Q: My 2010 Macbook Pro is incredibly slow - even with no applications running
Hi, my 2010 Macbook Pro has, over time, gotten incredibly slow. I have always taken good care of both soft- and hardware, but it seems like it's slowly dying. I've done multiple re-installations of the OS X and updated it every time I've had the chance. I have already tried the OnyX maintenance and it hasn't really helped. The specs of my Mac:
MacBook Pro
15-inc, Mid 2010
Processor: 2.53 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory: 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 256 MB
Software: OS X 10.8.4
Now, I have not installed a lot of applications (about 5 non-Apple apps) and therefore have a lot of free disk space (461 gb free out of 500 in total). When I take a look at what Activity Monitor shows me, I can't seem to find out why everything feels slow and laggy. Even when I have no applications running, with the exception of Google Chrome, it still seems to respond very slow. When I try playing Football Manager 2013 my mac gets extremely hot and the game almost crashes... I've never had these issues with the FM-series before.
It might be worth noticing that I got a new motherboard installed half a year ago.
I hope you guys could help me out as I will not give up on my 3-year-old buddy!
Sincerely
Kasper
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)
Posted on Jul 21, 2013 12:42 PM