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