Q: My MacBook suddenly started running slow

Thanks mate, I created this thread https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6070489

Cheers

I take it you haven't read through this thread as there are some obvious things that others have been told to remove immediately. It's not really fair to take advantage of people like Lex in this manner as it makes us think you value your time more than the troubleshooters here. None of us are paid for our time here so the least you could do is take advantage of the information already presented and then start asking additional questions. I love helping people as long as they make an effort to help themselves.

@Roumpos:

indeed, read MadMacs0

here's the link to my discussion

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6071419

Thanks

Lex,

Just read your posts for this and am having similar issues. I downloaded the etrecheck and here are the results:

Hardware Information:

          MacBook (13-inch, Late 2009)

          MacBook - model: MacBook6,1

          1 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores

          2 GB RAM

Video Information:

          NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB

System Software:

          Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549) - Uptime: 0 days 1:2:41

Disk Information:

          Hitachi HTS545025B9SA02 disk0 : (232.89 GB)

                    (null) (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 200 MB

                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 232.57 GB (117.73 GB free)

          MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898 

USB Information:

          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

          Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub

                    Broadcom Corp Bluetooth Module

FireWire Information:

Thunderbolt Information:

Problem System Launch Daemons:

          [System] org.samba.winbindd.plist 3rd-Party support link

Launch Daemons:

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

          [System] com.leapfrog.connect.authdaemon.plist 3rd-Party support link

User Launch Agents:

          [not loaded] com.leapfrog.connect.monitor.plist 3rd-Party support link

User Login Items:

          iTunesHelper

          Monitor

          Canon IJ Network Scanner Selector EX

Internet Plug-ins:

          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 13.9.8 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update

          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.77 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

          EPPEX Plugin: Version: 10.0 3rd-Party support link

          Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.77 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update

          CouponPrinter-FireFox_v2: Version: Version 1.1.7 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.6.6

          OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.6 3rd-Party support link

          Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20513.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

          iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0

iTunes Plug-ins:

          Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.2

User Internet Plug-ins:

          npBcsMcTcIO: Version: (null) 3rd-Party support link

3rd Party Preference Panes:

          Flash Player  3rd-Party support link

Old Applications:

          None

Time Machine:

          Time Machine information requires OS X 10.7 "Lion" or later.

Top Processes by CPU:

               2%          WindowServer

               2%          EtreCheck

               0%          WebProcess

               0%          mds

               0%          usbmuxd

Top Processes by Memory:

          133 MB          WebProcess

          76 MB          Safari

          63 MB          Safari Webpage Preview Fetcher

          47 MB          EtreCheck

          47 MB          Finder

Virtual Memory Information:

          692 MB          Free RAM

          656 MB          Active RAM

          186 MB          Inactive RAM

          257 MB          Wired RAM

          217 MB          Page-ins

          0 B          Page-outs

I also ran the terminal program and received this information:

Tue Apr  8 17:26:50 Jamie-Terrys-MacBook kernel[0] <Debug>: Previous Shutdown Cause: -60

Wed Apr  9 08:07:02 localhost kernel[0] <Debug>: Previous Shutdown Cause: -60

Jame, please make a new thread with this etrecheck list, and post the link here, so that I find you easily. This thread is already too long.

Lex

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6078587

Please see thread. Thanks!

Hi LexSchellings,

It looks like you've been super busy on this thread....

Do you have a few minutes to take a look at mine?

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6091941

Very much appreciated :-)

Hi...my mac book pro got really slow recently, too...I've read through the discussions and started by uinstalling some programs and emptying my downloads folder which seems to have already helped but there's still some weird things here, like 'TuneupMyMac' and 'iTunesHelper' with warning signs next to them showing in the login items...or should those be there? I've run etrecheck and wonder if somebody would be able to have look at my thread and give me some feedback...perhaps there's something I could improve...I'd really appreaciate it! thank you in advance! Here's the link: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6093157

MadMacs0 and LexShellings, THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH for all your help! After long hours of absorbing a lot of new information it seems my mac is back on track...I've run the etre check again and the issues you pointed out earlier are gone now and my mac's running at its normal speed. I'm posting here because, apparently, I'm not authorized to go into the thread I started...don't know why. THANKS AGAIN!

81pies wrote:

 

I'm posting here because, apparently, I'm not authorized to go into the thread I started...don't know why.

 

It would appear that the hosts have deleted the entire discussion for some unknown reason. There's been a lot of that going on recently for some reason.

Glad you are back in business.

That happens when someone in the thread plays against the rules. I have not seen what it was.

The etrecheck list is gone too, maybe start all over again with yet another new thread, because this one is reallly too long...

Lex

Hi Lex, I've been reading this thread, I've deleted some old unused bits of software. My question is this has happened over the last three days, suddenly, I haven't downloaded any new software for a while, so why now is slowing down and turning jittery?

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6109437

Hey Lex, would you also take a look at my threat? i already posted the etrecheck readout in there. im feeling that you are really helpfull on here. i hope you can also help me out.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6113583

Hi Lex --

MacBook Pro is running very slow; please help. Would appreciate any advise on how to speed it up saving me from having to watch the spinning ball all day long. Computer has been running notably slower for past 6 months or so; started about the time latest OSX came out. Many thanks!

System/ config info at:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6150092