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MBP Early 2011 memory upgrade

I have an Early 2011 MBP 13". I have four questions:


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I just upgraded to Yosemite, which I am regretting big time. EVERYTHING has slowed down enormously.

So I'm wondering if a memory upgrade will help.

Currently have 2 x 2GB.

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1) Can I upgrade to 8GB?


2) Will it help? (Apple says Yosemite only needs 2GB, but surely that's a joke?)


3) Do I have to buy from Apple or are there equally good alternatives?


4) Can I even ask that on an Apple forum?


Thanks for your help!

MAcBook

Posted on Mar 24, 2015 4:49 AM

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User profile for user: dwb
dwb
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Posted on Mar 24, 2015 5:49 AM

First, it would be worth downloading EtreCheck and pasting the results here. It is possible you are running something that is dragging the computer down. That said, I not only agree that the 2GB number is pretty much a joke but even 4GB is too little RAM for a computer with a conventional HHD. For most of us who have an SSD 4GB is more than sufficient. Upgrading to 8GB RAM will help - frankly the biggest help will be upgrading the HHD to an SSD.


Good sources for RAM: Crucial Tech and macsales.com

Good sources for SSD: Samsung, Crucial Tech and macsales.com.

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User profile for user: twfmike
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Mar 25, 2015 12:58 PM in response to Lexiepex

Remove one leftover that has to go: in Finder MacintoshHD->System->Library->Extensions delete the file with pctools.iantivirus in the name.

None of these are visible in that folder:

[not loaded] com.markspace.driver.RemoteNDIS (438) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.markspace.missingsync.symbian (1.0.0d1) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.ConnectUSB (3.0.0) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.Pvsnet (2.2) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.hypervisor (2.2) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.vmmain (2.2) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.pctools.iantivirus.kfs (1.0.1) [Click for support]


... and spotlight can't find them anywhere else. Are there hidden folders somewhere?

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User profile for user: Lexiepex
Lexiepex
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Mar 26, 2015 1:28 PM in response to twfmike

OK, download a app that is called FindAnyFile from http://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/

Then install, open, and type iantivirus in the search field and hold the Alt(option) key when you hit the Find Button, type your account password and look what it finds. You can delete directly from the list: "move to trash" (NOT: "delete immediately"). No hits? then do a search for pctools , again move to trash when it is in the list. No hits? then do a search for .kfs (note the period) and if you find more than one, look at every hit to see whether it is the one that you want to delete.

If you do not find anything with this supertool, let it be, it is not loaded and can not do harm on it's own.

Lex

Are you satisfied with the results of your cleaning?

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Mar 27, 2015 4:35 AM in response to twfmike

twfmike wrote:


But why do Apple say only 8GB supported but OWC say 16?

Apple bases its specs on the kind of RAM that is available when the computer ships and never updates those specs. At a later date manufacturers may introduce new SIMMS/DIMMS that pack more RAM that are compatible with that computer. OWC and other vendors will then change their specs to reflect the new RAM offerings.

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Mar 27, 2015 5:27 AM in response to Lexiepex

Thanks Lex.

It found a couple of antivirus files, and a few parallels ones. I Trashed them all. But.....

they're still there in etre check, though they're not loaded.

Overall, it might have speeded up slightly, but still way way slower than before Yosemite (with good old 10.6.8).

Anyway, will buy some memory and an SSD and see if that helps.

Thanks for your hep.

EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)

Report generated 27 March 2015 23:25:16 GMT+11

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 (13-inch, Early 2011) (Technical Specifications)

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1

1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core

4 GB RAM Upgradeable

BANK 0/DIMM0

2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported

Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n

Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 481


Video Information: ℹ️

Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB

Color LCD 1280 x 800

HP S2231 1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz


System Software: ℹ️

OS X 10.10.2 (14C1514) - Time since boot: 0:27:53


Disk Information: ℹ️

Hitachi HTS545032B9A302 disk0 : (320.07 GB)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

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

Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 318.84 GB (51.19 GB free)

Core Storage: disk0s2 319.21 GB Online


MATSHITADVD-R UJ-8A8


USB Information: ℹ️

Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

SAMSUNG SAMSUNG_Android

NOVATEK USB Keyboard

Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver


Firewire Information: ℹ️

LaCie Rugged FW/USB 800mbit - 800mbit max

disk2s1 (disk2s1) <not mounted> : 32 KB

disk2s2 (disk2s2) <not mounted> : 66 KB

disk2s3 (disk2s3) <not mounted> : 66 KB

disk2s4 (disk2s4) <not mounted> : 115 KB

LaCie (disk2s6) /Volumes/LaCie : 500.11 GB (103.87 GB free)


Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus


Configuration files: ℹ️

/etc/hosts - Count: 16


Gatekeeper: ℹ️

Mac App Store and identified developers


Kernel Extensions: ℹ️

/Library/Extensions

[loaded] at.obdev.nke.LittleSnitch (4234 - SDK 10.8) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.google.filesystems.fusefs (0.3.0) [Click for support]


/System/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.ConnectUSB (3.0.0) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.Pvsnet (2.2) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.hypervisor (2.2) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.vmmain (2.2) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.pctools.iantivirus.kfs (1.0.1) [Click for support]


Launch Agents: ℹ️

[running] at.obdev.LittleSnitchUIAgent.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.divx.dms.agent.plist [Click for support]


Launch Daemons: ℹ️

[running] at.obdev.littlesnitchd.plist [Click for support]

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

[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.tunnelbear.mac.tbeard.plist [Click for support]


User Launch Agents: ℹ️

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


User Login Items: ℹ️

Mail Application Hidden (/Applications/Mail.app)

Dropbox Application Hidden (/Applications/Dropbox.app)

Microsoft OneNote Application Hidden (/Applications/Microsoft OneNote.app)


Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.4.0.11 [Click for support]

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

OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 [Click for support]

DivX Web Player: Version: 3.2.4.1250 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

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

Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 15.0.0 - SDK 10.10 Check version


Safari Extensions: ℹ️

Adblock Plus

Ghostery


Audio Plug-ins: ℹ️

JackRouter: Version: JackRouter [Click for support]


3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

Flash Player [Click for support]

Flip4Mac WMV [Click for support]


Time Machine: ℹ️

Skip System Files: NO

Auto backup: YES

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 318.84 GB Disk used: 267.65 GB

Destinations:

LaCie [Local]

Total size: 500.11 GB

Total number of backups: 31

Oldest backup: 2015-02-28 03:06:56 +0000

Last backup: 2015-03-27 12:17:14 +0000

Size of backup disk: Too small

Backup size 500.11 GB < (Disk used 267.65 GB X 3)


Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

9% WindowServer

4% Finder

0% fontd

0% AppleSpell

0% coreduetd


Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

387 MB Safari

163 MB mds_stores

137 MB Mail

103 MB Microsoft OneNote

90 MB CalendarAgent


Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

109 MB Free RAM

1.58 GB Active RAM

1.47 GB Inactive RAM

1.10 GB Wired RAM

2.19 GB Page-ins

1 MB Page-outs


Diagnostics Information: ℹ️

Mar 27, 2015, 10:55:34 PM Self test - passed

Mar 27, 2015, 07:07:23 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Mail_2015-03-27-070723_[redacted].hang

Mar 26, 2015, 09:19:38 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Finder_2015-03-26-211938_[reda cted].crash

Mar 26, 2015, 08:11:50 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Vectorworks_2015-03-26-201150_ [redacted].crash

Mar 26, 2015, 04:28:47 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Adobe Photoshop CS5_2015-03-26-162847_[redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Click for details]

Mar 26, 2015, 11:44:27 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Vectorworks_2015-03-26-114427_[redacted].hang

Mar 25, 2015, 04:04:35 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/AdobeAcrobat_2015-03-25-160435_[redacted].hang

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User profile for user: Lexiepex
Lexiepex
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Mar 27, 2015 5:36 AM in response to twfmike

Read my first post: everything is still there in this last etrecheck list !

Do as I recommended.

Only pctools company does not exist anymore, they were taken by Norton, and there is no information on their products (a.o. iAntivirus) anymore. Norton is about the worst of "security" tools that there is for Mac (even on Windows it creates many problems).

Lex

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