Macbook Pro is Running Seriously SLOW

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Macbook Pro is Running Seriously SLOW

Hi Everyone,

I'm currently running 10.10.4 on my macbook pro which I purchased in the summer of 2013. In the summer of 2014 the hard drive was replaced due to an unexplained crash (just a bit of info if thats relevant at all). The hard drive currently is only using about 85GB out of the 500GB.

Now for the problem:

The computer is running extremely slow when it comes to carrying out basic tasks. Switching applications and opening anything in full screen cause the computer to rainbow wheel for at least 15 seconds at a time. This is on an off and doesn't occur ALL THE TIME. Closing tabs is difficult, quitting applications such as word/excel/powerpoint is also giving me trouble. Recently I've been opening the force quit option when trying to see whats going on and my finder is often not responding as well. Basic functions that the computer is supposed to do with ease is taking it a very long time to carry out. It is extremely frustrating when the computer won't load or let me type in a word document due to a spinning wheel. I'm a student and this is becoming a hassle. Does anyone have any ideas on what could be going on / What to do ?

-Valentino

MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012), OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)

Macbook Running Slow

MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012), OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Jul 28, 2015 5:57 AM

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Answer 1

Linc Davis

Level 10

209,541 points

Jul 28, 2015 7:57 AM in response to valsammarone

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.

When you post the log extract, you might see an error message on the web page: "You have included content in your post that is not permitted," or "The message contains invalid characters." That's a bug in the forum software. Please post the text on Pastebin, then post a link here to the page you created.

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Answer 2

OGELTHORPE

Level 9

57,305 points

Jul 28, 2015 8:10 AM in response to valsammarone

Download and post an Etrecheck report:

http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck

Ciao.

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