since installing Maverick on my MacBook Pro the system has ground to a halt...............any suggestions ?
MacBook Pro (17-inch Early 2011), OS X Mavericks (10.9)
System speed very downed When I updated Maverick, each and every 😠 applications getting very slow to open some applicatons not support for maverick
rob --
Have you restarted one more time?
Back up your documents and everything else important to you, not that there is any reason to believe your hard disk may be failing, but the symptoms you describe may presage an impending disk failure, and you should have backups anyway. On occasion, an upgrade as extensive as Mavericks can reveal a hard disk on the verge of failure, so you must rule out hardware failures first.
To help determine the possible causes of this behaviour read the following. None of what follows is intended to fix anything, but it will provide the additional information required to advance troubleshooting:
Boot OS X Recovery by holding ⌘ and r (two fingers) while you start your Mac. At the Mac OS X Utilities screen, select Disk Utility. Select your startup volume (usually named "Macintosh HD") and click the Repair Disk button. Describe any errors it reports in red.
When it finishes restart your Mac and test again for operation. If it's still not behaving as you expect it should, please post the results of EtreCheck in accordance with the following instructions:
Apple Support Communities contributor etresoft wrote a very useful app to quickly gather certain system information that may help point to a cause of this problem. Go to his website, download and run EtreCheck:
http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck
Etrecheck will be in your Downloads folder. Open it from there. You may see the following dialog box:
Click Open - etresoft contributes to this forum frequently and can be considered a trustworthy developer.
It will take a moment to run as it collects its data.
Copy and paste its output in a reply.
Do not be concerned about anything that says "Problem" or "failed".
EtreCheck was designed to remove any personal information (such as your computer's name and serial numbers) but if you see anything that looks like an email address or any other personal information that should not be divulged to others, please delete or obscure that information when you post the reply.
When you are finished with EtreCheck, quit the program. It occupies very little space, and you can keep it or drag it to the Trash as you wish.
After completing the above please determine if the slowdowns also occur in "Safe Mode":
My Mac was crawling after Maverick was installed. The EtreCheck is the most informative and detailed thing I've run across. Highlighted three items, that needed updating and the need for more disk space. I fixed those areas and my Mac is doing much better! Thanks, John Galt for the infomation on EtreCheck!
Thank its developer, Mr. etresoft.
You should post the Etrecheck report in a seperate, new post anyways.
Just because it reported some software as issues or not up to date in red highlight doesn't mean that those things were what was slowing your Mac down or causing other performance issues in Mavericks.
Post the report in a new posting so we can all see whether your system has any other malware or incompatible software installed.
Thank You.
Speed is better now after installing Maverick, but maybe someone can see other things that need attention. I'd be happy to hear your suggestions.
Here's the EtreCheck:
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,1
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
2 GB RAM
Video Information:
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.2 (13C64) - Uptime: 0 days 16:4:37
Disk Information:
Hitachi HTS543225L9SA02 disk0 : (250.06 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 249.2 GB (17.27 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS21N
USB Information:
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
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:
Kernel Extensions:
com.markspace.driver.Android.RNDIS (1.2)
com.markspace.driver.RemoteNDIS (1.1.0d1)
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (3.0.10)
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (3.0.10)
Startup Items:
HP IO: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP IO
MissingSyncListener: Path: /Library/StartupItems/MissingSyncListener
VirtualBox: Path: /Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox
Launch Daemons:
[System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.edb.launchd.pgagent.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.edb.launchd.postgresql-9.3.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.BackupAssistant.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.siber.gs-server.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
[System] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.hp.help.tocgenerator.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.backupassistant.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.Logitech.Control Center.Daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
Google Notifier
Internet Plug-ins:
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.2.4.18058 3rd-Party support link
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 3rd-Party support link
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.4.4.2 3rd-Party support link
Silverlight: Version: 4.1.10329.0 3rd-Party support link
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.182 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.182 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.2.4.18058 3rd-Party support link
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 8.3.1 3rd-Party support link
GarminGpsControl: Version: 4.0.3.0 Release - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 51 3rd-Party support link
Safari Extensions:
MapsGalaxy: Version: 1.15.0.41143
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:
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.94 3rd-Party support link
WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
WebEx: Version: 1.0 3rd-Party support link
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
Flip4Mac WMV 3rd-Party support link
Logitech Control Center 3rd-Party support link
MacFUSE 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Mouse 3rd-Party support link
Tuxera NTFS 3rd-Party support link
Old Applications:
Microsoft AutoUpdate: Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app
Audacity: Version: 2.0.5.0 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Audacity/Audacity.app
Network Recording Player: Version: 2.2.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/WebEx Folder/500/Network Recording Player.app
/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/WebEx Folder/10_1224
Cisco WebEx Meetings: Version: 11.24.32.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
asannotation2: Version: 8.25.31.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
atmsupload: Version: 4.14.29.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
convertpdf: Version: 1.2 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Garmin Map Update: Version: 4.5.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/Garmin/Garmin Map Update/tmp/Garmin Map Update.app
/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/WebEx Folder/1124
Meeting Center: Version: 12.27.23.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
asannotation2: Version: 10.21.23.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
convertpdf: Version: 1.2 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/WebEx Folder/1224
Cisco WebEx Meeting Center: Version: 11.24.32.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
asannotation2: Version: 8.25.31.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
atmsupload: Version: 4.14.29.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
convertpdf: Version: 1.2 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/WebEx Folder/1324
convertpdf: Version: 1.2 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Cisco WebEx Meeting Center: Version: 1304.23.2811.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
asannotation2: Version: 1206.25.2804.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
atmsupload: Version: 1209.12.2806.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
GoodSync: Version: GS_VERSION_STRING_RAW - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Garmin Lifetime Map Updater: Version: 2.2 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Wizard101: Version: 1.5 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
H&R Block 2011: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Destinations:
TOSHIBAEXT [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 0 B
Total number of backups: (null)
Size of backup disk: Excellent
Backup size 0 B > (Disk size 0 B X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
4% WindowServer
1% EtreCheck
0% mds_stores
0% mds
0% aosnotifyd
Top Processes by Memory:
59 MB Pages
57 MB Safari
51 MB mds_stores
47 MB ocspd
45 MB WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information:
170 MB Free RAM
530 MB Active RAM
445 MB Inactive RAM
354 MB Wired RAM
1.20 GB Page-ins
67 MB Page-outs
Intego is one of the worst things you can inflict upon a Mac. I recommend you uninstall it according to its instructions.
Additional potential problems exist. For comprehensive assistance you should start your own Discussion, rather than reply to someone else's. It's the best way to exploit the resources of this support site.
You, also, have insufficient RAM installed.
While the minimum RAM spec for OS X Mavericks indicates 2 GBs of RAM, the reality is that Mavericks need a real world minimum RAM amount of 4 GBs
More RAM is always better.
New Macs shipped, now, with a base amount of 8 GBs of RAM.
Your year and model MBP can take a total of 8 GBs of RAM.
I would advise purchasing and installing, at least, another 2 GBs of RAM. Or if your budget allows, I strongly, recommend purchasing and installing the full 8 GBs of RAM into your MacBook Pro.
Correct and reliable Mac RAM can be purchased from online Mac RAM sources Crucial memory or OWC (macsales.com).
You need to update all of your installed third party software if there are OS X Mavericks updates that can be applied.
You may need to go the third party developers' websites if there are no updates through the Mac App Store.
You need to update all of your various Web browser Internet plugins, extensions and add-ons also.
In particular, make sure the Telestream Flip4Mac video plugin is updated to its recent version.
ALso, MacFUSE is obsolete and hasn't been updated since 2009.
Tthere is a new version of this called FUSE for OS X that has been recently updated for OS X Macericks.
Also, if you have any connected third party devices, like non-Apple keyboards, mice, drawing tablets, hubs, card readers, audio/video peripherals, etc, you need to update the drivers for these devices by going to each device makers' websites download and install OS X Mavericks compatible versions, if available and applicable.
Good Luck!
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