Why is Mavericks slowing down my whole system?
I've had Mavericks installed since the day it was released and I'm still having slowdown problems. I've run Disk Repair and even upgraded to 8GB RAM. I'm running a late 2011 Macbook Pro and I'm losing my mind. Below are my EtreCheck results, a process recommended in another thread. Can anyone help me?
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2
1 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
8 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 512 MB
AMD Radeon HD 6750M - VRAM: 512 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 0 days 0:27:46
Disk Information:
ST9500325ASG disk0 : (500.11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 499.25 GB (231.52 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-8A8
USB Information:
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Kernel Extensions:
Startup Items:
HP IO: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP IO
NUDC: Path: /Library/StartupItems/NUDC
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
[failed] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist 3rd-Party support link
[loaded] com.rim.BBDaemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.hp.help.tocgenerator.plist 3rd-Party support link
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist 3rd-Party support link
[loaded] com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist 3rd-Party support link
[loaded] jp.co.canon.CUPSCMFP.BG.plist 3rd-Party support link
[loaded] jp.co.canon.UFR2.BG.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist 3rd-Party support link
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.helperTool.plist 3rd-Party support link
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.trashSizeWatcher.plist 3rd-Party support link
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.volumeWatcher.plist 3rd-Party support link
[failed] com.mlbam.nexdef.plist 3rd-Party support link
[loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
AdobeResourceSynchronizer
GrowlHelperApp
Belkin Router Monitor
Dropbox
Google Software Update
HP Scheduler
Internet Plug-ins:
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.1 3rd-Party support link
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.2.0.50 3rd-Party support link
CouponPrinter-FireFox: Version: Version 1.1.5
RealPlayer Plugin: Version: (null) 3rd-Party support link
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.8 3rd-Party support link
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 1.2 3rd-Party support link
Silverlight: Version: 4.0.60531.0 3rd-Party support link
Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.8 3rd-Party support link
ContentUploaderPlugin: Version: 1.0 3rd-Party support link
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 45 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:
Move-Media-Player: Version: npmnqmp 071303000006 3rd-Party support link
3rd Party Preference Panes:
DivX 3rd-Party support link
Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
Flip4Mac WMV 3rd-Party support link
Java 3rd-Party support link
Soonr Agent 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
mcc: Version: 2.41 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Printers/Canon/UFR2/cores/mcc.app
/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
UFR II BackGrounder: Version: 2.41 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Printers/Canon/UFR2/Utilities/UFR II BackGrounder.app
Microsoft AutoUpdate: Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app
/Applications/iWork '09
Spotify: Version: 0.8.4.124.ga3559d86 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
coconutBattery: Version: 2.7.2 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Cyberduck: Version: 4.0.2 - SDK 10.0 3rd-Party support link
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 464.96 GB Disk used: 249.34 GB
Destinations:
Time Machine Backups [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 931.19 GB
Total number of backups: 54
Oldest backup: 2011-03-07 01:05:33 +0000
Last backup: 2014-01-02 04:55:17 +0000
Size of backup disk: Adequate
Backup size 931.19 GB > (Disk used 249.34 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
5% Safari
5% WindowServer
4% com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
2% Canon CMFP BackGrounder
2% hidd
Top Processes by Memory:
197 MB mds_stores
123 MB Mail
106 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
98 MB Keynote
88 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
Virtual Memory Information:
4.66 GB Free RAM
1.63 GB Active RAM
508 MB Inactive RAM
1.20 GB Wired RAM
441 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
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Why did Mavericks slow down my MBP?
Did some digging in Discussions and found that a slow-down problem is common after installing Mavericks.
EtreCheck was recommended as a diagnostic first step. I have a report but I am not confident to act on any items without advice. Here it is - help appreciated.
Bruce
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,5
1 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.2 (13C64) - Uptime: 1 day 4:11:20
Disk Information:
TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Iceberg HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (252.87 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-868
USB Information:
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Mitsumi Electric Hub in Apple Extended USB Keyboard
Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard
hp psc 1310 series
Apple Computer, Inc. Apple Cinema Display
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Startup Items:
CiscoVPN: Path: /System/Library/StartupItems/CiscoVPN
AdobeVersionCue: Path: /Library/StartupItems/AdobeVersionCue
KeyAccess: Path: /Library/StartupItems/KeyAccess
Launch Daemons:
[System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.adobe.versioncueCS3.plist 3rd-Party support link
[invalid] com.bjango.istatlocaldaemon.plist
[System] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.sassafras.KeyAccess.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
[System] com.bjango.istatlocal.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.hp.messagecenter.launcher.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.akamai.single-user-client.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
Microsoft Database Daemon
Google Drive
Dropbox
KeyAccess
Director Docker
HP Product Research
HP Scheduler
Internet Plug-ins:
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.1 3rd-Party support link
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.4.2.4 3rd-Party support link
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.6 3rd-Party support link
RhapsodyPlayerEngine: Version: 1.0.2 3rd-Party support link
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.03 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.77 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.77 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.7
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.03 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
CANONiMAGEGATEWAYDL: Version: 3.1.0.2 3rd-Party support link
GarminGpsControl: Version: 4.0.4.0 Release - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
DirectorShockwave: Version: 11.5.7r609 3rd-Party support link
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:
Picasa: Version: 1.0 3rd-Party support link
RealPlayer Plugin: Version: (null) 3rd-Party support link
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Adobe Version Cue CS3 3rd-Party support link
Akamai NetSession Preferences 3rd-Party support link
RCDefaultApp
Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
Flip4Mac WMV 3rd-Party support link
iStat Menus 3rd-Party support link
KeyAccess 3rd-Party support link
Old Applications:
Epson Printer Utility 4: Version: 9.19 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Printers/EPSON/InkjetPrinter2/Utility/UT4/Epson Printer Utility 4.app
Microsoft AutoUpdate: Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app
/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
SLLauncher: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Silverlight/OutOfBrowser/SLLauncher.app
Garmin Map Update: Version: 4.5.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/Garmin/Garmin Map Update/tmp/Garmin Map Update.app
Time Machine:
Mobile backups: ON
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Iceberg HD: Disk size: 464.96 GB Disk used: 229.45 GB
Destinations:
Bruce TC [Network] (Last used)
Total size: 463.76 GB
Total number of backups: 53
Oldest backup: 2013-10-14 00:53:22 +0000
Last backup: 2014-03-29 21:23:57 +0000
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 463.76 GB < (Disk used 229.45 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
4% WindowServer
1% EtreCheck
1% iStatLocalDaemon
0% Google Drive
0% PluginProcess
Top Processes by Memory:
188 MB Safari
155 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
48 MB WindowServer
33 MB EtreCheck
20 MB Finder
Virtual Memory Information:
39 MB Free RAM
873 MB Active RAM
844 MB Inactive RAM
628 MB Wired RAM
3.93 GB Page-ins
347 MB Page-outsBruce L. wrote:
Startup Items:
CiscoVPN: Path: /System/Library/StartupItems/CiscoVPN
AdobeVersionCue: Path: /Library/StartupItems/AdobeVersionCue
KeyAccess: Path: /Library/StartupItems/KeyAccess
Anything in Startup Items could be a problem. Apple declared Startup Items to be obsolete in 2006 so this is software that hasn't been updated since before then or they are following the doing the don't-update-until-it-breaks plan.
I suggest uninstalling these problems to see if that fixes things. Always use the vendor-provided uninstaller or uninstallation instructions. Never try to do it manually. That could only make things worse. You may need to download a new installer that may come with an uninstaller. Unfortunately, installers, and especially uninstallers, are a weak point of OS X compared to Windows.
Launch Daemons:
[System] com.adobe.versioncueCS3.plist 3rd-Party support link
[invalid] com.bjango.istatlocaldaemon.plist
[System] com.sassafras.KeyAccess.plist 3rd-Party support link
Remove these too. iStat seems to have an invalid plist file. KeyAccess has a support link that may eventually lead you to an uninstaller.
Launch Agents:
[System] com.bjango.istatlocal.plist 3rd-Party support link
Notice a trend? This is why I say to use vendor-provided uninstallers.
User Login Items:
Microsoft Database Daemon
Google Drive
Dropbox
KeyAccess
Director Docker
HP Product Research
HP Scheduler
Some of the same software is here. At least with Login Items, you can remove items very easily and put them back later if they prove innocent. -
OS Maverick slows down the shoe system? Please help
am a noviceI am a noviceHardware Information:
iMac (24-inch, Early 2008)
iMac - model: iMac8,1
1 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
2 GB RAM
Video Information:
ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.2 (13C1021) - Uptime: 4 days 8:59:57
Disk Information:
Hitachi HDP725032GLA380 disk0 : (320.07 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 319.21 GB (246.78 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information:
HP Officejet 4500 G510n-z
Terratec Cinergy HT USB PVR (US)
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
Western Digital My Passport 0746 1 TB
disk1s1 (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 32 KB
disk1s2 (disk1s2) <not mounted>: 29 KB
disk1s3 (disk1s3) <not mounted>: 29 KB
disk1s4 (disk1s4) <not mounted>: 29 KB
disk1s5 (disk1s5) <not mounted>: 29 KB
disk1s6 (disk1s6) <not mounted>: 262 KB
disk1s7 (disk1s7) <not mounted>: 262 KB
disk1s8 (disk1s8) <not mounted>: 262 KB
My Passport for Mac (disk1s10) /Volumes/My Passport for Mac: 1 TB (309.12 GB free)
Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information:
Gatekeeper:
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions:
[not loaded] com.elgato.driver.DontMatchAfaTech (1.1) Support
[not loaded] com.elgato.driver.DontMatchCinergy450 (1.1) Support
[not loaded] com.elgato.driver.DontMatchCinergyXS (1.1) Support
[not loaded] com.elgato.driver.DontMatchEmpia (1.1) Support
[not loaded] com.elgato.driver.DontMatchVoyager (1.1) Support
Startup Items:
HP IO: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP IO
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[running] com.elgato.EyeConnect.plist Support
[running] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.plugin.AntiTheft.daemon.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[running] com.akamai.single-user-client.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[failed] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper.plist Support
User Login Items:
EyeTV Helper
AdobeResourceSynchronizer
Dropbox
WDDriveUtilityHelper
TuneupMyMac
DING!
HP Product Research
HP Scheduler
Internet Plug-ins:
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.2.0.16 - SDK 10.8 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.206 - SDK 10.6 Support
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.9 Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.9 Support
CANONiMAGEGATEWAYDL: Version: 3.1.0.2 Support
Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.206 - SDK 10.6 Support
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
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:
BrowserPlus_2.8.1: Version: 2.8.1 Support
Move-Media-Player: Version: npmnqmp 071101000050 Support
Picasa: Version: 1.0 Support
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Akamai NetSession Preferences Support
BrowserPlus Support
Flash Player Support
Flip4Mac WMV Support
MediaCentral Support
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 297.29 GB Disk used: 67.46 GB
Destinations:
My Passport for Mac [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 931.36 GB
Total number of backups: 130
Oldest backup: 2012-01-25 10:39:47 +0000
Last backup: 2014-05-04 06:05:06 +0000
Size of backup disk: Excellent
Backup size 931.36 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:
2% WindowServer
0% fontd
0% aosnotifyd
Top Processes by Memory:
106 MB Mail
76 MB Finder
59 MB Safari
53 MB AdobeReader
37 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
Virtual Memory Information:
44 MB Free RAM
641 MB Active RAM
609 MB Inactive RAM
365 MB Wired RAM
6.09 GB Page-ins
1.03 GB Page-outs
I am a novice!! ThanksHello,
FIrst,
You have some very undesirable " garbageware" on your system.
Zeobit MacKeeper and TuneUpMyMac. Get rid of them per these links!!!
http://applehelpwriter.com/2011/09/21/how-to-uninstall-mackeeper-malware/
http://applehelpwriter.com/2011/09/21/how-to-uninstall-mackeeper-malware/
Second,
Remove/delete all WD drive software. It is not needed on OS X and can actually harm your hard drives if used with OS X's own drive utilities.
Remove the WD drive app fron your login/startup items.
Add or remove automatic items
Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Users & Groups.
Select your user account, then click Login Items.
Do one of the following:
Click Add below the list on the right, select an app, document, folder, or disk, then click Add.If you don’t want an item’s windows to be visible after login, select Hide. (Hide does not apply to servers, which always appear in the Finder after login.)
Select the name of the item you want to prevent from opening automatically, then click Delete below the list on the right.
Third,
Your Mac is starved for RAM. 2 GBs of RAM is too smal amount of RAM to run OS X Mavericks.
Your year and model Mac can take a total of 6 GBs of RAM.
I seriously and STRONGLY advise you purchase and install the full 6 GBs of RAM.
RAM is user installable and relatively easy for a newbie or novice Mac user to install.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nARtKNIznsU
Correct and reliable Mac RAM can be purchased from online Mac RAM sources Crucial memory or OWC (macsales.com).
OWC (macsales.com) is the only online Mac RAM seller with the 6 GB RAM kit.
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/6400DDR2S6GP/ -
Why does iTunes slow down my whole computer?
I did a quick search for this topic and couldn't find anything, makes you wonder.
Running iTunes on XP is like swimming through molasses.
I understand I'm running Apple software on a Windows platform and they're like at war or something...but seriously, a little professionalism would be nice. I just want to put songs on my shuffle...so I can go jog. I don't want to have to run a marathon before I even get out the door.
Is there some kind of patch, or update, or special download that isn't "iTunes for Windows" that...you know, can make my iTunes actually run on Windows? Thanks.My PC destroys the minimum requirements for iTunes. Heck all I need it to do is maybe play music and transfer songs to my shuffle...which, I used to be able to do on my thumb-drive based mp3 player on any computer anywhere with zero software. Is there like an iTunes light?
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Why do GarageBand, iMovie, Photobooth, and Hulu and Youtube videos slow down my whole computer?
I have a higher end 13" MacBook Pro running OSX Snow Leopard 10.6.8 that I purchased in August of 2010. About a month ago, I was using iMovie to edit a project when all of a sudden it started responding extremely slowly. Like, near impossible to work on my project slow. The whole computer was lagging, the mouse was unresponsive and I could barely use the gestures on the trackpad to get to different programs. Eventually the pinwheel of death showed up, and I quit iMovie. As soon as it closed, everything returned to normal. I restarted the computer to see if that would help, but as soon as I opened iMovie again, the whole computer started lagging. I then noticed that the same problem occured when I used GarageBand, iPhoto, Skype, and when I watched Hulu or YouTube videos. With all of these programs/sites, everything is running fine beforehand, but when I open them up, chaos sets in. This problem doesn't occur when I use other intensive programs like Photoshop or Illustrator, nor while I'm browsing the web. The only web problems are when I watch a video. Any video. Other than that, web pages are as quick to load as ever, and I can use the computer normally for any other task. This is seriously a problem because I use iMovie and GarageBand for school a lot, and my grades depend on me being able to use these programs effectively. All of these problems have persisted with these apps since that first instance about a month ago, and no significant changes occurred to instigate them. In attempts to solve the situation, I have cleared my cache, freed up space on my drive (I have 56 free gigs out of 320), I have verified and repaired the disk permissions, and I have downloaded the Apple provided Trojan removal tool for Snow Leopard. This seemed to work for about 10 minutes, but the apps and videos quickly started lagging and slowing down my whole computer again. If anyone else has experienced anything like this, I would love to hear exactly what has happened to you and to see what you did to [try to] fix it. Thanks for reading all of this, I need all the help I can get right now. Also, I can't watch The Daily Show or The Colbert Report on Hulu anymore, and it's killing me! Thanks again.
It's very difficult to say without knowing more about your system. There are a number of possibilities. First, your 13" lacks a discrete GPU, so the CPU is doing the work that a GPU would have done as far as decoding video streams, etc. Each video stream will consume considerable resources from the machine, and if you have multiple things running with video streams being decoded (for example, a browser with video Flash or cumbersome animation and iMovie running at the same time), then that may be a factor.
Additionally, it could be that you are memory constrained. You didn't post a picture of the process list from activity monitor or the memory usage stats, but you probably want to look and see what the memory and CPU usage is and who's consuming what. Some applications are pretty inefficient. For example, if you have iPhoto open and have thousands of images, the indexed metadata and thumbnails are all stored in RAM. iMovie pulls in clip thumbnail sets - (and worse, it has to do on-the-fly transcoding video assets from some cameras that don't encode the video using the parameters it expects to make indexing frames easier). Again, this would show up as periodic spikes in CPU activity for the app.
You seem to have plenty of disk space, that's not likely to be a problem.
Check if Time Machine is running. Time Machine introduces a performance impact, but it's exacerbated by the presence of frequently changed large files (e.g., you don't want Time Machine backing up your video projects while you are working on them).
Lastly, you may consider checking the console for error messages. This might reveal background processes that might be bogging down the system, or things like filesystem/disk errors. If there are errors in the filesystem, when you access certain portions of the disk, the OS and applications can slow down or lock-up as a result. -
did the update to Maverick from OSX ML and boy has it slowed down my whole computer big time, what a mistake to have done this..... the whole computer has dramattically slowed, I thought Apple advertised be faster and slicker and better use of resources and I got 16gb Ram and 500gb HDD and 3.6 ghz processor, OSX Lion was snappier than this what a big mistake since this was installed.
Thanks god I did a disk image of the machine before I did it Ill go back and stay with OSX ML until Apple sorts problems I see many issues has risen and also Mail is playing up big time so who screwed that up?
whittyCheck your Activity Monitor to identify what might be slowing your system. Mavericks is as fast, if not faster, as Mountain Lion for me and I'm using a 2009 MacMini with 8 Gigs of RAM.
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OS X mavericks slowed down my mac mini, i need to down grade
OS X mavericks slowed down my mac mini, i need to down grade. please assist.
See the 'user tips'…
How to revert OS X back from Mavericks
Apple: Restoring a previous OS X version
Or you could consider troubleshooting why 10.9 is slow…
Mac is slow after upgrading to Mavericks
Many other users are having sucess by using EtreCheck to show what is installed so they can remove or update the 3rd party software, it can be a long process.
http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck
The choice is yours, if you have a backup just revert to that. -
Will installing OS X mavericks slow down my late-2007 macbook pro?
Will installing OS X mavericks slow down my late-2007 macbook pro? If so, is it worth it?
I currently run OSX 10.7.5 on a 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4Gb mem.Does it meet the specs for Lion?
Are your third apps compatible?
I'd also be sure to have at least 4GB RAM and 10-15% free space on your HDD. -
Mavericks slowing down system; Etrecheck results?
Since I installed Mavericks it's really slwoing down my operating system.
I have repaired disk permissions in safe mode, which hasn't improved things.
So after reading on here I tried Etrecheck. But I'm not sure how to interpret the results.
Could someone please tell me if there is some obvious things I should change, uninstall etc?
Thanks in advance.
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2
1 2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
AMD Radeon HD 6490M - VRAM: 256 MB
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
Startup Items:
HWNetMgr: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWNetMgr
HWPortDetect: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWPortDetect
PACESupport: Path: /Library/StartupItems/PACESupport
StartOuc: Path: /Library/StartupItems/StartOuc
System Software:
OS X 10.9.3 (13D65) - Uptime: 0 days 0:14:19
Disk Information:
TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 499.25 GB (87.01 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-8A8
USB Information:
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
LaCie Rugged FW/USB 800mbit - 800mbit max
disk1s1 (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 32 KB
J G Hard Disk (disk1s3) /Volumes/J G Hard Disk: 499.97 GB (15.91 GB free)
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Kernel Extensions:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist
[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist
[loaded] com.paceap.eden.licensed.plist
[failed] PACESupport.plist
Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.amazon.sendtokindle.launcher.plist
[loaded] com.divx.dms.agent.plist
[loaded] com.divx.update.agent.plist
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist
User Launch Agents:
[failed] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
[failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[redacted]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist
[loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist
[failed] com.hp.printerAgent.plist
User Login Items:
CrossOver CD Helper
Android File Transfer Agent
Screenleap
NIHardwareAgent
3rd Party Preference Panes:
None
Internet Plug-ins::
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 60
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 14.0.0.125 - SDK 10.6
DivX Web Player: Version: 3.2.1.977 - SDK 10.6
Flash Player: Version: 14.0.0.125 - SDK 10.6
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
OVSHelper: Version: 1.1
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.6
Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 4.1.5f1
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
User Internet Plug-ins::
EMusic: Version: EMusic 1.0.0
ZoomUsPlugIn: Version: 2.0.31405.1104 - SDK 10.8
ScreenleapPlugin_1.0.0: Version: 1.0.0 - SDK 10.9
Bad Fonts:
None
Old applications:
DivX Converter: Version: 10.2.1 (Build 10.2.1.104) - SDK 10.5
/Applications/DivX Converter.app
DivX Preferences: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/DivX/DivX Preferences.app
DivXTransferWizard: Version: 10.2.0 (Build 10.2.1.69) - SDK 10.5
/Library/Application Support/DivX/DivXTransferWizard.app
DivXUpdate: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5
/Library/Application Support/DivX/DivXUpdate.app
Microsoft AutoUpdate: Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app
Microsoft Error Reporting: Version: 2.2.9 - SDK 10.4
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0/Microsoft Error Reporting.app
Microsoft Ship Asserts: Version: 1.1.4 - SDK 10.4
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0/Microsoft Ship Asserts.app
SLLauncher: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Silverlight/OutOfBrowser/SLLauncher.app
Senuti: Version: 1.2.9 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Senuti.app
licenseDaemon: Version: 1.1 - SDK 10.5
/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/licenseDaemon.app
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Auto backup: NO
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 464.96 GB Disk used: 383.92 GB
Destinations:
Untitled [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 465.44 GB
Total number of backups: 1
Oldest backup: 2013-07-29 21:50:16 +0000
Last backup: 2013-07-29 21:50:16 +0000
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 465.44 GB < (Disk used 383.92 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
24% SilverKeeper
5% kextd
1% EtreCheck
1% WindowServer
0% coreservicesd
Top Processes by Memory:
147 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
143 MB mds_stores
143 MB Safari
94 MB Finder
84 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
Virtual Memory Statistics:
162 MB Free RAM
1.42 GB Active RAM
1.26 GB Inactive RAM
1.04 GB Wired RAM
328 MB Page-ins
3 MB Page-outsSIlverkeeper seems to work fine on Mavericks. And Lacie don't have a more recent alternative to Silverkeeper.
System still v slow, spinning raimbow ball etc.
Might it be helpful to re-install Mavericks?
I can't do a clean install as I don't have the install disks of most of my other software with me.
The updated Etrecheck is below, thanks :
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2
1 2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
AMD Radeon HD 6490M - VRAM: 256 MB
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
System Software:
OS X 10.9.3 (13D65) - Uptime: 0 days 1:40:46
Disk Information:
TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 499.25 GB (99.94 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-8A8
USB Information:
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Kernel Extensions:
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
[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist
Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.amazon.sendtokindle.launcher.plist
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist
User Launch Agents:
User Login Items:
None
3rd Party Preference Panes:
None
Internet Plug-ins::
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 60
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 14.0.0.125 - SDK 10.6
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Flash Player: Version: 14.0.0.125 - SDK 10.6
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.6
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.1.0
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30317.0 - SDK 10.6
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
User Internet Plug-ins::
ScreenleapPlugin_1.0.0: Version: 1.0.0 - SDK 10.9
Bad Fonts:
None
Old applications:
Microsoft AutoUpdate: Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app
Microsoft Error Reporting: Version: 2.2.9 - SDK 10.4
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0/Microsoft Error Reporting.app
Microsoft Ship Asserts: Version: 1.1.4 - SDK 10.4
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0/Microsoft Ship Asserts.app
SLLauncher: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Silverlight/OutOfBrowser/SLLauncher.app
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Auto backup: NO
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 464.96 GB Disk used: 371.88 GB
Destinations:
Untitled [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 465.44 GB
Total number of backups: 1
Oldest backup: 2013-07-29 21:50:16 +0000
Last backup: 2013-07-29 21:50:16 +0000
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 465.44 GB < (Disk used 371.88 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
10% WindowServer
2% Safari
2% hidd
1% Dock
1% cookied
Top Processes by Memory:
164 MB Mail
156 MB Skype
143 MB Safari
98 MB Finder
94 MB Calendar
Virtual Memory Statistics:
167 MB Free RAM
1.31 GB Active RAM
1.14 GB Inactive RAM
1.02 GB Wired RAM
577 MB Page-ins
5 MB Page-outs -
Why is Firefox 4 slowing down my whole Mac? I am not the only one.
My whole Mac Book Pro (five years old running Snow Leopard 10.6.7) has been slowed down. I know someone with a 3 month old Mac Book Pro that is having the same problem. Every aspect of my computer slows down so badly when Firefox is open. I saved a copy of Firefox 3.6.16 just in case thank goodness. I am using it now without a problem. I read you know about this at a Mac Chat Site, and are working on a fix. But I read nothing about it here.
I'm posting another screen shot. This browser is eating up memory like crazy. I have 5 tabs open when this happened. If I try to use another App, it is really slowed down too.
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Yes it's another Mavericks slowing down my laptop thread :)
Hi there
I recently installed Mavericks, just before Xmas in fact, and noticed how slow it was from the start. Now I'm back at work, it's killing me!
First off, I had lots of problems with Mail, and something to do with Keychain (forgive me, laptop is a tool, I don't really understand how it works). I managed to get that working, although, I must say it still is slow at collecting mail from my various accounts.
Word, well that's just hysterical. I can sit and type a few lines, sit back and watch Word catch up with me over a minute or so, then have to go back and correct my terrible typing, it's painful and un-usable. I have noted on here to rebuild my Office Database, which I've done, and it appeared to have no problems.
So what to do? I heard about EtreCheck so have run that and will paste results below, I'm hoping that someone will spot something there that is really obvious and return me to fact Mac nirvana.
I'm on a 2011 MacBook Pro, 2.8ghz Intel Core i7, 4GB RAM. i don't have lots of 3rd party stuff installed, but do run Photoshop, Quark, Office and a few other apps.
Here's hoping for help, and thanks in advance!
Jonny
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
1 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 0 days 5:7:3
Disk Information:
TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF disk0 : (750.16 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 749.3 GB (24.09 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-8A8
USB Information:
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
LaCie LaCie Hard Drive USB 1 TB
disk1s1 (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 32 KB
Storage and Music Back Up (disk1s3) /Volumes/Storage and Music Back Up: 200 GB (78.22 GB free)
Time Machine (disk1s5) /Volumes/Time Machine: 799.94 GB (40.38 GB free)
Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard
Western Digital Elements 10A2 1 TB
EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
JG MUSIC MASTER 07770872601 (disk2s2) /Volumes/JG MUSIC MASTER 07770872601: 999.83 GB (565.77 GB free)
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Kernel Extensions:
com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard (5.7.2)
Startup Items:
M-AudioXponent: Path: /Library/StartupItems/M-AudioXponent
PACESupport: Path: /Library/StartupItems/PACESupport
Problem System Launch Daemons:
[failed] com.apple.softwareupdated.plist 3rd-Party support link
[failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist 3rd-Party support link
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist 3rd-Party support link
[loaded] com.adobe.versioncueCS4.plist 3rd-Party support link
[loaded] com.cleverfiles.cfbackd.plist 3rd-Party support link
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist 3rd-Party support link
[loaded] com.paceap.eden.licensed.plist 3rd-Party support link
[loaded] com.prosofteng.DriveGenius.locum.plist 3rd-Party support link
[loaded] PACESupport.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link
[loaded] com.adobe.CS4ServiceManager.plist 3rd-Party support link
[loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist 3rd-Party support link
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist 3rd-Party support link
[loaded] com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist 3rd-Party support link
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
[loaded] com.prosofteng.DGMonitor.plist 3rd-Party support link
[loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
SmartDaemon
Caffeine
Google Drive
AdobeResourceSynchronizer
Internet Plug-ins:
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 25 Outdated! Update
OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 3rd-Party support link
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.8 3rd-Party support link
DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 2.2 3rd-Party support link
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20513.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6 Cannot contact Adobe
AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin101737: Version: AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin 1.0.17 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.8 3rd-Party support link
DirectorShockwave: Version: 11.6.8r638 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:
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 3rd-Party support link
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Adobe Version Cue CS4 3rd-Party support link
DivX 3rd-Party support link
Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
Growl 3rd-Party support link
Java 3rd-Party support link
M-AudioXponent 3rd-Party support link
Bad Fonts:
None
Old Applications:
Audacity: Version: 2.0.2.0 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Audacity/Audacity.app
SmartDaemon: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Application Support/CleverFiles/SmartDaemon.app
SLLauncher: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Silverlight/OutOfBrowser/SLLauncher.app
Disk Drill: Version: 1.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
XLD: Version: 20120226 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
Amazon MP3 Downloader: Version: INFO_PLIST_VERSION - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
Senuti: Version: 1.2.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Users/JonnyReggae/Downloads/Senuti.app
Time Machine:
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 697.84 GB Disk used: 675.41 GB
Destinations:
Time Machine [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 0 B
Total number of backups: (null)
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 0 B < (Disk used 675.41 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
4% WindowServer
1% Activity Monitor
1% EtreCheck
1% sysmond
0% Google Chrome
Top Processes by Memory:
106 MB Mail
90 MB Google Chrome
74 MB Finder
66 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
66 MB iTunes
Virtual Memory Information:
162 MB Free RAM
880 MB Active RAM
744 MB Inactive RAM
1.03 GB Wired RAM
2.64 GB Page-ins
71 MB Page-outsYour memory usage is fine. Its green. Read this:
About memory management in OSX 10.9 Mavericks
Memory is managed differently, and more efficiently in 10.9. It is (mostly) unique in the industry, but may become trend.
Let’s start with the basics. Mechanical disk drives are very slow, with access speeds in the 10s of milliseconds and transfer rates in the 200-400 Mbps range real world. SSDs are much faster, on the order of a couple of ms access and typically 1200-3000 mbps transfer rates. RAM is much faster than either, in the nanosecond access and transfer speeds of ~8 Gbps effective (1 GHz x 8 bits/byte).
These are rough numbers for comparison purposes only.
So the goal is to keep as much in RAM as possible. But if you run out of RAM what do you do?
Traditionally you take the least used RAM and write it to a special part of the disk, in a way that you can access it most efficiently - minimizing the disk delays. This is called a swap file because you swap RAM in and out of it.
10.9 has a new trick: it compresses RAM using the main processors. Rather than swapping stuff to disk (disks are slow), it actually uses the processor to compress memory and make, for example, 1 GB of physical RAM hold as much as 1.5GB. Similar approaches are used to make MP3 files 10x smaller than the real thing - there is redundancy in data and you can take advantage of that. Apple is making the following calculation: the processors can compress way faster than the disk can swap. And its also predicting that the processors are often partly idle - waiting for swap files or disk access. So rather than swap files around, its compresses the files ***in RAM***.
Compression works,. Tests show that on average it is faster, and that 4GB (i have 4 GB RAM) acts like 5 1/2 - 6GB. Wow.
So, 10.9 will load up most of your RAM, knowing that it can compress some when it needs to. So don’t worry too much that it may look like all your RAM is taken - yea, it is, but its OK.
The measures to look at are:
1. amount compressed. Compression means it has run out of RAM and needs more. As long as compression is low this is fine. In fact this is how 10.9 uses RAM more efficiently than 10.6,7 or 8. Contrary to common wisdom, it requires LESS RAM than 10.8. The colored indicator tells you who this is going - green (good), yellow( iffy) and red (bad).
2. amount swapped. Once it cannot compress any further, or can’t do so efficiently, jot begins old-fashioned swapping. This is a major slow-down and means you would benefit from more RAM. Tiny amounts are OK.
here's an article by Apple - but on th pre-10.9 memory management techniques....mostly still true, but read on.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1342?viewlocale=en_US
Bottom line - compression makes 10.9 use RAM more efficiently than previous OSX versions. It also makes the “ram used” indicator less meaningful, and mans you should monitor “compression” .
That said, RAM has always been one of the most cost effective upgrades possible. People spend too much on new machines and too little on more RAM.
Hope this helps,
Grant -
I just downloaded Mountain Lion and I have noticed a severally impact on my system. Everything takes a long time and has slowed down from the synced iphone, iphoto, pages, and even itunes. I have never had this problem till this new operating system. I have the color wheel to open most things and it thinks a lot. I have 20 gigs of music, 40 of shows, and a few files saved. any similar problems?
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. -
I have Microsoft Office 2004 and about 150gb space on my laptop but everything has slowed down recently. Can anyone suggest a reason? It affects word, the internet, mail - everything.
Hi goslowshazza, and a warm welcome to the forums!
Could be lots of reasons, but I'd get Applejack...
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15667/applejack
After installing, reboot holding down CMD+s, (+s), then when the DOS like prompt shows, type in...
applejack AUTO
Then let it do all 6 of it's things.
At least it'll eliminate some questions if it doesn't fix it.
The 6 things it does are...
Correct any Disk problems.
Repair Permissions.
Clear out Cache Files.
Repair/check several plist files.
Dump the VM files for a fresh start.
Trash old Log files.
First reboot will be slower, sometimes 2 or 3 restarts will be required for full benefit... my guess is files relying upon other files relying upon other files!
Disconnect the USB cable from any Uninterruptible Power Supply so the system doesn't shut down in the middle of the process. -
Why is Itunes slowing down my computer
I have the latest version of Itunes and all updates for my Ipad 2, however anytime I connect my ipad 2 to my computer now it takes for ever to do anything until after a restart then everything is fine again, untill I go to connect to itunes again by usb. Why is this latest version slowing down my PC?
Try this,
Close your iTunes,
Go to command Prompt -
(Win 7/Vista) - START/ALL PROGRAMS/ACCESSORIES, right mouse click "Command Prompt", choose "Run as Administrator".
(Win XP SP2 & above) - START/ALL PROGRAMS/ACCESSORIES/Command Prompt
In the "Command Prompt" screen, type in
netsh winsock reset
Hit "ENTER" key
Restart your computer.
Now launch your iTunes and see if it is working now. -
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