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Uninstall any AntiVirus software via his method, as it is not necessary.
Here is why it is not necessary:
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Tell us what Mac and Mac OS X version you use:
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But as you probably use Lion, you might have not enough RAM.
If that is not the case, is your hard drive (HDD) full?
PS:
To learn more about Mac OS X:
Uninstall any AntiVirus software via his method, as it is not necessary.
Here is why it is not necessary:
There are currently no viruses for Mac OS X in public circulation, only a handful of trojans and other malware, which have to be installed manually via entering the administrator password.
The only anti-virus you need to protect your Mac is education and common sense.
Also know, that the term "virus" is often used to refer to other kinds of malware, but there are differences, which you can find out by reading the following:
Mac Virus/Malware Info by GGJstudios
The only anti-virus you need to protect your Mac is education and common sense.
Also know, that the term "virus" is often used to refer to other kinds of malware, but there are differences, which you can find out by reading the following:
Mac Virus/Malware Info by GGJstudios
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Have a look at Activity Monitor (Applications / Utilities /) and select All Processes and sort by CPU to see what the culprit may be.
Also check the "System Memory" tab to see what your "Page ins:", "Page outs:" and "Swap used:" are.
image below uses sorting by CPU as an example
Further reading:
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Have a look at Activity Monitor (Applications / Utilities /) and select All Processes and sort by CPU to see what the culprit may be.
Also check the "System Memory" tab to see what your "Page ins:", "Page outs:" and "Swap used:" are.
image below uses sorting by CPU as an example
Further reading:
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Third:
Tell us what Mac and Mac OS X version you use:
Identify your Mac and Mac OS X version, visualised in a more elaborate image
Identify your Mac and Mac OS X version using this 25 second video tutorial (3MB, .mp4, H.264)
But as you probably use Lion, you might have not enough RAM.
If that is not the case, is your hard drive (HDD) full?
PS:
To learn more about Mac OS X:
What year is your MBP?
If its the one that came out this year, it can be an defect.
We need more details
If its the one that came out this year, it can be an defect.
We need more details
My brother bought the mac in US in may this year i think its made this year.How i can see when is made?
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But if your brother bought that Mac this year, then it probably is the early 2011 model, unless he bought it second hand.
Have you checked any of the other advise pointed out to you, or is that too complicated?
For performance issues, there are a few things you can check:
- Check your Login Items under System Preferences > Accounts to see what you have automatically launching.
- Also check /Library/LaunchAgents/ and /Users/yourusername/Library/LaunchAgents/ for items launching at startup
- Look at what widgets you may have running.
- Launch Activity Monitor and change "My Processes" at the top to "All Processes". Then look to see what may be consuming system resources.
- Take a look at the System Memory tab at the bottom of Activity Monitor to see if you have excessive "page outs", a sign that you may benefit from more RAM.
- Make sure you're not running any 3rd party antivirus app, as many of those will drain resources, reducing performance. They're not needed to protect your Mac.
I check about this mac and system version is Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549) . And is made from apple store not second hand.
What does Activity Monitor say and how much free storage capacity do you have?
I asked those questions before, but you haven't answered them yet, and GGJstudios also posted some suggestions to find out, what is going on.
If you want help and don't want to wait for help, help us helping you.
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Im so sorry if you wait!!! I saw on activity monitor and my system memory says that its free 832,3 MB.i also check on launch agents and there are some folders i dont know what they mean. in system preferences in accounts > login items stay: itunes helper, iantyvirus, and grab.
This is my first mac and i dont know so much about that, and sorry if i am slow in fixing the thinks,
I didn't mean, that I have to wait, but that you would have to wait for answers and fixing things.
Can you make a screenshots and attach it to your next post?
Maybe that way you don't need to look for something you don't know about, but we know what you see and help you with stuff.
We could also help you remotely via TeamViewer, if you want.
I guess my first post must have been a bit overwhelming for you, but if you have the time, take a closer look at it and its links to learn more about your computer, which is always a good thing, to get to know your tools better.
here you can see what i am seeing
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here you can see what i am seeing
Click on the CPU column again, thus it shows the process with the highest CPU usage on top and also select the Disk Usage tab and make a screenshot.
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Why upgrade ram? There's one fourth of it free to use. It's probably something that's using the CPU.