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Jul 5, 2015 12:46 PM in response to Plyteby Kappy,Ways to help make a slow Mac faster
17 Reasons Why Your Mac Runs Slower Than it Should
Slow Mac Performance? This Article Solves It!
Fix slow start-ups in OS X | MacFixIt - CNET Reviews
6 Easy Tips to Speed Up OS X Yosemite on Your Mac
Avoid using any third-party software that claims to clean up your computer. Usually this software does more bad than good. Furthermore, you don't need it. Note that all computers will become slower over time even under normal use. Experienced users typically erase the hard drive and do a clean install from scratch at least once a year or whenever installing a major OS upgrade. Of course doing so also means you must maintain regular and multiple backups.
Add more RAM or cut back on the number of concurrently running applications and utilities. Remove unnecessary software such as anti-malware and software that promises to clean your Mac. Check for runaway processes: Runaway applications can shorten battery runtime, affect performance, and increase heat and fan acti… Also see:
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, 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.
Reinstalling OS X Without Erasing the Drive
Boot to the Recovery HD: Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the 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 and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Reinstalling OS X Without Erasing the Drive
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the main menu. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions as follows.
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility and press the Continue button. After Disk Utility loads select the Macintosh HD entry from the the left side list. Click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If Disk Utility 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 Disk Utility and return to the main menu.
Reinstall OS X: Select Reinstall OS X and click on the Continue button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.
Alternatively, see:
Reinstall OS X Without Erasing the Drive
Choose the version you have installed now:
OS X Mavericks- Reinstall OS X
OS X Mountain Lion- Reinstall OS X
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet
if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.
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Jul 5, 2015 12:55 PM in response to Plyteby Plyte,Problem description:
Heres the results of EtreCheck:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) (Technical Specifications)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 393 - SN = W02364D6BD3LC
Intel HD Graphics 4000
Color LCD 1280 x 800
OS X 10.10.4 (14E46) - Time since boot: 0:29:56
APPLE HDD HTS547550A9E384 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 498.88 GB (396.89 GB free)
Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked
Core Storage: disk0s2 499.25 GB Online
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS31N
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Mac App Store and identified developers
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.eltima.ElmediaPlayer.kext (1.58 - SDK 10.4) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.eltima.ElmediaPlayer.daemon.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
uHD-Agent UNKNOWN (missing value)
CrossOver CD Helper UNKNOWN (missing value)
Alfred 2 Application (/Applications/Alfred 2.app)
Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 18.0.0.160 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Flash Player: Version: 18.0.0.160 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.41.0.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.41.0.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 45 Check version
BlueStacks Install Detector: Version: Unknown
WhatFont
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player [Click for support]
Java [Click for support]
Time Machine not configured!
34% WindowServer
2% hidd
2% installd
2% Dock
1% mds_stores
524 MB kernel_task
356 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(3)
258 MB softwareupdated
254 MB installd
225 MB storedownloadd
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
28 MB Free RAM
3.97 GB Used RAM
46 MB Swap Used
Jul 5, 2015, 10:16:58 PM Self test - passed
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Jul 5, 2015 1:48 PM in response to Plyteby Linc Davis,When you see a beachball cursor or the slowness is especially bad, note the exact time: hour, minute, second.
These instructions must be carried out as an administrator. If you have only one user account, you are the administrator.
Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
Each message in the log begins with the date and time when it was entered. Scroll back to the time you noted above.
Select the messages entered from then until the end of the episode, or until they start to repeat, whichever comes first.
Copy the messages to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of it useless for solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.
When you post the log extract, you might see an error message on the web page: "You have included content in your post that is not permitted," or "The message contains invalid characters." That's a bug in the forum software. Please post the text on Pastebin, then post a link here to the page you created.
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Jul 9, 2015 1:31 PM in response to Linc Davisby Plyte,it says : 7/9/15 11:24:10.853 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
and sorry for the late reply.
And this one is from an earlier lag:
7/5/15 11:18:47.044 PM DashboardClient[1103]: fatal error, unable to checkin with server 12
I'm not sure if thats what you asked me to copy you in here, hopefully it is.
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Jul 10, 2015 1:35 PM in response to Plyteby Linc Davis,Please read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a test, not a solution. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
Step 1
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is localized to your user account.
Enable guest logins* and log in as Guest. Don't use the Safari-only “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac.”
While logged in as Guest, you won’t have access to any of your documents or settings. Applications will behave as if you were running them for the first time. Don’t be alarmed by this behavior; it’s normal. If you need any passwords or other personal data in order to complete the test, memorize, print, or write them down before you begin.
Test while logged in as Guest. Same problem?
After testing, log out of the guest account and, in your own account, disable it if you wish. Any files you created in the guest account will be deleted automatically when you log out of it.
*Note: If you’ve activated “Find My Mac” or FileVault, then you can’t enable the Guest account. The “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac” is not the same. Create a new account in which to test, and delete it, including its home folder, after testing.
Step 2
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party system modifications that load automatically at startup or login, by a peripheral device, by a font conflict, or by corruption of the file system or of certain system caches.
Please take this step regardless of the results of Step 1.
Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards, if applicable. Start up in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem.
Note: If FileVault is enabled in OS X 10.9 or earlier, or if a firmware password is set, or if the startup volume is a software RAID, you can’t do this. Ask for further instructions.
Safe mode is much slower to start up and run than normal, with limited graphics performance, and some things won’t work at all, including sound output and Wi-Fi on certain models. The next normal startup may also be somewhat slow.
The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
Test while in safe mode. Same problem?
After testing, restart as usual (not in safe mode) and verify that you still have the problem. Post the results of Steps 1 and 2.
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Jul 10, 2015 2:30 PM in response to Linc Davisby Plyte,Hey! Thank you so much for taking the time to help me out! I'm a bit rookie with this. So can you please kindly explain to me how to do step 2 with instructions? Like where to go and how and what to choose and stuff.
sorry if I'm a bother!
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Jul 10, 2015 3:21 PM in response to Plyteby Linc Davis,The instructions are linked to my comment. Click the links.