Dear Linc,
I followed your steps and here's what I got:
Step 1. the textedit window remained blank
Step 2. I did all the steps you mentioned in step 2, non of them seems to have been the problem
Step 3. the %CPU was as follows:
Dashboard |
7.8 |
1:09:04.58 |
19 |
47 |
3098 |
yassermuzaffar |
108.3 MB |
245 |
0 bytes |
0 bytes |
64 bit |
0 bytes |
0 bytes |
0 |
0 |
- |
No |
0 bytes |
0 bytes |
0 bytes |
No |
No |
0 bytes |
kernel_task |
3.3 |
1:23:31.83 |
99 |
341 |
0 |
root |
1,011.9 MB |
0 |
0 bytes |
0 bytes |
64 bit |
0 bytes |
0 bytes |
0 |
0 |
- |
No |
0 bytes |
0 bytes |
0 bytes |
No |
No |
0 bytes |
Safari Web Content |
3.0 |
3.44 |
14 |
18 |
4660 |
yassermuzaffar |
0 bytes |
0 bytes |
0 bytes |
64 bit |
0 bytes |
0 bytes |
0 |
0 |
- |
No |
0 bytes |
0 bytes |
0 bytes |
No |
Yes |
0 bytes |
µTorrent |
2.6 |
1:04:23.49 |
18 |
20 |
714 |
yassermuzaffar |
122.2 MB |
264 |
0 bytes |
0 bytes |
32 Bit |
0 bytes |
0 bytes |
0 |
0 |
- |
No |
0 bytes |
0 bytes |
0 bytes |
No |
No |
0 bytes |
System Value is 0.80%
User Value is 1.45%
Idle Value is 97.40%
Swap used is 256 Kb
Reads in/sec is 2
Writes out/sec 0
Step 4. last group of error messages is as follows (Irealize this is probably more than you wanted to see but each item is long by itself... sorry for that):
12/14/13 9:19:31.420 PM Mail[4608]: *** Assertion failure in -[MFLocalAccount mailboxForRelativePath:isFilesystemPath:create:], /SourceCache/Mail/Mail-1816/FrameworkTargets/MailFramework/Accounts/MFMailAccou nt.m:4302
Absolute path passed into -[MFLocalAccount mailboxForRelativePath:isFilesystemPath:create:]: /Volumes/C-3PO/Sent Messages 2.mbox
(
0 MailCore 0x00007fff8b80ac8c -[MCAssertionHandler _handleFailureWithPreamble:description:arguments:] + 141
1 MailCore 0x00007fff8b80aafd -[MCAssertionHandler handleFailureInMethod:object:file:lineNumber:description:] + 215
2 Mail 0x00007fff8606c97a -[MFMailAccount mailboxForRelativePath:isFilesystemPath:create:] + 197
3 Mail 0x00007fff8606dc0f +[MFMailAccount mailboxForURL:forceCreation:syncableURL:] + 435
4 Mail 0x00007fff8607f673 __43+[MFMailbox queueUpdateCountsForMailboxes:]_block_invoke822 + 48
5 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff8be3aa1f __65-[__NSDictionaryM enumerateKeysAndObjectsWithOptions:usingBlock:]_block_invoke + 111
6 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff8be3a92e -[__NSDictionaryM enumerateKeysAndObjectsWithOptions:usingBlock:] + 222
7 Mail 0x00007fff8607f560 __43+[MFMailbox queueUpdateCountsForMailboxes:]_block_invoke + 270
8 Foundation 0x00007fff86b25055 -[NSBlockOperation main] + 75
9 Foundation 0x00007fff86b04591 -[__NSOperationInternal _start:] + 631
10 Foundation 0x00007fff86b0423b __NSOQSchedule_f + 64
11 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff8a4f72ad _dispatch_client_callout + 8
12 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff8a4fb7ff _dispatch_async_redirect_invoke + 154
13 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff8a4f72ad _dispatch_client_callout + 8
14 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff8a4f909e _dispatch_root_queue_drain + 326
15 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff8a4fa193 _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 40
16 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff84e36ef8 _pthread_wqthread + 314
17 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff84e39fb9 start_wqthread + 13
)
12/14/13 9:19:31.421 PM Mail[4608]: *** Assertion failure in -[MFLocalAccount mailboxForRelativePath:isFilesystemPath:create:], /SourceCache/Mail/Mail-1816/FrameworkTargets/MailFramework/Accounts/MFMailAccou nt.m:4302
Absolute path passed into -[MFLocalAccount mailboxForRelativePath:isFilesystemPath:create:]: /Volumes/C-3PO/INBOX 2.mbox
(
0 MailCore 0x00007fff8b80ac8c -[MCAssertionHandler _handleFailureWithPreamble:description:arguments:] + 141
1 MailCore 0x00007fff8b80aafd -[MCAssertionHandler handleFailureInMethod:object:file:lineNumber:description:] + 215
2 Mail 0x00007fff8606c97a -[MFMailAccount mailboxForRelativePath:isFilesystemPath:create:] + 197
3 Mail 0x00007fff8606dc0f +[MFMailAccount mailboxForURL:forceCreation:syncableURL:] + 435
4 Mail 0x00007fff8607f673 __43+[MFMailbox queueUpdateCountsForMailboxes:]_block_invoke822 + 48
5 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff8be3aa1f __65-[__NSDictionaryM enumerateKeysAndObjectsWithOptions:usingBlock:]_block_invoke + 111
6 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff8be3a92e -[__NSDictionaryM enumerateKeysAndObjectsWithOptions:usingBlock:] + 222
7 Mail 0x00007fff8607f560 __43+[MFMailbox queueUpdateCountsForMailboxes:]_block_invoke + 270
8 Foundation 0x00007fff86b25055 -[NSBlockOperation main] + 75
9 Foundation 0x00007fff86b04591 -[__NSOperationInternal _start:] + 631
10 Foundation 0x00007fff86b0423b __NSOQSchedule_f + 64
11 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff8a4f72ad _dispatch_client_callout + 8
12 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff8a4fb7ff _dispatch_async_redirect_invoke + 154
13 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff8a4f72ad _dispatch_client_callout + 8
14 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff8a4f909e _dispatch_root_queue_drain + 326
15 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff8a4fa193 _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 40
16 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff84e36ef8 _pthread_wqthread + 314
17 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff84e39fb9 start_wqthread + 13
)
12/14/13 9:28:18.336 PM Console[4669]: setPresentationOptions called with NSApplicationPresentationFullScreen when there is no visible fullscreen window; this call will be ignored.
12/14/13 9:29:34.398 PM com.apple.usbmuxd[23]: _SendAttachNotification Device 28:e1:4c:98:cf:ea@fe80::2ae1:4cff:fe98:cfea._apple-mobdev2._tcp.local. has already appeared on interface 4. Suppressing duplicate attach notification.
12/14/13 9:29:46.558 PM iTunes[370]: Entered:_AMMuxedDeviceDisconnected, mux-device:231
12/14/13 9:29:46.559 PM iTunes[370]: Entered:__thr_AMMuxedDeviceDisconnected, mux-device:231
12/14/13 9:29:46.559 PM iTunes[370]: tid:27b43 - Mux ID not found in mapping dictionary
12/14/13 9:29:46.559 PM iTunes[370]: tid:27b43 - Can't handle disconnect with invalid ecid
Hope this helps.
PS. I read somewhere that reinstalling Mavericks may solve the slowness so I did that, but with no affect... imac is still so slow