GabyGuh
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Q: macbook is suddenly slow (detailed report included) plz help!

i dont download a whole lot of things on it except for music.. over the past few days its been slow. The colorwheel pops up almos all the time now. I would appriciate any help. Thanks

 

 

 

Hardware Information:

          MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011)

          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1

          1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores

          4 GB RAM

 

Video Information:

          Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB

 

System Software:

          Mac OS X 10.7.5 (11G63b) - Uptime: 0 days 6:7:43

 

Disk Information:

          Hitachi HTS545032B9A302 disk0 : (320.07 GB)

                    disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 319.21 GB (227.24 GB free)

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

 

          MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8 

 

USB Information:

          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

 

          Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub

                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

 

          Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

 

          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

 

FireWire Information:

 

Thunderbolt Information:

          Apple, Inc. MacBook Pro

 

Launch Daemons:

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

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

 

Launch Agents:

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

 

User Launch Agents:

          [not loaded] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist

 

User Login Items:

          iTunesHelper

 

Internet Plug-ins:

          Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

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

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

          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.1

          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 25 Outdated! Update

 

Audio Plug-ins:

          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.1 - SDK 10.7

 

iTunes Plug-ins:

          Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.3 - SDK 10.7

 

User iTunes Plug-ins:

          AudioScrobbler: Version: 6.0.5 - SDK 10.8 3rd-Party support link

 

3rd Party Preference Panes:

          Flash Player  3rd-Party support link

          Java  3rd-Party support link

 

Old Applications:

          None

 

Time Machine:

          Time Machine not configured!

 

Top Processes by CPU:

               3%          WindowServer

               2%          EtreCheck

               2%          Last.fm Scrobbler

               2%          iTunes

               1%          coreaudiod

 

Top Processes by Memory:

          860 MB          Safari

          348 MB          WebProcess

          131 MB          iTunes

          61 MB          Last.fm Scrobbler

          57 MB          WindowServer

 

Virtual Memory Information:

          836 MB          Free RAM

          1.66 GB          Active RAM

          713 MB          Inactive RAM

          851 MB          Wired RAM

          420 MB          Page-ins

          718 MB          Page-outs

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Mar 31, 2014 5:53 PM

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GabyGuh

Q: macbook is suddenly slow (detailed report included) plz help!

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  • by MadMacs0,

    MadMacs0 MadMacs0 Mar 31, 2014 6:41 PM in response to GabyGuh
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    Mar 31, 2014 6:41 PM in response to GabyGuh

    That's got to be the cleanest report I've seen, so I have nothing to offer from the report to help with your Beachball issue. Suggest you check a few of these ideas: Macintosh OS X Beachballs!

     

    However I do have a few update recommendations:

     

    Java is seriously out-of-date, so I hope you don't have it enabled in your browsers. To update to Java Update 51 open System Preferences and click on Java to open the Java Control Panel. Choose the Update tab and follow the instructions there or download from Java.com.

     

    Silverlight from Microsoft has some sort of security issue (probably Windows) and should be updated from Microsoft.

     

    You don't need "com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist" since MobileMe was discontinued. To find it hold the option key down and select "Library" from the Finder's Go menu. Now look in the LaunchAgents directory (folder), find that file and drag it to the trash. This should not be causing you any issues whatsoever, you just don't need it any more.

     

    Your hard drive will fail sooner or later (average life about 3 years) and probably quickly, so you need to have a current backup. If you don't like Time Machine for some reason, then make certain you have an alternative backup system in place.

     

    Lex usually comes on a bit later, so he may have some other ideas for you.

  • by Lexiepex,

    Lexiepex Lexiepex Apr 1, 2014 12:02 AM in response to GabyGuh
    Level 6 (10,536 points)
    Mac OS X
    Apr 1, 2014 12:02 AM in response to GabyGuh

    @Mad: I am in Europe, 9 hrs difference with CA...

    @Gaby: I have nothing to add.

    It may well be that you have a dying disk, start DiskUtility and do the 'verify disk', it should and with the word OK. Do it for the Hitachi... . When not OK, do the 'repair disk'. Make backups!!

    When OK, do 'repair permissions' (you never know).

    It may also be the GPU issue (in MBP2011), this is a hardware problem: you can do the SMC reset (do it at least twice, the firmware is really stubborn), but in fact you have to go to Apple repair for that (even if the SMC resets helps).

    Lex

  • by GabyGuh,

    GabyGuh GabyGuh Apr 1, 2014 11:20 AM in response to GabyGuh
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    Apr 1, 2014 11:20 AM in response to GabyGuh

    I did a backup last night with TimeMachine.. thanks for all the info guys.