Q: My MacBook suddenly started running slow

geneaholik wrote:

 

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In the upper right hand corner under Actions click on "Stop email notifications"

I don't know how seagate got there but i think its pretty much gone now. I have done points 2 and 3 as you've said previously already, I'm not sure why it's still there. and with Autodesk, to make things easier...can i just uninstall it for now? I'm really bad with computers

Yes, uninstall Autodesk, use the uninstaller.

Then restart and make a new etrecheck list.

The uninstaller wouldn't work so i had to uninstall it manually, I'm hoping I did it correctly.

Hardware Information:

          MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009)

          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,5

          1 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores

          4 GB RAM

Video Information:

          NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB

System Software:

          OS X 10.9.2 (13C64) - Uptime: 0 days 0:3:51

Disk Information:

          TOSHIBA MK3255GSXF disk0 : (250.06 GB)

                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 249.2 GB (98.63 GB free)

                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB

          MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-868 

USB Information:

          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

          Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

          Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub

                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

FireWire Information:

Thunderbolt Information:

Launch Agents:

          [System] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [System] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist 3rd-Party support link

User Launch Agents:

          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [not loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist 3rd-Party support link

          [not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link

User Login Items:

          SpeechSynthesisServer

Internet Plug-ins:

          DirectorShockwave: Version: 11.6.4r634 3rd-Party support link

          Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 4.0.1f2 3rd-Party support link

          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9

          OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.2.0 3rd-Party support link

          Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20125.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.0.1.152 3rd-Party support link

          DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 2.0 3rd-Party support link

          Flash Player: Version: 11.0.1.152 Outdated! Update

          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

          iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0

          AdobePDFViewer: Version: 9.3.2 3rd-Party support link

          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Outdated! Update

Audio Plug-ins:

          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9

          AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9

          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9

          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9

iTunes Plug-ins:

          Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9

User Internet Plug-ins:

          BlueStacks Install Detector: Version: Unknown

3rd Party Preference Panes:

          Flash Player  3rd-Party support link

          Growl  3rd-Party support link

Old Applications:

          dynamiclinkmediaserver:          Version: 6.0.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

                    /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/dynamiclinkmediaserver/1.0/dynamiclinkmediaserver.app

          SLLauncher:          Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

                    /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Silverlight/OutOfBrowser/SLLauncher.app

          SA Color Finesse 3 UI:          Version: 3.0.6(275) - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

                    /Applications/Adobe After Effects CS6/Plug-ins/Effects/Synthetic Aperture/(CF3 Support)/SA Color Finesse 3 UI.app

          ClamXav:          Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

          dynamiclinkmanager:          Version: 6.0.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

                    /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/dynamiclink/CS6/dynamiclinkmanager.app

Time Machine:

          Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU:

              12%          WindowServer

              11%          TMHelperAgent

              10%          Google Chrome

               6%          kextd

               3%          mds

Top Processes by Memory:

          102 MB          Google Chrome

          98 MB          com.apple.IconServicesAgent

          49 MB          Dock

          45 MB          softwareupdated

          37 MB          mds_stores

Virtual Memory Information:

          761 MB          Free RAM

          1.31 GB          Active RAM

          1.29 GB          Inactive RAM

          424 MB          Wired RAM

          1.59 GB          Page-ins

          0 B          Page-outs

Now that's better.

- uninstall Growl, SystemPreferences/Growl.

- In User/yourname/Library/InternetPlugins/  delete the Bluestacks entry.

- in MacintoshHD  /Library/InternetPlugins/  delete the AdobePDFViewer plugin.

and the Sliverlight plugin, and the Schockwave plugin, and the DivX plugin, and the Java plugin.

For my peace of mind, please make one or more screenshots of your Applications and your Utilities folder, (all apps and all utilities.

Lex

mmm, that is difficult to read.

What I saw already (and expected, is that you have CS5 and CS6 at the same time: is there a reason for that?

Edit: I follow with another post now.

Not too sure to be honest, some of the programs are cs5 n some cs6?

photoshop

illustrator

after effects

premier pro

final draft tagger 2

iarchiver

and in the utilitym all the adobe files im guessing?

also,

vlc

skype

teamviewer

realplayer

quicktime player

You have to uninstall AVGCleaner before you go any further.

I read through the Apps list and the Utilities list.

I have never seen anything like it. I now understand why the Adbobe company makes a lot of profit....

- Why do you have more versions of an application at the same time, for example Adobe Bridge CS5, CS5.1, CS6 ?

A lot of the apps that are there probably don't work, or not good.

There are also utilities that I advise against: iArchiver, SimplyRar, BatteryHealth, DiskDiag, Adobe DownloadAssistant, Adobe Reader. You do not need any of them, already in OSX. If you really want a Rar decompressor, use "The Unarchiver" (free, AppStore).

And a lot that you never use anymore (Teamviewer,

My first impression is to make a clean install of OSX, and then only install your work apps, and then only the latest version. Let's discuss this now.

Lex

LexSchellings wrote:

 

I now understand why the Adbobe company makes a lot of profit....

- Why do you have more versions of an application at the same time, for example Adobe Bridge CS5, CS5.1, CS6 ?

uTorrent & previously mentioned hosts file would be my guess.

Hi mad,

perhaps uTorrent, but not the hosts file I think: the hosts file just blocks the Adobe websites (which is not a bad idea if you have hacked versions).

@mad and @all: As a matter of fact it is never a good idea to mess with the hosts file.

LexSchellings wrote:

 

@mad and @all: As a matter of fact it is never a good idea to mess with the hosts file.

Which I previously told you I agree with 100%. Why do you keep thinking I support messing with the hosts file?

i deleted all those. As for the adobe bridge, is it not because i have different programs that are cs 5 and cs6. my photoshop is cs5 and my premiere pro is cs6??? So i should install OS X again or...??

xdaysee wrote:

 

i deleted all those. As for the adobe bridge, is it not because i have different programs that are cs 5 and cs6. my photoshop is cs5 and my premiere pro is cs6???

This page might help OS compatibility and FAQs for Mac OS Mavericks (v10.9). If I'm reading it correctly, only CS6 is fully compatible.