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User profile for user: cywang2
cywang2 Author
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Macbook Air becomes sluggish

I've had some intermittent issues with my new Macbook Air (bought it in December, 2011). Several times when I've woken it up from sleep, it has been incredibly slow and sluggish -- everything from clicking on a browser tab, to typing, to switching windows takes several seconds or longer. Shutting down takes a few minutes, and when it restarts, it takes 10 minutes, and is still super slow.


Both times this has happened, it seemed to resume normal speed after restarting it 3-4 times. Quite annoying when it takes 5-10 minutes each time to shut down and restart.


Not sure if it's temperature related (in both cases, I had either stored it at outisde temperatures in SF (so lie 45 or 50 degrees) before starting it up. Also, in both cases it had probably been on standby (i.e. I had closed the cover) for a day or more.


Has anybody else had this problem? Any thoughts on how to fix/avoid?


Thanks!

MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Jan 23, 2012 1:41 PM

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User profile for user: MattV.
MattV.
User level: Level 2
235 points

Jan 23, 2012 1:50 PM in response to cywang2

If your MacBook Air was exposed to high humidity levels that could have been hindering its performance slightly. Perhaps your laptop is sluggish during usage because it is indexing Spotlight. Try referring to this article to ignore certain portions of the file system during indexing. Ignoring certain steps during a Spotlight indexing may speedup the overall performance, but may also hinder your ability to search for files.

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User profile for user: cywang2
cywang2 Author
User level: Level 1
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Jan 23, 2012 2:50 PM in response to MattV.

Thanks, Matt. I don't believe it was exposed to humidity, but it's a possibility. The spotlight thing would make sense if it happened after there were big changes on the machine -- I'm not sure that's the case, but I'll keep an eye out the next time it happens.


The strange thing is, after I restart a few times, it seems to run fine.

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Macbook Air becomes sluggish

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