HT201364: OS X Mavericks system requirements

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skyfishfly
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Q: upgraded to mavericks

is it possible my lion mac book pro could be running slower since i upgraded to mavericks

MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011), OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)

Posted on Mar 18, 2014 5:26 AM

by MichelPM,Solvedanswer
MichelPM MichelPM
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A:

Completely uninstall CleanMyMac2 per the instructions found on the devekoper's website and never,EVER install anything like this EVER, again!

 

Apps like MacKeeper or any other maintenance apps like CleanMyMac 1 or 2, TuneUpMyMac or anything like these apps, installed on your Mac, while they appear to be helpful, can do too good a job of data "cleanup" causing the potential to do serious data corruption or data deletion and render a perfectly running OS completely dead and useless leaving you with a frozen, non-functional Mac.

Plus, these type of apps aren't really necessary. They really aren't!

There are manual methods to clear off unnecessary data off of your Mac that are safer and you have complete control over your Mac and not just leave a piece of auto cleaning software in charge of clearing off data off of your Mac.

These apps potential of causing OS X issues outweighs the implied good and benefits these types of hard drive or memory "cleaning" apps are written/coded, implied to do.

Plus, the software companies that write these apps make it hard to easily uninstall these apps if something DOES go wrong and these apps work in a way where you have no recovery or revert function to return your Mac back to its former, working state in the event something does go wrong.

It is best to never, EVER download and install these types of apps.

The risk to your system and data is too great a risk!

Posted on Mar 18, 2014 7:57 AM

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Q: upgraded to mavericks

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  • by cbs20,Helpful

    cbs20 cbs20 Mar 18, 2014 5:39 AM in response to skyfishfly
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    Mar 18, 2014 5:39 AM in response to skyfishfly

    Yes it is possible. You may have incompatible software installed that functioned properly on Lion, but isn't on Mavericks. Your install may have been bad as well. You need to provide more information and we may be able to help resolve your problem.

  • by MichelPM,

    MichelPM MichelPM Mar 18, 2014 7:02 AM in response to cbs20
    Level 6 (14,279 points)
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    Mar 18, 2014 7:02 AM in response to cbs20

    It would help us to help you if we could have some more technical info about your Mac.

    If you so choose, Please download, install and run Etrecheck.

    Etrecheck was developed as a simple Mac diagnostic reporting tool by a regular Apple Support forum user and technical support contributor named Etresoft.

    Etrecheck is a small, unobstrusive app that compiles a static snapshot of your entire Mac hardware system and installed software.

    This is a free app that has been honestly created to provided help in diagnosing issues with Macs running the new OS X 10.9 Mavericks.

    It is not malware and can be safely downloaded and installed onto your Mac.

     

    http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck

     

    Copy/paste and post its report here in another reply thread so that we have a complete profile of your Mac's hardware and installed software so we can all help with your Mac performance issues.

  • by skyfishfly,

    skyfishfly skyfishfly Mar 18, 2014 7:43 AM in response to MichelPM
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    Mar 18, 2014 7:43 AM in response to MichelPM

    Hardware Information:

              MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011)

              MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1

              1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores

              4 GB RAM

     

    Video Information:

              Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB

     

    System Software:

              OS X 10.9.2 (13C64) - Uptime: 5 days 5:51:21

     

    Disk Information:

              ST9500325ASG disk0 : (500.11 GB)

                        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

                        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (108.42 GB free)

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

     

              MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8 

     

    USB Information:

              Western Digital My Passport 0748 500.07 GB

                        UFO51 (disk2s1) /Volumes/UFO51: 500.07 GB (49.83 GB free)

     

              Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

     

              Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

     

              HUAWEI HUAWEI Mobile

     

              Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

     

              Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub

                        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

     

    FireWire Information:

     

    Thunderbolt Information:

              Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

     

    Kernel Extensions:

              com.wdc.driver.USB_64HP          (1.0.0 - SDK 10.6)

              com.huawei.driver.HuaweiDataCardDriver          (4.25.20)

              com.huawei.driver.cdc_usb_bus          (1.0.2)

              com.huawei.driver.cdc_acm          (2.6.2f17)

              com.huawei.driver.dc_net          (1.0.2)

              com.huawei.driver.cdc_ncm          (2.6.2f16)

     

    Startup Items:

              HWNetMgr: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWNetMgr

              HWPortDetect: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWPortDetect

              StartOuc: Path: /Library/StartupItems/StartOuc

     

    Launch Daemons:

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

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

     

    Launch Agents:

              [System] com.divx.dms.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link

              [System] com.divx.update.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link

     

    User Launch Agents:

              [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:

              iTunesHelper

              Dropbox

              Safari

     

    Internet Plug-ins:

              FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.77 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

              DivX Web Player: Version: 3.1.0.13 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

              Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.77 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

              OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 3rd-Party support link

              QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

              Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9

     

    Safari Extensions:

              AdBlock: Version: 2.6.18

              Disconnect: Version: 3.0.3

              Awesome Screenshot: Version: 1.4.1

              iTube Studio: Version: 4.8.0.0

     

    Audio 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 10.9

     

    iTunes Plug-ins:

              Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9

     

    3rd Party Preference Panes:

              Flash Player  3rd-Party support link

              Perian  3rd-Party support link

     

    Old Applications:

              MemServerUI:          Version: 1.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

                        /Library/Application Support/Native Instruments/Kontakt 5/kxm/MemServerUI.app

              iSkysoft Helper Compact:          Version: 2.2.6.4 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

                        /Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/Helper/iSkysoft Helper Compact.app

              DVD Info X 3:          Version: 3.0b5 - SDK 10.0 3rd-Party support link

                        /Users/[redacted]/Downloads/DVD Info X 3.app

              DivX Converter:          Version: 10.1.0 (Build 10.1.0.166) - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

              DivX Player:          Version: 10.1.0 (Build 11.3.0.40) - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

              LIMBO:          Version: 1.1.0 - SDK 10.0 3rd-Party support link

              iSkysoft DVD Ripper:          Version: 2.6.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

              /Library/Application Support/DivX

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

                        DivXMediaServer:          Version: 10.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

                        DivXTransferWizard:          Version: 10.1.0 (Build 10.1.0.102) - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

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

     

    Time Machine:

              Skip System Files: NO

              Auto backup: YES

              Volumes being backed up:

                        Macintosh HD: Disk size: 464.96 GB Disk used: 363.98 GB

              Destinations:

                        My Passport for Mac [Local] (Last used)

                        Total size: 465.61 GB

                        Total number of backups: 5

                        Oldest backup: 2013-04-22 15:31:45 +0000

                        Last backup: 2014-02-08 05:14:08 +0000

                        Size of backup disk: Too small

                                  Backup size 465.61 GB < (Disk used 363.98 GB X 3)

              Time Machine details may not be accurate.

              All volumes being backed up may not be listed.

     

    Top Processes by CPU:

                   4%          WindowServer

                   2%          EtreCheck

                   0%          Dropbox

                   0%          HWNetCfg

     

    Top Processes by Memory:

              229 MB          Safari

              160 MB          com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

              123 MB          Finder

              78 MB          QuickTime Player

              70 MB          Mail

     

    Virtual Memory Information:

              146 MB          Free RAM

              1019 MB          Active RAM

              930 MB          Inactive RAM

              1.00 GB          Wired RAM

              2.78 GB          Page-ins

              1.02 GB          Page-outs

    ok see how this goes thanks for your reply

  • by MichelPM,Solvedanswer

    MichelPM MichelPM Mar 18, 2014 7:57 AM in response to skyfishfly
    Level 6 (14,279 points)
    iPad
    Mar 18, 2014 7:57 AM in response to skyfishfly

    Completely uninstall CleanMyMac2 per the instructions found on the devekoper's website and never,EVER install anything like this EVER, again!

     

    Apps like MacKeeper or any other maintenance apps like CleanMyMac 1 or 2, TuneUpMyMac or anything like these apps, installed on your Mac, while they appear to be helpful, can do too good a job of data "cleanup" causing the potential to do serious data corruption or data deletion and render a perfectly running OS completely dead and useless leaving you with a frozen, non-functional Mac.

    Plus, these type of apps aren't really necessary. They really aren't!

    There are manual methods to clear off unnecessary data off of your Mac that are safer and you have complete control over your Mac and not just leave a piece of auto cleaning software in charge of clearing off data off of your Mac.

    These apps potential of causing OS X issues outweighs the implied good and benefits these types of hard drive or memory "cleaning" apps are written/coded, implied to do.

    Plus, the software companies that write these apps make it hard to easily uninstall these apps if something DOES go wrong and these apps work in a way where you have no recovery or revert function to return your Mac back to its former, working state in the event something does go wrong.

    It is best to never, EVER download and install these types of apps.

    The risk to your system and data is too great a risk!

  • by MichelPM,

    MichelPM MichelPM Mar 18, 2014 8:04 AM in response to skyfishfly
    Level 6 (14,279 points)
    iPad
    Mar 18, 2014 8:04 AM in response to skyfishfly

    Other things to do.

    Consider upgrading your MacBook's RAM to, at least 8 GBs of RAM.

    Your year and model MBP can take a total of 16 GBs of RAM.

    Correct and reliable Mac RAM can be purchased from online Mac RAM sources Crucial memory or OWC (macsales.com).

     

    It wouldn't hurt to make sure to update all of your third party software if there are OS X Mavericks updates that can be applied.

    You may need to, ACTUALLY, go the third party developers' websites if there are no updates through the Mac App Store.

     

    Update all of your Web browser Internet plugins and extensions, also.

     

    Also, if you have any connected  third party devices, like third party, non-Apple keyboards, mice, drawing tablets, hubs, card  readers, etc, you need to go to the device makers' website to update the drivers for these devices to OS X Mavericks compatible versions, if available, applicable and/or necessary.