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Macbook Pro 17 2011 completely slow, with a new SSD also

Hi all,


I bought a used Macbook Pro 17 Early 2011, but it is very slow on booting, installing or browsing Photos or internet, I formatted the HDD and installed MacOS Sierra and the installation took about 2 hoers till it finished, but it became slower, then I bought a new Samsung SSD but no way, the Macbook Pro still slow.

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The Hardware test showed that I have one Problem with the battery.


I googled about the Problem and I found that maybe my Firmware is old and I think it is:


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I tried to install the last version but it need OS X 10.8.5 or 10.9.5 and I installed the 10.9.5 and it took about 1 hour:


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in the end the Firmware file told me that I don't need this update:


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I hope in any one can help me.


Best Regards.

Mac Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.5)

Posted on Oct 1, 2016 12:15 PM

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Oct 2, 2016 3:16 AM in response to leroydouglas

Thanks Leroydouglas,


I did them but still have the Problem, Sierra took up to 2 hours till it installed, I found another Problem maybe tell us something, I couldn't rename the Partition but the Keyboard was working.

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The installation took 1 hour to prepare and 1 hour to install:


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maybe it is a power Problem? my battery is already dead:

Battery Information:



Model Information:

Serial Number: C01137504KVDGKMA8

Manufacturer: DP

Device Name: bq20z451

Pack Lot Code: 0

PCB Lot Code: 0

Firmware Version: 406

Hardware Revision: 1

Cell Revision: 1102

Charge Information:

Charge Remaining (mAh): 0

Fully Charged: No

Charging: No

Full Charge Capacity (mAh): 1421

Health Information:

Cycle Count: 1128

Condition: Replace Now

Battery Installed: Yes

Amperage (mA): 0

Voltage (mV): 7695



System Power Settings:



AC Power:

System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10

Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10

Display Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10

Wake on AC Change: No

Wake on Clamshell Open: Yes

Wake on LAN: Yes

Current Power Source: Yes

Display Sleep Uses Dim: Yes

GPUSwitch: 2

Hibernate Mode: 3

PrioritizeNetworkReachabilityOverSleep: 0

Standby Delay: 4200

Standby Enabled: 0

Battery Power:

System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10

Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10

Display Sleep Timer (Minutes): 2

Wake on AC Change: No

Wake on Clamshell Open: Yes

Display Sleep Uses Dim: Yes

GPUSwitch: 2

Hibernate Mode: 3

Reduce Brightness: Yes

Standby Delay: 4200

Standby Enabled: 0



Hardware Configuration:



UPS Installed: No



AC Charger Information:



Connected: Yes

ID: 0x0100

Wattage (W): 85

Revision: 0x0000

Family: 0x0085

Serial Number: 0x00ccf8ed

Charging: No

Oct 6, 2016 10:57 PM in response to OGELTHORPE

Dear OGELTHORPE,


thank you again and here is the full Report:

I choose ( Computer too slow)


EtreCheck version: 3.0.6 (315)

Report generated 2016-10-07 07:53:37

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Runtime 3:24

Performance: Good


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Problem: Computer is too slow


Hardware Information:

MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2011)

[Technical Specifications] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,3

1 2,2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core

16 GB RAM Upgradeable - [Instructions]

BANK 0/DIMM0

8 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

8 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported

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

Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 1


Video Information:

Intel HD Graphics 3000

Color LCD 1920 x 1200

AMD Radeon HD 6750M - VRAM: 1024 MB


System Software:

macOS Sierra 10.12 (16A323) - Time since boot: less than an hour


Disk Information:

Samsung SSD 850 PRO 512GB disk0 : (512,11 GB) (Solid State - TRIM: No)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

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

MacOS (disk1) / [Startup]: 510.88 GB (452.47 GB free)

Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked

Core Storage: disk0s2 511.25 GB Online


MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898 ()


USB Information:

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver


Thunderbolt Information:

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus


Gatekeeper:

Mac App Store and identified developers


System Launch Agents:

[not loaded] 7 Apple tasks

[loaded] 172 Apple tasks

[running] 92 Apple tasks


System Launch Daemons:

[not loaded] 42 Apple tasks

[loaded] 166 Apple tasks

[running] 94 Apple tasks


User Login Items:

iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)


Internet Plug-ins:

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (2016-09-14)


3rd Party Preference Panes:

None


Time Machine:

Time Machine not configured!


Top Processes by CPU:

110% Mail

57% WindowServer

8% kernel_task

4% AddressBookSourceSync

4% reversetemplated


Top Processes by Memory:

763 MB kernel_task

279 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(2)

180 MB mdworker(12)

115 MB Safari

98 MB mds_stores


Virtual Memory Information:

12.00 GB Free RAM

4.12 GB Used RAM (2.36 GB Cached)

0 B Swap Used


Diagnostics Information:

Oct 7, 2016, 07:43:08 AM Self test - passed

Oct 6, 2016, 09:56:02 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2016-10-06-215602_[redacted].cpu_resourc e.diag [Details]

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CloudKitDaemon.framework/Support/cloudd

Oct 7, 2016 12:04 PM in response to OGELTHORPE

Dear OGELTHORPE,

thanks again but still very slow, I made a new check and Apple hardware check:

I don't know why I still have the battery error?

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EtreCheck version: 3.0.6 (315)

Report generated 2016-10-07 20:54:13

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Runtime 5:12

Performance: Below Average


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Problem: No problem - just checking


Hardware Information:

MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2011)

[Technical Specifications] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,3

1 2,2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core

16 GB RAM Upgradeable - [Instructions]

BANK 0/DIMM0

8 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

8 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported

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

Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 1


Video Information:

Intel HD Graphics 3000

AMD Radeon HD 6750M - VRAM: 1024 MB

Color LCD 1920 x 1200


System Software:

macOS Sierra 10.12 (16A323) - Time since boot: less than an hour


Disk Information:

Samsung SSD 850 PRO 512GB disk0 : (512,11 GB) (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

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

MacOS (disk1) / [Startup]: 510.88 GB (481.29 GB free)

Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked

Core Storage: disk0s2 511.25 GB Online


MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898 ()


USB Information:

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver


Thunderbolt Information:

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus


Gatekeeper:

Mac App Store and identified developers


System Launch Agents:

[not loaded] 7 Apple tasks

[loaded] 172 Apple tasks

[running] 92 Apple tasks


System Launch Daemons:

[not loaded] 42 Apple tasks

[loaded] 164 Apple tasks

[running] 96 Apple tasks


User Login Items:

iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)


Internet Plug-ins:

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (2016-09-14)


3rd Party Preference Panes:

None


Time Machine:

Time Machine not configured!


Top Processes by CPU:

254% kernel_task

9% secd

9% WindowServer

2% com.apple.AmbientDisplayAgent

0% askpermissiond


Top Processes by Memory:

828 MB kernel_task

115 MB softwareupdated

82 MB mds_stores

82 MB Spotlight

82 MB UserEventAgent(2)


Virtual Memory Information:

11.00 GB Free RAM

4.84 GB Used RAM (2.93 GB Cached)

0 B Swap Used


Diagnostics Information:

Oct 7, 2016, 08:46:11 PM Self test - passed

Oct 6, 2016, 09:56:02 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2016-10-06-215602_[redacted].cpu_resourc e.diag [Details]

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CloudKitDaemon.framework/Support/cloudd

Oct 8, 2016 4:07 AM in response to MekyMac

I cannot offer any definitive explanation for the battery error. All the information displayed on your System Information>Power display looks normal.


You have 'kernel task' using a lot of CPU resources. Look at the information in this discussion, specifically Linc Davis' definition and the CNET article by Topher Kessler (an occasional participant here).


https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6452727?start=0&tstart=0


https://www.cnet.com/news/kerneltask-process-taking-up-an-inordinate-amount-of-c pu/


I am wondering if there may be something wrong with your SSD. From the recovery partition, run Disk Utility>First Aid>Repair.


Last I would install the original RAM and see if that makes any difference.


Ciao.

Macbook Pro 17 2011 completely slow, with a new SSD also

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