Why has Mavericks' speed lagged into uselessness?
Hi,
I've reinstalled Mavericks via recovery mode.
I've bought and run DiskWarrior on all counts.
I've run Hardware Test, both short and long versions.
Run Disk Utility.
All tests done from a separate boot drive or Recovery Mode.
Upgraded memory from 2G to 6G.
Log in to user account takes more than 5 minutes.
Apps take 3-5 min to launch
Switching from one window to another takes 15+ seconds.
Some apps repeatedly crash such as Mail and iTunes. When Mail says I need to rebuild mailboxes and I say go ahead, it will not
Use some third party apps but not many utilities-no clean up utilities
Using Early 2008 iMac
I'm on the verge of erasing iMac and reinstalling Lion. I'd appreciate any advice. I've searched and searched this topic here. Many suggestions don't apply since I don't use the 3rd party apps mentioned in a lot of the problems. Tried all the other solutions like zapping PRAM and stuff. A lot of folks seem to be having this problem, but no one seems to be getting satisfaction despite the generous and varied solutions offered. Didn't have this problem before I upgraded. Should have known a free OS was too good to be true. "What did you learn?" asks Stewie
Thanks for listening
Deb
Hey, Mr. Viking, sir,
Thanks for your ideas. The First of your tasks I did seemed actually to make it worse. After rebooting normally, any window 'built' itself in layers, sort of what you see in Safe Mode or a kernal panic. When I tried to open Safari to get to this forum the whole computer 'hung' for about 2 minutes then shut off and restarted itself. Never done that before. The second time Safari took over three minutes to launch.
So now, finally I was able to run EtreCheck, as you see: FYI, I keep iTunes library on external hard drive- have done for a long time, never had a problem before Mavericks. Also, Time Machine is housed on a separate external hard drive from iTunes ( I have 4 external hard drives for separate uses, another of which is a Boot Drive.
Hardware Information:
iMac (20-inch, Early 2008)
iMac - model: iMac8,1
1 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
6 GB RAM
Video Information:
ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.2 (13C64) - Uptime: 0 days 0:19:12
Disk Information:
ST3320820AS_Q disk0 : (320.07 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Pilot (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 319.21 GB (87.36 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information:
Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
OWC Mercury Elite Pro Quad USB 3 800mbit - 800mbit max
EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
The Cupboard Under the Stairs 2TB (disk2s2) /Volumes/The Cupboard Under the Stairs 2TB: 2 TB (1.89 TB free)
Oxford Semiconductor Ltd. OXFORD IDE Device LUN 0 400mbit - 400mbit max
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
File Cabinet (disk1s2) /Volumes/File Cabinet: 180.05 GB (179.75 GB free)
Install OS X Mavericks (disk1s3) /Volumes/Install OS X Mavericks: 19.01 GB (8.52 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk1s4) <not mounted>: 650 MB
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
com.AmbrosiaSW.AudioSupport (4.1.2 - SDK 10.6)
com.logmein.driver.LogMeInSoundDriver (1.0.3 - SDK 10.5)
Startup Items:
Executor: Path: /Library/StartupItems/Executor
Launch Daemons:
[System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.ambrosiasw.ambrosiaaudiosupporthelper.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.logmein.logmeinblanker.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.logmein.logmeinserver.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.marketcircle.daylite.accessd.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.marketcircle.daylite.attachmentd.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.marketcircle.daylite.backupd.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.marketcircle.daylite.cardcald.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.marketcircle.daylite.portsd.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.marketcircle.daylite.staged.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.marketcircle.daylite.touchd.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
[System] com.logmein.LMILaunchAgentFixer.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.logmein.logmeingui.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.logmein.logmeinguiagent.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.logmein.logmeinguiagentatlogin.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.wacom.pentablet.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.marketcircle.daylite.dlbackuppersonal.plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.marketcircle.daylite.pidclear.plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] jp.co.canon.Inkjet_Extended_Survey_Agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
None
Internet Plug-ins:
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 5.1 3rd-Party support link
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.0.0.126 - SDK 10.8 3rd-Party support link
Musicnotes: Version: 1.18.6 3rd-Party support link
OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 3rd-Party support link
RealPlayer Plugin: Version: Unknown
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.77 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 2.2 3rd-Party support link
Instant Action: Version: (null) 3rd-Party support link
Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.77 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20513.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 9.5.5 3rd-Party support link
Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 2.5.2b4 3rd-Party support link
EPPEX Plugin: Version: 3.0.5.0 3rd-Party support link
Scorch: Version: 6.1.0 3rd-Party support link
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.8.0 - SDK 10.9 Outdated! Update
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 Internet Plug-ins:
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.104 3rd-Party support link
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Air Display Preferences 3rd-Party support link
DivX 3rd-Party support link
Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
Flip4Mac WMV 3rd-Party support link
PenTablet 3rd-Party support link
Old Applications:
Audacity: Version: 2.0.2.0 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Audacity/Audacity.app
SLLauncher: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Silverlight/OutOfBrowser/SLLauncher.app
Billings: Version: 3.7.6 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
NoteBook: Version: 3.1.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Audiobook Builder: Version: 1.5.3 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
Volumes being backed up:
Pilot: Disk size: 297.29 GB Disk used: 215.93 GB
Destinations:
Time Machine [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 931.69 GB
Total number of backups: 73
Oldest backup: 2012-04-14 22:20:04 +0000
Last backup: 2014-03-11 01:29:57 +0000
Size of backup disk: Excellent
Backup size 931.69 GB > (Disk size 297.29 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
13% kextcache
10% mdworker
2% ocspd
2% WindowServer
1% EtreCheck
Top Processes by Memory:
160 MB mds_stores
154 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
141 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
123 MB Safari
92 MB Dock
Virtual Memory Information:
2.21 GB Free RAM
2.39 GB Active RAM
832 MB Inactive RAM
594 MB Wired RAM
402 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
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