Why is Safari slow after El Capitan upgrade, or could it be Hideme
iMac 2 Ghz Core 2 Duo/3 gig RAM, Mac OS X (10.6.4)
You have described your own next troubleshooting step. Disable your proxy/VPN for a direct connection to the Internet through your ISP and see if your slowness goes away.
Do you have any of the following on your computer?
Sure enough, ClamXav installed on trial a while back. I uninstalled and seems to be much better. I'll be back if I have any other issues.
Thanks for looking out for me.
You're welcome! Macs don't need anti-virus programs or "maintenance" apps, and they're usually the first culprit when people complain of slowness or lagging.
John Boye wrote:
ClamXav installed on trial a while back. I uninstalled and seems to be much better.
Sounds like you were having Sentry watch too much. That's especially important with older, slower Macs. I usually recommend watching only the home folder, since that will include all the places where new files end up (downloads, e-mail, browser caches) and where all currently known malware (mostly Adware) ends up being installed. If you also transfer files, it would be a good idea to check the box to scan for inserted disks, but that should not include any backup drives.
The other thing I should mention is that if you feel you don't need to run Sentry at all and just want to be able to use ClamXav for manual scans, then there is no need to uninstall it.
Dear all I have a MacBook Pro 13 inch one and uptil now, till Yosemite upgrade it was running very efficiently but when upgraded to El Capitan the battery started to discharge within a hour and I could feel the heat from the fans exhaust. Please help me. I have never created a restore point.
Try a SMC reset. The article covers when this is required, but doing this will not affect anything.
@Eric Root regrets for the late reply from my side. My MacBook(power card components) was getting so hot that I couldn't wait to reset the SMC as suggested by you. If I had lost the power card then it would have costed me the whole MacBook, so that night, when I posted my query, itself I took backup and formatted my MacBook and thanks all of you from the forum, my MacBook has returned to a normal state.🙂
Safari slow after El Capitan upgrade, Hideme install
