Hey, I've had a MacBook 13" for a long time now. It prompted me to install Mavericks and I accepted, and now everything I do on it takes about twice as much time and is twice as likely to get stuck.
My notebook is pretty old- late 2008. So basically I'm wondering if I've done anything wrong in the years I've been using it to explain the problems I'm having now, or if it's just too old, period. My computer use is pretty standard- Microsoft Office apps, web browsing on Chrome or Firefox, Skype... The most demanding apps I use frequently are IBM SPSS and Stata 12, and to use either of them I pretty much have to close everything else except maybe Chrome.
AND I'll just leave this here in case it's useful for anyone that adresses my question:
EtreCheck version: 1.9.11 (43) - report generated June 11, 2014 at 11:27:16 PM GMT-4
Hardware Information:
MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008)
MacBook - model: MacBook5,1
1 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
2 GB RAM
Video Information:
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.3 (13D65) - Uptime: 3 days 2:58:7
Disk Information:
FUJITSU MHZ2160BH FFS G1 disk0 : (160.04 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Valen (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 159.18 GB (19.82 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS21N
USB Information:
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple, Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Configuration files:
/etc/hosts - Count: 14
Gatekeeper:
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions:
[kext loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (0.0.67) Support
[not loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverVSP (0.0.67) Support
[not loaded] com.roxio.TDIXController (1.2) Support
Startup Items:
HWNetMgr: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWNetMgr
HWPortDetect: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWPortDetect
StartOuc: Path: /Library/StartupItems/StartOuc
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
[running] com.rim.BBDaemon.plist Support
[not loaded] org.eyebeam.SelfControl.plist Support
Launch Agents:
[failed] com.adobe.CS4ServiceManager.plist Support
[running] com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
Stickies
Google Chrome
BlackBerry Device Manager
Internet Plug-ins:
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20125.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Déjà Vu Support
Flash Player Support
Time Machine:
Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
10% WindowServer
6% Google Chrome
2% hidd
1% sysmond
0% Dock
Top Processes by Memory:
102 MB Google Chrome
53 MB Finder
53 MB WindowServer
29 MB Microsoft Word
24 MB mdworker
Virtual Memory Information:
14 MB Free RAM
554 MB Active RAM
555 MB Inactive RAM
383 MB Wired RAM
15.75 GB Page-ins
1.46 GB Page-outs
(It's mostly gibberish to me)
If anyone can provide some guidance, I'd appreciate it
My notebook is pretty old- late 2008. So basically I'm wondering if I've done anything wrong in the years I've been using it to explain the problems I'm having now, or if it's just too old, period. My computer use is pretty standard- Microsoft Office apps, web browsing on Chrome or Firefox, Skype... The most demanding apps I use frequently are IBM SPSS and Stata 12, and to use either of them I pretty much have to close everything else except maybe Chrome.
AND I'll just leave this here in case it's useful for anyone that adresses my question:
EtreCheck version: 1.9.11 (43) - report generated June 11, 2014 at 11:27:16 PM GMT-4
Hardware Information:
MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008)
MacBook - model: MacBook5,1
1 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
2 GB RAM
Video Information:
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.3 (13D65) - Uptime: 3 days 2:58:7
Disk Information:
FUJITSU MHZ2160BH FFS G1 disk0 : (160.04 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Valen (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 159.18 GB (19.82 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS21N
USB Information:
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple, Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Configuration files:
/etc/hosts - Count: 14
Gatekeeper:
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions:
[kext loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (0.0.67) Support
[not loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverVSP (0.0.67) Support
[not loaded] com.roxio.TDIXController (1.2) Support
Startup Items:
HWNetMgr: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWNetMgr
HWPortDetect: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWPortDetect
StartOuc: Path: /Library/StartupItems/StartOuc
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
[running] com.rim.BBDaemon.plist Support
[not loaded] org.eyebeam.SelfControl.plist Support
Launch Agents:
[failed] com.adobe.CS4ServiceManager.plist Support
[running] com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
Stickies
Google Chrome
BlackBerry Device Manager
Internet Plug-ins:
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20125.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Déjà Vu Support
Flash Player Support
Time Machine:
Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
10% WindowServer
6% Google Chrome
2% hidd
1% sysmond
0% Dock
Top Processes by Memory:
102 MB Google Chrome
53 MB Finder
53 MB WindowServer
29 MB Microsoft Word
24 MB mdworker
Virtual Memory Information:
14 MB Free RAM
554 MB Active RAM
555 MB Inactive RAM
383 MB Wired RAM
15.75 GB Page-ins
1.46 GB Page-outs
(It's mostly gibberish to me)
If anyone can provide some guidance, I'd appreciate it
