Celeste Jones

Q: Early 2011 13" Macbook Pro with overheating that may be causing logic board or app memory problems...not addressed in warranty repair for 15 & 17 MBP

My early 2011 13" MBP has had 2 battery replacements and is suddenly showing app memory problems, sudden shutdown, extremely slow performance..etc.  Noted the 15 and 17" early 2011 MBP are part of a free replace/repair program with Apple after many years of problem reports and a lawsuit.

 

Is my 13" also a part of this clear problem or am I SOL?

MacBook Pro, iOS 10.0.2

Posted on Oct 1, 2016 2:04 PM

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  • by Celeste Jones,

    Celeste Jones Celeste Jones Oct 9, 2016 8:43 AM in response to John Galt
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    Oct 9, 2016 8:43 AM in response to John Galt

    Dear John,

    Thanks for all your help and I am happy to report that these steps seem to have solved my performance problems.  I also appreciate the adware articles and your opinions on "cleaners."

     

    I tend to be hesitant with the MAC in deleting files but have been merciless this time and I can see the difference. 

     

    I will continue to check the activity monitor...this should have been my first step...and the launch agent folder.  I love this old MBP and hope to keep it running well for a long time!

     

    One final question.....I have almost 30,000 photos loaded into Iphoto and  icloud.....does this slow down the computer?

     

    Thanks for your patience.....

    Celeste

  • by John Galt,

    John Galt John Galt Oct 9, 2016 11:34 PM in response to Celeste Jones
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    Oct 9, 2016 11:34 PM in response to Celeste Jones

    Your MBP is far from old, and should continue to serve you well for years.

     

    Activity Monitor is the first place to go to look for processes that may be contributing to degraded performance. Using it is explained in the Use Activity Monitor document I posted earlier. While you are there, look at the Memory tab and the "Memory Pressure" graph that accompanies it. If that graph occasionally becomes "red" then your Mac would benefit by installing additional RAM. Conversely, if "red" never appears, additional RAM is not necessary. Write back or post a new question if you decide to install additional RAM. It's simple and inexpensive but you have to buy the right parts.

     

    One final question.....I have almost 30,000 photos loaded into Iphoto and  icloud.....does this slow down the computer?

     

    No. Despite dubious claims made by the various "cleaning" app peddlers, the number of files on your Mac or their aggregate size has absolutely no effect on its performance. It makes no difference whether those files are photos or anything else. Plenty of people store many times that number of photos on their Macs.

     

    However... if you have not already upgraded to macOS "Sierra", the first time you use Sierra's new Photos app it will need to analyze and convert your existing iPhoto Library for the new program. That takes an enormous amount of processing time; approximately one hour per 1000 photographs. Your Mac will become warm and busy with the resulting increase in battery drain until that task is complete. With 30,000 photographs, it will take more than a full day to finish. After that, your Mac's performance and battery life will return to normal. You will probably experience a slight increase in both with Sierra.

     

    It's also normal for other system processes (Time Machine, for example) to become delayed or relegated to a lower priority while your Mac is busy with that task.

     

    If you use iCloud Photo Library, uploading all those photos will also take a long time (if they are not already uploaded).

     

    You can use Activity Monitor to check on the progress of those processes. Their names are photoanalysisd and photolibraryd. Either or both of them may require 100% CPU utilization (or more) at times, so don't be surprised by that. It's normal for the duration of the initial conversion and analysis, and remember that will take a long time for 30,000 photos.

     

    When it finally finishes, you will find Photos to be far more capable than iPhoto ever was. You will be able to, for example, have Photos find all pictures taken at the beach, just by searching for "beach". Or find birthday party pictures by searching for "birthday". I think that's pretty amazing, and I'm not easily amazed.

     

    To upgrade to Sierra consider reading Upgrading to macOS "Sierra" without fear.

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