Q: Macbook Pro 2012 Yosemite SLOW
I've been using my 2012 13" MBP extensively for the past 3 years and I have never had any problems with it. Recently it has gotten very slow and very sluggish. Files and applications take long to open, I get the dreaded spinning color wheel every time I try to multitask, and it even freaks out when I'm casually surfing the web. I get a loading bar every time I boot it up as well, taking anywhere from 5-10 minutes to completely start. This is a stark difference from the 1-2 minute boot up time I was used to. I assumed I needed to just clean it up as you have to with Windows every once in a while. But I've run disk utility and it does;t say I need to repair the disk. I just don't know what the problem with it is. Any help in resolving this frustrating issue would be much appreciated. I am pasting my EtreCheck log below.
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) (Technical Specifications)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
16 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 440
Intel HD Graphics 4000
Color LCD 1280 x 800
OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Time since boot: 2:34:47
APPLE HDD TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 388.25 GB (153.67 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
BOOTCAMP (disk0s4) /Volumes/BOOTCAMP : 111.00 GB (24.86 GB free)
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS31N
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Anywhere
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.mice.driver.PS3Controller (1.0.0d1) [Support]
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Support]
[invalid?] com.epson.Epson_Low_Ink_Reminder.launcher.plist [Support]
[invalid?] com.epson.eventmanager.agent.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.paragon.updater.plist [Support]
[loaded] org.gpgtools.gpgmail.enable-bundles.plist [Support]
[loaded] org.gpgtools.gpgmail.patch-uuid-user.plist [Support]
[loaded] org.gpgtools.Libmacgpg.xpc.plist [Support]
[loaded] org.gpgtools.macgpg2.fix.plist [Support]
[running] org.gpgtools.macgpg2.shutdown-gpg-agent.plist [Support]
[loaded] org.gpgtools.macgpg2.updater.plist [Support]
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.ea.origin.ESHelper.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Support]
[loaded] org.gpgtools.gpgmail.patch-uuid.plist [Support]
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist [Support]
[invalid?] com.akamai.single-user-client.plist [Support]
[running] com.amazon.cloud-player.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Support]
[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist [Support]
[loaded] net.tunnelblick.tunnelblick.LaunchAtLogin.plist [Support]
uHD-Agent UNKNOWN (missing value)
iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
smcFanControl Application (/Users/[redacted]/Desktop/smcFanControl.app)
uTorrent UNKNOWN (missing value)
Spotify Application (/Applications/Spotify.app)
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.2.0.16 - SDK 10.8 [Support]
AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 1.0.0.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20513.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
SlingPlayer: Version: Unknown - SDK 10.8 [Support]
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 25 Check version
BlueStacks Install Detector: Version: Unknown
searchtab [Installed]
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Akamai NetSession Preferences [Support]
Flip4Mac WMV [Support]
GPGPreferences [Support]
Java [Support]
MacFUSE [Support]
Time Machine not configured!
4% WindowServer
0% AppleSpell
0% com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
0% EEventManager
0% cloudpaird
344 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
292 MB mds_stores
275 MB Image Capture Extension
155 MB Safari
137 MB softwareupdated
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
9.56 GB Free RAM
4.79 GB Active RAM
1.57 GB Inactive RAM
1.25 GB Wired RAM
3.58 GB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
Jan 25, 2015, 08:53:59 PM Self test - passed
Jan 24, 2015, 06:48:50 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Adobe Flash Player Install Manager_2015-01-24-184850_[redacted].hang
MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
Posted on Jan 26, 2015 12:01 AM