Bruce L.

Q: Why did Mavericks slow down my MBP?

Did some digging in Discussions and found that a slow-down problem is common after installing Mavericks.

 

EtreCheck was recommended as a diagnostic first step. I have  a report but I am not confident to act on any items without advice. Here it is - help appreciated.

Bruce

 

Hardware Information:

          MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009)

          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,5

          1 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores

          4 GB RAM

 

Video Information:

          NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB

 

System Software:

          OS X 10.9.2 (13C64) - Uptime: 1 day 4:11:20

 

Disk Information:

          TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB)

                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

                    Iceberg HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (252.87 GB free)

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

 

          MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-868 

 

USB Information:

          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

 

          Mitsumi Electric Hub in Apple Extended USB Keyboard

                    Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard

 

          hp psc 1310 series 

 

          Apple Computer, Inc. Apple Cinema Display

 

          Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

 

          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:

 

Startup Items:

          CiscoVPN: Path: /System/Library/StartupItems/CiscoVPN

          AdobeVersionCue: Path: /Library/StartupItems/AdobeVersionCue

          KeyAccess: Path: /Library/StartupItems/KeyAccess

 

Launch Daemons:

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

          [System] com.adobe.versioncueCS3.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [invalid] com.bjango.istatlocaldaemon.plist

          [System] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [System] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [System] com.sassafras.KeyAccess.plist 3rd-Party support link

 

Launch Agents:

          [System] com.bjango.istatlocal.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [System] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link

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

 

User Launch Agents:

          [not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist 3rd-Party support link

          [not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist 3rd-Party support link

          [not loaded] com.akamai.single-user-client.plist 3rd-Party support link

 

User Login Items:

          Microsoft Database Daemon

          Google Drive

          Dropbox

          KeyAccess

          Director Docker

          HP Product Research

          HP Scheduler

 

Internet Plug-ins:

          Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.1 3rd-Party support link

          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9

          Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.4.2.4 3rd-Party support link

          OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.6 3rd-Party support link

          RhapsodyPlayerEngine: Version: 1.0.2 3rd-Party support link

          AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.03 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

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

          Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

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

          iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.7

          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

          AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.03 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

          CANONiMAGEGATEWAYDL: Version: 3.1.0.2 3rd-Party support link

          GarminGpsControl: Version: 4.0.4.0 Release - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

          DirectorShockwave: Version: 11.5.7r609 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:

          Picasa: Version: 1.0 3rd-Party support link

          RealPlayer Plugin: Version: (null) 3rd-Party support link

 

3rd Party Preference Panes:

          Adobe Version Cue CS3  3rd-Party support link

          Akamai NetSession Preferences  3rd-Party support link

          RCDefaultApp

          Flash Player  3rd-Party support link

          Flip4Mac WMV  3rd-Party support link

          iStat Menus  3rd-Party support link

          KeyAccess  3rd-Party support link

 

Old Applications:

          Epson Printer Utility 4:          Version: 9.19 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

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

          Microsoft AutoUpdate:          Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

                    /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app

          /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0

                    Microsoft Error Reporting:          Version: 2.2.9 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

                    Microsoft Ship Asserts:          Version: 1.1.4 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

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

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

          Garmin Map Update:          Version: 4.5.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

                    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/Garmin/Garmin Map Update/tmp/Garmin Map Update.app

 

Time Machine:

          Mobile backups: ON

          Auto backup: YES

          Volumes being backed up:

                    Iceberg HD: Disk size: 464.96 GB Disk used: 229.45 GB

          Destinations:

                    Bruce TC [Network] (Last used)

                    Total size: 463.76 GB

                    Total number of backups: 53

                    Oldest backup: 2013-10-14 00:53:22 +0000

                    Last backup: 2014-03-29 21:23:57 +0000

                    Size of backup disk: Too small

                              Backup size 463.76 GB < (Disk used 229.45 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

               1%          EtreCheck

               1%          iStatLocalDaemon

               0%          Google Drive

               0%          PluginProcess

 

Top Processes by Memory:

          188 MB          Safari

          155 MB          com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

          48 MB          WindowServer

          33 MB          EtreCheck

          20 MB          Finder

 

Virtual Memory Information:

          39 MB          Free RAM

          873 MB          Active RAM

          844 MB          Inactive RAM

          628 MB          Wired RAM

          3.93 GB          Page-ins

          347 MB          Page-outs

OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)

Posted on Mar 29, 2014 2:56 PM

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  • by Bruce L.,

    Bruce L. Bruce L. Mar 30, 2014 3:05 PM in response to Bruce L.
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    Mac OS X
    Mar 30, 2014 3:05 PM in response to Bruce L.

    Still waiting for some expert input...

     

    But in the meantime I noticed an improvement in speed when I quit and then restarted Dropbox...

  • by griff w,

    griff w griff w Mar 31, 2014 8:06 AM in response to Bruce L.
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    Mar 31, 2014 8:06 AM in response to Bruce L.

    Hi there Bruce L.,

     

    You may find the troubleshooting steps in the article below helpful.

     

    OS X Mavericks: If your Mac runs slowly

    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13895

     

    -Griff W. 

  • by Bruce L.,

    Bruce L. Bruce L. Mar 31, 2014 9:44 PM in response to griff w
    Level 1 (4 points)
    Mac OS X
    Mar 31, 2014 9:44 PM in response to griff w

    Thanks Griff

     

    This is a bit vague and I find it not very helpful.

     

    Bruce

  • by kevinkendall,Helpful

    kevinkendall kevinkendall Apr 1, 2014 12:18 AM in response to Bruce L.
    Level 1 (127 points)
    Apr 1, 2014 12:18 AM in response to Bruce L.

    I see in your list a mention of iStat. Dump it. I had the same "sloooow" problem after I ug'd to Mav. Of course, there's Spotlight indexing to be done, so that was part of the slowdown, but that iStat I had running in my old 10.6.8 just gummed stuff up in Mav. I used AppZapper to start the iStat uninstall process, but that apparently didn't get it all as there were some post-iStat-uninstall anomalies still going on after rebooting. So I then used EasyFind to find all instances of "istat" (be sure to enable "find invisible files" & "find files & folders" [both]). 
    CAUTION: I got some hits that had "istat" in filenames which I was about to dump, but upon closer look I saw that there was an "l" to the left of the "i" in istat, & that "l" was nearly invisible right next to the "i". Be very careful to dump ONLY istat stuff!  Some istat things in your "found" list you can't dump right from EasyFind either; instead, you'll have to right-click those & choose "Show In Finder." Then you can dump them in the Finder window, with your system password.

    Long story short, there was one particular iStat folder, forgot its name, that AppZapper left behind, but when I found it in EasyFind, I had to go to the Finder to dump that one, dumped it, emptied Trash, rebooted, & that fixed the iStat slowing things down problem. 

     

    Another Problem Child for Mav.... I had Avast! running in 10.6.8. Had it still when I started the UG to Mav. Wrong move.... Dump that too, before or after upgrading to Mav. Mav doesn't like it, at all, or any other virus program besides, from what I've read, Clam xAV, which happens to still be in my new Mav & doesn't seem to be the cause of any probs whatsoever, so far. But again, use EasyFind to dump all other instances of Avast.

    Mav doesn't like Little Snitch either btw..... bummer.... someday I'll look into that one.... 

     

    It amazes me how much junk gets left behind after a normal OSX App "uninstall," which is usually accomplished by dumping just the .app itself, its pref(s) file(s), and maybe 1 or 2 Application Support, etc folders. Many times however, I've found that LOTS of stuff gets left behind with some higher-end, more system-oriented apps. Gives me bad memories of Windows uninstalls, which 99.9% of the time (i.e., ALWAYS) leave behind junkfiles herethere&everywhere (that's Windoze for ya, in a nutshell) & junk entries, especially in the Registry.  Give those 2 iStat & anti-virus uninstall suggestions of mine a try if you haven't already done those things, see if those 2 uninstalls help you out. 

     

    KK

  • by kevinkendall,Helpful

    kevinkendall kevinkendall Apr 1, 2014 12:35 AM in response to Bruce L.
    Level 1 (127 points)
    Apr 1, 2014 12:35 AM in response to Bruce L.

    Another one, Bruce, that I forgot about that helped me out, too: Upgrade your MB's firmware to the highest level. For my MB, there was one firmware version higher than the one I had it upgraded to, but I could install that very highest firmware version not in 10.6.8 (wouldn't let me), but only AFTER I had completed the Mav upgrade/installation. Though not likely, you could possibly have that same situation with your MBP.

    FYI......

    KK

  • by Bruce L.,

    Bruce L. Bruce L. Apr 13, 2014 11:07 AM in response to kevinkendall
    Level 1 (4 points)
    Mac OS X
    Apr 13, 2014 11:07 AM in response to kevinkendall

    Interesting Kevin. I know nothing about Firmware for MBP. Where do I learn?
    Bruce

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Apr 13, 2014 11:25 AM in response to Bruce L.
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    Apr 13, 2014 11:25 AM in response to Bruce L.
  • by etresoft,

    etresoft etresoft Apr 13, 2014 11:26 AM in response to Bruce L.
    Level 7 (29,056 points)
    Apr 13, 2014 11:26 AM in response to Bruce L.

    Bruce L. wrote:

     

    Startup Items:

              CiscoVPN: Path: /System/Library/StartupItems/CiscoVPN

              AdobeVersionCue: Path: /Library/StartupItems/AdobeVersionCue

              KeyAccess: Path: /Library/StartupItems/KeyAccess

     

    Anything in Startup Items could be a problem. Apple declared Startup Items to be obsolete in 2006 so this is software that hasn't been updated since before then or they are following the doing the don't-update-until-it-breaks plan.

     

    I suggest uninstalling these problems to see if that fixes things. Always use the vendor-provided uninstaller or uninstallation instructions. Never try to do it manually. That could only make things worse. You may need to download a new installer that may come with an uninstaller. Unfortunately, installers, and especially uninstallers, are a weak point of OS X compared to Windows.

     

    Launch Daemons:

              [System] com.adobe.versioncueCS3.plist 3rd-Party support link

              [invalid] com.bjango.istatlocaldaemon.plist

              [System] com.sassafras.KeyAccess.plist 3rd-Party support link

     

    Remove these too. iStat seems to have an invalid plist file. KeyAccess has a support link that may eventually lead you to an uninstaller.

     

    Launch Agents:

              [System] com.bjango.istatlocal.plist 3rd-Party support link

     

    Notice a trend? This is why I say to use vendor-provided uninstallers.

     

    User Login Items:

              Microsoft Database Daemon

              Google Drive

              Dropbox

              KeyAccess

              Director Docker

              HP Product Research

              HP Scheduler

     

    Some of the same software is here. At least with Login Items, you can remove items very easily and put them back later if they prove innocent.

     

     

  • by Lexiepex,

    Lexiepex Lexiepex Apr 13, 2014 11:35 AM in response to Bruce L.
    Level 6 (10,477 points)
    Mac OS X
    Apr 13, 2014 11:35 AM in response to Bruce L.

    You have also a mac killer on the list:

    Akamai: uninstall it, I mean really uninstall it. Here a piece of text about it:

     

     

    Uninstall Akamai Download Manager and com.akamai.client.plist

    If you’ve downloaded something from Adobe recently you may have unintentionally installed Akamai Download Manager. Akamai is a helpful content delivery network (at least for the web), but for whatever reason the Akamai Download Manager that is used and packaged with Adobe software often goes haywire on a Mac with usage spikes and random internet connection attempts that can really slow things down.

    You can typically identify this by looking in the Console log for things like:
    9/30/10 6:24:03 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.50186 (com.akamai.client.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
    9/30/10 6:24:13 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.50186 (com.akamai.client.plist12013) Bug: launchd_core_logic.c:4103 (23932):13
    9/30/10 6:24:13 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.50186 (com.akamai.client.plist12013) posix_spawn("/Applications/Akamai/loader.pl", ...): No such file or directory
    9/30/10 6:24:13 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.50186 (com.akamai.client.plist12013) Exited with exit code: 1

    The simplest way to stop Akamai Download Manager and anything labeled as ‘com.akamai.client.plist’ in your Console logs is to remove the plist file and application. The application can be installed in different places, so try running this command in the Terminal first:
    /Applications/Akamai/admintool uninstall -force
    Hopefully this will uninstall everything. If that doesn’t work, get rid of the plist files and applications yourself.

    The plist file is located at:

    ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.akamai.client.plist
    and the application is usually located at:
    /Applications/Akamai Download Manager
    I deleted both of these and haven’t had any problems since. Remember, if you just delete the Akamai Download Manager application, you did not remove the plist file and it will probably still load and give you headaches.

    If you’re hesitant to delete the files, you can also just prevent the plist file from loading on your Mac by entering the following into the command line:
    launchctl unload -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.akamai.client.plist

    I don’t know about anyone else but I’m always annoyed when I want to install one application and 15 additional packages come with it, which then go haywire. I remember the good old days when you’d install one application, and you’d only get one application.

    Adobe has become a repeat offender with installing random nonsense along with their products lately and it’s quite frustrating, I hope they adjust this policy soon.

  • by etresoft,

    etresoft etresoft Apr 13, 2014 11:47 AM in response to Lexiepex
    Level 7 (29,056 points)
    Apr 13, 2014 11:47 AM in response to Lexiepex

    Very interesting.

     

    Yet another reason to choose great, inexpensive software like Pixelmator and/or iDraw.

  • by Lexiepex,

    Lexiepex Lexiepex Apr 13, 2014 12:55 PM in response to etresoft
    Level 6 (10,477 points)
    Mac OS X
    Apr 13, 2014 12:55 PM in response to etresoft

    You know all about Akamai, John, it is always one of the culprits here .

    Lex

  • by Bruce L.,

    Bruce L. Bruce L. Apr 15, 2014 6:01 PM in response to Eric Root
    Level 1 (4 points)
    Mac OS X
    Apr 15, 2014 6:01 PM in response to Eric Root

    Eric;

     

    I downloaded MacBookProEFIUpdate.pkg (1.7). Went to open it and got warning that this is from an unidentified developer and I need to override my security settings to install. Is this normal? For Apple firmware update? Seems scary actually.

     

    Bruce

  • by Bruce L.,

    Bruce L. Bruce L. Apr 15, 2014 6:03 PM in response to Eric Root
    Level 1 (4 points)
    Mac OS X
    Apr 15, 2014 6:03 PM in response to Eric Root

    Eric;

     

    I downloaded MacBookProEFIUpdate.pkg (1.7). Went to open it and got warning that this is from an unidentified developer and I need to override my security settings to install. Is this normal? For Apple firmware update? Seems scary actually.

     

    Bruce

  • by Bruce L.,

    Bruce L. Bruce L. Apr 15, 2014 7:22 PM in response to Eric Root
    Level 1 (4 points)
    Mac OS X
    Apr 15, 2014 7:22 PM in response to Eric Root

    Eric;

     

    I downloaded MacBookProEFIUpdate.pkg (1.7). Went to open it and got warning that this is from an unidentified developer and I need to override my security settings to install. Is this normal? For Apple firmware update? Seems scary actually.

     

    Bruce

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