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Q: Since my last software update, my MacBook Pro is running slower.  Is there anything that can be done to help this?

Since my last software update, my MacBook Pro is running slower.  Is there anything that can be done to help this?

iPhone 5, iOS 9.1, Mac Book Pro

Posted on Feb 11, 2016 11:07 AM

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Q: Since my last software update, my MacBook Pro is running slower.  Is there anything that can be done to help this?

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  • by Pmintz25,

    Pmintz25 Pmintz25 Feb 11, 2016 11:19 AM in response to maurice37
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    Feb 11, 2016 11:19 AM in response to maurice37

    What was the update for?

     

    Try resetting NVRAM. This can help with slowness sometimes.

     

    How to Reset NVRAM on your Mac - Apple Support

  • by lllaass,

    lllaass lllaass Feb 11, 2016 12:47 PM in response to maurice37
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    Feb 11, 2016 12:47 PM in response to maurice37

    What do you mean by slow?

    When slow

    Run this and post the results here so we know more about your configuration.

      EtreCheck

  • by pinkstones,

    pinkstones pinkstones Feb 11, 2016 12:52 PM in response to maurice37
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    Feb 11, 2016 12:52 PM in response to maurice37

    Posting your EtreCheck report is a good start.  It'll allow us to see what's on your system right now, and if anything is on it causing the slowness, like anti-virus programs or so-called "maintenance" apps, we'll advise you on how to remove them to improve your system's performance.  If there's adware/malware on your system as well, we'll see it, as that also can cause extreme slowness, depending on how much of it is there.

  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Feb 11, 2016 1:21 PM in response to maurice37
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    Feb 11, 2016 1:21 PM in response to maurice37

    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.

    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.

    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.