I have an early 2011 Mac Book Pro, with OSX 10.9.5. Was very slow in boot up and especially with Microsoft Office applications. I replaced the 4GB memory with 8 GB. This does not seem to have helped. Any suggestions?
Since boot speed is largely a function of drive speed rather than available RAM, I'd suggest first making sure your HD is working properly (assuming it used to be fast but it isn't now) by booting into Recovery mode and using Disk Utility to check your HD. If it's OK, consider replacing the HD with an SSD, which can offer a remarkable improvement in drive speed. Check out OWC offerings and installation videos.
Sluggishness can be caused by failing hardware or by third-party software (usually extensions that load at startup). It's usually one or the other. If you would, download, unzip and run EtreCheck and post the results here. That way we can see what startup items may be responsible for the slow-down, if any. Sluggishness can also be a sign that your hard drive is failing but we'll look at that after looking at your startup items.
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Clinton
MacBook Pro (15-inch Late 2011), OS X 10.??, 16GB Crucial RAM, Crucial M500 960GB SSD, 27” Apple Thunderbolt Display
Realized that I was not logged in when I emailed you. Thanks for your response.
Here is the EtreCheck output:
EtreCheck version: 1.9.15 (52)
Report generated September 28, 2014 at 12:33:30 PM CDT
Hardware Information: ?
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2
1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
8 GB RAM
Video Information: ?
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 512 MB
AMD Radeon HD 6750M - VRAM: 1024 MB
Color LCD 1440 x 852
System Software: ?
OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Uptime: 0 days 17:23:9
Disk Information: ?
TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF disk0 : (750.16 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 749.3 GB (437.53 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
Gatekeeper: ?
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ?
[not loaded] com.roxio.BluRaySupport (1.1.6) Support
[not loaded] com.roxio.TDIXController (2.0) Support
Launch Daemons: ?
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist Support
Launch Agents: ?
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ?
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[running] com.google.Chrome.framework.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[failed] com.leadertech.PowerRegister.EPS2.365962302bf853a1c2af457c224132c1.plist Support
[loaded] ltcm.plist Support
User Login Items: ?
EEventManager
Dropbox
Microsoft Outlook
Safari
Evernote
Microsoft Database Daemon
Calendar
AdobeResourceSynchronizer
EEventManager
Internet Plug-ins: ?
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.3.1.3 - SDK 10.8 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.12 Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.12 Support
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.4 - SDK 10.6 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 55 Check version
Safari Extensions: ?
1Password-2
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 ?
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 Support
3rd Party Preference Panes: ?
Flash Player Support
Flip4Mac WMV Support
Perian 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: 290.36 GB
Destinations:
Peter Scanlan's Time Capsul [Network] (Last used)
Total size: 2 TB
Total number of backups: 60
Oldest backup: 2013-10-13 21:47:45 +0000
Last backup: 2014-09-28 17:10:03 +0000
Size of backup disk: Adequate
Backup size 2 TB > (Disk used 290.36 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU: ?
3% WindowServer
3% Microsoft Outlook
1% com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64
0% launchservicesd
0% fontd
Top Processes by Memory: ?
279 MB mds_stores
213 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
180 MB Safari
172 MB softwareupdated
139 MB Evernote
Virtual Memory Information: ?
3.13 GB Free RAM
3.13 GB Active RAM
417 MB Inactive RAM
1.33 GB Wired RAM
885 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
Replaced 4 GB with 8 GB and still slow with OSX 10.9.5
