Yosemite made my MacBook Pro so slow. Need help.

Good luck with that, I really hope that will help to solve it for you, but I have my doubts...

Just because I am experiencing very similar issues with Yosemite and my FileVault has been off the whole time!

Nevertheless...chin up:)

I too am experiencing some extreme slowness going on since upgrading to Yosemite last night. My iMac handles it finely, my MacBook Pro (2011-2012) has become impossible to use. Mainly when I type things it freezes, and stays like that for up to 10-20 minutes before stuff works again. The app I'm typing in is the one that freezes, but if I try to do something else everything freezes, and stays frozen even longer.

I don't have FileVault turned on, so that's not the issue for me.

Download and run Etrecheck. Copy and paste the results into your reply. It's a diagnostic tool that was developed by one of the most respected users here in the ASC to help identify the more obvious culprits.

Finally, here's the information (it actually took me over an hour to get to the paste-stage):

EtreCheck version: 2.0.6 (91)

Report generated 20 oktober 2014 18:44:23 CEST

Hardware Information: ℹ️

MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011) (Verified)

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2

1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core

4 GB RAM Upgradeable

BANK 0/DIMM0

2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

2 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: 384 MB

Color LCD 1440 x 900

AMD Radeon HD 6770M - VRAM: 1024 MB

System Software: ℹ️

OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 5:38:41

Disk Information: ℹ️

APPLE HDD HTS547575A9E384 disk0 : (750,16 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]: 748.93 GB (555.68 GB free)

Core Storage: disk0s2 749.30 GB Online

HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS31N

USB Information: ℹ️

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Configuration files: ℹ️

/etc/hosts - Count: 14

Gatekeeper: ℹ️

Mac App Store and identified developers

Kernel Extensions: ℹ️

/System/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] com.Logitech.Control Center.HID Driver (3.6.0 - SDK 10.6) Support

[not loaded] com.Logitech.Unifying.HID Driver (1.2.0 - SDK 10.6) Support

[not loaded] com.gspy.driver.MO3V2Driver (1) Support

Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️

[running] com.gspy.MO3V2.Daemon.plist Support

Launch Agents: ℹ️

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

[loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist Support

[running] com.Logitech.Control Center.Daemon.plist Support

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

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

[not loaded] com.wacom.SketchManager.plist Support

Launch Daemons: ℹ️

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support

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

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

[loaded] com.teamviewer.Helper.plist Support

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

User Launch Agents: ℹ️

[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support

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

[not loaded] com.wacom.SketchManager.plist Support

User Login Items: ℹ️

Quicksilver Application (/Applications/Quicksilver.app)

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

ConnectService Application (/Library/Application Support/ArcSoft/Connect Service/ConnectService.app)

Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.12 Support

AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.12 Support

Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Mismatch! Adobe recommends 15.0.0.189

Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.1.3 - SDK 10.6 Support

Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 3.5.5f2 - SDK 10.6 Support

Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 Support

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 15.0.0 - SDK 10.10 Check version

3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

Flash Player Support

Growl Support

Logitech Control Center Support

MagicPrefs Support

Time Machine: ℹ️

Skip System Files: NO

Auto backup: YES

Destinations:

Data [Network]

Total size: 2 TB

Total number of backups: 95

Oldest backup: 2013-03-09 19:58:35 +0000

Last backup: 2014-10-19 23:09:18 +0000

Size of backup disk: Excellent

Backup size 2 TB > (Disk size 0 B X 3)

Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

7% WindowServer

3% Quicksilver

1% loginwindow

1% backupd

1% ConnectService

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

90 MB Finder

82 MB Mail

77 MB Safari

69 MB mds_stores

60 MB spindump

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

416 MB Free RAM

1.43 GB Active RAM

778 MB Inactive RAM

1.15 GB Wired RAM

8.35 GB Page-ins

515 MB Page-outs

I don't see any obvious culprits. See if you can update the Adobe Switchboard to a compatible version. Same goes for the Flash player.

The iTunes helper app in the User login items is no longer needed. Remove it from the System/User & Groups/Login Item preference pane.

If the above shows no improvement boot into the Recovery volume (boot with the Command + R keys held down), select Disk Utility and repair disk permissions and the disk. Reboot normally and check for improvements.

If all else fails boot again into the Recovery volume and reinstall the system.

Same problem here. Graphics, particularly, Mission Control, swiping and scrolling become too laggy and slow after few hours of uptime.

Resetting PRAM and SMC does NOT fix it.

A quick reboot fixes this kind of slowness.

And today I received an email from Apple, recommending the upgrade to Yosemite. What a joke. Bahahaha 😀

How do I update the Adobe Switchboard?

I'm not sure I can do much of anything suggested; I doubt I'll be able to get the Flash update to work, having a hard time even booting the computer...

I did just now boot into the Recovery volume to try and reinstall the system. But that freezes to; couldn't select anything to continue.

I was able to reinstall Mavericks by using Time Machine. Works much better than Yosemite!!!

Can you boot into the Recovery volume and repair disk permissions and the disk with Disk Utility?

Well, I will give it one last try and wait a week in a smear hope that Apple will release hotfix. If they won't, then I'll downgrade to Mavericks.

I can boot into the Recovery volume and I do get all the options (restore, reinstall, help, disk utility), but I can't click any of them. Nothing happens. So I can't continue. I can't access the menu at the top, either.

Oh, yes! Something's happening! I got into the Disk Utility..! (Grabbed another mouse, that seemed to somehow do the trick.) I'll be back with an update after a bunch of repairing and reinstalling.

Since I am really struggling here...

just wanted to draw your attention to my report in case any of you guys can find something suspicious in there.

Thanks a lot:)

By the way...I just ran another "Etre Check" on my system and there is a lot more listed in red now😉
Maybe someone here has an idea what to do?

Hardware Information:ℹ️

MacBook Air (Verified)

MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir6,2

1 1.7 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2-core

8 GB RAM Not upgradeable

BANK 0/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported

Wireless: en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac

Video Information:ℹ️

Intel HD Graphics 5000 -

ASUS PB278 2560 x 1440 @ 59 Hz

System Software:ℹ️

OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 10:44:34

Disk Information:ℹ️

APPLE SSD SM0512F disk0 : (500,28 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]: 499.05 GB (172.26 GB free)

Core Storage: disk0s2 499.42 GB Online

USB Information:ℹ️

Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

Apple Inc. Keyboard Hub

Creative Technology Ltd Creative T6 Series II USB Audio

Apple Inc. Apple Keyboard

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Thunderbolt Information:ℹ️

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Configuration files:ℹ️

/etc/sysctl.conf - Exists

Gatekeeper:ℹ️

Mac App Store and identified developers

Kernel Extensions:ℹ️

/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] foo.tap (1.0) Support

[not loaded] foo.tun (1.0) Support

/System/Library/Extensions

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

Startup Items:ℹ️

tap: Path: /Library/StartupItems/tap

tun: Path: /Library/StartupItems/tun

Startup items are obsolete and will not work in future versions of OS X

Problem System Launch Agents:ℹ️

[failed] com.apple.AirPlayUIAgent.plist

[failed] com.apple.CallHistoryPluginHelper.plist

[failed] com.apple.CallHistorySyncHelper.plist

[failed] com.apple.cmfsyncagent.plist

[failed] com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication.plist

[failed] com.apple.icloud.fmfd.plist

[failed] com.apple.printtool.agent.plist

[failed] com.apple.sbd.plist

[failed] com.apple.scopedbookmarkagent.xpc.plist

[failed] com.apple.spindump_agent.plist

[failed] com.apple.telephonyutilities.callservicesd.plist

Problem System Launch Daemons:ℹ️

[failed] com.apple.awdd.plist

[failed] com.apple.cache_delete.plist

[failed] com.apple.corestorage.corestoragehelperd.plist

[failed] com.apple.ctkd.plist

[failed] com.apple.diagnosticd.plist

[failed] com.apple.ifdreader.plist

[failed] com.apple.installd.plist

[failed] com.apple.MobileFileIntegrity.plist

[failed] com.apple.nehelper.plist

[failed] com.apple.periodic-daily.plist

[failed] com.apple.softwareupdated.plist

[failed] com.apple.spindump.plist

[failed] com.apple.tccd.system.plist

[failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist

[failed] com.apple.xpc.smd.plist

Launch Agents:ℹ️

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

[loaded] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist Support

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

Launch Daemons:ℹ️

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support

[running] com.edb.launchd.postgresql-8.4.plist Support

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

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

User Launch Agents:ℹ️

[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support

[loaded] com.redgiantsoftware.updater.plist Support

[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support

User Login Items:ℹ️

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

Dropbox ApplicationHidden (/Applications/Dropbox.app)

Porthole UNKNOWNHidden (missing value)

Internet Plug-ins:ℹ️

AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 Support

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support

Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support

AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support

Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 71 Check version

Safari Extensions:ℹ️

AdBlock

3rd Party Preference Panes:ℹ️

Flash Player Support

Growl Support

Java Support

Perian Support

Time Machine:ℹ️

Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU:ℹ️

14% WindowServer

13% Folder Actions Dispatcher

12% Safari

10% syncdefaultsd

5% launchservicesd

Top Processes by Memory:ℹ️

2.37 GB Folder Actions Dispatcher

275 MB Safari

129 MB CalendarAgent

86 MB launchd

84 MB Mail

Virtual Memory Information:ℹ️

61 MB Free RAM

2.98 GB Active RAM

2.93 GB Inactive RAM

1.47 GB Wired RAM

7.50 GB Page-ins

453 MB Page-outs