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User profile for user: Jilleigh
Jilleigh Author
User level: Level 1
0 points

Why is my macbook Slow and fan always running

I recently upgraded to Mavericks, and since then my computer has been slow and lagging a lot. I see the perpetual spinning beach ball more than I would like. I have done everything I can think of within my knowledge to rectify the problem but it still seems slow to me. I have unistalled apps, cleared caches, run an antivirus, run onyx and cleanmymac applications. I don't know what else I can do. I also find that my fan is running constantly and when I look at the activity monitor nothing is eating my CPU, in fact it is always below 10%. Here is my most recent Etrescheck. PLEASE HELP!! I'm open to all and any suggestions. Thank YOu





Hardware Information:

MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008)

MacBook - model: MacBook5,1

1 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores

2 GB RAM


Video Information:

NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB


System Software:

OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 0 days 0:10:11


Disk Information:

TOSHIBA MK1653GSX disk0 : (160.04 GB)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

L?KLN (disk0s2) /: 159.18 GB (97.69 GB free)

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


HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS21N


USB Information:

Apple Inc. Built-in iSight



Apple, Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad


Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver


Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller


FireWire Information:


Thunderbolt Information:


Kernel Extensions:

com.avast.PacketForwarder (1.4 - SDK 10.9)

com.avast.AvastFileShield (2.1.0 - SDK 10.9)


Startup Items:

HP IO: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP IO


Problem System Launch Daemons:


Problem System Launch Agents:


Launch Daemons:

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

[System] com.avast.init.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.avast.uninstall.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2.Agent.plist 3rd-Party support link

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

[System] com.sibelius.sari.plist 3rd-Party support link


Launch Agents:

[System] com.Affinegy.InstaLANa.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.avast.userinit.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.hp.devicemonitor.plist 3rd-Party support link


User Launch Agents:

[not loaded] com.avast.home.userinit.plist 3rd-Party support link

[not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link

[not loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.diskSpaceWatcher.plist 3rd-Party support link

[not loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.scheduledScan.plist 3rd-Party support link

[not loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.trashWatcher.plist 3rd-Party support link


User Login Items:

Mail

Opera


Internet Plug-ins:

AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin1017277: Version: AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin 1.0.17 3rd-Party support link

CouponPrinterPluginMac1.0.0.7: Version: CouponPrinterPluginMac 1.0.0.4 - SDK 10.7 3rd-Party support link

Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9

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 Outdated! Update

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin: Version: AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin 1.0.17 3rd-Party support link

SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 3rd-Party support link

iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0

CouponPrinter-FireFox_v2: Version: 1.1.10 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.8.0 - SDK 10.9 Outdated! Update


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:

Move-Media-Player: Version: npmnqmp 071503000004 3rd-Party support link

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

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


3rd Party Preference Panes:

avast! Preferences 3rd-Party support link

Flash Player 3rd-Party support link

Growl 3rd-Party support link


Bad Fonts:

None


Old Applications:

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

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

Epson Printer Utility 4: Version: 9.17 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

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

HP Device Monitor: Version: 2.7.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

/Library/Printers/hp/hpio/HP Device Monitor.app


Time Machine:

Skip System Files: NO

Auto backup: YES

Time Machine not configured!


Top Processes by CPU:

3% WindowServer

1% EtreCheck

0% com.avast.fileshield

0% airportd

0% aosnotifyd


Top Processes by Memory:

53 MB Opera Helper

39 MB Opera

23 MB Finder

23 MB WindowServer

20 MB EtreCheck


Virtual Memory Information:

33 MB Free RAM

637 MB Active RAM

611 MB Inactive RAM

278 MB Wired RAM

1.49 GB Page-ins

5 MB Page-outs

MacBook, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on Feb 11, 2014 4:53 AM

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User profile for user: John Galt
John Galt
User level: Level 10
146,402 points

Feb 11, 2014 7:24 AM in response to Jilleigh

Installing CleanMyMac will corrupt your system. I know of no way to recover from its effects other than to reinstall OS X and other essential software. "Essential" is defined to specifically exclude CleanMyMac as well as all similarly ill-conceived "cleaning" products that are likely to have similar effects. Never install such junk on a Mac.


Erasing your Mac will have the benefit of eradicating it, the useless Avast garbage, and Internet Plug-Ins as well.


You are likely to need more memory. 2 GB is barely sufficient to run any OS later than Snow Leopard. Your MacBook can address as much as 8 GB and I recommend at least 4 GB.

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User profile for user: Alex.Chernenko
Alex.Chernenko
User level: Level 1
30 points

Feb 12, 2014 4:18 AM in response to John Galt

John Galt wrote:


Installing CleanMyMac will corrupt your system. I know of no way to recover from its effects other than to reinstall OS X and other essential software. "Essential" is defined to specifically exclude CleanMyMac as well as all similarly ill-conceived "cleaning" products that are likely to have similar effects. Never install such junk on a Mac.

100%


Alex

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User profile for user: bellmond
bellmond
User level: Level 1
8 points

Feb 13, 2014 1:06 AM in response to Jilleigh

I guess if the problems came from Mavericks which maybe not suitable or hardware requirements not met, there is no use of doing re-install.

Have you checked all the apps whether it compatible with Mavericks or not especially those have a background process.

Recently my MS Powerpoint keep crashing while in full mode but work normally on editing screen so it possible it happens because incompatible apps.

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Why is my macbook Slow and fan always running

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