OSX El Capitan slows down

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• Safari running too slow on OSX El Capitan 10.11.4

  Hello

  After upgrading OS X version 10.11.4, Safari is too slow, sometimes it causes all the other program offbeat and prevented from 10 to 30 seconds.

  Someone had the same problem I have?

  Issues related to the:

  1. Have you checked that your Extensions Safari and Internet Plug-ins are all compatible with Safari 9.1 and El Capitan? They are the current versions?
  2. In Activity Monitor: Panel memory (Launchpad: others: activity monitor), is the pressure of your memory showing all green? Any permutation used?
  3. Speed to me shows any clear network performance bottlenecks in your expectations of normal bandwidth?
  4. Can I regularly clear your Safari history and hide (option + command + E)?
  5. Is there a Safari or network related messages in your journal of the Console at the time of the wall have the Safari slow down?
  6. Is the connection of your browser on a virtual private network?
  7. You are at home or in a public WiFi hotspot when downturn occurs?

• Can I use an SDXC (512MB) card as a drive hard primary (such as startup HD with El Capitan) on my iMac 5 K - end 2015? It will slow down the performance of the iMac?

  Can I use an SDXC (512MB) card as a drive hard primary (such as startup HD with El Capitan) on my iMac 5 K - end 2015? It will slow down the performance of the iMac?

  

  I did it with a 32GB SDHC UHS - I Transcend

  

  I do not recommend under OS X from such media, but it works very well. I was preparing for my review of the CPHA Yosemite and did not want to mess with the internal drive of OS X.

• I have osx imac 10.9.5 version and can't use iCloud told me to go to the yosmite should I do this and how do I know if I have enough memory and it won't slow down my computer

  I have osx imac 10.9.5 version and can't use iCloud told me to go to the yosmite should I do this and how do I know if I have enough memory and it won't slow down my computer

  If your iMac can run a newer operating system, it will not let you install. Where possible keep updated for better security.

• I've updated to Snow Leopard for OSX El Capitan as the info said that my Mac 2009 could be updated.  However, I had a lot of problems and it is extremely slow, among other things.  Should I have upgraded Yosemite or something else first?

  I have a 2009 IMac and had Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and IPhotos, latest version.  While he was trying to use something new, I wanted to download (can't remember what now) my system said that I had to switch to OSX El Capitan, so I did.  Since then, I've had nothing but problems, the computer is very slow to open anything and Photos is terrible - I can't do anything with it and I hate it!  I much preferred IPhotos.  My question is, should I have upgraded to Yosemite or something else before going directly to El Capitan?  If so, what can I do now to remedy the situation?  Thanks for any advice.

  My question is, should I have upgraded to Yosemite or something else before going directly to El Capitan?

  No, but you must have insured all the software you have installed, changes to the system, in particular, was compatible with El Capitan.

  You can use iPhoto, but you should get used to the Photos like iPhoto will be is more up-to-date and may stop working at some point.

  If you run this program, it will show what is installed. After the output here and we might be able to offer advice on what's causing your problems

  http://etrecheck.com

• kernel_task slow down the new iMac 27 "5K to a crawl

  I've owned my new iMac (OSX El Capitan 10.11.4) for more than 4 months now and have had no complaints other than those sometimes caused by the limited installed 8 GB of memory (an upgrade to 32 GB is on order).  Suddenly last week, I noticed my machine slows down considerably and heats up. Check activity monitor, I have seen that kernel_task took 200 to 400% of the CPU.  Despite the heat, I noticed that I could not hear the fan running, so I downloaded Mac Fan Control indicating the fan did not work - I took it in the center of authorized Service Apple and they confirmed that indeed the fan did not work and ordered me a new one that I expect.  I'm not sure that the fan has never worked - as I remember ever heard - I naively thought the new iMacs are just quieter.

  In the meantime, I'm trying to understand what is causing the problem kernel_task.   I noticed it uses very little CPU on most boot-up until I have load Lightroom (I'm a photographer and use this app heavily) after which zoomed up to more than 200% kernel_task, video playback has the same effect.   However, if I use only my browser for the e-mail and listening to iTunes kernel_task remains down on the only figure of % CPU and machine stay cool.   The person I talked to Apple's Service said she has seen this before and the solution was to do a clean reinstall of the operating system.   I want to save as a last resort - after setting of the fan and installing more memory.    I wonder if heat build-up missing a fan has an effect on kernel_task or help to have more memory?  In any case this is the report of EtreCheck:

  EtreCheck version: 2.9.11 (264)

  Report generated 2016-04-17 13:17:13

  Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

  Duration 05:18

  Performance: average

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

  Click [details] for more information on this line.

  Problem: Computer is too slow

  Hardware Information: ⓘ

  iMac (retina 5K, 27 inches, end of 2015)

  [Data sheet] - [User Guide] - [warranty & Service]

  iMac - model: iMac17, 1

  1 3.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 4 strands

  8 GB of RAM expandable - [Instructions]

  BANK 0/DIMM0

  OK MHz 4 GB DDR3-1867

  0/DIMM1 BANK

  Vacuum

  BANK 1/DIMM0

  OK MHz 4 GB DDR3-1867

  BANK 1/DIMM1

  Vacuum

  Bluetooth: Good - transfer/Airdrop2 taken in charge

  Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac

  Video information: ⓘ

  AMD Radeon R9 M395 - VRAM: 2048 MB

  iMac 5120 x 2880

  Software: ⓘ

  OS X El Capitan 10.11.4 (15E65) - since startup time: less than an hour

  Disc information: ⓘ

  ST2000DM001 disk HARD APPLE disk0: (2 TB) (rotation)

  EFI (disk0s1) < not mounted >: 210 MB

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

  Macintosh HD (2) /: 2.11 TB (905,59 GB free)

  Storage of carrots: disk1s2 120.99 GB Online

  Storage of carrots: disk0s2 2.00 TB online

  APPLE SSD SM0128G disk1: (121,33 GB) (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)

  EFI (disk1s1) < not mounted >: 210 MB

  Boot OS X (disk1s3) < not mounted >: 134 MB

  Macintosh HD (2) /: 2.11 TB (905,59 GB free)

  Storage of carrots: disk1s2 120.99 GB Online

  Storage of carrots: disk0s2 2.00 TB online

  USB information: ⓘ

  Broadcom Corp. Bluetooth USB host controller.

  Apple Inc. FaceTime HD camera (built-in)

  Canon Canon CAPT USB Device

  Lightning information: ⓘ

  Apple Inc. Thunderbolt_bus.

  Guardian: ⓘ

  Mac App Store and identified developers

  Kernel extensions: ⓘ

  / Library/Extensions

  com [no charge]. FTDI.driver.D2XXHelper (1.0 - SDK 10.11 - 2016-04-07) [Support]

  [no charge] expressvpn.tap (20150118 - 2016-04-07) [Support]

  [loading] expressvpn.tun (20150118 - 2016-04-07) [Support]

  / System/Library/Extensions

  com.Wacom.kext.wacomtablet [no charge] (Tablet Wacom 6.3.15 - 2 - SDK 10.11 - 2016-04-07) [Support]

  Launch system officers: ⓘ

  [loaded] 7 tasks Apple

  [loading] 154 tasks Apple

  [operation] 77 tasks Apple

  Launch system demons: ⓘ

  [loaded] 45 tasks Apple

  [loading] 155 tasks Apple

  [operation] 88 tasks Apple

  Launch officers: ⓘ

  [no charge] com.adobe.AAM.Updater - 1.0.plist (2016-04-12) [Support]

  [failure] com.adobe.ARMDCHelper.cc24aef4a1b90ed56a... plist (2015-12-14) [Support]

  [operation] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist (2016-02-14) [Support]

  [loading] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (2016-03-02) [Support]

  [loading] com.oracle.java.Java - Updater.plist (2015-11-22) [Support]

  [operation] com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist (2015-11-04) [Support]

  [operation] jp.co.canon.CUPSCAPT.BG.plist (2015-08-23) [Support]

  Launch demons: ⓘ

  [loading] com.adobe.ARMDC.Communicator.plist (2015-12-14) [Support]

  [loading] com.adobe.ARMDC.SMJobBlessHelper.plist (2015-12-14) [Support]

  [operation] com.adobe.adobeupdatedaemon.plist (2016-04-12) [Support]

  [loading] com.adobe.agsservice.plist (2015-11-22) [Support]

  [loading] com.cocoatech.pathfinder.SMFHelper7.plist (2015-11-22) [Support]

  [loading] com.expressvpn.tap.plist (2016-02-11) [Support]

  [loading] com.expressvpn.tun.plist (2016-02-11) [Support]

  [loading] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist (2016-03-02) [Support]

  [loading] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist (2010-08-25) [Support]

  [loading] com.oracle.java.Helper - Tool.plist (2015-11-22) [Support]

  [operation] com.surteesstudios.hddfancontroldaemon.plist (2014-06-03) [Support]

  [loading] com.wacom.displayhelper.plist (2015-11-04) [Support]

  User launch officers: ⓘ

  [loading] com.adobe.AAM.Updater - 1.0.plist (2015-11-22) [Support]

  [loading] com.bittorrent.uTorrent.plist (2015-11-23) [Support]

  Items in user login: ⓘ

  Fan of Macs control application (/ Applications/Mac Fan Control.app)

  Dropbox application (/ Applications/Dropbox.app)

  Other applications: ⓘ

  [operation] 2BUA8C4S2C.com.agilebits.onepassword - osx-helper

  [ongoing] com.adobe.CCLibrary.78432

  [ongoing] com.adobe.CCXProcess.53472

  [operation] com.adobe.acc.AdobeDesktopService.77152.F4AF8B93-6EA8-4645-B6BA-A978E4ACF8E1

  [ongoing] com.Adobe.accmac.75232

  [ongoing] com.crystalidea.MacsFanControl.992

  [ongoing] com.etresoft.EtreCheck.189792

  [ongoing] com.getdropbox.dropbox.104032

  com.rockysandstudio.Memory-[ongoing] Diag.104992

  [loading] com.rockysandstudio.Memory - Diag.Launch - Helper

  [ongoing] com.wacom.TabletDriver.143712

  [ongoing] com.wacom.WacomTouchDriver.143392

  [loading] 398 tasks Apple

  [operation] 198 tasks Apple

  Plug-ins Internet: ⓘ

  AdobeAAMDetect: 3.0.0.0 - SDK 10.9 (2016-04-12) [Support]

  QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (2016-03-22)

  AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: 15.010.20060 - SDK 10.8 (2016-03-09) [Support]

  AdobePDFViewer: 15.010.20060 - SDK 10.8 (2016-03-09) [Support]

  Default browser: 601 - SDK 10.11 (2016-03-22)

  SharePointBrowserPlugin: 14.0.0 (2010-08-25) [Support]

  WacomTabletPlugin: WacomTabletPlugin 2.1.0.6 - SDK 10.9 (2015-11-04) [Support]

  JavaAppletPlugin: Java 8 updated 66 17 (2016-02-12) check the version of build

  3rd party preference panes: ⓘ

  Fan HDD control (2016-04-16) [Support]

  Java (2015-10-07) [Support]

  WacomTablet (2015-11-04) [Support]

  Time Machine: ⓘ

  Skip system files: No.

  Mobile backups: OFF

  Automatic backup: YES

  Volumes to back up:

  Macintosh HD: Disc size: 2.11 TB disk used: 1.21 TB

  Destinations:

  [Network] data

  Total size: TB 3.00

  Total number of backups: 38

  An older backup: 04/01/16, 11:17

  Last backup: 17/04/16, 11:39

  Backup disk size: too small

  Backup TB 3.00 size < (disc 1.21 TB X 3)

  Top of page process CPU: ⓘ

  6% WindowServer

  kernel_task 2%

  Synchronization of 0%

  0% AdobeUpdateDaemon

  0% captmoncnabc

  Top of page process of memory: ⓘ

  803 MB kernel_task

  262 MB mdworker (14)

  213 MB Adobe CEF Helper (2)

  Mds_stores 156 MB

  156MO Dock

  Virtual memory information: ⓘ

  1.90 GB of free RAM

  6.10 GB used RAM (3.39 GB being cached)

  Used Swap 0 B

  Diagnostic information: ⓘ

  17 April 2016, 12:56:18 test - passed

  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

  In the meantime, I'm trying to understand what is causing the problem kernel_task.

  Bad fan is the cause. The machine is to be limited to avoid overheating.

• My Imac is slowing down, how to fix this? He is 5 years old

  My Imac is 5 years old now and it is a bit slow - how can I speed things up?  I have OSX El Capitan 10.11.2.

  Thank you

  Hello

  What you can try is to upgrade the Rams and do a clean install of the OS, after you make a backup, but because the unit is old, it is normal to slow down.

  I hope it helps.

  Have a blessed day!

• I want to slow down the pace. When I move the cursor at the end of the tween, to drag the end of the Tween to the right to lengthen the interpolations, the cursor does not change to a double-headed arrow, as it should to.

  Hello.

  I want to slow down the pace in an animation frame-to-frame hand drawn at 24 frames per second. When I move the cursor at the end of the Tween (24 images), in order to drag the end of the Tween to the right to lengthen the interpolations, the cursor does not a double arrow as it should, but changes to a black arrow with a small white rectangle with a border dotted, to the lower right of the cursor. Therefore, I can't extend the interpolations. Can anyone say about this?

  I am on the 20th day of a trial of Adobe Flash Professional CC, on an iMac osx 10.11.2 El Capitan. I use a Wacom pen.

  Thanks for any help. (I'm a complete newbie to the animation)

  Thanks for this very useful information and thanks to other members of the forum who also gave me great advice.

  I will experience more away, using the excellent information, I have now.

  Thank you all.

• Slow down the Sierra, grief beach ball

  Initially, after the download of the Sierra, all was great. Now, the day and a half later, performance has significantly slowed down and a lot of rotation beach balls advance a little.

  Ways to help make a slow Mac faster

  1. 17 reasons why your Mac runs slower than expected
  2. Slow performance of Mac? This Article addresses!
  3. Difficulty of slow start in OS X | MacFixIt - CNET Reviews
  4. How to fix the slow down time and start. | MacTip.net
  5. 6 easy tips to speed up OS X Yosemite on your Mac.
  6. OS X El Capitan - if your Mac runs slowly
  7. Visit The FAQ XLab and read the FAQS on performance

  Avoid using any third-party cleaning software. Usually, this software does more harm than good. You don't need it. All computers become slower over time even in normal conditions of use. Experienced users erasing the hard drive and do a clean install from scratch, from time to time; or every time that the installation of a major update of the OS. Do means if you must maintain regular and several backups.

  Add more RAM or reduce the number of simultaneously executed from applications and utilities. Delete unnecessary anti-malware software and any software that promises to clean your Mac. Look for the runaway process: Runaway applications can shorten the battery life, affect performance and increase the heat and fan activity. Also, visit The FAQ XLab and read the FAQ on the treatment with The Spinning Beach Ball of Death.

  The ultimate solution

  Back up everything, wipe the drive, reinstall OS X and restore your data from backup. Reinstall the third-party software of original/zero media.

• Have new IMac with OSX El Capitan 10.11.1.Firefox crashes at startup, no response to the mouse.

  You just bought a new IMAC. It came with OSX El Capitan 10.11.1. I used Time Machine to restore all my data and information. All deferred fine, and all my software works very well. EXCEPT FIREFOX - Version 42.0. He hangs up with a white screen at startup. Sometimes it starts and Yahoo my home screen appears, but does not recognize my mouse and does not take into account my mouse click on everything. Sometimes (rarely) Firefox start. Unfortunately, if I get out, the next time I'm daydreaming, the same white screen, etc.
  I tried to restore Firefox as it is stated on their support site, but still have the same problem. Any suggestions?

  Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link} by holding down the < shift >
  (Mac = Options) key and then from Firefox. Is always the problem?

• IMac slows down with "safari web content (not responding)."

  I have an Imac mid-2010 running El Capitan. I constantly get a message on my activity monitor which causes my mac slow down and sometimes crash. When I leave the process on the activity monitor, my computer works better up to five minutes later, when it still happens once I wonder if some may be able to give me advice. I will include a screenshot of what I see on my activity monitor.

  Download and run Etrecheck.  Copy and paste the results in your response. Etrecheck is a diagnostic tool that has been developed by one of the most respected users here (and recommended by Apple Support personnel) of the CSA to provide an overview of the system and help identify the most obvious culprits that can adversely affect the performance of a Mac.

  

• YouTube is slowing down my computer! Any suggestions?

  Hello dear friends, I have a good MacBook Pro 2013 retina with i7 and SSD.

  I have noticed occasionally when I Watch youtube videos and try to make comments, while I type it needs some time to let the letters appear.

  Is like takes me a lot of energy and becomes slow. But this only happens on this page of Safari while on youtube. If I have to Pages and start writing while the same video runs in the background so everything is smooth. Execution of El capitan with all updates done.

  Someone had the same problem, I'm waiting for your answers...

  Thank you in advance...

  When slowing down

  Run and view the results here so that we know more about your configuration.

  http://etrecheck.com/

  EtreCheck

  https://discussions.Apple.com/docs/doc-6172

  Also see if your Mac/browse is using html5 vice flash

  https://www.YouTube.com/HTML5

• If enable FileVault slow down my Macbook Pro Late 2011 13 '?

  Hello world

  Internet is a crazy jungle is crazy every day, in order to protect myself I plan the activation of FileVault, I use an old Macbook Pro 13 "Late 2011 model with 8 GB of ram and a disc hard 500 GB Mavericks.

  Activation of FileVault make very slow or slow down?

  I have a Time Capsule and Time Machine backups for it which are not encrypted, will turn on FileVault no problem or encrypt everything on the next backup?

  Thank you!

  No, not once the conversion is completed, you should see no difference.

  FileVault encrypts only locally.

  Time Machine encryption is a separate setting in Time machine if you want that it encrypted on back up.

  OS X El Capitan: secure your Time Machine backup disk

• MacBook Pro slows down to a halt when plugged via magsafe.

  Hey guys.

  I had this strange problem lately, which started about 2 weeks ago.

  My Macbook Pro works perfectly as it is not plugged into the magsafe adapter.

  At the time wherever he is plugged in, it slows down to almost a halt with hiccups etc beach ball. From the MBP place goes from 15 to 20 seconds (unplugged) to 3-5 minutes (connected with magsafe)

  Now, I thought initially it was a hardware problem, but then I did a complete reformat and reinstall:

  I actually did 3 reformats full (the first two I have zero'ed my data) AND reset the SMC and the PRAM twice:

  The first reformat and reinstall brought back my MBP of El capitan to Snow Leopard. Meanwhile, first to reformat and reinstall the system, it may have showed signs of it still be afflicted by this slowness and beach ball gasp he showed before the reformat and reinstall. I kept the first reformat and reinstall for maybe 30 minutes in which I decided to reformat and reinstall once again, that I did not like the name of the Home folder.

  The second reformat and reinstall, I did notice one problem with the system, in fact it was running flawless both disconnected and connected via magsafe. I pulled up to the PS4 and played a few BF4 while I downloaded and reinstalled all the updates, then I upgraded to El Capitan. After all was said and done, I was reading how you can do a clean install of El Capitan via a USB port. I wanted to try this, so I downloaded a copy of El Capitan to a USB stick with the manufacturer of disc X and a then reformat (no zero out as starting program with El Capitan does not have it), and did a clean install of El Capitan.

  I didn't restore from back up or anything, the only thing I did was download all my iCloud data, like photos and songs etc. My system worked perfectly for about a week since the reformatting and reinstalling. He had no problem with the connected system or not.

  Now, a week later, the same problem slipped immediately came out of nowhere and the system works like crap when it is plugged. It takes 3-5 minutes to start, instead of 15 to 20 seconds when it is not plugged in. Also keep in mind, this is a new reinstall where I don't have any what garbage on my system. I didn't yet to reinstall all the games on my MBP, or anything like that, and in my opinion, this is one very bare reinstall OS. The total memory used is like 150 concerts against 350 before my first reformat and reinstall.

  So, I'm to the point where I'm racking my brain trying to figure out whether it is a hardware problem. Since the system ran a good week without this post question reformat and reinstall, it makes me doubt that it is a hardware problem. But on the flip side, since I did a reformat and reinstall, it can't be a problem of software either, especially since I didn't install anything the night before this problem appeared.

  My only hope to address this problem is I hope one of you had the same problem and have a solution. If not, it seems that I might need to get a new MBP this fall, which would be a shame this system ran flawlessly and fluidly before this annoying problem.

  Thanks in advance for any input.

  Since you mentioned the snow leopard, I understand that the MBP is an older model (2009 or almost?)... What is the status of the battery? https://support.Apple.com/en-us/HT201585

• iCloud photo library stuck in an interminable loading which slows down and stops my entire network.

  Last month I've upgraded successfully to El Capitan. Since then, after choosing to automatically download and store my entire library to the cloud, the download process caused a lot of problems. First of all, I had to leave the laptop on day and night and connected to the internet to complete the download. He has almost completely downloaded (with several modem restarts because the massive data download accidents caused connectivity) but then I had a planned trip and had to shut down the process. I tried to start again when I arrived at my destination, but it seemed to have started the process everything again (see below where the progress bar is at the very beginning again when previously, it was almost completely to the end) and close network of my poor host several times AND he ate all my CPU activity slow down and even stop any other activity of the laptop. Finally, I had to leave the process altogether for the rest of my visit. In fact, I had to disable wifi on my laptop because the process continued in the background even when I got the Photos app off the power. When I returned home, I studied the problem and learned how to fix the library by pressing the command and Option keys when I turned on the photo program. Once, the process started all over again and this time, he showed an any number of items to download (there was less than 25 000 points before this download now it shows more than 26,000).

  

  Finally, I got it at the Apple Genius Bar, in the hope of a quick solution. He, even, fixed the library as well as a few other permissions by using Apple's Diagnostics. Everything seems to be working again, but the process had to start all over again for some reason any and he told me to connect the laptop to the modem via a cable and left running overnight until the process completed. I did it. The first night, I was happy. It seemed that 25% of the process had already been completed. At this rate, it wouldn't take another 4 days. He told me that when he gets in, he would never to do it again. HOWEVER, after the second night of leaving it night directly connected to the modem, I checked it this morning and it seems to have started all OVER AGAIN FROM THE BEGINNING! Still, he hangs up my entire network. I can't watch the Apple TV, or use my iPad for work or my iPhone to access and other plans. Currently, there seems to be a nightmare without end of download and spoil my network (and notice that there are now more 28 000 points).

  

  This is intolerable. I can't live in this endless loop of photos download crashing my network and slow down my programs. I understand that this is not a problem isolated to me. So, did anyone found one simple solution other than its use onedrive or flickr or another synchronization photo program?

  28 000 pictures takes a lot of time - it took me ten days to 7000 and whenever you try to 'fix' it do you it longer - I stopped mine during the day when I was home so it wouldn't screw up my internet access form other devices, defined the Mac not to go to sleep and turn anytime I don't have internet

  Basically, your choices are to turn it off and not use ICPL or use it and let him complete without constant interference and restart the process

  Once he finished he initial transfer it stays out of the way, even with large updates (I added more than 10,000 photos since my initial download)

  LN