My Mac is running super slow. It is over 5 years old but we cannot replace right now and need it for school. I did the EtreCheck and have a report but I am not techie. I would greatly appreciate any help from someone who is techie. Thank you in advance.
iMac, 10.13
If you don't feel like investing that much into a 10 year old Mac, you might consider replacing it with a new one.
EtreCheck version: 5.1 (5020)
Report generated: 2019-02-06 12:07:18
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Runtime: 5:28
Performance: Below Average
Sandbox: Enabled
Full drive access: Disabled
Problem: Computer is too slow
Description:
Running like old school dial up and getting worse.
Major Issue:
Anything that appears on this list needs immediate attention.
Obsolete hardware - This machine may be considered obsolete.
Minor Issues:
These issues do not need immediate attention but they may indicate future problems.
Upgradeable RAM - This machine has upgradeable RAM that would help its performance.
Out of RAM - This machine is running short on RAM and has a mechanical hard drive, reducing the speed of the virtual memory system.
Low performance - EtreCheck report took over 5 minutes to run. This is unusual.
32-bit Apps - This machine has 32-bits apps that may have problems in the future.
Limited drive access - More information may be available with Full Drive Access.
Hardware Information:
iMac (2009) - Obsolete!
iMac Model: iMac10,1
1 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (Duo) CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM - Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0 - Empty
BANK 1/DIMM0 - Empty
BANK 0/DIMM1 - 2 GB DDR3 1067 ok
BANK 1/DIMM1 - 2 GB DDR3 1067 ok
Video Information:
NVIDIA GeForce 9400 - VRAM: 256 MB
iMac 1920 x 1080
Drives:
disk0 - ST3500418ASQ 500.11 GB (Mechanical - 7200 RPM)
Internal SATA 3 Gigabit Serial ATA
disk0s1 - EFI (MS-DOS FAT32) [EFI] 210 MB
disk0s2 - Macintosh HD (Journaled HFS+) 499.25 GB (446.26 GB used)
disk0s3 - Recovery HD (Journaled HFS+) [Recovery] 650 MB
Mounted Volumes:
disk0s2 - Macintosh HD 499.25 GB (52.73 GB free)
Journaled HFS+
Mount point: /
Network:
Interface en4: iPad
Interface en3: iPhone
Interface en1: Wi-Fi
802.11 a/b/g/n
Interface en2: Bluetooth PAN
System Software:
macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 (17G4015)
Time since boot: About 50 days
Security:
GatekeeperEnabled
System Integrity ProtectionEnabled
32-bit Applications:
One 32-bit app
System Launch Agents:
[Not Loaded] 17 Apple tasks
[Loaded] 161 Apple tasks
[Running] 55 Apple tasks
[Killed] 61 Apple tasks
System Launch Daemons:
[Not Loaded] 36 Apple tasks
[Loaded] 180 Apple tasks
[Running] 73 Apple tasks
[Killed] 48 Apple tasks
Launch Daemons:
[Loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac4.Agent.plist (MacPaw Inc. - installed 2018-10-05)
[Not Loaded] com.apple.installer.osmessagetracing.plist (Apple - installed 2018-11-27)
User Launch Agents:
[Running] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac4.HealthMonitor.plist (MacPaw Inc. - installed 2018-12-16)
[Loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac4.Updater.plist (MacPaw Inc. - installed 2018-11-05)
User Login Items:
PhotoStreamAgent (App Store - installed 2016-11-20)
(/Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/PhotoStreamAgent.app)
Internet Plug-ins:
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: 11.0.14 (installed 2016-11-20)
Silverlight: 5.1.30317.0 (installed 2016-11-20)
QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (installed 2018-12-17)
AdobePDFViewer: 11.0.14 (installed 2016-11-20)
Time Machine:
Time Machine information not available without Full Drive Access.
Performance:
System Load: 2.32 (1 min ago) 2.04 (5 min ago) 1.70 (15 min ago)
Nominal I/O speed: 0.03 MB/s
File system: 112.80 seconds
Write speed: 65 MB/s
Read speed: 87 MB/s
CPU Usage:
Type Overall
System 6 %
User 7 %
Idle 87 %
Top Processes by CPU:
Process (count) CPU (Source - Location)
Other processes 15.47 % (?)
EtreCheck 8.36 % (App Store)
deleted 0.39 % (Apple)
CleanMyMac X HealthMonitor 0.31 % (? - ~/Library/Application Support/CleanMyMac X/CleanMyMac X HealthMonitor.app)
UserEventAgent 0.19 % (Apple)
Top Processes by Memory:
Process (count) RAM usage (Source - Location)
EtreCheck 424 MB (App Store)
Safari 120 MB (Apple)
com.apple.WebKit.WebContent 106 MB (Apple)
AppleSpell 98 MB (Apple)
Pages 95 MB (App Store)
Top Processes by Network Use:
Process Input / Output (Source - Location)
mDNSResponder 23 MB / 5 MB (Apple)
netbiosd 835 KB / 502 KB (Apple)
apsd 5 KB / 11 KB (Apple)
SystemUIServer 0 B / 7 KB (Apple)
kernel_task 790 B / 645 B (Apple)
Virtual Memory Information:
Available RAM 957 MB
Free RAM 15 MB
Used RAM 3.07 GB
Cached files 942 MB
Swap Used 155 MB
Software Installs (past 30 days):
Install Date Name (Version)
2019-01-22 Gatekeeper Configuration Data (160)
2019-01-27 iTunes (12.8.2)
2019-01-29 Safari (12.0.3)
2019-02-06 EtreCheck (5.1)
Diagnostics Information (past 7 days):
Directory /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports is not accessible without Full Drive Access.
End of report
Thank you all for the advice. I am trying to hold out until end of year by that may not be possible. I appreciate your time and advice. Have a great day.
Uninstall CleanMyMac.
Upgrade RAM
You are out of disk space.
Change out old hard drive for an SSD.
Super slow mac
