My Mac Mini (2011) has been getting slower (lagging) over time as do all machines. But not this bad. The mouse cursor does not even smoothly go across the screen. I have also noticed lately the actual machine is getting hot. I only have 2 gb of ram. If I increase the ram will that improve the temperature and or lagging issue?
Thank you
Mac mini, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3)
The heating is caused by heat off the cpu. With fans and such, it shouldn't get too hot and Apple have designed this to be the case; check the computer is dust free and clean it out, ideally with compressed air to reduce static.
A for the lag, if the computer is running multiple applications it will struggle. You can view the ram usage in activity monitor, if it is near 1.5gb then that's the case, it's struggling. It may be the case the heat is throttling your cpu and is underperforming so again,
Give it a good clean from dust and allow air flow
Run this and post the results here so we know more about your configuration.
Not the OP, but experiencing the same problem. Ran the test. Here are the results.
Suggestions on why it is getting hot and what to do about it would be appreciated.
Thanks,
bmb38
EtreCheck version: 2.9.3 (253)
Report generated 2016-02-09 17:33:37
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Runtime 3:31
Performance: Good
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Problem: Other problem
Description:
Mac Mini is getting very hot to the touch. Seems to be running slow, esp when opening apps.
Hardware Information: ⓘ
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
[Technical Specifications] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]
Mac mini - model: Macmini5,1
1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
8 GB RAM Upgradeable - [Instructions]
BANK 0/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ⓘ
Intel HD Graphics 3000
2019Vwal 1680 x 1050 @ 60 Hz
System Software: ⓘ
OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 (14F1605) - Time since boot: about 7 days
Disk Information: ⓘ
APPLE HDD HTS547550A9E384 disk0 : (500.11 GB) (Rotational)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 499.25 GB (294.02 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
USB Information: ⓘ
Logitech USB Optical Mouse
Macally Peripherals Macally ICEKEY2 Keyboard
ЉК FreeAgent GoFlex 1 TB
FreeAgent GoFlex Drive (disk4s1) /Volumes/FreeAgent GoFlex Drive : 1.00 TB (634.67 GB free)
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
TSST Inc SES084D
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information: ⓘ
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ⓘ
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ⓘ
/System/Library/Extensions
[loaded] ng.uds.netusb.controller (1.59) [Support]
System Launch Agents: ⓘ
[loaded] 141 Apple tasks
[running] 72 Apple tasks
System Launch Daemons: ⓘ
[loaded] 174 Apple tasks
[running] 89 Apple tasks
Launch Daemons: ⓘ
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Support]
User Launch Agents: ⓘ
[failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist
User Login Items: ⓘ
iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
handyPrintDaemon Application (~/Library/PreferencePanes/handyPrint.prefPane/Contents/Library/LoginItems/hand yPrintDaemon.app)
SpeechSynthesisServer Application (/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks /SpeechSynthesis.framework/Versions/A/SpeechSynthesisServer.app)
handyPrintUserDaemon Application (/Applications/handyPrint.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/handyPrintUserDaemon. app)
Other Apps: ⓘ
[running] com.GoPro.GoPro-Importer
[running] com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x1000000e.Microsoft Word
[running] com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000016.EtreCheck
[running] com.microsoft.autoupdate.fba.67340
[running] com.netputing.handyPrintDaemon.64784
[running] com.netputing.handyPrintUserDaemon.87220
Internet Plug-ins: ⓘ
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 20.0.0.306 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Flash Player: Version: 20.0.0.306 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.6.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
PepperFlashPlayer: Version: 20.0.0.306 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 15.0.0 - SDK 10.10 Check version
User internet Plug-ins: ⓘ
ATTConnectEventEntry: Version: 11.5.210 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes: ⓘ
Flash Player [Support]
GoPro [Support]
handyPrint [Support]
Time Machine: ⓘ
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ⓘ
10% kernel_task
6% Finder
3% WindowServer
2% mdworker32
1% Mail
Top Processes by Memory: ⓘ
699 MB kernel_task
549 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(4)
467 MB softwareupdated
352 MB iTunes
287 MB Mail
Virtual Memory Information: ⓘ
537 MB Free RAM
7.47 GB Used RAM (3.14 GB Cached)
30 MB Swap Used
My Mac mini lags really bad and gets hot. Will increasing the ram solve this or both of these issues?
