Q: How can I speed up my mac mini?
I have a mac mini running OSX 10.9.2. The mini is from mid-2010. It runs SO slowly. It always has. It can barely handle having mail, a few firefox tabs and iphoto or aperture running at once. Should I get more RAM or just get rid of the computer? I have had Apple techs look at it, a local Apple authorized provider look at it, and they say there is nothing "wrong". But it is too slow and freezy to be normal.
Hardware Information:
Mac mini (Mid 2010)
Mac mini - model: Macmini4,1
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
NVIDIA GeForce 320M - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.2 (13C64) - Uptime: 7 days 21:18:54
Disk Information:
TOSHIBA MK5055GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (305.48 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
HL-DT-STDVDRW GA32N
USB Information:
Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard
Seagate Backup+ Desk 2 TB
disk1s1 (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 32 KB
BackUps (disk1s3) /Volumes/BackUps: 1.5 TB (392.48 GB free)
logout (disk1s5) /Volumes/logout: 499.73 GB (183.92 GB free)
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
com.seagate.driver.PowSecDriverCore (5.2.4 - SDK 10.4)
com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_5 (5.2.4 - SDK 10.5)
Launch Daemons:
[System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist
User Login Items:
Dropbox
Canon IJ Network Scanner Selector2
Internet Plug-ins:
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.4.0.11 3rd-Party support link
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.9 3rd-Party support link
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.77 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
Silverlight: Version: 4.0.60531.0 3rd-Party support link
Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.77 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
NP_2020Player_IKEA: Version: 5.0.7.0 3rd-Party support link
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.9 3rd-Party support link
Photo Center Plugin: Version: Photo Center Plugin 1.1.2.2 3rd-Party support link
EPPEX Plugin: Version: 3.0.5.0 3rd-Party support link
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
User Internet Plug-ins:
WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
Flip4Mac WMV 3rd-Party support link
Printopia 3rd-Party support link
Old Applications:
None
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 464.96 GB Disk used: 180.46 GB
logout: Disk size: 465.41 GB Disk used: 294.12 GB
Destinations:
BackUps [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 1
Total number of backups: 47
Oldest backup: 2013-10-07 13:17:43 +0000
Last backup: 2014-03-26 17:28:50 +0000
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 1 < (Disk used 474.58 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
23% storeagent
11% installd
4% Dropbox
4% WindowServer
3% kextd
Top Processes by Memory:
352 MB firefox
274 MB Mail
131 MB mds_stores
123 MB softwareupdated
84 MB installd
Virtual Memory Information:
379 MB Free RAM
1.39 GB Active RAM
1.11 GB Inactive RAM
624 MB Wired RAM
19.40 GB Page-ins
2.08 GB Page-outs
Mac mini, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
Posted on Mar 29, 2014 7:38 AM