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joaomalveiro Author

Level 1

16 points

Slow Macbook Pro after clean install Mavericks

Hardware Information:

MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro6,2

1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores

4 GB RAM

Video Information:

Intel HD Graphics - VRAM: 288 MB

NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 256 MB

Audio Plug-ins:

BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0

AirPlay: Version: 1.9

AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0

iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3

System Software:

OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 0 days 6:40:46

Disk Information:

SAMSUNG SSD 830 Series disk0 : (256,06 GB)

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

MAIN (disk0s2) /: 255,2 GB (233,2 GB free)

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

HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N

USB Information:

Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Razer DeathAdder

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

FireWire Information:

Thunderbolt Information:

Kernel Extensions:

Problem System Launch Daemons:

[failed] com.apple.softwareupdated.plist

[failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist

Problem System Launch Agents:

Launch Daemons:

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist

Launch Agents:

User Launch Agents:

User Login Items:

iTunesHelper

3rd Party Preference Panes:

Flash Player

Internet Plug-ins:

Default Browser.plugin

Flash Player.plugin

FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin

QuickTime Plugin.plugin

User Internet Plug-ins:

Bad Fonts:

None

Time Machine:

Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU:

11% WindowServer

9% PluginProcess

5% Safari

2% com.apple.WebKit.Networking

1% EtreCheck

1% fontd

1% coreaudiod

0% ps

0% configd

0% networkd

Top Processes by Memory:

213 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

123 MB Safari

82 MB WindowServer

70 MB Finder

45 MB EtreCheck

43 MB PluginProcess

41 MB mdworker

41 MB com.apple.WebKit.Networking

37 MB ubd

37 MB System Events

Virtual Memory Statistics

1.14 GB Free RAM

1.09 GB Active RAM

382 MB Inactive RAM

735 MB Wired RAM

838 MB Page-ins

13 MB Page-outs

MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2010), OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Oct 25, 2013 11:37 AM

20 replies

Nov 9, 2013 2:33 AM in response to joaomalveiro

Gosh, I thought mine was bad. Seeing some of the problems people are having almost cheers me up.

My issues are, as others, all about speed. Opening apps now takes a few seconds longer, memory seems to be getting gobbled up for no reason and things like right clicking on a file to choose 'open with' takes many seconds for the list of apps to appear and then the icons come lagging about 20 seconds behind.

Nothing I can't live with with - I have decent happy pills - but it sure is annoying that a few weeks ago everything was smooth, reasonable quick and responsive and, for the sake of (what are the new features exactly?) - I now have a slower computer with delays when I click things.

Martin

John Galt

Level 10

146,390 points

Nov 9, 2013 6:59 AM in response to martinkoss

Hi martinkoss

If you are motivated to fix those problems please start a new Discussion.

Nov 27, 2013 8:26 PM in response to joaomalveiro

1. Go to Finder> Click on "Go" from Menu Bar at the top of the Computer Screen> Select Computer from Drop Down Menu> Select Macintosh HD> Select /Library Folder> Select Caches Folder and Move it to Trash

2. Go back to "Go" in the Menu Bar at the Top of the Screen> Hold the Option Key on the Keyboard and select the Library Folder that appears under Home in the Drop Down Menu> Select Caches Folder and Drag to the Trash and select Merge

3. Go to Black Apple in the top left of the Computer Screen> Select System Prefrences from Drop Down Menu> Go To Users & Groups in fourth Row of Icons> Select Login Items at the top of the new Window> Clear out an unnecessary Programs by highlighting the Program and selecting the "-" at the bottom of the window next to the '+"

4. Go back to the Black Apple and then select Shutdown from the Drop Down menu

5. When Turning Computer Back on Boot into Safe Mode (Hold Shift Key after hearing the Startup Noise) Release Shift Key when you see Apple with Spinning Gear and Progress Bar underneath> Once at Login Screen Select shutdown Computer in Bottom Right of Screen

6. Now unplug any Preferral Devices (including Ethernet Cable, Keyboard, ext...) Take Plug out of the Back of the Computer this is known as reseting the SMC

7. Plug Everthing back in you unplugged, Turn on Computer, When you hear Startup Noise Hold Down all at the same time Command+Option+P+R, if you do this correctly the Screen should go Black, then White and make the Start up Noise Again, when you hear the Startup Noise for a Third Time, you can remove you hands from the Keyboard

8. Login like Normal

9. Continuation... If you have any Third Party Software such as Norton Anti Virus, MacKeeper (Malware), or any other types of Anti Virus software, Remove these from the Computer

10. If those Troubleshooting Steps should fail, Verify and Repair Disk from Recovery HD, Re Install OS from Recovery Partition. If you are running anything less than 6GBS of RAM, consider updating your RAM, if Re-Install does not Work, Make a back up of your Data, and then perform an Erase and Install

joaomalveiro Author

Level 1

16 points

Dec 10, 2013 9:04 AM in response to D Rayburn Willis

Any fix for our problems? I see a lot of people happy with their updates into 10.9, but not a single Macbook Pro Mid 2010 owner.... how are we going to fix this mess? or should i just install ML again?

John Galt

Level 10

146,390 points

Dec 10, 2013 9:09 AM in response to joaomalveiro

joaomalveiro wrote:

Any fix for our problems? I see a lot of people happy with their updates into 10.9, but not a single Macbook Pro Mid 2010 owner.... how are we going to fix this mess? or should i just install ML again?

Until you replace your aftermarket SSD with one that supports Mavericks, regressing to ML may be your only option. Reports of third party SSD incompatibility are common on this site.

Slow Macbook Pro after clean install Mavericks