Q: My MacBook suddenly started running slow

LexSchellings wrote:

 

My first impression is to make a clean install of OSX, and then only install your work apps, and then only the latest version.

I would guess that nine out of ten Mavericks users have benefited from a simple OS X restore from the Recovery Partition. I know that when I had some major issues with 10.9 in the early days, that took care of everything.  It's relatively fast, only restores the OS and doesn't disturb any User files. It doesn't touch third party apps, though, so if it doesn't work, then a clean install is definitely in order.

Oh, and let's not forget that Flash Player update.

Write down the applications and utilities that you really want. give us the list. we will help you decide what is the best approach.

Hi Mad, I understand that you also are against messing with the hosts file, but I want as often as possible stress the point.

About the recovery: that is no solution here because it just refreshes the OSX and (all OSX components), thus that makes only sense when system components have changed. All non system files stay there to do their dirty work.

In this case only a clean install (format and reinstall OSX) will be a robust solution when there is too much rubbish on the disk).

LexSchellings wrote:

 

About the recovery: that is no solution here because it just refreshes the OSX and (all OSX components), thus that makes only sense when system components have changed. All non system files stay there to do their dirty work.

In this case only a clean install (format and reinstall OSX) will be a robust solution when there is too much rubbish on the disk).

That assumes that "rubbish on the disk" is the root cause of these issues, which is certainly a strong possibility, but as you well know there can be many reasons.  You suggested a discussion, so I just through out something that I've observed from talking to probably a couple hundred new Mavericks users and the fact that it worked for me when I doubted it would. Just threw it out for consideration since it only takes a few minutes and can't really hurt anything, assuming there's a solid backup available.

But you are steering the ship now, so I'm not pushing and don't feel a need to discuss it further.

You are right, we can do the Recovery, you never know, and it does not cost too much time.

My concern also is that the rubbish of all these apps then still much be cleaned. Even if the issue is solved.

And then the clean install solves everything at the same time.

@MadMacs0@LexSchellingsbut my photoshop cs5 and illustrator cs5.1 seems to still work on mavericks. should I delete them then reinstall the newest versions? and if i do that would all my work be deleted also?

so what do i do now?

and also, is it wierd that all the messags in this forum has gone blank?

Thanks for the help guys

When you want to try first a Recovery (not my first choice) your data are not touched, but ofcourse you have backed-up your data)!

When you want to do a clean install you must make sure that you have backups of your data, and you must reinstall all apps that you want (make a list first and be certain that you have the latest versions).

your remark: "and also, is it wierd that all the messages in this forum has gone blank?" 

They are there now.

Lex

okay, so shall i backup all my needed files and then just delete everything else and just reinstall after i do a clean install? so how do i do the clean install of the OS X?

THANK YOU!!

Yes.

For a clean install you can read this article, which is an easy to understand expose about the clean install.

http://mashable.com/2013/10/23/clean-install-os-x-mavericks/

Lex

I too am getting an similar issue. Here is my data. Can someone suggest the steps that I need to get back my Mac to its original shape.

Hardware Information:

          MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010)

          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro7,1

          1 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores

          4 GB RAM

Video Information:

          NVIDIA GeForce 320M - VRAM: 256 MB

System Software:

          OS X 10.8.5 (12F45) - Uptime: 5 days 7:51:2

Disk Information:

          ST9320325ASG disk0 : (320.07 GB)

                    disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

                    Praveens Mac (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 159.35 GB (19.05 GB free)

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

                    OnlySuccess  (disk0s4) /Volumes/OnlySuccess : 100 GB (32.17 GB free)

                    Praveen (disk0s5) /Volumes/Praveen: 59.6 GB (4.29 GB free)

          HL-DT-ST DVDRW  GS23N 

USB Information:

          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

          Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

          Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub

                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

FireWire Information:

Thunderbolt Information:

Kernel Extensions:

          com.globaldelight.driver.BoomDevice          (1)

Startup Items:

          HWNetMgr: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWNetMgr

          HWPortDetect: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWPortDetect

          StartOuc: Path: /Library/StartupItems/StartOuc

Launch Daemons:

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

          [invalid] com.Affinegy.InstaLANd.plist

          [System] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [System] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [System] PPPMonitord.plist 3rd-Party support link

Launch Agents:

          [System] com.Affinegy.InstaLANa.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [System] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [System] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [System] Swapper.plist 3rd-Party support link

User Launch Agents:

          [not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist 3rd-Party support link

          [not loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.diskSpaceWatcher.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [not loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.scheduledScan.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [not loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.trashWatcher.plist 3rd-Party support link

User Login Items:

          Stickies

          iTunesHelper

          Tweetie

          NambuHelper

          VMware Fusion Helper

          Evernote

          Microsoft Database Daemon

          Twitter

          Wunderlist

          Dropbox

          iSkysoft Helper Compact

Internet Plug-ins:

          DirectorShockwave: Version: 11.6.8r638 3rd-Party support link

          o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.1.5.17733 3rd-Party support link

          Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.1 3rd-Party support link

          Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.0.0.126   - SDK 10.8 3rd-Party support link

          AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.9 3rd-Party support link

          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.70 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

          Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

          Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.70 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

          iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0

          googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.1.5.17733 3rd-Party support link

          npgtpo3dautoplugin: Version: 0.1.44.29 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

          AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.9 3rd-Party support link

          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.1

          NPMySpeedPlugin: Version: 1.1 3rd-Party support link

          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 25 Outdated! Update

Audio Plug-ins:

          AirPlay: Version: 1.7 - SDK 10.8

          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.1 - SDK 10.8

iTunes Plug-ins:

          Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.8

User Internet Plug-ins:

          CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.79 3rd-Party support link

          WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

3rd Party Preference Panes:

          Flash Player  3rd-Party support link

          Flip4Mac WMV  3rd-Party support link

          Java  3rd-Party support link

          MacFUSE  3rd-Party support link

          Perian  3rd-Party support link

          SMART Board  3rd-Party support link

Old Applications:

          None

Time Machine:

          Skip System Files: NO

          Auto backup: YES

          Volumes being backed up:

                    Praveens Mac: Disk size: 148.41 GB Disk used: 130.67 GB

          Destinations:

                    Time Machine Backups [Local] (Last used)

                    Total size: 931.19 GB

                    Total number of backups: 10

                    Oldest backup: 2012-05-27 14:27:41 +0000

                    Last backup: 2014-01-05 12:52:04 +0000

                    Size of backup disk: Excellent

                              Backup size 931.19 GB > (Disk size 148.41 GB X 3)

          Time Machine details may not be accurate.

          All volumes being backed up may not be listed.

Top Processes by CPU:

               5%          WebProcess

               4%          Google Chrome

               2%          Network Utility

               1%          EtreCheck

               1%          Skype

Top Processes by Memory:

          253 MB          WebProcess

          156 MB          Google Chrome

          86 MB          Skype

          74 MB          Mail

          70 MB          WindowServer

Virtual Memory Information:

          43 MB          Free RAM

          1.56 GB          Active RAM

          1.53 GB          Inactive RAM

          626 MB          Wired RAM

          47.27 GB          Page-ins

          18.39 GB          Page-outs

I can imagine, seeing your list.

This thread is too long already. To get more attention, post your list in a new thread and post the link here, so that we find you quickly. In the mean time I will prepare a report what to do based on this list

@Lex
Please check mine too... should i do anythng to make it lighter!!!

Thanks in advance ^_^

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Hardware Information:

          MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011)

          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1

          1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores

          4 GB RAM

Video Information:

          Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB

System Software:

          OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 0 days 0:44:27

Disk Information:

          ST9500325ASG disk0 : (500.11 GB)

                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 249.62 GB (102.33 GB free)

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

                    Lesbian -_- (disk0s4) /Volumes/Lesbian -_-: 249.49 GB (249.47 GB free)

          MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8 

USB Information:

          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

          Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

          Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub

                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

FireWire Information:

Thunderbolt Information:

          Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Kernel Extensions:

          com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower          (1.6.6 - SDK 10.6)

          com.splashtop.driver.SRXDisplayCard          (1.6 - SDK 10.7)

          com.splashtop.driver.SRXFrameBufferConnector          (1.6 - SDK 10.7)

Startup Items:

          HWNetMgr: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWNetMgr

          HWPortDetect: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWPortDetect

Problem System Launch Agents:

          [System] com.paragon.NTFS.trial.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [System] com.paragon.NTFS.upd.plist 3rd-Party support link

Launch Daemons:

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

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

          [System] com.bjango.istatmenusdaemon.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [System] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [System] com.splashtop.streamer-daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [System] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.plugin.AntiTheft.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link

Launch Agents:

          [System] at.obdev.LittleSnitchUIAgent.plist 3rd-Party support link

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

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

          [System] com.bjango.istatmenusagent.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [System] com.splashtop.streamer-for-root.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [System] com.splashtop.streamer-for-user.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

          [not loaded] com.macupdate.desktop5.scanner.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [not loaded] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper.plist 3rd-Party support link

User Login Items:

          iTunesHelper

          Google Chrome

Internet Plug-ins:

          Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.2.0.16   - SDK 10.8 3rd-Party support link

          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.70 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

          Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.70 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update

          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9

          SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.1.0 3rd-Party support link

          Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 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: 1.9 - SDK 10.9

          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - 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:

          RealPlayer Plugin: Version: (null) 3rd-Party support link

3rd Party Preference Panes:

          Flash Player  3rd-Party support link

          Flip4Mac WMV  3rd-Party support link

          Growl  3rd-Party support link

          Paragon NTFS for Mac ® OS X  3rd-Party support link

          Perian  3rd-Party support link

Old Applications:

          MiroVideoConverter:          Version: 2.6 - SDK 10.0 3rd-Party support link

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

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

          Microsoft AutoUpdate:          Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

                    /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app

Time Machine:

          Auto backup: YES

          Volumes being backed up:

                    Macintosh HD: Disk size: 232.48 GB Disk used: 137.17 GB

          Destinations:

                    Time Machine Backups [Local] (Last used)

                    Total size: 0 B

                    Total number of backups: (null)

                    Size of backup disk: Too small

                              Backup size 0 B < (Disk used 137.17 GB X 3)

          Time Machine details may not be accurate.

          All volumes being backed up may not be listed.

Top Processes by CPU:

               6%          coreaudiod

               4%          WindowServer

               4%          Dock

               2%          Google Chrome

               1%          iTunes

Top Processes by Memory:

          131 MB          Google Chrome

          68 MB          Google Chrome Helper

          57 MB          iTunes

          41 MB          Finder

          41 MB          WindowServer

Virtual Memory Information:

          41 MB          Free RAM

          1.27 GB          Active RAM

          1.24 GB          Inactive RAM

          1.02 GB          Wired RAM

          1.21 GB          Page-ins

          130 MB          Page-outs

Yes, this one has to be cleaned seriously too.

A beautiful MBP, with crippling software.

Can you please post this list in a new thread, and then post only the link here.

LexSchellings,

I bought the Macbook Pro in late 2012 and never been used a lot, but recently its very slow and having the spinning wheel problems. As per your instructions in the previous post i downloaded Etrecheck and here is the link for the log i posted

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6024392

Please help me.

Thanks in advance