Why has my mac book pro slowed down after installing lion?

How do I get my mac book pro back up to seepd after installing lion?

How much free space do you have on your system drive?
Allan

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My MAC Book Pro is hanging after installing Lion OS

Hi
i have recently installed OS X Lion from the apple store and after the installation is commpleted my MAC started to hang and give a black screen with no responce what so ever.
the only thing i can do is keep pressing the power button until it gose off and then turn it back on.
i get a msg on the screen after it boots saying the you computer was shultdown becouse of an error and it asks me to report to Apple i have done this twise with no use
please advice this is my first MAC.... so im new in this game
thank you

How much free space do you have on your system drive?
Allan

My Mac book pro shuts down after starting

My Mac book pro shuts down after a few second. I have to press the start button multiple time before uploading

MacBook Pro (17 -inch, Mid 2009) OS X Yosemite Version 10.10.2
Processor 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Startup Disk Macintosh HD
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB
Serial Number W8******8YB
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Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOSARDAge nt" has been modifiedand wil not be repaired
Group differs on "Library/Printers/InstallerPrinters.plist";should be 80; group is 0.
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My Mac book pro shut down after getting a low battery message, and now or won't start at all. It's plugged in now and nothing, no fan, no chime when I hold down the power button

My Mac book pro shut down after getting a low battery message and now it won't start. Any ideas?

Hey Citrinesky,
Thanks for the question. I understand your MacBook Pro is not responding. The following resource may provide a solution:
Troubleshooting: My computer won't turn on
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1367
Thanks,
Matt M.

Has anyone noticed MacBook Air slowing down after installing Maverick

Has anyone noticed MacBook Air slowing down after installing Maverick?

Activity Monitor - Mavericks
Activity Monitor in Mavericks has significant changes
Performance Guide
Why is my computer slow
Why your Mac runs slower than it should
Slow Mac After Mavericks
Things you can do to resolve slowdowns see post by Kappy

Why is my Mac book pro heating up after a few minutes

why is my mac book pro overheating and the fan not coming on?

What is the EXACT model MBP that you have?
Open Activilty Monitor and set it to ALL PROCESSES and set CPU to display values from high to low.
Download iStat menus:
http://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/
When your MBP gets 'hot', post images of both for evaluation.
Ciao.

Slow down after installing Lion OS

My Macbook pro later than 2009 model slowed down after installing the new OS Lion
any suggestions to speed it up

First suggestion ,there have been a number of identical user questions like yours, in the Lion Community. If you want to talk to other MacBook Pro owners, try the forum they have.
http://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro
What you do not need is some gizmo to "speed up" or clean caches etc.
Maybe you need to make more room on your hard drive, or add more RAM.
For now, hold down Command-R and run Disk Utility to check the health of your system drive (Lion Recovery Mode)
http://www.apple.com/support/lion

Mac book pro slowed down

i purchased new mac book pro exactly one year back, upgraded to mountain lion few months back, since last few days it ahs slowed down so much that it is difficult to work on the same. last programme i used for cleaning was iBoostup. pl. help me in speeding the mac.

"Cleaning" apps are useless - there's no need to clean anything from your Mac (save for files that you no longer use). OS X does a very good job of maintenance.
See ds store's Why is my computer slow? Some excellent tips there.
Clinton

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when using cinema display it is slowing down terribly my mac book pro! how can I restore the speed it had when I bought it 2 years ago?

when using cinema display it is slowing down terribly my mac book pro! how can I restore the speed it had when I bought it 2 years ago?

Hi, I bought a new Mac Book Pro, very high spec, installed Lion and now the machine is slow, glitchy. how do i wipe it and put Leopard back on it? any help would be great..?

Hi,
I bought a new Mac Book Pro a couple of months ago the new model, very high spec, i7 processor, 500g solid state drive, 8 gig of ram. all in all a very fast machine. however, i foolishly downloaded OS X Lion and as soon as i did i noticed a considerable difference in the machine basically its ground to a halt, its now slow glitchy programs shut down and crash. I'm new to Mac and in reminded of life in the world of Windows....! any suggestions should i wipe Lion off the machine and re install Leopard? any help would be appreciated..
Liam

Surely you meant to say that there was nothing in Lion you would prefer over !10.6! - Lion is 10.7.
As for what might be sapping your machines juice - have you run Activity Monitor yet? I always enable 'All Processes' and sort it by %CPU usage if i want to know whats cooking.
In addition to the list Disk Activity might give a hint.
If you are quite low on available disk space it might also be that osx is constantly swapping - best to keep a few GB of free space for it to work with.

Mac Book Pro slowing down

Please Help, Heres the details
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro6,2
          1 2.66 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          Intel HD Graphics - VRAM: 288 MB
          NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 512 MB
System Software:
          OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 0 days 2:26:18
Disk Information:
          TOSHIBA MK5055GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    c (disk0s2) /: 499.25 GB (350.45 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Information:
          Apple Inc. iPhone
          Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.google.GoogleContactSyncAgent.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
          iTunesHelper
Internet Plug-ins:
          FolxNetscapePlugIn: Version: Unknown
          AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 1.0.0.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
          AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 2.2 3rd-Party support link
          OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 3rd-Party support link
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
          Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 3rd-Party support link
          SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 3rd-Party support link
          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Outdated! Update
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:
          Folx3Plugin: Version: 3.0.1 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          FolxNetscapePlugIn: Version: Unknown
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          DivX 3rd-Party support link
          Growl 3rd-Party support link
          Tuxera NTFS 3rd-Party support link
Bad Fonts:
          None
Old Applications:
          None
Time Machine:
          Auto backup: YES
          Volumes being backed up:
                    c: Disk size: 464.96 GB Disk used: 138.58 GB
          Destinations:
                    Time Machine Backups [Local] (Last used)
                    Total size: 2
                    Total number of backups: 17
                    Oldest backup: 2012-11-28 08:11:07 +0000
                    Last backup: 2013-11-26 17:25:41 +0000
                    Size of backup disk: Excellent
                              Backup size 2 > (Disk size 464.96 GB X 3)
          Time Machine details may not be accurate.
          All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
               1%          EtreCheck
               1%          sysmond
               1%          Google Chrome
               1%          WindowServer
               1%          Microsoft Excel
Top Processes by Memory:
          193 MB          Viber
          115 MB          Google Chrome
          86 MB          Microsoft Excel
          86 MB          mds_stores
          74 MB          WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information:
          1.00 GB          Free RAM
          1.73 GB          Active RAM
          303 MB          Inactive RAM
          862 MB          Wired RAM
          872 MB          Page-ins
          0 B          Page-outs

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.
Or you can simply do this:
Reinstall 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 Mavericks
OS X Mavericks- 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.

Why is my mac book pro slow

My macbook has been slowing down of late. It now takes at least 3 minutes to open an application. Any ideas on how to fix it?

How large is you HD and how much space do you have left?
Any reason why you have not updated to 10.5.8? Plus all the other updates to go along w/it from Software Update?

Why is my mac book pro slower to boot up and browse since upgrading to OS Yosemite

Help a new Apple user,
I purchased a new mac pro from Best Buy and learn how to use it pretty quickly and actually started to believe it was a great decision to switch from windows. Then the mac pro gave the upgrade to the OS Yosemite, I upgraded it, and its slow booting up and browsing like windows. What happened to the quick reboot and speed when first started to use the Mac. I have had this Mac Pro for about a month now but not happy at this point. Please help fix this problem, it past my return date now if it continues to be slow like my previous window laptop.
Thank you,

   Reset PRAM.   http://support.apple.com/kb/PH18761
Reset SMC.     http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Choose the method for:
"Resetting SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own".
   Start up in Safe Mode. http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT1564
Best.

Why is my mac book pro slower to boot up and browse since upgrading to mountain lion?

I recently upgraded to mountain lion and since noticed that my mac takes forever to boot up and shut down, and also my browsing is much slower that ituse to be. Does anyone have thoughts on this?
Thanks

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Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 320M 256 MB

New Mac Book Pro slows down to a drip then drops downloads

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