MarkS0l0m0n

Q: my macbook pro running very slow

Hello,

Looking for help with my very slow running laptop. I ran an EtreCheck and can provide a full report. I ran Disk Utility, repaired permissions, slimmed down my Download folder, deleted a program recently installed - Kies, to link with my Android phone. I also have an iMac running 10.9.5.

Thanks for helping out... and Happy New Year to you all!

Mark

 

Hardware Information: ℹ️

    MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011) (Verified)

    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2

    1 2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core

    4 GB RAM

        BANK 0/DIMM0

            2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok

        BANK 1/DIMM0

            2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok

    Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported

    Wireless:  en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n

 

Video Information: ℹ️

    AMD Radeon HD 6490M - VRAM: 256 MB

        Color LCD 1440 x 900

    Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB

 

System Software: ℹ️

    Mac OS X 10.7.5 (11G63b) - Uptime: 6 days 16:26:6

MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2011), iOS 7

Posted on Dec 31, 2014 8:37 AM

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Q: my macbook pro running very slow

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  • by Mike Sombrio,

    Mike Sombrio Mike Sombrio Dec 31, 2014 9:22 AM in response to MarkS0l0m0n
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    Dec 31, 2014 9:22 AM in response to MarkS0l0m0n

    Mark, we NEED the full etrecheck report in order to offer suggestions.

  • by MarkS0l0m0n,

    MarkS0l0m0n MarkS0l0m0n Dec 31, 2014 10:16 AM in response to Mike Sombrio
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    Dec 31, 2014 10:16 AM in response to Mike Sombrio

    Thanks Mike.

    Here's the full Etre Report:

     

    Problem description:

    Macbook running very slow

     

    EtreCheck version: 2.1.5 (108)

    Report generated 31 December 2014 13:05:36 GMT

     

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

    Click the [Details] links for more information about that line.

    Click the [Adware] links for help removing adware.

     

    Hardware Information: ℹ️

        MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011) (Verified)

        MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2

        1 2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core

        4 GB RAM

            BANK 0/DIMM0

                2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok

            BANK 1/DIMM0

                2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok

        Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported

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

     

    Video Information: ℹ️

        AMD Radeon HD 6490M - VRAM: 256 MB

            Color LCD 1440 x 900

        Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB

     

    System Software: ℹ️

        Mac OS X 10.7.5 (11G63b) - Uptime: 6 days 16:26:6

     

    Disk Information: ℹ️

        Hitachi HTS545050B9A302 disk0 : (500.11 GB)

            disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

            Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 499.25 GB (218.44 GB free)

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

     

        MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898 

     

    USB Information: ℹ️

        Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

        Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub

            Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

        Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

        Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

     

    Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️

        Apple, Inc. MacBook Pro

     

    Kernel Extensions: ℹ️

            /Library/Application Support/Kaspersky Lab/KAV/Bases/Cache

        [loaded]    com.kaspersky.kext.kimul.44 (44) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.kaspersky.kext.mark.1.0.5 (1.0.5) [Support]

     

            /System/Library/Extensions

        [loaded]    com.AmbrosiaSW.AudioSupport (4.1.2 - SDK 10.6) [Support]

        [not loaded]    com.Avid.driver.AvidDX (5.7.0 - SDK 10.6) [Support]

        [not loaded]    com.SafeNet.driver.Sentinel (7.5.2) [Support]

        [not loaded]    com.devguru.driver.SamsungComposite (1.4.27 - SDK 10.6) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.kaspersky.kext.klif (3.0.5d45) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.kaspersky.nke (2.0.0d12) [Support]

        [not loaded]    com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.master (5.9.1 - SDK 10.6) [Support]

     

            /System/Library/Extensions/PACESupportFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns

        [not loaded]    com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.leopard (5.9.1 - SDK 10.4) [Support]

        [not loaded]    com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.panther (5.9.1 - SDK 10.-1) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard (5.9.1 - SDK 10.6) [Support]

        [not loaded]    com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.tiger (5.9.1 - SDK 10.4) [Support]

     

            /System/Library/Extensions/ssuddrv.kext/Contents/PlugIns

        [not loaded]    com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMControl (1.4.27 - SDK 10.6) [Support]

        [not loaded]    com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMData (1.4.27 - SDK 10.6) [Support]

        [not loaded]    com.devguru.driver.SamsungMTP (1.4.27 - SDK 10.5) [Support]

        [not loaded]    com.devguru.driver.SamsungSerial (1.4.27 - SDK 10.6) [Support]

     

    Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️

        [invalid?]    .SM.gul.com.apple.SafariNotificationAgent.plist (hidden) [Support]

            /usr/libexec/SafariNotificationAgent /usr/libexec/SafariNotificationAgent

        [loaded]    .SM.gul.com.apple.screensharing.MessagesAgent.plist (hidden) [Support]

            /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Ma cOS/AppleVNCServer /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Ma cOS/AppleVNCServer

     

    Launch Agents: ℹ️

        [invalid?]    .SM.gul.com.avid.backgroundservicesmanager.plist (hidden) [Support]

            /Applications/Avid Media Composer/AvidMediaComposer.app/Contents/MacOS/AvidBackgroundServicesManager.app /Contents/MacOS/AvidBackgroundServicesManager /Applications/Avid Media Composer/AvidMediaComposer.app/Contents/MacOS/AvidBackgroundServicesManager.app /Contents/MacOS/AvidBackgroundServicesManager

        [invalid?]    .SM.gul.com.avid.dmfsupportsvc.plist (hidden) [Support]

            /Applications/Avid Media Composer/AvidMediaComposer.app/Contents/MacOS/AvidDMFSupportSvc.app/Contents/Ma cOS/AvidDMFSupportSvc /Applications/Avid Media Composer/AvidMediaComposer.app/Contents/MacOS/AvidDMFSupportSvc.app/Contents/Ma cOS/AvidDMFSupportSvc

        [invalid?]    .SM.gul.com.avid.interplay.dmfservice.plist (hidden) [Support]

            /Applications/Avid Media Composer/DMFService.app/Contents/MacOS/DMFService /Applications/Avid Media Composer/DMFService.app/Contents/MacOS/DMFService

        [invalid?]    .SM.gul.com.avid.interplay.editortranscode.plist (hidden) [Support]

            /Applications/Avid/EditorTranscode/TranscodeService/EditorTranscode.app/Content s/MacOS/RunEditorTranscode.bash /Applications/Avid/EditorTranscode/TranscodeService/EditorTranscode.app/Content s/MacOS/RunEditorTranscode.bash

        [invalid?]    .SM.gul.com.avid.transcodeserviceworker.plist (hidden) [Support]

            /Applications/Avid/EditorTranscode/TranscodeService/TranscodeServiceWorker.app/ Contents/MacOS/TranscodeServiceWorker /Applications/Avid/EditorTranscode/TranscodeService/TranscodeServiceWorker.app/ Contents/MacOS/TranscodeServiceWorker /Applications/Avid/EditorTranscode/TranscodeService

        [running]    .SM.gul.com.flipvideo.FlipShare.AutoRun.plist (hidden) [Support]

            /Library/Application Support/Flip Video/FlipShareAutoRun.app/Contents/MacOS/FlipShareAutoRun /Library/Application Support/Flip Video/FlipShareAutoRun.app/Contents/MacOS/FlipShareAutoRun

        [loaded]    .SM.gul.com.google.keystone.agent.plist (hidden) [Support]

            /Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/GoogleSoftwareUpdate.bundle/Contents/Resou rces/GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent /Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/GoogleSoftwareUpdate.bundle/Contents/Resou rces/GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent -runMode ifneeded

        [not loaded]    .SM.gul.com.hp.messagecenter.launcher.plist (hidden) [Support]

            /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchS ervices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchS ervices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -lazy 30 /Library/Printers/hp/Utilities/HPPU Plugins/Message Center.task/Contents/Resources/HPMessageCenterBridge.app

        [invalid?]    .SM.gul.com.intego.commonservices.statusitem.plist (hidden) [Support]

            /Library/Intego/IntegoStatusItem.bundle/Contents/MacOS/tool_launcher /Library/Intego/IntegoStatusItem.bundle/Contents/MacOS/tool_launcher /Library/Intego/IntegoStatusItem.bundle/Contents/Resources/IntegoStatusItemHelp er.app/Contents/MacOS/IntegoStatusItemHelper

        [running]    .SM.gul.com.kaspersky.kav.gui.plist (hidden) [Support]

            /Library/Application Support/Kaspersky Lab/KAV/Applications/Kaspersky Anti-Virus Agent.app/Contents/MacOS/kav_agent /Library/Application Support/Kaspersky Lab/KAV/Applications/Kaspersky Anti-Virus Agent.app/Contents/MacOS/kav_agent -autolaunch 1

        [running]    com.flipvideo.FlipShare.AutoRun.plist [Support]

        [loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Support]

        [invalid?]    com.intego.commonservices.statusitem.plist [Support]

        [running]    com.kaspersky.kav.gui.plist [Support]

        [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Support]

     

    Launch Daemons: ℹ️

        [loaded]    .SM.gul.com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (hidden) [Support]

            /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Flash Player Install Manager/fpsaud /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Flash Player Install Manager/fpsaud

        [loaded]    .SM.gul.com.ambrosiasw.ambrosiaaudiosupporthelper.daemon.plist (hidden) [Support]

            /System/Library/Extensions/AmbrosiaAudioSupport.kext/Contents/MacOS/ambrosiaaud iosupporthelper /System/Library/Extensions/AmbrosiaAudioSupport.kext/Contents/MacOS/ambrosiaaud iosupporthelper

        [invalid?]    .SM.gul.com.avid.interplay.editorbroker.plist (hidden) [Support]

            ./RunAvidEditorBroker.bash ./RunAvidEditorBroker.bash /Applications/Avid/EditorTranscode/DBScript 0

        [invalid?]    .SM.gul.com.avid.interplay.editortranscodestatus.plist (hidden) [Support]

            ./AvidEditorTranscodeStatusMac.bash ./AvidEditorTranscodeStatusMac.bash /Applications/Avid/EditorTranscode/rnc-central 0

        [loaded]    .SM.gul.com.google.keystone.daemon.plist (hidden) [Support]

            /Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/GoogleSoftwareUpdate.bundle/Contents/MacOS /GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon /Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/GoogleSoftwareUpdate.bundle/Contents/MacOS /GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon

        [running]    .SM.gul.com.kaspersky.kav.plist (hidden) [Support]

            /Library/Application Support/Kaspersky Lab/KAV/Binaries/kav /Library/Application Support/Kaspersky Lab/KAV/Binaries/kav -r -bl

        [running]    .SM.gul.com.paceap.eden.licensed.plist (hidden) [Support]

            /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/licenseDaemon.app/Contents/MacOS/licenseDaemon /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/licenseDaemon.app/Contents/MacOS/licenseDaemon --backurl https://activation.paceap.com/InitiateActivation

        [loaded]    .SM.gul.PACESupport.plist (hidden) [Support]

            /System/Library/Extensions/PACESupportFamily.kext/Contents/Resources/paceload /System/Library/Extensions/PACESupportFamily.kext/Contents/Resources/paceload

        [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Support]

        [loaded]    com.ambrosiasw.ambrosiaaudiosupporthelper.daemon.plist [Support]

        [loaded]    com.avid.AMCUninstaller.plist [Support]

        [loaded]    com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Support]

        [running]    com.kaspersky.kav.plist [Support]

        [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Support]

        [loaded]    com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Support]

        [running]    com.paceap.eden.licensed.plist [Support]

        [loaded]    PACESupport.plist [Support]

     

    User Launch Agents: ℹ️

        [loaded]    com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Support]

        [loaded]    com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist [Support]

     

    User Login Items: ℹ️

        Spanning Sync Notifier    UNKNOWN (missing value)

        Dropbox    Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)

        TomTomHOMERunner    ApplicationHidden (/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/TomTom HOME/TomTomHOMERunner.app)

        Android File Transfer Agent    Application (/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/Google/Android File Transfer/Android File Transfer Agent.app)

        KiesAgent    ApplicationHidden (/Users/[redacted]/.Trash/Kies.app/Contents/MacOS/KiesAgent.app)

        fuspredownloader    ApplicationHidden (/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/.FUS/fuspredownloader.app)

     

    Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

        Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.0.0.85 BETA  - SDK 10.7 [Support]

        FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.235 - SDK 10.6 [Support]

        JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 71 Check version

        AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.13 [Support]

        Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.235 - SDK 10.6 [Support]

        AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.13 [Support]

        o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.6.0 - SDK 10.8 [Support]

        QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.1

        googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.6.0 - SDK 10.8 [Support]

        Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]

        iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8

     

    User internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

        WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 [Support]

        WebEx: Version: 1.0 [Support]

     

    Safari Extensions: ℹ️

        VirtualKeyboard [Cached]

        vkbd [Cached]

        URLAdvisor [Cached]

        Virtual Keyboard [Installed]

        URL Advisor [Installed]

     

    3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

        3ivx MPEG-4  [Support]

        Flash Player  [Support]

        Flip4Mac WMV  [Support]

        Java  [Support]

        MusicManager  [Support]

     

    Time Machine: ℹ️

        Time Machine not configured!

     

    Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

            86%    kav_app

            11%    kav

             5%    coreaudiod

             1%    firefox

             0%    WindowServer

     

    Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

        1.06 GB    firefox

        249 MB    kav

        69 MB    Dropbox

        69 MB    mds

        56 MB    Finder

     

    Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

        67 MB    Free RAM

        2.29 GB    Active RAM

        1.09 GB    Inactive RAM

        840 MB    Wired RAM

        3.34 GB    Page-ins

        1.70 GB    Page-outs

  • by Mike Sombrio,

    Mike Sombrio Mike Sombrio Dec 31, 2014 10:30 AM in response to MarkS0l0m0n
    Level 6 (17,194 points)
    Apple Watch
    Dec 31, 2014 10:30 AM in response to MarkS0l0m0n

    Uninstall the Kaspersky AV software, it's eating up all of your resources and is totally useless.

    After that restart your computer.

    Your computer is seriously junked up with useless/outdated software.

  • by MarkS0l0m0n,

    MarkS0l0m0n MarkS0l0m0n Jan 1, 2015 2:28 AM in response to Mike Sombrio
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Jan 1, 2015 2:28 AM in response to Mike Sombrio

    Thanks, Mike, I appreciate your response.

    Kaspersky was originally sold to me as a small efficient anti-virus package. It hasn't given me problems in the past 5 years.

    I had trouble with the virtual keyboard in my Firefox browser, and disabled it. I use this laptop for presentations and other graphic/image intensive applications, with lots of importing/downloading. If some apps are outdated/useless, you'd have to be more specific.

  • by Mike Sombrio,Helpful

    Mike Sombrio Mike Sombrio Jan 1, 2015 5:49 AM in response to MarkS0l0m0n
    Level 6 (17,194 points)
    Apple Watch
    Jan 1, 2015 5:49 AM in response to MarkS0l0m0n

    If you do nothing else get rid of kaspersky.

    As for others, I'll give you some pointers but you'll have to figure what apps they're associated with and contact those developers for instructions on how to remove them. You might find it easier to just reinstall OS X and install the software you need.

        [not loaded]    com.SafeNet.driver.Sentinel (7.5.2) [Support]

            /System/Library/Extensions/PACESupportFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns

        [not loaded]    com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.leopard (5.9.1 - SDK 10.4) [Support]

        [not loaded]    com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.panther (5.9.1 - SDK 10.-1) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard (5.9.1 - SDK 10.6) [Support]

        [not loaded]    com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.tiger (5.9.1 - SDK 10.4) [Support]

        [invalid?]    .SM.gul.com.intego.commonservices.statusitem.plist (hidden) [Support]

            /Library/Intego/IntegoStatusItem.bundle/Contents/MacOS/tool_launcher /Library/Intego/IntegoStatusItem.bundle/Contents/MacOS/tool_launcher /Library/Intego/IntegoStatusItem.bundle/Contents/Resources/IntegoStatusItemHelp er.app/Contents/MacOS/IntegoStatusItemHelper

        [running]    .SM.gul.com.kaspersky.kav.gui.plist (hidden) [Support]

            /Library/Application Support/Kaspersky Lab/KAV/Applications/Kaspersky Anti-Virus Agent.app/Contents/MacOS/kav_agent /Library/Application Support/Kaspersky Lab/KAV/Applications/Kaspersky Anti-Virus Agent.app/Contents/MacOS/kav_agent -autolaunch 1

     

    You also have a lot of Samsung software loaded, is this necessary for a projector? I'm not familiar...

            /System/Library/Extensions/ssuddrv.kext/Contents/PlugIns

        [not loaded]    com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMControl (1.4.27 - SDK 10.6) [Support]

        [not loaded]    com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMData (1.4.27 - SDK 10.6) [Support]

        [not loaded]    com.devguru.driver.SamsungMTP (1.4.27 - SDK 10.5) [Support]

        [not loaded]    com.devguru.driver.SamsungSerial (1.4.27 - SDK 10.6) [Support]

     

     

    BIggest problem from what I can see is kaspersky.

  • by thomas_r.,Helpful

    thomas_r. thomas_r. Jan 1, 2015 5:50 AM in response to MarkS0l0m0n
    Level 7 (30,889 points)
    Mac OS X
    Jan 1, 2015 5:50 AM in response to MarkS0l0m0n

    MarkS0l0m0n wrote:

     

    Kaspersky was originally sold to me as a small efficient anti-virus package. It hasn't given me problems in the past 5 years.

     

    It is causing you a problem now. Note that the kav_app process, which is part of Kaspersky, is using 86% of your processor time, and the kav process (also part of Kaspersky) is using another 11%. Kaspersky is junk, and is definitely NOT a "small efficient anti-virus package." You should remove it, and should read my Mac Malware Guide for more information on how to properly protect yourself from malware.

     

    However, a bigger problem is that, as Mike says, you've got a lot of other things wrong here. Among other things, it looks like you either cancelled a migration from another computer, or migration failed, and this has left your system in a bit of an uncertain state. Personally, my recommendation in this case would be to erase the hard drive, reinstall the system and the apps you need from scratch, and then import data manually from a backup. For instructions on how this is done, see:

     

    How to reinstall Mac OS X from scratch

     

    (Fair disclosure: I may receive compensation from links to my sites, TheSafeMac.com and AdwareMedic.com, in the form of buttons allowing for donations. Donations are not required to use my site or software.)

  • by MarkS0l0m0n,

    MarkS0l0m0n MarkS0l0m0n Jan 1, 2015 7:52 AM in response to thomas_r.
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Jan 1, 2015 7:52 AM in response to thomas_r.

    Thanks, Thomas. Thanks, Mike.

    Glad you both offer a common solution.

    Appreciated.

  • by CristianYorkPa,

    CristianYorkPa CristianYorkPa Jan 13, 2015 11:27 AM in response to Mike Sombrio
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Jan 13, 2015 11:27 AM in response to Mike Sombrio

    can i provide you with info my macbook so you can provide me the advice you provided that other person?

  • by Mike Sombrio,

    Mike Sombrio Mike Sombrio Jan 13, 2015 2:58 PM in response to CristianYorkPa
    Level 6 (17,194 points)
    Apple Watch
    Jan 13, 2015 2:58 PM in response to CristianYorkPa

    you should start your own thread and include an EtreCheck report and description of your problem.