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Q: My MacBook Pro is starting to run slowly and battery life is degrading

My MacBook has started to run slowly. I have run EtreCheck and below are the results. As well as this the battery life has started to get quite bad and it also gets very hot when on for a duration of time.  Any suggestions on how I can resolve these issues would be greatly appreciated.

 

 

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:

    OS X 10.9.2 (13C64) - Uptime: 3 days 9:21:47

 

Disk Information:

    TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB)

        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (190.78 GB free)

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

 

    MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8 

 

USB Information:

    Logitech USB Receiver

 

    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

 

    Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

 

    Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub

        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

 

    Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

 

FireWire Information:

 

Thunderbolt Information:

    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

 

Kernel Extensions:

    com.manycamllc.driver.ManyCamDriver    (0.0.9 - SDK 10.5)

    com.logmein.hamachi    (1.0)

 

Launch Daemons:

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

    [System]    com.logmein.hamachi.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [System]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link

 

Launch Agents:

    [System]    com.logmein.hamachimb.plist 3rd-Party support link

 

User Launch Agents:

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

    [not loaded]    com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [not loaded]    com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist 3rd-Party support link

    [not loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [not loaded]    com.spotify.webhelper.plist 3rd-Party support link

 

User Login Items:

    iTunesHelper

    uTorrent

    Dropbox

    Spotify

    Android File Transfer Agent

 

Internet Plug-ins:

    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Outdated! Update

    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.201 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

    OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 3rd-Party support link

    Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.201 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

    Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9

    DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 2.2 3rd-Party support link

    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

    SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.1 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

    Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20125.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

    VLC Plugin: Version: 0.12 3rd-Party support link

    iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.7

 

Safari Extensions:

    DivX Plus Web Player HTML5 <video>: Version: 2.1.2.145

 

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 10.5 3rd-Party support link

 

3rd Party Preference Panes:

    DivX  3rd-Party support link

    Flash Player  3rd-Party support link

 

Old Applications:

    /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

    /Applications/LogMeIn Hamachi

        LogMeIn Hamachi:    Version: 2.0.1.50 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

        HamachiUninstaller:    Version: 2.0.1.50 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

        LogMeIn Hamachi Menubar:    Version: 1.0 - 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

    SketchUp:    Version: 8.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        /Applications/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp.app

    /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office

        Microsoft Graph:    Version: 14.3.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        Microsoft Database Utility:    Version: 14.3.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        Microsoft Office Reminders:    Version: 14.3.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        Microsoft Upload Center:    Version: 14.3.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        My Day:    Version: 14.3.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        SyncServicesAgent:    Version: 14.3.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        Open XML for Excel:    Version: 14.3.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        Microsoft Alerts Daemon:    Version: 14.3.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        Microsoft Database Daemon:    Version: 14.3.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        Microsoft Chart Converter:    Version: 14.3.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        Microsoft Clip Gallery:    Version: 14.3.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

    /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011

        Microsoft PowerPoint:    Version: 14.3.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        Microsoft Excel:    Version: 14.3.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        Microsoft Outlook:    Version: 14.3.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        Microsoft Word:    Version: 14.3.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        Microsoft Document Connection:    Version: 14.3.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

    Microsoft Language Register:    Version: 14.3.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Additional Tools/Microsoft Language Register/Microsoft Language Register.app

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

        /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Add-Ins/Solver.app

    Network Recording Player:    Version: 2.2.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        /Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/WebEx Folder/500/Network Recording Player.app

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

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

 

Time Machine:

    Time Machine not configured!

 

Top Processes by CPU:

        26%    firefox

        12%    mds

         4%    coreaudiod

         3%    Dropbox

         3%    WindowServer

 

Top Processes by Memory:

    688 MB    firefox

    115 MB    com.apple.IconServicesAgent

    106 MB    Dropbox

    61 MB    plugin-container

    61 MB    Finder

 

Virtual Memory Information:

    233 MB    Free RAM

    1.50 GB    Active RAM

    1.32 GB    Inactive RAM

    970 MB    Wired RAM

    2.10 GB    Page-ins

    211 MB    Page-outs

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)

Posted on Apr 21, 2014 10:08 AM

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Q: My MacBook Pro is starting to run slowly and battery life is degrading

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  • by benwiggy,Helpful

    benwiggy benwiggy Apr 21, 2014 10:19 AM in response to G.H.F
    Level 4 (1,430 points)
    Mac OS X
    Apr 21, 2014 10:19 AM in response to G.H.F

    Running slow, Battery decreasing, heat -- that has all the hallmarks of some process doing hard work, using a lot of CPU.

    Open Activity Monitor, click on CPU tab. The table should be sorted by CPU % use, but you can click on the clumns to re-sort if necessary. You should be able to see what processes are using lots of CPU.

     

    26% is quite high for FireFox, I would have thought. Do you have lots of webpages open?

     

    Also, what's the ManyCam driver? Do you need that?

  • by OGELTHORPE,

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE Apr 21, 2014 10:28 AM in response to G.H.F
    Level 9 (52,764 points)
    Mac OS X
    Apr 21, 2014 10:28 AM in response to G.H.F

    Have you tried a safe boot?

     

    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1564

     

    Go to System Information>Power and post this from your MBP:

     

    Screen Shot 2013-08-22 at 7.19.46 PM.png

    Make certain that your power adapter is connected.

     

    Ciao.

  • by Lexiepex,Helpful

    Lexiepex Lexiepex Apr 21, 2014 10:36 AM in response to G.H.F
    Level 6 (10,536 points)
    Mac OS X
    Apr 21, 2014 10:36 AM in response to G.H.F

    You have enough memory and enough free disk space.

    But you have counterproductive (at least) software installed:

    Uninstall ManyCam: http://manycam.com/uninstall/mac

    Uninstall Hamachi (Logmein).

    Take uTorrent out of the LoginItems.

    I hope you did not use uTorrent to download software, if you did, uninstall that software.

  • by G.H.F,

    G.H.F G.H.F Apr 21, 2014 10:58 AM in response to OGELTHORPE
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    Apr 21, 2014 10:58 AM in response to OGELTHORPE

    Screen Shot 2014-04-21 at 18.44.04.png

     

    There is the Power Info.

  • by G.H.F,

    G.H.F G.H.F Apr 21, 2014 11:07 AM in response to benwiggy
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    Apr 21, 2014 11:07 AM in response to benwiggy

    I have looked at my CPU and saw that Drop Box was using a good amount so I've removed that. The CPU % for Firefox is sitting around 5-10% when I have just this tab open.

     

    I've also removed ManyCam.

     

    Thanks,

  • by OGELTHORPE,

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE Apr 21, 2014 11:15 AM in response to G.H.F
    Level 9 (52,764 points)
    Mac OS X
    Apr 21, 2014 11:15 AM in response to G.H.F

    Your battery has seen much service but is still functional.  It does no have any bearing on the slow performance of your MBP. 

     

    Download istat menus or Bresink Temperature Monitor and post the output when your MBP gets hot:

     

    http://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/

     

    http://www.bresink.com/osx/TemperatureMonitor.html

     

    LexSchellings can and will address your MBP performance problems as well as I, if not better.

     

    Ciao.

  • by Lexiepex,

    Lexiepex Lexiepex Apr 22, 2014 12:31 AM in response to G.H.F
    Level 6 (10,536 points)
    Mac OS X
    Apr 22, 2014 12:31 AM in response to G.H.F

    Personally I prefer bresink's software.

    I propose to remove all autostarts from SystemPreferences/Users&Groups/LoginItems (with the minus sign underneath).

    Dropbox is only using memory and cpu when syncing, it is not a bad software at all.

    As I said in my earlier post:

    "I hope you did not use uTorrent to download software, if you did, uninstall that software."

    I would avoid using Torrent apps at all, but in any case never download software with it.

    Lex.