The honeymoon is over. why is my mac running like a pc???

So its been a little over a year since I've made the switch, and out of nowhere im constantly feeling the same urge to throw my powerbook out the window like i did with my old pc. Programs are constantly locking up, spinning circle, im always required to hard reboot as the system just doesnt respond. Is there anything I can do to get my machine running normal again?

Also david_s
What size is the Hard Drive, and how much space is available.
You haven't posted any information as to how you use the Mac, what applications are causing problems, what you may have installed, changed, upgraded or updated, type and number of periperals attached, etc.
My crystal ball is on the fritz!
ali b

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hello,
I had the same issue. This is what I was told to do.
iWork has to be removed completely to be effective when re-installing, you must use an application removal tool to do this or it wont remove every Keynote file.
Appcleaner   will do this and its free.
The following procedure has helped solve many issues with Keynote:
1 Close Keynote then use Appcleaner
2 Empty the Trash
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4 restart the Mac
5 Reinstall iWork
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SLOW MAC: Why does my mac run faster during the "erase free space" operation?

Hi community!
So I've been using my Macbook Pro Late 2012 edition for just over a year and a half now, and to no surprise, I find the spinning beachball whirling away more often than I'd care to see it. So I start a full mac clean-up including deleting login items, using Appzapper to clear up my apps, using Onyx to clear up some cache elements, deleting unused files and freeing up hard drive space.
I've successfully cleared over 60% of disk space, (200GB used, 300GB free), but I find a recurring problem persisting, despite my best efforts to get rid of it. You see, every few seconds, the spinning beach ball appears and freezes up my entire desktop no matter what I'm doing. Trying even the simplest things, like opening the apps in the dock or right clicking a file takes ages, movies freeze up all the time, regardless of what app plays them, finder is slow and it has nothing to do with my ram usage (I use the app FreeMemory to check in real-time how much I'm using) or my CPU usage (Activity monitor open at all times). It has to be the drive.
So then I tried running ClamXav, and found a windows trojan, which I deleted manually, but no change.
Now, during all these stages I was regularly running erase free space opeartions (Fast x1), and noticed something curious: during the operation, my problem disappears. I still get occasional loading beach balls, and ocassional jumps in movies, but other than that, I can use my mac normally again.
So now, I'm constantly running erase free space operations and it's painfully annoying to say the least.
I've tried defragging, to no avail.
I had the problem on Mountain Lion, and upgraded to Mavericks thinking that could change it (by the way it took 18 hours to install mavericks, don't know if that's related).
In other words, I need your help. Does anybody know if I've no choice but to buy an external hardrive, backup my data, and erase my entire homedrive? Can this situation still be salvaged?
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The peformance of the phone is what I've expected from apple. True there is room for improvement but what you have right now, this phone kicks azz.
Some of my reviews of the services and features of the iPhone:
AT&T- Activation was slow, but I expected that. I had to wait 2hrs. for the activation but once the phone the fun begins. I have made over 80 calls, the longest was 30mins. No one was dropped volume was loud and clear.
E-mail- Set-up 2 accounts: .Mac & SBCglobal. No problemo here with sending and recieving.
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iPod- It's an iPod. I don't plan to listen to music on my phone that much. I have a Nano and the 60gb for that.
Camera- I'm a snob when it comes to this because I'm an avid photographer. If you're not shooting a DSLR like the Nikon D-200 you're shooting crap.
Google Map- Not exactly GPS but it's a useful tool. I was able to zoom in at my home in satellite mode, scary stuff
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Mac OS X (10.4.10)

My wife and I have had ours for a week and we are THRILLED with the phones.
AT&T - Mine took nearly 30 hours to activate, my wife's 7. I was angry at 1st about this but once the phone was working, I was happy. We left verizon and our chocolate phones for the Iphone and could not be happier. I have not experienced any connection issues, though my wife has had on instance of losing the service altogether. We found out it was an AT&T glitch that deactivated her phone, then reactivated it. Odd, and happened once.
Email - This is the MAIN reason I have the Iphone. I can get my emails anywhere and its a joy to send and receive email. Love the touch keyboard and can type amazingly fast on it now. My buddy has a $500 blackberry but I like my Iphone so much more.
Safari - Have not had one single crash and no problems at all. EDGE is slow as heck, but my WIfi is fast. Im happy so far and Apple has announced a flash plug in coming with the 1st update.
Text - AMAZING! SO much better than my chocolate. Again, the keyboard is so cool, and easy to use.
Ipod - Best Ipod Apple has made, BUT 8GB is not enough, plus I do not want to drain my battery using the Ipod. I have 2 nanos to cover my music. Coverflow and the album art plus touch interface is amazing. Im sure Apple will release a new Ipod like this. If so, Im in.
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Google Maps - I have used this 4 times in the past week and LOVE IT! Amazing app to have with you on the go.
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Run activity monitor. Look for a process that is taking up lots of time.
be sure to
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-- click on cpu tab. with high to low
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How to show us a screen image. Avoid personal identification.
command + shift + 3 Will take entire screen. You hear a click.
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See if the Disk is issuing any S.M.A.R.T errors in Disk Utility...
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH7029
Open Activity Monitor in Applications>Utilities, select All Processes & sort on CPU%, any indications there?
How much RAM & free space do you have also, click on the Memory & Disk Usage Tabs.
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Click on Advanced.
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Click the + button
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I have a 2012 Mac Pro with OSX 10.8.4 and ever snice I brought this laptop it has been restarting itself. Does anyone have any idea why it like to this? It's getting annoying.
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SivilayMN wrote:
I have a 2012 Mac Pro with OSX 10.8.4 and ever snice I brought this laptop it has been restarting itself. Does anyone have any idea why it like to this? It's getting annoying.
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#2 - You have 90 days of FREE phone tech support.
#3 - You have the standard one year Apple warranty.
#4 - If you've purchased an AppleCare Protection Plan, your warranty last for 3 years. You can obtain AppleCare anytime up to the first year of the purchase of your computer.
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                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 999.35 GB (910.14 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
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          Dropbox
          Android File Transfer Agent
          Caller ID
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          Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20125.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
Audio Plug-ins:
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          AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
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          Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
          Growl 3rd-Party support link
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          /Applications/Nikon Software/ViewNX 2
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                    Nikon Transfer 2:          Version: 2.8.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
          SLLauncher:          Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Silverlight/OutOfBrowser/SLLauncher.app
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                    /Library/Application Support/Nikon/Uninstaller/UninstallCenter.app
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                    /Applications/Nikon Software/Nikon Message Center 2/Nikon Message Center 2.app
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                    /Users/[redacted]/Downloads/RockMelt.app
          Picture Control Utility:          Version: 1.4.13 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    /Library/Application Support/Nikon/Picture Control Utility/Picture Control Utility.app
          Spotify:          Version: 0.8.4.107.g4fa0003f - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
          Amazon MP3 Downloader:          Version: INFO_PLIST_VERSION - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
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          RockMelt 2:          Version: 0.16.91.483 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Time Machine:
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               3%          HP Device Monitor
               2%          WindowServer
               1%          EtreCheck
               1%          mdworker
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          82 MB          WindowServer
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If you do not like Apple's Safari Web browser, as an alternative, try using Mozilla FireFox. Mozilla constantly updates FireFox and just released a new update recently.
You you have too many user startup/login items in your startup list. Having this many apps launching and running in the background can really cause a performance hit on your Mac.
You REALLY NEED to examine which items you truly need have absolutely have launch and run at Mac startup and/or login.
Add or remove automatic items
Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Users & Groups.
Select your user account, then click Login Items.
Do one of the following:
Click Add below the list on the right, select an app, document, folder, or disk, then click Add.If you don’t want an item’s windows to be visible after login, select Hide. (Hide does not apply to servers, which always appear in the Finder after login.)
Select the name of the item you want to prevent from opening automatically, then click Delete below the list on the right.
You need to update all of your third party software if there are OS X Mavericks updates that can be applied.
You may need to, ACTUALLY, go to the third party developers' websites if there are no updates through the Mac App Store.
Update all of your Web browser Internet plugins, extensions and add-ons as needed,also.
Also, if you have any connected, third party devices, like non-Apple keyboards, mice, drawing tablets, hubs, card readers, etc, you need to go to each device maker's website and update the drivers for these devices to OS X Mavericks compatible versions, if available and applicable.
Good Luck!

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every internet browser keeps the main page that renders when you do a search. you can click on any of the options and a new window opens. the latest version of FF i downloaded today has completely removed that feature. when you click on a search choice, it opens up in the same window as the search page and you loose all your search options. that is not good..
i may have to go to Chrome now unless you can fix this

hello, this might be a preference in your google search settings. go to google.com/preferences and enable the option to ''Open search results in a new browser window''.
https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/425

Why is my mac running slow and freezing?

it is taking forever to load and the rainbow gear keeps appearing. help please.

https://discussions.apple.com/message/18721047#18721047

Hot corners are awesome! full screen apps are awesome. apple doesn't want me to use both at the same time. WHY? it really seems like apple did this on purpose. there is no other explanation. please help or change! i'm trying to work here...

nice text box .... what do you expect me to type in here? do you want me to ask my questions in 15 different ways?
have a nice day, and thank you for your time

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