Why are my Spotlight searches getting slower and slower?

My Spotlight searches were becoming slower and slower. I solved the problem by downloading OnyX , running the disc optimization application under the "automation" section and resetting the Spotlight index. When I rebooted my G4, Spotlight re-indexed my computer contents. My Spotlight searches are now very quick again.

You have probably answered your own problem in a way....
As you save more and more files to your computer Spotlight has more and more information and files to run through, when these are indexed Spotlight then has a sort of record for what you are searching for so when you indexed spotlight it then didn't have to do so much work.

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Safari is getting slower and slower.are others having this problem

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Safari is slower and slower.Are others having this issue?

Please answer as many of the following questions as you can. You may already have answered some of them. In that case, there's no need to repeat the answers.
Have you restarted your router and your broadband device (if they're separate) since you first noticed the problem? If not, do that now and see whether there's any change.
If your browser is Safari, then from the Safari menu bar, select
Safari ▹ Preferences... ▹ Privacy ▹ Remove All Website Data
and confirm. Any change?
Select the Advanced tab in the Preferences window and uncheck the box marked
Stop plug-ins to save power
Any change?
Quit and relaunch the browser. Any change?
Log out and log back in. Any change?
Enable Private Browsing in the Safari menu. Any change?
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Hi,
My early 2011 Macbook Pro is gettin slower and slower, and I'm pretty sure Mavericks only worsened the condition. This is my report, can someone help me on why this is happening?
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
          1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 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:
          FanControlDaemon: Path: /Library/StartupItems/FanControlDaemon
System Software:
          OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 1 day 1:28:0
Disk Information:
          TOSHIBA MK5059GSXP disk0 : (500,11 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209,7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 499,25 GB (54,63 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Information:
          JMicron USB to ATA/ATAPI bridge 500,11 GB
                    EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted>: 209,7 MB
                    Filmes (disk2s2) /Volumes/Filmes: 499,76 GB (330,53 GB free)
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
          Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
          Apple Inc. iPhone
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
          Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Kernel Extensions:
          de.novamedia.driver.NMSmartplugSCSIDevice          (1.0.1)
          com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower          (1.5.1)
          com.bresink.driver.BRESINKx86Monitoring          (8.0)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
          [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
          [loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist
Launch Agents:
          [failed] com.brother.LOGINserver.plist
          [loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist
          [loaded] de.novamedia.VodafoneDeviceObserver.plist
User Launch Agents:
          [failed] com.akamai.single-user-client.plist
          [loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist
          [failed] com.google.GoogleContactSyncAgent.plist
          [loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.helperTool.plist
          [loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.trashSizeWatcher.plist
          [loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist
          [loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist
User Login Items:
          uHD-Agent
          GrowlHelperApp
          Alfred
          uTorrent
          Dropbox
          iShutdown
          HyperDock Helper
          Assistente de gestor de conteúdo
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Akamai NetSession Preferences
          Fan Control
          Flash Player
          Flip4Mac WMV
          Growl
          HyperDock
          Java
Internet Plug-ins::
          DirectorShockwave: Version: 11.5.9r620
          o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 4.9.1.16010
          Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 3.4.2f3 - SDK 10.5
          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
          Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.3.8.1
          RealPlayer Plugin: Version: Unknown
          Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6
          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6
          Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
          googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 4.9.1.16010
          npgtpo3dautoplugin: Version: 0.1.44.29 - SDK 10.5
          iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
          SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.6
          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 45
Bad Fonts:
          None
Old applications:
          Content Manager Assistant:          Version: 1.10.4086.78 - SDK 10.5
                    /Users/duarte_cunharosa/Applications/CMA.app
          Content Manager Assistant:          Version: 1.10.4086.78 - SDK 10.5
                    /Applications/CMA.app
          FacebookVideoCalling:          Version: 1.2.0.157 - SDK 10.5
                    /Users/duarte_cunharosa/Library/Application Support/Facebook/video/1.2.0.158/FacebookVideoCalling.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
          Miro Video Converter:          Version: 2.6 - SDK 10.0
                    /Applications/Miro Video Converter.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
          Plants vs:          Version: 1.0.40 - SDK 10.5
                    /Applications/Plants vs. Zombies.app
          RipIt:          Version: 1.6.2 - SDK 10.5
                    /Applications/RipIt.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
          SyncServicesAgent:          Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
                    /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/SyncServicesAgent.app
          UPlayBrowser:          Version: 1.0.1.23853 - SDK 10.5
                    /Library/Application Support/Ubisoft/Assassin's Creed Brotherhood/UPlayBrowser.app
Time Machine:
          Mobile backups: ON
          Auto backup: YES
          Volumes being backed up:
                    Macintosh HD: Disk size: 464.96 GB Disk used: 414.09 GB
          Destinations:
                    Time Machine [Local] (Last used)
                    Total size: 698.32 GB
                    Total number of backups: 3
                    Oldest backup: 2013-12-20 18:10:54 +0000
                    Last backup: 2013-12-22 19:52:17 +0000
                    Size of backup disk: Too small
                              Backup size 698.32 GB < (Disk used 414.09 GB X 3)
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          All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
               9%          Transmission
               4%          Dropbox
               2%          WindowServer
               2%          Dock
               1%          Google Chrome
Top Processes by Memory:
          123 MB          Google Chrome
          119 MB          iTunes
          102 MB          Dropbox
          87 MB          Google Chrome Helper
          66 MB          Finder
Virtual Memory Statistics:
          148 MB          Free RAM
          995 MB          Active RAM
          859 MB          Inactive RAM
          1.03 GB          Wired RAM
          7.80 GB          Page-ins
          4.84 GB          Page-outs

If you don't already have a current backup, back up all data before doing anything else. This procedure is a diagnostic test. It changes nothing, for better or worse, and therefore will not, in itself, solve your problem. The backup is necessary on general principle, not because of anything suggested in this comment. There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
Third-party system modifications are a common cause of usability problems. By a “system modification,” I mean software that affects the operation of other software — potentially for the worse. The procedure will help identify which such modifications you've installed, as well as some other aspects of the configuration that may be related to the problem.
Don’t be alarmed by the seeming complexity of these instructions — they’re easy to carry out. Here's a brief summary: In each of two steps, you copy a line of text from this web page into a window in another application. You wait about a minute. Then you paste some other text, which will have been copied automatically, back into a reply on this page. The sequence is copy; paste; paste again. That's all there is to it. Details follow.
You may have started the computer in "safe" mode. Preferably, these steps should be taken while booted in “normal” mode. If the system is now running in safe mode and is bootable in normal mode, reboot as usual. If it only boots in safe mode, use that.
Below are instructions to enter UNIX shell commands. They do nothing but produce human-readable output. However, you need to think carefully before running any program at the behest of a stranger on a public message board. If you question the safety of the procedure suggested here — which you should — search this site for other discussions in which it’s been followed without any report of ill effects. If you can't satisfy yourself that these instructions are safe, don't follow them.
The commands will line-wrap or scroll in your browser, but each one is really just 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, and you can then copy it.
If you have more than one user account, Step 2 must be taken as an administrator. Ordinarily that would be the user created automatically when you booted the system for the first time. Step 1 should be taken as the user who has the problem, if different. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this paragraph doesn’t apply.
Launch the 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 (“$”) or a percent sign (“%”). If you get the percent sign, enter “sh” and press return. You should then get a new line ending in a dollar sign.
Step 1
Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it:
PB=/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy; PR () { [[ "$o" ]] && printf '\n%s:\n\n%s\n' "$1" "$o"; }; PC () { o=$(grep [^[:blank:]] "$2"); PR "$1"; }; PF () { o=$($PB -c Print "$2" | awk -F'= ' \/$3'/{print $2}'); PR "$1"; }; PN () { [[ $o -eq 0 ]] || printf "\n%s: %s\n" "$1" $o; }; { system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType | sed '8!d;s/^ *//'; o=$(system_profiler SPDiagnosticsDataType | sed '5,6!d'); fgrep -q P <<< "$o" && o=; PR "POST"; o=$(( $(vm_stat | awk '/Pageo/{sub("\\.",""); print $2}')/256 )); [[ $o -gt 1024 ]] && printf "\nPageouts: %s MiB\n" $o; o=$(kextstat -kl | grep -v com\\.apple | cut -c53- | cut -d\< -f1); PR "Loaded extrinsic kernel extensions"; o=$(launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.apple|org\.(x|openbsd)|\.[0-9]+$/{print $3}'); PR "Loaded extrinsic user agents"; o=$(launchctl getenv DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES); PR "Inserted libraries"; PC "cron configuration" /e*/cron*; o=$(crontab -l | grep [^[:blank:]]); PR "User cron tasks"; PC "Global launchd configuration" /e*/lau*; PC "Per-user launchd configuration" ~/.lau*; PF "Global login items" /L*/P*/loginw* Path; PF "Per-user login items" L*/P*/*loginit* Name; PF "Safari extensions" L*/Saf*/*/E*.plist Bundle | sed 's/\..*$//;s/-[1-9]$//'; o=$(find ~ $TMPDIR.. $ -flags +sappnd,schg,uappnd,uchg -o ! -user $UID -o ! -perm -600 $ | wc -l); PN "Restricted user files"; cd; o=$(find -L /S*/L*/E* {,/}L*/{A*d,Compon,Ex,In,Keyb,Mail/Bu,P*P,Qu,Scripti,Servi,Spo}* -type d -name Contents -prune | while read d; do ID=$($PB -c 'Print :CFBundleIdentifier' "$d/Info.plist") || ID=; ID=${ID:-No bundle ID}; egrep -qv "^com\.apple\.[^x]|Accusys|ArcMSR|ATTO|HDPro|HighPoint|driver\.stex|hp-fax|JMicron|microsoft\.MDI|print|SoftRAID" <<< $ID && printf '%s\n\t(%s)\n' "${d%/Contents}" "$ID"; done); PR "Extrinsic loadable bundles"; o=$(find /u*/{,*/}lib -type f -exec sh -c 'file -b "$1" | grep -qw shared && ! codesign -v "$1"' {} {} \; -print); PR "Unsigned shared libraries"; o=$(system_profiler SPFontsDataType | egrep "Valid: N|Duplicate: Y" | wc -l); PN "Font problems"; for d in {,/}L*/{La,Priv,Sta}*; do o=$(ls -A "$d"); PR "$d"; done; } 2> /dev/null | pbcopy; echo $'\nStep 1 done'
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Then click anywhere in the Terminal window and paste (command-V). I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, you may have to press the return key after pasting.
The command may take up to a few minutes to run, depending on how many files you have and the speed of the computer. Wait for the line "Step 1 done" to appear below what you entered. The output of the command will beautomatically copied to the Clipboard. All you have to do is paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-Vagain. Please don't copy anything from the Terminal window. No typing is involved in this step.
Step 2
Remember that you must be logged in as an administrator for this step. Do as in Step 1 with this line:
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You can then quit Terminal. Please note:
☞ Steps 1 and 2 are all copy-and-paste — type only your login password when prompted.
☞ When you type your password, you won't see what you're typing.
☞ If you don’t have a password, set one before taking Step 2. If that’s not possible, skip the step.
☞ Step 2 might not produce any output, in which case the Clipboard will be empty. Step 1 will always produce something.
☞ The commands don't change anything, and merely running them will do neither good nor harm.
☞ Remember to post the output. It's already in the Clipboard. You don't have to copy it. Just paste into a reply
☞ If any personal information, such as your name or email address, appears in the output of either command, anonymize it before posting. Usually that won't be necessary.
☞ Don't post the contents of the Terminal window.
☞ Don't paste the output of Step 1 into the Terminal window. Paste it into a reply.

My MacBook Pro (2010) running Mountain Lion is getting slower and slower. How do I fix the orphan files?

My 2010 Macbook pro is running slower and slower. I went to the Genius Bar about eight months ago, and they botted up from the disk, and let it go through and find what its process to find and fix what I think were "orphan" files. I cannot remember what they did, but when they did it, the speed on my Macbook picked up considerably.
I have since upgraded to Mountain Lion, but these problems do not seem related to that. My 500 GB HDD is about 80% full.

First, back up all data immediately, as your boot drive might be failing.
There are a few other possible causes of generalized slow performance that you can rule out easily.
Reset the System Management Controller.
If you have many image or video files on the Desktop with preview icons, move them to another folder.
If applicable, uncheck all boxes in the iCloud preference pane.
Disconnect all non-essential wired peripherals and remove aftermarket expansion cards, if any.
Check your keychains in Keychain Access for excessively duplicated items.
Boot into Recovery mode, launch Disk Utility, and run Repair Disk.
Otherwise, take the steps below when you notice the problem.
Step 1
Launch the Activity Monitor 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 Activity Monitor in the icon grid.
Select the CPU tab of the Activity Monitor window.
Select All Processes from the menu in the toolbar, if not already selected.
Click the heading of the % CPU column in the process table to sort the entries by CPU usage. You may have to click it twice to get the highest value at the top. What is it, and what is the process? Also post the values for % User, % System, and % Idle at the bottom of the window.
Select the System Memory tab. What values are shown in the bottom part of the window for Page outs and Swap used?
Next, select the Disk Activity tab. Post the approximate values shown for Reads in/sec and Writes out/sec (not Reads in and Writes out.)
Step 2
If you have more than one user account, you must be logged in as an administrator to carry out this step.
Launch the Console application in the same way you launched Activity Monitor. 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. If you don't see that menu, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
Select the 50 or so most recent entries in the log. Copy them to the Clipboard (command-C). Paste into a reply to this message (command-V). You're looking for entries at the end of the log, not at the beginning.
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 this discussion.
Important: Some personal information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting. That should be easy to do if your extract is not too long.

My iMac is getting slower and slower

My Mac (3.2GHz Intel Core i3 4GB Memory) is about 4 years old and has been getting slower and slower over the last 5 or 6 months. An earlier post recommended using 'Etracheck' which I have done and attached the information below. I think I may have a Ram issue but I would be grateful for any comments.
Thanks
Hardware Information: ℹ️
iMac (27-inch, Mid 2010) (Verified)
iMac - model: iMac11,3
1 3.2 GHz Intel Core i3 CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 0/DIMM1
empty empty empty empty
BANK 1/DIMM1
empty empty empty empty
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
ATI Radeon HD 5670 - VRAM: 512 MB
iMac 2560 x 1440
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 6 days 16:10:12
Disk Information: ℹ️
SAMSUNG HD103SJ disk0 : (1 TB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 999.35 GB (629.98 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H
USB Information: ℹ️
Canon MG4200 series
Primax USB OPTICAL MOUSE
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Western Digital My Passport 070A 999.5 GB
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk4s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Backup (disk4s2) <not mounted> : 999.16 GB
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/System/Library/Extensions
[loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (0.0.67) Support
[not loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverVSP (0.0.67) Support
Startup Items: ℹ️
ChmodBPF: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ChmodBPF
Startup items are obsolete and will not work in future versions of OS X
Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️
[failed] com.apple.CallHistoryPluginHelper.plist
[failed] com.apple.CallHistorySyncHelper.plist
[failed] com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication.plist
[failed] com.apple.icloud.fmfd.plist
[failed] com.apple.scopedbookmarkagent.xpc.plist
[failed] com.apple.telephonyutilities.callservicesd.plist
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[failed] com.apple.awdd.plist
[failed] com.apple.ctkd.plist
[failed] com.apple.GSSCred.plist
[failed] com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced.plist
[failed] com.apple.ifdreader.plist
[failed] com.apple.nehelper.plist
[failed] com.apple.periodic-weekly.plist
[failed] com.apple.tccd.system.plist
[failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[invalid?] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
[running] com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist Support
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
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These instructions must be carried out as an administrator. If you have only one user account, you are the 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.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
          SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
          View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
In the top right corner of the Console window, there's a search box labeled Filter. Initially the words "String Matching" are shown in that box. Enter the word "Starting" (without the quotes.) You should now see log messages with the words "Starting * backup," where * represents any of the words "automatic," "manual," or "standard."
Each message in the log begins with the date and time when it was entered. Note the timestamp of the last "Starting" message that corresponds to the beginning of an an abnormal backup. Now
CLEAR THE WORD "Starting" FROM THE TEXT FIELD
so that all messages are showing, and scroll back in the log to the time you noted. Select the messages timestamped from then until the end of the backup, or the end of the log if that's not clear. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
☞ If all you see are messages that contain the word "Starting," you didn't clear the text field.
☞ The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of which is irrelevant to solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. Don't post more than is requested.
Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
☞ Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

My Mac Pro is getting slower and slower

I have an Mac Pro early 2009 version which is getting slower and slower. Startup time is about 3 minutes. How can I fix this?
Thank you.

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.
Step 1
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. If you don't see that menu, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
Enter "BOOT_TIME" (without the quotes) in the search box. Note the timestamps of those log messages, which refer to the times when the system was booted. Now clear the search box and scroll back in the log to the last boot time when you had the problem. Select the messages logged after the boot, during the time something abnormal was happening. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message (command-V).
For example, if the problem is a slow startup taking three minutes, post the messages timestamped within three minutesafter the boot time, not before. Please include the BOOT_TIME message at the beginning of the log extract.
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. In most cases, a few dozen lines are more than enough.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Important: Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.
Step 2
Still in Console, look under System Diagnostic Reports for crash or panic logs, and post the entire contents of the most recent one, if any. In the interest of privacy, I suggest you edit out the “Anonymous UUID,” a long string of letters, numbers, and dashes in the header of the report, if present (it may not be.) Please don’t post any other kind of diagnostic report, such as hang logs — they're very long and not helpful.

Firefox getting slower and slower

firefox has been working great all of a sudden pages are taking longer and longer to load and unable to load search engines,in firefox or explorer. search engines work fine on second computer.

I am having the same problem as GTA_doum. Firefox gets slower and slower if left open for a day or two, and then when I restart Firefox it's fine for a day or two and then gets slower and slower. Help!

Prepared Statemet executeQuery() getting slower and slower

Hi,
I have a servlet that do the following:
1.- Construct the where clause for a query with the data the user has sent.
2.- Get a connection from the pool.
3.- Load a temporary table with a select that uses the where clause created on the first step.
4.- Create a prepared statement as simple as "select * from temp_table where rownum < 500"
5.- While there is still data on the temporary table, loop
5.1.- Extract the information of the result set the Prepared Statemet executeQuery() returns.
5.2.- Delete the rows of the temporary table that had been read on the 5.1 step
5.3.- Check if there is more data
6.- Close the result set, statements, ...
The first runs of the loop are very fast, on the order of 500 ms. When the servlet has executed some times the loop, each run of the loop starts getting slower and slower, growing the time of the loop with each run.
Do anyone knows why the loop takes longer and longer with each run?
Regards,
CptnAgua

          ...     initialization of the servlet and reading the parameters
          // The connection object is created and get a connection
          // from the application servlet pool
        ConexionBaseDatos bbdd;
        bbdd = new ConexionBaseDatos();
        try {
            bbdd.conecta();
        } catch (Exception e) {
               ... exception code
        String sql;
        String where = " where 1=1";
               the where clause is created depending on the parameters received by the sevlet
        String insert;
          // here all the variables are created and most of them initialized
        insert = "insert into temp_table select * from conciliation_v x " + where;
        Statement stmt = null;
        PreparedStatement prepStmt = null;
        ResultSet rs = null;
        SimpleDateFormat formatoFecha = null;
        Date hoy = null;
        FileWriter fstream = null;
        BufferedWriter file = null;
        String rowid_update = "";
        String rowid_select = "";
        formatoFecha = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddHHmmss");
        hoy = new Date();
        nombreFichero = "";
          // the floder where the servlet is going to store the output is read
          // from the server.xml
        nombreFichero =
                this.getInitParameter("DirectorioEscritura") + nombreFichero;
        File fichero = new File(nombreFichero);
          // if the file already exists, the servlet stops.
        if (fichero.exists()) {
            out.println("El fichero especificado ya existe.");
               ... exception code
            LogManager.shutdown();
            return;
        sql = "select * from temp_table where rownum < 500";
        fstream = new FileWriter(nombreFichero);
        file = new BufferedWriter(fstream);
        try {
               // here the temp table is filled with the update string already defined
            stmt = bbdd.getStmt();
            stmt.executeUpdate(insert);
               // and the query is preparsed
            prepStmt = bbdd.getPrepStmt(sql);
            prepStmt.setFetchSize(500);
        } catch (SQLException e) {
               ... exception code
        String linea;
        String field1 = "";
        String field2 = "";
        String field3 = "";
        String field4 = "";
        String field5 = "";
        String field6 = "";
        String field7 = "";
        String field8 = "";
        String field9 = "";
        String field10 = "";
        String field11 = "";
        String field12 = "";
        String field13 = "";
        boolean hayValores = true;
          // the loop starts
        while (hayValores) {
            hayValores = false;
            try {
                // The preparsed statement is executed
                rs = prepStmt.executeQuery();
            } catch (SQLException e) {
                         ... exception code
            try {
                while (rs.next()) {
                    hayValores = true;
                    try {
                        field1 =
                                lPad(rs.getString("field1"), 10); //50
                        field2 =
                                lPad(rs.getString("field2"), 18); //18
                        field3 =
                                lPad(rs.getString("field3"), 10); //0
                        field4 =
                                lPad(rs.getString("field4"), 50); //50
                        field5 =
                                lPad(rs.getString("field5"),
                                     20); //10 + number
                        field6 =
                                lPad(rs.getString("field6"), 16); //number
                        field7 =
                                lPad(rs.getString("field7"),
                                     10); // 10
                        field8 =
                                lPad(rs.getString("field8"), 10); //10
                        field9 = lPad(rs.getString("field9"), 1); //1
                        field10 = lPad(rs.getString("field10"), 10); // 0
                        field11 = lPad(rs.getString("field11"), 10); // 0
                        field12 = lPad(rs.getString("field12"), 10); // 0
                        field13 = lPad(rs.getString("field13"), 10); // 0
                        rowid_update =
                                rowid_update + "rowid = '" + rs.getString("a_rowid") +
                                "' OR ";
                        rowid_select =
                                rowid_select + "'" + rs.getString("a_rowid") +
                    } catch (Exception exp) {
                                   ... exception code
                    linea =
                            field1 + field2 + field3 + field4 +
                            field5 + field6 +
                            field7 + field8 +
                            field9 + field10 + field11 + field12 + field13 +
                            "\r\n";
                    file.write(linea);
            } catch (Exception e) {
                         ... exception code
            file.flush();
            if (hayValores) {
                String delete;
                delete =
                        "delete from temp_table where a_rowid in (" +
                        rowid_select.substring(0, rowid_select.length() - 2) +
                rowid_select = "";
                try {
                    stmt.executeUpdate(delete);
                } catch (Exception exp) {
                              ... exception code
        file.close();
        try {
            rs.close();
        } catch (Exception e) {
                    ... exception code
        try {
            prepStmt.close();
        } catch (Exception e3) {
                    ... exception code
               Do the already extracted lines must be flagged as extracted?
        if (tipoExtraccion.toUpperCase().equals("AUTO") ||
            marca.toUpperCase().equals("S")) {
            if (!(rowid_update.equals(""))) {
                rowid_update =
                        rowid_update.substring(0, rowid_update.length() - 3);
                String update =
                    "UPDATE sys_conciliation.conciliation " + "SET FECHA_INTEGRADO = SYSDATE " +
                    "WHERE " + rowid_update;
                try {
                    stmt.executeUpdate(update);
                    bbdd.commit();
                } catch (SQLException e) {
                              ... exception code
        try {
            bbdd.close();
        } catch (Exception e) {
                    ... exception code
        try {
            stmt.close();
        } catch (Exception e) {
                    ... exception code
        out.println("OK");
        out.close();
        LogManager.shutdown();
    public String rPad(String campo, int longitud) {
        if (campo == null) {
            campo = "";
        int lcampo = campo.length();
        if (lcampo > longitud)
            return (campo.substring(0, longitud));
        if (lcampo == longitud)
            return (campo);
        String nuevoCampo = campo;
        for (int a = 0; a < longitud - lcampo; a++) {
            nuevoCampo = nuevoCampo + " ";
        return (nuevoCampo);
    public String lPad(String campo, int longitud) {
        if (campo == null) {
            campo = "";
        int lcampo = campo.length();
        if (lcampo > longitud)
            return (campo.substring(0, longitud));
        if (lcampo == longitud)
            return (campo);
        String nuevoCampo = campo;
        for (int a = 0; a < longitud - lcampo; a++) {
            nuevoCampo = " " + nuevoCampo;
        return (nuevoCampo);
}Message was edited by:
CptnAgua

Aperture getting slower and slower

When I first got my Mac, and installed Aperture it was lightening fast. The sliders worked in real time, I never got the spinning wheel, every reason I wanted a Mac in the first place had come true. Fast forward to today - about 6 months into owning the Mac and using Aperture, the software is running slower and slower. Even clicking on an adjustment often takes time for the adjustment to load. Brush HUD's don't show up right away; adjustments don't show in real time - all of this makes tasks with brushes painful if not sometimes impossible. I've read the posts and threads related to slowness - faces is off; I'm not sharing photo's with I-life or I-work; all other apps and software are closed and shut down; my HDD is under 60% utilized; my library resides on my computer. Why is the system getting slower, and what can I do? Obviously, I can add RAM, but my question would be why would it have worked so fast previously and work so slow now with the same RAM? Any suggestions for adjustments, or suggestions. Anybody else experience progressively slower Aperture?

How much RAM do you have?
In any case:
Repair your Library.
Then:
Copy your repaired Aperture Library to an external drive. Rename the version on your system drive. Run Aperture from the external drive and confirm that the copy is whole and working. Delete the re-named version on your system drive. Empty the system trash. Just for giggles, using Disk Utility, repair your system drive. Then copy your Aperture Library back to your system drive.
How does it run?
(This will repair your Library, possibly clean up your disk, and defragment your Aperture Library (many of which contain hundreds of thousands -- even millions -- of files).)
There is one other thing to do -- PRAM flush? -- I'll see it I can turn it up.

FIRE FOX IS GETTING SLOWER AND SLOWER LOADING PAGES I GO TO ONLINE. IT LOAD CIRCLE STOP SPINNING AND WILL START BACK BUT IT TAKES IT'S TIME TO DO SO. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON THROUGH THE LAST SEVERAL UPGRADES.

FIRE FOX USED TO BE A FAST BROWSER BUT IT IS GETTING SLOWER AND SLOWER. THE BLUE-E IS ABOUT TO THE POINT OF BEING FASTER THEM THE FOX. I HAVE ALWAYS LIKE THE FOX, JUST WANT TO FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM WITH IT AND THE LONGER I HAVE THE WINDOW OPEN ARE UP THE WORSE IT GETS. I DO A LOT OF GAMING ON FACEBOOK PLAYING MAFIA WARS BUT THE PROBLEM IS NOT LIMITED TO JUST THERE IT IS ALL THE TIME AND EVERY WHERE. I HAVE TRIED ADD-ON'S THINKING THEY MAY HELP BUT NOTHING HAS DONE ANY GOOD. CHROME IS TWICE IF NOT THREE
TIMES AS FAST AS THE FOX LATELY ON LOADING PAGES.

For what it's worth, you posted this in 2011, and here in 2014 I am still having this same issue. Over the last two days, I have had to unlock my apple account 8 times. I didn't get any new devices. I haven't initiated a password reset. I didn't forget my password. I set up two factor authentication and have been able to do the unlocking with the key and using a code sent to one of my devices.
That all works.
It's this having to unlock my account every time I go to use any of my devices. And I have many: iMac, iPad, iPad2, iPad mini, iPhone 5s, iPod touch (daughter), and my old iPhone 4 being used as an ipod touch now. They are all synced, and all was working just fine.
I have initiated an incident with Apple (again) but I know they are just going to suggest I change my Apple ID. It's a simple one, and one that I am sure others think is theirs. I don't want to change it. I shouldn't have to. Apple should be able to tell me who is trying to use it, or at least from where.
Thanks for listening,
Melissa

Mac book pro getting slower and slower

My 3 tear old mac book pro is getting slower, and slower and slower?

How large is your HD and how much space do you have left?
Check out the following & do the necessary:
User Tip: Why is my computer slow?
What to do when your computer is too slow
Speeding up your Mac

Why are Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 source and program monitors playing each others footage?

Why are Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 source and program monitors playing each others footage? I import my footage into the project like normal. I drag it to the source monitor on the left hand side to set in and out points then I drag it to the time line. The footage drops into the time line with no problem but when I go to play the footage in the time line it plays back on the source monitor and not on the program monitor like it is suppose to. Other times ill drag the clip to the time line and trim it there and it will be fine and show up on the program monitor. Then ill go try to set a clip to have in and out points (which is suppose to show up in the source monitor) but it shows up in the program monitor. The clip is not even in the time line it should not be on that monitor! I have updated the program to the late update. I have re installed the program numerous times and I have even ran the Adobe Clean up program. Couldn't find much on this problem. Please help thank you! I have a PC. My computer is also way over the recommended minimum specifications to have the program installed on.

Definitive Answer (I believe): It's all about this setting, "Write XMP ID To Files On Import" - which confirms that Adobe Premiere Pro is deliberately modifying the .mov file: http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/preferences.html#WSE3BD4A43-7022-4fe6-97F5-95313 935347B
These posts give some background as to why having this setting enabled would be beneficial: one benefit being to be able to skip conforming files by matching the conformed file with the original using the embedded XMP tag :-
http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/preferences.html#WSE3BD4A43-7022-4fe6-97F5-95313 935347B
http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/adobe-creative-suite/498627-why-premiere-modifying-video-files .html
https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/205/876064
(Found using Google search term "adobe premiere pro date modified")

MacBook Pro boot or shutdown getting slower and slower, is how is it, how to resolve?

MacBook Pro boot or shutdown getting slower and slower, is how is it, how to resolve?
MacBook Pro开机或关机越来越慢，是怎么回事，如何解决？

Open your disk utility and verify your disk permissions - if errors are found - repair them and restart your macbook when it's done the repairs....
see if that sorts it out for you...
good luck

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