Q: Why is my iMac running slow……??

Hardware Information:

          iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012)

          iMac - model: iMac13,1

          1 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 4 cores

          8 GB RAM

Video Information:

          NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M - VRAM: 512 MB

Audio Plug-ins:

          AirPlay: Version: 1.7

          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.1

System Software:

          OS X 10.8.5 (12F45) - Uptime: 0 days 0:14:5

Disk Information:

          APPLE HDD ST1000LM024 disk0 : (1 TB)

                    disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 999.35 GB (544.74 GB free)

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

USB Information:

          Seagate Backup+ Desk 3 TB

                    disk5s1 (disk5s1) <not mounted>: 262 KB

                    Seagate Backup Plus Drive (disk5s3) /Volumes/Seagate Backup Plus Drive: 3 TB (1.42 TB free)

          Focusrite A.E. Ltd Impulse

          Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

          Western Digital Ext HDD 1021 2 TB

                    Elements (disk4s1) /Volumes/Elements 1: 2 TB (21.58 GB free)

          Western Digital  External HDD     1 TB

                    Elements (disk3s1) /Volumes/Elements: 1 TB (169.22 GB free)

          Maxtor Corporation Maxtor 3200 320.07 GB

                    BASSLINE Local Disk (disk2s1) /Volumes/BASSLINE Local Disk: 320.07 GB (145.96 GB free)

          Lexmark  2400 Series

          SanDisk Cruzer Edge

          Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

FireWire Information:

          Focusrite SAFFIRE_PRO_24 400mbit - 400mbit max

Thunderbolt Information:

          Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

                    Apple Inc. Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter

Kernel Extensions:

          com.seagate.driver.PowSecDriverCore          (5.2.3)

          com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_5          (5.2.3)

          com.Greatdy.driver.SystemAudioCapture          (1.0.0)

          tc.tctechnologies.driver.PaeFireStudio          (4.0.0

          tc.tctechnologies.driver.Saffire          (4.1.2

          com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower          (1.6.6)

          com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard          (5.9.1)

Problem System Launch Daemons:

          [loaded] com.seagate.TBDecorator.plist

Problem System Launch Agents:

Launch Daemons:

          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist

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

          [loaded] com.paceap.eden.licensed.plist

          [loaded] PACESupport.plist

          [loaded] tc.tctechnologies.PaeFireStudio.plist

          [loaded] tc.tctechnologies.Saffire.plist

Launch Agents:

          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist

          [loaded] com.nike.nikeplusconnect.plist

User Launch Agents:

          [loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist

          [loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist

User Login Items:

          MyDriveConnect

          iTunesHelper

          MyTomTomSA

          Dropbox

          Launch Nikon Message Center 2

          TomTomHOMERunner

          NIHardwareAgent

3rd Party Preference Panes:

          Flash Player

          FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE)

          Native Instruments USB Audio

Internet Plug-ins:

          AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin101749.plugin

          Flash Player.plugin

          FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin

          JavaAppletPlugin.plugin

          QuickTime Plugin.plugin

          SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin

User Internet Plug-ins:

          Aspera Web 3.1.0.67054.plugin

Bad Fonts:

          None

Time Machine:

          Skip System Files: NO

          Mobile backups: OFF

          Auto backup: YES

          Volumes being backed up:

                    Macintosh HD: Disk size: 999.35 GB Disk used: 454.61 GB

          Destinations:

                    Seagate Backup Plus Drive [Local] (Last used)

                    Total size: 3 TB

                    Total number of backups: 81

                    Oldest backup: 2013-02-25 11:58:52 +0000

                    Last backup: 2013-11-07 16:57:40 +0000

                    Size of backup disk: Excellent

                              Backup size 3 TB > (Disk size 999.35 GB X 3)

Top Processes by CPU:

               1%          EtreCheck

               1%          WindowServer

               0%          Activity Monitor

               0%          activitymonitord

               0%          fontd

               0%          MyDriveConnect

               0%          Dropbox

               0%          imagent

Top Processes by Memory:

          180 MB             Safari

          147 MB             WebProcess

          115 MB             Dropbox

          106 MB             mds

          74 MB              Finder

          74 MB              WindowServer

          49 MB              Dock

          41 MB              com.apple.dock.extra

          33 MB              coreservicesd

          25 MB              licenseDaemon

Virtual Memory Statistics:

          5.44 GB            Free RAM

          1.22 GB            Active RAM

          286 MB             Inactive RAM

          1.05 GB            Wired RAM

          321 MB             Page-ins

          0 B                Page-outs