Q: Macbook Pro (mid-2012) is running very slow. EtreCheck says insufficient RAM but Activity Monitor says RAM is fine.
It happens in just about any application (mostly Chrome, but also iMovie, TextEdit, Messenger, Finder, etc.). It'll work fine for 30-60 seconds and then give the spinning beach ball for 30 seconds, then work again then beach ball again.
EtreCheck version: 3.0.3 (307)
Report generated 2016-09-15 20:31:59
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Runtime 76:03
Performance: Poor
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Problem: Beachballing
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)
[Technical Specifications] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM Upgradeable - [Instructions]
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 1091
Intel HD Graphics 4000
Color LCD 1280 x 800
OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 (15G1004) - Time since boot: about 2 days
TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB) (Rotational)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 499.25 GB (421.85 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS31N disk1 : (8.42 GB) ()
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Mac App Store and identified developers
/Library/Extensions
[loaded] com.Apowersoft.driver.AudioDevice (1.6.7 - SDK 10.11 - 2016-09-13) [Support]
[not loaded] 7 Apple tasks
[loaded] 155 Apple tasks
[running] 68 Apple tasks
[killed] 8 Apple tasks
8 processes killed due to insufficient RAM
[not loaded] 48 Apple tasks
[loaded] 158 Apple tasks
[running] 73 Apple tasks
[killed] 12 Apple tasks
12 processes killed due to insufficient RAM
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (2016-07-11) [Support]
Default Browser: 601 - SDK 10.11 (2016-07-18)
QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (2016-07-18)
None
Time Machine not configured!
7% top
3% iMovie
1% kernel_task
1% Google Chrome
0% Dropbox
1.30 GB Google Chrome Helper(13)
516 MB kernel_task
193 MB iMovie
172 MB Google Chrome
123 MB mdworker(9)
33 MB Free RAM
3.96 GB Used RAM (741 MB Cached)
4 MB Swap Used
Sep 13, 2016, 11:12:00 PM Self test - passed
Sep 13, 2016, 09:18:53 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/suggestd_2016-09-13-211853_[redacted].crash
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreSuggestions.framework/Versions/A/Support/ suggestd
MacBook Pro
Posted on Sep 15, 2016 9:36 PM