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vrave28 Author

Level 1

8 points

Late 2011 13" Macbook Pro started running very slow! Any idea why?

These are the results from EtreCheck. Any idea?

Hardware Information:

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011)

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1

1 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2 cores

4 GB RAM

Video Information:

Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB

System Software:

OS X 10.9.2 (13C64) - Uptime: 1 day 2:46:21

Disk Information:

TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF disk0 : (750,16 GB)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209,7 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 749,3 GB (99,41 GB free)

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

MATSHITADVD-R UJ-8A8

USB Information:

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Thunderbolt Information:

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Configuration files:

/etc/hosts - Count: 30

Gatekeeper:

Mac App Store and identified developers

Kernel Extensions:

[kext loaded] com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.6.6 - SDK 10.6) Support

[not loaded] com.NovatelWireless.driver.NovatelWirelessUSBCDCECMControl (3.0.13) Support

[not loaded] com.NovatelWireless.driver.NovatelWirelessUSBCDCECMData (3.0.13) Support

[not loaded] com.ZG.driver.ZGUSBCDCACMData (1.0) Support

[not loaded] com.ZG.driver.ZGUSBMassStorageFilter (1.0) Support

[not loaded] com.ZTE.driver.ZTEUSBCDCACMData (1.3.29) Support

[not loaded] com.ZTE.driver.ZTEUSBMassStorageFilter (1.3.29) Support

[not loaded] com.novamedia.driver.IceraUSB_MSD_Bypass (1.3.0) Support

[not loaded] com.novatelwireless.driver.3G (3.0.13) Support

[not loaded] com.novatelwireless.driver.3GData (3.0.13) Support

[not loaded] com.novatelwireless.driver.DisableAutoInstall (3.0.13) Support

[not loaded] com.option.driver.Option72 (2.15.0) Support

[not loaded] com.option.driver.OptionHS (3.26.0) Support

[not loaded] com.option.driver.OptionMSD (1.21.0) Support

[not loaded] com.option.driver.OptionQC (1.11.0) Support

[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.PACESupport (5.7.2) Support

[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.PACESupport2 (5.7.2) Support

[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.leopard (5.7.2) Support

[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.master (5.7.2) Support

[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.panther (5.7.2) Support

[kext loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard (5.7.2) Support

[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.tiger (5.7.2) Support

[not loaded] com.realtek.driver.RTL8192CU (1024 - SDK 10.7) Support

[not loaded] com.realtek.driver.RTL8192SU (1082 - SDK 10.7) Support

[kext loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (0.0.67) Support

[not loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverVSP (0.0.67) Support

[not loaded] com.roxio.TDIXController (1.6) Support

[not loaded] com.tomtom.driver.UsbEthernetGadget (1.0.0d1) Support

[not loaded] com.vodafone.driver (3.0.9) Support

[not loaded] com.vodafone.driver.Data (3.0.9) Support

[not loaded] com.zg.driver.cdc_ecm_qmi (1.0) Support

[not loaded] com.zg.driver.cdc_usb_bus (1.0) Support

[not loaded] com.zte.driver.cdc_ecm_qmi (1.0.19) Support

[not loaded] com.zte.driver.cdc_usb_bus (1.0.19) Support

[not loaded] de.novamedia.driver.NMSamsung (0.0.2) Support

[not loaded] de.novamedia.driver.NMSmartplugSCSIDevice (1.0.1) Support

[not loaded] de.novamedia.driver.NMUSBCDCACMControl (3.2.12) Support

[not loaded] de.novamedia.driver.NMUSBCDCACMData (3.2.12) Support

[not loaded] de.novamedia.oem.vodafone.vtp.huawei.cdc (0.0.2) Support

Startup Items:

ChmodBPF: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ChmodBPF

Jaksta: Path: /Library/StartupItems/Jaksta

PACESupport: Path: /Library/StartupItems/PACESupport

PenTabletDriver: Path: /Library/StartupItems/PenTabletDriver

Sudochmod: Path: /Library/StartupItems/Sudochmod

Problem System Launch Daemons:

[failed] com.apple.AOSNotificationOSX.plist

[failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist

Problem System Launch Agents:

[loaded] com.paragon.NTFS.trial.plist Support

[loaded] com.paragon.NTFS.upd.plist Support

Launch Daemons:

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support

[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Support

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

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support

[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist Support

[running] com.paceap.eden.licensed.plist Support

[running] com.splashtop.streamer-daemon.plist Support

[loaded] com.splashtop.streamer-srioframebuffer.plist Support

[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist Support

[failed] com.tenablesecurity.nessusd.plist Support

[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist Support

[loaded] org.tcpdump.chmod_bpf.plist Support

[loaded] PACESupport.plist Support

Launch Agents:

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

[loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist Support

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support

[not loaded] com.splashtop.streamer-for-root.plist Support

[loaded] com.splashtop.streamer-for-user.plist Support

[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist Support

[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist Support

[running] de.novamedia.VodafoneDeviceObserver.plist Support

[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist Support

[running] Wlan.Software.plist Support

User Launch Agents:

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

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

[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.diskSpaceWatcher.plist Support

[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.scheduledScan.plist Support

[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.trashWatcher.plist Support

[loaded] com.splashtop.streamer-for-user.plist Support

User Login Items:

Caffeine

SpeechSynthesisServer

PenTabletDriver

Internet Plug-ins:

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 55 Check version

Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 4.3.5f1 - SDK 10.6 Support

Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9

Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.4.4.2 Support

Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20513.0 - SDK 10.6 Support

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.206 - SDK 10.6 Support

Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.206 - SDK 10.6 Support

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

Mathematica: Version: 9.0.1.4092152 Support

SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 Support

CANONiMAGEGATEWAYDL: Version: 2.1.0.1 Support

CANONiMAGEGATEWAYLI: Version: 2.1.0.1 Support

DirectorShockwave: Version: 11.6.5r635 Support

Safari Extensions:

WOT: Version: 2.0.17

YouTube5: Version: 2.6.7

Translate: Version: 1.1

Amazon Shopping Assistant: Version: 1.1

Ebay Shopping Assistant: Version: 1.1

Evernote Web Clipper: Version: 6.1

Audio Plug-ins:

BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9

AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9

AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - 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:

RealPlayer Plugin: Version: Unknown

3rd Party Preference Panes:

Flash Player Support

Flip4Mac WMV Support

Growl Support

Java Support

Nessus.Preferences Support

Paragon NTFS for Mac ® OS X Support

Time Machine:

Skip System Files: NO

Mobile backups: ON

Auto backup: YES

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 697.84 GB Disk used: 605.25 GB

Destinations:

E_HDD [Local] (Last used)

Total size: 931.19 GB

Total number of backups: 4

Oldest backup: 2014-02-08 03:07:46 +0000

Last backup: 2014-03-13 20:02:35 +0000

Size of backup disk: Too small

Backup size 931.19 GB < (Disk used 605.25 GB X 3)

Time Machine details may not be accurate.

All volumes being backed up may not be listed.

Top Processes by CPU:

4% WindowServer

2% AddressBookSourceSync

1% hidd

0% mtmd

0% Finder

Top Processes by Memory:

29 MB WindowServer

26 MB Finder

16 MB PluginProcess

16 MB com.apple.WebKit.Networking

12 MB Safari

Virtual Memory Information:

36 MB Free RAM

594 MB Active RAM

580 MB Inactive RAM

1.04 GB Wired RAM

2.33 GB Page-ins

187 MB Page-outs

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)

Posted on May 5, 2014 5:56 PM

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MadMacs0

Level 5

5,227 points

Posted on May 5, 2014 7:46 PM

vrave28 wrote:

These are the results from EtreCheck. Any idea?

Lots of ideas as you have way too much junk installed, including what appear to be a number of unused or formerly used software items that you may believe you uninstalled, but didn't do it properly. You might be at a point where it would be easier to start over with a clean hard drive.

Once you have used CleanMyMac2 to get rid of all the orphaned files you need to have it uninstall itself as it's probably causing most of your slowdown.

You've got adware installed. Specifically these Safari Extension:

Amazon Shopping Assistant: Version: 1.1

Ebay Shopping Assistant: Version: 1.1

Evernote Web Clipper: Version: 6.1

so uninstall them. There's probably more where they came from so use the Adware Removal Tool to check for anything else.

I have no idea what most of those Kernel Extensions are for. The PACE one seems to be out-of-date as it has the SnowLeopard version loaded.

Startup Items have been discouraged by Apple for many years now, but some older software insist on using it.

Flip4Mac and SilverLight are out-of-date. Probably others, as well.

4GB of RAM is bare minimum, so if you usually run a lot of apps at the same time, consider doubling that.

Your hosts file indicates you may be using pirated Adobe software, which is always a dangerous road to travel.

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vrave28 Author

Level 1

8 points

May 8, 2014 7:04 PM in response to Lexiepex

I finnished reinstalling Maverix. Everything seems to be fine. Thanks a lot guys, especially you LexSchellings. We'll stay in touch and by Tuesday I'll post the first results of Etrecheck with the list of apps installed! Thanks again.

vrave28 Author

Level 1

8 points

May 9, 2014 5:02 PM in response to Lexiepex

Hardware Information:

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011)

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1

1 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2 cores

4 GB RAM

Video Information:

Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB

System Software:

OS X 10.9.2 (13C1021) - Uptime: 0 days 15:39:13

Disk Information:

TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF disk0 : (750,16 GB)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209,7 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 749,3 GB (578,56 GB free)

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

MATSHITADVD-R UJ-8A8

USB Information:

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Thunderbolt Information:

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Gatekeeper:

Mac App Store and identified developers

Problem System Launch Daemons:

[failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist

Launch Daemons:

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support

[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist Support

Launch Agents:

[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist Support

User Login Items:

iTunesHelper

Internet Plug-ins:

Mathematica: Version: 9.0.1.4055068 Support

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.206 - SDK 10.6 Support

Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.206 - SDK 10.6 Support

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version

Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9

Audio Plug-ins:

BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9

AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9

AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9

iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9

iTunes Plug-ins:

Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9

3rd Party Preference Panes:

Flash Player Support

Time Machine:

Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU:

5% coreaudiod

3% WindowServer

2% hidd

1% Finder

1% fontd

Top Processes by Memory:

172 MB Safari

111 MB mds_stores

70 MB Finder

49 MB WindowServer

49 MB mds

Virtual Memory Information:

682 MB Free RAM

983 MB Active RAM

953 MB Inactive RAM

993 MB Wired RAM

7.90 GB Page-ins

1.14 GB Page-outs

So these are the Etrecheck results after reinstalling Mavericks and the folowing apps:

1-Mathematica

2-Algodoo

3-FractalEditor, g4view, pmx, GCM, 123DMake

4-Caffeine

5-GNU Octave (wich required these additional apps XCode, XQuartz)

6-Memory Diag

Is everything ok now?

MadMacs0

Level 5

5,227 points

May 9, 2014 11:59 PM in response to vrave28

vrave28 wrote:

Virtual Memory Information:

682 MB Free RAM

983 MB Active RAM

953 MB Inactive RAM

993 MB Wired RAM

7.90 GB Page-ins

1.14 GB Page-outs

Is everything ok now?

As far as I can see, everything but the Page-outs. Looks like you need to go shopping for more RAM. 4GB is the absolute minimum for Mavericks and it looks like it can't accommodate even those few apps you need.without the need to use virtual memory on your hard drive.

Had not heard of Memory Diag before, so I gave it a try. If it hadn't specifically said it was built for Mavericks I would have told you to trash it, but for now I'm willing to give it the benefit of the doubt until I hear otherwise. Haven't tried the "Optimize" button yet as I don't know what it does. Almost all of the old memory utilities don't work properly with the new Mavericks memory management scheme and actually make things worse for most users.

Mavericks wants to keep RAM as full as possible for maximum efficiency. The hope is that all the right software will be loaded when needed so it won't need to access your hard drive to get it or re-load it. Ideally, Page-outs would then be zero.

Lexiepex

Level 6

14,102 points

May 10, 2014 2:22 AM in response to vrave28

Hi vrave28,

You have too many Page-outs, which could mean you have to add Ram, but also that there is a memory leaker in one of the now installed apps.

MemoryDiag and Caffeine were not in your "wish list":

Uninstall MemoryDiag. It just reads all info from already available data in OSX. The 'optimise' is already done by Mavericks itself, so it can only thwart the OS.

Uninstall caffeine, counterproductive.

After the uninstalls, restart and run only Mathematica and use it, then make a new etre list. If the Page-outs are again in the GB region, stop and post the list here;

If the Page-outs are only a few MB, start Algodoo (and let Mathematica running) and use it a bit, then make a new list and again, when the Page-outs are in the GB region, stop and post the list;

If the Page-outs are only a few MB again, start Fractals (letting the other two run) and use it a bit, then make a new list and post it here.

The two tools memorydiag and caffeine should never return in your system.

Lex

MadMacs0

Level 5

5,227 points

May 10, 2014 2:24 AM in response to Lexiepex

LexSchellings wrote:

You should also uninstall caffeine, counterproductive.

I love Caffeine! Couldn't live without it. Only active when you click on it.

Lexiepex

Level 6

14,102 points

May 10, 2014 2:46 AM in response to MadMacs0

Come on Mad, you do not need it! You are better than that! But that is not the issue here:

My problem here is, that the OP made a wishlist, on which also are hacked apps. And we would like to find out which on that list is the cuplrit for the Page-Outs. Now suddenly he is installing other "tools" that were not on his list, and so corrupting the thinking process...👿

Lex

MadMacs0

Level 5

5,227 points

May 10, 2014 2:56 AM in response to Lexiepex

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vrave28 Author

Level 1

8 points

May 10, 2014 5:46 AM in response to Lexiepex

I installed Memory Diag just to see the difference between now and a couple of days ago. I thoght that since it was on app store wasn't harmfull. Sorry if I messed it up. After uninstalling and then running Mathematica, Algadoo, Fractal Editor, GMX pageouts were 0B. Then i ran octave and the results were as follows:

Hardware Information:

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011)

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1

1 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2 cores

4 GB RAM

Video Information:

Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB

System Software:

OS X 10.9.2 (13C1021) - Uptime: 0 days 0:25:35

Disk Information:

TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF disk0 : (750,16 GB)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209,7 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 749,3 GB (575,6 GB free)

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

MATSHITADVD-R UJ-8A8

USB Information:

Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Thunderbolt Information:

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Gatekeeper:

Mac App Store and identified developers

Launch Daemons:

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support

[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist Support

Launch Agents:

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support

[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist Support

User Login Items:

iTunesHelper

SpeechSynthesisServer

Internet Plug-ins:

Mathematica: Version: 9.0.1.4055068 Support

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.206 - SDK 10.6 Support

Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.206 - SDK 10.6 Support

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 55 Check version

Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9

Audio Plug-ins:

BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9

AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9

AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9

iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9

iTunes Plug-ins:

Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9

3rd Party Preference Panes:

Flash Player Support

Java Support

Time Machine:

Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU:

30% Algodoo

3% FractalEditor

2% WindowServer

1% fontd

0% MathKernel

Top Processes by Memory:

135 MB Safari

131 MB Algodoo

131 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent

106 MB ocspd

101 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

Virtual Memory Information:

28 MB Free RAM

1.49 GB Active RAM

1.52 GB Inactive RAM

984 MB Wired RAM

1.47 GB Page-ins

20 KB Page-outs

Lexiepex

Level 6

14,102 points

May 10, 2014 6:59 AM in response to vrave28

If you want to see what is going on, use ActivityMonitor in the Utilities folder: it a load of information, and is much better than memorydiag.

The list looks rather good now, I propose to remove SpeechsynthesisServer from the LoginItems, and start it manually when necessary.

How does it feel now? passed the first station with the first prize!

Lex

vrave28 Author

Level 1

8 points

May 10, 2014 7:22 AM in response to Lexiepex

SpeechsynthesisServer activates when there are speakable items right? Actually I work very late at night sometimes and I need a reminder of the time, that's why i activated time announcement. Beside this, I feel happy and my mac feels quite relieved I guess. 😝 So everything is more than OK! I started downloading iWork package now, but i see on purchaces that I have iPhoto and Garadgeband but not iMovie. Do I have to rebuy it?