Q: Mac slow after installing Maverick

I didn't know Macs were around in the 50's. And if you could just pop in evidence to Apple trolling these forums it would be helpful.

Thanks

Pete

I dont expect them to mate.

If you read the majority of complaints here, they seem to be tied to common operating system problems.

In my case I have a MacBook Pro which is only two months old and not full of crapware etc. i use it for business and only use Apple approved, sponsored software.

It is an operating system problem (memory gobbling, hard disc accessing, system file stuff ups) which could have been and should have been tested before it was released.  Not everyone has 8gigs of memory and most of us have bog standard hardware supplied by Apple, one of the most controlled enviroments know to the computing world.  If they want to hold the reputation of a class product which works every time and doesnt require the time to prepare a full four course dinner for eight to boot up, then they have to be more careful with the product they promulgate.  Otherwise it is roll over Microsoft, I want to join you in the bed of stupidity.

Pete

I wasnt talking about Macs in the 50's.

Re trolling, have a look who is hosting this forum and providing the disc space for it.

Robgee99 wrote:

 

Thanks Pete, I understand that, I have been using (and once selling Apples) probably since before you were born. 

 

 

That is what you said. I was born in the 50's. So if you used them before I was born you used them in the 50's (or 40's).

And as for

Re trolling, have a look who is hosting this forum and providing the disc space for it.

Apple have provided this site as a user forum. They have set rules for content. That is all. Have you ever seen a reply from them? A post by them? And if you feel differently, then why would you accuse someone of 'Trolling' their own thread (which you have no evidence of)? You need to word your posts more accurately and back up your statements with some shred of evidence if you are to accuse people.

Pete

Yeah,

Those are some of the issues, but not all of these issues happen with every Mac out there.

Robgee99, as has been suggested repeatedly throughout this entire support site, if you want to solve your problems you need to start a new Discussion. Everyone who does that gets their problems addressed.

i've got an 13' i7 - 8 gbRam, only used less than half of my 750 gb memory and it's slowing my mac to the point that it takes  5 ******* minutes to start and everytime i play a video it lags the sh*t out of it (sorry about the swears but i'm really ****** it's killing my mac and my work) and then the only update i get is something that i do not have a problem with Gmail WHY WOULD YOU UPDATE SOMETHING THAT IS USELESS AND NOT EVERYTHING ELSE? oh and the MAP App - Piece of Garbage - From all the GPS Companies you had to choose Google  1-it's not Accurate when you want a specific place, the maps are outdated the satelite images are just awfull I had to WALK 10 KM - YES 10 KM  - to find a school wich the map told me to and then find out that the school is on the oposite Direction  it is unacceptable - but there is more - the battery life time - Apple said that the OSX makes the 13' MacBook battery last for 12 hours- that's a straight up lie. YOU ARE BECOMING LIKE MICROSOFT Promisses of more effienciency for professional music/video editors - how can you work when after a video renders the whole program freezes for no reason at all a 5 second render froze my timeline and my editing viewer in Final cut when i export a project on Ableton 9 it crashes. I can see the reason you give this OS for free you know it is worthless why put up a price right?

THE OS X IS BROKEN FIX IT!!!!!

AnoukPoiArts, as has been suggested repeatedly throughout this entire support site, if you want to solve your problems you need to start a new Discussion. Everyone who does that gets their problems addressed.

Hecks, I was asked to replace the HDD. Still wondering whay upgrading to a newer OS would make the disk crawl.

It took me 2 days to backup the enitre 200Gb of data - had to leave the mac on for the entire time disable screensavers displays the work to get it done. Well ... the replace HDD seems to have solved it despite re-upgrading it to OS Maverick.

Can't say much but the thing works....

remi.dsouza wrote:

 

 

It took me 2 days to backup the enitre 200Gb of data

 

2 Days is not normal. If that was with your old HardDrive then that would things as it was dying.

 

Well ... the replace HDD seems to have solved it despite re-upgrading it to OS Maverick.

 

Then that is good. What problems do you have now? May pay to start a new discussion to have them addressed.

 

Pete

I had the same multiple slowness problems.After various test etc, I discovered that (to solve MY problems) I emptied the old CACHES folders located at:-

For the entire mac operating system( i.e NOT user specific)

/System/Library/Caches.

/Library/Caches.

and

for each user on your mac:-

~/Library/Caches.

Then empty the trash before rebooting,

and after rebooting emty the trash again (some 'Cache' files are locked when the system is up and running.

After the reboot my mac was back to its normal fast self.

Hope this helps at least some of you.

Message was edited by: Neville Neale

I had very similar problems when I upgraded my late 2009 MacBook from Mountain Lion to Mavericks. The Mail application and System Preferences especially took a long time to start up and when they did were very laggy, with a lot of disk activity and the computer seemed to be overheating a lot too. Browsing folder contents was also very slow.

In the hopes of fixing my MacBook I followed this guide here using Diskmaker X to perform a clean install of Mavericks: http://mashable.com/2013/10/23/clean-install-os-x-mavericks/

Since then my MacBook has been running fine with no lag. Mavericks seems to take a little longer than Mountain Lion to shut down and a bit longer once Finder has loaded before it's ready to use but once it's ready I find it pretty snappy.

To use DiskMaker X to create a Mavericks boot disk you'll need a spare external hard drive or USB stick of at least 8 GB capacity that you don't mind re-formatting. In addition to this you'll also need an external hard drive with enough space to back up all your files. I backed up my entire Home folder. After doing a clean install of Mavericks I dragged over all my Documents, iPhoto and Music Libraries, Movies folder etc. but only replaced a few non-Apple preference files in the Library folder. I then re-installed all my Applications using the proper installers and set all my System and Application preferences pretty much from scratch. I set up my e-mail accounts from scratch and re-downloaded all my e-mails. In total it took me around 5 hours though a lot of that time was waiting for things to install during which I was able to do other things. I also have around 40 GB extra HDD space even after I've re-installed everything which goes to show how much junk builds up in hidden areas on your disk.

I think most of the problems with Mavericks come from installing it over Mountain Lion, which in my case was itself installed on top of Lion which was installed on top of Snow Leopard. A clean install will always be preferable to the way that Apple wants you to upgrade.

Hi,

I am having similar issues as well:

- Spinning wheel of death appearing very often.

I have a mid 2013 Mac Air. Everything was OK beofre the instaltion of the Mavericks OS.

I have plenty of HD space, memory is quite fine. I am not using any heavy application, just the browser, but the systems still shows symptoms of being overloaded.

gsantosgss, as has been suggested repeatedly throughout this entire support site, if you want to solve your problems you need to start a new Discussion. Everyone who does that gets their problems addressed.

I have the same problem as many here, very slow.  I have carbonite, but keep it off except when I go to bed at night as it seems to slow things down, but it is more than just this.  Enclosed is my report, any help appreciated

Hardware Information:

          MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)

          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2

          1 2.9 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2 cores

          8 GB RAM

Video Information:

          Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 1024 MB

System Software:

          OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 4 days 16:56:28

Disk Information:

          APPLE HDD HTS547575A9E384 disk0 : (750.16 GB)

                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 749.3 GB (126.46 GB free)

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

          HL-DT-ST DVDRW  GS31N 

USB Information:

          Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

          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.jft.driver.PdaNetDrv          (1.0.64)

          com.parallels.virtualsound          (1.0 22731.929773)

          com.parallels.kext.usbconnect          (9.0 24172.951362)

          com.parallels.kext.hypervisor          (9.0 24172.951362)

          com.parallels.kext.hidhook          (9.0 24172.951362)

          com.parallels.kext.netbridge          (9.0 24172.951362)

          com.parallels.kext.vnic          (9.0 24172.951362)

          com.parallels.filesystems.prlufs          (2010.12.28)

Problem System Launch Daemons:

          [failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist 3rd-Party support link

Problem System Launch Agents:

Launch Daemons:

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

          [loaded] com.carbonite.launchd.carbonitedaemon.plist 3rd-Party support link

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

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

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

          [loaded] com.parallels.mobile.dispatcher.launchdaemon.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [loaded] com.parallels.mobile.kextloader.launchdaemon.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [loaded] com.rim.BBDaemon.plist 3rd-Party support link

Launch Agents:

          [loaded] com.carbonite.launchd.carbonitealerts.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [loaded] com.carbonite.launchd.carbonitestatus.plist 3rd-Party support link

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

          [loaded] com.hp.help.tocgenerator.plist 3rd-Party support link

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

          [loaded] com.parallels.mobile.prl_deskctl_agent.launchagent.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [loaded] com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [loaded] com.rosettastone.rosettastonedaemon.plist 3rd-Party support link

User Launch Agents:

          [failed] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist 3rd-Party support link

          [failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [failed] com.google.Chrome.framework.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [failed] com.google.GoogleContactSyncAgent.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [loaded] com.parallels.mobile.startgui.launchagent.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist 3rd-Party support link

User Login Items:

          iTunesHelper

          handyPrintUserDaemon

Internet Plug-ins:

          o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 4.9.1.16010 3rd-Party support link

          Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.0 3rd-Party support link

          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9

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

          OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.2.7 3rd-Party support link

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

          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

          Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

          googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 4.9.1.16010 3rd-Party support link

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

          iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0

          SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.2.5 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 45 3rd-Party support link

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

User Internet Plug-ins:

          fbplugin_1_0_3: Version: (null) 3rd-Party support link

          Picasa: Version: 1.0 3rd-Party support link

3rd Party Preference Panes:

          Carbonite  3rd-Party support link

          Flash Player  3rd-Party support link

          Flip4Mac WMV  3rd-Party support link

          Java  3rd-Party support link

          MacFUSE  3rd-Party support link

Bad Fonts:

          None

Old Applications:

          /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0

                    Microsoft Error Reporting:          Version: 2.2.8 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

                    Microsoft Ship Asserts:          Version: 1.1.3 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

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

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

          SketchUp:          Version: 8.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

                    /Applications/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp.app

          /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office

                    Microsoft Graph:          Version: 14.2.5 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

                    Microsoft Database Utility:          Version: 14.2.5 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

                    Microsoft Office Reminders:          Version: 14.2.5 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

                    Microsoft Upload Center:          Version: 14.2.5 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

                    SyncServicesAgent:          Version: 14.2.5 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

                    Open XML for Excel:          Version: 14.2.5 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

                    Microsoft Alerts Daemon:          Version: 14.2.5 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

                    Microsoft Database Daemon:          Version: 14.2.5 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

                    Microsoft Chart Converter:          Version: 14.2.5 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

                    Microsoft Clip Gallery:          Version: 14.2.5 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

          Epson Printer Utility 4:          Version: 9.14 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

                    /Library/Printers/EPSON/InkjetPrinter2/Utility/UT4/Epson Printer Utility 4.app

          /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011

                    Microsoft PowerPoint:          Version: 14.2.5 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

                    Microsoft Excel:          Version: 14.2.5 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

                    Microsoft Word:          Version: 14.2.5 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

                    Microsoft Document Connection:          Version: 14.2.5 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

          Microsoft Language Register:          Version: 14.2.5 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

                    /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Additional Tools/Microsoft Language Register/Microsoft Language Register.app

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

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

          /Applications/iWork '09

          Family Tree Maker 2:          Version: 21.2.7 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

          Picasa:          Version: 3.9.16 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

Time Machine:

          Skip System Files: NO

          Mobile backups: OFF

          Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off

          Volumes being backed up:

                    Macintosh HD: Disk size: 697.84 GB Disk used: 580.06 GB

          Destinations:

                    Data [Network] (Last used)

                    Total size: 2 

                    Total number of backups: 87

                    Oldest backup: 2012-08-25 06:27:40 +0000

                    Last backup: 2014-01-09 00:13:31 +0000

                    Size of backup disk: Adequate

                              Backup size 2  > (Disk used 580.06 GB X 3)

          Time Machine details may not be accurate.

          All volumes being backed up may not be listed.

Top Processes by CPU:

              45%          prl_vm_app

               3%          WindowServer

               1%          EtreCheck

               1%          prl_client_app

               0%          prl_disp_service

Top Processes by Memory:

          803 MB          prl_vm_app

          106 MB          Safari

          82 MB          mds_stores

          82 MB          Mail

          74 MB          prl_client_app

Virtual Memory Information:

          52 MB          Free RAM

          1.42 GB          Active RAM

          1.38 GB          Inactive RAM

          3.33 GB          Wired RAM

          2.97 GB          Page-ins

          475 MB          Page-outs