Q: Mac slow after installing Maverick

Nicholas Loisos wrote:

 

Perhaps I can scan the drive and see if its healthy. Any suggestions what I should use for this? thanks!

If the drive's built-in S.M.A.R.T. firmware has already detected a problem, then SMART Utility does arguably the best job of analyzing the readings and letting you know it's status. DriveDx is an alternative that some users have found useful, but I've not used it enough to judge for myself.

If you find you need to do a surface scan and can afford to erase your drive, then you can try Disk Utility Erase with the Security Option set to write zeros, but I think I mentioned before that you may have to check the log to see if it found and spared any bad blocks.

I own and have used both TechTool Pro and Drive Genius to do surface scans in the past and both do a good job of that task and a whole lot more, but are proportionally more expensive.

If anything tells you that it found a bad block but all the spares were used, you need to run to the nearest electronics store for a replacement as it has already failed to some extent and will probably be a total loss soon.

Can I, shouldI reistall Mavericks now that MacKleener is gone? Computer is acting like its haunted. The Timemachine clock does not move while backing up, the video controls do not respond in the middle of watching something and Word  just hung while it was in the background??? thanks If so, do I just go to the app store and choose it or do i have to do something different now that its already running? thanks!!!

Nicholas Loisos wrote:

 

Can I, shouldI reistall Mavericks now that MacKleener is gone?

I certainly found it useful early in my use of Mavericks and I know plenty of other users who solved their own mysteries by re-installing from the Recovery HD partition. You might be able to get away with just downloading and installing the OS X 10.9.2 Combo Update.

The Timemachine clock does not move while backing up

The one in the menu bar no longer does that in Mavericks. The arrowhead doubles when it's running, but no more rotation. If you have your TM volume shown in the sidebar, there should be double-arrow rotation there.

do I just go to the app store and choose it or do i have to do something different now that its already running?

OS X: About OS X Recovery.

For those who still have this problem, this is the solution:

1 - Start the mac holding 'option';

2 - Choose the recovery boot disc;

3 - Select Disc Utility option;

4 - Select the disc where os x is installed;

5 - Click 'Fix disc permissions' button;

6 - Wait till it's done;

7 - Restart you mac in normal mode;

8 - Problem solved (At least for me and the guy that told me to do this).

Try this:

1 - Start the mac holding 'option';

2 - Choose the recovery boot disc;

3 - Select Disc Utility option;

4 - Select the disc where os x is installed;

5 - Click 'Fix disc permissions' button;

6 - Wait till it's done;

7 - Restart you mac in normal mode;

8 - Problem solved (At least for me and the guy that told me to do this).

Please, lemme know if it works for you too.

I believe that all the problems that people are reporting in this thread stem from installing Mavericks over a previous install of OS X (the way Apple wants you to do it). I had major problems with my MacBook after installing Mavericks over Mountain Lion. You need bite the bullet do a clean install of Mavericks after re-formatting your hard drive (explained in my previous post). I did this and Mavericks is now running very smoothly. All of the software that I previously had installed is currently installed on my MacBook now it's running fine so it's not a conflict with any software that causes the problems people are having with Mavericks. Mavericks is by far the fastest version of OS X I've ever used, it's just that a clean install will always yield the best results.

Sichan wrote:

 

so it's not a conflict with any software that causes the problems people are having with Mavericks. Mavericks is by far the fastest version of OS X I've ever used, it's just that a clean install will always yield the best results.

I have five Macs in the Studio, all had Mavericks installed over Mountain Lion. No problems at all. The majority of problems I have seen with other people's installs have been caused by outdated or incompatable third party software.

Pete

petermac87 wrote:

I have five Macs in the Studio, all had Mavericks installed over Mountain Lion. No problems at all.

From what I've seen, the majority of Mavericks users would agree with you, including me. I've observed several hundred users now and a few have been able to find that one piece of software that was the root cause while a few others were never able to recover until they resorted to a clean install.

I did have to resort to a re-install a couple of weeks after installing 10.9.0 when it suddenly ground to a halt and nothing I tried would get it back to normal. An hour or so after rebooting to the Recovery partition I was good as new.  My main computer has had no issues at all, yet.

Exactly. That is why I queried such a generalised statement. I would do a clean install if it was ever required, but so far tere has been no reason. Mavericks installed over Mountain Lion is running faster and more stable than ML.

Pete

Thanks for telling me about the TimeMachine clock NOT rotating! Who would have thought that Apple would remove that feature? I found that so useful! Now I don't really know when its backing up! All this superficial design change is driving me batty, not just on Mac but on IOS too! What is the real point in changing stuff we grow familiar with? To show that the're busy "improvong things"??? I always wonder if Steve would have let them do stuff like that but that's a whole other topic!

Easy solved. Use the backup you made of your previous system before you made the decision to install Mavericks.

OS X Mavericks: Revert to a previous OS X version

Pete

In that case is there a list of incompatible software somewhere on the web where one could go and check against one's installed software???? Seems like a known issue that does not rear its head until the bits hit the fan!!

http://roaringapps.com

Pete

Thanks or your assistance Petermac87. My real and only bugbear was a product that was on my iMac and not enough memory. All is fine now once I deleted the 3 rd party product and installed  more memory. I'd love to blame Mavericks but there is an answer..the truth is out there!

Because my MacBook (unibody mid 2010, 13-inch) is too slow, on power and in use, I follow the suggested by Linc Davis in the top of this post: in TextEdit, after I wrote the code line suggested by Linc Davis in reply to original post in Terminal application, I had the following output:

xxxxxx macbook kernel[0] <Debug>: Previous Shutdown Cause: -60

xxxxxx macbook kernel[0] <Debug>: Process Setup Assistant [225] disabling system-wide I/O Throttling

What they want to say these lines and, more importantly, how can I speed up my computer?

Important (maybe): I have installed on my MacBook MacKeeper