Safari running VERY slow.

Do this and come back and paste the results

Tune up your Mac here

Etresoft is safe, he's a regular here at Level 7. You can allow it to install past Gatekeeper (system preferences >security> downloads to anywhere for now)

Uninstall the anti-malware for now and reboot, it's really not needed as Apple has installed one in OS X 10.6.8 and above. They make changes that conflict with restrictive anti-malware.

Security Steps and Behavior

Run the #12 OnyX cache cleaning routine here, it will take some time to complete, this usually does the trick for Safari slow issues.

OnyX is safe, so you can allow it to install past Gatekeeper (system preferences >security> downloads to anywhere for now)

Step by Step to fix your Mac

Read here to eliminate other network issues

Diagnosing network issues

Also mention your download speed as advertised by your ISP, 2-5 seconds is really slow. Safari for me on 25 Mb/s is 1.5-2 seconds and 1 second on tweaked Firefox.

Should give a excellent picture of your situation and we can recommend a course of action. 🙂

In OS X 10.8 Apple installed what Windows also uses, signed software that the developer is on record with Apple.

So on 10.8 it might not install at all unless Gatekeeper is temporarily turned off, but you can turn it back on once the software is installed.

If you’re sure the app is safe, you can manually override Gatekeeper by Control-clicking the app and choosing to open it.

https://www.apple.com/osx/what-is/security.html

I haven't checked if Etresoft or OnyX is signed or not as I'm on 10.6, so it might just install without Gatekeeper saying a thing.

I've used both and they work as expected, OnyX I've used since OS X 10.2 or so, it's got a solid reputation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OnyX

I won't steer you wrong, I've been with Apple on record for over a decade, actually over 2 decades, jesus I old. 😁

Her Poodle wrote:

I don't want to rely on a third-party program.

Well your already relying upon a third party software and it's likely screwing up your machine like many anti-malware does to Mac's.

OnyX is the safest way to complete a LOT of scary and complicated Terminal commands that clean out all the system etc., caches and let them rebuild.

Corrupt caches are a big problem with slowdown issues in Safari.

So are you onboard?

Her Poodle wrote:

I just wanna figure out why it's slow. And how to make it fast again.

We don't know at this point, all we can do is throw some things at it and have it speak something back and give us a clue what it is. Software is complicated.

If you rather have a local PC/Mac tech come to your house then opt for that, but that's going to be expensive, why this forum is here and monitored by Apple.

Never mind, you hire someone to come to your home and assist you.

We can only assist those who can assist themselves.

Have a good day, I'm going to take in a movie. 🙂

Double click on the process.txt file in your home folder

It will open up in Text Edit, then from the Edit Menu, Select all and copy, then click in a post here and paste.

Sorry, it's getting late and I'm tired, so perhaps we can pick this up tommorow. 🙂

If safari is running slow then first you should try to reset safari. To do this you click safari on the top left of your screen then click reset, but you don't need to reset the history. If this does not work than simply restart your computer.

Hardware Information:

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro10,2

1 2.6 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores

8 GB RAM

Video Information:

Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 768 MB

System Software:

OS X 10.8.3 (12D78) - Uptime: 0 days 11:17

Disk Information:

APPLE SSD SM256E disk0 : (251 GB)

disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

disk0s2 (disk0s2) <not mounted>: 250.14 GB

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

USB Information:

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

FireWire Information:

Kernel Extensions:

com.trusteer.driver.gakl_driver_2 Version: 1

Problem System Launch Daemons:

Problem System Launch Agents:

[failed] com.apple.mrt.uiagent.plist

Launch Daemons:

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist

[loaded] com.motive.systemDaemon.plist

[loaded] com.trusteer.rooks.rooksd.plist

Launch Agents:

[loaded] com.motive.userAgent.plist

[loaded] com.trusteer.rapport.rapportd.plist

User Launch Agents:

[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.202f4087f2bbde52e3ac2df389f53a4f123223c9cc56a8fd83a6f7ae.plist

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

User Login Items:

iTunesHelper

Safari

Dropbox

AdobeResourceSynchronizer

3rd Party Preference Panes:

Flash Player

Rapport

Internet Plug-ins:

AdobePDFViewer.plugin

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin

Flash Player.plugin

FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin

JavaAppletPlugin.plugin

npMotive.plugin

QuickTime Plugin.plugin

User Internet Plug-ins:

Bad Fonts:

None

Top Processes by CPU:

11% usbmuxd

4% Dock

3% AppleMobileBackup

2% WindowServer

1% EtreCheck

1% fontd

0% Finder

0% filecoordinationd

0% iTunes

0% coreservicesd

Top Processes by Memory:

213 MB iTunes

164 MB WindowServer

123 MB node

123 MB rapportd

74 MB mds

74 MB Finder

74 MB Dropbox

66 MB Dock

57 MB NotificationCenter

41 MB System

am I all good?

I have Webroot SecureAnywhere

Back up all data, then uninstall that useless crapware according to the developer's instructions. Reboot and see whether there's any improvement.