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Early 2011 i7 4gb RAM bad lag

So I just upgrade from my 13'' to a 15'' threw my hard drive in and it worked great for a few minutes, now its lagging so bad its barely even usable. No apps open, the cursor is laggy and I get the wheel everytime I open something...Not sure whats going on. 8500 ddr3 RAM, 500gb Hard drive with plenty of space left. Researched but found nothing. Its a late i7, 4gb, about 300gb left of hard drive space yet. Any help is appreciated, I am running the latest Yosemite

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4), 4gb RAM 500gb hard drive

Posted on Jul 14, 2015 1:56 PM

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Jul 14, 2015 2:05 PM in response to shadbehnke

Were I you I would not have done what you did. Instead you should have copied your data to the new drive or used Migration Assistant to migrate your old Home folder to the new computer. Without knowing anything more I suggest:


Ways to help make a slow Mac faster


17 Reasons Why Your Mac Runs Slower Than it Should

Slow Mac Performance? This Article Solves It!

Fix slow start-ups in OS X | MacFixIt - CNET Reviews

6 Easy Tips to Speed Up OS X Yosemite on Your Mac


Avoid using any third-party software that claims to clean up your computer. Usually this software does more bad than good. Furthermore, you don't need it. Note that all computers will become slower over time even under normal use. Experienced users typically erase the hard drive and do a clean install from scratch at least once a year or whenever installing a major OS upgrade. Of course doing so also means you must maintain regular and multiple backups.


Add more RAM or cut back on the number of concurrently running applications and utilities. Remove unnecessary software such as anti-malware and software that promises to clean your Mac. Check for runaway processes: Runaway applications can shorten battery runtime, affect performance, and increase heat and fan acti… Also see:


Mavericks and later


Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder. Select All Processes from the View menu. Click on the CPU tab in the toolbar. Click twice on the %CPU column header to display in descending order. If you find a process using a large amount of %CPU, then select the process and click on the Quit icon in the toolbar. Click on the Force Quit button to kill the process. See if that helps. Be sure to note the name of the runaway process so you can track down the cause of the problem.


Reinstalling OS X Without Erasing the Drive


Boot to the Recovery HD: Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears.


Reinstalling OS X Without Erasing the Drive


Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the main menu. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions as follows.


When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility and press the Continue button. After Disk Utility loads select the Macintosh HD entry from the the left side list. Click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If Disk Utility reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit Disk Utility and return to the main menu.


Reinstall OS X: Select Reinstall OS X and click on the Continue button.


Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.


Alternatively, see:


Reinstall OS X Without Erasing the Drive


Choose the version you have installed now:


OS X Yosemite- Reinstall OS X

OS X Mavericks- Reinstall OS X

OS X Mountain Lion- Reinstall OS X

OS X Lion- Reinstall Mac OS X


Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet

if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.

Jul 16, 2015 12:44 PM in response to shadbehnke

It's not kernel_task. It's something you are running that is causing that to happen. I suggest you boot into Safe Mode and see if this problem disappears. If it does, then uninstall all your third-party utilities that you are using, especially any that install system extensions.


Make a new user account. Log out of your account and log into the new account. Set it as the default account for startup, then restart normally. See if all of this helps.

Early 2011 i7 4gb RAM bad lag

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