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Q: El Capitan running slowly?

Is anyone else having the issue of your Mac running wicked slow after the new El Capitan update? Word, Safari, Preview, and iTunes wouldn't open- they froze and I had to force quit them. Even typing this there is a major lag and the pinwheel appears. What's up with that? So far I hate how slow it's making my mac.

Posted on Sep 30, 2015 2:22 PM

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  • by revbobmat,

    revbobmat revbobmat Nov 11, 2015 4:43 PM in response to JasonHaven
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    Nov 11, 2015 4:43 PM in response to JasonHaven

    My iMac is super slow with or without running mail. Everything is slow. Making things worse it will not update the supposedly available pages update.

  • by sprintmick,

    sprintmick sprintmick Nov 12, 2015 2:36 AM in response to mkgr
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    Nov 12, 2015 2:36 AM in response to mkgr

    Its running slow again..Beachballs are back. Really good this ain't it..I'm now considering if this iMac is really fit for purpose..

    I have still not got any further with getting the cctv to work.. It still only shows half a screen garbled & the other half black.. I'm wondering if that fantastic isight is being a pain. I have done the turning the isight off bit but that didn't help.. Any ideas anyone ???.

    Cctv did work ok on Snow leopard & yosemite..

  • by BroCraig,

    BroCraig BroCraig Nov 12, 2015 10:55 AM in response to BroCraig
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    Nov 12, 2015 10:55 AM in response to BroCraig

    Hmmm. Will try that. I think there is just a lot of junk on the drive that I do not need as well. Ok. Ran EtreCheck

     

    The following internal tasks failed to complete:

    /usr/sbin/system_profiler -xml SPApplicationsDataType

     

    Hardware Information: (What does this mean?)

        MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)

        [Click for Technical Specifications]

        [Click for User Guide]

        MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro6,2

        1 2.53 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core

        8 GB RAM Upgradeable

        [Click for upgrade instructions]

            BANK 0/DIMM0

                4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

            BANK 1/DIMM0

                4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

        Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported

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

        Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 311 - SN = W0008Q3Y7BX0A

     

    Video Information: (What does this mean?)

        Intel HD Graphics

        NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 256 MB

            Color LCD 1440 x 900

     

    System Software: (What does this mean?)

        OS X El Capitan 10.11.1 (15B42) - Time since boot: about 4 days

     

    Disk Information: (What does this mean?)

        Hitachi HTS545050B9SA02 disk0 : (500.11 GB) (Rotational)

            EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

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

            Genesis V (disk1) / : 498.88 GB (99.05 GB free)

                Core Storage: disk0s2 499.25 GB Online

     

        MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898   ()

     

    USB Information: (What does this mean?)

        Apple Card Reader

        Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

        Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub

            Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

        Fitbit Inc. Fitbit Base Station

        Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

        Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

     

    Configuration files: (What does this mean?)

        /etc/sudoers, File size 1242 but expected 2299

     

    Gatekeeper: (What does this mean?)

        Mac App Store and identified developers

     

    Adware: (What does this mean?)

        Genieo, InstallMac Adware! [Click to remove]

     

    Kernel Extensions: (What does this mean?)

            /Library/Application Support/LogMeIn/drivers

        [loaded]    com.logmein.driver.LogMeInSoundDriver (1.0.3 - SDK 10.5) [Click for support]

     

            /System/Library/Extensions

        [not loaded]    com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.4.2) [Click for support]

        [not loaded]    com.squirrels.airparrot.framebuffer (3 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]

        [not loaded]    com.squirrels.driver.AirParrotSpeakers (1.7 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]

     

    System Launch Agents: (What does this mean?)

        [killed]    com.apple.BezelUI.plist

        [killed]    com.apple.CallHistoryPluginHelper.plist

        [killed]    com.apple.CallHistorySyncHelper.plist

        [killed]    com.apple.SafariCloudHistoryPushAgent.plist

        [killed]    com.apple.SafariPlugInUpdateNotifier.plist

        [killed]    com.apple.cdpd.plist

        [killed]    com.apple.cmfsyncagent.plist

        [killed]    com.apple.followupd.plist

        [killed]    com.apple.gamed.plist

        [killed]    com.apple.icloud.fmfd.plist

        [killed]    com.apple.telephonyutilities.callservicesd.plist

        [killed]    com.apple.xpc.loginitemregisterd.plist

        12 processes killed due to insufficient RAM

     

    System Launch Daemons: (What does this mean?)

        [killed]    com.apple.awdd.plist

        [killed]    com.apple.ifdreader.plist

        [killed]    com.apple.periodic-daily.plist

        [killed]    com.apple.periodic-weekly.plist

        [killed]    com.apple.systemstats.analysis.plist

        [killed]    com.apple.wdhelper.plist

        6 processes killed due to insufficient RAM

     

    Launch Agents: (What does this mean?)

        [running]    com.amazon.sendtokindle.launcher.plist [Click for support]

        [loaded]    com.cooliris.SetLaunchArch.plist [Click for support]

        [loaded]    com.coupons.coupond.plist [Click for support]

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

        [failed]    com.logmein.LMILaunchAgentFixer.plist [Click for support]

        [loaded]    com.logmein.logmeingui.plist [Click for support]

        [loaded]    com.logmein.logmeinguiagent.plist [Click for support]

        [loaded]    com.logmein.logmeinguiagentatlogin.plist [Click for support]

        [loaded]    com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist [Click for support]

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

        [running]    net.culater.SIMBL.Agent.plist [Click for support]

     

    Launch Daemons: (What does this mean?)

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

        [loaded]    com.barebones.textwrangler.plist [Click for support]

        [loaded]    com.bombich.ccc.plist [Click for support]

        [running]    com.fitbit.galileod.plist [Click for support]

        [running]    com.freemacsoft.appcleanerdaemon.plist [Click for support]

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

        [loaded]    com.insynchq.insync.daemon.plist [Click for support]

        [loaded]    com.logmein.logmeinblanker.plist [Click for support]

        [loaded]    com.logmein.logmeinserver.plist [Click for support]

        [loaded]    com.logmein.raupdate.plist [Click for support]

        [running]    com.magican.castle.plist [Click for support]

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

        [loaded]    com.teamviewer.Helper.plist [Click for support]

        [loaded]    com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist [Click for support]

     

    User Launch Agents: (What does this mean?)

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

        [running]    com.akamai.single-user-client.plist [Click for support]

        [running]    com.amazon.cloud-player.plist [Click for support]

        [failed]    com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist - /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/OSServices.framewo rk/Versions/A/Support/CSConfigDotMacCert: Executable not found!

  • by BroCraig,

    BroCraig BroCraig Nov 13, 2015 5:05 AM in response to BroCraig
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    Nov 13, 2015 5:05 AM in response to BroCraig

    I don't see anything that would slow my Mac down.

  • by mondesigns,

    mondesigns mondesigns Nov 13, 2015 7:03 PM in response to BroCraig
    Level 1 (8 points)
    Mac OS X
    Nov 13, 2015 7:03 PM in response to BroCraig

    Same here. Did EtreCheck myself. Nothing there to slow my mac but its still slows down after using for a while. Started exactly after 10.11.1 update. Previous 10.11.0 ran fine.

  • by Nicolas Atkins,

    Nicolas Atkins Nicolas Atkins Nov 15, 2015 11:01 PM in response to mkgr
    Level 1 (4 points)
    Mac OS X
    Nov 15, 2015 11:01 PM in response to mkgr

    Hi

     

    i had all the same issues and tried similar fixes/tests with pram etc.

     

    BUT

     

    after restoring ring with time machine to previous install (which worked fine both originally and after the restore) I tried upgrading again. Previously the upgrade appeared to install ok but left me with a v v slow I useable  mac with the beach ball every 10 seconds- but this time the install left me with a frozen white screen. I followed advice in the other threads on how to fix this (boot in safe mode by holding shift, find unsigned kext files and delete them). Rebooted and the install completed.

     

    Now my mac is back to full speed. No beach ball whatsoever and it's a 2010 iMac too.

     

    I am guessing therefore that the white screen and  beach ball problems are the same thing. Ie old kext files. I had about 30 to remove Coming from things like blackberry desktop (a phone I got rid of 5 years ago and thought I'd uninstalled) and some old software from a printer I got rid of.

     

    Hope this helps.

  • by MyNameIsJerf,

    MyNameIsJerf MyNameIsJerf Nov 16, 2015 12:47 PM in response to mkgr
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    Nov 16, 2015 12:47 PM in response to mkgr

    I solved my slowness it seems. After completely wiping and installing El Capitan I still had a lot of laggy issues. Start up was very slow, and after I let it sit it seemed to get better but opening Apps was very very slow. Spot Light even lagged, were it wouldn't even keep up with my keystrokes and I constantly got little micro pauses for the beach ball to spin a few seconds. I didn't see any CPU or Memory saturation problems, so I assumed it was my disk.

     

    I tried all of the solutions in this thread but what seemed to help the best was turning off all of those extras in spotlight. I kept only apps, folders, and system preferences enabled, as that's really the only thing I use spotlight for anyway. Restarted after that and my system is much snappier.

     

    /Jeff

  • by revbobmat,

    revbobmat revbobmat Nov 16, 2015 1:17 PM in response to MyNameIsJerf
    Level 1 (9 points)
    Desktops
    Nov 16, 2015 1:17 PM in response to MyNameIsJerf

    This sounds intriguing. Can you walk me through how to "turn off all those extras in spotlight"?

  • by MyNameIsJerf,

    MyNameIsJerf MyNameIsJerf Nov 16, 2015 2:18 PM in response to revbobmat
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    Nov 16, 2015 2:18 PM in response to revbobmat

    Open system preferences, and click Spotlight. The first window there lists the categories included in search, like Bing Web, Calculator, Fonts, Email and all sorts of other things.

     

    I use Outlook which has it's own search tool that I use. The only thing I want from Spotlight is apps, system settings, and maybe folders which is what I left enabled. I happened to have an update available so I installed that and restarted and things are definitely a lot better.

  • by Rich Rydalch,

    Rich Rydalch Rich Rydalch Nov 16, 2015 2:49 PM in response to Nicolas Atkins
    Level 2 (304 points)
    Nov 16, 2015 2:49 PM in response to Nicolas Atkins

    I find it hard to believe the "El Capitan running slowly?" problem is related to Spotlight. Maybe I don't understand Spotlight. I thought it was not even running unless you invoke it. I have not changed anything in regard to Spotlight since upgrading and my system runs fine. I did have the problem with "Mail" but solved that as outlined in this thread.

    Can someone explain how the Spotlight function could cause a slowdown?

  • by MyNameIsJerf,

    MyNameIsJerf MyNameIsJerf Nov 16, 2015 3:12 PM in response to Rich Rydalch
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    Nov 16, 2015 3:12 PM in response to Rich Rydalch

    My best guess was it had something to do with indexing. The drive is old, and if it was trying to index my outlook mail and files then that could be it. It definately wasn't my cpu and ram being overutilized. Took a stab at it and that seemed to help.

  • by Rich Rydalch,

    Rich Rydalch Rich Rydalch Nov 16, 2015 3:28 PM in response to MyNameIsJerf
    Level 2 (304 points)
    Nov 16, 2015 3:28 PM in response to MyNameIsJerf

    I think I understand how the Spotlight works. It needs to index right after upgrading. I did find my MacBook Pro running slowly for the first couple of days. I blamed it on downloading all the sync stuff from iCloud. But once all that was done it has run fine.

    My iMac was only slow for a couple of hours. It only had about 85GB of stuff on the HD.

    But both machines are running great now. My MacBook Pro slows down a bit when I get 8 or 10 apps running. Especially if I have 2 browsers, all the "sync" needing apps, iMovie and Photoshop running at the same time.

  • by Auditron,

    Auditron Auditron Nov 18, 2015 3:58 PM in response to Kenylady
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    Nov 18, 2015 3:58 PM in response to Kenylady

    It fixed my computer! I can continue using my Mac. What does this key sequence do?

  • by satcomer,

    satcomer satcomer Nov 18, 2015 4:11 PM in response to BroCraig
    Level 4 (1,110 points)
    Nov 18, 2015 4:11 PM in response to BroCraig

    You have adware! Remove it!

  • by Nick Nation,

    Nick Nation Nick Nation Nov 19, 2015 9:25 AM in response to mkgr
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    Nov 19, 2015 9:25 AM in response to mkgr

    Hope is not lost!

     

    I have a MacBook Pro 15 inch, early 2011 (yikes!) that has always been a bit cranky, prone to Safari crashes and previously running OS X 10.8.5.  I really wanted to upgrade to El Capitan in the hopes that anything would improve speed and stability.  Here's my story that goes from bad to worse... to great.

     

    Yes, the download for El Capitan was slow but I expected that with my slow wi-fi so I let it do it's thing. The real problems started after the multiple restarts and verifications and full installation.  IMMEDIATE spinning wheel, even opening one single web page or an app which gave me "not responding" on any app.  I had to force quit multiple times.  Computer essentially became desk weight.  Huge frustration.

     

    I followed the advice about resetting the SMC and there was immediate improvement (over the spinning wheel freak out) but still no better than what I had before, especially considering the time and effort.  Then, I just restarted AGAIN, let it sit overnight (weird, I know but I was exhausted) and the next day... perfection.  Much faster than what I had before and much more stable.  Not lightning fast but very good.


    These apple user threads have always helped me (unlike Apple directly) so I wanted to give you some hope.  If my cranky OS X 10.8.5 can be improved, so can yours.  The Captain is a 9 of 10 (after a bit of smoothing).


    PS -- If you use Final Draft (for scripts) you will need to reload the courier font which the Captain doesn't recognize.  Easy-Peasy.

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