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15" Macbook Pro running very slow: Beach ball of death

Hey guys, well i have a 15" macbook pro from 2007 and recently it's been very very slow. Before last night, it ran fine, and had its moments, but right now, i get the beach ball about every few minutes. Don't know what it is, help please! Running 10.6, not sure if it's the hard drive or maybe i just need to update?? Also maybe overheating?? I'm not that tech savy, so make it as simple as possible please:) Thanks

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Oct 23, 2012 9:09 AM

18 replies

sftmac

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May 4, 2013 11:56 PM in response to Humpfree Erleynmeyer

I am having slow mac too 😟 . I runed disk utility starting from derifying rights on macintosh drive, also have bootcamp and i got this message:

it not english as you see i will translate starting from 1st row and down:

warning file SUID...... has changed and will not be repaired

rights differ at PRIVATE..... has to be --r......but is--rw....

user differ at APPLICATIOINS.... should be 0 but is 501

user rights differ at APPLICATIONS.... has to be -rw... but is -rw...

user rights differ at LIABRARY...has to be.... but is...

team differs at LIBRARY... has to be 80 but team is 0

i havent tried to run anything else from utility at the moment. Does anyone can tell me what all these means?

thanks a lot!

Message was edited by: sftmac

Jun 20, 2013 6:24 PM in response to Humpfree Erleynmeyer

Here it is 2013, and i am still using my 2006 Macbook Pro. I have taken great care of it and it still looks like new. I just bought a new battery, and a new 128GB SSD Crucual M500 hard drive. AMAZING is what I will tell you about the newer SSD drives. My iPhoto library opens instantly, my login time is down from 15 seconds to 4. Yep, 4 seconds. BTW, I am running on 10.6.8 - as that is the latest OS I can run on my core duo 2.16.

I debated buying a new Macbook Pro, but the $$ are huge, and I can still do everything I need to do. Streaming video is perfect, and I can edit pictures the same as I have ever been able to do. I realize how much more vibrant and bright the new LED backlit displays are, but I think the contrast is tweaked too high on them, and when I need to be picky, I hook up my external 23" LCD to my full size DVI port.

So if anyone out there is struggling over deciding to spend a massive amount of dough or stay put with what you have, I will tell you there is no shame in keeping what you have. Just spend 100 bucks on a current generation SSD hard drive, and make sure your battery is good and you'll feel like you have a new machine.

By the way, I am not knocking the sweet new MBP's and Air's, etc....but they are truly expensive, and not all of us can swing it, or are willing to go into debt for them.

Dec 1, 2014 6:40 AM in response to Humpfree Erleynmeyer

Turn off icloud. Sign out completely. Your mac will return to normal speed. Try it. I will never sign into that crap again.

15" Macbook Pro running very slow: Beach ball of death