skinniman
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Q: How to speed up my impossibly slow MBP

Late 11 MBP, 4gigs ram, 250 gigs free on the hard drive.  It has recently been sluggish to the point of being unusable.

 

Using the internet has become so slow I've been just resorting to my phone for a most things, (I HATE using phones).  YouTube takes like a minute just to play a video.  Merely scrolling down a page is on a 5-10 second delay.

 

I can no longer use my music composing/recording programs at all. Sessions created on this MBP now play back slow and choppy.  This is especially frustrating to me due to the fact that this is the main reason I bought it.

 

I know I could get more ram, or make other hardware improvements, but the $ is not there and I just want it to work close to like it did with the same specs. 

 

The only thing that may or may not be a clue (I know at the very least that it's some kind of issue) is when I restart or shut down a window appears asking if I want to continue the installation of some program I can't figure out.

 

Virus, maybe?  Malware?20160820_085113.jpg

 

Anyways, any help or advice will be greatly appreciated or this thing is soon to become a $1500 table stabilizer.

 

Thanks in advance.

MacBook Pro (15-inch Late 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Aug 26, 2016 10:45 PM

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  • by skinniman,

    skinniman skinniman Sep 3, 2016 5:55 PM in response to Allan Jones
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    Sep 3, 2016 5:55 PM in response to Allan Jones

    Just uninstalled TuneUp and Crossover through AppZapper, was that all I needed to do?

     

    I'll read the link you sent regarding the host file this evening.

     

    Thanks a bunch.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Sep 3, 2016 6:06 PM in response to skinniman
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    Sep 3, 2016 6:06 PM in response to skinniman

    AppZapper is not reliable, run another report and post it

  • by skinniman,

    skinniman skinniman Sep 3, 2016 11:39 PM in response to Csound1
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    Sep 3, 2016 11:39 PM in response to Csound1

    Latest Etrecheck report after crossover/tuneup uninstall.

    EtreCheck version: 3.0.3 (307)

    Report generated 2016-09-03 23:36:18

    Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

    Runtime 9:48

    Performance: Below Average

     

    Click the [Support] links for help with non-Apple products.

    Click the [Details] links for more information about that line.

     

    Problem: Computer is too slow

     

    Hardware Information: ⓘ

        MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011)

        [Technical Specifications] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]

        MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2

        1 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core

        4 GB RAM

            BANK 0/DIMM0

                2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok

            BANK 1/DIMM0

                2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok

        Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported

        Wireless:  en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n

     

    Video Information: ⓘ

        AMD Radeon HD 6750M - VRAM: 512 MB

            Color LCD 1440 x 900

        Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB

     

    System Software: ⓘ

        OS X Lion 10.7.5 (11G63b) - Time since boot: about 5 hours

     

    Disk Information: ⓘ

        TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB) (Rotational)

            disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

            Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 499.25 GB (221.77 GB free)

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

     

        MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8   ()

     

    USB Information: ⓘ

        Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

        Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub

            Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

        Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

        Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

     

    Thunderbolt Information: ⓘ

        Apple, Inc. MacBook Pro

     

    Configuration files: ⓘ

        /etc/hosts - Count: 30

     

    Kernel Extensions: ⓘ

            /Applications/Toast Titanium.app

        [not loaded]    com.roxio.BluRaySupport (1.1.6 - 2015-11-09) [Support]

     

            /System/Library/Extensions

        [not loaded]    com.IKMultimedia.driver.StompIO1 (1.0.0 - 2015-11-27) [Support]

        [not loaded]    com.ikmultimedia.driver.StealthPedal (1.0.0 - 2015-11-27) [Support]

        [not loaded]    com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.master (5.8 - 2015-11-27) [Support]

     

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

        [not loaded]    com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.leopard (5.8 - SDK 10.4 - 2011-07-07) [Support]

        [not loaded]    com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.panther (5.8 - SDK 10.-1 - 2011-07-07) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard (5.8 - SDK 10.6 - 2011-07-07) [Support]

        [not loaded]    com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.tiger (5.8 - SDK 10.4 - 2011-07-07) [Support]

     

            ~/Library/Services/ToastIt.service/Contents/MacOS

        [not loaded]    com.roxio.TDIXController (2.0 - 2013-01-06) [Support]

     

    Startup Items: ⓘ

        PACESupport: Path: /Library/StartupItems/PACESupport

        PenTabletDriver: Path: /Library/StartupItems/PenTabletDriver

        Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite

     

    System Launch Agents: ⓘ

        [not loaded]    6 Apple tasks

        [loaded]    116 Apple tasks

        [running]    11 Apple tasks

     

    System Launch Daemons: ⓘ

        [not loaded]    65 Apple tasks

        [loaded]    125 Apple tasks

        [running]    36 Apple tasks

     

    Launch Agents: ⓘ

        [not loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (2014-04-22) [Support]

     

    Launch Daemons: ⓘ

        [loaded]    PACESupport.plist (2011-07-07) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist (2014-04-22) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (2016-06-28) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.apple.aelwriter.plist (2012-06-05)

        [running]    com.apple.qmaster.qmasterd.plist (2010-08-25)

        [loaded]    com.apple.remotepairtool.plist (2012-02-21)

        [running]    com.fitbit.galileod.plist (2013-10-22) [Support]

        [running]    com.paceap.eden.licensed.plist (2012-05-17) [Support]

     

    User Launch Agents: ⓘ

        [loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (2014-04-22) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist (2016-08-04) [Support]

     

    User Login Items: ⓘ

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

        Android File Transfer Agent    Application Hidden (~/Library/Application Support/Google/Android File Transfer/Android File Transfer Agent.app)

        Dropbox    Application Hidden (/Applications/Dropbox.app)

        PenTabletDriver    Application  (/Library/StartupItems/PenTabletDriver/PenTabletDriver.app)

        Fitbit Connect Menubar Helper    Application Hidden (/Applications/Fitbit Connect.app/Contents/MacOS/Fitbit Connect Menubar Helper.app)

     

    Internet Plug-ins: ⓘ

        Silverlight: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 (2013-01-09) [Support]

        FlashPlayer-10.6: 22.0.0.209 - SDK 10.9 (2016-08-05) [Support]

        Flash Player: 22.0.0.209 - SDK 10.9 (2016-08-05) [Support]

        QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.1 (2014-11-16)

        JavaAppletPlugin: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 (2012-02-21) Check version

     

    Safari Extensions: ⓘ

        None

     

    Audio Plug-ins: ⓘ

        DVCPROHDAudio: 1.3.2 (2012-07-14)

        JackRouter: JackRouter (2011-04-13) [Support]

     

    3rd Party Preference Panes: ⓘ

        Flash Player (2016-06-28) [Support]

     

    Time Machine: ⓘ

        Time Machine information requires OS X 10.8 "Mountain Lion" or later.

     

    Top Processes by CPU: ⓘ

            28%    galileod

             3%    WindowServer

             2%    Safari

             1%    WebProcess

             0%    Dropbox

     

    Top Processes by Memory: ⓘ

        147 MB    Dropbox

        111 MB    WebProcess

        86 MB    Safari

        49 MB    Finder

        49 MB    mds

     

    Virtual Memory Information: ⓘ

        1.96 GB    Free RAM

        2.03 GB    Used RAM

        0 B    Swap Used

     

    Diagnostics Information: ⓘ

        Sep 3, 2016, 06:05:12 PM    Self test - passed

        Sep 1, 2016, 07:08:11 AM    ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/quicklookd_2016-09-01-070811_[redacted].crash

            com.apple.QuickLookDaemon - /System/Library/Frameworks/QuickLook.framework/Resources/quicklookd.app/Content s/MacOS/quicklookd

     

     

     

    BTW what is the reliable way to uninstall with mac if app zapper isn't?

  • by OGELTHORPE,Helpful

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE Sep 4, 2016 4:30 PM in response to skinniman
    Level 9 (52,040 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 4, 2016 4:30 PM in response to skinniman

    skinniman wrote:

     

    I've never consciously installed this, how do I go about deleting it?  All I know how to do is look in applications and it's not there.

    Follow this sequence:

     

    /System/Library/Extensions/PACESupportFamily.kext

     

    Ciao.

  • by skinniman,

    skinniman skinniman Sep 4, 2016 4:33 PM in response to OGELTHORPE
    Level 1 (8 points)
    Notebooks
    Sep 4, 2016 4:33 PM in response to OGELTHORPE

    Thank you for the reply, but is it something as simple as just trashing that file only?  Nothing anywhere else?

  • by John Galt,

    John Galt John Galt Sep 5, 2016 10:44 AM in response to skinniman
    Level 8 (48,395 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 5, 2016 10:44 AM in response to skinniman

    You wrote that you read the link Allan Jones provided, but that Mac's Hosts file still appears to be modified.

     

    BTW what is the reliable way to uninstall with mac if app zapper isn't?

     

    Please read OS X El Capitan: Install, update, and uninstall apps. Although it is written for the current OS X version, it remains applicable to earlier versions.

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