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Q: My System performance is slow

Dear all,

Again, my system performance is getting too slow, how to enahnce it, here is my report data

 

 

Hardware Overview:

 

  Model Name:          MacBook Pro

  Model Identifier:          MacBookPro5,2

  Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo

  Processor Speed:          3.06 GHz

  Number of Processors:          1

  Total Number of Cores:          2

  L2 Cache:          6 MB

  Memory:          4 GB

  Bus Speed:          1.07 GHz

  Boot ROM Version:          MBP52.008E.B05

  SMC Version (system):          1.42f4

  Serial Number (system):          W89240B18YB

  Hardware UUID:          BFBAF468-D38B-5EDC-A158-DA6E7CE0CD8E

  Sudden Motion Sensor:

  State:          Enabled

 

 

 

Hardware Information:

          MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2009)

          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,2

          1 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores

          4 GB RAM

 

Video Information:

          NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB

          NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT - VRAM: 512 MB

 

Audio Plug-ins:

          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0

          AirPlay: Version: 1.9

          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0

          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3

 

System Software:

          OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 2 days 1:10:24

 

Disk Information:

          Hitachi HTS545050B9SA02 disk0 : (500.11 GB)

                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

                    my MacBook Disk (disk0s2) /: 499.25 GB (78.71 GB free)

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

 

          HL-DT-ST DVDRW  GS21N 

 

USB Information:

          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

 

 

          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

 

          Apple, Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

 

          Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub

                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

 

FireWire Information:

 

Thunderbolt Information:

 

Kernel Extensions:

 

Problem System Launch Daemons:

 

Problem System Launch Agents:

 

Launch Daemons:

          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist

 

Launch Agents:

 

User Launch Agents:

 

User Login Items:

          None

 

3rd Party Preference Panes:

          Flash Player

          Java

 

Internet Plug-ins:

          Default Browser.plugin

          Flash Player.plugin

          FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin

          JavaAppletPlugin.plugin

          QuickTime Plugin.plugin

 

User Internet Plug-ins:

          RealPlayer Plugin.plugin

          WebEx64.plugin

 

Bad Fonts:

          None

 

Time Machine:

          Skip System Files: NO

          Auto backup: YES

          Volumes being backed up:

                    my MacBook Disk: Disk size: 499.25 GB Disk used: 420.53 GB

          Destinations:

                    Data [Network] (Last used)

                    Total size: 2 TB

                    Total number of backups: 8

                    Oldest backup: 2014-02-08 23:01:44 +0000

                    Last backup: 2014-02-15 10:18:55 +0000

                    Size of backup disk: Excellent

                              Backup size 2 TB > (Disk size 499.25 GB X 3)

 

Top Processes by CPU:

               3%          Mail

               2%          WindowServer

               1%          EtreCheck

               1%          hidd

               0%          AddressBookSourceSync

               0%          mds_stores

               0%          fontd

               0%          configd

               0%          SystemUIServer

               0%          NotificationCenter

 

Top Processes by Memory:

          373 MB             Finder

          180 MB             mds_stores

          94 MB              Mail

          87 MB              com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

          78 MB              Microsoft Excel

          74 MB              WindowServer

          57 MB              Safari

          41 MB              Dock

          29 MB              com.apple.WebKit.Networking

          29 MB              DashboardClient

 

Virtual Memory Statistics:

          931 MB             Free RAM

          1.53 GB            Active RAM

          527 MB             Inactive RAM

          514 MB             Wired RAM

          6.43 GB            Page-ins

          37 MB              Page-outs

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.7), Upgrading to 10.6.8

Posted on Feb 15, 2014 11:56 AM

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Q: My System performance is slow

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  • by Kappy,

    Kappy Kappy Feb 15, 2014 11:58 AM in response to mhatem
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    Feb 15, 2014 11:58 AM in response to mhatem

    Things You Can Do To Resolve Slow Downs

     

    If your computer seems to be running slower here are some things you can do:

     

    Start with visits to:     OS X Maintenance - MacAttorney;

                                      The X Lab: The X-FAQs;

                                      The Safe Mac » Mac Performance Guide;

                                      The Safe Mac » The myth of the dirty Mac;

                                      Mac maintenance Quick Assist.

     

    Boot into Safe Mode then repair your hard drive and permissions:

     

    Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions Pre-Lion

     

    Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list.  In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive.  If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer.

     

    Repair the Hard Drive - Lion/Mountain Lion/Mavericks

     

    Boot to the Recovery HD:

     

    Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the Utilites Menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD disk icon and click on the arrow button below.

     

    When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list.  In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive.  If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported, then click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the main menu. Select Restart from the Apple menu.

     

    Restart your computer normally and see if this has helped any. Next do some maintenance:

     

    For situations Disk Utility cannot handle the best third-party utility is Disk Warrior;  DW only fixes problems with the disk directory, but most disk problems are caused by directory corruption; Disk Warrior 4.x is now Intel Mac compatible.

     

    Note: Alsoft ships DW on a bootable DVD that will startup Macs running Snow Leopard or earlier. It cannot start Macs that came with Lion or later pre-installed, however, DW will work on those models.

     

    Suggestions for OS X Maintenance

     

    OS X performs certain maintenance functions that are scheduled to occur on a daily, weekly, or monthly period. The maintenance scripts run in the early AM only if the computer is turned on 24/7 (no sleep.) If this isn't the case, then an excellent solution is to download and install a shareware utility such as Macaroni, JAW PseudoAnacron, or Anacron that will automate the maintenance activity regardless of whether the computer is turned off or asleep.  Dependence upon third-party utilities to run the periodic maintenance scripts was significantly reduced since Tiger.  These utilities have limited or no functionality with Snow Leopard or later and should not be installed.

     

    OS X automatically defragments files less than 20 MBs in size, so unless you have a disk full of very large files there's little need for defragmenting the hard drive.

     

    Helpful Links Regarding Malware Protection

     

    An excellent link to read is Tom Reed's Mac Malware Guide.

    Also, visit The XLab FAQs and read Detecting and avoiding malware and spyware.

    See these Apple articles:

     

              Mac OS X Snow Leopard and malware detection

              OS X Lion- Protect your Mac from malware

              OS X Mountain Lion- Protect your Mac from malware

              About file quarantine in OS X

     

    If you require anti-virus protection I recommend using VirusBarrier Express 1.1.6 or Dr.Web Light both from the App Store. They're both free, and since they're from the App Store, they won't destabilize the system. (Thank you to Thomas Reed for these recommendations.)

     

    Troubleshooting Applications

     

    I recommend downloading a utility such as TinkerTool System, OnyX, Mavericks Cache Cleaner, or Cocktail that you can use for removing old log files and archives, clearing caches, etc. Corrupted cache, log, or temporary files can cause application or OS X crashes as well as kernel panics.

     

    If you have Snow Leopard or Leopard, then for similar repairs install the freeware utility Applejack.  If you cannot start up in OS X, you may be able to start in single-user mode from which you can run Applejack to do a whole set of repair and maintenance routines from the command line.  Note that AppleJack 1.5 is required for Leopard. AppleJack 1.6 is compatible with Snow Leopard. Applejack does not work with Lion and later.

     

    Basic Backup

     

    For some people Time Machine will be more than adequate. Time Machine is part of OS X. There are two components:

     

    1. A Time Machine preferences panel as part of System Preferences;

    2. A Time Machine application located in the Applications folder. It is

        used to manage backups and to restore backups. Time Machine

        requires a backup drive that is at least twice the capacity of the

        drive being backed up.

     

    Alternatively, get an external drive at least equal in size to the internal hard drive and make (and maintain) a bootable clone/backup. You can make a bootable clone using the Restore option of Disk Utility. You can also make and maintain clones with good backup software. My personal recommendations are (order is not significant):

     

      1. Carbon Copy Cloner

      2. Get Backup

      3. Deja Vu

      4. SuperDuper!

      5. Synk Pro

      6. Tri-Backup

     

    Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on backup and restore.  Also read How to Back Up and Restore Your Files. For help with using Time Machine visit Pondini's Time Machine FAQ for help with all things Time Machine.

     

    Referenced software can be found at MacUpdate.

     

    Additional Hints

     

    Be sure you have an adequate amount of RAM installed for the number of applications you run concurrently. Be sure you leave a minimum of 10% of the hard drive's capacity as free space.

     

    Add more RAM. If your computer has less than 2 GBs of RAM and you are using OS X Leopard or later, then you can do with more RAM. Snow Leopard and Lion work much better with 4 GBs of RAM than their system minimums. The more concurrent applications you tend to use the more RAM you should have.

     

    Always maintain at least 15 GBs or 10% of your hard drive's capacity as free space, whichever is greater. OS X is frequently accessing your hard drive, so providing adequate free space will keep things from slowing down.

     

    Check for applications that may be hogging the CPU:

     

    Pre-Mavericks

     

    Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder.  Select All Processes from the Processes dropdown menu.  Click twice on the CPU% column header to display in descending order.  If you find a process using a large amount of CPU time (>=70,) then select the process and click on the Quit icon in the toolbar.  Click on the Force Quit button to kill the process.  See if that helps.  Be sure to note the name of the runaway process so you can track down the cause of the problem.

     

    Mavericks and later

     

    Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder.  Select All Processes from the View menu.  Click on the CPU tab in the toolbar. Click twice on the CPU% column header to display in descending order.  If you find a process using a large amount of CPU time (>=70,) then select the process and click on the Quit icon in the toolbar.  Click on the Force Quit button to kill the process.  See if that helps.  Be sure to note the name of the runaway process so you can track down the cause of the problem.

     

    Often this problem occurs because of a corrupted cache or preferences file or an attempt to write to a corrupted log file.

  • by mhatem,

    mhatem mhatem Feb 18, 2014 11:28 AM in response to mhatem
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    Feb 18, 2014 11:28 AM in response to mhatem

    Any other answers can help me to close my issue, above is generic and not helping much

  • by Kappy,

    Kappy Kappy Feb 18, 2014 11:32 AM in response to mhatem
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    Feb 18, 2014 11:32 AM in response to mhatem

    You post EtreCheck output and nothing else. What did you expect?

     

    Do not post something like that until someone asks you to.

  • by John Zwiebel,

    John Zwiebel John Zwiebel May 17, 2015 10:32 AM in response to mhatem
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    May 17, 2015 10:32 AM in response to mhatem

    You might try the solution I used here.  My MacBook is "older" like your's and it went through several OS upgrades.

    While the upgrade to Yosemite made it "better" it was still taking extra time to load web pages and paging was an enormous problem.

    Once I had removed (not just made inactive) all duplicate fonts (and ran Onyx several times, because I wanted to be cautious about font removal)

    My system is running as good as it was when I bought it.  The Fonts were not the only problem, but their removal (which was the last thing I did)

    greatly enhanced system performance.

     

    Deleting X509Anchors Keychain

     

    I'm so pleased with the solution, I'm posting it on many of the links that appear similar to the problems I was having.

     

    NOTE: the information that Kappy posted is excellent, but he did not mention Fonts.

  • by Vishal2014,

    Vishal2014 Vishal2014 May 17, 2015 11:54 PM in response to mhatem
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    May 17, 2015 11:54 PM in response to mhatem

    Why don't you get 10.8 on your Mac? This is more stable even better than Mavericks & Yosemite. I downgraded my Mac from both 10.9 & 10.10. 4GB of RAM is good for your Mac. You can check available free spaces on the Mac disk drive. If you feel do make some room on your disk.