Jilleigh

Q: Why is my macbook Slow and fan always running

I recently upgraded to Mavericks, and since then my computer has been slow and lagging a lot. I see the perpetual spinning beach ball more than I would like. I have done everything I can think of within my knowledge to rectify the problem but it still seems slow to me. I have unistalled apps, cleared caches, run an antivirus, run onyx and cleanmymac applications. I don't know what else I can do. I also find that my fan is running constantly and when I look at the activity monitor nothing is eating my CPU, in fact it is always below 10%. Here is my most recent Etrescheck. PLEASE HELP!! I'm open to all and any suggestions. Thank YOu

 

 

 

 

Hardware Information:

          MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008)

          MacBook - model: MacBook5,1

          1 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores

          2 GB RAM

 

Video Information:

          NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB

 

System Software:

          OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 0 days 0:10:11

 

Disk Information:

          TOSHIBA MK1653GSX disk0 : (160.04 GB)

                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

                    L?KLN (disk0s2) /: 159.18 GB (97.69 GB free)

                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB

 

          HL-DT-ST DVDRW  GS21N 

 

USB Information:

          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

 

 

          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:

 

Kernel Extensions:

          com.avast.PacketForwarder          (1.4 - SDK 10.9)

          com.avast.AvastFileShield          (2.1.0 - SDK 10.9)

 

Startup Items:

          HP IO: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP IO

 

Problem System Launch Daemons:

 

Problem System Launch Agents:

 

Launch Daemons:

          [System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [System] com.avast.init.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [System] com.avast.uninstall.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [System] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2.Agent.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [System] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [System] com.sibelius.sari.plist 3rd-Party support link

 

Launch Agents:

          [System] com.Affinegy.InstaLANa.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [System] com.avast.userinit.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [System] com.hp.devicemonitor.plist 3rd-Party support link

 

User Launch Agents:

          [not loaded] com.avast.home.userinit.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [not loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.diskSpaceWatcher.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [not loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.scheduledScan.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [not loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.trashWatcher.plist 3rd-Party support link

 

User Login Items:

          Mail

          Opera

 

Internet Plug-ins:

          AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin1017277: Version: AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin 1.0.17 3rd-Party support link

          CouponPrinterPluginMac1.0.0.7: Version: CouponPrinterPluginMac 1.0.0.4 - SDK 10.7 3rd-Party support link

          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9

          Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

          Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update

          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

          AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin: Version: AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin 1.0.17 3rd-Party support link

          SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 3rd-Party support link

          iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0

          CouponPrinter-FireFox_v2: Version: 1.1.10 - 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: 1.9 - SDK 10.9

          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9

          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9

 

User Internet Plug-ins:

          Move-Media-Player: Version: npmnqmp 071503000004 3rd-Party support link

          fbplugin_1_0_3: Version: (null) 3rd-Party support link

          npBcsMcTcIO: Version: (null) 3rd-Party support link

 

3rd Party Preference Panes:

          avast! Preferences  3rd-Party support link

          Flash Player  3rd-Party support link

          Growl  3rd-Party support link

 

Bad Fonts:

          None

 

Old Applications:

          SLLauncher:          Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

                    /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Silverlight/OutOfBrowser/SLLauncher.app

          Epson Printer Utility 4:          Version: 9.17 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

                    /Library/Printers/EPSON/InkjetPrinter2/Utility/UT4/Epson Printer Utility 4.app

          HP Device Monitor:          Version: 2.7.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

                    /Library/Printers/hp/hpio/HP Device Monitor.app

 

Time Machine:

          Skip System Files: NO

          Auto backup: YES

          Time Machine not configured!

 

Top Processes by CPU:

               3%          WindowServer

               1%          EtreCheck

               0%          com.avast.fileshield

               0%          airportd

               0%          aosnotifyd

 

Top Processes by Memory:

          53 MB          Opera Helper

          39 MB          Opera

          23 MB          Finder

          23 MB          WindowServer

          20 MB          EtreCheck

 

Virtual Memory Information:

          33 MB          Free RAM

          637 MB          Active RAM

          611 MB          Inactive RAM

          278 MB          Wired RAM

          1.49 GB          Page-ins

          5 MB          Page-outs

MacBook, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on Feb 11, 2014 4:53 AM

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Q: Why is my macbook Slow and fan always running

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  • by John Galt,

    John Galt John Galt Feb 11, 2014 7:24 AM in response to Jilleigh
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    Mac OS X
    Feb 11, 2014 7:24 AM in response to Jilleigh

    Installing CleanMyMac will corrupt your system. I know of no way to recover from its effects other than to reinstall OS X and other essential software. "Essential" is defined to specifically exclude CleanMyMac as well as all similarly ill-conceived "cleaning" products that are likely to have similar effects. Never install such junk on a Mac.

     

    Erasing your Mac will have the benefit of eradicating it, the useless Avast garbage, and Internet Plug-Ins as well.

     

    You are likely to need more memory. 2 GB is barely sufficient to run any OS later than Snow Leopard. Your MacBook can address as much as 8 GB and I recommend at least 4 GB.

  • by Alex.Chernenko,

    Alex.Chernenko Alex.Chernenko Feb 12, 2014 4:18 AM in response to John Galt
    Level 1 (30 points)
    Feb 12, 2014 4:18 AM in response to John Galt

    John Galt wrote:

     

    Installing CleanMyMac will corrupt your system. I know of no way to recover from its effects other than to reinstall OS X and other essential software. "Essential" is defined to specifically exclude CleanMyMac as well as all similarly ill-conceived "cleaning" products that are likely to have similar effects. Never install such junk on a Mac.

    100%

     

    Alex

  • by Jilleigh,

    Jilleigh Jilleigh Feb 13, 2014 12:12 AM in response to John Galt
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    Feb 13, 2014 12:12 AM in response to John Galt

    How should I go about reinstalling OS X?

  • by bellmond,

    bellmond bellmond Feb 13, 2014 1:06 AM in response to Jilleigh
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    Feb 13, 2014 1:06 AM in response to Jilleigh

    I guess if the problems came from Mavericks which maybe not suitable or hardware requirements not met, there is no use of doing re-install.

    Have you checked all the apps whether it compatible with Mavericks or not especially those have a background process.

    Recently my MS Powerpoint keep crashing while in full mode but work normally on editing screen so it possible it happens because incompatible apps.

  • by Lexiepex,

    Lexiepex Lexiepex Feb 13, 2014 1:15 AM in response to Jilleigh
    Level 6 (10,492 points)
    Mac OS X
    Feb 13, 2014 1:15 AM in response to Jilleigh

    Not only you have to get rid of CleanMyMac, but also get rid of Avast!. It is a good app in Windows, but it is absolutely not good for Mac.