My MacBook Pro is running really slow.

You have installed several troublemakers. First uninstall Avast. I can't think of any commercial AV products that won't degrade perforamcen. The only real current threat to your Mac is adware and most AV programs won;t pick those up anyway.

Unistall the Trusteer software. In spite of legitimate efforts by its developer to make it mac-Friendsly , it continues to cause probelms,especially with Safari. Uninstall instructions here:

http://www.trusteer.com/support/uninstalling-rapport-mac-os-x

In Safari, diable extensions for now.

Cleaning Apps are useless. The Mac OS takes care of just about anything a cleaning app claims to do.

After doing what I've suggested, please test and report back so we can see if some of the other third-party stuff you have is still affecting performance. You ave some with which I am not familiar.

Memory Clean is no longer useful with Mavericks new Memory Management System which attempts to keep RAM as full as possible to avoid having to access your drive. It just causes your Mac to use more energy and load things more slowly. Free RAM is wasted RAM. Open Activity Monitor (found in /Applications/Utilities/) select the Memory Tab and keep an eye on the MEMORY PRESSURE graph at the bottom. Check OS X Mavericks: About Activity Monitor for information.

Yes PistolPete, this time I get in:

Alan and Mad have said it all, although I think Mad was too nice for MemoryClean, it is crap.

The only Safari plugin that may come back is the 1password plugin.

Lex

My Macbook Pro is running slow, can you check why is it running slow?

Problem description:

running slow

EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)

Report generated November 29, 2014 at 9:25:52 AM PST

Hardware Information:ℹ️

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011) (Verified)

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1

1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core

8 GB RAM Upgradeable

BANK 0/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported

Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n

Video Information:ℹ️

Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 512 MB

Color LCD 1280 x 800

System Software:ℹ️

OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Uptime: 0:19:9

Disk Information:ℹ️

TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB)

S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

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

Macintosh HD (disk1) / [Startup]: 498.88 GB (389.34 GB free)

Core Storage: disk0s2 499.25 GB Online

MATSHITADVD-R UJ-8A8

USB Information:ℹ️

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Thunderbolt Information:ℹ️

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Gatekeeper:ℹ️

Mac App Store and identified developers

Kernel Extensions:ℹ️

/System/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] com.mice.driver.PS3Controller (1.0.0d1) Support

[not loaded] com.simtech.driver.MACUSBDriver (1 - SDK 10.6) Support

Launch Agents:ℹ️

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

[loaded] com.hp.help.tocgenerator.plist Support

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

Launch Daemons:ℹ️

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support

[invalid?] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Support

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

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

[loaded] com.sharpcast.xfsmond.plist Support

User Launch Agents:ℹ️

[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support

[running] com.codecm.uploader.plist Support

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

[not loaded] com.linotype.FontFolderProtector.plist Support

[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support

User Login Items:ℹ️

Steam Application (/Users/[redacted]/.Trash/Steam.app)

FontExplorerXAutoload ApplicationHidden (/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/Linotype/FontExplorer X/FontExplorerXAutoload.app)

iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)

delete_snrt Application (/usr/local/stanford/snsr/SUNetReg.app/Contents/Resources/delete_snrt.app)

Guidance Application (/Applications/Guidance.app)

ewcdmaService Application (/Users/[redacted]/.Trash/Smartfren connex UI.app/Contents/PlugIn/ewcdmaService.app)

Dropbox Application (/Applications/Backup Apps/Dropbox.app)

Spotify Application (/Applications/Spotify.app)

Google Chrome ApplicationHidden (/Applications/Google Chrome.app)

SugarSync Manager Application (/Applications/SugarSync Manager.app)

HP Product Research Application (/Library/Application Support/Hewlett-Packard/Customer Participation/HP Product Research.app)

Internet Plug-ins:ℹ️

Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.4.0.11 Support

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.239 - SDK 10.6 Support

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.239 - SDK 10.6 Support

Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.2.0 Support

Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 4.1.3f3 Support

Silverlight: Version: 4.0.60531.0 Support

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 60 Check version

Safari Extensions:ℹ️

codec-M

Slick Savings

GMail Counter

Ebay Shopping Assistant

Amazon Shopping Assistant

newsriver

Searchme

3rd Party Preference Panes:ℹ️

Flash Player Support

Flip4Mac WMV Support

Growl Support

Java Support

Time Machine:ℹ️

Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU:ℹ️

6% WindowServer

0% Guidance

0% Google Chrome

0% askpermissiond

Top Processes by Memory:ℹ️

172 MB spindump

163 MB mds_stores

146 MB Google Chrome

120 MB Spotify

115 MB Google Chrome Helper

Virtual Memory Information:ℹ️

4.26 GB Free RAM

2.15 GB Active RAM

840 MB Inactive RAM

1.34 GB Wired RAM

1.63 GB Page-ins

29 KB Page-outs

You have accidentally installed FKCodec and Spigot adware. See Remove unwanted adware that displays pop-up ads and graphics on your Mac.

For faster, more efficient identification and optional removal of all currently know adware, run AdwareMedic, available free from this Forum’s Malware Guru, owner of TheSafeMac blog and a colleague of mine.

To understand why this happened and how to avoid it in the future see John Galt’s How to install adware.

If you are still having issues, please start a new discussion and completely explain what you mean by "running slow" in much more detail. There may not be anybody else monitoring this and you'll get much more attention than posting to this old thread. That's just the way this forum works.

Hello. mines running slow too. plz help

EtreCheck version: 2.5.5 (215)

Report generated 10/14/15, 12:31 PM

Runtime 3:36

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Hardware Information: (What does this mean?)

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)

[Click for Technical Specifications]

[Click for User Guide]

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2

1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core

4 GB RAM Upgradeable

[Click for upgrade instructions]

BANK 0/DIMM0

2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported

Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n

Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 462 - SN = 9G23017VTD3MB

Video Information: (What does this mean?)

Intel HD Graphics 4000

Color LCD 1280 x 800

System Software: (What does this mean?)

OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 (14D136) - Time since boot: about one hour

Disk Information: (What does this mean?)

APPLE HDD HTS547550A9E384 disk0 : (500.11 GB) (Rotational)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

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

Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 498.88 GB (458.90 GB free)

Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked

Core Storage: disk0s2 499.25 GB Online

MATSHITADVD-R UJ-8A8 ()

USB Information: (What does this mean?)

Logitech USB Receiver

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Thunderbolt Information: (What does this mean?)

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Configuration files: (What does this mean?)

/etc/hosts - Count: 14

Gatekeeper: (What does this mean?)

Mac App Store and identified developers

Launch Agents: (What does this mean?)

[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist [Click for support]

Launch Daemons: (What does this mean?)

[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]

User Launch Agents: (What does this mean?)

[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]

User Login Items: (What does this mean?)

iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)

Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)

Other Apps: (What does this mean?)

[running] com.adobe.PDApp.AAMUpdatesNotifier.60808.7CEC1FC0-2405-407C-A9F4-314F948D3D6E

[running] com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000003.AdobeReader

[running] com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000004.EtreCheck

[running] com.getdropbox.dropbox.62512

Internet Plug-ins: (What does this mean?)

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 19.0.0.207 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.11 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.11 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

Flash Player: Version: 19.0.0.207 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 15.0.0 - SDK 10.10 Check version

3rd Party Preference Panes: (What does this mean?)

Flash Player [Click for support]

Growl [Click for support]

Time Machine: (What does this mean?)

Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU: (What does this mean?)

5% WindowServer

2% fontd

0% cloudpaird

Top Processes by Memory: (What does this mean?)

463 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(4)

452 MB kernel_task

217 MB Safari

86 MB mdworker(5)

78 MB AdobeReader

Virtual Memory Information: (What does this mean?)

121 MB Free RAM

3.88 GB Used RAM (1.23 GB Cached)

0 B Swap Used

Diagnostics Information: (What does this mean?)

Oct 14, 2015, 10:56:27 AM Self test - passed