Q: iMac suddenly too slow to open vital apps, web pages
This started sometime in the last week or two. My iMac, which until now has always run smoothly, will now get the rotating beach balls when trying to open my Pro Tools sessions and other apps I need for work. I've tried many of the generally suggested remedies from others with similar problems, i.e. safe mode reboot, repair permissions, verify disk, clear cache files, clear up some HD space, etc. I suspect a third-party app I downloaded somewhere along the line is the culprit but for the life of me I cannot figure this out. Starting to get very frustrating. Here is my etrecheck report:
EtreCheck version: 2.1.6 (109)
Report generated January 18, 2015 at 7:21:19 PM PST
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iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2013) (Technical Specifications)
iMac - model: iMac14,3
1 3.1 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
8 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M - VRAM: 1024 MB
iMac 1920 x 1080
OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Time since boot: 0:17:9
APPLE HDD HTS541010A9E662 disk0 : (1 TB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 999.35 GB (283.26 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Hitachi-LG Data Storage Inc Portable Super Multi Drive
M-Audio M-Track Plus
LaCie Rugged USB3-FW 1 TB
disk1s1 (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 32 KB
Benjammun (disk1s3) /Volumes/Benjammun : 1.00 TB (483.01 GB free)
iLok iLok
BurrBrown from Texas Instruments USB AUDIO CODEC
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Anywhere
/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.caiaq.driver.NIUSBMaschineControllerDriver (2.6.0 - SDK 10.8) [Support]
[loaded] com.cyberic.SmoothMouse (9 - SDK 10.8) [Support]
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.IKMultimedia.driver.StompIO1 (1.0.0) [Support]
[not loaded] com.caiaq.driver.NIUSBGuitarRigMobileDriver (2.4.23) [Support]
[not loaded] com.caiaq.driver.NIUSBHardwareDriver (2.4.23) [Support]
[loaded] com.digidesign.iokit.DigiDal (10.3.9f207 - SDK 10.6) [Support]
[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.master (5.9.1 - SDK 10.6) [Support]
[not loaded] com.wibu.codemeter.CmUSBMassStorage (1.0.7) [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]
DigidesignLoader: Path: /Library/StartupItems/DigidesignLoader
Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[running] com.wibu.CodeMeter.Server.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.avid.bsd.shoe.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.avid.bsd.ShoeTool.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.charlessoft.pacifist.helper.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]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Support]
[not loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist [Support]
NIHardwareAgent Application Hidden (/Library/Application Support/Native Instruments/Hardware/NIHardwareAgent.app)
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 71 Check version
Searchme [Cached] Adware! [Remove]
SlickSavings [Cached]
Amazon Shopping Assistant [Cached] Adware! [Remove]
Ebay Shopping Assistant [Cached] Adware! [Remove]
Avid CoreAudio: Version: 11.1.3.325 - SDK 10.8 [Support]
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Java [Support]
Native Instruments USB Audio [Support]
SmoothMouse [Support]
Time Machine not configured!
3% WindowServer
0% fontd
0% AppleSpell
0% Google Chrome
0% dpd
241 MB Finder
206 MB mds_stores
137 MB Google Chrome
77 MB Google Chrome Helper
60 MB ocspd
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
4.82 GB Free RAM
2.13 GB Active RAM
775 MB Inactive RAM
861 MB Wired RAM
2.03 GB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
Jan 18, 2015, 07:04:46 PM Self test - passed
Jan 18, 2015, 06:34:24 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Pro Tools_2015-01-18-183424_[redacted].hang
Jan 18, 2015, 09:28:22 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Pro Tools_2015-01-18-092822_[redacted].hang
Jan 17, 2015, 05:45:34 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/auvaltool_2015-01-17-174534_[redacted].hang
Jan 17, 2015, 05:45:06 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/auvaltool_2015-01-17-174506_[redacted].hang
Jan 17, 2015, 05:01:00 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Logic Pro X_2015-01-17-170100_[redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Details]
Jan 17, 2015, 04:55:45 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/iTunes_2015-01-17-165545_[redacted].hang
Jan 17, 2015, 04:55:44 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Logic Pro X_2015-01-17-165544_[redacted].hang
Jan 17, 2015, 04:47:52 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Logic Pro X_2015-01-17-164752_[redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Details]
Jan 17, 2015, 04:44:39 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/auvaltool_2015-01-17-164439_[r edacted].crash
Jan 16, 2015, 10:26:58 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Google Chrome_2015-01-16-222658_[redacted].hang
Jan 16, 2015, 10:16:25 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/CleanMyMac 2_2015-01-16-221625_[redacted].hang
Jan 16, 2015, 09:56:07 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/CleanMyMac 2_2015-01-16-215607_[redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Details]
iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
Posted on Jan 18, 2015 7:24 PM