lonelyjabberwocky
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Q: Macbook Pro Retina 15" is lagging when it shouldn't be

Problem description:

Macbook Pro 15” Retina is lagging really badly, when it really shouldn’t be. Running Safari, Mail, Calendar, Messages, iTunes, Spotify, uTorrent, and a League of Legends installer. With the 2.0 i7 Quad Core and the 8 GB of RAM, I don’t see why this is happening.

 

EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)

Report generated March 22, 2015 at 1:11:15 PM PDT

Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck

 

Click the [Click for support] links for help with non-Apple products.

Click the [Click for details] links for more information about that line.

 

Hardware Information: ℹ️

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013) (Technical Specifications)

    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro11,2

    1 2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-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

    Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 5

 

Video Information: ℹ️

    Intel Iris Pro

        Color LCD spdisplays_2880x1800Retina

        HP w2007 1280 x 800 @ 60 Hz

 

System Software: ℹ️

    OS X 10.10.2 (14C1514) - Time since boot: 15:33:12

 

Disk Information: ℹ️

    APPLE SSD SM0256F disk0 : (251 GB)

        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

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

        BOOTCAMP (disk0s4) /Volumes/BOOTCAMP : 50.77 GB (25.13 GB free)

        Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 199.00 GB (138.13 GB free)

            Core Storage: disk0s2 199.37 GB Online

 

USB Information: ℹ️

    Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

    Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

    Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

 

Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️

    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

 

Gatekeeper: ℹ️

    Anywhere

 

Launch Agents: ℹ️

    [not loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]

    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]

 

Launch Daemons: ℹ️

    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]

    [loaded]    com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist [Click for support]

    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]

 

User Launch Agents: ℹ️

    [loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]

    [loaded]    com.bittorrent.uTorrent.plist [Click for support]

    [running]    com.spotify.webhelper.plist [Click for support]

 

User Login Items: ℹ️

    None

 

Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 17.0.0.134 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

    Flash Player: Version: 17.0.0.134 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 40 Check version

    Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

 

3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

    Flash Player  [Click for support]

    Java  [Click for support]

 

Time Machine: ℹ️

    Time Machine not configured!

 

Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

        29%    WindowServer

        17%    LoLPatcherUxHelper

        17%    uTorrent

        14%    LoLPatcherUx

        12%    LoLPatcher

 

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

    155 MB    Safari

    146 MB    WindowServer

    120 MB    Spotify Helper

    103 MB    Calendar

    103 MB    uTorrent

 

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

    352 MB    Free RAM

    3.59 GB    Active RAM

    2.71 GB    Inactive RAM

    1.32 GB    Wired RAM

    6.01 GB    Page-ins

    386 MB    Page-outs

 

Diagnostics Information: ℹ️

    Mar 22, 2015, 12:51:40 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/UserKernel_2015-03-22-125140_[ redacted].crash

    Mar 22, 2015, 01:22:46 AM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Adobe Photoshop CS6_2015-03-22-012246_[redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Click for details]

    Mar 21, 2015, 09:37:46 PM    Self test - passed

    Mar 21, 2015, 05:15:10 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_2015-03-21-171510_[ redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Click for details]

    Mar 21, 2015, 01:07:32 AM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/LegacyFileVaultMessageTracer_2015-03-21-010732_ [redacted].crash

    Mar 20, 2015, 05:04:43 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/System Preferences_2015-03-20-170443_[redacted].crash

    Mar 20, 2015, 05:01:23 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/System Preferences_2015-03-20-170123_[redacted].crash

    Mar 20, 2015, 04:46:30 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/mbpluginhost_2015-03-20-164630_[redacted].crash

 

 

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Please help!

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Mar 22, 2015 1:14 PM

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Q: Macbook Pro Retina 15" is lagging when it shouldn't be

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  • by OGELTHORPE,

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE Mar 22, 2015 1:16 PM in response to lonelyjabberwocky
    Level 9 (52,776 points)
    Mac OS X
    Mar 22, 2015 1:16 PM in response to lonelyjabberwocky

    Rid the MBP of the torrent application.  It is an open invitation to malware.

     

    Ciao.

  • by lonelyjabberwocky,

    lonelyjabberwocky lonelyjabberwocky Mar 22, 2015 1:17 PM in response to OGELTHORPE
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Mar 22, 2015 1:17 PM in response to OGELTHORPE

    This is not helpful at all.

  • by OGELTHORPE,

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE Mar 22, 2015 1:19 PM in response to lonelyjabberwocky
    Level 9 (52,776 points)
    Mac OS X
    Mar 22, 2015 1:19 PM in response to lonelyjabberwocky

    lonelyjabberwocky wrote:

     

    This is not helpful at all.

    Why do you think that?  I suggest that you do a search of these forums regarding torrents.  You then may have a different opinion.

     

    Ciao.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Mar 22, 2015 1:20 PM in response to lonelyjabberwocky
    Level 9 (51,412 points)
    Desktops
    Mar 22, 2015 1:20 PM in response to lonelyjabberwocky

    lonelyjabberwocky wrote:

     

    This is not helpful at all.

    Maybe, but it's correct.

  • by lonelyjabberwocky,

    lonelyjabberwocky lonelyjabberwocky Mar 22, 2015 1:21 PM in response to OGELTHORPE
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    Mar 22, 2015 1:21 PM in response to OGELTHORPE

    Because my problem is with the memory usage.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Mar 22, 2015 1:23 PM in response to lonelyjabberwocky
    Level 9 (51,412 points)
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    Mar 22, 2015 1:23 PM in response to lonelyjabberwocky

    lonelyjabberwocky wrote:

     

    Because my problem is with the memory usage.

    No it is not, you have less than 0.4GB of page outs, virtually nothing at all.

  • by OGELTHORPE,

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE Mar 22, 2015 1:27 PM in response to lonelyjabberwocky
    Level 9 (52,776 points)
    Mac OS X
    Mar 22, 2015 1:27 PM in response to lonelyjabberwocky

    lonelyjabberwocky wrote:

     

    Because my problem is with the memory usage.

    What leads to believe that?  If you read this support article it may influence your thinking regarding RAM usage.

     

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201464

     

    Ciao.

  • by lonelyjabberwocky,

    lonelyjabberwocky lonelyjabberwocky Mar 22, 2015 1:30 PM in response to OGELTHORPE
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    Mar 22, 2015 1:30 PM in response to OGELTHORPE

    Any time that my computer lags, I usually attribute it to a memory issue (and it looks like I'm wrong here). In this case, why do you think that my fans are running fast and there is a noticeable lag when pulling up Mission Control?

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Mar 22, 2015 1:33 PM in response to lonelyjabberwocky
    Level 9 (51,412 points)
    Desktops
    Mar 22, 2015 1:33 PM in response to lonelyjabberwocky

    Why do you think that it is a memory shortage, I see no indication of that.

     

    What color is your Ram Pressure graph (in Activity Monitor)

  • by OGELTHORPE,

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE Mar 22, 2015 1:37 PM in response to lonelyjabberwocky
    Level 9 (52,776 points)
    Mac OS X
    Mar 22, 2015 1:37 PM in response to lonelyjabberwocky

    Fan speeds increase in response to heat generation.  Resource hungry applications or sometimes runaway application will cause that.

     

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203184

     

    RAM will not be a heat generator.

     

    Open Activity monitor to ALL PROCESS and set CPU to display values from high to low.  This will display those applications that are taking up the most CPU/GPU resources.

     

    You might try SMC and NVRAM resets:

     

    http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295

     

    http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063

     

    This may or may not help, but it will do no harm.

     

    Ciao.

  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Mar 22, 2015 4:08 PM in response to lonelyjabberwocky
    Level 10 (208,037 points)
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    Mar 22, 2015 4:08 PM in response to lonelyjabberwocky

    You're getting the usual experience of posting "etrecheck" stuff on this site.

    When you see a beachball cursor or the slowness is especially bad, note the exact time: hour, minute, second.  

    These instructions must be carried out as an administrator. If you have only one user account, you are the administrator.

    Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:

    ☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)

    ☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.

    ☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.

    The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select

              SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages

    from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select

              View ▹ Show Log List

    from the menu bar at the top of the screen.

    Each message in the log begins with the date and time when it was entered. Scroll back to the time you noted above.

    Select the messages entered from then until the end of the episode, or until they start to repeat, whichever comes first.

    Copy the messages to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.

    The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of it useless for solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.

    Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.

    Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.

    Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

  • by OGELTHORPE,

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE Mar 22, 2015 4:17 PM in response to Linc Davis
    Level 9 (52,776 points)
    Mac OS X
    Mar 22, 2015 4:17 PM in response to Linc Davis

    Linc Davis wrote:

     

    You're getting the usual experience of posting "etrecheck" stuff on this site.

    I find this statement rather vague.  Would you please care to expound on this so that I may fully understand the meaning that you are trying to convey? 

     

    Ciao.

  • by LowLuster,

    LowLuster LowLuster Mar 22, 2015 4:31 PM in response to lonelyjabberwocky
    Level 6 (12,074 points)
    Mar 22, 2015 4:31 PM in response to lonelyjabberwocky

    lonelyjabberwocky wrote:

     

    Any time that my computer lags, I usually attribute it to a memory issue (and it looks like I'm wrong here). In this case, why do you think that my fans are running fast and there is a noticeable lag when pulling up Mission Control?

    Your fans are running at Full Speed because your CPU usage is Way Up. When the CPU usage is Way Up it creates Heat. When the CPU creates Heat the Fans run at a faster speed. It has nothing to do with the amount of memory being used. It does have to do with the amount of CPU cycles being used.