Why is my Macbook Pro very sluggish after the Mountain Lion update?

It's quite frustrating being as this is my first Apple laptop. I figured that it would be easy to update these things.
I was using the prior OS and it worked just fine. Now my Macbook is just as slow as the HP laptop that I had to retire.
I'm using OS X Version 10.8.1
Processor: 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory: 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3

With only 4GB of RAM, how much do you have devoted to the virtual machine running under Parallels? Even if it's a small amount, it's going to make page outs and swaps used very high. From my perspective, 8GB of RAM is the 'sweet spot' for running Mountain Lion.
I'm assuming that you've a 15" mid-2010 MacBook Pro? If so, you can speed things up by installing the maximum 8GB of RAM. Go RAM shopping at Crucial or OWC.
Other than upgrading your RAM, the only thing that you can do to speed up your machine is to install a SSD. You can also check the SSDs at Crucial and OWC and decide if one is right for you.
Clinton

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  • Why is my MacBook Pro very slow after installing Mountain Lion 10.8.5. - Solutions?

    Hello, hello
    After waiting quite a while - I paid the relatively small amount, and got myselves a new OS.
    But I am very disappointed of the speed - I see that this also was a problem with OS Lion?
    Please assist me. Perhaps others have this problem as well?
    Some info:
    - 2,66 GHz Intel Core i7 processor
    - 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
    Also
    - Sometimes I run the Parallels Desktop 6 and 9 software, does this affect specs of the new OS?
    Hope to hear from you guys.
    Sincerely,
    Harald

    With only 4GB of RAM, how much do you have devoted to the virtual machine running under Parallels? Even if it's a small amount, it's going to make page outs and swaps used very high. From my perspective, 8GB of RAM is the 'sweet spot' for running Mountain Lion.
    I'm assuming that you've a 15" mid-2010 MacBook Pro? If so, you can speed things up by installing the maximum 8GB of RAM. Go RAM shopping at Crucial or OWC.
    Other than upgrading your RAM, the only thing that you can do to speed up your machine is to install a SSD. You can also check the SSDs at Crucial and OWC and decide if one is right for you.
    Clinton

  • My MacBook Pro very slow after i installed Lion

    i have a problem wih the server is not respoded with 502 (yahoo)

    I can't really read your message very well, but I am assuming your problem is Yahoo! is not responding on OS X Lion.
    This doesn't have much to do with Apple or OS X Lion, but if you think it involves OS X Lion, what worked for me is upgrading my memory from 2GB to 4GB. Also, check your hard drive space. If it is close to full, try upgrading your hard disk to a better model.
    If neither of those work, you might have to do a clean reinstall of Lion. This involves cleaning out all your data and reinstalling your OS.
    Cache-file cleaners like SpeedUp Mac ($29.99) can help a lot if Lion was pre-installed on your Mac, but if you installed Lion manually, they don't really do much.
    Tip: NEVER try MacKeeper to make your Mac "faster": I had the misfortune of it wiping out all my data (movies, music, photos, iMovie projects, iPhoto photo books and faces, etc.)

  • July 2010 Macbook Pro restarting constantly after downloading mountain lion

    I downloaded the new OS Mountain Lion upgrading from Snow Leopard a while ago. Ever since this, it reboots/restarts randomly and consantly. My Mac has some good days where there are long intervals before it restarts on its own but its getting quite annoying. When it shows me the report when it says your computer restarted because of a problem its usually a "kernal" thing. I'm not too tech savvy but, I'm wondering if there's a way to fix this. Mind you, I don't have any time capsule things set up. I think my options are either wiping the hard drive or trying to find a way to uninstall and reinstall mountain lion. If anyone has a suggestion that varies or is different i'd love to hear it. If anyone also would like to email me about this so you can get back quicker my email is: everxdream@g

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    Anonymous UUID:                    3B039E7B-3F68-15E0-EDDF-6BA1DD10902F
    Wed May  8 14:01:13 2013
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  • Why is my Macbook Pro slow to sleep in Mountain Lion?

    When I choose sleep from the Apple menu it takes approx. 30 seconds before it decides to go to sleep. It gives me no notification that it is going to sleep until 30 seconds later when the screen goes black. Same thing if I close the lid, I can open it up again and begin to work on the machine again with it sleeping 20 seconds later. Sleep has always been almost instantaneous on all of my other macs.
    Any ideas?

    8/11/12 2:43:19.309 PM com.apple.time[11]: Next maintenance wake [Backup Interval]: <date: 0x7f80a342efe0> Sat Aug 11 14:53:04 2012 MST (approx)
    8/11/12 2:43:19.309 PM com.apple.time[11]: Requesting maintenance wake [Backup Interval]: <date: 0x7f80a342efe0> Sat Aug 11 14:53:04 2012 MST (approx)
    8/11/12 2:43:19.000 PM kernel[0]: PM notification timeout (pid 271, PCShowServerPMWr)
    8/11/12 2:43:19.386 PM helpd[2775]: Could not find access page in directory /Applications/SketchBookExpress.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/Help
    8/11/12 2:43:19.453 PM helpd[2775]: Could not find access page in directory /Applications/SketchBookExpress.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/Help
    8/11/12 2:43:19.460 PM helpd[2775]: Could not find access page in directory /Applications/SketchBookExpress.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/Help
    8/11/12 2:43:19.476 PM helpd[2775]: Could not find access page in directory /Applications/Switch.app/Contents/Resources/help
    8/11/12 2:43:19.490 PM helpd[2775]: Could not find access page in directory /Applications/Switch.app/Contents/Resources/help
    8/11/12 2:43:20.000 PM kernel[0]: hibernate image path: /var/vm/sleepimage
    8/11/12 2:43:20.000 PM kernel[0]: sizeof(IOHibernateImageHeader) == 512
    8/11/12 2:43:20.000 PM kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm43xx::powerChange: System Sleep
    8/11/12 2:43:20.000 PM kernel[0]: kern_open_file_for_direct_io(0) took 0 ms
    8/11/12 2:43:20.000 PM kernel[0]: Opened file /var/vm/sleepimage, size 8589934592, partition base 0x0, maxio 400000 ssd 0
    8/11/12 2:43:20.000 PM kernel[0]: hibernate image major 1, minor 0, blocksize 512, pollers 4
    8/11/12 2:43:20.000 PM kernel[0]: hibernate_alloc_pages flags 00000000, gobbling 0 pages
    8/11/12 2:43:20.000 PM kernel[0]: hibernate_setup(0) took 0 ms
    8/11/12 2:43:20.329 PM WindowServer[78]: Created shield window 0x418 for display 0x042728c0
    8/11/12 2:43:20.329 PM WindowServer[78]: device_generate_desktop_screenshot: authw 0x0(0), shield 0x0(0)
    8/11/12 2:43:20.341 PM WindowServer[78]: device_generate_lock_screen_screenshot: authw 0x0(0), shield 0x0(0)
    8/11/12 2:43:21.000 PM kernel[0]: 00000000  00000020  NVEthernet::setLinkStatus - not Active
    8/11/12 2:43:21.000 PM kernel[0]: hibernate_page_list_setall start 0xffffff80dde36000, 0xffffff80dde75000
    8/11/12 2:43:39.000 PM kernel[0]: hibernate_page_list_setall time: 494 ms
    8/11/12 2:43:39.000 PM kernel[0]: pages 1165627, wire 181002, act 264608, inact 3, cleaned 0 spec 239, zf 16560, throt 0, could discard act 115265 inact 356281 purgeable 28721 spec 202948 cleaned 0
    8/11/12 2:43:39.000 PM kernel[0]: hibernate_page_list_setall found pageCount 462412
    8/11/12 2:43:39.000 PM kernel[0]: IOHibernatePollerOpen, ml_get_interrupts_enabled 0
    8/11/12 2:43:39.000 PM kernel[0]: IOHibernatePollerOpen(0)
    8/11/12 2:43:39.000 PM kernel[0]: encryptStart 132e0
    8/11/12 2:43:39.000 PM kernel[0]: writing 460679 pages
    8/11/12 2:43:39.000 PM kernel[0]: encryptEnd 9202c00
    8/11/12 2:43:39.000 PM kernel[0]: image1Size 0x10732800, encryptStart1 0x132e0, End1 0x9202c00
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    8/11/12 2:43:39.000 PM kernel[0]: encryptEnd 2dd71800
    8/11/12 2:43:39.000 PM kernel[0]: PMStats: Hibernate write took 17416 ms
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    8/11/12 2:43:39.000 PM kernel[0]: image 769071104, uncompressed 1887240192 (460752), compressed 762643696 (40%), sum1 77ab5b75, sum2 199a7471
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    8/11/12 2:43:39.000 PM kernel[0]: hibernate_write_image done(0)
    8/11/12 2:43:39.000 PM kernel[0]: sleep
    8/11/12 2:43:41.000 PM kernel[0]: Wake reason: OHC1
    8/11/12 2:43:41.000 PM kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm43xx::powerChange: System Wake - Full Wake/ Dark Wake / Maintenance wake
    8/11/12 2:43:41.000 PM kernel[0]: Previous Sleep Cause: 5
    8/11/12 2:43:41.000 PM kernel[0]: The USB device Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad (Port 6 of Hub at 0x4000000) may have caused a wake by issuing a remote wakeup (2)
    8/11/12 2:43:41.000 PM kernel[0]: wlEvent: en1 en1 Link DOWN virtIf = 0
    8/11/12 2:43:41.000 PM kernel[0]: AirPort: Link Down on en1. Reason 8 (Disassociated because station leaving).
    8/11/12 2:43:41.000 PM kernel[0]: en1::IO80211Interface::postMessage bssid changed
    8/11/12 2:43:41.000 PM kernel[0]: HID tickle 67 ms
    8/11/12 2:43:41.585 PM WindowServer[78]: handle_will_sleep_auth_and_shield_windows: no action for lock state 1
    8/11/12 2:43:41.000 PM kernel[0]: 00000000  00000020  NVEthernet::setLinkStatus - not Active
    8/11/12 2:43:42.000 PM kernel[0]: en1: 802.11d country code set to 'US'.
    8/11/12 2:43:42.000 PM kernel[0]: en1: Supported channels 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 100 104 108 112 116 120 124 128 132 136 140 149 153 157 161 165
    8/11/12 2:43:42.091 PM configd[18]: network changed: v4(en1-:192.168.0.8) DNS- Proxy- SMB
    8/11/12 2:43:42.000 PM kernel[0]: MacAuthEvent en1   Auth result for: cc:5d:4e:86:0b:e1  MAC AUTH succeeded
    8/11/12 2:43:42.000 PM kernel[0]: wlEvent: en1 en1 Link UP virtIf = 0
    8/11/12 2:43:42.000 PM kernel[0]: AirPort: Link Up on en1
    8/11/12 2:43:42.000 PM kernel[0]: en1: BSSID changed to cc:5d:4e:86:0b:e1
    8/11/12 2:43:42.000 PM kernel[0]: en1::IO80211Interface::postMessage bssid changed
    8/11/12 2:43:42.000 PM kernel[0]: AirPort: RSN handshake complete on en1
    8/11/12 2:43:43.000 PM kernel[0]: en1: BSSID changed to cc:5d:4e:86:0b:e1
    8/11/12 2:43:43.095 PM configd[18]: network changed: v4(en1+:192.168.0.8) DNS+ Proxy+ SMB
    8/11/12 2:43:43.165 PM UserEventAgent[11]: Captive: en1: Not probing 'BOLERO' (protected network)
    8/11/12 2:43:43.177 PM configd[18]: network changed: v4(en1!:192.168.0.8) DNS Proxy SMB
    8/11/12 2:43:44.302 PM airportd[1700]: _doAutoJoin: Already associated to “BOLERO”. Bailing on auto-join.
    8/11/12 2:43:44.377 PM airportd[1700]: _doAutoJoin: Already associated to “BOLERO”. Bailing on auto-join.
    8/11/12 2:43:44.436 PM airportd[1700]: _doAutoJoin: Already associated to “BOLERO”. Bailing on auto-join.

  • My macbook pro is very slow after installing mountain lion

    my macbook pro is very slow after installing mountain lion?  Is anyone else having this issue?

    If you don't use an SSD and bump your RAM up to 8 Gb's you may experience slow speeds, but I noticed slow speeds with your general configuration in SL.
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