Veerrryyy slow Mavericks
Everything on my imac is so slow since installing Mavericks.
I know it is a 2007 imac but it worked fine on Mountain Lion and a friend's newish imac is suffering the same ill's as mine.
Crashplan doesn't work forever synchronizing, Quicktime is forever trying to convert movies but doesn't go anywhere fast (now using MPlayer). Opening the majority of apps is very slow too.
Any tips to correct these problems would be much appreciated. If my superduper back up drive hadn't gone wrong I would have changed it back without hesitation.
Thank you,
Kevin
Hardware Information:
iMac - model: iMac7,1
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
ATI,RadeonHD2600 - VRAM: 256 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0
AirPlay: Version: 1.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3
Startup Items:
AGMacFSWatcher - Path: /Library/StartupItems/AGMacFSWatcher
Firewall - Path: /Library/StartupItems/Firewall
Jaksta - Path: /Library/StartupItems/Jaksta
System Software:
OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 0 days 21:30:27
Disk Information:
WDC WD10EZEX-00RKKA0 disk0 : (1 TB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 999.35 GB (380.99 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information:
Canon MG5400 series
JMicron Samsung STORY Station 1.5 TB
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Samsung Story - Time Machine (disk1s2) /Volumes/Samsung Story - Time Machine: 1.5 TB (244.49 GB free)
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
MOSART Semi. 2.4G Keyboard Mouse
Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Maxtor 1394 Storage Front Panel* 400mbit - 400mbit max
EFI (disk3s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Maxtor Silver Snow Leopard (disk3s2) /Volumes/Maxtor Silver Snow Leopard: 149.87 GB (79.41 GB free)
Maxtor Silver Back Up (disk3s3) /Volumes/Maxtor Silver Back Up: 149.74 GB (66.9 GB free)
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (0.0.67)
com.symantec.kext.internetSecurity (5.3.1f8)
com.symantec.kext.ips (3.9.1f9)
com.AmbrosiaSW.AudioSupport (4.1.2)
com.usboverdrive.driver.hid (3.0.2)
com.eltima.SyncMate.kext (0.2.5b15)
com.trusteer.driver.gakl_driver_2 (1)
com.symantec.kext.SymAPComm (12.6.1f9)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
[loaded] de.novamedia.nmnetmgrd.plist
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[loaded] com.ambrosiasw.ambrosiaaudiosupporthelper.daemon.plist
[loaded] com.crashplan.engine.plist
[failed] com.google.GoogleML.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
[failed] com.symantec.errorreporter-periodic.plist
[loaded] com.symantec.liveupdate.daemon.ondemand.plist
[loaded] com.symantec.liveupdate.daemon.plist
[not loaded] com.symantec.nav.migrateqtf.plist
[failed] com.symantec.navapdaemonsl.plist
[loaded] com.symantec.sharedsettings.plist
[loaded] com.symantec.symdaemon.plist
[loaded] com.synium.cleanappdaemon.plist
[loaded] com.trusteer.rooks.rooksd.plist
[loaded] com.vmware.launchd.vmware.plist
[loaded] rapiback.plist
Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.ambrosiasw.wiretapscheduler.agent.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
[loaded] com.symantec.errorreporter-periodicagent.plist
[loaded] com.symantec.uiagent.application.plist
[loaded] com.trusteer.rapport.rapportd.plist
[loaded] de.novamedia.VodafoneDeviceObserver.plist
[loaded] syncmateStarter.plist
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
[loaded] com.crashplan.javacheck.plist
[loaded] com.facebook.videochat.kevinkennedy.plist
[loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist
User Login Items:
HimmelBar
SMARTReporter
MenuCalendarClock iCal
USBOverdriveHelper
Dropbox
CrashPlan menu bar
Vodafone Mobile Broadband
Vodafone Mobile Broadband
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player
Flip4Mac WMV
Java
Norton\nQuickMenu
Perian
Trusteer Endpoint Protection
USB Overdrive
Internet Plug-ins:
AdobePDFViewer.plugin
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin
Default Browser.plugin
eMusic.plugin
EPPEX Plugin.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
GarminGpsControl.plugin
googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin
iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin
o1dbrowserplugin.plugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
RealPlayer Plugin.plugin
Silverlight.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin
Bad Fonts:
None
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 999.35 GB Disk used: 618.35 GB
Destinations:
Samsung Story - Time Machine [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 1.5 TB
Total number of backups: 44
Oldest backup: 2013-08-24 05:32:38 +0000
Last backup: 2013-11-10 09:45:35 +0000
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 1.5 TB < (Disk used 618.35 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU:
11% WindowServer
8% Earth 3D
1% EtreCheck
1% SymDaemon
0% Safari
0% CleanApp Daemon
0% CrashPlan menu bar
0% rapportd
0% softwareupdated
Top Processes by Memory:
340 MB firefox
188 MB Earth 3D
123 MB java
111 MB CleanApp Daemon
86 MB Safari
78 MB mds_stores
53 MB Finder
49 MB WindowServer
45 MB com.apple.WebKit.Networking
29 MB SymDaemon
Virtual Memory Statistics:
179 MB Free RAM
1.01 GB Active RAM
975 MB Inactive RAM
560 MB Wired RAM
8.89 GB Page-ins
307 MB Page-outs
You are running Nortons (Symantec) possible one of the worse things you can run on a Mac. You don't need it so uninstall it completely according to their instructions (visit their site). Then restart. There are other apps which may be causing issues as well, but I would bet my bottom dollar the Nortons is the main culprit.
Cheers
Pete
edit - actually, go here for the Uninstaller
https://support.norton.com/sp/en/us/home/current/solutions/kb20080427024142EN_En dUserProfile_en_us
Message was edited by: petermac87
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Step 1
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If you have more than one user account, these instructions must be carried out as an administrator.
Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
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Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
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Step 1
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is localized to your user account.
Enable guest logins* and log in as Guest. Don't use the Safari-only “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac.”
While logged in as Guest, you won’t have access to any of your personal files or settings. Applications will behave as if you were running them for the first time. Don’t be alarmed by this; it’s normal. If you need any passwords or other personal data in order to complete the test, memorize, print, or write them down before you begin.
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*Note: If you’ve activated “Find My Mac” or FileVault, then you can’t enable the Guest account. The “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac” is not the same. Create a new account in which to test, and delete it, including its home folder, after testing.
Step 2
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Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards, if applicable. Boot in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem. Note: If FileVault is enabled on some models, or if a firmware password is set, or if the boot volume is a software RAID, you can’t do this. Ask for further instructions.
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In a previous topic, I was asked to deliver some information in order to get a diagnosis, but there has been no more answer. This is why Now I would like to ask if anyone can interpret this info below… Cause I have no idea what it means…
When I entered the following query in Terminal this is what happened:
syslog -k Sender kernel -k Message CReq 'GPU |hfs: Ru|I/O e|find tok|n Cause: -|NVDA\(|pagin|timed? ?o' | tail | awk '/:/{$4=""; print}' | open -ef
It produced a text editor window without any content. It didn't take long either, just one or two seconds. (Is this normal?) Does this mean my hard drive is intact?
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Reset the System Management Controller. - does this simply imply that I have to hold the power button for 10 seconds?
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- not the case
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- not the case
If applicable, uncheck all boxes in the iCloud preference pane. See whether there's any change. - not an icloud user
Check your keychains in Keychain Access for excessively duplicated items.
- not the case either
Boot into Recovery mode, launch Disk Utility, and run Repair Disk. - is this necesary if the former step didn't bring up any text in the text editor window?
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- not the case
Since I am doing jack right now and am solely typing this topic, the highest %CPU is about 2-3 percent and is "Safari web material". In the second place there is Safari with about 1-1.5%.
System is about 0.76, user 0.89 and inactive is the leftover. 98,"something".
In the memory tab:
In the disk tab… It varies a lot:
After launching the Console application, I copied the 50 or so most recent entries in the log All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. This is the result:
27/01/14 18:13:56,000 kernel[0]: IOThunderboltSwitch<0xffffff80356b5200>(0x0)::listenerCallback - Thunderbolt HPD packet for route = 0x0 port = 1 unplug = 0
27/01/14 18:13:59,000 kernel[0]: [ PCI configuration begin ]
27/01/14 18:13:59,000 kernel[0]: [ PCI configuration end, bridges 14, devices 18 ]
27/01/14 18:14:10,094 fseventsd[49]: could not open <</Volumes/"name"/.fseventsd/fseventsd-uuid>> (No such file or directory)
27/01/14 18:14:10,095 fseventsd[49]: log dir: /Volumes/"name"/.fseventsd getting new uuid: "…"
27/01/14 18:14:10,000 kernel[0]: hfs: mounted "name" on device disk1s3
27/01/14 18:14:19,385 mds[39]: (Warning) DiskStore: Server returned -1 setting attributes
27/01/14 18:14:37,139 sandboxd[330]: ([1116]) mdworker(1116) deny file-read-xattr /Volumes/"name" 3TB/Backup Januari 17:01:2014/Mailboxes (pre-plugin fstype:hfs fsflag:"…" diag:0 isXCode:0 uti:com.apple.mail.mbox plugin:internalPlainTextImporter - find suspect file using: sudo mdutil -t 71392)
27/01/14 18:14:37,164 sandboxd[330]: ([1122]) mdworker(1122) deny file-read-xattr /Volumes/"name"/Backup Januari 17:01:2014/Mailboxes (pre-plugin fstype:hfs fsflag:4A09018 flags:250000005E diag:0 isXCode:0 uti:com.apple.mail.mbox plugin:internalPlainTextImporter - find suspect file using: sudo mdutil -t 71387)
27/01/14 18:15:29,970 WindowServer[87]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Safari" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
27/01/14 18:15:32,310 WindowServer[87]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Safari" after 3.34 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
27/01/14 18:17:35,918 ntpd[113]: ntpd: time set -0.367612 s
27/01/14 18:17:35,943 com.apple.time[150]: Interval maximum value is 946100000 seconds (specified value: 9223372036854775807).
27/01/14 18:17:35,946 com.apple.time[150]: Interval maximum value is 946100000 seconds (specified value: 9223372036854775807).
27/01/14 18:17:48,846 com.apple.SecurityServer[14]: Killing auth hosts
27/01/14 18:17:48,846 com.apple.SecurityServer[14]: Session 100029 destroyed
27/01/14 18:18:45,357 mdworker32[1162]: CGSConnectionByID: 0 is not a valid connection ID.
27/01/14 18:18:45,357 mdworker32[1162]: CGSGetSpaceManagementMode: No connection with id 0x 0
27/01/14 18:23:57,000 kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page(0x1000): p=1219[GoogleSoftwareUp] final status 0x0, allow (remove VALID)ing page
27/01/14 18:24:32,979 VDCAssistant[1221]: AVF encoder error: fail to create accelerator instance
27/01/14 18:25:15,338 com.apple.SecurityServer[14]: Killing auth hosts
27/01/14 18:25:15,338 com.apple.SecurityServer[14]: Session 100038 destroyed
27/01/14 18:25:15,342 com.apple.SecurityServer[14]: Session 100040 created
27/01/14 18:25:15,345 com.apple.security.XPCKeychainSandboxCheck[1229]: Can't get sandbox fs extension for /Users/Home/Library/Application Support/Adobe/AIR/ELS/com.adobe.amp.4875E02D9FB21EE389F73B8D1702B320485DF8CE.1/ PrivateEncryptedDatak, status=-1 errno=No such file or directory ext=(null)
27/01/14 18:25:15,346 com.apple.security.XPCKeychainSandboxCheck[1229]: Can't get sandbox fs extension for /Users/Home/Library/Application Support/Adobe/AIR/ELS/com.adobe.amp.4875E02D9FB21EE389F73B8D1702B320485DF8CE.1/ lck~PrivateEncryptedDatak, status=-1 errno=No such file or directory ext=(null)
27/01/14 18:25:15,346 com.apple.security.XPCKeychainSandboxCheck[1229]: Can't get sandbox fs extension for /Users/Home/Library/Application Support/Adobe/AIR/ELS/com.adobe.WidgetBrowser.E7BED6E5DDA59983786DD72EBFA46B159 8278E07.1/PrivateEncryptedDatak, status=-1 errno=No such file or directory ext=(null)
27/01/14 18:25:15,346 com.apple.security.XPCKeychainSandboxCheck[1229]: Can't get sandbox fs extension for /Users/Home/Library/Application Support/Adobe/AIR/ELS/com.adobe.amp.4875E02D9FB21EE389F73B8D1702B320485DF8CE.1/ .fl89CB8354, status=-1 errno=No such file or directory ext=(null)
27/01/14 18:25:15,346 com.apple.security.XPCKeychainSandboxCheck[1229]: Can't get sandbox fs extension for /Users/Home/Library/Application Support/Adobe/AIR/ELS/com.adobe.WidgetBrowser.E7BED6E5DDA59983786DD72EBFA46B159 8278E07.1/lck~PrivateEncryptedDatak, status=-1 errno=No such file or directory ext=(null)
27/01/14 18:25:15,346 com.apple.security.XPCKeychainSandboxCheck[1229]: Can't get sandbox fs extension for /Users/Home/Library/Application Support/Adobe/AIR/ELS/com.adobe.WidgetBrowser.E7BED6E5DDA59983786DD72EBFA46B159 8278E07.1/.fl89CB8354, status=-1 errno=No such file or directory ext=(null)
27/01/14 18:25:16,750 Mail[1227]: Could not create query for expression ((null)) && (kMDItemContentType == 'com.apple.mail.emlx')
27/01/14 18:25:17,116 WindowServer[87]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Mail" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
27/01/14 18:25:18,209 WindowServer[87]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Mail" after 2.09 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
27/01/14 18:26:58,258 WindowServer[87]: CoreAnimation: context hosting changed while locked!
27/01/14 18:29:03,058 com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.WebKit.WebContent.4A179DCB-D12E-433B-B053-89B6CA18DF91[1233]) Exited with code: 1
27/01/14 18:30:53,000 kernel[0]: hfs: unmount initiated on "name" on device disk1s3
27/01/14 18:31:01,000 kernel[0]: IOThunderboltSwitch<0xffffff80356b5200>(0x0)::listenerCallback - Thunderbolt HPD packet for route = 0x0 port = 1 unplug = 1
27/01/14 18:31:01,000 kernel[0]: [ PCI configuration begin ]
27/01/14 18:31:01,000 kernel[0]: [ PCI configuration end, bridges 12, devices 18 ]
27/01/14 18:31:01,000 kernel[0]: Fixing incorrect zfree from zone kalloc.16 to zone kalloc.32
27/01/14 18:31:40,520 login[1261]: USER_PROCESS: 1261 ttys000
27/01/14 18:34:18,863 mDNSResponder[40]: 48: Could not write data to clientPID[1131](com.apple.WebKi) because of error - aborting connection
27/01/14 18:34:18,863 mDNSResponder[40]: 48: DNSServiceGetAddrInfo v4v6 e4233.b.akamaiedge.net. PID[1131](com.apple.WebKi)
27/01/14 18:46:49,368 com.apple.IconServicesAgent[225]: Icon filename entry missing from bundle info dictionary for bundle at URL: file:///System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ShareKit.framework/Versions/A/XPCServi ces/com.apple.ShareKitHelper.xpc/
27/01/14 18:46:49,450 com.apple.IconServicesAgent[225]: Icon filename entry missing from bundle info dictionary for bundle at URL: file:///System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/WebKit2.framework/Versions/A/XPCServic es/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent.xpc/
27/01/14 18:46:49,701 com.apple.IconServicesAgent[225]: Icon filename entry missing from bundle info dictionary for bundle at URL: file:///System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MailService.framework/Versions/A/XPCSe rvices/com.apple.MailServiceAgent.xpc/
27/01/14 18:46:49,834 com.apple.IconServicesAgent[225]: Icon filename entry missing from bundle info dictionary for bundle at URL: file:///System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/XPCServices/com.apple.doc k.extra.xpc/
27/01/14 18:46:49,988 com.apple.IconServicesAgent[225]: Icon filename entry missing from bundle info dictionary for bundle at URL: file:///System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/WebKit2.framework/Versions/A/XPCServic es/com.apple.WebKit.Networking.xpc/
27/01/14 18:50:27,143 com.apple.IconServicesAgent[225]: Icon filename entry missing from bundle info dictionary for bundle at URL: file:///System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/InternetAccounts.framework/Versions/A/ XPCServices/com.apple.internetaccounts.xpc/
27/01/14 18:53:26,913 WindowServer[87]: _CGXSetWindowBackgroundBlurRadius: Invalid window 0xffffffff
27/01/14 18:53:26,942 WindowServer[87]: _CGXSetWindowBackgroundBlurRadius: Invalid window 0xffffffff
27/01/14 18:55:40,974 login[1261]: DEAD_PROCESS: 1261 ttys000
27/01/14 18:55:55,199 Console[1343]: setPresentationOptions called with NSApplicationPresentationFullScreen when there is no visible fullscreen window; this call will be ignored.I was copying files to my external drive a few minutes ago, and my computer was reaaaally slow at that time. So I figured opening the Activity monitor and I took some screen shots:
The only thing I tried to interpret is the CPU tab. It shows 94.67% was inactive, and still my computer was being terribly slow… Is this normal and is this the right interpretation? -
Am I stuck with slow Mavericks?
I am running Mavericks on an older (late 2009) MacBook Air. When I upgraded to Mavericks awhile back, I found that my machine was heating up fairly often and performed tasks extremely slow. I figured out that the memory was constantly full. I read that Mavericks was supposed to improve memory use with the new memory compression, but I find Mavericks to be using up more memory than Lion. (For the record, the memory is still almost full when I do simple tasks and only run one app at a time.) To try to resolve the issue, I did a clean install last night. The OS runs a little more smoothly, but the memory is still almost full most of the time.
Since it is an older machine, my computer came stock with only 2GB RAM. I realize there isn't much of an option to add more RAM and so I should buy a newer machine. But I need this one to last me for at least another year.
I figured I would ask the Apple community about whether I should try to go backwards to 10.7 or just stick it out with Mavericks until I can buy a new MacBook?EtreCheck version: 1.9.11 (43) - report generated June 7, 2014 at 9:41:53 PM GMT+2
Hardware Information:
MacBook Air (Mid 2009)
MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir2,1
1 1.86 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
2 GB RAM
Video Information:
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.3 (13D65) - Uptime: 0 days 6:19:36
Disk Information:
SAMSUNG HS12UHE disk0 : (120.03 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 119.17 GB (106.72 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information:
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Gatekeeper:
Mac App Store and identified developers
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
Dropbox
Internet Plug-ins:
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Safari Extensions:
Searchme: Version: 1.3
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 Support
TeXDistPrefPane Support
Time Machine:
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
10% WindowServer
6% Safari
3% com.apple.WebKit.Networking
2% hidd
1% cookied
Top Processes by Memory:
174 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
115 MB Safari
82 MB PluginProcess
51 MB Finder
39 MB com.apple.WebKit.Networking
Virtual Memory Information:
36 MB Free RAM
699 MB Active RAM
676 MB Inactive RAM
297 MB Wired RAM
532 MB Page-ins
48 MB Page-outs -
Mac slow mavericks kernal_tasks
I downloaded Mavericks when it first came out and it was no problem. Within the last week or so, my mac has become EXTREMELY slow.
Solutions I have tried:
-Resetting the PRAM/NVRAM
-Resetting the SMC
-Backing up data with time machine and reinstalling Mavericks
Even while running a single chrome web page, I check the Activity Monitor and Kernal_Tasks is using anywhere from 76% to 1,000% cpu usage.
Here is a picture from Activity Monitor where Kernal_Tasks is using 76% cpu usage: <http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2ustudc&s=8>
Here is a picture from Activity Monitor where Kernal_Tasks is using over 1,000% cpu usage: <http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2zycrva&s=8#.U_0kTbxdUjw>
Keep in mind, these images were taken only while running a few pages in Chrome. I've searched around and a lot of people are having this problem, but there aren't really solutions going around.
EDIT: My internet is really fast, there's something wrong with my computer I think.
Please someone help me
Here is my EtreCheck:
EtreCheck version: 1.9.15 (52)
Report generated August 26, 2014 at 4:57:26 PM PDT
Hardware Information: ?
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information: ?
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ?
OS X 10.9.4 (13E28) - Uptime: 0 days 0:53:41
Disk Information: ?
ST9500325ASG disk0 : (500.11 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (143.88 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-8A8
USB Information: ?
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Information: ?
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Configuration files: ?
/etc/hosts - Count: 15
Gatekeeper: ?
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ?
[loaded] com.digidesign.iokit.DigiDal (8.0.3f1) Support
[loaded] com.digidesign.iokit.DigiIO (8.0.3f1) Support
[not loaded] com.digidesign.usb.elevenrack.driver (1.0.1) Support
[not loaded] com.focusrite.driver.usb2audio (1.1) Support
[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.leopard (5.9 - SDK 10.4) Support
[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.master (5.9 - SDK 10.6) Support
[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.panther (5.9 - SDK 10.3) Support
[loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard (5.9 - SDK 10.6) Support
[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.tiger (5.9 - SDK 10.4) Support
[loaded] net.telestream.driver.TelestreamAudio (1.0.5 - SDK 10.6) Support
Startup Items: ?
DigidesignLoader: Path: /Library/StartupItems/DigidesignLoader
PACESupport: Path: /Library/StartupItems/PACESupport
Launch Daemons: ?
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Support
[running] com.flipvideo.FlipShareServer.launchd.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support
[running] com.iobit.AMCDaemon.plist Support
[running] com.paceap.eden.licensed.plist Support
[loaded] PACESupport.plist Support
Launch Agents: ?
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[running] com.flipvideo.FlipShare.AutoRun.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[running] SBA_ListenerAgent.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ?
[loaded] ca.madefresh.BodegaAgent.plist Support
[not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.helperTool.plist Support
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.trashSizeWatcher.plist Support
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.volumeWatcher.plist Support
[not loaded] com.user.UninstallAD.plist Support
[loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist Support
[failed] net.infinite-labs.PlugSuit.Agent.plist Support
User Login Items: ?
Google Chrome
Internet Plug-ins: ?
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.4.4.2 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.38 - SDK 10.6 Support
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.38 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30317.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 4.3.7f1 - SDK 10.6 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 17 Check version
Safari Extensions: ?
Searchme-2
Ebay Shopping Assistant
Amazon Shopping Assistant
AllMyTube
Slick Savings
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
User iTunes Plug-ins ?
TuneUp Visualizer: Version: 2.4.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
User Internet Plug-ins ?
RealPlayer Plugin: Version: Unknown
3rd Party Preference Panes: ?
Flash Player Support
Time Machine: ?
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: ON
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 464.96 GB Disk used: 330.96 GB
Destinations:
Stefan Music:T [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 0 B
Total number of backups: (null)
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 0 B < (Disk used 330.96 GB X 3)
Untitled [Local]
Total size: 232.57 GB
Total number of backups: 2
Oldest backup: 2014-08-23 11:18:43 +0000
Last backup: 2014-08-23 18:41:48 +0000
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 232.57 GB < (Disk used 330.96 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU: ?
12% WindowServer
8% QuickTime Player
1% hidd
1% Google Chrome
0% SystemUIServer
Top Processes by Memory: ?
295 MB helpd
156 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
131 MB Google Chrome
106 MB Finder
90 MB mds_stores
Virtual Memory Information: ?
940 MB Free RAM
1.60 GB Active RAM
505 MB Inactive RAM
1013 MB Wired RAM
663 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outsstefansoccer1234 wrote:
I'd appreciate step by step instructions on how to erase it and rebuild it from the ground up. I've read the adware page. I think that may be the problem. Would erasing and rebuilding my hard drive get rid of it?
Yes.
The most critical step is to ensure you have adequate backups of your essential files and software. Time Machine is one option, but it's an even better idea to create two separate backups using two separate devices, such as two USB drives. If you "clone" your existing system you can use Startup Manager to boot from the "clone", ensure all your essential files are intact.
Create a backup of your existing system, and verify that it is complete. To do that read Mac Basics: Time Machine backs up your Mac.
Preferably, create two or more backups using different methods, such as one Time Machine and one "clone", for redundancy. Neither method is particularly advantageous over the other for this purpose.
The recovery procedure will require that you erase the Mac using OS X Recovery, and then create a new user whose contents will be empty. You will then be able to use Setup Assistant to migrate your essential documents including photos, music, work products and other essential files from the Time Machine or similar backup.
When doing so, select only your previous User account and do not select "Applications", "Computer and Network Settings" or "Other files and folders". De-select those choices.
Subsequent to using Setup Assistant, you will need to reinstall the essential software you may require, once again remembering to install software only from their original sources, and omitting all non-essential software.
To erase and install Mavericks read: OS X Mavericks: Erase and reinstall OS X
To migrate your essential documents read: OS X: How to migrate data from another Mac using Mavericks and follow the procedure under Time Machine or other disk migration. -
Hello,
I use an old Imac 27" 2009 generation , quad core I7 2,8Ghz with 16GO Ram. I moved to mavericks a few weeks ago. Since then , when i use the USB ports ( USB 2 ) to save some files on an USB key , it is very slow. Before installing mavericks , it was much more faster.
What to do ?
ThanksThe inability to use your Mac in Safe Mode implies a hardware problem exists, but the behaviour you describe justifies performing an SMC reset before drawing that conclusion.
Resetting the SMC for Mac Pro, Intel-based iMac, Intel-based Mac mini, or Intel-based Xserve
Shut down the computer.
Unplug the computer's power cord.
Wait fifteen seconds.
Attach the computer's power cord.
Wait five seconds, then press the power button to turn on the computer.
There are a number of other potential causes related to incompatible software. Uninstall Trusteer Rapport according to its instructions. Verify its complete eradication from your Mac, then evaluate its performance.
Uninstall anything required for a BlackBerry unless you are one of the few people remaining on Earth who still uses a BlackBerry.
Uninstall any Western Digital "Drive Manager" utilities. Such things are not required and can only cause problems.
I don't know what Fantom is or why it's required, but if it is something you require research its documentation and confirm that it is compatible with Mavericks.
Reply with your results. -
Since in stalling Mavericks on my Early-2011 MacBook Pro I have had unbelievable trouble with it being extremely slow — sometime running fix disk permissions helps, but not for long.
I have created a new partition on both the SSD and HD, erased the partitions and reinstalled Mavericks on both. After that I reinstalled a limited number of the applications that I use regularly.
The same problem of a very sluggish system — to the point of being unusable — is the case for 10.9.3 installed on the partition on the SSD and the partition installed on the HD — nothing seems to help on either drive.
I have run the full suite of tests in TechTool Pro 7 several times and it has reported no problems.
EtreCheck version: 1.9.11 (43) - report generated 8 June 2014 1:32:01 pm AEST
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
1 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2 cores
8 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 512 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.3 (13D65) - Uptime: 0 days 0:4:33
Disk Information:
Samsung SSD 840 EVO 1TB disk0 : (1 TB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
MBP13SSD1TB (disk0s2) /Volumes/MBP13SSD1TB: 693.6 GB (385.97 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MBP13SSD 10.9 (disk0s4) /Volumes/MBP13SSD 10.9: 152.55 GB (67.16 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s5) <not mounted>: 650 MB
SYSTEM 10.8 (disk0s6) /Volumes/SYSTEM 10.8: 139.77 GB (123.39 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s7) <not mounted>: 650 MB
eDrive 10.7 (disk0s8) /Volumes/eDrive 10.7: 12 GB (7.32 GB free)
HGST HTS721010A9E630 disk1 : (1 TB)
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
MBP13HD (disk1s2) /Volumes/MBP13HD: 846.63 GB (433.42 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk1s3) <not mounted>: 784.2 MB
MBP13HD 10.9 (disk1s4) / [Startup]: 151.93 GB (106.41 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk1s5) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information:
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Fujitsu Component Apple Optical USB Mouse
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Display)
Apple Inc. Display Audio
Apple Inc. Apple Thunderbolt Display
FireWire Information:
CalDigit VR disk 800mbit - 800mbit max
EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
RAID (disk2s2) /Volumes/RAID: 2 TB (456.24 GB free)
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Apple Inc. Thunderbolt Display
Gatekeeper:
Anywhere
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.barebones.authd.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.c-command.SpamSieve.LaunchAgent.plist Support
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
Internet Plug-ins:
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.2 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 9.1.0 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
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:
None
Time Machine:
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
22% mds
10% mds_stores
4% WindowServer
1% storeagent
1% ocspd
Top Processes by Memory:
418 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
339 MB mds_stores
164 MB ocspd
41 MB Dock
33 MB mds
Virtual Memory Information:
4.93 GB Free RAM
1.48 GB Active RAM
414 MB Inactive RAM
1.18 GB Wired RAM
170 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outsThat looks OK to me. It does look like Spotlight is indexing (mds_stores) that can cause some slowness, but it should disappear when the index is built. Click the icon to see if there is a progress bar for Spotlight.
Can you disconnect the FireWire disk to see if that has any effect?
It sounds like you have tried a clean install on each disk, is that correct? That would make me think it is hardware related. Are you near an Apple store?
I'd do some searching to see if anyone has had issues with multiple recovery partitions, 5 seems excessive :)
I think they are required for FaceTime & Findmymac, but it's unclear on how they interact (not mounted probably means they don't, but look anyway). -
Anything new on slowdown under Mavericks?
There is no slowdown with Mavericks. The problem is with your old system or computer, not Mavericks.
Try this:
Reinstall Lion, Mountain Lion, or Mavericks without erasing 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
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. When the process is completed, then quit DU and return to the main menu. Select Restart from the Apple menu.
Reinstall Mountain Lion or Mavericks
OS X Mavericks- Reinstall OS X
OS X Mountain Lion- Reinstall OS X
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet
if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.
If this doesn't solve the problem, then:
Install or Reinstall Mavericks or Mountain Lion from Scratch
Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
OS X Mavericks- Erase and reinstall OS X
OS X Mountain Lion- Erase and reinstall OS X
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible
because it is three times faster than wireless.
===========================================
Things You Can Do To Resolve Slow Downs
If your computer seems to be running slower here are some things you can do:
Start with visits to: OS X Maintenance - MacAttorney;
The X Lab: The X-FAQs;
The Safe Mac » Mac Performance Guide;
The Safe Mac » The myth of the dirty Mac;
Mac maintenance Quick Assist.
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.
Repair the Hard Drive - Lion/Mountain Lion/Mavericks
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the Utilites 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 disk icon and click on the arrow button below.
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.
Restart your computer normally and see if this has helped any. Next do some 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.
Note: Alsoft ships DW on a bootable DVD that will startup Macs running Snow Leopard or earlier. It cannot start Macs that came with Lion or later pre-installed, however, DW will work on those models.
Suggestions for OS X Maintenance
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 later 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.
Helpful Links Regarding Malware Protection
An excellent link to read is Tom Reed's Mac Malware Guide.
Also, visit The XLab FAQs and read Detecting and avoiding malware and spyware.
See these Apple articles:
Mac OS X Snow Leopard and malware detection
OS X Lion- Protect your Mac from malware
OS X Mountain Lion- Protect your Mac from malware
About file quarantine in OS X
If you require anti-virus protection I recommend using VirusBarrier Express 1.1.6 or Dr.Web Light both from the App Store. They're both free, and since they're from the App Store, they won't destabilize the system. (Thank you to Thomas Reed for these recommendations.)
Troubleshooting Applications
I recommend downloading a utility such as TinkerTool System, OnyX, Mavericks Cache Cleaner, or Cocktail that you can use for removing old log files and archives, clearing caches, etc. Corrupted cache, log, or temporary files can cause application or OS X crashes as well as kernel panics.
If you have Snow Leopard or Leopard, then for similar 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. Applejack does not work with Lion and later.
Basic Backup
For some people Time Machine will be more than adequate. Time Machine is part of OS X. There are two components:
1. A Time Machine preferences panel as part of System Preferences;
2. A Time Machine application located in the Applications folder. It is
used to manage backups and to restore backups. Time Machine
requires a backup drive that is at least twice the capacity of the
drive being backed up.
Alternatively, get an external 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. Get Backup
3. Deja Vu
4. SuperDuper!
5. Synk Pro
6. Tri-Backup
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on backup and restore. Also read How to Back Up and Restore Your Files. For help with using Time Machine visit Pondini's Time Machine FAQ for help with all things Time Machine.
Referenced software can be found at 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:
Pre-Mavericks
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 (>=70,) 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.
Mavericks and later
Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder. Select All Processes from the View menu. Click on the CPU tab in the toolbar. Click twice on the CPU% column header to display in descending order. If you find a process using a large amount of CPU time (>=70,) 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. -
Mavericks unable to view contents of AFP shares
I have one test machine in a digital production environment I manage that first exhibited this issue when I installed Mavericks. I have since reproduced the issue on personal Mavericks systems as well as other Mavericks systems at other client locations whom I manage. The basic issue is, the Finder is pretty easily taxed to the point where it cannot display folder contents without a lag. It is consistently reproduceable at a particular client's, who has a fiber-connected RAID shared from an Intel Xserve running OS X 10.5.8., but I have seen incarnations of this basic problem on other systems, at other sites, both with other network shares/storage, as well as directly connected external drives and even on a host systems' own hard drive. In all cases, the issue only exhibits in a Mavericks Finder, and other versions of Mac OS do not have a problem. When it occurs, you see a spinner in the Finder window corner that indicates it is fetching the contents of the directory, and ostensibly, the larger the size or folder depth of the contents, the longer the wait. I first noticed the issue with OS X 10.9, and it has persisted unchanged thourhg OS X 10.9.1.
Here's a more literal/specific description, all shares are accessed via AFP:
It first came to my attention when we were trying to copy some files to a machine with a USB 3.0 card, we were under the gun for time and intended to copy the files from our RAID to a machine that would then be able to copy files to an external drive the fastest. Said USB card was only supported/recognized by OS 10.9. When we went to the desired file location on our RAID, booted to a Mavericks OS, a certain folder (about 7 folders deep, on a 4TB RAID, viewing several Adobe CS files, some as large as 2GB's each) appeared empty. That same folder on another machine (OS 10.6.8) displayed the contents fine. I moved our Mavericks-installed hard drive to multiple Mac Pros, each one exhibiting the porblem only when booted to 10.9. Eventually I noticed the previously mentioned spinner in the Mavericks Finder when the files seemed to be missing, everntually discovering that I could leave the window open, and the contents would display after about 10 minutes.
I have researched and tried the following (a general Google/Bing search on "Slow Mavericks Finder" will reiterate these same suggestions), all have not helped the issue for any machine in my reach:
• Running these line commands:
sudo vi /etc/auto_master
In this file comment out /net with # (#/net .....)
sudo automount -vc
• Disabling/enabling scrollbar display
• Removing all "Tags" from the sidebar
On thing tried that did work, was booting the Mavericks system in Safe Mode, which is not usable for all the other things it disables, but it displays the same problem shares/files fine when booted in this mode.
My personal suspicion is that whatever was changed in the Finder in order to facilitate/support the new tagging system, lies at the root of these woes, but so far I have found no way to completely disable the tagging feature. I can only remove Tags from the Finder sidebar via Finder > Preferences, but the issue remains either way.
Can anyone advise?I believe the quote means it disables file sharing as a host
No, that's not what it means, but taking what you say at face value, the article may be out of date.
This procedure is a diagnostic test. It changes nothing, for better or worse, and therefore will not, in itself, solve your problem.
If you don't already have a current backup, back up all data before doing anything else. The backup is necessary on general principle, not because of anything in the test procedure. There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
Below are instructions to run a UNIX shell script, a type of program. All it does is to gather information about the state of your computer. That information goes nowhere unless you choose to share it on this page. However, you should be cautious about running a program at the suggestion of a stranger on a public message board. If you have doubts, search this site for other discussions in which this procedure has been followed without any report of ill effects. If you can't satisfy yourself that the instructions are safe, don't follow them.
Here's a summary of what you need to do: Copy a line of text from this web page into the window of another application. Wait about a minute. Then paste some other text, which will have been copied automatically, back into a reply on this page. The sequence is: copy, paste, wait, paste again. Details follow.
You may have started the computer in "safe" mode. Preferably, these steps should be taken in “normal” mode. If the system is now in safe mode and works well enough in normal mode to run the test, restart as usual. If you can only run the test in safe mode, do that.
If you have more than one user, and the one affected by the problem is not an administrator, then please run the test twice: once while logged in as the affected user, and once as an administrator. The results may be different. The user that is created automatically on a new computer when you start it for the first time is an administrator. If you can't log in as an administrator, test as the affected user. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this paragraph doesn’t apply.
The script is a single long line, all of which must be selected. You can accomplish this easily by triple-clicking anywhere in the line. The whole line will highlight, though you may not see all of it in your browser, and you can then copy it. If you try to select the line by dragging across the part you can see, you won't get all of it.
Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it:
clear; shopt -s extglob; Fb='%s\n\t(%s)\n'; Fm='\n%s:\n\n%s\n'; Fs='\n%s: %s\n'; Fu='User %s%%\t\tSystem %s%%'; PB="/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c Print"; A () { [[ "$a" -eq 0 ]]; }; R () { o=; [[ "$r" -eq 0 ]]; }; Pm () { [[ "$o" ]] && o=$(sed 's/^ */ /' <<< "$o") && printf "$Fm" "$1" "$o"; }; Pc () { o=$(egrep -v '^[[:blank:]]*($|#)' "$2"); Pm "$1"; }; Pp () { o=$($PB "$2" | awk -F'= ' \/$3'/{print $2}'); Pm "$1"; }; Ps () { o="${o##+( )}"; [[ ! "$o" =~ ^0?$ ]] && printf "$Fs" "$1" "$o"; }; id | grep -qw '80(admin)'; a=$?; A && sudo true; r=$?; t=`date +%s`; clear; { A || echo $'No admin access\n'; A && ! R && echo $'No root access\n'; system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType | sed '8!d;s/^ *//'; o=$(system_profiler SPDiagnosticsDataType | sed '5,6!d'); [[ "$o" =~ Pass ]] || Pm "POST"; o=$(pmset -g therm | sed 's/^.*CP/CP/'); grep -q 'No th' <<< "$o" && o=; Pm "Thermal conditions"; o=$(pmset -g sysload | grep -v :); grep -q '= [^GO]' <<< "$o" || o=; Pm "System load advisory"; o=$(nvram boot-args | awk '{$1=""; print}'); Ps "boot-args"; o=$(ls /L*/L*/Dia*/*.panic | wc -l); Ps "Panics"; o=$(ls /L*/L*/Dia*/*.c* | tail); Pm "System crash logs"; o=$(ls L*/L*/Dia* | tail); Pm "User crash logs"; o=$(syslog -F bsd -k Sender kernel -k Message CReq 'GPU |hfs: Ru|I/O e|n Cause: -|NVDA\(|pagin|SATA W|timed? ?o' | tail -n25 | awk '/:/{$4=""; $5=""; print}'); Pm "Kernel messages"; o=$(df -m / | awk 'NR==2 {print $4}'); [[ $o -lt 5120 ]] && Ps "Free space (MiB)"; o=$(($(vm_stat | awk '/Pageo/{sub("\\.",""); print $2}')/256)); o=$((o>=1024?o:0)); Ps "Pageouts (MiB)"; s=( $(sar -u 1 10 | sed '$!d') ); [[ ${s[4]} -lt 90 ]] && o=$(printf "$Fu" ${s[1]} ${s[3]}) || o=; Pm "Total CPU usage" && o=$(ps acrx -o comm,ruid,%cpu | sed '2!d'); Pm "Max %CPU by process (name, UID, %)"; o=$(kextstat -kl | grep -v com\\.apple | cut -c53- | cut -d\< -f1); Pm "Loaded extrinsic kernel extensions"; R && o=$(sudo launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.(apple|openssh|vix\.cron)|org\.(amav|apac|calendarse|cups|dove|isc|ntp|post[fg]|x)/{print $3}'); Pm "Loaded extrinsic daemons"; o=$(launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.apple|org\.(x|openbsd)|\.[0-9]+$/{print $3}'); Pm "Loaded extrinsic user agents"; for d in {/,}L*/{La,Priv,Sta}*; do o=$(ls -A "$d" | egrep -v '^(\.DS_Store$|com\.apple\.)'); Pm "$d"; done; o=$(find -L /S*/L*/E* {/,}L*/{A*d,Compon,Ex,In,Keyb,Mail,P*P,Qu,Scripti,Servi,Spo}* -type d -name Contents -prune | while read d; do ID=$($PB\ :CFBundleIdentifier "$d/Info.plist") || ID="No bundle ID"; egrep -qv "^com\.apple\.[^x]|Accusys|ArcMSR|ATTO|HDPro|HighPoint|driver\.stex|hp-fax|\.hpio|JMicron|microsoft\.MDI|print|SoftRAID" <<< $ID && printf "$Fb" "${d%/Contents}" "$ID"; done); Pm "Extrinsic loadable bundles"; o=$(find /u*/{,*/}lib -type f -exec sh -c 'file -b "$1" | grep -qw shared && ! codesign -v "$1"' {} {} \; -print); Pm "Unsigned shared libraries"; o=$(launchctl getenv DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES); Pm "Inserted libraries"; o=$(find {,/u*/lo*}/e*/periodic -type f -mtime -10d); Pm "Modified periodic scripts"; o=$(scutil --proxy | grep Prox); Pm "Proxies"; o=$(scutil --dns | awk '/r\[0\] /{if ($NF !~ /^1(0|72\.(1[6-9]|2[0-9]|3[0-1])|92\.168)\./) print $NF; exit}'); Ps "DNS"; R && o=$(sudo profiles -P | grep :); Pm "Profiles"; for f in fstab sysctl.conf crontab launchd.conf; do Pc $f /etc/$f; done; Pc "hosts" <(egrep -v '(local|broadcast)host' /etc/hosts); Pc "User launchd" ~/.launchd; R && Pc "Root crontab" <(sudo crontab -l); Pc "User crontab" <(crontab -l); R && o=$(sudo defaults read com.apple.loginwindow LoginHook); Pm "Login hook"; Pp "Global login items" /L*/P*/loginw* Path; Pp "User login items" L*/P*/*loginit* Name; Pp "Safari extensions" L*/Saf*/*/E*.plist Bundle | sed 's/\..*$//;s/-[1-9]$//'; o=$(find ~ $TMPDIR.. \( -flags +sappnd,schg,uappnd,uchg -o ! -user $UID -o ! -perm -600 \) | wc -l); Ps "Restricted user files"; cd; o=$(system_profiler SPFontsDataType | egrep "Valid: N|Duplicate: Y" | wc -l); Ps "Font problems"; o=$(find L*/{Con,Pref}* -type f ! -size 0 -name *.plist ! -exec sh -c 'plutil -s "$1" >&-' {} {} \; -print); Pm "Bad plists"; d=(Desktop L*/Keyc*); n=(20 7); for i in {0..1}; do o=$(find "${d[$i]}" -type f -maxdepth 1 | wc -l); o=$((o<=n[$i]?0:o)); Ps "${d[$i]##*/} files"; done; o=$((`date +%s`-t)); Ps "Elapsed time (s)"; } 2>/dev/null | pbcopy; exit 2>&-
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
When you launch Terminal, a text window will open with a line already in it, ending either in a dollar sign ($) or a percent sign (%). If you get the percent sign, enter “sh” and press return. You should then get a new line ending in a dollar sign.
Click anywhere in the Terminal window and paste (command-V). The text you pasted should vanish immediately. If it doesn't, press the return key.
If you're logged in as an administrator, you'll be prompted for your login password. Nothing will be displayed when you type it. You will not see the usual dots in place of typed characters. Make sure caps lock is off. Type carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you make three failed attempts to enter the password, the test will run anyway, but it will produce less information. In most cases, the difference is not important.
If you're not logged in as an administrator, you won't be prompted for your password. The test will still run. It just won't do anything that requires administrator rights.
The test may take up to a few minutes to run, depending on how many files you have and the speed of the computer. There is no indication of progress until it's done. Wait for the line "[Process completed]" to appear in the Terminal window.
You can then quit Terminal. The results of the test will have been copied to the Clipboard automatically. All you have to do is paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V again. Please don't copy anything from the Terminal window.
If any personal information, such as your name or email address, appears in the results, anonymize it before posting. Usually that won't be necessary.
When you post the results, you might see the message, "You have included content in your post that is not permitted." That's because the forum software falsely identifies something in the post as a violation of the terms of use. If that happens, please post the results on Pastebin, then post a link here to the page you created.
Note: This is a public forum, and others may give you advice based on the results of the test. They speak only for themselves, and I don't necessarily agree with them.
Copyright © 2014 Linc Davis. As the sole author of this work, I reserve all rights to it except as provided in the Terms of Use of Apple Support Communities ("ASC"). Readers of ASC may copy it for their own personal use. Neither the whole nor any part may be redistributed. -
Mac Slow after upgrading to Mavericks
Hi,
I'm afraid I am a bit of a new Mac user so am a little bit of a numpty when it comes to trying to fix such things! I just wondered if someone could have a look at the report below to see if there is any reason as to why apps keep hanging etc... and what to do to resolve it!
Any help, much appreciated!
Thanks!
Hardware Information:
iMac (27-inch, Mid 2011)
iMac - model: iMac12,2
1 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 4 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
AMD Radeon HD 6770M - VRAM: 512 MB
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
Startup Items:
AGMacFSWatcher: Path: /Library/StartupItems/AGMacFSWatcher
System Software:
OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 1 day 10:57:23
Disk Information:
ST31000528AS disk0 : (1 TB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 999.35 GB (351.87 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5690H
USB Information:
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Seagate Portable 500.11 GB
Angie Backup (disk1s1) /Volumes/Angie Backup: 500.11 GB (394.22 GB free)
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Kernel Extensions:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
[failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[loaded] com.citrixonline.GoToMyPC.CommAgent.plist
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist
Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.citrixonline.GoToMyPC.LaunchAgent.plist
[loaded] com.cloud.CloudShellExt.plist
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
User Login Items:
Steam
iTunesHelper
Backup & Storage
Dropbox
Backup & Storage
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player
GoToMyPC Preferences
Java
Perian
Internet Plug-ins::
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.117 - SDK 10.6
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.04 - SDK 10.6
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.04 - SDK 10.6
Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.117 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
GarminGPSControl: Version: 3.0.1.0 Release - SDK 10.4
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.6
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 11 Outdated! Update
User Internet Plug-ins::
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.105
NPRoblox: Version: 1.0.2.12 - SDK 10.8
Bad Fonts:
None
Old applications:
ClamXav: Version: 2.3.2 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/ClamXav.app
HP Photo Creations: Version: 1.0.0.11792 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/HP Photo Creations.app
Microsoft Alerts Daemon: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Alerts Daemon.app
Microsoft AutoUpdate: Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app
Microsoft Chart Converter: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Chart Converter.app
Microsoft Clip Gallery: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Clip Gallery.app
Microsoft Database Daemon: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Database Daemon.app
Microsoft Database Utility: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Database Utility.app
Microsoft Document Connection: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft Document Connection.app
Microsoft Error Reporting: Version: 2.2.9 - SDK 10.4
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0/Microsoft Error Reporting.app
Microsoft Excel: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft Excel.app
Microsoft Graph: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Graph.app
Microsoft Language Register: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Additional Tools/Microsoft Language Register/Microsoft Language Register.app
Microsoft Office Reminders: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Office Reminders.app
Microsoft Outlook: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft Outlook.app
Microsoft PowerPoint: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft PowerPoint.app
Microsoft Ship Asserts: Version: 1.1.4 - SDK 10.4
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0/Microsoft Ship Asserts.app
Microsoft Upload Center: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Upload Center.app
Microsoft Word: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft Word.app
My Day: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/My Day.app
Open XML for Excel: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Open XML for Excel.app
SLLauncher: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Silverlight/OutOfBrowser/SLLauncher.app
Solver: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Add-Ins/Solver.app
Spotify: Version: 0.8.4.124.ga3559d86 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Spotify.app
SyncServicesAgent: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/SyncServicesAgent.app
iCompta: Version: 4.0.13 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/iCompta.app
Time Machine:
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: NO
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 930.71 GB Disk used: 603.01 GB
Destinations:
Angie Backup [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 0 B
Total number of backups: (null)
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 0 B < (Disk used 603.01 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
4% WindowServer
2% com.apple.WebKit.Networking
1% Safari
0% PluginProcess
0% secd
Top Processes by Memory:
143 MB softwareupdated
102 MB mds_stores
94 MB Safari
94 MB Calendar
90 MB Finder
Virtual Memory Statistics:
845 MB Free RAM
1.43 GB Active RAM
351 MB Inactive RAM
849 MB Wired RAM
1.31 GB Page-ins
14 MB Page-outsNumpty is my new favorite word.
Here's your report with some comments in red:
Hardware Information:
iMac (27-inch, Mid 2011)
iMac - model: iMac12,2
1 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 4 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
AMD Radeon HD 6770M - VRAM: 512 MB
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
Startup Items:
AGMacFSWatcher: Path: /Library/StartupItems/AGMacFSWatcher The ones in green may be a problem, and you need to do some research and/or remove them. See the suggestions below.
System Software:
OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 1 day 10:57:23
Disk Information:
ST31000528AS disk0 : (1 TB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 999.35 GB (351.87 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5690H
USB Information:
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Seagate Portable 500.11 GB
Angie Backup (disk1s1) /Volumes/Angie Backup: 500.11 GB (394.22 GB free)
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Kernel Extensions:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
[failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist The ones in red are definite problems and need to be fixed.
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[loaded] com.citrixonline.GoToMyPC.CommAgent.plist
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist
Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.citrixonline.GoToMyPC.LaunchAgent.plist
[loaded] com.cloud.CloudShellExt.plist
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
User Login Items:
Steam
iTunesHelper
Backup & Storage
Dropbox
Backup & Storage you have two of these which can't be good.
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player
GoToMyPC Preferences
Java
Perian I do not think Perian is supported any more by the developer. I could be wrong.
Internet Plug-ins::
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.117 - SDK 10.6 duplicate of item below.
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.04 - SDK 10.6
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.04 - SDK 10.6
Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.117 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
GarminGPSControl: Version: 3.0.1.0 Release - SDK 10.4
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.6
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 11 Outdated! Update
User Internet Plug-ins::
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.105
NPRoblox: Version: 1.0.2.12 - SDK 10.8
Bad Fonts:
None
Old applications:
ClamXav: Version: 2.3.2 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/ClamXav.app
HP Photo Creations: Version: 1.0.0.11792 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/HP Photo Creations.app
Microsoft Alerts Daemon: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Alerts Daemon.app
Microsoft AutoUpdate: Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app
Microsoft Chart Converter: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Chart Converter.app
Microsoft Clip Gallery: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Clip Gallery.app
Microsoft Database Daemon: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Database Daemon.app
Microsoft Database Utility: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Database Utility.app
Microsoft Document Connection: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft Document Connection.app
Microsoft Error Reporting: Version: 2.2.9 - SDK 10.4
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0/Microsoft Error Reporting.app
Microsoft Excel: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft Excel.app
Microsoft Graph: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Graph.app
Microsoft Language Register: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Additional Tools/Microsoft Language Register/Microsoft Language Register.app
Microsoft Office Reminders: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Office Reminders.app
Microsoft Outlook: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft Outlook.app
Microsoft PowerPoint: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft PowerPoint.app
Microsoft Ship Asserts: Version: 1.1.4 - SDK 10.4
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0/Microsoft Ship Asserts.app
Microsoft Upload Center: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Upload Center.app
Microsoft Word: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft Word.app
My Day: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/My Day.app
Open XML for Excel: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Open XML for Excel.app
SLLauncher: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Silverlight/OutOfBrowser/SLLauncher.app
Solver: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Add-Ins/Solver.app
Spotify: Version: 0.8.4.124.ga3559d86 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Spotify.app
SyncServicesAgent: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/SyncServicesAgent.app
iCompta: Version: 4.0.13 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/iCompta.app
Time Machine:
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: NO
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 930.71 GB Disk used: 603.01 GB
Destinations:
Angie Backup [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 0 B
Total number of backups: (null)
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 0 B < (Disk used 603.01 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
4% WindowServer
2% com.apple.WebKit.Networking
1% Safari
0% PluginProcess
0% secd
Top Processes by Memory:
143 MB softwareupdated
102 MB mds_stores
94 MB Safari
94 MB Calendar
90 MB Finder
Virtual Memory Statistics:
845 MB Free RAM
1.43 GB Active RAM
351 MB Inactive RAM
849 MB Wired RAM
1.31 GB Page-ins
14 MB Page-outs
suggestions:
The items in green may be a problem. They generally run all the time in the background (not the old applications ones), and thus may be making things slow. You can test this theory: Try a safe boot (restart, hold down shift until you see the Apple logo). If this eliminates the slowness, then you know the problem is with some third-party software you have installed. Mac OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode?
If they are in green it means that they could be a problem but I do not have first hand knowledge of this particular item, and you are going to have to do some research. The general philosopy is:
1. Figure out what the application is that is installing this bit of software.
2. If you can live without it, uninstall it. You should uninstall the entire application that is responsible for the item in green. The best way is with an uninstaller from the developer of the application.
3. If you can't live without this app, then at least make sure it is up to date and compatible with Mavericks. If not, consider a replacement that is.
The items in red are definite problems and should be fixed.
For apple wdhelper I would try repairing your hd. Boot into your recovery partition (restart, hold down ⌘R until you see the Apple logo), and use Disk Utility to repair your hard drive. Repair permissions too while you're there. OS X: About OS X Recovery Then recheck with etrecheck.
If that doesn't work, I'd try Techtool, which can occasionally fix something that disk utility can't. Techtool Pro 7 Then recheck with etrecheck
If that doesn't work, I'd reinstall Mavericks over your current installation. and recheck.
If that doesn't work, you're looking at the nuclear option: backup your documents, erase your HD, and do a clean reinstall of Mavericks.
ClamX AV should be uninstalled. Antivirus software is unnecessary on macs and can slow things down. That's a whole nother topic upon which I can blather on endlessly if you'd like. -
I have a MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008), Intel Core 2 Duo 2.53 GHz, 4GB Memory. and am currently running Snow Leopard 10.6.8.
I would like to know which is the most stable upgrade for my model? Mountain Lion, Mavericks or Yosemite?
When I had gone to the apple care centre in India a few months ago to upgrade my OSX to Mountain Lion, I was told that considering my macbook pro's specs, upgrading it would just make it less efficient, and that I should stick to Snow Leopard unless I consider buying a newer mac that would benefit from it. Is this true? I find it a bit hard to believe. Which update is most recommended?
I also notice that my mac has gotten considerably slower. While using chrome, it buffers and struggles with even just 5 tabs open. Could this have something to do with my current ios? As a precaution, I have always been making sure I have enough free space on disk i.e around 70 - 100 free out of 250GB.
Any advice is appreciated.
Thanks in advance.Mavericks is no longer available from the App Store, so your choice is Yosemite. One option is to create a new partition (~30- 50 GB), install the new OS, and ‘test drive’ it. If you like/don’t like it it, you can then remove the partition. Do a backup before you do anything. By doing this, if you don’t like it you won't have to go though the revert process.
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