Q: Macbook suddenly started running very slow.

Hey Lex, thanks. I uninstalled CMM as directed and here's the new Etre report:

Hardware Information:

    MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008)

    MacBook - model: MacBook5,1

    1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores

    8 GB RAM

Video Information:

    NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB

System Software:

    OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 0 days 0:2:10

Disk Information:

    HGST HTS721010A9E630 disk0 : (1 TB)

        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 999.35 GB (582.59 GB free)

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

    OPTIARC  DVD RW AD-5960S 

USB Information:

    Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

    Western Digital  External HDD     500.11 GB

        EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

        Passport A (disk1s2) /Volumes/Passport A: 450 GB (247.43 GB free)

        Passport B (disk1s3) /Volumes/Passport B: 49.63 GB (30.75 GB free)

    Dell Dell USB Keyboard Hub

        Dell Dell USB Keyboard

    Logitech USB Receiver

    Apple, Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

    Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub

        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

FireWire Information:

Thunderbolt Information:

Kernel Extensions:

    com.Logitech.Control Center.HID Driver    (3.7.0 - SDK 10.6)

    jp.plentycom.driver.SteerMouse    (4.1.6 - SDK 10.6)

    com.cyberic.SmoothMouse    (9 - SDK 10.8)

Problem System Launch Daemons:

Problem System Launch Agents:

Launch Daemons:

    [System]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [System]    com.backblaze.bzserv.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [System]    com.google.keystone.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [System]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [invalid]    com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist

    [System]    com.vmware.launchd.vmware.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [System]    org.gpgtools.gpgmail.patch-uuid.plist 3rd-Party support link

Launch Agents:

    [System]    com.brother.LOGINserver.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [System]    com.citrix.AuthManager_Mac.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [System]    com.citrix.ReceiverHelper.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [System]    com.citrix.ServiceRecords.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [System]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [System]    com.Logitech.Control Center.Daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [invalid]    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist

    [System]    com.rosettastone.rosettastonedaemon.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [System]    org.gpgtools.gpgmail.enable-bundles.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [System]    org.gpgtools.gpgmail.patch-uuid-user.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [System]    org.gpgtools.Libmacgpg.xpc.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [System]    org.gpgtools.macgpg2.fix.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [System]    org.gpgtools.macgpg2.gpg-agent.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [System]    org.gpgtools.macgpg2.updater.plist 3rd-Party support link

User Launch Agents:

    [not loaded]    com.backblaze.bzbmenu.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [not loaded]    com.cyberic.smoothmouse.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [not loaded]    com.cyberic.smoothmouseupdater.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [not loaded]    com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.diskSpaceWatcher.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [not loaded]    com.spotify.webhelper.plist 3rd-Party support link

User Login Items:

    None

Internet Plug-ins:

    o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.1.4.17398 3rd-Party support link

    Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9

    Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.4.4.2 3rd-Party support link

    KaplanNetscapePlugIn: Version: 1.0 3rd-Party support link

    OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.0 3rd-Party support link

    RealPlayer Plugin: Version: (null) 3rd-Party support link

    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.44 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

    Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20513.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

    Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.44 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

    iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0

    CitrixICAClientPlugIn: Version: 11.7.0 - SDK 10.7 3rd-Party support link

    npgtpo3dautoplugin: Version: 0.1.44.29 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 9.5.5 3rd-Party support link

    GarminGpsControl: Version: 4.0.4.0 Release - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

    googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.1.4.17398 3rd-Party support link

    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

    SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

    WebClient: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.7 3rd-Party support link

Audio Plug-ins:

    BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9

    AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9

    AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9

    iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9

User Internet Plug-ins:

    Picasa: Version: 1.0 3rd-Party support link

    Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 2.1.0f5 3rd-Party support link

3rd Party Preference Panes:

    Backblaze Backup  3rd-Party support link

    Citrix ShareFile Sync  3rd-Party support link

    Flash Player  3rd-Party support link

    Flip4Mac WMV  3rd-Party support link

    GPGPreferences  3rd-Party support link

    Logitech Control Center  3rd-Party support link

    Perian  3rd-Party support link

    SmoothMouse  3rd-Party support link

Bad Fonts:

    None

Old Applications:

    Microsoft Language Register:    Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Additional Tools/Microsoft Language Register/Microsoft Language Register.app

    RemoteSetup:    Version: 3.1.8 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

        /Library/Printers/Brother/Utilities/RemoteSetup.app

    SLLauncher:    Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Silverlight/OutOfBrowser/SLLauncher.app

    Solver:    Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Add-Ins/Solver.app

    VLC:    Version: 2.0.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

    Garmin Training Center:    Version: 3.1.5 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

    Garmin ANT Agent:    Version: 2.2.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

    /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011

        Microsoft PowerPoint:    Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        Microsoft Excel:    Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        Microsoft Outlook:    Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        Microsoft Word:    Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        Microsoft Document Connection:    Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

    /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office

        Microsoft Graph:    Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        Microsoft Database Utility:    Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        Microsoft Office Reminders:    Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        Microsoft Upload Center:    Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        My Day:    Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        SyncServicesAgent:    Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        Open XML for Excel:    Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        Microsoft Alerts Daemon:    Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        Microsoft Database Daemon:    Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        Microsoft Chart Converter:    Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        Microsoft Clip Gallery:    Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

    Garmin Map Update:    Version: 4.4.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        /Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/Garmin/Garmin Map Update/tmp/Garmin Map Update.app

    SuperDuper!:    Version: 2.7.1 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

        /Applications/Utilities/SuperDuper/SuperDuper!.app

    /Applications/iWork '09

    Microsoft AutoUpdate:    Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

        /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app

    /Library/Printers/Brother/Utilities/Server

        NETserver:    Version: 1.1.7 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

        USBserver:    Version: 1.1.3 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

    /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0

        Microsoft Error Reporting:    Version: 2.2.9 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

        Microsoft Ship Asserts:    Version: 1.1.4 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

Time Machine:

    Skip System Files: NO

    Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off

    Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU:

         6%    identityservicesd

         3%    WindowServer

         2%    EtreCheck

         0%    SmoothMouseDaemon

         0%    SystemUIServer

Top Processes by Memory:

    156 MB    com.apple.IconServicesAgent

    106 MB    mds_stores

    66 MB    Dock

    57 MB    Finder

    41 MB    WindowServer

Virtual Memory Information:

    6.06 GB    Free RAM

    878 MB    Active RAM

    231 MB    Inactive RAM

    619 MB    Wired RAM

    245 MB    Page-ins

    0 B    Page-outs

Anything amiss?  Again, thanks for your help.

LG

Hey Lex,

After unintalling CMM2, the Macbook seemed to speed up temporarily but bogged down again when I tried to watch a YouTube video. In general, video streaming--using either Firefox or Safari and regardless of website--seems to exacerbate the sluggishness, which then persists even after all browsers are closed.

I thought I should mention one other associated symptom:  "bluetooth not available" appears intermittently on startup. It happened again today, and I reset the SMC, which cleared it.

Regarding the other apps you mentioned, here's a summary:

Smoothmouse: modifies mouse/trackpad cursor speed and acceleration curves. I was never able to get used to the Apple defaults on these.

Steermouse: previous, different program for the same purpose, supposedly uninstalled but apparently not completely. I think I have now found and removed the remnant file.

GPGtools: Mail plug-in that provides PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) email encryption.

Backblaze: online backup service. This is configured to run only when manually directed, not continuously in the background.

Citrix: client module that allows remote access to electronic medical record systems like Epic and PowerChart (I'm a medical student, and Citrix was provided to us by our school.)

Logitech: just the mouse software that came with my Logitech MX 1000 mouse. I mostly use the Apple trackpad now instead, so maybe I could delete that.

Garmin: various applications from the Garmin website for updating the firmware, maps, etc. on my Garmin Forerunner and Nuvi devices.

Flip4Mac: I uninstalled this one as you suggested using its own uninstaller program.

Kaplan Netscape plugin: used to access Kaplan's online question bank for board exam studying. I haven’t opened this for many months.

VMware Fusion: I just uninstalled this using their online instructions for a complete uninstall, but they referred to a directory that I don’t have, so unless that’s a new Mavericks change, I am missing a “Library” directory under my “Home” (username) directory.

Rosetta Stone: still using it to learn Spanish.

I tried to remove the CMM2 remnant you mentioned, but since no “Library” directory is listed under my Home directory, I couldn’t find that file. 

One other observation is that most of these applications have been present, not used much, and not causing obvious problems for a while. The only ones that were active recently were CMM2 (multiple “cleans”), Smoothmouse and Backblaze.

Here’s a new Etre report.

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Hardware Information:

    MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008)

    MacBook - model: MacBook5,1

    1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores

    8 GB RAM

Video Information:

    NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB

System Software:

    OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 0 days 0:6:55

Disk Information:

    HGST HTS721010A9E630 disk0 : (1 TB)

        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 999.35 GB (583 GB free)

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

    OPTIARC  DVD RW AD-5960S 

USB Information:

    Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

    Apple Inc. iPhone

    Western Digital  External HDD     500.11 GB

        EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

        Passport A (disk1s2) /Volumes/Passport A: 450 GB (247.44 GB free)

        Passport B (disk1s3) /Volumes/Passport B: 49.63 GB (30.75 GB free)

    Logitech USB Receiver

    Dell Dell USB Keyboard Hub

        Dell Dell USB Keyboard

    Apple, Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

    Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub

        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

FireWire Information:

Thunderbolt Information:

Kernel Extensions:

    com.Logitech.Control Center.HID Driver    (3.7.0 - SDK 10.6)

    com.cyberic.SmoothMouse    (9 - SDK 10.8)

Launch Daemons:

    [System]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [System]    com.backblaze.bzserv.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [System]    com.google.keystone.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [System]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [invalid]    com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist

    [System]    org.gpgtools.gpgmail.patch-uuid.plist 3rd-Party support link

Launch Agents:

    [System]    com.brother.LOGINserver.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [System]    com.citrix.AuthManager_Mac.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [System]    com.citrix.ReceiverHelper.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [System]    com.citrix.ServiceRecords.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [System]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [System]    com.Logitech.Control Center.Daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [invalid]    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist

    [System]    com.rosettastone.rosettastonedaemon.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [System]    org.gpgtools.gpgmail.enable-bundles.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [System]    org.gpgtools.gpgmail.patch-uuid-user.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [System]    org.gpgtools.Libmacgpg.xpc.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [System]    org.gpgtools.macgpg2.fix.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [System]    org.gpgtools.macgpg2.gpg-agent.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [System]    org.gpgtools.macgpg2.updater.plist 3rd-Party support link

User Launch Agents:

    [not loaded]    com.backblaze.bzbmenu.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [not loaded]    com.cyberic.smoothmouse.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [not loaded]    com.cyberic.smoothmouseupdater.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [not loaded]    com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.diskSpaceWatcher.plist 3rd-Party support link

    [not loaded]    com.spotify.webhelper.plist 3rd-Party support link

User Login Items:

    None

Internet Plug-ins:

    o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.1.4.17398 3rd-Party support link

    Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9

    OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.0 3rd-Party support link

    KaplanNetscapePlugIn: Version: 1.0 3rd-Party support link

    RealPlayer Plugin: Version: (null) 3rd-Party support link

    Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20513.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.70 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

    Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.70 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

    iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0

    CitrixICAClientPlugIn: Version: 11.7.0 - SDK 10.7 3rd-Party support link

    npgtpo3dautoplugin: Version: 0.1.44.29 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 9.5.5 3rd-Party support link

    GarminGpsControl: Version: 4.0.4.0 Release - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

    googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.1.4.17398 3rd-Party support link

    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

    SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

    WebClient: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.7 3rd-Party support link

Audio Plug-ins:

    BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9

    AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9

    AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9

    iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9

iTunes Plug-ins:

    Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9

User Internet Plug-ins:

    Picasa: Version: 1.0 3rd-Party support link

    Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 2.1.0f5 3rd-Party support link

3rd Party Preference Panes:

    Backblaze Backup  3rd-Party support link

    Citrix ShareFile Sync  3rd-Party support link

    Flash Player  3rd-Party support link

    GPGPreferences  3rd-Party support link

    Logitech Control Center  3rd-Party support link

    Perian  3rd-Party support link

    SmoothMouse  3rd-Party support link

Old Applications:

    Microsoft Language Register:    Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Additional Tools/Microsoft Language Register/Microsoft Language Register.app

    RemoteSetup:    Version: 3.1.8 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

        /Library/Printers/Brother/Utilities/RemoteSetup.app

    SLLauncher:    Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Silverlight/OutOfBrowser/SLLauncher.app

    Solver:    Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Add-Ins/Solver.app

    VLC:    Version: 2.0.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

    Garmin Training Center:    Version: 3.1.5 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

    Garmin ANT Agent:    Version: 2.2.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

    /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011

        Microsoft PowerPoint:    Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        Microsoft Excel:    Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        Microsoft Outlook:    Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        Microsoft Word:    Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        Microsoft Document Connection:    Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

    /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office

        Microsoft Graph:    Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        Microsoft Database Utility:    Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        Microsoft Office Reminders:    Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        Microsoft Upload Center:    Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        My Day:    Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        SyncServicesAgent:    Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        Open XML for Excel:    Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        Microsoft Alerts Daemon:    Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        Microsoft Database Daemon:    Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        Microsoft Chart Converter:    Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        Microsoft Clip Gallery:    Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

    Garmin Map Update:    Version: 4.4.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

        /Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/Garmin/Garmin Map Update/tmp/Garmin Map Update.app

    SuperDuper!:    Version: 2.7.1 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

        /Applications/Utilities/SuperDuper/SuperDuper!.app

    /Applications/iWork '09

    Microsoft AutoUpdate:    Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

        /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app

    /Library/Printers/Brother/Utilities/Server

        NETserver:    Version: 1.1.7 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

        USBserver:    Version: 1.1.3 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

    /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0

        Microsoft Error Reporting:    Version: 2.2.9 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

        Microsoft Ship Asserts:    Version: 1.1.4 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

Time Machine:

    Skip System Files: NO

    Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off

    Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU:

        21%    WindowServer

         3%    firefox

         2%    EtreCheck

         2%    Dock

         2%    hidd

Top Processes by Memory:

    311 MB    firefox

    172 MB    com.apple.IconServicesAgent

    123 MB    mds_stores

    106 MB    Microsoft Word

    92 MB    WindowServer

Virtual Memory Information:

    5.21 GB    Free RAM

    1.54 GB    Active RAM

    355 MB    Inactive RAM

    661 MB    Wired RAM

    326 MB    Page-ins

    0 B    Page-outs

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Sorry if I'm missing something simple about the Library folder. I looked in Macintosh\Library\LaunchAgents and Macintosh\System\Library\LaunchAgents. There was no macpaw/CleanMyMac entry in either folder (or in the LaunchDaemon folders), and there was no Macintosh\Users\(Me)\Library folder shown at all.

Thanks again, Lex (and also thanks to the Ayn fan). I really appreciate your time.

LG

Lex,

Okay, I have deleted Steermouse, GPGTools, Logitech, Kaplan and the remnants of CMM2 and VMWare. I uninstalled Citrix and reinstalled their latest version which is certified compatible with Mavericks.

After trying to duplicate the problem by streaming an HD video on Bing (so that I could post the Console log), my Macbook decided just to shut itself off outright. The upper edge (above the keyboard) was too hot to touch. (I've been using an external monitor with the Macbook's monitor closed but never had an overheating problem before....)

Anyway, I restarted it successfully after a few minutes and "Bluetooth was not available," so I shut it down, reset the SMC, and started it back up. Now it is up, but crawling. I didn't capture the exact time of the auto-shutdown because I wasn't sure what had happened. When I looked in Console, there were--as Linc warned--a million entries, and I didn't want to cut and paste a bunch of clutter here  and still possibly miss the critical moment. Instead, since the computer is obviously sick right now, I just copied the last few minutes, and here they are:

2/23/14 4:33:25.112 PM plugin-container[456]: CoreText performance note: Client called CTFontCreateWithName() using name "Arial" and got font with PostScript name "ArialMT". For best performance, only use PostScript names when calling this API.

2/23/14 4:33:25.113 PM plugin-container[456]: CoreText performance note: Set a breakpoint on CTFontLogSuboptimalRequest to debug.

2/23/14 4:33:27.571 PM mdworker32[463]: CGSConnectionByID: 0 is not a valid connection ID.

2/23/14 4:33:27.571 PM mdworker32[463]: CGSGetSpaceManagementMode: No connection with id 0x       0

2/23/14 4:33:47.462 PM System Preferences[381]: view service marshal for <NSRemoteView: 0x7f829942c590> failed to forget accessibility connection due to Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4099 "Couldn’t communicate with a helper application." (The connection was invalidated from this process.) UserInfo=0x600000662400 {NSDebugDescription=The connection was invalidated from this process.}

timestamp: 16:33:47.460 Sunday 23 February 2014

process/thread/queue: System Preferences (381) / 0x10d3b3000 / com.apple.NSXPCConnection.user.endpoint

code: line 2940 of /SourceCache/ViewBridge/ViewBridge-46/NSRemoteView.m in __57-[NSRemoteView viewServiceMarshalProxy:withErrorHandler:]_block_invoke

domain: communications-failure

2/23/14 4:33:51.295 PM System Preferences[381]: AVF error: Branch_QT0::pushBits, Context Creation Failed.

2/23/14 4:33:51.301 PM System Preferences[381]: AVF error: Branch_QT0::pushBits, Context Creation Failed.

2/23/14 4:33:51.316 PM System Preferences[381]: AVF error: Branch_QT0::pushBits, Context Creation Failed.

2/23/14 4:33:51.416 PM System Preferences[381]: HDDec_Thread_HWSliceDecoder_SampleID: CreateGPUInterface renderer 1040004

2/23/14 4:33:51.416 PM System Preferences[381]: HDDec_Thread_HWSliceDecoder_SampleID: CreateGPUInterface renderer 1040004

2/23/14 4:33:51.513 PM System Preferences[381]: ava error: InitDriver call failed, call DeleteDriver ...

2/23/14 4:33:51.521 PM System Preferences[381]: HDDec_Thread_HWSliceDecoder_SampleID: CreateGPUInterface renderer 1040004

2/23/14 4:33:51.529 PM System Preferences[381]: ava error: InitDriver call failed, call DeleteDriver ...

2/23/14 4:34:04.256 PM SmoothMouseDaemon[241]: System trackpad settings initialized (0.687500/0.000000)

2/23/14 4:34:08.771 PM System Preferences[381]: *** WARNING: -[NSImage compositeToPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] is deprecated in MacOSX 10.8 and later. Please use -[NSImage drawAtPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] instead.

2/23/14 4:34:25.395 PM System Preferences[381]: AVF warning: retireCmdAsync m_cvbufwait_q size = 12, releasing oldest CVPixelBuffer

[EXACT SAME ABOVE LINE REPEATED ABOUT 30 TIMES]

2/23/14 4:34:28.113 PM mdworker32[475]: CGSConnectionByID: 0 is not a valid connection ID.

2/23/14 4:34:28.115 PM mdworker32[475]: CGSGetSpaceManagementMode: No connection with id 0x       0

2/23/14 4:34:29.839 PM SmoothMouseDaemon[241]: seqnum: 18156, expected: 18155 (1 lost events)

2/23/14 4:34:30.022 PM System Preferences[381]: AVF warning: retireCmdAsync m_cvbufwait_q size = 12, releasing oldest CVPixelBuffer

[EXACT SAME ABOVE LINE REPEATED ABOUT 30 TIMES]

If this doesn't capture what Linc needs, just let me know and I'll try again. I can also post another Etre report if you want to see it. Right now, I'm headed to Target to buy a 1 TB external drive and start backing up.

Thanks again for all of your help.

LG