10.9 slow performance and possible fix.

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Hi there !Mavericks made my Macbook Pro useless. Beachballs, tons of errors in console, finder not responding, and so on...What did solve all of it for me is a simple erase of all logs using the ONYX software. Right after, Mac works just fine.BUT ! The problem goes back everyday. I do erase these logs again, and all works good since.Seems like the log files system in Mavericks is weak, then.Hope this will help to find a way to get rid of such a annoying bug, " apple ! hi there ! " 🙂p.s. wrote a feedback letter to Apple.

Allan Eckert · Answer

I suggest you download and install EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheckRun EtreCheck and publish report hereMaybe with the data in the report we might see a solution for youAllan

Linc Davis · Answer

Please post a representative extract from the logs. No more than about 50 lines, please.

Shooroopski · Answer

Here it is -Hardware Information:          MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro6,2          1 2.66 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2 cores          4 GB RAMVideo Information:          Intel HD Graphics - VRAM: 288 MB          NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 512 MBSystem Software:          OS X 10.9.2 (13C64) - Uptime: 0 days 0:38:6Disk Information:          Hitachi HTS545050B9SA02 disk0 : (500,11 GB)                    EFI (disk0s1) &lt;not mounted&gt;: 209,7 MB                     Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499,25 GB (30,34 GB free)                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) &lt;not mounted&gt;: 650 MB           HL-DT-ST DVDRW  GS23N  USB Information:          Apple Internal Memory Card Reader           Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub                     Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller           Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad           Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver           Apple Inc. Built-in iSight FireWire Information:Thunderbolt Information:Configuration files:          /etc/hosts - Count: 57Kernel Extensions:          at.obdev.nke.LittleSnitch          (4052 - SDK 10.8)          com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard          (5.9 - SDK 10.6)Startup Items:          CUDA: Path: /System/Library/StartupItems/CUDA          HWNetMgr: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWNetMgr          HWPortDetect_driver: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWPortDetect_driver          StartOuc: Path: /Library/StartupItems/StartOucLaunch Daemons:          [System] at.obdev.littlesnitchd.plist 3rd-Party support link          [System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link          [System] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist 3rd-Party support link          [System] com.barebones.authd.plist 3rd-Party support link          [System] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link          [System] com.gopro.stereomodestatus.plist 3rd-Party support link          [System] com.lsreset.plist 3rd-Party support link          [System] com.paceap.eden.licensed.plist 3rd-Party support link          [System] com.radiosilenceapp.nke.PrivateEye.plist 3rd-Party support link          [System] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist 3rd-Party support link          [System] PACESupport.plist 3rd-Party support linkLaunch Agents:          [System] at.obdev.LittleSnitchUIAgent.plist 3rd-Party support link          [System] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link          [System] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist 3rd-Party support link          [System] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link          [System] com.nvidia.CUDASoftwareUpdate.plist 3rd-Party support link          [System] HWPortCfg.plist 3rd-Party support link          [System] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist 3rd-Party support linkUser Login Items:          NoneInternet Plug-ins:          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Outdated! Update          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.70 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9          Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.70 - SDK 10.6 Cannot contact Adobe          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3          o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.1.4.17398 3rd-Party support link          npgtpo3dautoplugin: Version: 0.1.44.29 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link          googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.1.4.17398 3rd-Party support link          Silverlight: Version: 5.0.61118.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link          iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8Audio Plug-ins:          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9          AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9iTunes Plug-ins:          CoverVersion: Version: 2.1.5 - SDK 10.8 3rd-Party support link          Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.93rd Party Preference Panes:          Flash Player  3rd-Party support linkOld Applications:          /Applications/iWork &#x27;09          Spin Doctor:          Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link                    /Applications/Toast 11 Titanium/Spin Doctor.app          Business Card Composer 5:          Version: 5.1.7 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support linkTime Machine:          Time Machine not configured!Top Processes by CPU:              19%          Google Chrome              17%          Finder              14%          WindowServer               1%          EtreCheck               1%          hiddTop Processes by Memory:          160 MB          com.apple.IconServicesAgent          106 MB          Google Chrome          86 MB          Mail          61 MB          sandboxd          53 MB          WindowServerVirtual Memory Information:          869 MB          Free RAM          1.56 GB          Active RAM          736 MB          Inactive RAM          763 MB          Wired RAM          854 MB          Page-ins          0 B          Page-outs

Shooroopski · Answer

Here are the logs. I/O errors do increase in number, by the end of the day they appear every 20 sec.After erasing logs - no I/O errors at all.3/9/14 12:13:39.766 PM systemstatsd[323]: assertion failed: 13C64: systemstatsd + 3348 [13AA9855-9163-3CE2-91B4-617E23A64044]: 0xa3/9/14 12:13:47.002 PM xpcd[196]: restored permissions (100600 -&gt; 100700) on /Users/andreybaburin/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail/Container.plist3/9/14 12:13:50.569 PM WindowServer[107]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Mail" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.3/9/14 12:13:54.307 PM WindowServer[107]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Mail" after 4.74 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)3/9/14 12:13:54.336 PM com.apple.SecurityServer[14]: Session 100016 created3/9/14 12:13:59.266 PM xpcproxy[353]: assertion failed: 13C64: xpcproxy + 3438 [D559FC96-E6B1-363A-B850-C7AC9734F210]: 0x23/9/14 12:14:27.310 PM Mail[347]: CoreText CopyFontsForRequest received mig IPC error (FFFFFFFFFFFFFECC) from font server3/9/14 12:14:27.310 PM Mail[347]: CoreText CopyFontsForRequest received mig IPC error (FFFFFFFFFFFFFECC) from font server3/9/14 12:14:38.115 PM apsd[208]: Unrecognized leaf certificate3/9/14 12:15:14.469 PM WindowServer[107]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Safari" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.3/9/14 12:15:14.702 PM WindowServer[107]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Safari" after 1.23 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)3/9/14 12:15:17.721 PM Google Chrome Helper[336]: CarbonCore: getattrlist(/home, ATTR_VOL_CAPABILITIES, ...) failed (-1) with errno 13/9/14 12:15:17.721 PM Google Chrome Helper[302]: CarbonCore: getattrlist(/home, ATTR_VOL_CAPABILITIES, ...) failed (-1) with errno 13/9/14 12:15:17.721 PM Google Chrome Helper[344]: CarbonCore: getattrlist(/home, ATTR_VOL_CAPABILITIES, ...) failed (-1) with errno 13/9/14 12:15:17.721 PM Google Chrome Helper[342]: CarbonCore: getattrlist(/home, ATTR_VOL_CAPABILITIES, ...) failed (-1) with errno 13/9/14 12:15:17.736 PM Google Chrome Helper[342]: CarbonCore: getattrlist(/net, ATTR_VOL_CAPABILITIES, ...) failed (-1) with errno 13/9/14 12:15:17.736 PM Google Chrome Helper[344]: CarbonCore: getattrlist(/net, ATTR_VOL_CAPABILITIES, ...) failed (-1) with errno 13/9/14 12:15:17.736 PM Google Chrome Helper[336]: CarbonCore: getattrlist(/net, ATTR_VOL_CAPABILITIES, ...) failed (-1) with errno 13/9/14 12:15:17.737 PM Google Chrome Helper[302]: CarbonCore: getattrlist(/net, ATTR_VOL_CAPABILITIES, ...) failed (-1) with errno 13/9/14 12:15:18.168 PM WindowServer[107]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Finder" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.3/9/14 12:15:18.352 PM WindowServer[107]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Finder" after 1.18 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)3/9/14 12:15:22.559 PM sandboxd[361]: ([347]) Mail(347) deny file-issue-extension /Applications/Safari.app3/9/14 12:15:35.123 PM com.apple.SecurityServer[14]: Session 100017 created3/9/14 12:15:36.525 PM com.apple.IconServicesAgent[224]: main Failed to composit image for binding VariantBinding [0x3f3] flags: 0x8 binding: FileInfoBinding [0x2fd] - extension: wma, UTI: com.microsoft.windows-media-wma, fileType: ????.3/9/14 12:15:36.527 PM quicklookd[366]: Warning: Cache image returned by the server has size range covering all valid image sizes. Binding: VariantBinding [0x203] flags: 0x8 binding: FileInfoBinding [0x103] - extension: wma, UTI: com.microsoft.windows-media-wma, fileType: ???? request size:16 scale: 13/9/14 12:15:37.218 PM com.apple.IconServicesAgent[224]: main Failed to composit image for binding VariantBinding [0x3f9] flags: 0x8 binding: FileInfoBinding [0x129] - extension: mp3, UTI: public.mp3, fileType: ????.3/9/14 12:15:37.220 PM quicklookd[366]: Warning: Cache image returned by the server has size range covering all valid image sizes. Binding: VariantBinding [0x403] flags: 0x8 binding: FileInfoBinding [0x303] - extension: mp3, UTI: public.mp3, fileType: ???? request size:16 scale: 13/9/14 12:17:16.000 PM kernel[0]: disk0s2: I/O error.3/9/14 12:17:20.000 PM kernel[0]: disk0s2: I/O error.3/9/14 12:17:20.711 PM systemstatsd[323]: assertion failed: 13C64: systemstatsd + 3348 [13AA9855-9163-3CE2-91B4-617E23A64044]: 0xa3/9/14 12:17:20.958 PM com.apple.WebKit.Networking[364]: CFNetwork SSLHandshake failed (-9806)3/9/14 12:17:21.128 PM com.apple.WebKit.Networking[364]: CFNetwork SSLHandshake failed (-9806)3/9/14 12:17:21.135 PM com.apple.WebKit.Networking[364]: CFNetwork SSLHandshake failed (-9806)3/9/14 12:17:21.165 PM com.apple.WebKit.Networking[364]: CFNetwork SSLHandshake failed (-9806)3/9/14 12:17:43.755 PM com.apple.IconServicesAgent[224]: main Failed to composit image for binding VariantBinding [0x20f] flags: 0x8 binding: FileInfoBinding [0x305] - extension: jpg, UTI: public.jpeg, fileType: ????.3/9/14 12:17:43.757 PM quicklookd[377]: Warning: Cache image returned by the server has size range covering all valid image sizes. Binding: VariantBinding [0x403] flags: 0x8 binding: FileInfoBinding [0x303] - extension: jpg, UTI: public.jpeg, fileType: ???? request size:64 scale: 13/9/14 12:17:59.097 PM universalAccessAuthWarn[274]: AccessibilityAPI: pid 311, is not allowed to access the accessibility API. Path: /Library/Little Snitch/Little Snitch Agent.app/Contents/MacOS/Little Snitch Agent3/9/14 12:18:18.965 PM com.apple.SecurityServer[14]: Session 100005 created3/9/14 12:18:34.000 PM kernel[0]: considerRebuildOfPrelinkedKernel prebuild rebuild has expired3/9/14 12:18:46.415 PM secd[215]:  SecErrorGetOSStatus unknown error domain: com.apple.security.sos.error for error: The operation couldn’t be completed. (com.apple.security.sos.error error 2 - Public Key not available - failed to register before call)3/9/14 12:18:46.416 PM secd[215]:  securityd_xpc_dictionary_handler com.apple.sbd[412] DeviceInCircle The operation couldn’t be completed. (com.apple.security.sos.error error 2 - Public Key not available - failed to register before call)3/9/14 12:19:23.986 PM mds[33]: (Normal) ImportServer: Ignoring blacklisted Spotlight importer plugin:/Developer/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/SourceCode. mdimporter uuid:548A3091-3C5D-498A-A329-B532A6C896BB version:15863/9/14 12:19:24.064 PM mds[33]: (Normal) ImportServer: Ignoring blacklisted Spotlight importer plugin:/Developer/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/SourceCode. mdimporter uuid:548A3091-3C5D-498A-A329-B532A6C896BB version:15863/9/14 12:19:31.700 PM System Events[426]: .sdef warning for part of complex type &#x27;any | number | boolean | date | list | record | text | data&#x27; used in suite &#x27;Property List Suite&#x27;: &#x27;data&#x27; is not a valid type name.3/9/14 12:19:31.703 PM System Events[426]: .sdef warning for type &#x27;text | missing value | any&#x27; attribute &#x27;uniqueID&#x27; of class &#x27;XML element&#x27; in suite &#x27;XML Suite&#x27;: AppleScript ID references may not work for this property because its type is not NSNumber- or NSString-derived.3/9/14 12:20:28.438 PM Console[455]: setPresentationOptions called with NSApplicationPresentationFullScreen when there is no visible fullscreen window; this call will be ignored.3/9/14 12:20:53.229 PM mds[33]: (Normal) ImportServer: Ignoring blacklisted Spotlight importer plugin:/Developer/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/SourceCode. mdimporter uuid:548A3091-3C5D-498A-A329-B532A6C896BB version:15863/9/14 12:20:53.419 PM mds[33]: (Normal) ImportServer: Ignoring blacklisted Spotlight importer plugin:/Developer/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/SourceCode. mdimporter uuid:548A3091-3C5D-498A-A329-B532A6C896BB version:15863/9/14 12:21:39.000 PM kernel[0]: disk0s2: I/O error.3/9/14 12:21:42.000 PM kernel[0]: disk0s2: I/O error.3/9/14 12:21:42.824 PM systemstatsd[323]: assertion failed: 13C64: systemstatsd + 3348 [13AA9855-9163-3CE2-91B4-617E23A64044]: 0xa

Allan Eckert · Answer

The one thing I see in this report that could be a possible problem is PACEYou might want to disable it or uninstall it for a test to see if it is causing the problemsAllan

Shooroopski · Answer

A minute ago did try to erase system.log using the console, with no success. Console gave an error, could not delete.Ok, thanks Allan, will do the thing with PACE.

Linc Davis · Answer

The startup drive is failing, or there is some other internal hardware fault. Everything else is irrelevant.Make a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store, or go to another authorized service provider.Back up all data on the internal drive(s) before you hand over your computer to anyone. There are ways to back up a computer that isn&#x27;t fully functional — ask if you need guidance.If privacy is a concern, erase the data partition(s) with the option to write zeros* (do this only if you have at least two complete, independent backups, and you know how to restore to an empty drive from any of them.) Don’t erase the recovery partition, if present.Keeping your confidential data secure during hardware repairApple also recommends that you deauthorize a device in the iTunes Store before having it serviced.*An SSD doesn&#x27;t need to be zeroed.

Shooroopski · Answer

Thanx, Linc.I&#x27;m close to get a SSD drive. The problem still persist, I do hear some repetitive noize from Mac HD, which is quite abnormal. Thanx !