Why is my ram being used up after mavericks was installed?

My ram is being eaten by something and it doesn't come back with out running the free "memory clean" app. I have the following running all day:
Finder
Daylite (my station is not the server)
Mail
Safari (Lots of Google Maps all day)
Acrobat Pro
I jump in and out of Excel, Word, Evernote and Skitch
I have 8 gigs of ram and it slowly dissappears over time... down to 7MB or less sometimes!
I also noticed that many things are very slow the first time they are run each time after startup. When I click on a shortcut in Finder, it dissappears.
This all started after Mavericks was installed. Before it was a smoking fast machine.
When I started typeing this, I had over 2 gigs of ram free. Now I have 710 MB and it continues to drop.

First get rid of the Memory Clean up app, uninstall following the developers instructions. Next I would recommend posting an EtreCheck report so we can tell more about how your computer is configured. If you use any "maintenance", anti-virus, malware checking apps those are not only unnecessary but are potentially the problem. Post the report in your next response please.

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Why is 6GB ram being used with barely anything going on?

So I'm looking at my Activity Monitor for the first time since I got the late 2013 Macbook Pro.
To my amazement it's showing 6GB being used or 75% of my 8GB?!
But looking at the activity monitor is showing that the highest ram use is Kernel Monitor at 600MB.
After that it's com.apple.ServiceAgent @ 170MB and Google Chrome at 140MB.
Than there are like 15 "Google Chrome Helpers" ranging from like 100-30MB. What in the world is "Google Chrome Helpers" this seems like some kind of operating system bug to me...
I have about 13 Google Chrome tabs open but even more Helpers than tabs in the Activity Monitor...
There's no way a small Google Chrome session should take up well over 1gb ram?!
Even still, if I estimate all the Memory usage displayed in my Activity monitor it should be low 2GB, defenitely less than 3GB.
So why is it saying 6GB in use? The MAC OS couldn't possibly be 3 GB right???
This is crazy and I've noticed my MAC is pretty sluggish today while I'm trying to work. What in the world is going on here?
Can I manually cancel all those " Google Chrome Helpers" for starters?
On Windows 7 I could have literally 100's of internet tabs open and see less than 6GB ram useage no joke! Need help here please.

That all sounds great in theory but I'm looking at my Activity Monitor right now and it says:
Compressed: 0 bytes
So it sounds like I'm not getting any of the benefits with the compression from that article?
My other stats are looking like:
App Memory: 3.41 GB
File Cache : 2.05 GB
Wired Memory: ~1GB
My memory pressure looks about 20% at least even with 6.65 GB active.
Is there a reason why I have no compressed memory? It sounds like that was the whole point of this system but it's not doing anything for me? Or does that only kick in once you use up all 8GB?
I'm not sure about all this. I've been a PC guy all my life and overall I'm EXTREMELY satisfied with both my macbook pro and the iPad air I just got. But I got this stuff so I can develope games for iOS using Unity 3D, and I need a laptop. So I didn't make this purchase for the heck of it, this is business to me. And recently I've noticed that Unity 3D and Monodevelop are becoming increasingly sluggish. Because I'm having some lag problems even with just using Monodevelop which is a simple IDE for my C# work, I have been trying to figure out what's the problem here.
Apparently lots of others are having trouble with Mac OS Maverick when using Unity 3D. I'm just hoping this stuff gets sorted out and doing my best to see if I can improve the performance.
Are there any guides for optimizing a macbook pro for faster performance? It's not acceptable for me to have lag while I work. Right now I'm trying to work only on the macbook pro so I get used to it and can hopefully work nearly as fast as the PC even without using duel monitors so I can work on the go.
Just such a big difference from PC where I am quite profficient. On MAC I have no clue what I can do to fix lag.
Is there a way to modify what progams launch on start up similar to on PC typing "msconfig" in start bar allows you to edit this kind of thing?
Unity 3D is a pretty big deal for iOS and MAC development so hopefully if it is just some kind of code problems with Unity and Maverick this get's sorted out ASAP. Until then I'm doing my best to see if there's any thing I can do on my end.
The huge RAM usage was a big red flag to me on first glance, but I guess you guys are saying this is fine. Still seems strange to me how much RAM is being used, on PC I can't imagine ever needing more than 8GB Ram, on Mac it seems like this could be pretty easy to accomplish, which explains why there is 16GB RAM models which to me seemed excessive.
So I'm guessing it's normal to have that many "Google Chrome Helpers" active at once?

After Maverick was installed, updates on IPHOTO and others won't work because Apple ID is already used.

I installed update on my IMAC for new Maverick OS X 10.9.2
It will not allow the update on a few Apps, such as IPhotos, it says Apple ID is already in use.
1. What is the problem here
2. What am I supposed to do about fixing it?

Have you tried signing out of the App Store and then back in with the Apple ID and password that you used to purchase the iMac?
If that fails contact support in the App Store with the link circled below:
OT

Why won't my Mac Pro sleep after Lion is installed?

Why won't my Mac Pro sleep after Lion is installed?

Tell us, what hardware add ons?
old software? that required PowerPC/Rosetta maybe.
Look for any apps, process that used powerpc and look for updates, check out RoaringApps for a table of Lion compatible programs
does it happen iwth a clean install?
how about if you do a Safe Boot?

Why is Time machine backup not working after Mavericks upgrade?

Why is Time machine backup not working after Mavericks upgrade?

I had the same problem due to the Fire Wire port. Apple tested it told me it is OK!, I tried a new cable, and have tested both ports on my back up device. I find it strange that as soon as I installed Mavericks. The drive does work using USB. It could be a coincidence, I don't absolutely know at this point, my back up drive ports could stop working, but I doubt it!

After Mavericks was introduced to my Mac, my emails go blank - I loose my information - why? It's a disaster to my business!

After Mavericks was introduced to my different Macs, my emails go blank - I loose my information - why? It's a disaster to my business!
I have a Brand new Mac Mini and a Power Book a few years old. It is the same problems in both machines.
The guys in the Mac shop could not answer or solve the problem with the Mail program.

Do you have a backup? If Time Machine, go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Select that folder and go into Time Machine. Go to Mail/V2 and contol - click to get Restore options. Restore to your desktop, exit Time Machine and import into your Mail accounts.
You can also try rebuilding your mailboxes.
Rebuild mailbox
and reindexing the mailbox. This can take awhile if you have a lot of mail.
Reindex messages

Cannot access my photos at WD using iPhoto after Mavericks!

Cannot access my photos at WD using iPhoto after Mavericks!

Did it.
iPhoto opens nicely but without the photos:-(
However I can reach the them by: WD > iPhoto Library and then right click Show Package Content > Originals
All the photos are there and reachable manually.
I am guessing that there should be a software patch/update by either Apple or WD to bridge the photo portfolio at the external disk and the iPhoto.
Thanks your efforts.

HP 1300n wouldn't print after SL was installed

My HP Laserjet 1300n connected to a home ethernet network wouldn't print after SL was installed. My fix was to "add a printer", press the IP icon, use protocol HP Jetdirect - socket and enter the IP address for the printer which I obtained by manually printing the configuration page from the printer (holding the go button on the printer for 5 seconds). I'm a novice, but the printer seems to work fine now.
It is a shame that such a "finely tuned" product would require us to spend a couple hours searching through a forum to seek a solution for something as fundamental as printing.

I tried Software Update but the dialogue box said there were no updates available. Maybe I didn't do something correctly.

The new version of iBooks will not open on my iPad(3gen) after it was installed. Reinstalling makes no difference. It opens then closes right away. Any fix??

The new version of iBooks will not open on my iPad(3gen) after it was installed. Reinstalling makes no difference. It opens then closes right away. Any fix??
Anybody else have this problem?

Try this - Reset the iPad by holding down on the Sleep and Home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider - let go of the buttons. (This is equivalent to rebooting your computer.)
 Cheers, Tom

Slow brand new Macbook pro- almost all ram being used up!

I just purchased my first mac a few weeks ago- a 13 inch macbook pro running snow leopard. I have been experiencing surprisingly slow performance- computers older than mine or others of the same model quickly multitask while I frequently sit watching the pinwheel spin. This problem seems especially evident when browsing. When using firefox or safari, when several tabs are open scrolling through pages is slow/delayed and opening new tabs freezes the computer for several seconds.
This occurs with only a couple of other programs open- maybe only itunes and ical for example. Meanwhile older and equivalent computers appear able to run even more programs simultaneously without such slow performance.
Using the Activity Monitor- it appears that 1.9 of my 2 gigs of ram are being used up. This seems unusual to me as not much is running. I still have 70 gigs of hard drive space available and have been keeping up with software updates. CPU is 89% free/idle.
Any suggestions or explanations for a new mac user? This new computer is rivaling my old PC running winodws xp in how slow it can run.
Thanks

The same thing happened to me when I upgraded my older Mac Pro to 10.6. It turned out one process, #112 "coreaudiod," was using almost 100% of the CPU time. Use Apple's "Activity Monitor" in your Utilities folder to find out if you have a process using up the CPU.
In my case, I deleted "com.apple.audio.coreaudiod.plist" from the launchdaemons folder in the system library, restarted the computer, and that solved the problem.
Merritt

Why is index not being used?

I need some help in trying to work out why an index isn't being used. I hope someone here can help.
Table definition for ACT_TOTALS includes
STARTTIME TIMESTAMP(6)
There is an index on to_char(starttime, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24')
There is a vew definition ACT_TOTALS_HOURLY2 which includes
select to_char(starttime, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24') STARTTIMSE
from ACT_TOTALS
group by to_char(starttime, 'YYYY-MM'DD HH24'), TRANSTYPE
I have run a query
select starttime from ACT_TOTALS_HOURLY2
where starttime <= to_char(sysdate, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24');
The table access comes out as full despite there being > 2 million rows in the table.
The predicate looks like
TO_CHAR(INTERNAL_FUNCTION(''STARTTIME''), 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24')<= ..........
I thinkg the INTERNAL_FUNCTION is an implicit cast from DATE to TIMESTAMP.
Can anyone please throw any light on why the index on the table wouldn't be used in this case?
Thanks in advance for any help.

Can you supply a test case for that?
This is what I have done to engeneer your case
drop table t1;
create table t1 (n1 number, d1 date, STARTTIME TIMESTAMP(6));
insert into t1(n1,d1, starttime) select rownum, trunc(sysdate) + rownum, sysdate
from dual connect by level <= 2e6;
create or replace view t1_v as select n1, d1, to_char(starttime, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24') starttimse
from t1;
SQL> explain plan for
2 select starttimse from t1_v
3 where starttimse <= to_char(sysdate, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24');
Explained.
SQL> select * from table(dbms_xplan.display);
Plan hash value: 838529891
| Id | Operation         | Name | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time     |
|   0 | SELECT STATEMENT |      |   109K| 1394K| 2004 (14)| 00:00:12 |
|* 1 | TABLE ACCESS FULL| T1   |   109K| 1394K| 2004 (14)| 00:00:12 |
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
   1 - filter(TO_CHAR(INTERNAL_FUNCTION("STARTTIME"),'YYYY-MM-DD
              HH24')<=TO_CHAR(SYSDATE@!,'YYYY-MM-DD HH24'))
Note
   - dynamic sampling used for this statement
SQL> create index t1_ind on t1 (to_char(starttime, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24'));
Index created.
SQL> explain plan for
2 select starttimse from t1_v
3 where starttimse <= to_char(sysdate, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24');
Explained.
SQL> select * from table(dbms_xplan.display);
Plan hash value: 3884685049
| Id | Operation        | Name   | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time     |
|   0 | SELECT STATEMENT |        |   109K| 1394K|    68   (2)| 00:00:01 |
|* 1 | INDEX RANGE SCAN| T1_IND |   109K| 1394K|    68   (2)| 00:00:01 |
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
   1 - access(TO_CHAR(INTERNAL_FUNCTION("STARTTIME"),'YYYY-MM-DD
              HH24')<=TO_CHAR(SYSDATE@!,'YYYY-MM-DD HH24'))
Note
   - dynamic sampling used for this statement
The above selects are done against the view t1_v.
While the following one is done against the table t1
SQL> set autotrace traceonly explain
SQL> select starttime from t1
2 where starttime <= to_char(sysdate, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24');
Execution Plan
Plan hash value: 838529891
| Id | Operation         | Name | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time     |
|   0 | SELECT STATEMENT |      | 29875 |   379K| 1790   (4)| 00:00:11 |
|* 1 | TABLE ACCESS FULL| T1   | 29875 |   379K| 1790   (4)| 00:00:11 |
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
   1 - filter("STARTTIME"<=TO_TIMESTAMP(TO_CHAR(SYSDATE@!,'YYYY-MM-DD
              HH24')))
If you can post a clear test case of your issue may be one of us can help you
Best regards
Mohamed Houri
www.hourim.wordpress.com

How to upgrade Forms 11gR2 to use JAVA 7 after it was installed with JAVA 6

I recently installed Forms 11gR2 on a development server. We are trying to have the latest versions of everything to migrate from Forms 10g and assure we have support for the next few years.
Our platform has the following software configuration:
Solaris 10 (Update 19) SPARC 64 bits
Weblogic 11g (10.3.6) that was installed with Java JDK 1.6.0_38
Forms 11g R2 (11.1.2.1) that was also installed with
Java JDK 1.6.0_38
I tried to install Weblogic and Forms using the latest Java 7 JDK (1.7.0_25) but I got an error in the final steps of Forms setup, when I was configuring the domain. I searched online and found a couple of tips but nothing worked. The installation was stuck at the
Creating Weblogic Domain step. So I decided to try the installation process with the Java 6 JDK that we are using right now for Forms 10g, and it worked perfectly. I have now two options but I don't know which one might be the better path:
Uninstall Weblogic and Forms 11g completely, and try to re-install them again with Java 7, trying to fix the error that I got at the end of the configuration process.
Try to upgrade the current Forms 11g installation from Java 6 to Java 7. I found a blog that might suggest it is possible, but I don't know if it may cause additional issues along the road. http://pitss.com/us/2013/02/20/how-to-use-java-7-with-oracle-forms-11g-in-an-oracle-supported-environment/
Thanks in advance for any suggestions you might have, or if any of you has experience installing Forms 11gR2 with Java 7 it might be great to know how to fix this error. It might be worth mentioning that when I installed Forms and Weblogic with Java 6 I used exactly the same values, ports, options and paths. The error appears like this in the installation logs and the process hangs there:
XXX: adding task: oracle.as.install.classic.ca.standard.DomainProvisioningTask
AdminServer port is 7001
trying to connect to admuxas09.adminsrvad.sa.gov.au 7001
Creating Weblogic Domain.
oracle.as.provisioning.exception.ASProvWorkflowException
        at oracle.as.provisioning.weblogic.ASDomain._createDomain(ASDomain.java:2958)
        at oracle.as.provisioning.weblogic.ASDomain.createDomain(ASDomain.java:2476)
        at oracle.as.provisioning.engine.WorkFlowExecutor._createDomain(WorkFlowExecutor.java:633)
        at oracle.as.provisioning.engine.WorkFlowExecutor.executeWLSWorkFlow(WorkFlowExecutor.java:391)
        at oracle.as.provisioning.engine.Config.executeConfigWorkflow_WLS(Config.java:866)
        at oracle.as.install.classic.ca.standard.StandardWorkFlowExecutor.execute(StandardWorkFlowExecutor.java:65)
        at oracle.as.install.classic.ca.standard.AbstractProvisioningTask.execute(AbstractProvisioningTask.java:26)
        at oracle.as.install.classic.ca.standard.StandardProvisionTaskList.execute(StandardProvisionTaskList.java:61)
        at oracle.as.install.classic.ca.ClassicConfigMain.doExecute(ClassicConfigMain.java:124)
        at oracle.as.install.engine.modules.configuration.client.ConfigAction.execute(ConfigAction.java:371)
        at oracle.as.install.engine.modules.configuration.action.TaskPerformer.run(TaskPerformer.java:88)
        at oracle.as.install.engine.modules.configuration.action.TaskPerformer.startConfigAction(TaskPerformer.java:105)
        at oracle.as.install.engine.modules.configuration.action.ActionRequest.perform(ActionRequest.java:15)
        at oracle.as.install.engine.modules.configuration.action.RequestQueue.perform(RequestQueue.java:64)
        at oracle.as.install.engine.modules.configuration.standard.StandardConfigActionManager.start(StandardConfigActionManager.java:160)
        at oracle.as.install.engine.modules.configuration.boot.ConfigurationExtension.kickstart(ConfigurationExtension.java:81)
        at oracle.as.install.engine.modules.configuration.ConfigurationModule.run(ConfigurationModule.java:86)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
oracle.as.provisioning.exception.ASProvisioningException
        at oracle.as.provisioning.engine.Config.executeConfigWorkflow_WLS(Config.java:872)
        at oracle.as.install.classic.ca.standard.StandardWorkFlowExecutor.execute(StandardWorkFlowExecutor.java:65)
        at oracle.as.install.classic.ca.standard.AbstractProvisioningTask.execute(AbstractProvisioningTask.java:26)
        at oracle.as.install.classic.ca.standard.StandardProvisionTaskList.execute(StandardProvisionTaskList.java:61)
        at oracle.as.install.classic.ca.ClassicConfigMain.doExecute(ClassicConfigMain.java:124)
        at oracle.as.install.engine.modules.configuration.client.ConfigAction.execute(ConfigAction.java:371)
        at oracle.as.install.engine.modules.configuration.action.TaskPerformer.run(TaskPerformer.java:88)
        at oracle.as.install.engine.modules.configuration.action.TaskPerformer.startConfigAction(TaskPerformer.java:105)
        at oracle.as.install.engine.modules.configuration.action.ActionRequest.perform(ActionRequest.java:15)
        at oracle.as.install.engine.modules.configuration.action.RequestQueue.perform(RequestQueue.java:64)
        at oracle.as.install.engine.modules.configuration.standard.StandardConfigActionManager.start(StandardConfigActionManager.java:160)
        at oracle.as.install.engine.modules.configuration.boot.ConfigurationExtension.kickstart(ConfigurationExtension.java:81)
        at oracle.as.install.engine.modules.configuration.ConfigurationModule.run(ConfigurationModule.java:86)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
Caused by: oracle.as.provisioning.exception.ASProvWorkflowException: Error Executing workflow.
        at oracle.as.provisioning.engine.WorkFlowExecutor._createDomain(WorkFlowExecutor.java:686)
        at oracle.as.provisioning.engine.WorkFlowExecutor.executeWLSWorkFlow(WorkFlowExecutor.java:391)
        at oracle.as.provisioning.engine.Config.executeConfigWorkflow_WLS(Config.java:866)
        ... 13 more
Cheers,
Ivan Neva
Oracle DBA

Well if I got it to work with java 6 I'd leave it alone, to say the least. The elephant in the room is the certification matrix.
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/forms/overview/index.html
there's 2 issues, what jdk does forms on the server want? Bigger question, what JRE is acceptable on the client?
You would surely want the jre to be 7 on the client. Regarding the jdk on the server, you could leave it as is IMHO.
Note that there was a patch to 11gr2. In conclusion, be sure to check the cert matrix regarding what is certified for the jdk for the server.
I think the matrices are saying that if you have forms 11.1.2.1.0 that you can use the jdk 7. but like I said the big issue is what can the client use?
As I read the matrix I think it is saying you have to have 11.1.2.1.0 to use the jre 7 on the client.
So I would say if you have 11.1.2.1.0 on the server you are good because it's not a problem to have the jdk 6 on the server, if not you have to apply the patch in order to enable the jre 7 on the client.

Applications load slowly on imac after Mavericks clean install

After a clean install of Mavericks, my late 2009 imac runs more slowly compared to how it ran under Snow Leopard. Applications like "Settings" take a few seconds to load, whereas under snow leopard, the application would load almost instantly. The Novabench score now is around 771, and matches about what I measured after the clean Mavericks install, but appears low compared to scores for similarly configured systems running Snow Leopard. The system is quite usable, especially if applications are left open, just slower. Is it possible to identify from Etrecheck a possible explanation? Is this level of degradation of performance expected when upgrading an old system? Thank you for your help.
Problem description:
Applications load slowly. Late 2009 iMac runs slowly under Mavericks compared to Snow Leopard.
EtreCheck version: 2.1.2 (105)
Report generated December 13, 2014 at 11:48:21 PM PST
Hardware Information: ℹ️
    iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) (Verified)
    iMac - model: iMac11,1
    1 2.66 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 4-core
    12 GB RAM Upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM0
            2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
        BANK 0/DIMM1
            4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM1
            4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
    Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
    Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
    ATI Radeon HD 4850 - VRAM: 512 MB
        iMac 2560 x 1440
System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Uptime: 25 days 2:39:43
Disk Information: ℹ️
    WDC WD1001FALS-40U9B0 disk0 : (1 TB)
    S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        1 TB WDC (disk0s2) / : 999.35 GB (766.77 GB free)
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
    OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H
USB Information: ℹ️
    Logitech USB Keyboard
    Western Digital My Passport 0820 2 TB
        S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
        EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        MyPassport (disk1s2) /Volumes/MyPassport : 2.00 TB (862.18 GB free)
    Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
    Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Griffin Technology, Inc iMic USB audio system
    Apple Inc. iPod
    Logitech USB Laser Mouse
    Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
    Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
        /Applications/Karabiner.app
    [loaded]    org.pqrs.driver.Karabiner (10.2.0 - SDK 10.9) [Support]
        /Applications/Parallels Desktop.app
    [loaded]    com.parallels.kext.hidhook (9.0 24251.1052177) [Support]
    [loaded]    com.parallels.kext.hypervisor (9.0 24251.1052177) [Support]
    [loaded]    com.parallels.kext.netbridge (9.0 24251.1052177) [Support]
    [loaded]    com.parallels.kext.usbconnect (9.0 24251.1052177) [Support]
    [loaded]    com.parallels.kext.vnic (9.0 24251.1052177) [Support]
        /Library/Extensions
    [loaded]    com.Logitech.Control Center.HID Driver (3.9.1 - SDK 10.8) [Support]
        /System/Library/Extensions
    [not loaded]    com.Logitech.Unifying.HID Driver (1.3.0 - SDK 10.6) [Support]
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [failed]    com.apple.wdhelper.plist
Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [running]    com.Logitech.Control Center.Daemon.plist [Support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
    Macs Fan Control    Application (/Applications/Macs Fan Control.app)
    iTunesHelper    Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
    Firefox    Application (/Applications/Firefox.app)
    Karabiner    Application (/Applications/Karabiner.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.246 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
    AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
    Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.246 - SDK 10.6 Mismatch! Adobe recommends 16.0.0.235
    Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
    Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
    iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
    Flash Player [Support]
    Logitech Control Center [Support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
    Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
         3%    WindowServer
         1%    fontd
         1%    MacsFanControl
         0%    prl_client_app
         0%    RStudio
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
    3.14 GB    prl_vm_app
    850 MB    firefox
    296 MB    com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
    271 MB    Mail
    232 MB    mds_stores
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
    414 MB    Free RAM
    5.25 GB    Active RAM
    5.03 GB    Inactive RAM
    1.58 GB    Wired RAM
    22.68 GB    Page-ins
    3.09 GB    Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️

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

Macbook Pro slow after Maverick's install

My Macbook Pro is painfully slow after Maverick update last week. HELP

gramacindy,
yes, thank you. Insufficient disk space is not the cause of the slowdown. Depending upon which apps you typically run, you might benefit from upgrading its RAM from 4 GB to 8 GB — but whether that upgrade would help depends upon other factors.
If you boot into Safe mode, log in, and immediately restart into normal mode, is your MacBook Pro still painfully slow? If it is, download and install EtreCheck, and please include in your reply a copy of the output generated by a run of EtreCheck.

Why is WPA2 still being used??

This a message I wrote recently in a forum that brought up my idea from a couple of years and every year I see new products/WIFI being released, but not changes so here it is again....and hopefully someone who works with the WIFI alliance can bring this to the table.
I think WPA 3 or 4 needs to come out...I have written on this in different areas and attempted to contact the Wifi Alliance (Austin Texas) with no luck because I can't afford a $15,000 membership... Also linked a stack exchange post I made talking about the SIMPLE change/additions and the post was deleted....SO here it goes
Current PSK formula is
DK = PBKDF2(HMAC−SHA1, passphrase, ssid, 4096, 256)
What this means is it uses HMAC-SHA1 with your passphrase/ssid, 4096 iterations, and produces a 256 bit key
So for the past 10+ years people have been able to create databases/rainbow tables, etc because your only solving for 1 piece of the formula.
First thing that needs to change is the number of iterations, 10+ years ago hardware could only bruteforce 100-300 passwords a second. The number of iterations needs to be increased in order to bring that change back in effect. Currently with GPU's this number reaches the 10's of thousands (actually more).
The next thing would be to change the salt to include the mac of the ***router or client/both so that each router brute forced would require starting from scratch
DK = PBKDF2(HMAC−SHA1, passphrase, ssid + Router mac***, 4096000, 256) *iterations are 100 times current..not sure if hardware can take this, again it would have to be tested, the number shown is just for illustration purposes.
Next we need to take the HUMAN element out of the Equation.
1) a password of 12 or more needs to be implemented
2) if not already present in the password entered, the router would then GIVE the user a couple of permutations that include at least TWO upper/TWO lower/TWO special characters/TWO numbers and make them choose one. In other words the router would not allow anything less than a more "sophisticated" password.
Another option would be that after the first formula is used and the client connects successfully the FIRST TIME.... the router then "remembers" that mac address and now the formula changes to
DK = PBKDF2(HMAC−SHA1, passphrase, ssid + Router Mac, RND, 256)
Where RND is a random number generated by the router 6-8 digits long for the iterations. Unless a "Hacker" just happened to catch the first handshake and then ran through the set standard 500,000 iteration formula and happened to find the password (being able to decrypt the aes256 exchange of RND), from that point on the formula would be different. This could be the same for the router, or even more secure, for each client connected. So the router would keep a table of Client macs and RND so when the client says "HELLO I want to connect" it would be done using the RND value/formula. If someone was to find how the RND value was saved on the client (physical access to the client) then it would be different for each client. After X many days/X many hours this could be re-set/established again using the first formula and AES256 as an option.
So this is just some Ideas, with todays technology/hardware it shouldn't be that hard to do. WPA2 is old and getting easier to crack. Many wordlists have been created that easily go up to 10 if not more... "hackers" have been generating wordlists for YEARS. Making the first formula iterations high enough to slow down the brute force attack, and then making the hacker start from scratch with the combination of SSID + Router Mac, PLUS add the fact that after the client is first set up/connected to that router making the number of iterations RND (6-8+ digits)........this just makes it VERY VERY VERY difficult for a wardriver to accomplish finding the password.
One last thing to add would be to encrypt the DEAUTH packets.. Currently a "wardriver" can deauth the client and when the connection is regained it captures the 4 way handshake...prevent this and again it would be a little more difficult to capture that handshake. Also even if it is captured and its not the FIRST time... it would be a RND value so the "wardriver" wouldn't know where to start, but from scratch. This time with every combination of a 12 character min password, and for each RND 6-8* digit of iterations...
Honestly with something like this implemented (which isn't too far fetched, especially the simple formula change adding router mac***), and possibly the Random Iterations, wardriving would almost become worthless. Currently a wardriver knows the formula and nothing changes so there is SOME hope that the user used a really easy password, but with the option above even trying the correct password wouldn't work (unless was the first time or a re-authentication time). Even still it would be with a new formula that uses 12 min password/more iterations.
Hopefully I don't get trashed on this post, all criticisms/ideas/opinions are open.

thank you for your reply..
Hopefully it will change... back when this idea was originally thought of (when attempting to vb.net a PSK just for fun), I took into account costs...thats why the changes are pretty simple depending on hardware. I remember when WPA, WPA 2 first came out it, it was just the cost of a router/new devices (back then lots of money, now routers/hardware is less expensive), depending on the current hardware a simple coding could just be updated (firmware)...example the new WIFI Passport system could be implemented on older hardware once tested/certified...at least according to WiFi alliance.
The other reason for the change again is the 10+ years of using the same system, i understand it "secure" but with all the computer breaches/security breaches this is just one method to prevent it. I would definitely upgrade if a newer secure encryption came out...however this really isn't a new encryption, same scheme, basically same formula with a different implementation, which is why I think a simple upgrade would be great...
so a real world example of the implementation..
Client says "Hello"
Router uses DK1 = PBKDF2(HMAC−SHA1, passphrase, ssid + Router Mac, 24576, 256) to encrypt a random number between 15000-30000 and uses it to send its message AES(16745 & message authentication, DK1).
Client uses DK1 to reverse it to get 16745/message authentication and now uses DK2 = PBKDF2(HMAC−SHA1, passphrase, ssid + Router Mac, 16745, 256) to AES(original message, DK2) in order to show the router that I have the original key/and have recived the new iterations.
The router now stores 16745 and the client stores 16745 from that point on when wanting to communicate with that mac address. makes it totally random except the first formula.
anyway just a concept.. thanks for your reply again.

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