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Q: Mid-2013 Macbook Air becoming slow

As the title says, my mid-2013 macbook air is beginning to slow down and I'm not sure why. I only have about 2GB left of space, do I need to clear some things off to make it run better?

MacBook Air

Posted on Oct 8, 2016 8:01 PM

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Q: Mid-2013 Macbook Air becoming slow

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  • by Allan Eckert,Helpful

    Allan Eckert Allan Eckert Oct 8, 2016 8:09 PM in response to AliKitten
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    Oct 8, 2016 8:09 PM in response to AliKitten

    2 GB of free space is insufficient to run macOX.

     

    You are going to have to move or delete enough of your data to free up at least 10 times that much if you want it to run well.

     

    Your first step in this project should be a backup of everything.

  • by AliKitten,

    AliKitten AliKitten Oct 8, 2016 8:10 PM in response to Allan Eckert
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    Oct 8, 2016 8:10 PM in response to Allan Eckert

    Will do that right away. Anything else that I can do to help improve performance?

  • by Allan Eckert,Helpful

    Allan Eckert Allan Eckert Oct 8, 2016 11:32 PM in response to AliKitten
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    Oct 8, 2016 11:32 PM in response to AliKitten

    After clear off at least 20 GB of free space, you can download and install EtreCheck from http://etrecheck.com/

     

    Run it and post the report here. After we have a chance to analyze the report we might be able to make some other suggestions.

  • by AliKitten,

    AliKitten AliKitten Oct 8, 2016 11:31 PM in response to Allan Eckert
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    Oct 8, 2016 11:31 PM in response to Allan Eckert

    I now have 17.4 GB free. Here is the report from EtreCheck:

     

    EtreCheck version: 3.0.6 (315)

    Report generated 2016-10-08 23:31:00

    Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

    Runtime 2:25

    Performance: Excellent

     

    Click the [Support] links for help with non-Apple products.

    Click the [Details] links for more information about that line.

     

    Problem: Computer is too slow

     

    Hardware Information: ⓘ

        MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2013)

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

        MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir6,1

        1 1.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core

        4 GB RAM Not upgradeable

            BANK 0/DIMM0

                2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

            BANK 1/DIMM0

                2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

        Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported

        Wireless:  en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac

        Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 627

     

    Video Information: ⓘ

        Intel HD Graphics 5000

            Color LCD 1366 x 768

     

    System Software: ⓘ

        OS X El Capitan 10.11.5 (15F34) - Time since boot: about one hour

     

    Disk Information: ⓘ

        APPLE SSD SD0128F disk0 : (121.33 GB) (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)

            EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

            Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /  [Startup]: 120.47 GB (17.49 GB free)

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

     

    USB Information: ⓘ

        Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

            Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

     

    Thunderbolt Information: ⓘ

        Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

     

    Gatekeeper: ⓘ

        Mac App Store and identified developers

     

    Unknown Files: ⓘ

        ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.ea.origin.WebHelper.plist

            /Applications/Origin.app/Contents/Library/LaunchServices/com.ea.origin.WebHelpe r

        One unknown file found. [Check files]

     

    Kernel Extensions: ⓘ

            /Library/Extensions

        [loaded]    com.seagate.driver.PowSecDriverCore (5.2.7 (26999) - SDK 10.4 - 2016-10-08) [Support]

     

            /Library/Extensions/Seagate Storage Driver.kext/Contents/PlugIns

        [not loaded]    com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_4 (5.2.7 (26999) - SDK 10.4 - 2016-06-23) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_5 (5.2.7 (26999) - SDK 10.5 - 2016-06-23) [Support]

        [not loaded]    com.seagate.driver.SeagateDriveIcons (5.2.7 (26999) - SDK 10.4 - 2016-06-23) [Support]

     

    System Launch Agents: ⓘ

        [not loaded]    7 Apple tasks

        [loaded]    151 Apple tasks

        [running]    77 Apple tasks

        [killed]    3 Apple tasks

        3 processes killed due to insufficient RAM

     

    System Launch Daemons: ⓘ

        [not loaded]    46 Apple tasks

        [loaded]    159 Apple tasks

        [running]    79 Apple tasks

        [killed]    6 Apple tasks

        6 processes killed due to insufficient RAM

     

    Launch Agents: ⓘ

        [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist (2016-05-20) [Support]

     

    Launch Daemons: ⓘ

        [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (2016-08-29) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.ea.origin.ESHelper.plist (2016-09-20) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist (2016-05-20) [Support]

        [running]    com.seagate.TBDecorator.plist (2013-10-11) [Support]

     

    User Launch Agents: ⓘ

        [failed]    com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist (2014-10-06) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.ea.origin.WebHelper.plist (2016-09-22) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist (2014-08-09)

        [not loaded]    com.seagate.dashboard.plist (2016-10-08) [Support]

        [running]    com.spotify.webhelper.plist (2016-10-08) [Support]

     

    User Login Items: ⓘ

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

        Spotify    Application  (/Applications/Spotify.app)

     

    Internet Plug-ins: ⓘ

        FlashPlayer-10.6: 23.0.0.162 - SDK 10.9 (2016-09-13) [Support]

        QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (2016-05-21)

        Flash Player: 23.0.0.162 - SDK 10.9 (2016-09-13) [Support]

        JavaAppletPlugin: Java 8 Update 101 build 13 (2016-09-10) Check version

        Default Browser: 601 - SDK 10.11 (2016-05-21)

     

    Safari Extensions: ⓘ

        AdBlock - BetaFish, Inc. - https://getadblock.com (2016-09-05)

        eBay for Safari - eBay Inc - http://anywhere.ebay.com/browser/safari/ (2016-09-05)

        Pin It Button - Pinterest, Inc. - http://www.pinterest.com/ (2016-05-24)

     

    3rd Party Preference Panes: ⓘ

        Flash Player (2016-08-29) [Support]

        Java (2016-09-10) [Support]

        Seagate Dashboard for Mac OSX (2016-06-27) [Support]

     

    Time Machine: ⓘ

        Auto backup: YES

        Volumes being backed up:

            Macintosh HD: Disk size: 120.47 GB Disk used: 102.99 GB

        Destinations:

            Seagate Backup Plus Drive [Local]

            Total size: 0 B

            Total number of backups: 0

            Oldest backup: -

            Last backup: -

            Size of backup disk: Too small

                Backup size 0 B < (Disk used 102.99 GB X 3)

     

    Top Processes by CPU: ⓘ

            11%    kernel_task

             8%    Finder

             7%    WindowServer

             3%    pkd

             3%    hidd

     

    Top Processes by Memory: ⓘ

        509 MB    kernel_task

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

        233 MB    Safari

        147 MB    Finder

        139 MB    iTunes

     

    Virtual Memory Information: ⓘ

        102 MB    Free RAM

        3.90 GB    Used RAM (918 MB Cached)

        18 MB    Swap Used

     

    Diagnostics Information: ⓘ

        Oct 8, 2016, 09:44:02 PM    Self test - passed