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Macbook pro retina is slowing down?

Hello, I got an early 2014 Retina Macbook pro 13" like an year and a month ago. I got it as a gift ( don't tell me I'm spoiled or anything because I'm not this is the only thing I didn't pay myself, and I also never asked for it ) after my old laptop was dying. Anyway, it's been doing great for the whole year, but it's been a few months it started slowing down a bit. Now it's becoming more slow, and I'd like to know how to make it faster. I've already searched for answers but nothing helped.

I know the specs aren't that great but I didn't choose them so yeah :

- Intel dual core i5 at 2.4Ghz ( with turbo boost to 2.9 Ghz )

- 4gb of ram

- 128 gb SSD

- running on OS X 10.10.2 Yosemite

( not the best I know )

But as I said it was very fast.

I also don't play games, or edit videos, so I don't really need a very powerful laptop. I only surf the internet, listen to music ( on youtube or iTunes ), check my emails, do my homework on open office, and I always talk to my bestfriend on Viber.

Sometimes Viber crashes or becomes laggy, also scrolling on web pages becomes sometimes laggy. I also got only one problem with this macbook, about a year ago I got the white screen of death but I managed to make it work again.

I only have 34 gb of flash storage left, but I can't transfer my photos and videos to an external hard drive because I don't have one yet.

What can I do to make it faster? Will reinstalling Yosemite make it faster? Or downgrading to Mavericks? If so can you please give me some instructions on how to because I don't know.

Thank you!

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1), Macbook Pro 13" Retina Display

Posted on Mar 28, 2015 7:57 AM

18 replies

etresoft

Level 8

46,554 points

Mar 29, 2015 7:38 AM in response to Undercovergirl

Perhaps that is as good as the VirtualBox uninstaller gets. It is free software after all. Restart your machine, run EtreCheck again, and post the results. That will show what is left over and still needs to be removed.

Here is how you can remove Flavours:

1) In the Finder, choose "Go to Folder..." from the "Go" menu

2) In the the "Go to the folder:" dialog that appears, enter the following:

/Library/LaunchDaemons

3) Click the "Go" button.

4) In the "LaunchDaemons" Finder window, locate the file named "net.interacto.flavours.helper.plist" and drag it to your desktop

5) Restart

6) Delete the file "net.interacto.flavours.helper.plist" on your desktop.

At this point, Flavours will no longer be running. It will still be partially installed, but not taking up any more RAM.

With a little luck, the VirtualBox uninstaller will have done something useful and you will be done. If not, I can give you a similar set of instructions that will remove VirtualBox. We will know more after the next EtreCheck report you post.

You definitely need to get a Time Machine backup drive. On the bright side, since your SSD is so small to begin with, you should be able to get a suitable backup drive for $100 or maybe less.

Mar 29, 2015 7:51 AM in response to etresoft

EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)

Report generated 29 Mar 2015 16:45:38 CEST

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, 13-inch, Late 2013) (Technical Specifications)

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro11,1

1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core

4 GB RAM Not upgradeable

BANK 0/DIMM0

2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported

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

Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 329

Video Information: ℹ️

Intel Iris

Color LCD spdisplays_2560x1600Retina

System Software: ℹ️

OS X 10.10.2 (14C1514) - Time since boot: 0:1:33

Disk Information: ℹ️

APPLE SSD SD0128F disk0 : (121,33 GB)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

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

Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 120.12 GB (41.15 GB free)

Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked

Core Storage: disk0s2 120.47 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

Mac App Store and identified developers

Kernel Extensions: ℹ️

/System/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungComposite (1.4.28 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.wacom.kext.pentablet (5.3.3 - SDK 10.8) [Click for support]

/System/Library/Extensions/ssuddrv.kext/Contents/PlugIns

[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMControl (1.4.28 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMData (1.4.28 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungMTP (1.4.28 - SDK 10.5) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungSerial (1.4.28 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]

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]

[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.wacom.pentablet.plist [Click for support]

Launch Daemons: ℹ️

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

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

[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist [Click for support]

User Launch Agents: ℹ️

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

[loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist [Click for support]

User Login Items: ℹ️

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

Viber Application Hidden (/Applications/Viber.app)

KiesAgent Application Hidden (/Applications/Kies.app/Contents/MacOS/KiesAgent.app)

fuspredownloader Application Hidden (/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/.FUS/fuspredownloader.app)

BambooCore Application (/Library/Application Support/Wacom/BambooCore.app)

Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

WacomTabletPlugin: Version: WacomTabletPlugin 2.1.0.2 [Click for support]

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

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

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

Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

WacomNetscape: Version: 2.1.0-1 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]

Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

DirectorShockwave: Version: 12.1.3r153 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 31 Check version

Safari Extensions: ℹ️

Facebook Improved

SaveFrom.net helper

Adblock Plus

SafariRestore

Pushbullet

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

9% mds

4% mds_stores

4% WindowServer

1% fontd

0% TeamViewer_Desktop

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

314 MB Safari

271 MB Viber

160 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

142 MB ocspd

107 MB iTunes

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

144 MB Free RAM

1.73 GB Active RAM

1.59 GB Inactive RAM

735 MB Wired RAM

1.20 GB Page-ins

4 MB Page-outs

Diagnostics Information: ℹ️

Mar 29, 2015, 04:43:50 PM Self test - passed

Mar 28, 2015, 12:16:36 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Viber_2015-03-28-001636_[redac ted].crash

Mar 28, 2015, 12:15:01 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/LegacyFileVaultMessageTracer_2015-03-28-001501_ [redacted].crash

Mar 27, 2015, 10:16:01 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Viber_2015-03-27-221601_[redac ted].crash

Mar 26, 2015, 06:52:24 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_2015-03-26-185224_[ redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Click for details]

I also did the steps on how to remove Flavours, but there wasn't any file named that way in the folder.

Also, Linc Davis, I did it because, I don't know to me it seems easier, I'm not an expert with computers. Also, if I go to the Apple store, do you think they can do anything for me even though my macbook is not under warranty anymore? I live in France by the way, if that changes anything..

Linc Davis

Level 10

209,547 points

Mar 29, 2015 8:03 AM in response to Undercovergirl

if I go to the Apple store, do you think they can do anything for me even though my macbook is not under warranty anymore?

Yes, but I don't know whether the service is free in France.

Macbook pro retina is slowing down?