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Machine running extremely slow

I am noticing my machine is running extremely slow. Even with out any Apps open my system memory is only at around 30% so not sure where the band width hog is? Looking at the activity monitor there are allot of things going on / most of which I do not know what they are.

I just ran an EtreCheck - does anyone here know of a way I can stream line my system to run faster and not chock so much?

Thanks

> j

EtreCheck Report:
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EtreCheck version: 1.9.15 (52)

Report generated September 27, 2014 at 12:04:09 PM EDT

Hardware Information: ?

MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2009) (Verified)

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,2

1 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores

8 GB RAM

Video Information: ?

NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB

Color LCD 1920 x 1200

AL2016W 1680 x 1050 @ 60 Hz

NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT - VRAM: 512 MB

System Software: ?

OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Uptime: 0 days 0:52:17

Disk Information: ?

Hitachi HTS545050B9SA02 disk0 : (500.11 GB)

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

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (93.33 GB free)

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

MATSHITADVD-R UJ-868

USB Information: ?

Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub

Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard

LGE Nexus 5

Apple, Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Firewire Information: ?

Seagate GoFlex Desk Mac 800mbit - 800mbit max

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

EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

Backup Disk 2 (SuperDuper) (disk2s2) /Volumes/Backup Disk 2 (SuperDuper): 2 TB (1.62 TB free)

Seagate GoFlex Desk Mac 800mbit - 800mbit max

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

EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

Backup Disk 1 (Time Machine) (disk1s2) /Volumes/Backup Disk 1 (Time Machine): 2 TB (1.47 TB free)

Configuration files: ?

/etc/sysctl.conf - Exists

Gatekeeper: ?

Mac App Store and identified developers

Kernel Extensions: ?

[loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecDriverCore (5.1.1) Support

[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_4 (5.1.1) Support

[loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_5 (5.1.1) Support

[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.SeagateDriveIcons (5.1.1) Support

Startup Items: ?

ColdFusion8: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ColdFusion8

ColdFusion9: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ColdFusion9

IPSecuritasDaemon: Path: /Library/StartupItems/IPSecuritasDaemon

MySQLCOM: Path: /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM

Launch Daemons: ?

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support

[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Support

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

[failed] com.vmware.launchd.vmware.plist Support

Launch Agents: ?

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

[running] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist Support

[loaded] com.adobe.CS4ServiceManager.plist Support

[loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist Support

[running] com.brother.LOGINserver.plist Support

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

[running] com.seagate.SeagateStorageGauge.plist Support

User Launch Agents: ?

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

[not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support

[not loaded] com.akamai.client.plist Support

[not loaded] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist

[not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support

[not loaded] com.shirtpocket.backupbytime.plist Support

User Login Items: ?

FontAgent Activator

Dropbox

Internet Plug-ins: ?

LogMeInSafari64: Version: 1.0.496 Support

Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.0 Support

Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9

Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.2.1.11 Support

RealPlayer Plugin: Version: Unknown

AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 Support

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support

LogMeIn: Version: 1.0.496 Support

Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support

AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin: Version: Unknown

iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0

LogMeInSafari32: Version: 1.0.496 Support

AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 Support

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version

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

FAPPreferences Support

MultiBrowser Support

MySQL Support

Time Machine: ?

Skip System Files: NO

Mobile backups: ON

Auto backup: YES

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 464.96 GB Disk used: 378.04 GB

Destinations:

Backup Disk 1 (Time Machine) [Local] (Last used)

Total size: 2 TB

Total number of backups: 82

Oldest backup: 2013-10-31 21:32:48 +0000

Last backup: 2014-09-21 19:05:03 +0000

Size of backup disk: Excellent

Backup size 2 TB > (Disk size 464.96 GB X 3)

Time Machine details may not be accurate.

All volumes being backed up may not be listed.

Top Processes by CPU: ?

13% mtmfs

8% firefox

5% WindowServer

3% backupd

3% Creative Cloud

Top Processes by Memory: ?

526 MB mds_stores

434 MB firefox

254 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent

156 MB plugin-container

98 MB WindowServer

Virtual Memory Information: ?

3.80 GB Free RAM

2.70 GB Active RAM

444 MB Inactive RAM

836 MB Wired RAM

624 MB Page-ins

0 B Page-outs

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5), 8 GB Ram

Posted on Sep 27, 2014 9:42 AM

16 replies

etresoft

Level 9

56,686 points

Sep 28, 2014 12:52 PM in response to Bunnyears360

Bunnyears360 wrote:

etresoft - Yeah ~ I could definitely remove some of the older adobe software but I like to keep at least one version around in case of file compatibly issues. Frankly, some of the older versions are better designed anyway - for some reason reason adobe (among other software companies) insists on screwing with a good thing and often eliminate very useful features in the name of ‘progress ?’ - but in reality its entirely in the name of ca$h. I wish software didn’t have to reinvent the wheel every time / it would save allot of headache for people - especially for us that rely on it the most. Anyway… sorry for the rant.

As for the computer ~ I wasn’t aware of any additional startup items besides the ones listed as cold-fusion and MySQL ~ I have since removed those / are there others I should be aware of?

You shouldn't remove any of those items by hand. I don't know what will happen, but it probably won't be good. I was referring to the rumours that the forthcoming OS X version 10.10 "Yosemite" will no longer support startup items. No one outside of Apple knows if that is really going to happen, but Apple did declare startup times deprecated in 2006. Apple usually goes about 9 years from declaring something deprecated to actually removing and/or disabling it. All of the developers who sell software using those technologies then blame Apple for "breaking" their software with only 9 years notice.

MySQL is a special case since it is open source and running on borrowed time to begin with. You can easily create a launchd script for MySQL. I have no idea about Adobe products.

For browsers... I like Chrome however I am a little uneasy about using it due to what I recently heard about the spyware it injects in your system. I guess they say its for “automated updates” but any software that does updating without consent of the user is a little creepy in my opinion. Its bad enough they already know everything about me / I don’t need to have them also make decisions on my behalf as well! I was warned about this particular system launch injection called “com.google.keystone.agent.plist”. I’m not sure how this can be removed and really how harmful it is but I just don’t like it and choose to boycott Chrome until they take a more hands off approach to their users. “Some” privacy would be nice though I know this does not exist in this day and age. As for Safari - not sure its much different ~ but as much as I love apple products I don’t want to be married to them. Firefox has been my go to for years as I like its flexibility and huge amount of plugin features - but the memory usage is jaw dropping and I will most likely need to make the switch as a result ~ hmmmm maybe Opera(?) - if they still exists?

Unfortunately, Safari is strictly a niche product that really wouldn't exist at all if Apple didn't mandate its use on iOS. Like it or not, Chrome is the new IE - the de facto standard internet browser. Opera does still exist but it is now a WebKit-based product just like Chrome and Safari. Firefox is quickly turning into the "legacy" browser that developers hate dealing with, the other side of IE.

And as much as I would LOVE a new machine, I simply don’t have the budget. This one is already maxed out with RAM so maybe a new solid state hard drive is an option but not sure a hard drive would improve the overall performance much?

An SSD will definitely improve performance. You may not have any choice if that is the original hard drive in your machine. Those 2.5" notebook hard drives tend to fail after 3 years. Your particular model of MacBook Pro was not known for its reliability.

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