Why is my 2014 iMac slowing down and crashing.

The rainbow wheel keeps coming up and my iMac is very slow. I've only had it since January.

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MBP slowed down and crashes

Hello, I have MacBook pro Mid 2012. After update to Mavericks, my laptop really slowed down, started crashing, lagging, especially Safari, Launchpad have lags, in general video performace is bad, also Activity Monitor shows that browser takes 100% CPU, temperatures are higher in comparison to Mountain Lion.
Resetting SMC, PRAM and reinstall don't help.

OK, so I booted OS X Recovery and Disk Utility - according to it, everything is fine.
Next, EtreCheck:
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,1
          1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 1024 MB
          NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - VRAM: 512 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0
          AirPlay: Version: 1.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3
Startup Items:
          FanControlDaemon - Path: /Library/StartupItems/FanControlDaemon
System Software:
          OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 0 days 0:4:36
Disk Information:
          TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500,11 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209,7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 499,25 GB (152,22 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS31N
USB Information:
          Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
          Apple Inc. BRCM20702 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:
          com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt          (0.0.74)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded]          com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
          [loaded]          com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
          [loaded]          com.autodesk.backburner_manager.plist
          [loaded]          com.autodesk.backburner_server.plist
          [loaded]          com.autodesk.backburner_start.plist
          [loaded]          com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
          [loaded]          com.rim.BBDaemon.plist
Launch Agents:
          [not loaded]          com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
          [loaded]          com.hp.messagecenter.launcher.plist
          [loaded]          com.rim.BBAlbumArtCacher.plist
          [loaded]          com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist
          [loaded]          com.wacom.pentablet.plist
User Launch Agents:
          [loaded]          com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
          [loaded]          com.facebook.videochat.annareklinska.plist
          [loaded]          com.google.Chrome.framework.plist
          [failed]          com.google.GoogleContactSyncAgent.plist
          [loaded]          com.google.keystone.agent.plist
          [loaded]          com.spotify.webhelper.plist
User Login Items:
          iTunesHelper
          VMware Fusion Helper
          Dropbox
          Dropbox
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          PenTablet
          Fan Control
          Flash Player
          Flip4Mac WMV
          Java
          MacFUSE (Tuxera)
          Perian
Internet Plug-ins:
          AdobePDFViewer.plugin
          AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin
          Default Browser.plugin
          DirectorShockwave.plugin
          Flash Player.plugin
          FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
          Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
          GDL Web Plugin.plugin
          JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
          NP_2020Player_IKEA.plugin
          QuickTime Plugin.plugin
          SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
          Silverlight.plugin
          WacomNetscape.plugin
          WacomTabletPlugin.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
Bad Fonts:
          None
Time Machine:
          Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
              6%          mds
              2%          WindowServer
              1%          EtreCheck
              1%          TextEdit
              1%          ubd
              1%          mds_stores
              0%          ocspd
              0%          BBLaunchAgent
              0%          coreservicesd
              0%          fontd
Top Processes by Memory:
          258 MB             Safari
          135 MB             com.apple.IconServicesAgent
          123 MB             com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
          83 MB              mds_stores
          70 MB              Dropbox
          66 MB              WindowServer
          37 MB              Dock
          37 MB              com.apple.appkit.xpc.openAndSavePanelService
          33 MB              mds
          29 MB              Finder
Virtual Memory Statistics:
          1.25 GB            Free RAM
          1.70 GB            Active RAM
          456 MB             Inactive RAM
          610 MB             Wired RAM
          351 MB             Page-ins
          0 B                Page-outs
Then, I started in Safe Mode and still there was poor graphic? video? performance, I understand that it shouldn't be perfectly smooth, but there was weird flashing, crashing and stuff. Photo:
You can see some of it (it's from Safari, but for example Launchpad is even worse). It's like that all the time in Safe Mode. I don't know if that's normal.
And I did SMC reset again, but it also didn't help.
Oh and apps often crash when I first start them, but then, I repeat action and they open.
Funny story, Mavericks should improve performance, better video memory and ram, but I'm experiencing completely different story.

Slow down and crashing macbook pro

my macbook pro has suddenly been acting erratically, slowing down and occassionally crashing. I ran etrecheck to provide the data and would welcome any insight.
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro6,2
          1 2.53 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
          8 GB RAM
Video Information:
          Intel HD Graphics - VRAM: 288 MB
          NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
          OS X 10.9.2 (13C1021) - Uptime: 0 days 6:1:39
Disk Information:
          TOSHIBA MK5055GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    ]ulia Morrisroe (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (294.49 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Information:
          Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
          Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Logitech USB Receiver
          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information:
Configuration files:
          /etc/hosts - Count: 1
Gatekeeper:
          Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions:
          [kext loaded] com.Perfect.Driver.SystemAudioRecorder (1.0.0 - SDK 10.6) Support
          [not loaded] com.cisco.nke.ipsec (1.0.0) Support
          [kext loaded] com.logmein.driver.LogMeInSoundDriver (1.0.3 - SDK 10.5) Support
          [not loaded] com.marvell.kext.USBGenericPrinterClass (1.0.0) Support
          [not loaded] com.microsoft.driver.MicrosoftMouse (5.3) Support
          [not loaded] com.sandisk.driver.CruzerDriver (15) Support
          [not loaded] com.wacom.kext.wacomtablet (6.0.5) Support
Startup Items:
          CiscoVPN: Path: /System/Library/StartupItems/CiscoVPN
Launch Daemons:
          [running] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
          [running] com.autodesk.backburner_manager.plist Support
          [running] com.autodesk.backburner_server.plist Support
          [loaded] com.autodesk.backburner_start.plist Support
          [running] com.cisco.anyconnect.vpnagentd.plist Support
          [loaded] com.cloudpath.maccmd.plist Support
          [failed] com.collobos.fingerprintd.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.logmein.logmeinblanker.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.logmein.logmeinserver.plist Support
          [loaded] com.logmein.raupdate.plist Support
          [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
          [invalid] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist
          [loaded] net.cloudpath.HelperTool.plist Support
Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
          [loaded] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist Support
          [loaded] com.cisco.anyconnect.gui.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.logmein.logmeingui.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.logmein.logmeinguiagent.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.logmein.logmeinguiagentatlogin.plist Support
          [invalid] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist
User Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
          [loaded] com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist Support
          [running] com.ecamm.printopia.plist Support
          [loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist Support
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
          [running] com.hp.printerAgent.plist Support
          [running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.victorpimentel.TVShowsHelper.plist Support
User Login Items:
          Dropbox
Internet Plug-ins:
          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
          RealPlayer Plugin: Version: (null) Support
          AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 Support
          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.206 - SDK 10.6 Support
          AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.06 - SDK 10.6 Support
          Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20513.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
          Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.206 - SDK 10.6 Support
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
          iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
          SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.2 Support
          AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.06 - SDK 10.6 Support
          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
Safari Extensions:
          Awesome Screenshot: Version: 1.3.4
          The New York Times: Version: 0.1
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: 1.0.26 Support
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Flash Player Support
          Perian Support
          Printopia Support
          TVShows Support
Time Machine:
          Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
               4%          Google Chrome
               4%          WindowServer
               2%          coreaudiod
               0%          TextEdit
               0%          fontd
Top Processes by Memory:
          188 MB          com.apple.IconServicesAgent
          164 MB          Finder
          164 MB          Google Chrome
          156 MB          mds_stores
          66 MB          Dropbox
Virtual Memory Information:
          4.07 GB          Free RAM
          2.20 GB          Active RAM
          628 MB          Inactive RAM
          1.12 GB          Wired RAM
          1.78 GB          Page-ins
          0 B          Page-outs

morrisroe,
were any of the crashes due to GPU panics?
It looks like something has modified your /etc/hosts file — do you know which of your apps has done that?
Did you ensure that all of your installed third-party apps are compatible with Mavericks before upgrading to Mavericks?
Your Silverlight plug-in is out of date; you can download the latest version (5.1.30317.0) from here.

Macbook keeps slowing down and crashing

Hi,
I started having this problem about 2 weeks ago. Everything was working fine, then out of nowhere, my macbook froze. I waited for about 10 minutes, then I turned it off. When I turned the computer back on, it was EXTREMELY slow. It took 15 minutes just to boot, and after that, even when i just moved the cursor, the rainbow wheel would appear and keep spining for 20 minutes. It was impossible to do anything. So I decided to restore the hard drive from a backup I had. After I did that, it worked fine for a couple hours, then the same thing happened. Then I did some research and concluded that my hard drive was dying, so I got a new one, restored it from my backup and replaced my old hard drive. But after a few hours same thing happened again.
So I know the problem is not related to the hard drive. Also, I everything seems to work fine when I boot from an external hard drive. Only when I replace and boot from the internal hard drive connection, the slow down occurs and eventually gets to a point where I can't do anything with my computer. Sometimes I can repair it using the disk utility and diskwarrior, but it doesn't last long, eventually it starts slowing down again and then the same thing happens. The operating system doesn't make any difference either. It happens both with Leopard and Snow Leopard.
I'd appreciate it if anyone knows what would be causing this problem.
Thank you.

How much free space on the drive?
Right or control click the MacintoshHD icon. Click Get Info. In the Get Info window you will see Capacity and Available. Make sure you always have a minimum of 15% free disk space.
I have more than 50% free disk space. I did have some slowing down problems before because of disk space, but this time it's different. It's not a regular kind of slowin down, it slows down so much that it becomes imposible to do anything. Even when I just move the cursor, rainbow wheel appears and doesn't go away for 10 minutes.
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t=0,localport=2161] throws
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# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (1.6.0-b105 mixed mode, sharing)
# Can not save log file, dump to screen..
# An unexpected error has been detected by Java Runtime Environment:
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# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (1.6.0-b105 mixed mode, sharing)
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# http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport/crash.jsp
Does anyone has any idea?
Regards
Nidhin

Your RMI server invokes a JNI method as you mentioned. It seems your system resource is become very low as from the exception from "ZoneInfoMappi"
(Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service...I would suggest the following
1- remove the JNI method invocation and replace by a simple method which does nothing special ( counting etc..)
2- Run the RMI sever and stress test it again
If you see the RMI server is working well after 12 hours, then your native method is leaking i.e consuming the system resources ( RAM etc..)
You should profile the running RMI server using jconsole
Regards,
Alan Mehio

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VM: 3744M + 126M 41696(100) pageins, 22018(0) pageouts
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1534 Image Capt 0.0% 0:02.59 2 88 53 1788K 3364K 4348K 70M
1533 iPhoto 0.0% 0:05.15 4 104 612 10M 11M 23M 153M
1531 top 7.2% 0:08.13 1 21 28 476K 212K 1080K 18M
1529 usbmuxd 0.0% 0:00.02 2 21 32 204K 216K 724K 19M
1528 iTunes 0.1% 0:10.55 6 249 325 15M 11M 32M 158M
1523 mdworker 0.0% 0:00.73 3 50 33 648K 2896K 2236K 35M
1491 DashboardC 33.8% 2:52.42 8 229 356 93M 11M 101M 222M
1490 DashboardC 0.0% 0:03.07 4 120 160 8484K 5344K 13M 91M
1479 bash 0.0% 0:00.05 1 14 19 216K 196K 952K 18M
1478 login 0.0% 0:00.07 1 17 49 160K 228K 884K 19M
1477 Terminal 14.6% 0:13.08 3 101- 128 1820K 6004K 5836K 111M
1473 AppleSpell 0.0% 0:00.11 1 37 30 428K 4820K 1600K 34M
1471 Safari 0.0% 2:29.94 8 234 500 78M 12M 90M 236M
1390 SyncServer 0.0% 0:02.90 2 50 57 1460K 2840K 2724K 32M
1381 mdworker 0.0% 0:03.01 4 73 67 1036K 4100K 2988K 3
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How do I fix a Safari application that slows down and freezes everything?

Apple called last fall and said my particular Mac had a hard disk problem and they replaced it at the Apple store in late January 2013. I backed up the information on an external harddrive and used Time Machine before to transfer all the information to the new drive. Everything worked well and I finally put on Mountain Lion at 10.8.4. I also have Carbonite as a backup and it apparently was not enabled when I transferred the files until early May. In early May I had not used my iMac for about a month and when I started it I found about 40 named file folders on the Desktop that were empty. Some of those had named items in them but when I clicked on them they would dissappear. The actual files did exist and were not effected when I dumped the apparent alias folders. Safari started and would be ok at first but if I went away for an hour it would slow down. I took it in to the Genius Bar at Apple and they ran some tests and got rid of MacKeeper which they felt was causing the problem. I got my Mac back home and it still started slow but worked well at first and then started going slow. If I opened Word it would also start working at a slower speed. I needed to force quit Safari and the Word progran in order to quit or restart the Mac. I got an appointment for the next day and they ran all sorts of tests and the hard drive was working normally. They tried tweeking different areas and sent me home again. When I started working again it did the same thing, I would start out fine and eventually slow down and needed to be force quit to get out of it. A message came up indicating my MasOSX startup disk had no more space available for applications memory. I took it in a third time and the Genius went to the Activity Monitor and the Safari PID was 221 and %CPU 107, Threads 21 Real Mem 2.73 GB, Virtual Mem 22.00 Kind, Intel (64). I had no idea what that meant. I went home again and it still ran slow and couldn't run the programs for any length of time before it ran slow and affected the other programs so they would only quit if I used Force quit. I took it in for the forth time an they decided to keep it overnight. They ran ASD first to rule out memory. They noticed during the appointment the computer was slow to perform normal tasks such as showing boot options, booting into user, bootingto external user. If the ASD passed then they would perform erase and install and only restore users and application files from backup drive. They did this on Wed and Thur. night and I took it home Friday night, June 14 and it still has the same problem. Typing this message right now means typing and waiting for the words to appear.

Please read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a diagnostic test. It won’t solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
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 following procedure will help identify which such modifications you've installed. Don’t be alarmed by the complexity of these instructions — they’re easy to carry out and won’t change anything on your Mac.
These steps are to be taken while booted in “normal” mode, not in safe mode. If you’re now running in safe mode, reboot as usual before continuing.
Below are instructions to enter some UNIX shell commands. The commands are harmless, but they must be entered exactly as given in order to work. If you have doubts about the safety of the procedure suggested here, search this site for other discussions in which it’s been followed without any report of ill effects.
Some of the commands will line-wrap or scroll in your browser, but each one is really just a single 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. The headings “Step 1” and so on are not part of the commands.
Note: 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. The other steps 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 the line of text below to select it:
kextstat -kl | awk '!/com\.apple/{printf "%s %s\n", $6, $7}' | open -f -a TextEdit
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). A TextEdit window will open. Post the contents of that window, if any — the text, please, not a screenshot. You can then close the TextEdit window. The title of the window doesn't matter, and you don't need to post that. No typing is involved in this step.
Step 2
Repeat with this line:
{ sudo launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.(apple|openssh|vix)|org\.(amav|apac|cups|isc|ntp|postf|x)/{print $3}'; sudo defaults read com.apple.loginwindow LoginHook; } | open -f -a TextEdit
This time you'll be prompted for your login password, which you do have to type. Nothing will be displayed when you type it. Type it carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. Heed that warning, but don't post it. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator.
Note: If you don’t have a login password, you’ll need to set one before taking this step. If that’s not possible, skip to the next step.
Step 3
launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.apple|org\.(x|openbsd)/{print $3}' | open -f -a TextEdit
Step 4
ls -1A /e*/mach* {,/}L*/{Ad,Compon,Ex,Fram,In,Keyb,La,Mail/Bu,P*P,Priv,Qu,Scripti,Servi,Spo,Sta}* L*/Fonts 2> /dev/null | open -f -a TextEdit
Important: If you formerly synchronized with a MobileMe account, your me.com email address may appear in the output of the above command. If so, anonymize it before posting.
Step 5
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to get name of every login item' | open -f -a TextEdit
Remember, steps 1-5 are all copy-and-paste — no typing, except your password. Also remember to post the output.
You can then quit Terminal.

In "edit" mode, my movie speed is fine. Once published it seems to slow down and become all jerky. Any ideas? Thanks

In "edit" mode, my movie speed is fine. Once published it seems to slow down and become all jerky. Any ideas? Thanks

I have a revision a imac g5 with the same problem with only macbreak podcast. I know leo laporte said that the podcast was done in 1080p and my computer with its built in 64 megabyte graphics card might have trouble with this podcast but your machine must have a better graphics card than mine. 1080p requires at least 128 megabytes of graphics memory built in. My machine played this podcast on quicktime fine until they came out with the update to quicktime last week or two ago. I was going to upgrade my memory until I came accross your story and your machines doing the same thing with much better specs. I think it might be the quicktime update that is causing a problem. Maybe Leo will talk about this problem since he is doing a mac show about macs.

[Solved]Computer slow down and freeze during data transfer syncing

Hello,
Everytime I make a data transfer, my computer slow down, and sometimes freeze during a few seconds, work for a fraction of seconds and freeze again. I don"t understand why.
As an example, here is a bench of files i transfered during a syncing with Grsync
It took about 12h to sync 64Gb.
I've read a lot of topics talking about this problem but nothing works. I tried to switch off the SWAP and setting the vm.dirty_ratio and vm.background_dirty_ratio but nothing works.
I'm making the trasfer between two Western Digital USB 2.0 external hard drive in NTFS.
Does anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks in advance
Last edited by Neldar (2015-03-04 15:54:29)

It seems it was beacause one of my external hard drive was about to die. I performed the same operation with 2 Western Digital external hard drive 1To USB3 and it works perfectly.

Ever since I downloaded Mountain Lion my computer has slowed down and frozen at times. Is there anything I can do to speed it up?

Ever since I downloaded Mountain Lion my computer has slowed down and frozen at times. Is there anything I can do to speed it up?

How much memory is installed?
Here is a large list of articles related to performance issues:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3521
http://www.reedcorner.net/mpg/
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10798
http://osxdaily.com/2012/10/11/mac-running-slow-reasons/
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4542409?start=0
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4122175?start=0
http://www.speedtest.net/index.php
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3289614?start=0
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3928756?start=0
http://www.whyismymacsoslow.net
http://www.slowmac.net
http://www.all-about-apple.com/slow-mac-performance-learn-how-to-solve-it/
http://www.chriswrites.com/2009/04/17-reasons-why-your-mac-is-so-unbelievably-sl ow/
http://www.macworld.com/article/1159699/troubleshooting_speed_passwords.html

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