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phil_berlin Author

Level 1

5 points

Yosemite slow on Macbook Air

Help! Seriously....

I updated to Yosemite the other day and since then my Macbook is extremely slow...

It is really annoying, especially because I have no clue what the reason could be.

I would really appreciate if anyone has an idea how to fix this.

Apple doesn´t seem to know the answer! (What a let down...)

Thank you very much for taking your time!

Some of the problems:
+ The fan is running much more often now

+ MacBook gets very warm

+ Battery drain is extremely high

+ Animations and scrolling inside OS not fluent anymore

I have already tried the following:

+ new install

+ verify disk permissions

+ SMC-Reset

+ PRAM Reset (Cmd+P+R)

Here comes my report, I really hope anyone can help me with that.

I am really disappointed of Apple... What a let down!

Problem description:

yosemite slows down macbook air

EtreCheck version: 2.0.6 (91)

Report generated 20. Oktober 2014 16:22:47 MESZ

Hardware Information: ℹ️

MacBook Air (Verified)

MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir6,2

1 1.7 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2-core

8 GB RAM Not upgradeable

BANK 0/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported

Wireless: en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac

Video Information: ℹ️

Intel HD Graphics 5000 -

Color LCD 1440 x 900

System Software: ℹ️

OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 6:6:5

Disk Information: ℹ️

APPLE SSD SM0512F disk0 : (500,28 GB)

S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

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

Macintosh HD (disk1) / [Startup]: 499.05 GB (172.22 GB free)

Core Storage: disk0s2 499.42 GB Online

USB Information: ℹ️

Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Configuration files: ℹ️

/etc/sysctl.conf - Exists

Gatekeeper: ℹ️

Mac App Store and identified developers

Kernel Extensions: ℹ️

/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] foo.tap (1.0) Support

[not loaded] foo.tun (1.0) Support

/System/Library/Extensions

[loaded] com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.6.6 - SDK 10.6) Support

Startup Items: ℹ️

tap: Path: /Library/StartupItems/tap

tun: Path: /Library/StartupItems/tun

Startup items are obsolete and will not work in future versions of OS X

Launch Agents: ℹ️

[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support

[loaded] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist Support

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support

Launch Daemons: ℹ️

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support

[running] com.edb.launchd.postgresql-8.4.plist Support

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support

[running] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist Support

User Launch Agents: ℹ️

[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support

[loaded] com.redgiantsoftware.updater.plist Support

[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support

User Login Items: ℹ️

iTunesHelper ApplicationHidden (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)

Dropbox ApplicationHidden (/Applications/Dropbox.app)

Porthole UNKNOWNHidden (missing value)

Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 Support

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support

Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support

AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support

Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 71 Check version

Safari Extensions: ℹ️

AdBlock

3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

Flash Player Support

Growl Support

Java Support

Perian Support

Time Machine: ℹ️

Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

13% Folder Actions Dispatcher

6% launchd

5% launchservicesd

5% coreservicesd

4% WindowServer

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

1.33 GB Folder Actions Dispatcher

352 MB Safari

198 MB launchd

189 MB CalendarAgent

120 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

127 MB Free RAM

3.36 GB Active RAM

3.19 GB Inactive RAM

997 MB Wired RAM

2.81 GB Page-ins

36 MB Page-outs

MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Oct 20, 2014 7:47 AM

28 replies

Oct 25, 2014 5:07 PM in response to phil_berlin

It's the most powerful OS that Apple EVER build!

Oct 25, 2014 5:14 PM in response to steventen

When it works...

mklatsky

Level 1

0 points

Oct 26, 2014 7:08 AM in response to phil_berlin

After trying several suggestions, the one that worked for me was to perform an SMC reset.

See more info here:

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3604

It's now been several days with no slowdowns. Prior, within 12-24 hours my system would slow to a crawl.

BazCom

Level 1

0 points

Oct 29, 2014 8:25 PM in response to mklatsky

Had similar problems with MBA 2012 - especially slow whilst trying to login.

After lots of troubleshooting, turns out to have been McAfee Security.

AS SOON as I uninstalled it, my performance came back immediately.

I have the same installation on my iMac and is was unaffected.

Apple Support confirmed it was a known problem.

pubmsu

Level 1

0 points

Oct 31, 2014 4:24 AM in response to Ilingworth81

Does Yosemite run fine if you use external Thunderbolt display?

Nov 1, 2014 5:51 AM in response to phil_berlin

I had the same problem with my brand new MBA, you'd imagine I was pretty upset... I tried everything to get rid of the lag, but I did not try to reboot it, as I did not think it could be that easy to solve... Frankly, it was that easy 😝 A restart was all it needed, and now Yosemite runs like a beast... If that is not working, I suggest you bring it to the shop you bought your MB from, because you could lose your warranty if you start messing with your hard drive etc.

Also, you might want to look if you didn't install any 'illegal programs' such as Popcorn Time or any other illegal streaming services before you return your device to the manufacturer...

Nov 12, 2014 9:57 AM in response to mklatsky

Thank you. I'm still a little surprised but this worked perfectly for me. My MBA is back to being as smooth as silk!

MikeyM82

Level 1

0 points

Nov 23, 2014 5:27 AM in response to phil_berlin

I THINK I have resolved the running issue on mine, as it seems much faster. Although BOOT time is still not as quick as it used to be.

Not sure I did it in the right order, or of the order matters at all, but here is what I did:

Reset PRAM. Apple says to keep hold of the keys until you hear the 2nd chime. However, I was informed by a friend to keep hold until the 4th chime and then release. This apparently removes all the old OSX files that are hidden somewhere on the computer which can cause conflicts.

Reset SMC (from boot).

Repair Disk Permissions (Disk Utility).

Reset ACL (from boot).

Now, one article that I came across mentioned resetting the printers. To do this its System Preferences> Printers and Scanners> Right click on your active printer> Reset Printing System.

You will then have to re-add your printer but this is no great shakes.

Seems to have done the trick for now but will try and monitor things.

Hope this helps.

Dec 10, 2014 9:01 AM in response to phil_berlin

Same problem here: rMBP 2014 8Gb/i5 2.6 ):

Tried fresh install, painfully slow animations :/

Dec 23, 2014 10:09 AM in response to phil_berlin

My MacBook Air is less than a month old and noticed how much slower it runs especially when playing videos. Other folks seems to be having similar problems and seems to be Yosemite and not necessarily the Mac itself, is this correct?