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I am running OSX 10.8.4 on my my iMAC 3,06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 4GB 1067 MHz ram.
The system is gradually getting slower and slower and there is a constant actvity on the hard disk.
I have tried the following
1. Start in safe mode (still activity on the the hard disk)
2. Running disk control
3. Closing all program
4. Ensuring there is no acitivity on indexing
Anybody got a tip on how this can be solved ?
Linc,
Here are the posts
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
/Library/Components:
/Library/Extensions:
/Library/Frameworks:
/Library/Input Methods:
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins:
Flash Player.plugin
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin.plugin
Quartz Composer.webplugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
Unity Web Player.plugin
Unused
/Library/Keyboard Layouts:
/Library/LaunchAgents:
/Library/LaunchDaemons:
/Library/PreferencePanes:
Flash Player.prefPane
Flip4Mac WMV.prefPane
/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools:
/Library/QuickLook:
/Library/QuickTime:
AppleIntermediateCodec.component
AppleMPEG2Codec.component
EyeTV MPEG Support.component
Flip4Mac WMV Advanced.component
Flip4Mac WMV Export.component
Flip4Mac WMV Import.component
/Library/ScriptingAdditions:
/Library/Spotlight:
GBSpotlightImporter.mdimporter
Microsoft Office.mdimporter
/Library/StartupItems:
HP IO
HP Trap Monitor
tap
tun
/etc/mach_init.d:
/etc/mach_init_per_login_session.d:
/etc/mach_init_per_user.d:
Library/Address Book Plug-Ins:
Library/Fonts:
Library/Input Methods:
.localized
Library/Internet Plug-Ins:
FacebookVideoCalling.bundle
OctoshapeWeb.plugin
Picasa.plugin
Library/Keyboard Layouts:
Library/LaunchAgents:
Library/Mail/Bundles:
Library/Mail/Bundles (Disabled):
OmniMailMessageServiceEnabler.mailbundle
Library/PreferencePanes:
Library/QuickScreenShare:
SOMLiveSkin-1.23.jar
ScreencastOMaticLive-1.0.8.jar
app-0.log
app-0.log.lck
Library/Services:
Add Google.workflow
add analytics.workflow
analytics.workflow
Step 5
Dropbox, HPEventHandler, HP Scheduler, HP Product Research
Please read this whole message carefully, especially the warnings, before doing anything.
1. I can only guess which of the modifications you've made to your system is causing the problem. The changes suggested here should be considered provisional; they may not help, or they may remove functionality that you find useful. If a third-party system modification that you want to keep is at fault, refer to its developer for support.
2. WARNING: Back up all data now if you haven’t already done so. Before proceeding, you must be sure you can restore your system to its present state, even if it becomes unbootable. If you’re not sure you can do that, STOP — DON’T CHANGE ANYTHING. If you’re dissatisfied with the results of the procedure suggested below, restore from your backup. I will not be responsible for the consequences, and I will not be able to help, if you ignore this warning.
3. You should either remove or update the following system modification(s), if an update is available from the developer:
N/A
and definitely remove at least the following:
Personal Cloud
4. Whatever you remove must be removed completely, and (unless otherwise specified in this message) the only way to do that is to use the uninstallation tool, if any, provided by the third-party developers, or to follow their instructions. If the software has been incompletely removed, you may have to re-download or even reinstall it in order to finish the job. I can't be more specific, because I don't install such things myself. Please do your own research.
You will generally have to reboot after uninstalling a system modification. Until you do that, the uninstallation may have no effect, or unpredictable effects.
Here are some general guidelines to get you started. Suppose you want to remove something called “BrickYourMac.” First, consult the product's Help menu, if there is one, for instructions. Finding none there, look on the developer's website, say www.brickyourmac.com. (That may not be the actual name of the site; if necessary, search the web for the product name.) If you don’t find anything on the website or in your search, contact the developer. While you're waiting for a response, download BrickYourMac.dmg and open it. There may be an application in there such as “Uninstall BrickYourMac.” If not, open “BrickYourMac.pkg” and look for an Uninstall button.
Again, please don't ask me to do this research for you. You can do it better than I can, because I haven't installed the product and I may not even know what it is.
If you can’t remove software in any other way, you’ll have to erase your boot volume and perform a clean reinstallation of OS X. Never install any third-party software unless you're sure you know how to uninstall it; otherwise you may create problems that are very hard to solve.
WARNING: Trying to remove complex system modifications by hunting for files by name often will not work and may make the problem worse. The same goes for "utilities" that purport to remove software.
5. I recommend that you never reinstall the modifications marked with a dagger (†) above, if any. If your problem is resolved after uninstalling all the above modifications and rebooting, but you still want to use some of those not marked with a dagger, you can experiment with putting them back, one at a time, testing carefully after each step. Keep in mind that system modifications may be incompatible with each other or with future OS X updates, so it may not be clear which one is at fault.
6. If you still have problems after making the suggested changes and rebooting, post again. Remember: if you don’t like the results of this procedure, you can undo it by restoring from the last backup you made before you started.
thanx for your answer. What to you mean by :
"3. You should either remove or update the following system modification(s), if an update is available from the developer:
N/A
and definitely remove at least the following:
Personal Cloud"
Please see section 4 of my last comment.
Deleting the 64,672 .tmp files in Library--> Calendar --> Calendar Sync Changes accumulated since 3rd August 2012 solved the problem.
Activtiy on the disk has stopped and the system is back to its old strength.
.tmp files still accumulate though even after having performed a resetting of sync services.
Constant Disk Activity
