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stephjonas Author

Level 1

13 points

My MacBook suddenly started running slow

Hello! I've had my MacBook Pro for since 2010 and it suddenly started running slow. This has been going on for a week already. I've restarted my MacBook many times and when I'm not using it I shut it down. I've tried many things to make it run faster and deleted 14k files that were mostly text documents, pictures, videos, etc. and deleted my whole iTunes library hoping it would work but nothing. I currently have 77.07 GB left but space has never been the problem since in the past I've had 10GB or to the point where I had no GB and it still ran perfectly. Two things I've noticed is that when it gets hot it starts running slow and also when I start watching videos on youtube or ones that are already in my MacBook. Last night I reset my SMC hoping it would work better and it only ran slow because of the heat but I see no change. I'm trying anything possible to fix this myself before taking it to the Apple Store and spending money on something I could've probably fixed myself.

Here's some information on my MacBook

MacBook Pro 13-inch, Mid 2010

Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 220M 256 MB

Software: OS X 10.8.5 (12F45)

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on Oct 11, 2013 1:51 PM

567 replies

Jan 13, 2015 7:46 PM in response to MadMacs0

it is definitely taking a long time, it's been encrypting for more then 2 days, is this normal?

Jan 30, 2015 11:29 AM in response to MadMacs0

Thnx, I've uninstalled Cleanmymac2 , my Mac is better but still slow and freezes.

Sorry I didnt quit understand what to do with files in library (multiple folders there) woil u plz clarif

Lexiepex

Level 6

14,102 points

Jan 31, 2015 2:41 AM in response to Lexiepex

An yes StartOuc is part of the HW software. Forgot it in my earlier "speed" post.

see you,

Lex

Sir.Essi

Level 1

0 points

Feb 1, 2015 6:16 AM in response to MadMacs0

thanks, took a bit longer than i expected but i finally got rid of everything

MadMacs0

Level 5

5,227 points

Feb 3, 2015 7:07 PM in response to MadameTam

Purchase more RAM and start a new discussion. This one is too long, old and not being monitored.

emekct

Level 1

0 points

Feb 4, 2015 1:39 AM in response to Lexiepex

Thank you, I feared as much. I've ordered a replacement hard drive and updated my back up (I use an online backup service which includes a full clone of my hard drive).