Why is my computer slow?
I bought my computer 3ish years ago, and about 1-2 years ago it slowed way down. I have a 13 inch MacBook Pro, and it is exceedingly slow (You should know that currently I barely use a fraction of the available computer memory). In the beginning I noticed nothing because it was very gradual, however it became noticable. A bit after I had noticed how slow it was I spilled milk on my computer. Because of this spill I had to replace everything in my computer apart from the bottom cover on the case. The screen, the top unibody, and the entire inside of the computer was replaced, apart from the memory. It was a very pricy investment. However, after this, my computer became even slower than before. It was very sluggish and if I was running more than one application at a time it would become almost impossible to use. I brought my computer into the Genius Lab, and the Lab guy told me to load all of my information on an external drive, and re-install snow leopard on my computer. I did so, and then reloaded all my information onto my computer. It was not any faster. I am fed up with my computer being so slow. HELP!
How much free space on the disk?
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.
If you need to free up space, click here. http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/freeingspace.html
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Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,5
1 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
2 GB RAM
Video Information:
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.2 (13C64) - Uptime: 0 days 9:35:36
Disk Information:
Hitachi HTS545016B9SA02 disk0 : (160.04 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 159.18 GB (11.19 GB free) (Low!)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N
USB Information:
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
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
Launch Daemons:
[System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.cisco.anyconnect.vpnagentd.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
[System] com.cisco.anyconnect.gui.plist 3rd-Party support link
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User Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist 3rd-Party support link
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[not loaded] [email protected]
[not loaded] jp.co.canon.Inkjet_Extended_Survey_Agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
Canon IJ Network Scanner Selector EX
Dropbox
Google Drive
AdobeResourceSynchronizer
Internet Plug-ins:
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.2.4.18058 3rd-Party support link
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.6 3rd-Party support link
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.06 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.77 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 2.0 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
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.2.4.18058 3rd-Party support link
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.06 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.8.0 - SDK 10.9 Outdated! Update
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
User Internet Plug-ins:
BrowserPlus_2.9.8: Version: 2.9.8 3rd-Party support link
3rd Party Preference Panes:
BrowserPlus 3rd-Party support link
Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
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
/Applications/Cisco
Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client: Version: 3.0.08057 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
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SLLauncher: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Silverlight/OutOfBrowser/SLLauncher.app
Solver: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
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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
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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
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Microsoft Communicator: Version: 13.1.3 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
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http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5836
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Problem description:
computer slow
EtreCheck version: 2.1.6 (109)
Report generated January 27, 2015 11:29:22 AM EST
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iMac - model: iMac7,1
1 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
1 GB RAM
BANK 0/DIMM0
1 GB DDR2 SDRAM 667 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM1
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Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
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Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard
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549 MB Active RAM
193 MB Inactive RAM
177 MB Wired RAM
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Your IMac year and model can take a total of 6 GBs of RAM Max.
Correct, compatible and reliable Mac RAM can ONLY be purchased from online RAM sources Crucial memory or OWC (http://www.macsales.com).
OWC only has the 6 GB RAM kit here.
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/5300DDR2S6GP/
Install instructions here
http://eshop.macsales.com/installvideos/imac_mid_2007_mem_h/
Ditch ALL Googlewares. They are ALL a serious resource hogs on the OS X system.
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95319?hl=en
If you do not like Apple's Safari web browser, download, install and try Mozilla FireFox, instead.
The current, up-to-date version of FireFox is fully compatible with OS X and is regularly updated by the great developers of the Mozilla group.
I have, also, stopped using the Google search engine regularly (due to Google's privacy policies or lack thereof) and I now use DuckDuckGo as my default search engine.
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