Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

slow

  1. SteveJobzniak

    Disable YouTube 60 FPS (Force 30 FPS): Save battery and reduce YouTube CPU usage by 2-4x!

    This was inspired by the fact that my MacBook Pro 2010 uses over 100% CPU and starts lagging when trying to play 1080p60 videos on YouTube. Safari slows down, the video freezes, the audio glitches and the browser feels like it is going to crash, all while the "VTDecoderXPCService" process uses...
    • SteveJobzniak
    • Thread
    • 1080p60 60fps 720p60 bandwidth crashing freezing safari slow video youtube
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: macOS
  2. S

    Safari is slower

    Ever since I updated to 10.11.6 (I believe that is the current version), websites that used to run smoothly end up freezing and I have to close the tab or if I can't, manually kill the process in Activity Monitor. Needless to say, ever since I updated to Yosemite, I noticed my machine takes 5-10...
  3. I

    Extremely slow boot up times on iMac [Yosemite]

    Hi, I'm new here so hope I've posted this in the right place! I'm on a desktop Mac from late 2012 running Yosemite (10.10.5) and it's been running absolutely fine for months until this last week when I've suddenly been experiencing extremely slow boot up times. This morning, it took almost...
  4. divinity

    Restart and Shut Down takes forever

    I updated my Macbook Pro Retina 2014 model to the MacOS Sierra a couple of weeks back. I realized that when I shut down the Laptop or Restart my laptop it takes at least 15 minutes. I recently also update to Beta version 2 but I'm still facing this issue. Has anyone else faced similar issues...
  5. jusacruiser

    My MBP Keeps giving me the Beachball!!

    I am constantly getting the dreaded beachball. :mad: I have done all the usual things to try and speed up my computer. I have deleted my cashe, cookies, shut down all things "running in the background", I have even resorted to PC strategies such as restarting my computer or some form of...
  6. Jbturof

    Mac Pro network/peripheral speed

    Hi all. I got a new Mac Pro (Late 2013, 8-core, 32 GB DDR3ECC,FireProD700 graphics) running El Capitan 10.11.5 a couple weeks ago. It seems great but doing anything requiring an external device is extremely slow! I have a superdrive connected via USB3, a couple external hard drives as well (USB...
    • Jbturof
    • Thread
    • mac pro network slow
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  7. F

    Install Snow Leopard on 20" iMac without optical drive

    I upgraded from Snow Leopard to Mavericks to Yosemite on 20" iMac. The device is functioning unbearably slow. I have the snow leopard DVD that came with the computer. But the optical drive is not working on it anymore. The optical drive is not available as the product now is obsolete. I...
    • fk_qrf
    • Thread
    • downgrade install slow snow leopard
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: iMac
  8. D

    Putting tags on files takes "forever"

    I like to keep my files organized by tags, because a given file has so many categories that organizing by folders isn't really adequate. So I have lots of tags. And, now that I have so many, adding a brand new one stalls Finder for literally minutes while the "beach ball" revolves -- I haven't...
  9. BradWould

    iPhone 6s+ slower wifi than iPhone 5

    I seem to be having an issue with wifi speeds on my iPhone 6s+ and I can't explain it. I was wondering if anyone has had the same problem or if you know why it would happen. Its absolutely maddening. Anyway, I have an iPhone 6s+ and my wife has my old hand-me-down iPhone 5. Sitting in the...
    • BradWould
    • Thread
    • beats iphone 5 iphone 6s+ slow wifi
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: iPhone
  10. B

    Mac Mini Mid 2007 - Help

    #1148 Hey, i was just wondering how good my mac mini mid 2007 with 2.0ghz core 2 duo CPU, 4gb RAM and an SSD would work on Yosemite? Thanks Kai
    • booty156
    • Thread
    • 2007 fast help mac mac mini slow yosemite
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Mac mini
  11. F

    Macbook was slow, replaced HDD with new SDD but still same speed

    Hi, i just replaced my Macbook Pro with a new SSD and installed OS X, which took about 1,5 hours. Very slow process but i came trough. Even tho the SSD is clearly faster in theory, it still has very slow load times just as before. I've tried with 2 different SSD's but with no help. Is there any...
  12. Dare_O

    Need Urgent Macbook Pro help please! (many issues)

    I really need some help/advice on what to do. I have a macbook pro late 2011with 8gb ram and 120gb pny ssd. I am having a few problems with it. For starters, the keyboard and trackpad arent working. I took it to get a diagnosis and the computer tech guy said he tested the logic board so thats...
    • Dare_O
    • Thread
    • late 2011 mbp slow unresponsive keyboard and trackpad
    • Replies: 27
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  13. EmmaSzkarlat

    [iPhone 6, iOS 9.2.1] Awful battery drain / EXTREMELY slow charging... how can I fix?

    Hello, I have been experience big issues regarding my iPhone 6's battery life and charging time. I have followed numerous tutorials and guides on how to improve them, but I had no significant results. I have followed almost all steps - with the exception of using iPad's charger, doing...
  14. D

    Slow Macbook, etrecheck help!!

    Hey Macrumors First time post here. I own a Mid-2010 macbook pro 13-inch. I have a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor. 4 GB 2067 MHz DDR3 memory. I'm looking to speed up my laptop a bit as it has slowed down over time. I downloaded etrecheck and was hoping someone could help diagnose some of my...
  15. dombarnard

    Apple TV computer streaming speed

    I have a 2nd Gen Apple TV, 2013 Macbook Pro and 2013 iMac. Streaming movies to ATV from my iTunes library is very quick from MacBook Pro when movies are imported to the internal SSD. I am intending to rip my entire collection onto an external HDD connected to the iMac via usb 3.0, index them...
  16. A

    Mid 2012 MacBook Running Extremely slow, beach balls freezing

    Hi, would really appreciate some help. Yesterday, MacBook was running ok, but I noticed a few beach balls lasting a few seconds. Today when I turned computer on, everything is resulting in beach balls that last minutes. I.e. Clicked on my user to login, 3 minutes. Start typing pw, I press the...
  17. rsdotscot

    iPad Pro 12.9" really slow to charge

    Hi folks, I received my iPP 12.9" this week and it's all good with a single exception: slow battery charging. Last night I had it plugged in to my display's USB3 hub and put on Netflix and it was using the juice faster than it could take it, resulting in the battery draining while it was...
    • rsdotscot
    • Thread
    • battery battery life charging slow
    • Replies: 26
    • Forum: iPad
  18. J

    Samsung 850 evo did not go smoothly

    Hi everyone. So recently my stock macbook toshiba hdd failed in my mid 2012 13" macbook pro, I replaced it with a samsung 850 evo because I heard good things. I couldn't get my hdd to clone because it was failing so I cloned my friend's to the ssd to have a bootable drive. I then wiped the drive...
    • jkoh09
    • Thread
    • 2012 mid errors hangs macbook 13" samsung 850 evo slow ssd ssd failure
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  19. A

    SSD not so fast as the first time ...

    HI! When I bought my 2015 13" Retina Macbook Pro with 512GB SSD (with Yosemite), I ran a Black Magic Speed test and It showed me about 1300 MB/s write and read speed. Nowadays I ran a Black Magic again after 4 months later (with ElCapitan) and It showed me only 600 MB/s write speed (half as the...
  20. T

    riMac m380 late 2015 very sluggish?

    Hello from Germany, i bought the iMac base model this week. I am a little bit disappointed with the UI performance, scaling a window is very stuttering, scrolling is not very smooth and the animation from fullscreen to desktop is very awful. I experienced this on my late 2014 MacBook Pro too...
    • Timsi
    • Thread
    • imac slow sluggish
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: iMac
Top Bottom
Back