White Macbook Becoming Really Slow

Hi guys, I a have a late 2006 white macbook running on leopard (32GB free space) with the following specs:
Model Identifier: MacBook2,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 1 GB
my problem is that off late my macbook has become extremely slow and I keep experiencing the beachball syndrome!
This is also experienced when I am just browsing on safari and have an app like Word opened. Safari crashes more than once a day and the entire system seems to freeze up when I am running even basic apps like firefox, word, itunes, preview etc
I can understand a lag if I am running Photoshop but this is becoming quite bugging. I still have a year of warranty left btw.
What I was wondering shall I upgrade to Snow Leopard since its not very expensive? I dont want to upgrade my RAM, as by next year I will get the Pro. Also if I upgrade my OS, how will I install the back up data again? And will that affect the problem?
Will a clean reinstall help?
Any help would be appreciated.
Btw I keep running Onyx regularly and fix the permissons etc after every 10 days.

If your machine is slow right now, you need to figure out why--upgrading to Snow Leopard could make the machine even slower. Overall, Snow Leopard improves performance for machines, but if the machine has issues already, you may not see the improvements.
Here's some things to try:
In Applications>Utilities, open *Disk Utility*. In the left-hand column, click *Macintosh HD*, then click the *Verify Disk* button. Report any errors here.
You also want to reseat your RAM and see if that helps; instructions here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1651
~Lyssa

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2012-10-27 00:30:59,476 com.apple.backupd: 997.5 MB required (including padding), 1.39 TB available
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2012-10-27 00:31:02,236 com.apple.backupd: Copied 413 files (511 KB) from volume Data HD.
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2012-10-27 00:35:02,614 com.apple.backupd: Backup completed successfully.
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2012-10-27 01:30:15,867 com.apple.backupd: Backing up to: /Volumes/iMac Backup/Backups.backupdb
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2012-10-27 01:31:03,417 com.apple.backupd: Copied 3160 files (50.4 MB) from volume Data HD.
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2012-10-27 11:47:20,225 com.apple.backupd: Backing up to: /Volumes/iMac Backup/Backups.backupdb
2012-10-27 11:48:01,472 com.apple.backupd: 1.15 GB required (including padding), 1.39 TB available
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2012-10-27 11:53:46,551 com.apple.backupd: Copied 22435 files (147.2 MB) from volume Data HD.
2012-10-27 11:54:11,637 com.apple.backupd: 1.01 GB required (including padding), 1.39 TB available
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2012-10-27 11:58:28,737 com.apple.backupd: Copied 17084 files (101.1 MB) from volume Data HD.
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2012-10-27 12:54:02,964 com.apple.backupd: Copied 22923 files (131.2 MB) from volume Data HD.
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2012-10-27 13:00:03,849 com.apple.backupd: Copied 21858 files (10.3 MB) from volume Data HD.
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2012-10-27 13:12:57,224 com.apple.backupd: Post-back up thinning complete: 1 expired backups removed
2012-10-27 13:12:57,942 com.apple.backupd: Backup completed successfully.
2012-10-27 13:47:34,859 com.apple.backupd: Starting standard backup
2012-10-27 13:47:34,900 com.apple.backupd: Backing up to: /Volumes/iMac Backup/Backups.backupdb
2012-10-27 13:48:04,455 com.apple.backupd: 1.02 GB required (including padding), 1.39 TB available
2012-10-27 13:48:23,702 com.apple.backupd: Copied 3222 files (38.5 MB) from volume System HD.
2012-10-27 13:48:24,129 com.apple.backupd: Copied 3243 files (38.5 MB) from volume Data HD.
2012-10-27 13:48:24,408 com.apple.backupd: 997.0 MB required (including padding), 1.39 TB available
2012-10-27 13:48:26,324 com.apple.backupd: Copied 392 files (176 bytes) from volume System HD.
2012-10-27 13:48:26,602 com.apple.backupd: Copied 413 files (176 bytes) from volume Data HD.
2012-10-27 13:48:27,744 com.apple.backupd: Starting post-backup thinning
2012-10-27 13:55:02,021 com.apple.backupd: Deleted /Volumes/iMac Backup/Backups.backupdb/Kristian’s iMac/2012-10-25-001915 (164.5 MB)
2012-10-27 13:55:02,021 com.apple.backupd: Post-back up thinning complete: 1 expired backups removed
2012-10-27 13:55:02,732 com.apple.backupd: Backup completed successfully.
2012-10-27 14:47:19,892 com.apple.backupd: Starting standard backup
2012-10-27 14:47:19,907 com.apple.backupd: Backing up to: /Volumes/iMac Backup/Backups.backupdb
2012-10-27 14:47:28,688 com.apple.backupd: 1.14 GB required (including padding), 1.39 TB available
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2012-10-27 14:49:04,799 com.apple.backupd: Copied 2501 files (109.1 MB) from volume Data HD.
2012-10-27 14:49:05,081 com.apple.backupd: 1.04 GB required (including padding), 1.39 TB available
2012-10-27 14:49:08,439 com.apple.backupd: Copied 984 files (1.3 MB) from volume System HD.
2012-10-27 14:49:08,729 com.apple.backupd: Copied 1005 files (1.3 MB) from volume Data HD.
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2012-10-27 14:55:51,590 com.apple.backupd: Post-back up thinning complete: 1 expired backups removed
2012-10-27 14:55:52,225 com.apple.backupd: Backup completed successfully.
2012-10-27 15:47:19,811 com.apple.backupd: Starting standard backup
2012-10-27 15:47:19,821 com.apple.backupd: Backing up to: /Volumes/iMac Backup/Backups.backupdb
2012-10-27 15:47:31,172 com.apple.backupd: 1.44 GB required (including padding), 1.39 TB available
2012-10-27 15:48:20,070 com.apple.backupd: Copied 3535 files (343.4 MB) from volume System HD.
2012-10-27 15:48:25,645 com.apple.backupd: Copied 3725 files (346.7 MB) from volume Data HD.
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2012-10-27 15:48:36,091 com.apple.backupd: Copied 1626 files (94.6 MB) from volume Data HD.
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2012-10-27 18:30:41,466 com.apple.backupd: Backing up to: /Volumes/iMac Backup/Backups.backupdb
2012-10-27 18:31:36,523 com.apple.backupd: 1.22 GB required (including padding), 1.39 TB available
2012-10-27 18:37:34,394 com.apple.backupd: Copied 23095 files (133.2 MB) from volume System HD.
2012-10-27 18:37:44,575 com.apple.backupd: Copied 23684 files (155.5 MB) from volume Data HD.
2012-10-27 18:38:14,029 com.apple.backupd: 1.05 GB required (including padding), 1.39 TB available
2012-10-27 18:43:52,899 com.apple.backupd: Copied 22561 files (51.2 MB) from volume System HD.
2012-10-27 18:43:53,918 com.apple.backupd: Copied 22582 files (51.2 MB) from volume Data HD.
2012-10-27 18:50:13,929 com.apple.backupd: Starting post-backup thinning
2012-10-27 18:56:34,516 com.apple.backupd: Deleted /Volumes/iMac Backup/Backups.backupdb/Kristian’s iMac/2012-10-26-133119 (113.0 MB)
2012-10-27 18:56:34,516 com.apple.backupd: Post-back up thinning complete: 1 expired backups removed
2012-10-27 18:56:35,224 com.apple.backupd: Backup completed successfully.
2012-10-27 19:53:18,374 com.apple.backupd: Starting standard backup
2012-10-27 19:53:18,404 com.apple.backupd: Backing up to: /Volumes/iMac Backup/Backups.backupdb
2012-10-27 19:54:13,665 com.apple.backupd: 1.14 GB required (including padding), 1.39 TB available
2012-10-27 20:00:09,414 com.apple.backupd: Copied 23042 files (88.5 MB) from volume System HD.
2012-10-27 20:00:10,395 com.apple.backupd: Copied 23063 files (88.5 MB) from volume Data HD.
2012-10-27 20:00:49,047 com.apple.backupd: 1.04 GB required (including padding), 1.39 TB available
2012-10-27 20:06:24,604 com.apple.backupd: Copied 21473 files (7.3 MB) from volume System HD.
2012-10-27 20:06:25,914 com.apple.backupd: Copied 21494 files (7.3 MB) from volume Data HD.
2012-10-27 20:12:54,448 com.apple.backupd: Starting post-backup thinning
2012-10-27 20:19:23,604 com.apple.backupd: Deleted /Volumes/iMac Backup/Backups.backupdb/Kristian’s iMac/2012-10-26-194550 (47.1 MB)
2012-10-27 20:19:23,605 com.apple.backupd: Post-back up thinning complete: 1 expired backups removed
2012-10-27 20:19:24,327 com.apple.backupd: Backup completed successfully.
2012-10-28 11:48:14,703 com.apple.backupd: Starting standard backup
2012-10-28 11:48:14,722 com.apple.backupd: Backing up to: /Volumes/iMac Backup/Backups.backupdb
2012-10-28 11:48:37,575 com.apple.backupd: 1.09 GB required (including padding), 1.39 TB available
2012-10-28 11:49:51,995 com.apple.backupd: Copied 6920 files (41.9 MB) from volume System HD.
2012-10-28 11:49:52,673 com.apple.backupd: Copied 6941 files (41.9 MB) from volume Data HD.
2012-10-28 11:49:53,539 com.apple.backupd: 1.04 GB required (including padding), 1.39 TB available
2012-10-28 11:49:59,493 com.apple.backupd: Copied 2092 files (5.9 MB) from volume System HD.
2012-10-28 11:49:59,916 com.apple.backupd: Copied 2113 files (5.9 MB) from volume Data HD.
2012-10-28 11:50:02,203 com.apple.backupd: Starting post-backup thinning
2012-10-28 11:53:40,283 com.apple.backupd: Deleted /Volumes/iMac Backup/Backups.backupdb/Kristian’s iMac/2012-09-28-174306 (134.6 MB)
2012-10-28 11:54:07,999 com.apple.backupd: Deleted /Volumes/iMac Backup/Backups.backupdb/Kristian’s iMac/2012-10-27-003102 (11.7 MB)
2012-10-28 11:54:15,314 com.apple.backupd: Deleted /Volumes/iMac Backup/Backups.backupdb/Kristian’s iMac/2012-10-26-233059 (21.7 MB)
2012-10-28 11:54:24,087 com.apple.backupd: Deleted /Volumes/iMac Backup/Backups.backupdb/Kristian’s iMac/2012-10-26-223050 (38.6 MB)
2012-10-28 11:54:31,923 com.apple.backupd: Deleted /Volumes/iMac Backup/Backups.backupdb/Kristian’s iMac/2012-10-26-213058 (11.7 MB)
2012-10-28 11:54:31,923 com.apple.backupd: Post-back up thinning complete: 5 expired backups removed
2012-10-28 11:54:33,203 com.apple.backupd: Backup completed successfully.
2012-10-28 12:03:09,983 com.apple.backupd: Starting standard backup
2012-10-28 12:03:10,080 com.apple.backupd: Backing up to: /Volumes/iMac Backup/Backups.backupdb
2012-10-28 12:04:22,222 com.apple.backupd: 1.16 GB required (including padding), 1.39 TB available
2012-10-28 12:09:37,907 com.apple.backupd: Copied 17151 files (105.3 MB) from volume System HD.
2012-10-28 12:09:40,692 com.apple.backupd: Copied 17197 files (105.3 MB) from volume Data HD.
2012-10-28 12:10:22,894 com.apple.backupd: 1.05 GB required (including padding), 1.39 TB available
2012-10-28 12:16:08,092 com.apple.backupd: Copied 21592 files (113.4 MB) from volume System HD.
2012-10-28 12:16:08,903 com.apple.backupd: Copied 21613 files (113.4 MB) from volume Data HD.
2012-10-28 12:20:52,914 com.apple.backupd: Starting post-backup thinning
2012-10-28 12:21:19,721 com.apple.backupd: Deleted /Volumes/iMac Backup/Backups.backupdb/Kristian’s iMac/2012-10-26-204134 (51.1 MB)
2012-10-28 12:27:53,979 com.apple.backupd: Deleted /Volumes/iMac Backup/Backups.backupdb/Kristian’s iMac/2012-10-26-190107 (62.0 MB)
2012-10-28 12:27:53,979 com.apple.backupd: Post-back up thinning complete: 2 expired backups removed
2012-10-28 12:27:54,563 com.apple.backupd: Backup completed successfully.
2012-10-28 12:28:37,854 com.apple.backupd: Starting standard backup
2012-10-28 12:28:37,862 com.apple.backupd: Backing up to: /Volumes/iMac Backup/Backups.backupdb
2012-10-28 12:29:14,836 com.apple.backupd: 1.16 GB required (including padding), 1.39 TB available

If you have more than one user account, these instructions must be carried out as an administrator.
Launch the Console 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 Console in the icon grid.
Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left.
Enter the word "Starting" (without the quotes) in the String Matching text field. You should now see log messages with the words "Starting * backup," where * represents any of the words "automatic," "manual," or "standard." Note the timestamp of the last such message. Clear the text field and scroll back in the log to that time. Post the messages timestamped from then until the end of the backup, or the end of the log if that's not clear.
Post the log text, please, not a screenshot. If there are runs of repeated messages, post only one example of each. Don't post many repetitions of the same message.
When posting a log extract, be selective. Don't post more than is requested.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into a message.
Some personal information, such as the names of your files, may be included — edit that out, too, but don’t remove the context.

I have a macbookpro may 2010 with Intel core 2 duo processor can i upgrade to osx mountail lion ,i have doubts that the macbook becomes very slow on this processor

macbook pro 2010 with 2.4 Ghz intel core 2 duo can i upgrade to mountaion lion ,i have doubts that it becomes very slow

Welcome to the Support Commuities. See under Supported Models here:
OS X Mountain Lion Technical Specifications
...Although your MacBook Pro is supported, it may be advisable to wait until OS X 10.8.1 or 10.8.2 in order to avoid the possibility that your Mac slows down due to bugs in 10.8.0.

Brand new macbook with really slow internet all of a sudden? I have etrecheck please help!

Hey everyone,
My macbook air is just over a month old and has been working great until this week.
Weird things...
Firstly. I turned it on one day and it came up with an error saying my ip adress has been used by another device
Secondly. Random screen saver comes on when i have not changed any settings
FInally. My internet is ridiculously slow. The internet pages need to be refreshed constantly and half the time load after 10 mins or not at all.
My wifi is connected to my iphone which i have been using as internet as the speeds on that are not affectd.
I change my DNS to 8.8.8.8 and did not allow ipv6 with a restart and cleared cache like other forums recommended. Still did nothing but here is an etrecheck report.
Hardware Information:
MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013)
MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir6,2
1 1.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 5000 - VRAM: 1024 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 2 days 2:21:16
Disk Information:
APPLE SSD SD0128F disk0 : (121.33 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 120.47 GB (52.45 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information:
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader 32.03 GB
DIGI CAMERA (disk2s1) /Volumes/DIGI CAMERA: 32.02 GB (31 GB free)
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Kernel Extensions:
com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt     (0.0.67)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
[System]     de.novamedia.nmnetmgrd.plist 3rd-Party support link
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[System]     com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System]     com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
[System]     com.divx.dms.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System]     com.divx.update.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System]     de.novamedia.VodafoneDeviceObserver.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
uTorrent
Vodafone Mobile Broadband
VMCStatusMenu
Internet Plug-ins:
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.2.0.16   - SDK 10.8 3rd-Party support link
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.44 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
DivX Web Player: Version: 3.1.0.13 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.44 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 3rd-Party support link
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
User Internet Plug-ins:
WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
Flip4Mac WMV 3rd-Party support link
Bad Fonts:
None
Old Applications:
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0
Microsoft Error Reporting:     Version: 2.2.9 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Ship Asserts:     Version: 1.1.4 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
Solver:     Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Add-Ins/Solver.app
/Library/Application Support/DivX
DivXUpdate:     Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
DivXMediaServer:     Version: 10.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
DivXTransferWizard:     Version: 10.1.0 (Build 10.1.0.102) - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
DMSLaunch:     Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office
Microsoft Graph:     Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Database Utility:     Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Office Reminders:     Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Upload Center:     Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
My Day:     Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
SyncServicesAgent:     Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Open XML for Excel:     Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Alerts Daemon:     Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Database Daemon:     Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Chart Converter:     Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Clip Gallery:     Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011
Microsoft PowerPoint:     Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Excel:     Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Outlook:     Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Word:     Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Document Connection:     Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Language Register:     Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Additional Tools/Microsoft Language Register/Microsoft Language Register.app
Microsoft AutoUpdate:     Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app
DivX Converter:     Version: 10.1.0 (Build 10.1.0.166) - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
DivX Player:     Version: 10.1.0 (Build 11.3.0.40) - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Time Machine:
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
    6%     uTorrent
    3%     Safari
    2%     WindowServer
    1%     Dock
    1%     Vodafone Mobile Broadband
Top Processes by Memory:
164 MB     Mail
131 MB     com.apple.IconServicesAgent
127 MB     Safari
102 MB     QuickTime Player
98 MB     WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information:
705 MB     Free RAM
1.77 GB     Active RAM
948 MB     Inactive RAM
625 MB     Wired RAM
603 MB     Page-ins
0 B     Page-outs

Tamara wrote:
I'd also suggest checking to see if you're in Airplane Mode (under Settings).
Or looking in the upper left of the screen for an airplane icon.

Does anybody else find itunes has become really slow and unresponsive since the lastest version upgrade?

Does anybody have any ideas to help with Itunes? its become slow and useless sine upgrading to the latest version. i can still download at normal speeds from the site but initial opening and navigation are painfully slow.

See:
Mac Maintenance Quick Assist,
Mac OS X speed FAQ,
Speeding up Macs,
How to Speed up Macs,
Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance,
Mac troubleshooting: What to do when your computer is too slow,
Essential Mac Maintenance: Get set up,
Essential Mac Maintenance: Rev up your routines,
Maintaining OS X,
Five Mac maintenance myths and
Myths of required versus not required maintenance for Mac OS X for information.

Becomes really slow, almost freezes when i text a certain person!

Hello everyone
I just joined. I've had my blackberry 8330 for about 5 months now and there has only been one small, but very annoying problem with it.
Whenever I text this one person (who also has verizon), or receive a text from them, my blackberry takes almost 3 minutes to "send" the message to them. The message gets sent but my screen stays stuck on the reply message screen. eventually it goes back to the main desktop, but by the time it does that, i have alreadhy received the person's text and the whole slow process starts again!
if this makes sense to anyone, pleaseeeeeee help me
thank you!!!
Solved!
Go to Solution.

I had this exact problem on my phone except it only happened when i would receive a message from this particular person or reply to a message from this person. What I did to fix the problem is go to my address book, select the person, then click SMS this person. For some reason, sending the person a message by going through the address book instead of replying to a previous message fixed the problem completely for me. It still messes up once a month or so but is immediately resolved by this method every time. Let me know if this fixes the problem.

My Mid 2007 iMac Runs Fine (Quite Fast) But Then Suddenly It Become Really Slow And Starts Crashing.

Also it take about 10-15Min's to boot. I have 2GB Ram.

Also it take about 10-15Min's to boot. I have 2GB Ram.

My MacBook Pro is REALLY slow after a week of running Yosemite perfectly

I have a MacBook Pro (about 3 years old) and I have never had any problems with it.
When Yosemite was released I updated and my MacBook ran perfectly and faster then before for a little over a week. Then all of a sudden it became SO incredibly slow. There is a waiting time on everything that has to do with a computer; from when I make a keystroke to the letter actually pops up on the screen, when I click an icon to launch a program, and so - I think you get the picture. Always the **** rainbow circle.
I have searched so many forums online and tried a lot of different things such as re-indexing spotlight, the "Hold down the left shift, option and control keys together with the power button-trick", various "sudo" commands in terminal, cleaning out junk (not in a very structured matter, just old files I didn't need anymore). To be honest I have no idea what I am doing, I just try whatever the smart people in the forums suggest.
I am lucky to have very recently been gifted a brand new MacBook Pro retina bla bla bla, which I am writing this from now, so it's not really an emergency situation. It's just really annoying to have a MacBook I can't use and that also has ALL of my previous work and programs on it.
SO here's another question: I would just really like to back my old MacBook up using Time Machine but as the MacBook is REALLY SLOW so is the back up process. At first it was stuck on "preparing" but I figured it was because my 500GB TM external harddrive was too small, so I bought a new 1TB external harddrive. Right now my old MacBooks is performing a back up and has passed the "preparing" stage, but after around 20 hours it has no time estimation and has only backed up "1.28 GB of 98.29 GB" and I feel like this is WAY too ineffective and really shouldn't take that long. I cant wait 100 days for this thing to back up ?!?!?!?!
So basically I have a seriously slow MacBook Pro, so slow it actually cannot be used and so slow it cannot back up.
I tried using Migrant Assistant via bluetooth to my new MacBook, but as you probably have guessed - over 24 hours later it was still stuck, and I also had my doubts because I thought if the slow, demonic MacBook would simply just infect and possess my new, pure, virgin MacBook.
So this was probably confusing.
To sum it up:
- I am a girl and I am a technical neanderthal <3
- I have 2 MacBooks; one slow, one brand new - both running up-to-date Yosemite and other updates are on fleek
- It would be ideal for me to use Migrant Assistant to set my new Macbook to what I'm used to - can this be done without screwing up my new MacBook?
- I can't seem to get TM working on my old one - can I bring my iPhoto and iTunes library to safety manually (like my other folders)?
- I have not been a good girl, and that means my latest TM back up was from April 2014, can I just run this when I have rescued everthing and then it might not be as slow?
I really don't want to just wipe it completely, as I don't want to lose the programs I have installed - it's just such a hassle to reinstall and codes and what not.
Extra info if it's necessary to anyone:
I have monitored the CPU% for some time in the Activity Monitor and when literally no programs but the Activity Monitor is open and the CPU% of free CPU is 98% the computer is STILL ----------- SO --------------- SLOooooooooow..... ( just to clarify I have checked if there's random program that takes up all the CPU; there's not). Also I have no clue what CPU is so, if I have used it in a weird way in these sentences, please forgive me.
Product:
MacBook Pro (13", primo 2011)
OS X Yosemite version 10.10.1
Processor: 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory: 4GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Startup Disk: Macintosh HD
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB
Memory:
215.31 GB free out of 318.84 GB
My System Memory looks like this at CPU% = 1.15 right now :
"real memory" : 38.9 MB
"virtual memory" : 2.48 GB
"shared memory" : 20.4 MB
"private memory" : 10.6 MB
I have no idea what any of this means or if it has any significance, but it said that I should include it.
Also - my battery has been telling me "service battery" for a LONG time and then it switched to "replace soon" som time ago. Can't really see what this has to do with anything but whatever.
I really really really hope that someone can (and want to) help me. It's not that I don't want to take it to any Mac-certified store, it's just I live in Denmark and the people who work at these stores always just say that they can "wipe it clear" so it's "as good as new" for a 100 bucks. We don't have Genius Bars and stuff..... I would really be so happy if ANYONE have just ANY solution to what would be a good idea to do now.
THANK YOU SO MUCH in advance
Anne Katrine

Also - my battery has been telling me "service battery" for a LONG time and then it switched to "replace soon" som time ago. Can't really see what this has to do with anything but whatever.
That could conceivably explain all the problems you're describing. Replacing a Mac's battery should not be postponed since a failed battery will cause other problems to occur. It is also possible that its hard disk has failed, which means the information on it may soon become unrecoverable.
... my latest TM back up was from April 2014, can I just run this when I have rescued everthing and then it might not be as slow?
If that Time Machine backup remains intact, it may be the only viable means of recovering that Mac's information. I suggest you do not attempt to restore its contents to your ailing Mac.
Given that you are having trouble creating a newer Time Machine backup you should stop using that Mac immediately and have it serviced as soon as you are able. Do not take it to anyone other than Apple or a service facility authorized by Apple, for the very reasons you explained. If there are no Apple Stores in your vicinity search for an Authorized Apple Service Provider using the Contact Us link below. Use one of the options that appear under Contact Apple Support. The language on that page will be different for your location.

My 2011 Macbook has become exceedingly slow after upgrading to Mountain Lion.

I have a 2011 Macbook which has become really slow after I upgraded to Mountain Lion in March. At first it wasn't that bad, but it's getting worse and my computer has begun to overheat even if I'm only using Google Chrome. I used to be able to keep multiple applications open at once and never closed many of them, but now if I want to get anything done I have to use the absolute minimum. My CPU has reached 86 degrees Celsius and temperatures slightly below this seem to be the average, even if I've only been on for ten minutes. It heats up VERY quickly. The fan has been operating at 2919 rpm, but it has said that for days and I don't know if this number should be changing? (I know that normal is about 2000 rpm, so I know it shouldn't be that high anyway.)
I'm currently working on cleaning out my harddrive of duplicate and unnecessary files and I plan on restoring to the default settings and backing everything up on an external harddrive... but are there other things I should be doing to speed my computer back up, like good programs to clean out my computer's temporary memory on a regular basis? The problem seems to have come on pretty fast though, so I don't know if there could be something else wrong with it and if I should take it into an Apple-approved repair place.
Also, I'm not one to illegally download/pirate things from sketchy websites, so I highly doubt a virus is the cause, especially given that Macs rarely get viruses.
Any suggestions of what to do and what programs/apps to install would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

I have a 2011 Macbook which has become really slow after I upgraded to Mountain Lion in March. At first it wasn't that bad, but it's getting worse and my computer has begun to overheat even if I'm only using Google Chrome. I used to be able to keep multiple applications open at once and never closed many of them, but now if I want to get anything done I have to use the absolute minimum. My CPU has reached 86 degrees Celsius and temperatures slightly below this seem to be the average, even if I've only been on for ten minutes. It heats up VERY quickly. The fan has been operating at 2919 rpm, but it has said that for days and I don't know if this number should be changing? (I know that normal is about 2000 rpm, so I know it shouldn't be that high anyway.)
I'm currently working on cleaning out my harddrive of duplicate and unnecessary files and I plan on restoring to the default settings and backing everything up on an external harddrive... but are there other things I should be doing to speed my computer back up, like good programs to clean out my computer's temporary memory on a regular basis? The problem seems to have come on pretty fast though, so I don't know if there could be something else wrong with it and if I should take it into an Apple-approved repair place.
Also, I'm not one to illegally download/pirate things from sketchy websites, so I highly doubt a virus is the cause, especially given that Macs rarely get viruses.
Any suggestions of what to do and what programs/apps to install would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

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