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Q: Yosemite made my MacBook Air Slow

And its even slower when I use a second screen. Here's my EtreCheck report:

 

EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)

Report generated November 20, 2014 at 12:02:42 PM EST

 

Hardware Information: ℹ️

  MacBook Air (Verified)

  MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir6,2

  1 1.7 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2-core

  8 GB RAM Not 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:  en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac

 

Video Information: ℹ️

  Intel HD Graphics 5000 -

  Color LCD 1440 x 900

  2752H spdisplays_1080p

 

System Software: ℹ️

  OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Uptime: one day 23:25:59

 

Disk Information: ℹ️

  APPLE SSD SM0256F disk0 : (251 GB)

  S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified

  EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

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

  Macintosh HD (disk1) /  [Startup]: 249.77 GB (143.86 GB free)

  Core Storage: disk0s2 250.14 GB Online

 

USB Information: ℹ️

  Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

  Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

  Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

 

Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️

  Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

 

Gatekeeper: ℹ️

  Mac App Store and identified developers

 

Launch Agents: ℹ️

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

  [invalid?] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support

  [running] com.trusteer.rapport.rapportd.plist Support

 

Launch Daemons: ℹ️

  [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support

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

  [loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2.Agent.plist Support

  [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support

  [invalid?] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support

  [running] com.trusteer.rooks.rooksd.plist Support

  [failed] dev.dnsmasq.plist Support

  [running] dev.nginx.plist Support

 

User Launch Agents: ℹ️

  [invalid?] com.citrixonline.GoToMeeting.G2MUpdate.plist Support

  [loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.diskSpaceWatcher.plist Support

  [loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.scheduledScan.plist Support

  [loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.trashWatcher.plist Support

 

User Login Items: ℹ️

  iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)

  Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)

  Google Drive Application (/Applications/Google Drive.app)

 

Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

  FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.223 - SDK 10.6 Support

  QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

  Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.223 - SDK 10.6 Support

  Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

  o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.6.0 - SDK 10.8 Support

  SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.3 - SDK 10.6 Support

  googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.6.0 - SDK 10.8 Support

  SlingPlayer: Version: (null) - SDK 10.8 Support

 

User Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

  CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.105 Support

 

3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

  Flash Player  Support

  Trusteer Endpoint Protection  Support

 

Time Machine: ℹ️

  Mobile backups: OFF

  Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off

  Volumes being backed up:

  Destinations:

  My Passport for Mac [Local]

  Total size: 1.00 TB

  Total number of backups: 0

  Oldest backup: -

  Last backup: -

  Size of backup disk: Excellent

  Backup size 1.00 TB > (Disk size 0 B X 3)

 

Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

      13% WindowServer

      7% Airmail 2

      6% syncdefaultsd

      1% Google Chrome Canary

      1% com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64

 

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

  352 MB Airmail 2

  198 MB Google Chrome Canary

  163 MB softwareupdated

  155 MB feedly

  127 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

 

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

  29 MB Free RAM

  3.30 GB Active RAM

  3.28 GB Inactive RAM

  1.18 GB Wired RAM

  19.19 GB Page-ins

  347 MB Page-outs

 

MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)

Posted on Nov 20, 2014 9:04 AM

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Q: Yosemite made my MacBook Air Slow

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  • by a brody,

    a brody a brody Nov 20, 2014 9:15 AM in response to BleedingBlue10
    Level 9 (66,876 points)
    Classic Mac OS
    Nov 20, 2014 9:15 AM in response to BleedingBlue10

    Your Java comes in as invalid.  Go to http://www.java.com/ to verify you are currently running the most current version of Java.

     

    Get rid of CleanmyMac.  Any utility that clears system caches actually slows down your Mac.  The worst of these is MacKeeper, which requires these removal directions:

     

    https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3036

     

    Go2Meeting may need to be updated, and if there isn't one for Yosemite, see these uninstallation/downgrade directions:

     

    https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-1948

     

    Find out the source of DNSmasq.  If you are doing personal websharing, you may need to use a different program for that.

     

    See if disabling Google Drive and File sharing helps.

  • by Lexiepex,

    Lexiepex Lexiepex Nov 20, 2014 10:03 AM in response to BleedingBlue10
    Level 6 (10,497 points)
    Mac OS X
    Nov 20, 2014 10:03 AM in response to BleedingBlue10

    ->abrody: CMM is even worse than MacKeeper, howdo Lex)

    BB: You have or had two mac killers installed: CleanMyMac and Trusteer Rapport. And Java is not good.

    You have a beautiful MBA: we are going to get rid of the two crapwares and I give you an article on how to install Java in Yosemite.

    1-- CMM: Open the app, in the left navigation panel the is an uninstaller, uninstall the app. Then download   FindAnyFile

    from   http://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/    

    and install it, open it and type  macpaw   in the search field

    then hold the Alt(option) key and click the  Finf  button, type your password.

    In the list CTL+click every entry with macpaw and "move to trash" ; it remains visible but is now in the trash as you can see.

    Then type  cleanmymac  in the search field, again hit the Find button, there should be no entry found, but if, move it to the trash.

    RESTART the mac.

    Empty the trash bin.

    2-- Rapport (Trusteer): it is not compatible with the latest OSXs, it is badly programmed and counterproductive, do not use it even when an ignorant bank advisor tells you to. Even when it is now IBM.

    Read this interesting article:  http://krebsonsecurity.com/2010/04/a-closer-look-at-rapport-from-trusteer/

    (the first word "Krebs" is german for cancer).

    Trusteer Rapport has a block against uninstalling, I would use the instructions here:

    http://www.trusteer.com/support/uninstalling-rapport-mac-os-x

    Restart after the uninstall, empty the trash.

    Then I would use FindAnyFile again with the words  trusteer and  rapport. Be careful what you move to the trash.

    3-- Java: if you really really need it, read here how to install Java in Yosemite.

    http://osxdaily.com/2014/10/21/get-java-os-x-yosemite/

    Lex

  • by BleedingBlue10,

    BleedingBlue10 BleedingBlue10 Nov 20, 2014 11:29 AM in response to Lexiepex
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Nov 20, 2014 11:29 AM in response to Lexiepex

    Thanks a brod and Lex! Ok I did the stuff you suggested. I also tried uninstalling Java via terminal and according to Oracle it should be uninstalled but I'm not sure. Seems to be running much better but it generally does at the beginning after a restart I think. Here's my updated EtreCheck log:

     

    EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)

    Report generated November 20, 2014 at 2:22:15 PM EST

     

    Hardware Information: ℹ️

      MacBook Air (Verified)

      MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir6,2

      1 1.7 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2-core

      8 GB RAM Not 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:  en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac

     

    Video Information: ℹ️

      Intel HD Graphics 5000 -

      Color LCD 1440 x 900

      2752H spdisplays_1080p

     

    System Software: ℹ️

      OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Uptime: 0:49:39

     

    Disk Information: ℹ️

      APPLE SSD SM0256F disk0 : (251 GB)

      S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified

      EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

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

      Macintosh HD (disk1) /  [Startup]: 249.77 GB (146.97 GB free)

      Core Storage: disk0s2 250.14 GB Online

     

    USB Information: ℹ️

      Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

      Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

      Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

     

    Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️

      Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

     

    Gatekeeper: ℹ️

      Mac App Store and identified developers

     

    Launch Agents: ℹ️

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

      [invalid?] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support

     

    Launch Daemons: ℹ️

      [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support

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

      [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support

      [invalid?] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support

      [failed] dev.dnsmasq.plist Support

      [running] dev.nginx.plist Support

     

    User Login Items: ℹ️

      iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)

      Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)

      Google Drive Application (/Applications/Google Drive.app)

     

    Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

      FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.223 - SDK 10.6 Support

      QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

      Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.223 - SDK 10.6 Support

      Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

      o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.6.0 - SDK 10.8 Support

      SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.3 - SDK 10.6 Support

      googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.6.0 - SDK 10.8 Support

      SlingPlayer: Version: (null) - SDK 10.8 Support

     

    3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

      Flash Player  Support

     

    Time Machine: ℹ️

      Mobile backups: OFF

      Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off

      Volumes being backed up:

      Destinations:

      My Passport for Mac [Local]

      Total size: 1.00 TB

      Total number of backups: 0

      Oldest backup: -

      Last backup: -

      Size of backup disk: Excellent

      Backup size 1.00 TB > (Disk size 0 B X 3)

     

    Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

          11% Airmail 2

          5% WindowServer

          4% Google Chrome

          1% fontd

          0% Dropbox

     

    Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

      397 MB Airmail 2

      180 MB Google Chrome

      172 MB spindump

      120 MB Google Drive

      94 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

     

    Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

      957 MB Free RAM

      3.88 GB Active RAM

      2.84 GB Inactive RAM

      907 MB Wired RAM

      3.37 GB Page-ins

      25 KB Page-outs

     

  • by Lexiepex,

    Lexiepex Lexiepex Nov 20, 2014 12:54 PM in response to BleedingBlue10
    Level 6 (10,497 points)
    Mac OS X
    Nov 20, 2014 12:54 PM in response to BleedingBlue10

    These two are still there:

    dev.dnsmasq.plist

    dev.nginx.plist

    I would take out these Github "hobbies" for the time being, and wait until it runs flawlesly, if you need it at all.

    Now take out by hand, some remnants:

    empty the trash bin now,

    In Finder go to  MacintoshHD->Library->LaunchAgents  and delete the  google.keystone  file and the  oracle.java  file

                   go to  MacintoshHD->Library->LaunchDaemons  and delete the  google.keystone  file  and the  oracle.java  file

    and also the two github files.

    Restart

    empty the trash bin.

    Note: first time I see Airmail 2: uses a lot of resources when syncing !?

    See how it does now, should be good,

    Lex

    (and thanks to AB )


  • by MichelPM,

    MichelPM MichelPM Nov 20, 2014 1:15 PM in response to BleedingBlue10
    Level 6 (13,905 points)
    iPad
    Nov 20, 2014 1:15 PM in response to BleedingBlue10

    ALL Google wares are garbage and total resource hogs on Mac OS X.

    And, personally, I loathe Google software.

    Ditch Google Chrome and Drive.

     

    https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95319?hl=en

     

    https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2375081?hl=en

     

    If you do not like Apple's Safari (which is tailor made for OS X ), download, install and try using Mozilla FireFox web browser, instead.

    Mozilla Firefox is less intrusive on OS X and is a much more Mac friendly web browser and is regularly updated by the Mozilla group.

    Also, I have stopped regularly using the Google search engine and have switched to using the DuckDuckGo web search engine, instead.

  • by BleedingBlue10,

    BleedingBlue10 BleedingBlue10 Nov 25, 2014 10:26 AM in response to Lexiepex
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Nov 25, 2014 10:26 AM in response to Lexiepex

    So after doing everything, it starts to lag again after a few hours. Here's my updated EtreCheck:

     

    EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)

    Report generated November 25, 2014 at 1:22:44 PM EST

     

    Hardware Information: ℹ️

      MacBook Air (Verified)

      MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir6,2

      1 1.7 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2-core

      8 GB RAM Not 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:  en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac

     

    Video Information: ℹ️

      Intel HD Graphics 5000 -

      Color LCD 1440 x 900

      2752H spdisplays_1080p

     

    System Software: ℹ️

      OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Uptime: one day 3:30:8

     

    Disk Information: ℹ️

      APPLE SSD SM0256F disk0 : (251 GB)

      S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified

      EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

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

      Macintosh HD (disk1) /  [Startup]: 249.77 GB (145.27 GB free)

      Core Storage: disk0s2 250.14 GB Online

     

    USB Information: ℹ️

      Western Digital Elements 10B8 2 TB

      S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified

      EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

      WD Elements (disk2s2) /Volumes/WD Elements : 2.00 TB (2.00 TB free)

      Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

      Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

      Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

     

    Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️

      Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

     

    Gatekeeper: ℹ️

      Mac App Store and identified developers

     

    User Login Items: ℹ️

      iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)

      Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)

      Google Drive Application (/Applications/Google Drive.app)

     

    Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

      FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.223 - SDK 10.6 Support

      QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

      Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.223 - SDK 10.6 Mismatch! Adobe recommends 15.0.0.239

      Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

      o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.6.0 - SDK 10.8 Support

      SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.3 - SDK 10.6 Support

      googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.6.0 - SDK 10.8 Support

      SlingPlayer: Version: (null) - SDK 10.8 Support

     

    3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

      Flash Player  Support

     

    Time Machine: ℹ️

      Mobile backups: OFF

      Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off

      Volumes being backed up:

      Destinations:

      My Passport for Mac [Local]

      Total size: 1.00 TB

      Total number of backups: 0

      Oldest backup: -

      Last backup: -

      Size of backup disk: Excellent

      Backup size 1.00 TB > (Disk size 0 B X 3)

     

    Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

          14% WindowServer

          12% mds

          5% Airmail 2

          1% Dropbox

          1% Google Chrome

     

    Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

      462 MB Airmail 2

      180 MB Google Chrome

      155 MB softwareupdated

      146 MB Microsoft Word

      129 MB Finder

     

    Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

      910 MB Free RAM

      4.63 GB Active RAM

      1.29 GB Inactive RAM

      1.07 GB Wired RAM

      8.62 GB Page-ins

      53 KB Page-outs

     

  • by Lexiepex,

    Lexiepex Lexiepex Nov 25, 2014 10:58 AM in response to BleedingBlue10
    Level 6 (10,497 points)
    Mac OS X
    Nov 25, 2014 10:58 AM in response to BleedingBlue10

    1. Can you tell me a bit more about the external disks: one WD of 2TB, used for what?

    What is the 1TB disk MyPassport with 0 backups that is mentioned in TimeMachine?

    2. I agree with Michel about Google apps.

    Why not take Google drive out of the SystemPreferences->Users&Groups->LoginItems (with the minus sign underneath).

    Really Quit Chrome (from the menu).

    Then restart and do not use them for a day or so?

    3. Update Flashplayer

    4. Airmail uses a considerable amount of resources. If #2 does not lessen the issue, could you also stop using Airmail for a day?

    Lex

  • by BleedingBlue10,

    BleedingBlue10 BleedingBlue10 Dec 2, 2014 9:48 AM in response to Lexiepex
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Dec 2, 2014 9:48 AM in response to Lexiepex

    Seems to be the resources that airmail is using thats slowing it down. Is there any way to decrease the amount of resources it uses?

  • by Lexiepex,

    Lexiepex Lexiepex Dec 2, 2014 10:07 AM in response to BleedingBlue10
    Level 6 (10,497 points)
    Mac OS X
    Dec 2, 2014 10:07 AM in response to BleedingBlue10

    It would be helpful when you answered questions asked.

    And tell us what you did or did not do, and what the result is of that.

    Lex

  • by BleedingBlue10,

    BleedingBlue10 BleedingBlue10 Dec 2, 2014 10:24 AM in response to Lexiepex
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Dec 2, 2014 10:24 AM in response to Lexiepex

    Sorry!

    1. I use both of those for local file storage of large files I don't want to store on my comp and aren't all that important (movies etc)
    2. Took out Google Drive and did what you suggested
    3. updated flashplayer
    4. So I first stopped using chrome and Airmail for a few days and didn't have the lag. I then switched back to using chrome but continued to not use Airmail and the lag still didn't reappear. It was only after using Airmail again for a bit that I started to see the issue again and a quick search showed that others are finding Airmail 2 to use a ton of CPU's
  • by Lexiepex,

    Lexiepex Lexiepex Dec 2, 2014 11:23 AM in response to BleedingBlue10
    Level 6 (10,497 points)
    Mac OS X
    Dec 2, 2014 11:23 AM in response to BleedingBlue10

    As expected by me and by you:

    1, 2, OK

    3. Chrome is a resource hug, and unsafe, but fast. I would uninstall it, and instead use Firefox: fast and safe; if you want to be different use Opera: fast and safe.

    4. Yes Airmail. Can you uninstall it and use Mail?

    Lex

  • by Psalm57,

    Psalm57 Psalm57 Oct 3, 2015 9:08 PM in response to BleedingBlue10
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Oct 3, 2015 9:08 PM in response to BleedingBlue10

    All possible useless reply by Apple fanatics, but the only one that is obvious is not mentioned: Yosemite IS HEAVY! I don't need nor want Appleware other than the OS itself which is a polished BSD. I went back to ML and now my mac is "flying". I advise you to do the same if you have no need for appleware other than the OS.

     

    Apple boy solutions: Do this, do that, or possibly this, maybe that or uninstall this or that, but the heaviness of the OS is never considered.

     

    I'm using AIRMAIL and CHROME and ALL possible 3rd party softwares, like Vox for music... running like a jet with ML! Now, if I boot into Yoyomite which is installed in a different partition all tartarus breaks loose.

  • by MichelPM,

    MichelPM MichelPM Oct 3, 2015 9:51 PM in response to Psalm57
    Level 6 (13,905 points)
    iPad
    Oct 3, 2015 9:51 PM in response to Psalm57

    Nothing like responding with useless advice and claims to a nearly year old posting!

    Thanks for playing!

    Way to go, there! Really!...

    Proud of ya!

     

  • by Psalm57,

    Psalm57 Psalm57 Oct 3, 2015 10:21 PM in response to MichelPM
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Oct 3, 2015 10:21 PM in response to MichelPM

    Thank you... but true nevertheless.

     

    Apple creates soft that offers little improvement and it is way  too heavy for 3 years old machines basically forcing people to buy new hardware every 2 or 3 years. Same goes to the iPhone and iPad platforms.

     

    But thanks again, I'm glad you liked!

     

    I miss Jobs....