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Q: Slow Yosemite performance

My wife's MacBook Pro suffers from poor performance with Yosemite.  It's a mid 2009 machine with 2GB RAM.  A diagnostic report is below.  This info suggests that more memory would help but the memory pressure monitor in Activity Monitor is always green.  The system and apps start very slowly and sometimes run slowly.

 

Should I get more memory?

 

Are there particular settings that would boost performance?

 

Thanks

 

Problem description:

slow performance with Yosemite

 

EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)

Report generated February 2, 2015 at 9:52:34 PM PST

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Hardware Information: ℹ️

    MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009) (Technical Specifications)

    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,5

    1 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core

    2 GB RAM Upgradeable

        BANK 0/DIMM0

            1 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

        BANK 1/DIMM0

            1 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

    Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported

    Wireless:  en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n

    Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 118

 

Video Information: ℹ️

    NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB

        Color LCD 1280 x 800

 

System Software: ℹ️

    OS X 10.10.2 (14C109) - Time since boot: one day 0:0:11

 

Disk Information: ℹ️

    ST9160314ASG disk0 : (160.04 GB)

        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

        [redacted] HD (disk0s2) / : 159.18 GB (99.25 GB free)

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

 

    HL-DT-ST DVDRW  GS23N 

 

USB Information: ℹ️

    Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

    Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

    Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

    Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub

        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

 

Gatekeeper: ℹ️

    Mac App Store and identified developers

 

Kernel Extensions: ℹ️

        /System/Library/Extensions

    [not loaded]    com.NAI.SysCallExt (1.0.0) [Click for support]

    [not loaded]    com.kensington.mouseworks.iokit.KensingtonMouseDriver (2.5) [Click for support]

    [not loaded]    com.markspace.iokit.IOMissingSyncMassStorage (4.0.2) [Click for support]

    [not loaded]    com.markspace.missingsync.palmos.classicseize (4.0.2) [Click for support]

    [not loaded]    com.palm.ClassicNotSeizeDriver (3.2.1) [Click for support]

 

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

    [not loaded]    com.kensington.mouseworks.driver.ADBID32Mouse (2.5) [Click for support]

    [not loaded]    com.kensington.mouseworks.driver.ADBID32MouseX1 (2.5) [Click for support]

    [not loaded]    com.kensington.mouseworks.driver.ADBID4Mouse (2.5) [Click for support]

    [not loaded]    com.kensington.mouseworks.driver.ADBID4MouseX1 (2.5) [Click for support]

    [not loaded]    com.kensington.mouseworks.driver.KMWBluetoothHIDMouse (2.5) [Click for support]

    [not loaded]    com.kensington.mouseworks.driver.KMWUSBHIDMouse (2.5) [Click for support]

    [not loaded]    com.kensington.mouseworks.driver.USBMouseX1 (2.5) [Click for support]

    [not loaded]    com.kensington.mouseworks.driver.VirtualMouse (2.5) [Click for support]

    [not loaded]    com.kensington.mouseworks.driver.VirtualMouseX1 (2.5) [Click for support]

    [not loaded]    com.kensington.mouseworks.iokit.KensingtonMouseDriverX1 (2.5) [Click for support]

 

Startup Items: ℹ️

    HP IO: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP IO

    MissingSyncMounting: Path: /Library/StartupItems/MissingSyncMounting

    Virex: Path: /Library/StartupItems/Virex

    Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite

 

Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️

    [killed]    com.apple.accountsd.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.bird.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.CallHistoryPluginHelper.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.CallHistorySyncHelper.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.cloudd.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.cmfsyncagent.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.iconservices.iconservicesagent.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.nsurlsessiond.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.pluginkit.pkd.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.recentsd.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.SafariNotificationAgent.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.sbd.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.scopedbookmarkagent.xpc.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.secd.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.security.cloudkeychainproxy.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.spindump_agent.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.telephonyutilities.callservicesd.plist

    18 processes killed due to memory pressure

 

Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️

    [killed]    com.apple.AssetCacheLocatorService.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.awdd.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.coreservices.appleid.passwordcheck.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.coresymbolicationd.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.ctkd.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.diagnosticd.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.findmymac.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.GSSCred.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.iconservices.iconservicesagent.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.iconservices.iconservicesd.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.ifdreader.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.installd.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.MobileFileIntegrity.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.nehelper.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.nsurlsessiond.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.periodic-daily.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.periodic-monthly.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.periodic-weekly.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.sandboxd.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.softwareupdate_download_service.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.softwareupdated.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.spindump.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.tccd.system.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.wdhelper.plist

    [killed]    com.apple.xpc.smd.plist

    26 processes killed due to memory pressure

 

Launch Daemons: ℹ️

    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]

 

User Launch Agents: ℹ️

    [loaded]    com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]

    [failed]    com.apple.SafariBookmarksSyncer.plist [Click for details]

    [running]    ws.agile.1PasswordAgent.plist [Click for support]

 

User Login Items: ℹ️

    iTunesHelper    UNKNOWN Hidden (missing value)

    System Events    Application  (/System/Library/CoreServices/System Events.app)

    nethdd    Application  (/Users/Shared/nethdd.app)

    Palm Desktop Background    Application  (/Applications/Palm/Palm Desktop/Contents/Resources/Palm Desktop Background.app)

    Skype    UNKNOWN  (missing value)

    Dropbox    Application  (/Applications/Dropbox.app)

    Garmin Express Fit    Application  (/Applications/Garmin Express Fit.app)

    HP IO Classic Proxy    Application Hidden (/Library/Frameworks/HPServicesInterface.framework/Versions/A/Runtime/HP IO Classic Proxy.app)

    MouseWorks Background    Application  (/Library/PreferencePanes/MouseWorks.prefPane/Contents/Resources/Support/MouseW orks Background.app)

    HP Product Research    Application  (/Library/Application Support/Hewlett-Packard/Customer Participation/HP Product Research.app)

    HP Scheduler    Application  (/Library/Application Support/Hewlett-Packard/Software Update/HP Scheduler.app)

 

Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.296 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

    Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.296 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 9.5.5 [Click for support]

    Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

    ToontownBundleManager: Version: Unknown [Click for support]

    Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

    iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0

 

User internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

    BrowserPlus_2.9.8: Version: 2.9.8 [Click for support]

    Unity Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 1.6.2 [Click for support]

 

3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

    BrowserPlus  [Click for support]

    Flash Player  [Click for support]

    Kensington MouseWorks  [Click for support]

 

Time Machine: ℹ️

    Skip System Files: NO

    Auto backup: YES

    Volumes being backed up:

        Macintosh HD: Disk size: 159.18 GB Disk used: 59.94 GB

    Destinations:

        LaCie [Local]

        Total size: 500.11 GB

        Total number of backups: 87

        Oldest backup: 2009-05-05 17:23:33 +0000

        Last backup: 2015-02-02 15:53:10 +0000

        Size of backup disk: Excellent

            Backup size 500.11 GB > (Disk size 159.18 GB X 3)

 

Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

        10%    WindowServer

         0%    systemstatsd

         0%    Dropbox

         0%    Activity Monitor

         0%    SystemUIServer

 

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

    142 MB    firefox

    77 MB    WindowServer

    71 MB    Finder

    45 MB    Microsoft Word

    35 MB    mds

 

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

    33 MB    Free RAM

    489 MB    Active RAM

    475 MB    Inactive RAM

    394 MB    Wired RAM

    14.79 GB    Page-ins

    1.57 GB    Page-outs

 

Diagnostics Information: ℹ️

    Feb 1, 2015, 09:54:07 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.AmbientDisplayAgent_2015-02-01-215407 _[redacted].crash

    Feb 1, 2015, 09:49:10 PM    Self test - passed

Posted on Feb 2, 2015 10:13 PM

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