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Imac, mid 2011
16 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 RAM2.5
GHz Intel Core i5 processor
Generally slow performance, even loading web pages the "spinning ball" will appear and the hard drive whirring continuously,even if flicking from tab to tab
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)
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 one 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.
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If you have an account on Pastebin, please don't select Private from the Paste Exposure menu on the page, because then no one but you will be able to see it.
Here is the dump of the console screen, hope this helps
Cheers
Bill
11/02/2016 6:30:31.026 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist[13978]) Service could not initialize: 15D21: xpcproxy + 12644 [1472][13E77DA5-3602-31BF-B074-49D4EE27E9D8]: 0x2
11/02/2016 6:30:31.026 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist) Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
11/02/2016 6:30:41.039 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist[13979]) Service could not initialize: 15D21: xpcproxy + 12644 [1472][13E77DA5-3602-31BF-B074-49D4EE27E9D8]: 0x2
11/02/2016 6:30:41.039 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist) Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
11/02/2016 6:30:51.052 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist[13980]) Service could not initialize: 15D21: xpcproxy + 12644 [1472][13E77DA5-3602-31BF-B074-49D4EE27E9D8]: 0x2
11/02/2016 6:30:51.052 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist) Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
11/02/2016 6:31:01.057 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist[13981]) Service could not initialize: 15D21: xpcproxy + 12644 [1472][13E77DA5-3602-31BF-B074-49D4EE27E9D8]: 0x2
11/02/2016 6:31:01.057 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist) Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
11/02/2016 6:31:11.062 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist[13984]) Service could not initialize: 15D21: xpcproxy + 12644 [1472][13E77DA5-3602-31BF-B074-49D4EE27E9D8]: 0x2
11/02/2016 6:31:11.062 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist) Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
11/02/2016 6:31:21.069 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist[13985]) Service could not initialize: 15D21: xpcproxy + 12644 [1472][13E77DA5-3602-31BF-B074-49D4EE27E9D8]: 0x2
11/02/2016 6:31:21.069 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist) Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
11/02/2016 6:31:31.077 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist[13988]) Service could not initialize: 15D21: xpcproxy + 12644 [1472][13E77DA5-3602-31BF-B074-49D4EE27E9D8]: 0x2
11/02/2016 6:31:31.077 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist) Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
11/02/2016 6:31:41.086 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist[13989]) Service could not initialize: 15D21: xpcproxy + 12644 [1472][13E77DA5-3602-31BF-B074-49D4EE27E9D8]: 0x2
11/02/2016 6:31:41.086 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist) Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
11/02/2016 6:31:51.091 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist[13990]) Service could not initialize: 15D21: xpcproxy + 12644 [1472][13E77DA5-3602-31BF-B074-49D4EE27E9D8]: 0x2
11/02/2016 6:31:51.091 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist) Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
11/02/2016 6:32:01.096 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist[13995]) Service could not initialize: 15D21: xpcproxy + 12644 [1472][13E77DA5-3602-31BF-B074-49D4EE27E9D8]: 0x2
11/02/2016 6:32:01.096 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist) Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
11/02/2016 6:32:11.104 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist[13998]) Service could not initialize: 15D21: xpcproxy + 12644 [1472][13E77DA5-3602-31BF-B074-49D4EE27E9D8]: 0x2
11/02/2016 6:32:11.105 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist) Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
11/02/2016 6:32:21.109 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist[14000]) Service could not initialize: 15D21: xpcproxy + 12644 [1472][13E77DA5-3602-31BF-B074-49D4EE27E9D8]: 0x2
11/02/2016 6:32:21.109 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist) Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
11/02/2016 6:32:27.917 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.WebKit.Networking.A648C2CB-4222-43D0-877D-1F342C0E9275[13991]) Service exited with abnormal code: 1
11/02/2016 6:32:30.633 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (org.mozilla.thunderbird.63712[12968]) Service exited with abnormal code: 1
11/02/2016 6:32:31.114 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist[14002]) Service could not initialize: 15D21: xpcproxy + 12644 [1472][13E77DA5-3602-31BF-B074-49D4EE27E9D8]: 0x2
11/02/2016 6:32:31.114 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist) Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
11/02/2016 6:32:41.118 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist[14003]) Service could not initialize: 15D21: xpcproxy + 12644 [1472][13E77DA5-3602-31BF-B074-49D4EE27E9D8]: 0x2
11/02/2016 6:32:41.118 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist) Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
11/02/2016 6:32:51.124 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist[14004]) Service could not initialize: 15D21: xpcproxy + 12644 [1472][13E77DA5-3602-31BF-B074-49D4EE27E9D8]: 0x2
11/02/2016 6:32:51.124 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist) Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
11/02/2016 6:33:01.133 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist[14005]) Service could not initialize: 15D21: xpcproxy + 12644 [1472][13E77DA5-3602-31BF-B074-49D4EE27E9D8]: 0x2
11/02/2016 6:33:01.133 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist) Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
11/02/2016 6:33:11.140 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist[14006]) Service could not initialize: 15D21: xpcproxy + 12644 [1472][13E77DA5-3602-31BF-B074-49D4EE27E9D8]: 0x2
11/02/2016 6:33:11.140 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist) Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
11/02/2016 6:33:21.149 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist[14007]) Service could not initialize: 15D21: xpcproxy + 12644 [1472][13E77DA5-3602-31BF-B074-49D4EE27E9D8]: 0x2
11/02/2016 6:33:21.149 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist) Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
11/02/2016 6:33:31.152 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist[14008]) Service could not initialize: 15D21: xpcproxy + 12644 [1472][13E77DA5-3602-31BF-B074-49D4EE27E9D8]: 0x2
11/02/2016 6:33:31.152 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist) Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
11/02/2016 6:33:41.161 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist[14009]) Service could not initialize: 15D21: xpcproxy + 12644 [1472][13E77DA5-3602-31BF-B074-49D4EE27E9D8]: 0x2
11/02/2016 6:33:41.161 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist) Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
11/02/2016 6:33:51.166 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist[14010]) Service could not initialize: 15D21: xpcproxy + 12644 [1472][13E77DA5-3602-31BF-B074-49D4EE27E9D8]: 0x2
11/02/2016 6:33:51.167 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.seagate.mediasync.plist) Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
slow performance and hard drive whirring continuously
