Extremely slow MacBook Pro!

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I have a 15-inch, Mid 2010 MacBook Pro and lately it has been performing extremely slow. Programs that used to open instantly now take a while, I see the spinning wheel much more often, etc. I noticed that in other threads users would provide an EtreCheck report to get some feedback so I went ahead and did that in hopes of getting some help. Thank you guys!Hardware Information:          MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro6,2          1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores          6 GB RAMVideo Information:          Intel HD Graphics - VRAM: 288 MB          NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 256 MBSystem Software:          OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 8 days 9:11:21Disk Information:          Hitachi HTS545032B9SA02 disk0 : (320.07 GB)                    EFI (disk0s1) &lt;not mounted&gt;: 209.7 MB                     Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 319.21 GB (225.16 GB free)                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) &lt;not mounted&gt;: 650 MB           MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898  USB Information:          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad           Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub                     Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller           Apple Internal Memory Card Reader           Apple Inc. Built-in iSight           Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver FireWire Information:Thunderbolt Information:Kernel Extensions:          com.orderedbytes.driver.CMUSBDevices          (4.6.0 - SDK 10.6)          com.orderedbytes.driver.ControllerMateFamily          (4.6.0 - SDK 10.6)          com.wavtap.driver.WavTap          (0.4.0)          com.usboverdrive.driver.hid          (3.0.2 - SDK 10.6)Launch Daemons:          [System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link          [System] com.disc-soft.DAEMONTools.PrivilegedHelper.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.parallels.desktop.launchdaemon.plist 3rd-Party support linkLaunch Agents:          [System] com.divx.dms.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link          [System] com.divx.update.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link          [System] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link          [invalid] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist          [System] com.orderedbytes.ControllerMateHelper.plist 3rd-Party support link          [System] com.parallels.desktop.launch.plist 3rd-Party support link          [System] com.parallels.DesktopControlAgent.plist 3rd-Party support link          [System] com.parallels.vm.prl_pcproxy.plist 3rd-Party support linkUser Launch Agents:          [not loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist 3rd-Party support link          [not loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist 3rd-Party support linkUser Login Items:          Flux          iTunesHelper          uHD-Agent          Steam          uHD-Agent          uTorrent          VLCStreamer          DropboxInternet Plug-ins:          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Outdated! Update          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.77 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link          OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 3rd-Party support link          DivX Web Player: Version: 3.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link          Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.77 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3          SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.6 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link          Silverlight: Version: 4.1.10329.0 3rd-Party support link          iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8Safari Extensions:          AdBlock: Version: 2.6.18          Turn Off the Lights: Version: 2.3.0.5Audio 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 10.9iTunes Plug-ins:          Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9User Internet Plug-ins:          BlueStacks Install Detector: Version: Unknown3rd Party Preference Panes:          Flash Player  3rd-Party support linkOld Applications:          /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          Solver:          Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link                    /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Add-Ins/Solver.app          DockPlistEdit:          Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link                    /Library/Parallels/Uninstaller/Parallels Hypervisor/DockPlistEdit.app          /Library/Application Support/DivX                    DivXUpdate:          Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link                    DivXMediaServer:          Version: 10.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link                    DivXTransferWizard:          Version: 10.0.0 (Build 10.0.0.21) - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link                    DMSLaunch:          Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link          /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office                    Microsoft Graph:          Version: 14.3.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link                    Microsoft Database Utility:          Version: 14.3.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link                    Microsoft Office Reminders:          Version: 14.3.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link                    Microsoft Upload Center:          Version: 14.3.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link                    My Day:          Version: 14.3.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link                    SyncServicesAgent:          Version: 14.3.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link                    Open XML for Excel:          Version: 14.3.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link                    Microsoft Alerts Daemon:          Version: 14.3.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link                    Microsoft Database Daemon:          Version: 14.3.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link                    Microsoft Chart Converter:          Version: 14.3.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link                    Microsoft Clip Gallery:          Version: 14.3.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link          /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011                    Microsoft PowerPoint:          Version: 14.3.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link                    Microsoft Excel:          Version: 14.3.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link                    Microsoft Outlook:          Version: 14.3.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link                    Microsoft Word:          Version: 14.3.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link                    Microsoft Document Connection:          Version: 14.3.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link          Microsoft Language Register:          Version: 14.3.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link                    /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Additional Tools/Microsoft Language Register/Microsoft Language Register.app          Microsoft AutoUpdate:          Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link                    /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.appTime Machine:          Time Machine not configured!Top Processes by CPU:              15%          WindowServer               2%          EtreCheck               2%          hidd               1%          syncdefaultsd               1%          PluginProcessTop Processes by Memory:          243 MB          com.apple.WebKit.WebContent          166 MB          Messages          129 MB          WindowServer          123 MB          iTunes          117 MB          TwitterVirtual Memory Information:          40 MB          Free RAM          2.23 GB          Active RAM          2.19 GB          Inactive RAM          1020 MB          Wired RAM          6.85 GB          Page-ins          84 MB          Page-outs

Wayne Contello · Answer

Alan,I noticed that you have 6GB of RAM.  Normally installing matching pairs is best.  You probably have a 4 and a 2 GB module installed.  Two matching 4GB modules would be best.I suggest opening the application "Activity Monitor" located in the folder "/Applications/Utilties" and look at the memory pressure:You want that to be low, and green.

allanl16 · Answer

It helped a bit, thank you. Still running slow ah 😕 Any idea why I have WindowServer running at 118+ MB?

Linc Davis · Answer

Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens. ☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn&#x27;t, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. If you don&#x27;t see that menu, selectView ▹ Show Log Listfrom the menu bar.Click the Clear Display icon in the toolbar. Then try the action that you&#x27;re having trouble with again. Select any messages that appear in the Console window. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message (command-V).When posting a log extract, be selective. In most cases, a few dozen lines are more than enough.Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.Important: Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

allanl16 · Answer

edit: didn&#x27;t see the last post