Mavericks causing problems with scrolling and Mission Control

I have the same problem with LaunchPad. Not sure about the other problems you've experienced.

There are times swiping back and froth in LP it does work. But other times it doesn't and in order to swipe to the other page. You have to swipe 5 or more times as the Apps inch slowly across the screen.

KOT

Hi Steve,

Since your Mac is so new you should contact AppleCare and have them diagnose it. One of the steps that they will have you take is to reset the SMC so you might as well do that first.

Read all the steps:

Before Resetting the SMC

Try each of the following steps in this order before you reset the SMC. Test the issue after completing each troubleshooting step to determine if the issue still occurs.

1. Press Command + Option + Escape to force quit any application that is not responding.
2. Put your Mac to sleep by choosing the Apple () menu from the upper-left menu bar and then choosing Sleep. Wake the computer after it has gone to sleep.
3. Restart your Mac by choosing the Apple () menu from the upper-left menu bar and then choosing Restart.
4. Shut down your Mac by choosing the Apple () menu from the upper-left menu bar and then choosing Shut Down.

Resetting the SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own

1. Shut down the computer.
2. Plug in the MagSafe power adapter to a power source, connecting it to the Mac if it's not already connected.
3. On the built-in keyboard, press the (left side) Shift-Control-Option keys and the power button at the same time.
4. Release all the keys and the power button at the same time.
5. Press the power button to turn on the computer.

After that, please consider the following. It is not intended to fix anything, but will provide additional information required to advance troubleshooting:

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" or anything else that may appear in red.

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.

Great! Thanks for the update.

Hi John,

I have same problem with Steve.. where should i paste the Output of the EtreCheck.. tq

Here you go: Start a discussion

I have a MBP 13" late 2011 and I'm having these same issues (Launch pad, Freezes, jerkiness) after installing Mavericks.

I first did an upgrade from Lion and noticed the problems and decided to do a clean install and I still have these issues.

Another strange issue was during the fresh install my Macbook froze at the "Set Time and Region" screen on initial boot up and I had to do a hard reset to get it to boot up for the first time.

I solved my problem by using the quartz debug software nice and easy did the trick!

I still have this problem: even after I've done all steps that John Galt listed.

What can I do???

Hardware Information:

MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012)

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro10,1

1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores

8 GB RAM

Video Information:

Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 1024 MB

NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - VRAM: 1024 MB

Audio Plug-ins:

BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0

AirPlay: Version: 1.9

AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0

iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3

Startup Items:

ProTec6b - Path: /Library/StartupItems/ProTec6b

VirtualBox - Path: /Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox

System Software:

OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 0 days 0:6:55

Disk Information:

APPLE SSD SM256E disk0 : (251 GB)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209,7 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 170,14 GB (26,79 GB free)

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

USB Information:

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

FireWire Information:

Thunderbolt Information:

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Kernel Extensions:

com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (0.0.74)

org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (4.2.18)

org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (4.2.18)

com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.6.5)

Problem System Launch Daemons:

Problem System Launch Agents:

Launch Daemons:

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist

[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist

[loaded] com.rim.BBDaemon.plist

[loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist

[loaded] com.timesoftware.timemachineeditor.backup-auto.plist

[loaded] com.timesoftware.timemachineeditor.helper.plist

Launch Agents:

[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist

[loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist

[loaded] com.rim.BBAlbumArtCacher.plist

[loaded] com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist

[not loaded] com.sony.ReaderDesktop.RunReaderDesktop.plist

[loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist

[loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist

User Launch Agents:

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist

[loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist

[not loaded] org.virtualbox.vboxwebsrv.plist

User Login Items:

iTunesHelper

Dropbox

Google Drive

Skype

VMware Fusion Start Menu

readerAppHelper

Soundflowerbed

Spotify

DaemonManager

SPanel

3rd Party Preference Panes:

Flash Player

Growl

Internet Plug-ins:

Default Browser.plugin

Flash Player.plugin

FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin

JavaAppletPlugin.plugin

QuickTime Plugin.plugin

SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin

User Internet Plug-ins:

SpontaniaUpdater.plugin

Bad Fonts:

None

Time Machine:

Skip System Files: NO

Mobile backups: ON

Auto backup: YES

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 170,14 GB Disk used: 143,35 GB

Destinations:

Data [Network] (Last used)

Total size: 254,57 GB

Total number of backups: 34

Oldest backup: 2013-07-18 00:58:00 +0000

Last backup: 2013-11-02 12:06:45 +0000

Size of backup disk: Too small

Backup size 254,57 GB < (Disk used 143,35 GB X 3)

Top Processes by CPU:

33% coreaudiod

9% Soundflowerbed

2% WindowServer

1% fontd

1% EtreCheck

1% Spotify

0% hidd

0% mtmd

0% BBLaunchAgent

0% ps

Top Processes by Memory:

180 MB WindowServer

156 MB Skype

139 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent

131 MB Google Chrome

131 MB Google Chrome Helper

115 MB Finder

98 MB mds_stores

98 MB Dock

82 MB Spotify

82 MB Google Drive

Virtual Memory Statistics:

3.44 GB Free RAM

3.37 GB Active RAM

307 MB Inactive RAM

905 MB Wired RAM

539 MB Page-ins

0 B Page-outs

Try removing Soundflower since it has not been updated in a very long time. Follow these instructions from its developer's website:

http://cycling74.com/products/soundflower/

There is a short video explaining how to uninstall it. If uninstalling it does not help, and you really need it, you can always reinstall it again from the developer's website.

If that does not help please start a new Discussion because there will be other things to check.

Ufff....I really need Soundlower: it's the only way I've found to record a video&audio of a course online which I'm doing.

Can we check the other things before??? 🙂

Thks

Don't worry, I have a Mac Mini and I followed the instructions on how to clear the SMC.

• Shutdown
• Unplug for 15 seconds
• Plug back in
• Wait 5 seconds
• Power on

Still having scrolling issues in Launch Pad. Where it woudl freeze half way between pages.

KOT

I had a similar problem. I have a 27" iMac (Late 2012) and after installing Mavericks, I wasn't able to scroll using my Magic Mouse in Calendar, or any broswers--Safari, Chrome, and Firefox--even after setting my scrollbars to appear "always." I also wasn't able to access Dashboard with a 2 finger swipe or Mission Control with a double tap.

I called Apple Care and told the advisor about the threads that suggested resetting the PRAM or SMC. But he suggested that before we try that, I should restart my computer while keeping the "Reopen windows when logging back in" box unchecked. It solved my problem instantly, and I haven't had trouble scrolling anywhere since!!

Didn't work for me. The only thing that worked was going to Apple icon ->System preferences->General and clicking on Always show scrollbar

this fixed the scrolling distortion in Preview using pdf

I have the same problem here.