Macbook Pro is running really slow
Hey...I have a Macbook Pro that I bought in August and today it just started randomly running very slow. I have never had the problem before, and it started around midday today after I came back from using it in class. A couple of things I should note:
1) when it started happenening, I had only 6 GB of my 60 GB Harddrive. I deleted 9 GB to bring it up to 15 GB and I restarted the computer. Multiple times. This did nothing.
2) opening finder goes really slowly, and it takes a long time to access my "movies" section in particular. but this isn't nearly my largest section...music is.
3) sherlock, safari, and ichat are all very slow and they are the only 3 programs that I am running.
4) I have used an adware finder called MacScan and that didn't do much at all.
Does anybody have a suggestion to help me out?
also:
5. I haven't dropped it.
6. It just sits on my desk most of the time and doesn't get too hot. Yesterday I brought it to class (doesn't happen often) and I was very careful with it.
Here is a summary of the tests i ran:
The hardware test, done be resetting and holding D, found no problems. I ran both the normal and extensive tests.
The disk utility that was found by resetting the computer and holding C was not run because I got to a screen that set "preparing to install Mac OSX" and in order to not lose my files, I shut down the computer and started up.
I ran the disk utility that can be found with sherlock and got this. It said all permissions repaired, but the computer is still runnning slow:
1) when it started happenening, I had only 6 GB of my 60 GB Harddrive. I deleted 9 GB to bring it up to 15 GB and I restarted the computer. Multiple times. This did nothing.
2) opening finder goes really slowly, and it takes a long time to access my "movies" section in particular. but this isn't nearly my largest section...music is.
3) sherlock, safari, and ichat are all very slow and they are the only 3 programs that I am running.
4) I have used an adware finder called MacScan and that didn't do much at all.
Does anybody have a suggestion to help me out?
also:
5. I haven't dropped it.
6. It just sits on my desk most of the time and doesn't get too hot. Yesterday I brought it to class (doesn't happen often) and I was very careful with it.
Here is a summary of the tests i ran:
The hardware test, done be resetting and holding D, found no problems. I ran both the normal and extensive tests.
The disk utility that was found by resetting the computer and holding C was not run because I got to a screen that set "preparing to install Mac OSX" and in order to not lose my files, I shut down the computer and started up.
I ran the disk utility that can be found with sherlock and got this. It said all permissions repaired, but the computer is still runnning slow:
Quote:
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Mar 6 06:16:56: Disk Utility started.
Repairing permissions for ?Macintosh HD?
Determining correct file permissions.
Permissions differ on ./Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/Frameworks/InternetUtilities.bundle/Contents/MacOS/InternetUtilities, should be -rw-rw-r-- , they are -rwxrwxr-x
Owner and group corrected on ./Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/Frameworks/InternetUtilities.bundle/Contents/MacOS/InternetUtilities
Permissions corrected on ./Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/Frameworks/InternetUtilities.bundle/Contents/MacOS/InternetUtilities
User differs on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Info.plist, should be 0, owner is 501
Owner and group corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Info.plist
Permissions corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Info.plist
User differs on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Flash Player, should be 0, owner is 501
Owner and group corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Flash Player
Permissions corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Flash Player
User differs on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/MacOS, should be 0, owner is 501
Owner and group corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/MacOS
Permissions corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/MacOS
User differs on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/Flash Player.rsrc, should be 0, owner is 501
Permissions differ on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/Flash Player.rsrc, should be -rw-rw-r-- , they are -rw-r--r--
Owner and group corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/Flash Player.rsrc
Permissions corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/Flash Player.rsrc
User differs on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources, should be 0, owner is 501
Owner and group corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources
Permissions corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources
User differs on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents, should be 0, owner is 501
Owner and group corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents
Permissions corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents
User differs on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin, should be 0, owner is 501
Owner and group corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin
Permissions corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin
Permissions differ on ./Library/Preferences/com.apple.xgrid.agent.plist, should be -rw-rw-r-- , they are -rw-r--r--
Owner and group corrected on ./Library/Preferences/com.apple.xgrid.agent.plist
Permissions corrected on ./Library/Preferences/com.apple.xgrid.agent.plist
Permissions differ on ./private/var/log/secure.log, should be -rw------- , they are -rw-r-----
Owner and group corrected on ./private/var/log/secure.log
Permissions corrected on ./private/var/log/secure.log
Permissions repair complete
Permissions differ on ./usr/standalone/i386/boot.efi, should be -r-xr-xr-x , they are -r--r--r--
Owner and group corrected on ./usr/standalone/i386/boot.efi
Permissions corrected on ./usr/standalone/i386/boot.efi
The privileges have been verified or repaired on the selected volume
Repairing permissions for ?Macintosh HD?
Determining correct file permissions.
Permissions repair complete
The privileges have been verified or repaired on the selected volume
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Mar 6 06:16:56: Disk Utility started.
Repairing permissions for ?Macintosh HD?
Determining correct file permissions.
Permissions differ on ./Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/Frameworks/InternetUtilities.bundle/Contents/MacOS/InternetUtilities, should be -rw-rw-r-- , they are -rwxrwxr-x
Owner and group corrected on ./Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/Frameworks/InternetUtilities.bundle/Contents/MacOS/InternetUtilities
Permissions corrected on ./Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/Frameworks/InternetUtilities.bundle/Contents/MacOS/InternetUtilities
User differs on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Info.plist, should be 0, owner is 501
Owner and group corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Info.plist
Permissions corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Info.plist
User differs on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Flash Player, should be 0, owner is 501
Owner and group corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Flash Player
Permissions corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Flash Player
User differs on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/MacOS, should be 0, owner is 501
Owner and group corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/MacOS
Permissions corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/MacOS
User differs on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/Flash Player.rsrc, should be 0, owner is 501
Permissions differ on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/Flash Player.rsrc, should be -rw-rw-r-- , they are -rw-r--r--
Owner and group corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/Flash Player.rsrc
Permissions corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources/Flash Player.rsrc
User differs on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources, should be 0, owner is 501
Owner and group corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources
Permissions corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Resources
User differs on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents, should be 0, owner is 501
Owner and group corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents
Permissions corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents
User differs on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin, should be 0, owner is 501
Owner and group corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin
Permissions corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin
Permissions differ on ./Library/Preferences/com.apple.xgrid.agent.plist, should be -rw-rw-r-- , they are -rw-r--r--
Owner and group corrected on ./Library/Preferences/com.apple.xgrid.agent.plist
Permissions corrected on ./Library/Preferences/com.apple.xgrid.agent.plist
Permissions differ on ./private/var/log/secure.log, should be -rw------- , they are -rw-r-----
Owner and group corrected on ./private/var/log/secure.log
Permissions corrected on ./private/var/log/secure.log
Permissions repair complete
Permissions differ on ./usr/standalone/i386/boot.efi, should be -r-xr-xr-x , they are -r--r--r--
Owner and group corrected on ./usr/standalone/i386/boot.efi
Permissions corrected on ./usr/standalone/i386/boot.efi
The privileges have been verified or repaired on the selected volume
Repairing permissions for ?Macintosh HD?
Determining correct file permissions.
Permissions repair complete
The privileges have been verified or repaired on the selected volume
Comments
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In files>caches, select system caches and user caches. In the options, choose kernel caches in the system tab too. Then click clean.
When it's done, reboot your computer so it can rebuild them - it will take slightly longer to start while it does this.
This looks a bit odd though:
Permissions differ on ./usr/standalone/i386/boot.efi, should be -r-xr-xr-x , they are -r--r--r--
Owner and group corrected on ./usr/standalone/i386/boot.efi
Permissions corrected on ./usr/standalone/i386/boot.efi
The permissions on mine are -r--r--r-- and don't need corrected.