Q: Yosemite made my MacBook Pro so slow. Need help.

If you don't intend upgrading your RAM and want a fast responding Mac which runs on 2GB RAM, then yes, that would be my advice. Install 10.6 and then update to 10.6.8  It is still a very good OS X and does not have the Memory demands of the newer OSxs. If it were me, though, I would just Max out the RAM.

Pete

thanks pete, I appreciate the advice.  I looked into more ram before and it will only let me go up to a total of 4gb, do you think that is enough to make it run better?  thank you again.

4GB will always be noticeably better than 2 GB.

8GB will do even better, 16 GB is probably overshoot.

Your MacbookPro can handle 16GB as maximum.

But don't forget to get rid of the Spigot malware (it wil "run better" also.. )

Lex

Any suggestions for me? My MacBook Air is also super slow and sluggish since the update. Here are my specs:

EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)

Report generated November 20, 2014 at 10:47:59 AM EST

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 -

  Color LCD 1440 x 900

  2752H spdisplays_1080p

System Software: ℹ️

  OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Uptime: one day 22:11:17

Disk Information: ℹ️

  APPLE SSD SM0256F disk0 : (251 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]: 249.77 GB (143.92 GB free)

  Core Storage: disk0s2 250.14 GB Online

USB Information: ℹ️

  Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

  Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

  Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️

  Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Gatekeeper: ℹ️

  Mac App Store and identified developers

Launch Agents: ℹ️

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

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

  [running] com.trusteer.rapport.rapportd.plist Support

Launch Daemons: ℹ️

  [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support

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

  [loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2.Agent.plist Support

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

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

  [running] com.trusteer.rooks.rooksd.plist Support

  [failed] dev.dnsmasq.plist Support

  [running] dev.nginx.plist Support

User Launch Agents: ℹ️

  [invalid?] com.citrixonline.GoToMeeting.G2MUpdate.plist Support

  [loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.diskSpaceWatcher.plist Support

  [loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.scheduledScan.plist Support

  [loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.trashWatcher.plist Support

User Login Items: ℹ️

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

  Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)

  Google Drive Application (/Applications/Google Drive.app)

Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

  FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.223 - SDK 10.6 Support

  QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

  Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.223 - SDK 10.6 Support

  Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

  o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.6.0 - SDK 10.8 Support

  SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.3 - SDK 10.6 Support

  googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.6.0 - SDK 10.8 Support

  SlingPlayer: Version: (null) - SDK 10.8 Support

User Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

  CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.105 Support

3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

  Flash Player  Support

  Trusteer Endpoint Protection  Support

Time Machine: ℹ️

  Mobile backups: OFF

  Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off

  Volumes being backed up:

  Destinations:

  My Passport for Mac [Local]

  Total size: 1.00 TB

  Total number of backups: 0

  Oldest backup: -

  Last backup: -

  Size of backup disk: Excellent

  Backup size 1.00 TB > (Disk size 0 B X 3)

Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

      68% WindowServer

      6% com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64

      2% Google Drive

      1% Google Chrome Canary

      1% Dropbox

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

  421 MB Airmail 2

  251 MB Google Chrome Helper

  180 MB Google Chrome Canary

  172 MB feedly

  163 MB softwareupdated

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

  79 MB Free RAM

  3.36 GB Active RAM

  3.27 GB Inactive RAM

  1.19 GB Wired RAM

  17.73 GB Page-ins

  331 MB Page-outs

There is crap, please start a new thread and post the link here.

I will look into it asap,

Lex

Here's the new thread. Thanks for the help! https://discussions.apple.com/message/27138698#27138698http://

Still having this same problem with Yosemite. Was ready for a fresh start and did a clean install of Yosemite on my MacBook Pro late-2011. Started having major speed issues immediately. Read through this thread and tried all of the fixes on TechDad's list. Suspected FileVault as the culprit so did another clean install and this time did DID NOT ENABLE FileVault. Haven't loaded any of my files or programs, and it's still unusably slow. Help!

Problem description:

MacBook Pro late-2011 500GB HD / 8GB RAM running incredibly slow after clean install w/ OS X Yosemite

EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)

Report generated November 21, 2014 at 3:50:58 AM EST

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 (14A389) - Uptime: 0:43:42

Disk Information: ℹ️

  WDC WD5000BEVT-35A0RT0 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

  MacBook Pro HD (disk1) /  [Startup]: 498.88 GB (485.29 GB free)

  Core Storage: disk0s2 499.25 GB Online

  MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898 

USB Information: ℹ️

  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: ℹ️

  Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Gatekeeper: ℹ️

  Mac App Store and identified developers

User Login Items: ℹ️

  None

Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

  Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

  QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

  None

Time Machine: ℹ️

  Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

      3% WindowServer

      1% hidd

      0% Finder

      0% com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

      0% fontd

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

  155 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

  69 MB WindowServer

  60 MB mds_stores

  52 MB Safari

  43 MB Finder

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

  5.68 GB Free RAM

  1.21 GB Active RAM

  387 MB Inactive RAM

  1.31 GB Wired RAM

  1.01 GB Page-ins

  0 B Page-outs

Please start a new thread and post the link here.

More troubleshooters will look at it.

Lex

Thanks! Here's the new thread.

MacBook Pro late-2011 slow and unusable after Yosemite OS X clean install

I am also having the same problem. I have reinstalled yosemite, repair disk permissions. Please see etrecheck results below, any help is appreciated:

EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)

Report generated 23 November 2014 21:05:01 GMT

Hardware Information: ℹ️

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

  MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1

  1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-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 1280 x 800

System Software: ℹ️

  OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Uptime: 0:19:39

Disk Information: ℹ️

  Hitachi HTS545032B9A302 disk0 : (320.07 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]: 318.84 GB (172.18 GB free)

  Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked

  Core Storage: disk0s2 319.21 GB Online

  MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898 

USB Information: ℹ️

  Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

  Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

  Apple Inc. BRCM2070 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

  [not loaded] com.avatron.AVExFramebuffer (1.7 - SDK 10.8) Support

  [not loaded] com.avatron.AVExVideo (1.7 - SDK 10.8) Support

Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️

  [failed] com.apple.ucupdate.plist

  [failed] com.apple.watchdogd.plist

Launch Agents: ℹ️

  [not loaded] com.citrix.AuthManager_Mac.plist Support

  [not loaded] com.citrix.ReceiverHelper.plist Support

  [not loaded] com.citrix.ServiceRecords.plist Support

  [not loaded] com.hp.devicemonitor.plist Support

  [not loaded] com.hp.productresearch.plist Support

  [not loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support

  [not loaded] com.trusteer.rapport.rapportd.plist Support

Launch Daemons: ℹ️

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

  [not loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support

  [not loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support

  [not loaded] com.trusteer.rooks.rooksd.plist Support

User Launch Agents: ℹ️

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

  [not loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist Support

  [not loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support

User Login Items: ℹ️

  Flux Application (/Applications/Flux.app)

Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

  JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 25 Check version

  FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.223 - 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: 15.0.0.223 - SDK 10.6 Support

  QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

  CitrixICAClientPlugIn: Version: 11.8.2 - SDK 10.7 Support

  SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.5 - SDK 10.6 Support

  Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 Support

  iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8

Safari Extensions: ℹ️

  Searchme

3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

  Flash Player  Support

  Java  Support

  Trusteer Endpoint Protection  Support

Time Machine: ℹ️

  Skip System Files: NO

  Mobile backups: OFF

  Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off

  Volumes being backed up:

  Macintosh HD: Disk size: 318.84 GB Disk used: 146.66 GB

  Destinations:

  MAXELL [Local]

  Total size: 0 B

  Total number of backups: 8

  Oldest backup: 2014-05-27 19:08:35 +0000

  Last backup: 2014-10-13 22:34:59 +0000

  Size of backup disk: Too small

  Backup size 0 B < (Disk used 146.66 GB X 3)

Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

      25% repair_packages

      19% WindowServer

      14% com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

      6% Safari

      3% com.apple.Safari.SearchHelper

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

  262 MB repair_packages

  172 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

  99 MB Safari

  81 MB WindowServer

  73 MB CalendarAgent

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

  683 MB Free RAM

  1.94 GB Active RAM

  768 MB Inactive RAM

  698 MB Wired RAM

  1.05 GB Page-ins

  1 MB Page-outs

Please start a new thread and post the link here.

More troubleshooters will look at it.

Lex

Mine seems to slow down after a week of use. Both at work (a newer imac 2013) and my macbook pro from 2009. Solution. Do a network recovery. It only takes about 10 minutes and totally sorts out the lagging and makes it function at lightning speed again. You might as well try... alt+cmd+R and break it off when you come to the time machine recovery. That's not needed.

I'm having exactly the same issues as everyone here. Everything is so slow since I installed Yosemite. Here is my EtreCheck... If someone could help me I'd be so grateful as I use my laptop a lot for my work as a video editor!!!

EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)

Report generated 30 November 2014 20:18:23 GMT

Hardware Information: ℹ️

    MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010) (Verified)

    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro7,1

    1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core

    4 GB RAM Upgradeable

        BANK 0/DIMM0

            2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

        BANK 1/DIMM0

            2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

    Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported

    Wireless:  en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n

Video Information: ℹ️

    NVIDIA GeForce 320M - VRAM: 256 MB

        Color LCD 1280 x 800

System Software: ℹ️

    OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Uptime: 5:6:52

Disk Information: ℹ️

    Hitachi HTS545025B9SA02 disk0 : (250.06 GB)

    S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified

        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /  [Startup]: 249.20 GB (4.68 GB free) (Low!)

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

    MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898 

USB Information: ℹ️

    Western Digital Elements 10B8 2 TB

        S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified

        EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

        SATELLITE FOR CHLOE (disk2s2) /Volumes/SATELLITE FOR CHLOE : 2.00 TB (6.21 GB free)

    Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

    Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

    Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

    Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub

        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Configuration files: ℹ️

    /etc/hosts - Count: 20

Gatekeeper: ℹ️

    Mac App Store and identified developers

Kernel Extensions: ℹ️

        /System/Library/Extensions

    [not loaded]    at.obdev.nke.LittleSnitch (2.5.4) Support

    [loaded]    com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (0.0.64) Support

    [not loaded]    com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverVSP (0.0.74) Support

    [not loaded]    jp.co.roland.RDUSB0074Dev (1.0.0) Support

Startup Items: ℹ️

    HWNetMgr: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWNetMgr

    HWPortDetect: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWPortDetect

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

Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️

    [failed]    com.apple.CallHistoryPluginHelper.plist

    [failed]    com.apple.CallHistorySyncHelper.plist

    [failed]    com.apple.cloudd.plist

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

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

    [failed]    com.apple.nsurlsessiond.plist

    [failed]    com.apple.rcd.plist

    [failed]    com.apple.security.cloudkeychainproxy.plist

    [failed]    com.apple.spindump_agent.plist

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

Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️

    [failed]    com.apple.AssetCacheLocatorService.plist

    [failed]    com.apple.awdd.plist

    [failed]    com.apple.ctkd.plist

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

    [failed]    com.apple.nehelper.plist

    [failed]    com.apple.nsurlsessiond.plist

    [failed]    com.apple.wdhelper.plist

Launch Agents: ℹ️

    [failed]    at.obdev.LittleSnitchNetworkMonitor.plist Support

    [running]    at.obdev.LittleSnitchUIAgent.plist Support

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

    [failed]    com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist Support

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

    [running]    com.rim.BBAlbumArtCacher.plist Support

    [running]    com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist Support

Launch Daemons: ℹ️

    [failed]    at.obdev.littlesnitchd.plist Support

    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support

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

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

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

    [running]    com.rim.BBDaemon.plist Support

User Launch Agents: ℹ️

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

User Login Items: ℹ️

    Steam    UNKNOWN (missing value)

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

    Dropbox    Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)

Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

    o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.6.0 - SDK 10.8 Support

    Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

    AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 1.0.0.0 - SDK 10.6 Support

    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.239 - SDK 10.6 Support

    Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 Support

    Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.239 - SDK 10.6 Support

    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

    googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.6.0 - SDK 10.8 Support

    SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 Support

    CANONiMAGEGATEWAYDL: Version: 2.1.0.1 Support

    CANONiMAGEGATEWAYLI: Version: 2.1.0.1 Support

    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 15.0.0 - SDK 10.10 Check version

Safari Extensions: ℹ️

    AdBlock

    Searchme

Audio Plug-ins: ℹ️

    DVCPROHDAudio: Version: 1.3.2

3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

    Flash Player  Support

    Growl  Support

    UA-25  Support

Time Machine: ℹ️

    Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

        61%    compressord

        16%    Final Cut Pro

         6%    coreaudiod

         6%    RimAlbumArtDaemon

         3%    WindowServer

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

    408 MB    firefox

    344 MB    Final Cut Pro

    279 MB    compressord

    60 MB    Finder

    56 MB    RimAlbumArtDaemon

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

    68 MB    Free RAM

    843 MB    Active RAM

    789 MB    Inactive RAM

    711 MB    Wired RAM

    23.22 GB    Page-ins

    1.11 GB    Page-outs

Chloemight wrote:

 

I'm having exactly the same issues as everyone here.

 

Disk Information: ℹ️

 

        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /  [Startup]: 249.20 GB (4.68 GB free) (Low!)

       

No you are not. You are having different problems. And the first one you need to tend to before clearing junk and reinstalling the OS X is the need to make some space on your HardDrive. You have 4Gb left, hardly enough for any computer to run efficiently. You need to move a lot of your larger files and projects to an external drive and leave at least 10-15% of your drive free to run at somewhere near it's optimum. When you have done that, start a new thread of your own and post another etrecheck report in it.

Cheers

Pete

Chloemight wrote:

 

Safari Extensions: ℹ️

    Searchme

You have accidentally installed 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.