Hello!
This is my first time on this site, and I literally made this account so I could see what the problem is with my MacBook Pro, 2011, 13 Inch.
So it all started when I was cleaning out a few files in my main user account. I use CleanMyMac2 to delete some files, and noticed that there was still a significant amount of storage somewhere. I realized it was my other two user accounts, and they must've had a lot of data on them. So I logged into one, and immediately noticed a problem. It took me about 10 minutes to get logged on to the account, which was a long time for just logging off and on. The thing I noticed first when I logged on was the click delay and general lag. I clicked the finder button, and nothing appeared for a good five minutes. After trying to delete files and clean out storage for ages, it seemed impossible with the lag. So I just forgot about it and logged onto my main account once again.
Now, keep in mind, I play games on my computer. Not hardcore graphics though. Just Minecraft basically. I also use Boom for my audio output. I watch a whole bunch of movies on my laptop, and the regular maximum sound was very little for movies. So I got this app called Boom which amped your speakers by a whole lot. It had no problem, until now. I can see the little icon up in the menubar, but if I hover my mouse over it, it does the spinning circle thing. I had to open Activity Monitor just for that, and quit the process. I also have to force quit apps daily now, like Chrome, system preferences, and sometimes I have to re-start because Finder won't work properly. After the first couple hours dealing with this, I decided it was because of my old account. Whether it had been a long time since I logged in, or a virus. I went over to System Preferences and clicked on Users and Groups to delete my two accounts (by the way, I'm running Mountain Lion Ver. 10.8?... I believe? I can't be for sure since whenever I click the, "About this mac" button on the apple logo, it never appears. But when I enter my password to make changes on the lock, the spinning circle appears and never goes away, and I eventually have to force quit it. I've done that countless times.
Also, a long time ago (maybe a year ago), I tried Parallels, Bootcamp, and all that. I was really striving for Windows, and getting a good computer, but at the time, I really couldn't afford it. I tried Parallels and Bootcamp, and bootcamp seemed to work. It worked for a week or so, when my laptop started to get buggy so I just deleted the whole thing. But it's odd. Whenever I boot my laptop up, it goes into the Recovery Drive of Windows, and says, "Drive Not Found" and that's it. I can't go back, and login to Macintosh. So I have to hold down the power button which isn't good for the computer (which I have done at least 20 times today because of freezing) and hold option and click Macintosh.
As you see, I have a lot of problems with my computer. I'm amazed that my Google Chrome didn't crash yet. I now have Activity Monitor in my dock, because I have to use it to close a lot of programs. Minecraft won't even run anymore, and this is actually the longest it's been without a crash (about 15 minutes).
Please help me! I use my computer every day, and it's very important for my school work.
Thanks,
Ryan
This is my first time on this site, and I literally made this account so I could see what the problem is with my MacBook Pro, 2011, 13 Inch.
So it all started when I was cleaning out a few files in my main user account. I use CleanMyMac2 to delete some files, and noticed that there was still a significant amount of storage somewhere. I realized it was my other two user accounts, and they must've had a lot of data on them. So I logged into one, and immediately noticed a problem. It took me about 10 minutes to get logged on to the account, which was a long time for just logging off and on. The thing I noticed first when I logged on was the click delay and general lag. I clicked the finder button, and nothing appeared for a good five minutes. After trying to delete files and clean out storage for ages, it seemed impossible with the lag. So I just forgot about it and logged onto my main account once again.
Now, keep in mind, I play games on my computer. Not hardcore graphics though. Just Minecraft basically. I also use Boom for my audio output. I watch a whole bunch of movies on my laptop, and the regular maximum sound was very little for movies. So I got this app called Boom which amped your speakers by a whole lot. It had no problem, until now. I can see the little icon up in the menubar, but if I hover my mouse over it, it does the spinning circle thing. I had to open Activity Monitor just for that, and quit the process. I also have to force quit apps daily now, like Chrome, system preferences, and sometimes I have to re-start because Finder won't work properly. After the first couple hours dealing with this, I decided it was because of my old account. Whether it had been a long time since I logged in, or a virus. I went over to System Preferences and clicked on Users and Groups to delete my two accounts (by the way, I'm running Mountain Lion Ver. 10.8?... I believe? I can't be for sure since whenever I click the, "About this mac" button on the apple logo, it never appears. But when I enter my password to make changes on the lock, the spinning circle appears and never goes away, and I eventually have to force quit it. I've done that countless times.
Also, a long time ago (maybe a year ago), I tried Parallels, Bootcamp, and all that. I was really striving for Windows, and getting a good computer, but at the time, I really couldn't afford it. I tried Parallels and Bootcamp, and bootcamp seemed to work. It worked for a week or so, when my laptop started to get buggy so I just deleted the whole thing. But it's odd. Whenever I boot my laptop up, it goes into the Recovery Drive of Windows, and says, "Drive Not Found" and that's it. I can't go back, and login to Macintosh. So I have to hold down the power button which isn't good for the computer (which I have done at least 20 times today because of freezing) and hold option and click Macintosh.
As you see, I have a lot of problems with my computer. I'm amazed that my Google Chrome didn't crash yet. I now have Activity Monitor in my dock, because I have to use it to close a lot of programs. Minecraft won't even run anymore, and this is actually the longest it's been without a crash (about 15 minutes).
Please help me! I use my computer every day, and it's very important for my school work.
Thanks,
Ryan
