System slowed down after Mavericks update (10GB RAM)
Hi,
I have recently updated to Maverics on my mac pro, 2 x 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 10GB RAM.
When I perform regular tasks it's all normal. Unfortunately I do some much more than that. I use Aperture on a daily basis and it seems to have slowed down a bit. The issue is more apparent when I use Final Cut. I can't have any other design/photography/video software on the background anymore. My computer can't deal with. But it could before Mavericks! It will also complain about not enough memory when rendering...
I understand that kernel task is heavy on the memory and after an EtreCheck I also realised how much memory spotilight is using. I already excluded a lot of items from spotlight, and it's way better, but still, why is my computer so slow?
Please can someone look at my check and tell me if there's anything I can do to boost my system back to it's previous glory?
thank you
Hardware Information:
Mac Pro (Early 2008)
Mac Pro - model: MacPro3,1
2 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon CPUs: 8 cores
10 GB RAM
Video Information:
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT - VRAM: 512 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 1 day 5:55:10
Disk Information:
WDC WD2002FAEX-007BA0 disk0 : (2 TB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Disc 4 (disk0s2) /Volumes/Disc 4: 2 TB (493.89 GB free)
ST3000DM001-1CH166 disk1 : (3 TB)
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Disc 2 (disk1s2) /Volumes/Disc 2: 3 TB (49.2 GB free)
ST31000528AS disk2 : (1 TB)
EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Disc 3 (disk2s2) /Volumes/Disc 3: 999.86 GB (3.26 GB free)
ST31500341AS disk3 : (1.5 TB)
EFI (disk3s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
disk3s2 (disk3s2) <not mounted>: 1.5 TB
Recovery HD (disk3s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information:
Apple Inc. iPhone
Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard
Generic Flash Card Reader
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
Startup Items:
HP USB EWS Gateway: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP USB EWS Gateway
HPlaserjet Trap Monitor: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HPlaserjet Trap Monitor
MySQLCOM: Path: /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
[invalid] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist
Launch Agents:
[System] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link
[invalid] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist
[System] com.wacom.pentablet.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
Dropbox
Spotify
HPEventHandler
Internet Plug-ins:
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.2.3.7 3rd-Party support link
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.44 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.01 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.01 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.44 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Outdated! Update
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
Silverlight: Version: 5.0.61118.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes:
PenTablet 3rd-Party support link
Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
Flip4Mac WMV 3rd-Party support link
Growl 3rd-Party support link
Perian 3rd-Party support link
Bad Fonts:
None
Old Applications:
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0
Microsoft Error Reporting: Version: 2.2.9 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Ship Asserts: Version: 1.1.4 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
Solver: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Add-Ins/Solver.app
SLLauncher: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Silverlight/OutOfBrowser/SLLauncher.app
SuperDuper!: Version: 2.6.4 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office
Microsoft Graph: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Database Utility: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Office Reminders: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Upload Center: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
My Day: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
SyncServicesAgent: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Open XML for Excel: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Alerts Daemon: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Database Daemon: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Chart Converter: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Clip Gallery: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011
Microsoft PowerPoint: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Excel: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Outlook: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Word: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Document Connection: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Language Register: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Additional Tools/Microsoft Language Register/Microsoft Language Register.app
CrucialMacScanner_UK: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.0 3rd-Party support link
/Users/[redacted]/Documents/Software/CrucialMacScanner_UK.app
Microsoft AutoUpdate: Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app
Spin Doctor: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Toast 11 Titanium/Spin Doctor.app
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Disc 2: Disk size: 3 Disk used: 3
Destinations:
TMMacpro2013 [Network] (Last used)
Total size: 21
Total number of backups: 63
Oldest backup: 2013-05-28 23:04:49 +0000
Last backup: 2014-02-13 15:51:39 +0000
Size of backup disk: Excellent
Backup size 21 > (Disk size 3 X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
191% Final Cut Pro
5% diskimages-helper
4% WindowServer
2% Google Chrome
1% backupd
Top Processes by Memory:
1.00 GB Final Cut Pro
338 MB mds
328 MB mds_stores
256 MB Finder
205 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
Virtual Memory Information:
3.52 GB Free RAM
3.93 GB Active RAM
1.63 GB Inactive RAM
942 MB Wired RAM
12.92 GB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
Beware of perceived RAM use. 10.9 uses RAM more efficiently:
About memory management in OSX 10.9 Mavericks
Memory is managed differently, and more efficiently in 10.9. It is (mostly) unique in the industry, but may become trend.
Let’s start with the basics. Mechanical disk drives are very slow, with access speeds in the 10s of milliseconds and transfer rates in the 200-400 Mbps range real world. SSDs are much faster, on the order of a couple of ms access and typically 1200-3000 mbps transfer rates. RAM is much faster than either, in the nanosecond access and transfer speeds of ~8 Gbps effective (1 GHz x 8 bits/byte).
These are rough numbers for comparison purposes only.
So the goal is to keep as much in RAM as possible. But if you run out of RAM what do you do?
Traditionally you take the least used RAM and write it to a special part of the disk, in a way that you can access it most efficiently - minimizing the disk delays. This is called a swap file because you swap RAM in and out of it.
10.9 has a new trick: it compresses RAM using the main processors. Rather than swapping stuff to disk (disks are slow), it actually uses the processor to compress memory and make, for example, 1 GB of physical RAM hold as much as 1.5GB. Similar approaches are used to make MP3 files 10x smaller than the real thing - there is redundancy in data and you can take advantage of that. Apple is making the following calculation: the processors can compress way faster than the disk can swap. And its also predicting that the processors are often partly idle - waiting for swap files or disk access. So rather than swap files around, its compresses the files ***in RAM***.
Compression works,. Tests show that on average it is faster, and that 4GB (i have 4 GB RAM) acts like 5 1/2 - 6GB. Wow.
So, 10.9 will load up most of your RAM, knowing that it can compress some when it needs to. So don’t worry too much that it may look like all your RAM is taken - yea, it is, but its OK.
The measures to look at are:
1. amount compressed. Compression means it has run out of RAM and needs more. As long as compression is low this is fine. In fact this is how 10.9 uses RAM more efficiently than 10.6,7 or 8. Contrary to common wisdom, it requires LESS RAM than 10.8. The colored indicator tells you who this is going - green (good), yellow( iffy) and red (bad).
2. amount swapped. Once it cannot compress any further, or can’t do so efficiently, jot begins old-fashioned swapping. This is a major slow-down and means you would benefit from more RAM. Tiny amounts are OK.
here's an article by Apple - but on th pre-10.9 memory management techniques....mostly still true, but read on.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1342?viewlocale=en_US
Bottom line - compression makes 10.9 use RAM more efficiently than previous OSX versions. It also makes the “ram used” indicator less meaningful, and mans you should monitor “compression” .
That said, RAM has always been one of the most cost effective upgrades possible. People spend too much on new machines and too little on more RAM.
Hope this helps,
Grant
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Backup size 465.88 GB < (Disk used 264.82 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
10% PluginProcess
5% coreaudiod
4% Mail
4% WindowServer
3% Safari
Top Processes by Memory:
140 MB Safari
108 MB Mail
82 MB Finder
72 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
53 MB Skype
Virtual Memory Statistics:
27 MB Free RAM
936 MB Active RAM
915 MB Inactive RAM
1.01 GB Wired RAM
6.01 GB Page-ins
517 MB Page-outsYou have been up for ~17 days, and you have 1.72GB of pageouts. That averages out to one page every 3 seconds, and we will assume you re not working 24/7, so when you are using your Mac you are spending a lot of time paging to disk. Disks are slow.
As Kappy says, you are either concurrently running too may RAM hungry apps, or you have some apps that really want lots of RAM and you are running them a lot day after day. Either "Stop That!", or get more RAM.
You could also consider a Solid State Disk, but that is not as good as having real RAM and would be more expensive than RAM unless you Mac is max'ed out on RAM. Of course you could do both. More RAM and an SSD
If you want to see the paging for yourself, start an Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal session, and run the command:
sar -g 60 100
which will report the pageout stats every minute for 100 minutes (adjust the numbers to suit your tastes).
Now use your Mac as your normally would, including the times when it is running slow. After you have experienced the slowness, go back and look at the 'sar' output. If you have mostly zeros with maybe a trivial blip every once in awhile, that is noise and not a paging issue. If you have some high numbers, then you are paging heavily at that time. If you have sustained paging, even if small value, it is going to affect your performance. High numbers will affect your performance even more. -
Slow down after Mavericks Installation-can you check my EtreCheck?
I'm not sure which one of my old programs is slowing me down. Applications and new windows open more slowly and are more likely to freeze. Could someone point me in the right direction?
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 1024 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 16 days 23:36:38
Disk Information:
APPLE HDD HTS545050A7E362 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 499.25 GB (439.8 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-8A8
USB Information:
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Kernel Extensions:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.github.GitHub.GHInstallCLI.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] org.eyebeam.SelfControl.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
[System] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.pharos.notify.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.pharos.popup.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
Spotify
RescueTime
RescueTime
Dropbox
Internet Plug-ins:
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 51 3rd-Party support link
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.152 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.152 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
MeetingJoinPlugin: Version: (null) - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
DirectorShockwave: Version: 12.0.5r146 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
Java 3rd-Party support link
TeXDistPrefPane 3rd-Party support link
Bad Fonts:
None
Old Applications:
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0
Microsoft Error Reporting: Version: 2.2.9 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Ship Asserts: Version: 1.1.4 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
Solver: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Add-Ins/Solver.app
SLLauncher: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Silverlight/OutOfBrowser/SLLauncher.app
iSkysoft Helper Compact: Version: 2.2.6.4 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/Helper/iSkysoft Helper Compact.app
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office
Open XML for Excel: Version: 14.3.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Office Setup Assistant: Version: 14.3.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Alerts Daemon: Version: 14.3.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
SyncServicesAgent: Version: 14.3.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Database Daemon: Version: 14.3.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Graph: Version: 14.3.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Database Utility: Version: 14.3.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Office Reminders: Version: 14.3.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Upload Center: Version: 14.3.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
My Day: Version: 14.3.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Chart Converter: Version: 14.3.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Clip Gallery: Version: 14.3.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011
Microsoft PowerPoint: Version: 14.3.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Excel: Version: 14.3.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Outlook: Version: 14.3.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Word: Version: 14.3.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Document Connection: Version: 14.3.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Language Register: Version: 14.3.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Additional Tools/Microsoft Language Register/Microsoft Language Register.app
Microsoft AutoUpdate: Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app
Microsoft Lync: Version: 14.0.2 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 464.96 GB Disk used: 55.36 GB
Destinations:
BACKUP [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 465.76 GB
Total number of backups: (null)
Size of backup disk: Adequate
Backup size 465.76 GB > (Disk used 55.36 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
16% Google Chrome
6% WindowServer
3% coreaudiod
2% Spotify
1% IDLE
Top Processes by Memory:
152 MB Google Chrome
82 MB mds_stores
82 MB Spotify
71 MB Google Chrome Helper
61 MB Sublime Text 2
Virtual Memory Information:
191 MB Free RAM
1.15 GB Active RAM
1.03 GB Inactive RAM
760 MB Wired RAM
152.59 GB Page-ins
1.72 GB Page-outsYou have been up for ~17 days, and you have 1.72GB of pageouts. That averages out to one page every 3 seconds, and we will assume you re not working 24/7, so when you are using your Mac you are spending a lot of time paging to disk. Disks are slow.
As Kappy says, you are either concurrently running too may RAM hungry apps, or you have some apps that really want lots of RAM and you are running them a lot day after day. Either "Stop That!", or get more RAM.
You could also consider a Solid State Disk, but that is not as good as having real RAM and would be more expensive than RAM unless you Mac is max'ed out on RAM. Of course you could do both. More RAM and an SSD
If you want to see the paging for yourself, start an Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal session, and run the command:
sar -g 60 100
which will report the pageout stats every minute for 100 minutes (adjust the numbers to suit your tastes).
Now use your Mac as your normally would, including the times when it is running slow. After you have experienced the slowness, go back and look at the 'sar' output. If you have mostly zeros with maybe a trivial blip every once in awhile, that is noise and not a paging issue. If you have some high numbers, then you are paging heavily at that time. If you have sustained paging, even if small value, it is going to affect your performance. High numbers will affect your performance even more. -
Slow startup after Mavericks update in MacBook Pro (MD102HN/A)
After the Mavericks update, my MacBook seems to lag at startup, starts really slowly. Especially when the lock screen is about to appear and the Apple logo kind of slides upwards. Does anyone else face the same problem or is it just me? The slide always lags!
Remove all items in System Preferences > Users & Groups > Login Items
Same for /Library/StartupItems
Then restart your Mac to test.
And check to make sure there's enough free disk space.
Click your Apple menu icon top left in your screen. From the drop down menu click About This Mac > More Info > Storage
Make sure there's at least 15% free disk space. Less can slow your Mac down.
If nothing above helped, the startup disk may need repairing ...
Launch Disk Utility located in HD > Applications > Utillities
Select the startup disk on the left then select the First Aid tab.
Click: Verify Disk (not Verify Disk Permissions)
If DU reports errors, restart your Mac while holding down the Command + R keys. From there you should be able to access the built in utilities in OS X Recovery to repair the startup disk.
Make sure to back up all important data first before using OS X Recovery. -
Does a MacBook Pro slow down after OS updates much like an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad?
I have A 4th generation iPod touch that I've had for almost two years, I also have an iPhone 4s and an iPad 2. When I bought the iPod touch it ran very quick and no sluggishness now with a few iOS updates over the months it's pretty slow and sluggish. So far both my iPhone 4s and my iPad 2 are running very good. What I've heard from friends who have iPhone's 3GS or an iPad 1 is that they're both sluggish after the iOS updates over the months and years. My question is, not owning a MacBook, does this computer slow down the same way the ios devices do after months and years of OS updates? My experience with my netbook is that it's become much more stable then when i first bought it with no sluggishness what so ever over the months of updates through Microsoft updates. Thanks.
Tommy VercettiAny computer can be slower when running a more demanding system than it was designed for. In my general experience, though, a Mac will continue running just fine on systems two major versions after what it shipped with. (For example, a machine that shipped with Leopard (10.5) will probably be able to run Lion (10.7) just fine, provided there's enough RAM and the hard drive isn't too full.) The only time I've had major issues with sluggishness was with an old PowerBook that shipped with Mac OS 9 and that I updated eventually to Mac OS X 10.3... a total of four versions later! I probably would have been better off leaving it at 10.2, but wanted some feature in 10.3 (I forget what at this point). And it's still in a cabinet in my office, in perfect working order.
Regarding iOS, my first-generation iPod Touch, updated to the latest system it can support, still works just fine. Of course, it feels more sluggish when I do something with it because I've gotten used to expecting more from my iPhone 4 and iPad 2.
So, no, a Mac should not get sluggish over time, as long as you don't try to push it beyond it's capabilities. The only Mac I have ever felt it necessary to replace before about 5-6 years of age was the one I dropped on the floor.
Edit: Also, your comparison with Windows downloading updates is not quite the same thing as what I've said above. Upgrading a Mac from 10.6 to 10.7 is like upgrading a Windows machine from Windows Vista to Windows 7. The free incremental updates (10.7.1, 10.7.2, etc), which are more similar to automatic Windows updates, definitely should not cause sluggishness. -
How many people are experiencing a major slow down and internet loss after the latest AirPort update. I've been having a lot of trouble. Also does anyone know how to fix it?
Ok, found a solution that may work. I found an application called appzapper. You can find it in mac os x/downloads here on the apple site. it is shareware but you get 5 free zaps, so good enough. download the program and then find the update package /library/receipts/airport20060001.pkg. drag the package onto appzapper. Bang no more update(at leat i think) I had to restart and when i did i had my full 54mb connectivity and i could again find my g5 on the network for file sharing. hope this helps.
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System slow down after installing Mountain Lion OS
I recently purchased a MacBook Pro for school, and upgraded the OS to Mountain Lion. I noticed a slight slow down in the computer. Is this normal, or is there something I can do to speed it back up?
SWYour processor is alright however the specs on your machine are lackluster. It has a slow drive and not enough ram. Your first problem is that with that little ram the computer will use the drive for paging. Since the drive is 5400 (the slowest hard drives in the world) your going to be waiting.. a lot. Up your ram and upgrade to a 7200 rpm hard drive youll be happy. If you really want a gem system upgrade to 8gb ram and get a swift SSD drive.
Its a technology problem, not an OS problem. Newer OS's have extra features that capitalize on modern tech.. 5400rpm tech are like.. 90s tech... Cant believe they were selling those right up to 2011 or whenever.. criminal... -
Startup Slow Down After Battery Update
Hi all, I just installed the Battery 1.2 update days ago. The startup speed changed to very slow after the update and thought it's just some effect after update, but after a few times of starting up the machine, it still the same slow speed. Any idea why?
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