Yosemite made my MacBook Pro so slow. Need help.

Open settings preferences then Adobe and click check now.

EVen if if it's set to do it automatically I discovered it doesn't.

This May resolve whole issue.

Restart

A.dickey, you have me intrigued. Can you walk me through it a bit. Where am I looking for "settings"? My issues did seem to coincide with a new pop up box earning about Adobe needing legacy Java 6.

Hi there,

I've tried first SMC and PRAM reset, and had an impression troubles gone. But unfortunately they did not. I've found WindowServer consuming a lot of CPU feat. I found elsewhere I should 'Reduce Transparency' in Preferences->Accessibility and advice to set up automatic Dock hiding. And ... the first did the trick for me. Dock is OK both ways. But reducing transparency (really should be called translucency) helped a lot. WindowServer now at max 10%. Everything is smooth and nice. Do not have idea what helped more...

MBP mid 2010, 120 GB SSD OWC, 8 GB RAM...

Thanks a lot to everybody. Apple should improve their performance and/or slow down with new OSX incarnations...

Open System Preferences

At the bottom you should see a red icon Flash Player

open it

under updates, tap Check Now

it will then update

restart

and hey presto the problem MAY be gone

I don't know why it had never updated before because i had it permitted for adobe to install updates - weird

I also deleted other files listed as 'invalid' in my Etrecheck. Its running much much better now, almost normally.

Let me know what happens, if you try it

Thanks HighTechDad ... I ran through you're list & did all that I could without having to do any major reinstallations.

The good news is that for me my iMac is now running back at the speed it was with Mavericks ... quite what was the tipping point of success I'm not sure. I also found under activity monitor that Google Chrome Helper was taking a lot of my CPU & Memory & found that changing setting to 'click to play' for ads has also help reduce that burden on my system.

Anyway so thank you for your help list & pleased I'm back to normal.

Good luck all !

@Jamax5 - Glad that it worked. Do you know by any chance, what helped?

Interesting about the Google Chrome Helper. I checked mine in Activity Monitor and found that mine was red and "Not Responding". Going to do some research on that.

Which version of Chrome are you using? I'm on Chrome Canary.

Hey! It's been 2 hard weeks with Yosemite... First after updating I could not start my Mac. Now that the "problem" is solved my Mac is extremely slow, even when typing this message. I am very disappointed with Yosemite:

EtreCheck version: 2.0.6 (91)

Report generated 24 de octubre de 2014, 18:28:44 GMT-2

Hardware Information:ℹ️

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) (Verified)

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2

1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core

4 GB RAM Upgradeable

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

Video Information:ℹ️

Intel HD Graphics 4000 -

Color LCD 1280 x 800

System Software:ℹ️

OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 0:41:9

Disk Information:ℹ️

APPLE HDD HTS547550A9E384 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 (285.55 GB free)

Encrypted AES-XTS UnlockedConverting

Core Storage: disk0s2 499.25 GB Online

MATSHITADVD-R UJ-8A8

USB Information:ℹ️

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

Thunderbolt Information:ℹ️

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Gatekeeper:ℹ️

Mac App Store and identified developers

Kernel Extensions:ℹ️

/System/Library/Extensions

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User Login Items:ℹ️

None

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Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.2.0.16 - SDK 10.8 Support

AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 Support

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 Support

AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 Support

Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

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Adblock Plus (Disabled)

ClickToFlash

FastestTube

3rd Party Preference Panes:ℹ️

Flip4Mac WMV Support

Time Machine:ℹ️

Time Machine not configured!

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5% WindowServer

0% BBLaunchAgent

0% AppleSpell

0% cloudpaird

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408 MB Safari

174 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

129 MB Messages

86 MB Finder

69 MB DashboardClient

Virtual Memory Information:ℹ️

135 MB Free RAM

1.37 GB Active RAM

1.25 GB Inactive RAM

778 MB Wired RAM

5.58 GB Page-ins

392 MB Page-outs

Thank you!!

Ok... so I've done quite a bit since my last post and my system's performance issues have significantly improved.

I finished cleaning out the remnants of SplashTop and most of the remnants of VirtualBox (still one pesky entry). Here is my EtreCheck diag. report, now:

EtreCheck version: 2.0.6 (91)

Report generated October 24, 2014 at 3:14:29 PM CDT

Hardware Information:ℹ️

MacBook Pro (17-inch, Late 2011) (Verified)

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,3

1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core

16 GB RAM Upgradeable

BANK 0/DIMM0

8 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

8 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 1920 x 1200

AMD Radeon HD 6770M - VRAM: 1024 MB

System Software:ℹ️

OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 0:9:30

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 (526.43 GB free)

Core Storage: disk0s2 749.30 GB Online

MATSHITADVD-R UJ-8A8

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

Gatekeeper:ℹ️

Mac App Store and identified developers

Kernel Extensions:ℹ️

/System/Library/Extensions

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

Launch Agents:ℹ️

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[loaded] com.divx.update.agent.plist Support

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

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Launch Daemons:ℹ️

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

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

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User Launch Agents:ℹ️

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

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User Login Items:ℹ️

Dropbox ApplicationHidden (/Applications/Dropbox.app)

AdobeResourceSynchronizer ApplicationHidden (/Applications/Adobe Acrobat XI Pro/Adobe Acrobat Pro.app/Contents/Support/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)

Internet Plug-ins:ℹ️

o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support

OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 Support

Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 Support

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support

DivX Web Player: Version: 3.2.3.1164 - SDK 10.6 Support

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support

Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support

iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8

googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support

Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 Support

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 60 Check version

User Internet Plug-ins:ℹ️

StartMeetingPlugin: Version: 1.2.2 - SDK 10.8 Support

Safari Extensions:ℹ️

QR Coder

3rd Party Preference Panes:ℹ️

Flash Player Support

Java Support

Time Machine:ℹ️

Skip System Files: NO

Auto backup: YES

Volumes being backed up:

Destinations:

Data [Network]

Total size: 997.71 GB

Total number of backups: 71

Oldest backup: 2013-10-14 23:55:13 +0000

Last backup: 2014-10-24 19:23:18 +0000

Size of backup disk: Excellent

Backup size 997.71 GB > (Disk size 0 B X 3)

Top Processes by CPU:ℹ️

6% WindowServer

0% fontd

0% Dropbox

0% AppleSpell

0% Core Sync

Top Processes by Memory:ℹ️

120 MB mds_stores

103 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

86 MB Safari

86 MB ocspd

86 MB Creative Cloud

Virtual Memory Information:ℹ️

13.02 GB Free RAM

2.12 GB Active RAM

485 MB Inactive RAM

1.55 GB Wired RAM

1.27 GB Page-ins

0 B Page-outs

- - - - -

Please note: 0 B Page-outs !

SoundFlower and TeamViewer remain installed. I've stated before, I'm not married to SoundFlower, though I do have a need for it. I use TeamViewer quite often, though, and have for years. These two applications will stay until I see reason to remove them.

I'm not convinced that I have re-gained all original system performance, but it is way better than it was. The most notable changes came with the removal of all the SplashTop files that were left behind, following this process:

1. Go to /Applications/, remove any app starting with “Splashtop" or "Splashtop Streamer”
2. Go to /Users/Shared/, remove “SplashtopStreamer”
3. Go to /Library/LaunchDaemons/, remove all files starting with “com.splashtop”
4. Go to /Library/LaunchAgents/, remove all files starting with “com.splashtop”
5. Go to ~/Library/Preferences/, remove all files starting with “com.splashtop”
6. Go to ~/Library/Logs/, remove SPLog.txt, SPLog.txt.bak, and iris-log-pipe (if they actually exist).
7. Go to /System/Library/Extensions/, remove SRXDisplayCard.kext and SRXFrameBufferConnector.kext (if they actually exist).
8. Go to /Library/Frameworks/, remove SRFrameBufferConnection.framework (if it actually exist).

FYI: after doing all this, there was also a noticeable improvement in the zippiness of Safari, specifically in how fast it launches and loads a website.

Hey @Uruguayo88 - It looks like FileVault 2 is encrypting your HD which will explain the slowdown. Best bet it to let it finish and it should speed up. You can turn it off once it is done but it will slow down again while it decrypts.

Very helpful list. It didn't fix my specific speed / hanging issues, but I can see where it would help most folks facing a slowness problem.

Hi there

I had massive problems with my MBP 2012 slowing to an almost complete standstill after installing Yosemite (including encrypting with Filevault). I implemented steps 1-6 from HighTechDad's suggestions and my Mac is now working well again. Thank you High Tech Dad and everyone else who's helpful suggestions I read here.🙂🙂

http://www.hightechdad.com/2014/10/23/13-tips-optimize-mac-yosemite-installation /

I am having a similar issue, can someone help?

Problem description:

downloaded yosemite and said yes to file vault. Left for one week. return to extremely slow computer and file vault progress bar 33% of the way complete with no apparent movement. Checked forum and turned encryption off from disk utility. Now says “decrypting” and 66% along. Computer still very slow. Hoping not to have to wait a week for this to finish!

EtreCheck version: 2.0.6 (91)

Report generated October 25, 2014 at 10:15:59 AM CDT

Hardware Information: ℹ️

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

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2

1 2 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 6490M - VRAM: 256 MB

System Software: ℹ️

OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 0:35:38

Disk Information: ℹ️

HGST HTS721010A9E630 disk0 : (1 TB)

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]: 998.97 GB (554.30 GB free)

Core Storage: disk0s2 999.35 GB Online

MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898

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

Gatekeeper: ℹ️

Mac App Store and identified developers

Kernel Extensions: ℹ️

/Applications/EyeTV.app

[not loaded] com.elgato.driver.Pluto2 (1.1) Support

/Library/Application Support/Symantec/AntiVirus

[not loaded] com.symantec.kext.SymAPComm (11.1.2f17) Support

/System/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] com.aliph.driver.jstub (1.1.2 - SDK 10.7) Support

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[not loaded] com.lytro.Firefly (4) Support

[not loaded] com.pantech.driver.PTRayUSBFamily (1.0.22) Support

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[running] com.symantec.uiagent.application.plist Support

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[loaded] com.symantec.navapdaemonsl.plist Support

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[running] com.symantec.symdaemon.plist Support

[running] com.symantec.symSchedDaemon.plist Support

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[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support

[running] com.swarmcast.mlbnexdefautobahn.plist Support

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User Login Items: ℹ️

None

Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support

Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.3.8.1 Support

OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.2.9 Support

Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20513.0 - SDK 10.6 Support

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support

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

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support

SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.6 Support

iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8

EPPEX Plugin: Version: 3.0.5.0 Support

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 60 Check version

User Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.105 Support

Move_Media_Player: Version: npmnqmp 071706000001 Support

3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

Flash Player Support

Flip4Mac WMV Support

Java Support

Norton\nQuickMenu Support

Time Machine: ℹ️

Skip System Files: NO

Mobile backups: ON

Auto backup: YES

Destinations:

Time Machine Backups [Local]

Total size: 499.76 GB

Total number of backups: 4

Oldest backup: 2013-04-02 23:06:25 +0000

Last backup: 2013-12-14 02:51:20 +0000

Size of backup disk: Excellent

Backup size 499.76 GB > (Disk size 0 B X 3)

Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

10% com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64

5% WindowServer

5% coreaudiod

4% com.apple.preference.security.remoteservice

2% Safari

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

203 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

137 MB com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64

107 MB WindowServer

94 MB Finder

86 MB Safari

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

135 MB Free RAM

1.59 GB Active RAM

1.47 GB Inactive RAM

1.10 GB Wired RAM

1.33 GB Page-ins

180 KB Page-outs

Thank you very much HighTechDad! Yosemite is being a problem for thousands around the world...
Still no words from Cupertino?
Thank you again!