[X4U] Mavericks slowed my MBPro

[Randy B. Singer]

On Dec 9, 2013, at 12:49 PM, Cat wrote:

> 2010 13-inch 2.66gz Mac Book Pro 8gb ram
> 
> performed great under Mt. Lion; seeing spotty slow ness under mavericks..reading some scary things on line others with as fast or faster computers also slowed by 10.9
> 
> are with stuck with this or is there an actual fix?
> 

Your Mac will be slower initially as Spotlight rebuilds its database.

You should also do all of the ordinary routine maintenance; which often makes a big difference:
http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html

Uninstall the copy of Flash that you have installed with this uninstaller (Adobe recommends doing this first):
<http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/uninstall_flash_player_osx.dmg>
or
http://is.gd/lrnKUG

Then download the latest version of Flash directly from Adobe, and install it:
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

Go to System Preferences (accessible in the Apple menu, or in your Dock).
Choose Accounts.
Choose the Login Items tab.
Try disabling anything there.  (You may have stay-resident software that is incompatible with Mavericks and which needs to be updated.)

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Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)

Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html
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