macbook is suddenly slow (detailed report included) plz help!

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i dont download a whole lot of things on it except for music.. over the past few days its been slow. The colorwheel pops up almos all the time now. I would appriciate any help. ThanksHardware Information:          MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011)          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1          1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores          4 GB RAMVideo Information:          Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MBSystem Software:          Mac OS X 10.7.5 (11G63b) - Uptime: 0 days 6:7:43Disk Information:          Hitachi HTS545032B9A302 disk0 : (320.07 GB)                    disk0s1 (disk0s1) &lt;not mounted&gt;: 209.7 MB                     Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 319.21 GB (227.24 GB free)                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) &lt;not mounted&gt;: 650 MB           MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8  USB Information:          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad           Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub                     Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller           Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)           Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver FireWire Information:Thunderbolt Information:          Apple, Inc. MacBook ProLaunch Daemons:          [System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link          [System] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist 3rd-Party support linkLaunch Agents:          [System] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist 3rd-Party support linkUser Launch Agents:          [not loaded] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plistUser Login Items:          iTunesHelperInternet Plug-ins:          Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.77 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link          Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.77 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.1          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 25 Outdated! UpdateAudio Plug-ins:          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.1 - SDK 10.7iTunes Plug-ins:          Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.3 - SDK 10.7User iTunes Plug-ins:          AudioScrobbler: Version: 6.0.5 - SDK 10.8 3rd-Party support link3rd Party Preference Panes:          Flash Player  3rd-Party support link          Java  3rd-Party support linkOld Applications:          NoneTime Machine:          Time Machine not configured!Top Processes by CPU:               3%          WindowServer               2%          EtreCheck               2%          Last.fm Scrobbler               2%          iTunes               1%          coreaudiodTop Processes by Memory:          860 MB          Safari          348 MB          WebProcess          131 MB          iTunes          61 MB          Last.fm Scrobbler          57 MB          WindowServerVirtual Memory Information:          836 MB          Free RAM          1.66 GB          Active RAM          713 MB          Inactive RAM          851 MB          Wired RAM          420 MB          Page-ins          718 MB          Page-outs

MadMacs0 · Answer

That&#x27;s got to be the cleanest report I&#x27;ve seen, so I have nothing to offer from the report to help with your Beachball issue. Suggest you check a few of these ideas: Macintosh OS X Beachballs!However I do have a few update recommendations:Java is seriously out-of-date, so I hope you don&#x27;t have it enabled in your browsers. To update to Java Update 51 open System Preferences and click on Java to open the Java Control Panel. Choose the Update tab and follow the instructions there or download from Java.com.Silverlight from Microsoft has some sort of security issue (probably Windows) and should be updated from Microsoft.You don&#x27;t need "com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist" since MobileMe was discontinued. To find it hold the option key down and select "Library" from the Finder&#x27;s Go menu. Now look in the LaunchAgents directory (folder), find that file and drag it to the trash. This should not be causing you any issues whatsoever, you just don&#x27;t need it any more.Your hard drive will fail sooner or later (average life about 3 years) and probably quickly, so you need to have a current backup. If you don&#x27;t like Time Machine for some reason, then make certain you have an alternative backup system in place.Lex usually comes on a bit later, so he may have some other ideas for you.

Lexiepex · Answer

@Mad: I am in Europe, 9 hrs difference with CA...@Gaby: I have nothing to add. It may well be that you have a dying disk, start DiskUtility and do the &#x27;verify disk&#x27;, it should and with the word OK. Do it for the Hitachi... . When not OK, do the &#x27;repair disk&#x27;. Make backups!!When OK, do &#x27;repair permissions&#x27; (you never know).It may also be the GPU issue (in MBP2011), this is a hardware problem: you can do the SMC reset (do it at least twice, the firmware is really stubborn), but in fact you have to go to Apple repair for that (even if the SMC resets helps).Lex

GabyGuh · Answer

I did a backup last night with TimeMachine.. thanks for all the info guys.🙂