Spinning Beach Balls, Slow, slow, slow, locks up every day

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Spinning Beach Balls, Slow, slow, slow, locks up every day

is my macbook nearing the end of its life? is there some sort of tune up that can be done? it was suggested on a forum to run a etrecheck which i did and i will post the results below. wasn't sure where to post them. here there are, if any of you smart people can help me or give me some advice i would appreciate it!

Hardware Information:

MacBook (13-inch Late 2007)

MacBook - model: MacBook3,1

1 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores

1 GB RAM

Video Information:

GMA X3100 - VRAM: 144 MB

Startup Items:

HP IO - Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP IO

System Software:

Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549) - Uptime: 9 days 3:53:19

Disk Information:

TOSHIBA MK1655GSXF disk0 : (149.05 GB)

(null) (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 200 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 148.73 GB (10.69 GB free)

USB Information:

Micron Built-in iSight

Apple Computer Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

FireWire Information:

Thunderbolt Information:

Kernel Extensions:

com.symantec.kext.internetSecurity (1.3.2f5)

com.symantec.kext.ips (3.2f8)

com.symantec.kext.pf (4.2.1f7)

com.symantec.kext.SymAPComm (11.2.2f3)

com.symantec.kext.fw (1.0.3f5)

Problem System Launch Daemons:

[failed] com.apple.suhelperd.plist

[not loaded] org.samba.winbindd.plist

Problem System Launch Agents:

[failed] com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist

Launch Daemons:

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist

[loaded] com.symantec.avscandaemon.plist

[loaded] com.symantec.deepsight-extractor.plist

[loaded] com.symantec.diskMountNotify.plist

[loaded] com.symantec.MissedTasks.plist

[loaded] com.symantec.navapd.plist

[loaded] com.symantec.navapdaemonsl.plist

[loaded] com.symantec.Sched503-1.plist

[loaded] com.symantec.sharedsettings.plist

[loaded] com.symantec.symdaemon.plist

[loaded] com.symantec.symSchedDaemon.plist

Launch Agents:

[loaded] com.flipvideo.FlipShare.AutoRun.plist

[loaded] com.symantec.uiagent.application.plist

User Launch Agents:

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

[loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist

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

User Login Items:

iTunesHelper

NikePlusUtil

Dropbox

HP Scheduler

SymSecondaryLaunch

3rd Party Preference Panes:

3ivx MPEG-4

Flash Player

Flip4Mac WMV

Norton\nQuickMenu

Internet Plug-ins:

AdobePDFViewer.plugin

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin

CouponPrinter-FireFox_v2.plugin

DirectorShockwave.plugin

Flash Player.plugin

FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin

Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin

Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin

iPhotoPhotocast.plugin

JavaAppletPlugin.plugin

QuickTime Plugin.plugin

Silverlight.plugin

ToontownBundleManager.plugin

User Internet Plug-ins:

Move_Media_Player.plugin

Bad Fonts:

None

Time Machine:

Information not available

Top Processes by CPU:

3% WindowServer

3% EtreCheck

1% ps

0% NortonAutoProtect

0% fontd

0% NikePlusUtil

0% blued

Top Processes by Memory:

93 MB Mail

50 MB Google Chrome

39 MB Google Chrome Helper

29 MB mds

20 MB NortonAutoProtect

19 MB WindowServer

18 MB Dropbox

17 MB EtreCheck

16 MB Finder

14 MB mdworker

Virtual Memory Statistics:

24 MB Free RAM

494 MB Active RAM

227 MB Inactive RAM

277 MB Wired RAM

8.21 GB Page-ins

3.20 GB Page-outs

MacBook (13-inch Late 2007), Mac OS X (10.6.8), EtreCheck

Posted on Nov 25, 2013 6:22 PM

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John Galt

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Nov 25, 2013 6:41 PM in response to caragab

Remove any and all Norton / Symantec garbage according to its instructions. Once you verify that all its remnants are completely eradicated from your Mac, reevaluate its performance.

This page may be applicable but be sure to use whatever instructions apply to the product you installed: Removing Symantec programs for Macintosh by using the RemoveSymantecMacFiles removal utility

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Answer 2

Nov 25, 2013 7:29 PM in response to caragab

I have no experience with Norton AV for Mac, so I'll leave that to John ;-)

I did notice you have very little free memory, and your HD is almost full.Freeing up an additional 20GB or so of disk space and adding more memory could go a long way. 2GB of memory would be much better than what you have. If you can afford it, max out the memory (I believe your macbook will support 4 GB total).

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caragab Author

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Nov 25, 2013 8:12 PM in response to John Galt

thanks - i uninstalled all the norton/symantec and things are already better.

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caragab Author

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Nov 25, 2013 8:13 PM in response to Jeff Kelleher

thanks. considering memory upgrade. on the one hand i would love a new macbook but it seems wasteful to just ditch this old girl if i could spend $50 and get another a year or so out of her.

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John Galt

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Nov 25, 2013 8:35 PM in response to caragab

Good. A Mac with only 1 GB RAM will easily be pushed to its limits of performance, and Norton will bring any Mac to its knees. Google Chrome is another notorious resource hog that runs poorly on even newer Macs.

Installing more memory is almost always beneficial, and is the most effective way of extending a Mac's economic life. You MacBook can actually address as much as 6 GB though 4 GB will certainly be sufficient. Purchase memory from a vendor known to supply RAM that meets Apple's stringent specifications. At present there are only two I have used and can recommend: Crucial and OWC / MacSales.

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