N.Vishwanath
Level 1
(4 points)
Q: I downloaded OS X Mavericks over the weekend and it has made my Macbook Pro extremely slow
I downloaded OS X Mavericks over the weekend and it has made my Macbook very slow. Browsing has become slow. Mail hardly moves. It takes ages to show contents of inbox, yes including previously downloaded emails too. Thus the overall experience is very disappointing. IS THERE A WAY TO GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS OS X that I had? OS X Mavericks should be renamed as OS X HAVOCKWRECKS.
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
arthur
Level 5
(5,193 points)
I could find the file, "jp.co.canon.UFR2.BG.plist"
However instead of deleting it, how do I go about finding the app to uninstall this file?
Is there a way to check which app/utility is the one to be uninstalled for a particular file that is causing problems?
That would be great if there were a simple way to tell what app is installing a particular bit of software. Unfortunately there isn't. This one is probably related to some canon software that you installed at some point. You'll just have to look through your Applications folder and in your Library. Another thing to do is a browser search, for example, search for "jp.co.canon.UFR2.BG.plist remove" and I'm sure some out there will have tried to get rid of it at some point.
The .plist files are handled differently in Mavericks- they are cached, and it seems that they have to be removed from the cache as well. I don't think any outside of Apple quite understands how this is done just yet. I have made some inqiries about this and I'm awaiting an answer.
does it mean that the uninstall is not working given that the uninstaller program & the installer program continue to exist even after running the uninstaller program?
No. The uninstaller won't remove the installer or the uninstaller (itself). That is boggling my mind somewhat: the uninstaller uninstalling itself. If you are done with the uninstaller, you could just put it in the trash and it should be gone. And if you don't use your Blackberry anymore you could just put the installer in the trash and empty the trash and it should be gone too.
I would definitely get rid of the rimalbumart demon as it's running away with your memory and your CPU. Here's a thread that should help: Remove "RimAlbumArtDaemon": Apple Support Communities
I would uninstall what you can, then reboot, and see how your computer behaves. If it is working well despite a few suspicious items still being present, then perhaps it's better to just leave those there for now. But get rid of the rimalbumart thing.
