Upgrading to 10.9.4 causes slower startup time & system gets hot and causes fan to run during startup for no reason! Never did this before.

Macbook pro 7,1, osx 10.9.4.. just upgraded from 10.9.3. 10.9.2 was installed fresh in January.
Before that I had snow leopard. Never before has the fan turned on during startup in the 3.5 years I've owned this machine. That means the laptop gets hot? Why would it get hot at startup? And it takes 5-10 seconds longer to boot now too.

Same problem here. I just upgraded from 10.9.3 to 10.9.4 and the fan hasn't stopped since. Before seeing this post I was starting to get VERY worried. Now I'm thinkin..... Apple - ya gotta fix something here!!

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Why My Macbook Pro 13" so slow and the fan keep running when I sleep mode my mac? This problem make my mac battery become low when I sleep mode it. I've been using EtreCheck and here the result. Anyone know how to solve my mac problem?

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 10.9.2 (13C64) - Uptime: 0 days 1:15:23
Disk Information:
          APPLE HDD TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (474.03 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 Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
          Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Launch Daemons:
          [System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
          [System] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
          None
Internet Plug-ins:
          SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 3rd-Party support link
          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.201 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.201 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Safari Extensions:
          FastestTube: Version: 2.2.1.7
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
          AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
          Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
Old Applications:
          None
Time Machine:
          Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
               5%          WindowServer
               5%          com.apple.WebKit.Networking
               3%          Safari
               1%          EtreCheck
               0%          systemstatsd
Top Processes by Memory:
          229 MB          com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
          139 MB          Safari
          123 MB          com.apple.IconServicesAgent
          53 MB          Finder
          48 MB          WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information:
          1.56 GB          Free RAM
          1.55 GB          Active RAM
          319 MB          Inactive RAM
          588 MB          Wired RAM
          278 MB          Page-ins
          0 B          Page-outs

You certainly don't have any third-party software that's causing your sluggishness.
Sometimes, a failing hard drive can cause sluggish behavior, however.
Boot into your Recovery partition (hold down the command and R keys whilst booting) and once at the Recovery screen, select Disk Utility. Select your hard drive (in your case, the aptly named "Macintosh HD") and click on the "Verify" button. If you get green text telling you that everything appears to be OK, then it's not your hard drive slowing things down. If you get red text telling you that the disk needs to be repaired, click on the "Repair" button. If the disk can be fixed, it will be. If not, call back.
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tthe battery need serviced but my computer runs slow and the fan is running non-stop. MacBook Pro 13" purchased around 2011.

OK, you really need to dump that Windows attitude quickly, because what worked over there is completely useless here. I never understood the "upgrade didn't work obviously, because this or that happened, so how do I downgrade." I hang out around here, and I haven't seen many comments about fans running full blast after the updates. I did them, and nothing happened.
First, you can't downgrade the firmware EFI update. I think if you tried, it would brick your MBP.
You could reinstall Lion if you wanted, but that's really a pain, and once again, one of those Windows things that people always do that wastes time. A security update and Remote Desktop Client (which only runs if you start it up) would not effect your fan speed.
Apple does have "restore points", but it's a real backup system that requires a backup drive. It's called Time Machine and it's preinstalled on your Mac, easy to use, and allows you to go as far back in time on your Mac as the size of your backup drive will allow.
Now, after all that, let's try to figure out what's going on with your fans. First, did you do the EFI update correctly? Meaning did you do it when the MBP was actually plugged into the wall? What are you running? Games? Videos? Something else?

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I have a very slow startup for a macbook pro after installing Maverick

Try SMC and NVRAM resets:
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063
Then try a safe boot again:
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262
Ciao.

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Auto fill works for me in iOS 8.3.
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Restart: Press On/Off button until the Slide to Power Off slider appears, select Slide to Power Off and, after It shuts down, press the On/Off button until the Apple logo appears.
Reset: Press the Home and On/Off buttons at the same time and hold them until the Apple logo appears (about 10-15 seconds). No data will be lost.
Restore: Connect your device to iTunes on your computer, backup, and then select Restore to Factory.
See here for more details on restore: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201252
If none of these work your device may have developed a hardware problem. Contact Apple Support: http://www.apple.com/contact/

Safari Update 8.14.14 causing fan to run loud?

I just did the update for Safari 7.0.6 on 8.14.14 and now it appears that my computer fan is running a lot louder after I did this update. I know that it is not the fan not working correctly or the vent is clogged because I am using Chrome right now to type this message and the fan is running normally. I am wondering if others are having problems with this new update and/or how to solve the problem of the latest Safari update causing the fan to run louder.
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Extensions and plug-ins can increase fan speeds not just the browser itself.
From the Safari menu bar click Safari > Preferences then select the Extensions tab. Turn that OFF, quit and relaunch Safari to test.
Check the fan noise. If it decreases, turn extensions back one at a time to test until you find the culprit.
If it's not an extensions issue, try troubleshooting third party plug-ins.
Back to Safari > Preferences. This time select the Security tab. Deselect: Allow all other plug-ins. Quit and relaunch Safari to test.
If that made a difference, instructions for troubleshooting plugins here.

Every few minutes my screen goes blue! It has never done this before I upgraded to Lion.

I installed Lion last night, now every few minutes my screen goes blue! It has never done this before I upgraded to Lion.
Any ideas?

Hi Jack
Thanks for the reply. Thankfully, it has stopped now.
My iMac is quite new and less than half full, so I don't think deleting anything would have helped. Maybe the CPU was working too hard for a while ?
Just glad that it is now stable again.
Tracy

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What can I do my ipad is getting hot and charging slow

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Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: How to back up
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.
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Slow startup for lion

Hello,
After I upgraded to lion I noticed that the startup took about 1 minuet and 15 seconds. Before the upgrade, it only took about 30 to 40 seconds. Anyone experencing the same problem? Any solutions?
Thanks!

Startup is definitely slower, I don't have exact time comparisons though. I read about clearing caches to solve this, so I used Onyx to clean almost all of them. There was, I think, a small improvement. At the first boot screen, the rotating "dial" I used to count to about 16 revolutions, now it is in the 30s. At last boot, after the cache clearing, the boot time was approximately 1 minute 30 seconds-an approximation. But I think it is noticibly slower than Snow Leopard. Another suggested the "Reopen Windows" or applications on boot takes time, others suggested quitting all open applications before rebooting. That sounds redundant since the OS quits all programs before rebooting. I know all boot times will differ depending on what Login items one has set to start on boot up, some are by choice some are required by some applications.
I will continue to look through these discussions to see if I can find a cure, if there is one, for the slower boot up.
I do have to say, I believe the system is quicker after the Onyx cleaning. And I guess system performance is more important than boot up time.
Another thing I was wondering. During the boot sequence, in Lion there are more than one splash screen with the Apple logo in the middle. The first with the spinning wheel, then another gray screen with the Apple logo appears further into the boot sequence. What's that all about? Not being a programmer it almost seems like someone forgot to remove the old dimmer gray one from Snow Leopard. IMHO the first gray screen (the one with the spinning wheel) is much brighter than SL.
I am very happy with Lion and its features. If slow boot is what it is I can live with it. My MacBook Pro i7 (early 2011) with 8 GB RAM should be a good platform to boot as quick as possible..
Thanks for reading - and any possible advice.

My Macbook Pro is about 4 to 5 years old. I've noticed the last few months that speed was becoming much slower. It slowed to a crawl last week and won't even turn on now. Where do I take this to near Jackson, Michigan for service?.

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Things You Can Do To 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):
1. Carbon Copy Cloner
2. Data Backup
3. Deja Vu
4. SuperDuper!
5. SyncTwoFolders
6. Synk Pro
7. Synk Standard
8. 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.
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