MacBook Pro performance has slowed down

There are no defrag options for Mac OS.

Why not go to disk utility and verify your disk permissions - if errors are found - repair them, then restart your Macbook and see if that helps.

After you've done that and you feel that it's still slow - try doing a SMC RESET.

SMC RESET also fixes this:

System Performance

The computer is running unusually slowly although it is not experiencing abnormally high CPU utilization.

Application icons may "bounce" in the Dock for an extended amount of time when launched.

Applications may not function correctly or may stop responding after being opened.

First, back up all data immediately, as your boot drive might be failing.

There are a few other possible causes of generalized slow performance that you can rule out easily.

• If you have many image or video files on the Desktop with preview icons, move them to another folder.
• If applicable, uncheck all boxes in the iCloud preference pane.
• Disconnect all non-essential wired peripherals and remove aftermarket expansion cards, if any.

Otherwise, take the steps below when you notice the slowdown.

Step 1

Launch the Activity Monitor 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. Click Utilities, then Activity Monitor in the icon grid.

Select the CPU tab of the Activity Monitor window.

Select All Processes from the menu in the toolbar, if not already selected.

Click the heading of the % CPU column in the process table to sort the entries by CPU usage. You may have to click it twice to get the highest value at the top. What is it, and what is the process? Also post the values for % User, % System, and % Idle at the bottom of the window.

Select the System Memory tab. What values are shown in the bottom part of the window for Page outs and Swap used?

Next, select the Disk Activity tab. Post the approximate values shown for Reads in/sec and Writes out/sec (not Reads in and Writes out.)

Step 2

If you have more than one user account, you must be logged in as an administrator to carry out this step.

Launch the Console application in the same way you launched Activity Monitor. Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. If you don't see that menu, select

View ▹ Show Log List

from the menu bar.

Select the 50 or so most recent entries in the log. Copy them to the Clipboard (command-C). Paste into a reply to this message (command-V). You're looking for entries at the end of the log, not at the beginning.

When posting a log extract, be selective. Don't post more than is requested.

Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.

Important: Some personal information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting. That should be easy to do if your extract is not too long.

Hello guys,

I aproximately heve the same problem of Viraj Toronto.

I'm running a Mac OSX ML on a late 2009 Macbook Pro 15".

I've been started to have problem (impressive prerformance slow down) 2 months ago, after a reboot from Windows partition to Mac ones...maybe it is just a concidence....

I already heve done the steps Linc Davis has suggested, but the results are good in terms of CPU%, System Memory, permissions and so on.

What do you suggest I can do to solve the problem?

Thank you.

Vincenzo

PS: OS X Version 10.8.4, 2.53 GHz Intel core 2 Duo, 8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3, 220 GB for ML and 100 GB for Win7

Great User Tutorial:

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3521

What is it, and what is the process? Kernel Task 13.3

Also post the values for % User=4.31%, System=2.41%, and % Idle=93.28

Page outs (Not reflected at the bottom of the window.

Swap used=416.3 MB

Reads in/sec = 81

Writes out/sec=8

12/13/15 12:58:15.000 AM kernel[0]: Sandbox: appleeventsd(46) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ocspd

12/13/15 12:58:15.000 AM kernel[0]: Sandbox: appleeventsd(46) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ocspd

12/13/15 12:58:15.000 AM kernel[0]: Sandbox: appleeventsd(46) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ocspd

12/13/15 12:58:15.000 AM kernel[0]: Sandbox: appleeventsd(46) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ocspd

12/13/15 12:58:17.657 AM WindowServer[158]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "com.apple.appkit.xpc.openAndSav" after 2.96 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)

12/13/15 12:58:21.608 AM garcon[901]: Connecting to Dropbox on 'com.getdropbox.dropbox.garcon.cafe_501'

12/13/15 12:58:22.335 AM garcon[901]: Connected to Dropbox on 'com.getdropbox.dropbox.garcon.cafe_501'.

12/13/15 12:58:22.336 AM garcon[901]: Garcon is ready (1 alive).

12/13/15 12:58:22.337 AM garcon[901]: Invalidating watch set.

12/13/15 12:58:24.556 AM garcon[901]: Watch set is now: {(

file:///Users/

)}.

12/13/15 12:58:26.725 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.quicklook[905]) Endpoint has been activated through legacy launch(3) APIs. Please switch to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): com.apple.quicklook

12/13/15 12:58:28.275 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.pid.BKAgentService.904) Path not allowed in target domain: type = pid, path = /Library/Frameworks/iTunesLibrary.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/com.apple.iT unesLibraryService.xpc error = 147: The specified service did not ship in the requestor's bundle, origin = /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/BookKit.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/com. apple.BKAgentService.xpc

12/13/15 12:58:28.277 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.pid.BKAgentService.904) Path not allowed in target domain: type = pid, path = /Library/Frameworks/iTunesLibrary.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/com.apple.iT unesLibraryService.xpc error = 147: The specified service did not ship in the requestor's bundle, origin = /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/BookKit.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/com. apple.BKAgentService.xpc

12/13/15 12:58:34.304 AM sandboxd[629]: ([46]) appleeventsd(46) deny file-read-metadata /Library

12/13/15 12:58:34.515 AM sandboxd[629]: ([46]) appleeventsd(46) deny file-read-metadata /Library

12/13/15 12:58:39.780 AM sandboxd[629]: ([46]) appleeventsd(46) deny file-read-metadata /Library

12/13/15 12:58:43.642 AM sandboxd[629]: ([46]) appleeventsd(46) deny file-read-metadata /Library

12/13/15 12:58:43.836 AM sandboxd[629]: ([46]) appleeventsd(46) deny file-read-metadata /Library

12/13/15 12:58:43.910 AM sandboxd[629]: ([46]) appleeventsd(46) deny file-read-metadata /Library

12/13/15 12:58:43.929 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.501) Service "com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000004.AppleSpell" tried to hijack endpoint "da (Apple)_OpenStep" from owner: com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000001.AppleSpell

12/13/15 12:58:43.929 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.501) Service "com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000004.AppleSpell" tried to hijack endpoint "de (Apple)_OpenStep" from owner: com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000001.AppleSpell

12/13/15 12:58:43.930 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.501) Service "com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000004.AppleSpell" tried to hijack endpoint "en (Apple)_OpenStep" from owner: com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000001.AppleSpell

12/13/15 12:58:43.930 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.501) Service "com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000004.AppleSpell" tried to hijack endpoint "en_AU (Apple)_OpenStep" from owner: com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000001.AppleSpell

12/13/15 12:58:43.930 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.501) Service "com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000004.AppleSpell" tried to hijack endpoint "en_CA (Apple)_OpenStep" from owner: com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000001.AppleSpell

12/13/15 12:58:43.931 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.501) Service "com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000004.AppleSpell" tried to hijack endpoint "en_CN (Apple)_OpenStep" from owner: com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000001.AppleSpell

12/13/15 12:58:43.931 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.501) Service "com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000004.AppleSpell" tried to hijack endpoint "en_GB (Apple)_OpenStep" from owner: com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000001.AppleSpell

12/13/15 12:58:43.934 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.501) Service "com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000004.AppleSpell" tried to hijack endpoint "en_IN (Apple)_OpenStep" from owner: com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000001.AppleSpell

12/13/15 12:58:43.935 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.501) Service "com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000004.AppleSpell" tried to hijack endpoint "en_JP (Apple)_OpenStep" from owner: com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000001.AppleSpell

12/13/15 12:58:43.935 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.501) Service "com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000004.AppleSpell" tried to hijack endpoint "en_SG (Apple)_OpenStep" from owner: com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000001.AppleSpell

12/13/15 12:58:43.935 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.501) Service "com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000004.AppleSpell" tried to hijack endpoint "en_US (Apple)_OpenStep" from owner: com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000001.AppleSpell

12/13/15 12:58:43.935 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.501) Service "com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000004.AppleSpell" tried to hijack endpoint "es (Apple)_OpenStep" from owner: com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000001.AppleSpell

12/13/15 12:58:43.935 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.501) Service "com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000004.AppleSpell" tried to hijack endpoint "fr (Apple)_OpenStep" from owner: com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000001.AppleSpell

12/13/15 12:58:43.935 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.501) Service "com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000004.AppleSpell" tried to hijack endpoint "ko (Apple)_OpenStep" from owner: com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000001.AppleSpell

12/13/15 12:58:43.935 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.501) Service "com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000004.AppleSpell" tried to hijack endpoint "nb (Apple)_OpenStep" from owner: com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000001.AppleSpell

12/13/15 12:58:43.936 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.501) Service "com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000004.AppleSpell" tried to hijack endpoint "nl (Apple)_OpenStep" from owner: com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000001.AppleSpell

12/13/15 12:58:43.936 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.501) Service "com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000004.AppleSpell" tried to hijack endpoint "it (Apple)_OpenStep" from owner: com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000001.AppleSpell

12/13/15 12:58:43.936 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.501) Service "com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000004.AppleSpell" tried to hijack endpoint "pt (Apple)_OpenStep" from owner: com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000001.AppleSpell

12/13/15 12:58:43.936 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.501) Service "com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000004.AppleSpell" tried to hijack endpoint "pt_BR (Apple)_OpenStep" from owner: com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000001.AppleSpell

12/13/15 12:58:43.936 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.501) Service "com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000004.AppleSpell" tried to hijack endpoint "pt_PT (Apple)_OpenStep" from owner: com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000001.AppleSpell

12/13/15 12:58:43.936 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.501) Service "com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000004.AppleSpell" tried to hijack endpoint "ru (Apple)_OpenStep" from owner: com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000001.AppleSpell

12/13/15 12:58:43.936 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.501) Service "com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000004.AppleSpell" tried to hijack endpoint "sv (Apple)_OpenStep" from owner: com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000001.AppleSpell

12/13/15 12:58:43.937 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.501) Service "com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000004.AppleSpell" tried to hijack endpoint "tr (Apple)_OpenStep" from owner: com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000001.AppleSpell

12/13/15 12:58:43.937 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.501) Service "com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000004.AppleSpell" tried to hijack endpoint "Multilingual (Apple)_OpenStep" from owner: com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000001.AppleSpell

12/13/15 12:58:43.977 AM sandboxd[629]: ([46]) appleeventsd(46) deny file-read-metadata /Library

12/13/15 12:58:44.087 AM sandboxd[629]: ([46]) appleeventsd(46) deny file-read-metadata /Library

12/13/15 12:58:53.611 AM GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent[902]: 2015-12-13 00:58:52.757 GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent[902/0xa0cd91d4] [lvl=2] -[KSAgentApp setupLoggerOutput] Agent settings: <KSAgentSettings:0x330960 bundleID=com.google.Keystone.Agent lastCheck=2015-12-12 13:58:33 +0000 checkInterval=18000.000000 uiDisplayInterval=604800.000000 sleepInterval=1800.000000 jitterInterval=900 maxRunInterval=0.000000 isConsoleUser=1 ticketStorePath=/Users/xxx/Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/TicketStore/Keys tone.ticketstore runMode=3 daemonUpdateEngineBrokerServiceName=com.google.Keystone.Daemon.UpdateEngine daemonAdministrationServiceName=com.google.Keystone.Daemon.Administration logEverything=0 logBufferSize=2048 alwaysPromptForUpdates=0 productIDToUpdate=(null) lastUIDisplayed=2015-08-03 04:13:57 +0000 alwaysShowStatusItem=0 updateCheckTag=(null) printResults=NO userInitiated=NO>

12/13/15 12:59:00.163 AM WindowServer[158]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Preview" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.

12/13/15 12:59:02.900 AM WindowServer[158]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Preview" after 3.74 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)

12/13/15 12:59:06.007 AM garcon[901]: Garcon destroyed (0 alive).

12/13/15 12:59:07.965 AM networkd[160]: -[NETProxyLookup pacLookupComplete:proxies:error:] PAC evaluation error: Error Domain=kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork Code=2 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork error 2.)" UserInfo={kCFGetAddrInfoFailureKey=8}

12/13/15 12:59:09.221 AM networkd[160]: -[NETProxyLookup pacLookupComplete:proxies:error:] PAC evaluation error: Error Domain=kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork Code=2 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork error 2.)" UserInfo={kCFGetAddrInfoFailureKey=8}

12/13/15 12:59:10.078 AM apsd[70]: Illegal subject name missing 'courier.push.apple.com' (2.5.4.3): ({

label = "2.5.4.6";

"localized label" = "2.5.4.6";

type = string;

value = US;

}, {

label = "2.5.4.8";

"localized label" = "2.5.4.8";

type = string;

value = California;

}, {

label = "2.5.4.7";

"localized label" = "2.5.4.7";

type = string;

value = Cupertino;

}, {

label = "2.5.4.10";

"localized label" = "2.5.4.10";

type = string;

value = "Apple Inc.";

}, {

label = "2.5.4.3";

"localized label" = "2.5.4.3";

type = string;

value = "courier.sandbox.push.apple.com";

})

12/13/15 1:00:57.440 AM networkd[160]: -[NETProxyLookup pacLookupComplete:proxies:error:] PAC evaluation error: Error Domain=kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork Code=2 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork error 2.)" UserInfo={kCFGetAddrInfoFailureKey=8}

12/13/15 1:04:12.503 AM networkd[160]: -[NETProxyLookup pacLookupComplete:proxies:error:] PAC evaluation error: Error Domain=kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork Code=2 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork error 2.)" UserInfo={kCFGetAddrInfoFailureKey=8}

12/13/15 1:04:12.680 AM networkd[160]: -[NETProxyLookup pacLookupComplete:proxies:error:] PAC evaluation error: Error Domain=kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork Code=2 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork error 2.)" UserInfo= {kCFGetAddrInfoFailureKey=8}

12/13/15 1:04:14.046 AM apsd[70]: Illegal subject name missing 'courier.push.apple.com' (2.5.4.3): ({

label = "2.5.4.6";

"localized label" = "2.5.4.6";

type = string;

value = US;

}, {

label = "2.5.4.8";

"localized label" = "2.5.4.8";

type = string;

value = California;

}, {

label = "2.5.4.7";

"localized label" = "2.5.4.7";

type = string;

value = Cupertino;

}, {

label = "2.5.4.10";

"localized label" = "2.5.4.10";

type = string;

value = "Apple Inc.";

}, {

label = "2.5.4.3";

"localized label" = "2.5.4.3";

type = string;

value = "courier.sandbox.push.apple.com";

})

12/13/15 1:04:24.815 AM CoreServicesUIAgent[646]: Error -60005 creating authorization

12/13/15 1:04:25.400 AM CoreServicesUIAgent[646]: Error -60005 creating authorization

12/13/15 1:04:34.358 AM WindowServer[158]: WSGetSurfaceInWindow : Invalid surface 306184277 for window 505

12/13/15 1:06:14.895 AM networkd[160]: -[NETProxyLookup pacLookupComplete:proxies:error:] PAC evaluation error: Error Domain=kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork Code=2 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork error 2.)" UserInfo= {kCFGetAddrInfoFailureKey=8}