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BreezyHani

Q: Macbook Pro running slow and freezing

So it just started yesterday running slow and freezing. I'm starting to get very frustrated. I research to see what could be the problem. I saw people suggesting that it could be the storage. My storage is 464.75 free out of 499.25. I just brought this computer last year on christmas. I thought it could be adblock but it never cause me problems but I paused the app and it still doesn't work. What is wrong? Should I restart the computer? If I do how can I backup my things? Also i'm really not a computer person so if you can describe to me the problem in layman terms that'll be great!

 

OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.4

 

 

 

OH! and it's not just safari that's going slow but itunes,word,etc

MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)

Posted on Jul 22, 2013 12:54 AM

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  • by BDAqua,Helpful

    BDAqua BDAqua Jul 22, 2013 9:21 AM in response to BreezyHani
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    Jul 22, 2013 9:21 AM in response to BreezyHani

    Hello,

     

    See if the Disk is issuing any S.M.A.R.T errors in Disk Utility...

     

    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH7029

     

     

    Open Activity Monitor in Applications>Utilities, select All Processes & sort on CPU%, any indications there?

     

    How much RAM & free Disk space do you have also, click on the Memory & Disk Usage Tabs.

     

    Open Console in Utilities & see if there are any clues or repeating messages when this happens.

     

    In the Memory tab of Activity Monitor, are there a lot of Pageouts?

    AMPageouts.jpg

  • by BreezyHani,

    BreezyHani BreezyHani Jul 22, 2013 10:19 AM in response to BDAqua
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    Jul 22, 2013 10:19 AM in response to BDAqua

    I went to Disk Utility and it had no details about the disk so I guess it didn't fail. I have alot of free space. I open console and there were messages but there weren't any suspicous repeating messages. There were 0bytes under pageouts.

     

    Should I just restore the computer? If so, how do I backup my pictures,papers,etc?

  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Jul 22, 2013 10:44 AM in response to BreezyHani
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    Jul 22, 2013 10:44 AM in response to BreezyHani

    You need an external drive to backup your stuff first off.

     

    Might try this first...

     

    Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.

     

    (Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive, & clearing cache files.)

  • by BreezyHani,

    BreezyHani BreezyHani Jul 22, 2013 10:48 AM in response to BDAqua
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    Jul 22, 2013 10:48 AM in response to BDAqua

    Ok I'll try that and see how it goes.