 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.
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 Lion 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. As for virus protection there are few if any such animals affecting OS X. You can protect the computer easily using the freeware Open Source virus protection software ClamXAV. Personally I would avoid most commercial anti-virus software because of their potential for causing problems. For more about malware see Macintosh Virus Guide.
I would also recommend downloading a utility such as TinkerTool System, OnyX 2.4.3, or Cocktail 5.1.1 that you can use for periodic maintenance such as removing old log files and archives, clearing caches, etc.
For emergency 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. There is no confirmation that this version also works with Lion.
When you install any new system software or updates be sure to repair the hard drive and permissions beforehand.
Get an external Firewire 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):
Carbon Copy Cloner
Data Backup
Deja Vu
SuperDuper!
SyncTwoFolders
Synk Pro
Synk Standard
Tri-Backup
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQs on maintenance, optimization, virus protection, and backup and restore.
Additional suggestions will be found in Mac maintenance Quick Assist.
Referenced software can be found at CNet Downloads or 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:
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, 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.
If nothing here seems to help, then reinstall Lion:
Reinstalling Lion Without Erasing the Drive
Boot to the Recovery HD: Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the 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 and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the main menu. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions as follows.
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 click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Lion: Select Reinstall Lion and click on the Continue button.
Note: You can also re-download the Lion installer by opening the App Store application. Hold down the OPTION key and click on the Purchases icon in the toolbar. You should now see an active Install button to the right of your Lion purchase entry. There are situations in which this will not work. For example, if you are already booted into the Lion you originally purchased with your Apple ID or if an instance of the Lion installer is located anywhere on your computer.

Really slow Safari

So, having searched most if not all the info here, all the things I've done (Onyx, basic maintinence, resetting all that could be reset), the dang thing is as slow as ever. I also made a new identity and of course, THAT is fast as all get-out.
Should I just back everything up and reformat? That'll be fun...
Thanks, JT
emac Mac OS X (10.3.8)

Three steps you can take::
Move the Icon folder in your Safari folder (User Library) to the trash. This resets the favicon file (small icons in the Address Bar) to zero, and you start building over. This folder can become rather large or corrupted, slowing Safari down in the process. If you don't want favicons appearing you can also access the folder in your Finder, call up the info panel (highlight folder, then apple key + I), change the preferences to read only and lock the folder. This will shut off the favicons.
Second, same Library>Caches - move the Safari folder to the trash. Safari will automatically create a new one.
Third - Safari Preferences>Autofill - this feature can slow down Safari as it increases in size. Good to select the edit key next to any of the 3 options offered, and remove items no longer necessary.
Give these a try and post back with results.
The latest version of Safari for Panther is available with the 10.3.9 combined update. If you upgrade, make sure you "repair permissions" via Disk Utility when the install/restart is completed.
Message was edited by: Hawaiian_Starman

Start up slow - safari slow

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