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

You are running Nortons, one of the most destructive softwares you can put on a Mac. There should be an uninstaller that came with the disc.

You have other problamic installs but I would certainly be starting with uninstalling Nortons completely.

Pete

Having same issue with my computer. this is my etrecheck

Problem description:

Macbook Running slow, Read ins greater than write outs, virtual memory almost entirely used.

EtreCheck version: 2.0.6 (91)

Report generated October 25, 2014 at 11:37:04 PM CDT

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

  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 (14A389) - Uptime: 0:23:39

Disk Information: ℹ️

  ST9500325ASG 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 (388.06 GB free)

  Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked

  Core Storage: disk0s2 499.25 GB Online

  MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8 

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

Launch Agents: ℹ️

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

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

User Launch Agents: ℹ️

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

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

  [failed] com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support

User Login Items: ℹ️

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

  Spotify ApplicationHidden (/Applications/Spotify.app)

  EEventManager Application (/Applications/Epson Software/Event Manager.app/Contents/Resources/Assistants/Event Manager/EEventManager.app)

  EEventManager Application (/Applications/Epson Software/Event Manager.app/Contents/Resources/Assistants/Event Manager/EEventManager.app)

Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

  AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 1.0.0.0 - SDK 10.6 Support

  FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support

  QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

  Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support

  Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

  SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.3 - SDK 10.6 Support

  Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30317.0 - SDK 10.6 Support

  DirectorShockwave: Version: 11.6.6r636 Support

  JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 55 Check version

3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

  Flash Player  Support

  Java  Support

Time Machine: ℹ️

  Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

      13% mds

      10% WindowServer

      5% Disk Utility

      5% repair_packages

      3% hidd

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

  229 MB repair_packages

  210 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

  189 MB mds_stores

  107 MB ocspd

  94 MB Safari

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

  35 MB Free RAM

  1.53 GB Active RAM

  1.49 GB Inactive RAM

  1.05 GB Wired RAM

  3.68 GB Page-ins

  260 MB Page-outs

Having serious issues with Yosemite. MacBook Pro SUPER SLOW.

Problem description:

MacBook Pro Retina 2,6 i7, 16Gb super slow after installing Yosemite.

EtreCheck version: 2.0.6 (91)

Report generated 26 Oct 2014 09:29:06 CET

Hardware Information: ℹ️

  MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013) (Verified)

  MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro11,3

  1 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core

  16 GB RAM Not upgradeable

  BANK 0/DIMM0

  8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

  BANK 1/DIMM0

  8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

  Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported

  Wireless:  en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac

Video Information: ℹ️

  Intel Iris Pro -

  Color LCD spdisplays_2880x1800Retina

  NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M - VRAM: 2048 MB

System Software: ℹ️

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

Disk Information: ℹ️

  APPLE SSD SM1024F 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]: 999.35 GB (77.63 GB free)

  Core Storage: disk0s2 999.70 GB Online

USB Information: ℹ️

  Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

  Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

  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

Kernel Extensions: ℹ️

  /Library/Application Support/HASP/kexts

  [not loaded] com.aladdin.kext.aksfridge (1.0.2) Support

  /Library/Extensions

  [loaded] at.obdev.nke.LittleSnitch (4216 - SDK 10.8) Support

  /System/Library/Extensions

  [loaded] com.Northstar.driver.Northstar192 (1.0.55 - SDK 10.9) Support

  [not loaded] com.tomtom.driver.UsbEthernetGadget (1.0.0d1) Support

Startup Items: ℹ️

  ProTec6b: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ProTec6b

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

Launch Agents: ℹ️

  [running] at.obdev.LittleSnitchUIAgent.plist Support

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

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

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

  [loaded] com.xrite.device.softwareupdate.plist Support

Launch Daemons: ℹ️

  [running] at.obdev.littlesnitchd.plist Support

  [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support

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

  [running] com.aladdin.aksusbd.plist Support

  [failed] com.aladdin.hasplmd.plist Support

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

  [not loaded] com.gopro.stereomodestatus.plist Support

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

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

  [loaded] com.skype.skypeinstaller.plist Support

  [running] com.xrite.device.xrdd.plist Support

User Launch Agents: ℹ️

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

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

  [loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist Support

User Login Items: ℹ️

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

  TomTomHOMERunner ApplicationHidden (/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/TomTom HOME/TomTomHOMERunner.app)

  i1ProfilerTray Application (/Applications/i1Profiler/i1ProfilerTray.app)

Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

  AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 1.0.0.0 - SDK 10.6 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

  Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30317.0 - SDK 10.6 Support

  JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 71 Check version

3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

  Flash Player  Support

  GoPro  Support

  Java  Support

  Perian  Support

Time Machine: ℹ️

  Auto backup: YES

  Destinations:

  AirPort_2TB [Network]

  Total size: 2 TB

  Total number of backups: 43

  Oldest backup: 2014-08-03 05:50:12 +0000

  Last backup: 2014-10-26 06:42:09 +0000

  Size of backup disk: Excellent

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

Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

      12% WindowServer

      10% VLC

      3% coreaudiod

      2% Safari

      1% Little Snitch Agent

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

  213 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

  189 MB Safari

  189 MB com.apple.WebKit.Networking

  172 MB Mail

  155 MB WindowServer

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

  5.73 GB Free RAM

  9.36 GB Active RAM

  639 MB Inactive RAM

  1.44 GB Wired RAM

  1.13 GB Page-ins

  0 B Page-outs

This thread is getting out of control. It is time many of you started your own thread as your issues appear to be numerous and quite different. You will get more individual assistance with your issues also.

Cheers

Pete

Problem description:

These are the results from a complete re-partition, re-format and re-install of OS X Yosemite, from a Sandisk Cruzer 16GB USB Thumb Drive. After the install I set the Master Password, changed the Computer Name, displayed Macintosh HD, searched for Updates via the App Store (did not install), and finally, copied the EtreCheck application into my Applications folder.

EtreCheck version: 2.0.6 (91)

Report generated October 26, 2014 at 7:31:03 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: 0:25:46

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 (730.98 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. BRCM2070 Hub

  Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

  Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

  JMicron USB to ATA/ATAPI Bridge 1.5 TB

  S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified

  EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

  WD15-1 (disk2s2) /Volumes/WD15-1 : 1 TB (1 TB free)

  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

      8% WindowServer

      0% fontd

      0% System Events

      0% AppleSpell

      0% opendirectoryd

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

  189 MB mds_stores

  155 MB softwareupdated

  103 MB sandboxd

  86 MB Finder

  86 MB mds

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

  13.18 GB Free RAM

  1.78 GB Active RAM

  526 MB Inactive RAM

  1.69 GB Wired RAM

  8.34 GB Page-ins

  0 B Page-outs

In the end, cleaning up my machine, based on EtreCheck results wasn't enough. There was a noticeable performance increase, but my machine still was not as snappy as it was before. A clean install, seems to have done the trick, though I'm not sure that is an adequate recommendation for most people. The upgrade shouldn't have caused so many issues. At the very least, there should be some form of pre-installation check, to preemptively let people know where there could be issues.

In reply to Encryption taking forever and freezing.  We experienced the same problem..ended up at the apple genius bar and our hard drive was long gone..( macbook air )., and our computer was out of warranty by a year.  Obviously they knew they had a problem, because we were given a new one for free ( service included).  With the exception of occasionally slow loading, everything is working well. I have had to either restart, or drop the wi-fi and log back in to get the speeds back up..they have a problem no doubt

Hello, same issue.  Slowness and trouble booting.  I get stuck on the login screen (often), it's doesn't freeze, but it doesn't respond to anything I click or type.  I'm having trouble booting up now.  I generally have to kill hold down the power button to reboot when things seize up.  I'm getting stuck on the Apple logo screen.  I have to do a PRAM reboot to get past it, but that doesn't always work.  I managed to get a full Time Machine backup, so I think my data is safe.  I reinstalled Yosemite from scratch into a new partition, and it runs beautifully.  However, I have so many apps and so much data/config info in the original install, I really want to try to fix it.  Here is a paste of my EtreCheck:

Problem description:

Slowness associated with Yosemite install

EtreCheck version: 2.0.6 (91)

Report generated October 27, 2014 at 9:40:47 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: 0:35:8

Disk Information: ℹ️

  Hitachi HTS725050A9A362 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

  Recovery HD (disk0s5) <not mounted>  [Recovery]: 650 MB

  MacintoshHD (disk1) /  [Startup]: 399.08 GB (127.76 GB free)

  Core Storage: disk0s2 399.44 GB Online

  YosemiteBoot (disk3) /Volumes/YosemiteBoot : 98.79 GB (83.10 GB free)

  Encrypted AES-XTS UnlockedConverting

  Core Storage: disk0s4 99.16 GB Online

  MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898 

USB Information: ℹ️

  Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

  Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub

  Mitsumi Electric Apple Optical USB Mouse

  Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard

  Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

  Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub

  Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

  Seagate Backup+  Desk 3 TB

  S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified

  EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted> : 315 MB

  Seagate Backup Plus Drive (disk2s2) /Volumes/Seagate Backup Plus Drive : 3 TB (3 TB free)

  Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️

  Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Gatekeeper: ℹ️

  Mac App Store and identified developers

Kernel Extensions: ℹ️

  /Library/Application Support/Symantec/Protector

  [not loaded] com.symantec.kext.protector.panther (1.0f5) Support

  [not loaded] com.symantec.kext.protector.tigerplus (1.0f5) Support

  /Library/StartupItems/SymAutoProtect

  [not loaded] com.Symantec.kext.SAVAPComm (12.1) Support

  /System/Library/Extensions

  [not loaded] com.3dconnexion.driver (1.7 - SDK 10.6) Support

  [not loaded] com.AmbrosiaSW.AudioSupport (4.1.2 - SDK 10.7) Support

  [not loaded] com.FTDI.driver.FTDIUSBSerialDriver (2.2.14) Support

  [not loaded] com.cisco.nke.ipsec (2.0.1) Support

  [not loaded] com.lytro.Firefly (4.1 - SDK 10.7) Support

  [not loaded] com.wacom.kext.wacomtablet (6.3.6 - SDK 10.8) Support

Startup Items: ℹ️

  ciscod: Path: /System/Library/StartupItems/ciscod

  CiscoVPN: Path: /System/Library/StartupItems/CiscoVPN

  ChmodBPF: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ChmodBPF

  HP IO: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP IO

  HP Trap Monitor: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP Trap Monitor

  KeyAccess: Path: /Library/StartupItems/KeyAccess

  NortonMissedTasks: Path: /Library/StartupItems/NortonMissedTasks

  SMC: Path: /Library/StartupItems/SMC

  SymAutoProtect: Path: /Library/StartupItems/SymAutoProtect

  SymProtector: Path: /Library/StartupItems/SymProtector

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

Launch Agents: ℹ️

  [running] com.acs-inc.BEAMstatus.plist Support

  [not loaded] com.acs-inc.BEAMsti.plist Support

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

  [loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist Support

  [running] com.brother.LOGINserver.plist Support

  [invalid?] com.cisco.anyconnect.gui.plist Support

  [failed] com.hallmark.ca_enroll.plist Support

  [failed] com.hallmark.orbiter.desktopretrieve.plist Support

  [loaded] com.hp.help.tocgenerator.plist Support

  [invalid?] com.leapmotion.Leap-Motion.plist Support

  [running] com.netopia.timbuktu.pro.host.plist Support

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

  [running] com.sassafras.KeyAccess.plist Support

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

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

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

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

  [invalid?] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist Support

  [invalid?] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist Support

  [running] com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist Support

Launch Daemons: ℹ️

  [loaded] com.acs-inc.beamclient.plist Support

  [running] com.acs-inc.mdird.plist Support

  [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support

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

  [loaded] com.ambrosiasw.ambrosiaaudiosupporthelper.daemon.plist Support

  [running] com.cisco.anyconnect.vpnagentd.plist Support

  [loaded] com.hallmark.ctec.hmkcolorbookomatic.plist Support

  [invalid?] com.leapmotion.leapd.plist Support

  [loaded] com.lytro.Lytro.InstallHelper.plist Support

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

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

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

  [running] com.sassafras.KeyAccess.plist Support

  [invalid?] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist Support

  [not loaded] com.xerox.authorization.database.plist Support

User Launch Agents: ℹ️

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

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

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

User Login Items: ℹ️

  Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)

  Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client ApplicationHidden (/Applications/Cisco/Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client.app)

  Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client ApplicationHidden (/Applications/Cisco/Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client.app)

Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

  MeetingJoinPlugin: Version: (null) - SDK 10.6 Support

  nplastpass: Version: 2.5.5 Support

  WacomNetscape: Version: 2.1.0-1 - SDK 10.8 Support

  Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

  Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.3.8.1 Support

  AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin1017265: Version: AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin 1.0.17 Support

  WacomTabletPlugin: Version: WacomTabletPlugin 2.1.0.2 Support

  Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20125.0 - SDK 10.6 Support

  FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 14.0.0.145 - SDK 10.6 Support

  Flash Player: Version: 14.0.0.145 - SDK 10.6 Mismatch! Adobe recommends 15.0.0.189

  QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

  iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8

  SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.1.3 - SDK 10.6 Support

  AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.1 Support

  JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 15.0.0 - SDK 10.10 Check version

User Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

  CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.105 Support

  WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 Support

Safari Extensions: ℹ️

  LastPass

  iTube Studio

3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

  AirServer Preferences  Support

  Flash Player  Support

  Flip4Mac WMV  Support

  KeyAccess  Support

  SymAutoProtect

  Symantec\nQuickMenu  Support

Time Machine: ℹ️

  Skip System Files: NO

  Auto backup: YES

  Destinations:

  Seagate Backup Plus Drive [Local]

  Total size: 3 TB

  Total number of backups: 7

  Oldest backup: 2014-10-23 22:48:25 +0000

  Last backup: 2014-10-26 18:11:47 +0000

  Size of backup disk: Excellent

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

Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

      6% Finder

      3% WindowServer

      3% Google Chrome

      2% DesktopServicesHelper

      1% coreaudiod

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

  279 MB Finder

  106 MB mds_stores

  82 MB Google Chrome

  82 MB WindowServer

  52 MB Spotlight

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

  116 MB Free RAM

  923 MB Active RAM

  823 MB Inactive RAM

  1.16 GB Wired RAM

  4.19 GB Page-ins

  20 MB Page-o

The only think I noticed, after the "FRESH" Yosemite installation, which didn't recover to the normal speed was WiFi acquisition and connection. Booting up and logging in is actually substantially faster than on Mavericks. However, the system stalls when trying to connect to Wifi.

This WiFi problem can actually cause additional issues, during the login process. When WiFi won't connect as it should, Login Items, such as Adobe Creative Cloud (including Creative Cloud File Sync) and Dropbox can't connect.

I have to say, I'm not convinced Apple's Disk Utilities really work as they should. I previously stated that I deleted the partition and reformatted the hard drive, before performing a fresh Yosemite install. I have noticed a few things which still remain...

1. For instance, there were "remembered" WiFi Networks this MacBook Pro hasn't been connected to, since long before the re-partition, re-format and re-install. In fact, there was actually a "remembered" WiFi Network, for a network this MacBook Pro has NEVER been connected to. hasn't even been within 20 miles of it, though my iPhone 5S has. I can only assume this means there is some sort of iCloud Sync "feature" which makes this happen.
2. During the re-partition, re-format and re-install process, I also noticed my MacBook Pro auto-connected to a password-protected WiFi network, from within my home. Again, a re-partition, re-format and re-install should have deleted all previous settings (should have deleted everything). Yet it didn't even ask me for a password, to reconnect, until after the first time I logged into Yosemite.
3. Safari "Favorites" were remembered, but my "Top Sites" weren't. Again, this is likely some sort of iCloud Sync "feature" - but again, I wasn't aware this was part of iCloud.
4. A couple other things struck me as odd, due to the re-partition, re-format and re-install process I went through, but I can't remember what they were, now.

At this point, I have now re-activated Time Machine, installed several of the Adobe Creative Cloud apps (which I use on a daily basis) and deleted all "remembered" WiFi Networks.

Problem description:

WiFi not connecting correctly and takes about 2 minutes to connect to a "remembered" WiFi Network, which has no problem authenticating 2 x iPhone 5S (iOS 8.1), an iPhone 4 (iOS 5), an iPad Mini (iOS 8), a MacBook Air (Mavericks) and 2 x Apple TV units (Model A1469 - Apple TV Software 7.0.1). All of these have no issues, but the MacBook Pro, represented in this EtreCheck Report, now does. FYI: When I first commented in this area, I had just upgraded from Mavericks to Yosemite. My MacBook was slow and it took more time than usual to load websites, but it never took a long time to connect to the WiFi. Now I've gone through a complete re-partition, re-format and re-install process. The MacBook is now much quicker, but takes much longer to connect to WiFi. Once connected, websites load very quickly (http://speedof.me/show.php?img=141027012735-52138.png)

EtreCheck version: 2.0.6 (91)

Report generated October 27, 2014 at 9:23:40 AM 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: 0:7:32

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 (720.66 GB free)

  Core Storage: disk0s2 749.30 GB Online

  MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8 

USB Information: ℹ️

  JMicron USB to ATA/ATAPI Bridge 1.5 TB

  S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified

  EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

  WD15-1 (disk2s2) /Volumes/WD15-1 : 1 TB (1 TB free)

  Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

  Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

  Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

  Apple Inc. BRCM2070 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

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

  [running] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist Support

User Login Items: ℹ️

  None

Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

  AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.0 - SDK 10.6 Support

  AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.0 - SDK 10.6 Support

  QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

  AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 Support

  Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

  None

Time Machine: ℹ️

  Auto backup: YES

  Destinations:

  Data [Network]

  Total size: 997.71 GB

  Total number of backups: 1

  Oldest backup: 2014-10-27 13:24:50 +0000

  Last backup: 2014-10-27 13:24:50 +0000

  Size of backup disk: Excellent

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

Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

      7% WindowServer

      1% launchd

      0% fontd

      0% AppleSpell

      0% System Events

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

  103 MB Creative Cloud

  69 MB mds_stores

  69 MB WindowServer

  52 MB Finder

  52 MB Adobe CEF Helper

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

  13.95 GB Free RAM

  1.39 GB Active RAM

  376 MB Inactive RAM

  1.46 GB Wired RAM

  1.01 GB Page-ins

  0 B Page-outs

Hi,

I'm having the same problem with my Macbook Pro, I have tried everything (PRAM reboot, turn off transparency, turn off notifications, turn off app at login, Safe Mode Reboot) also I notices that some apps were using too much RAM, Google Chrome opened two Helpers for each tab, and they were eating like 300MB of Memory each one, same with Firefox and some more that I unistalled... but before reinstalling the whole software again I want to know what does my EtreCheck shows:

Problem description:

Slow Macbook Pro with new OS X Yosemite upgrade

EtreCheck version: 2.0.6 (91)

Report generated October 27, 2014 at 9:15:24 PM EDT

Hardware Information: ℹ️

  MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2009) (Verified)

  MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,3

  1 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core

  8 GB RAM Upgradeable

  BANK 0/DIMM0

  4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

  BANK 1/DIMM0

  4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

  Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported

  Wireless:  en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n

Video Information: ℹ️

  NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB

  Color LCD 1440 x 900

  NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT - VRAM: 512 MB

System Software: ℹ️

  OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 4:17:59

Disk Information: ℹ️

  Hitachi HTS725050A9A364 disk0 : (500.11 GB)

  S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified

  EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

  Untitled (disk0s2) /  [Startup]: 499.25 GB (336.06 GB free)

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

  MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-868 

USB Information: ℹ️

  Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

  Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

  Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

  Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

  Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub

  Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Gatekeeper: ℹ️

  Mac App Store and identified developers

Kernel Extensions: ℹ️

  /System/Library/Extensions

  [not loaded] com.wacom.kext.pentablet (5.3.5 - SDK 10.9) Support

  [not loaded] com.wacom.kext.wacomtablet (6.3.9 - SDK 10.9) Support

Launch Agents: ℹ️

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

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

  [running] com.wacom.pentablet.plist Support

  [running] com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist Support

Launch Daemons: ℹ️

  [running] com.iobit.AMCDaemon.plist Support

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

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

User Launch Agents: ℹ️

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

  [invalid?] com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support

  [loaded] com.user.UninstallAD.plist Support

User Login Items: ℹ️

  RescueTime ApplicationHidden (/Users/[redacted]/.Trash/RescueTime.app)

Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

  FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support

  QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

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

  AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.1 Support

  Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

  SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.4 - SDK 10.6 Support

  Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 Support

  WacomTabletPlugin: Version: WacomTabletPlugin 2.1.0.6 - SDK 10.9 Support

  JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 67 Check version

User Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

  CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.105 Support

Safari Extensions: ℹ️

  Awesome Screenshot

  MeasureIt

3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

  Flash Player  Support

  Java  Support

  PenTablet  Support

  WacomTablet  Support

Time Machine: ℹ️

  Auto backup: YES

  Destinations:

  Elements [Local]

  Total size: 999.83 GB

  Total number of backups: 0

  Oldest backup: -

  Last backup: -

  Size of backup disk: Excellent

  Backup size 999.83 GB > (Disk size 0 B X 3)

Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

      12% WindowServer

      8% com.apple.WebKit.Networking

      3% Safari

      2% sysmond

      1% Adobe Illustrator

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

  429 MB Adobe Illustrator

  258 MB Finder

  155 MB mds_stores

  146 MB DashboardClient

  137 MB Mail

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

  855 MB Free RAM

  3.68 GB Active RAM

  2.84 GB Inactive RAM

  939 MB Wired RAM

  12.00 GB Page-ins

  504 KB Page-outs

You are not having the same problem. Every etrecheck report posted here so far shows different issues. If you wish for help then start a new thread where you will get more individualised assistance with your issues. At present, this thread is just one big mess and I feel sorry for the OP. It seems nobody knows who is advising who of what.

Pete

I'm having the same problem because of Filevault, and the status is frozen and only in the middle of the encryption. What can I do?

Hi

I have this problem with MacBook Pro mid 2012 4GB ram before, and now I love Apple again and my same old MacBook Pro!

I have lastly follow the Apple support and do the:  OS X: How to erase and install. 

download the link:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5943?

enjoy.

It may come right if you just leave it going and don't use your computer for a few hours (e.g. overnight) - mine did.

My MacBook Air (late 2010) has been very sluggish since upgrading to Yosemite. I just ran EtreCheck for the first time and I think I may have more fundamental problems. As you will see below, I have a lot of System Launch Agents and Daemons that failed. What can I do to correct this? Much thanks.

EtreCheck version: 2.0.6 (91)

Report generated October 28, 2014 at 10:32:26 PM PDT

Hardware Information: ℹ️

  MacBook Air (13-inch, Late 2010) (Verified)

  MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir3,2

  1 1.86 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core

  4 GB RAM Not 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:  en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n

Video Information: ℹ️

  NVIDIA GeForce 320M - VRAM: 256 MB

  Color LCD 1440 x 900

  Acer P221W 1600 x 1000 @ 60 Hz

System Software: ℹ️

  OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 6:2:58

Disk Information: ℹ️

  APPLE SSD TS128C disk0 : (121.33 GB)

  S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified

  EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

  Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /  [Startup]: 120.47 GB (22.76 GB free)

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

USB Information: ℹ️

  Apple Inc. FaceTime Camera (Built-in)

  Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

  Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

  Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub

  Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Gatekeeper: ℹ️

  Mac App Store and identified developers

Kernel Extensions: ℹ️

  /Applications/AirParrot.app

  [not loaded] com.squirrels.airparrot.framebuffer (3 - SDK 10.8) Support

  [not loaded] com.squirrels.driver.AirParrotSpeakers (1.8 - SDK 10.8) Support

Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️

  [failed] com.apple.accountsd.plist

  [failed] com.apple.AirPlayUIAgent.plist

  [failed] com.apple.bird.plist

  [failed] com.apple.CallHistoryPluginHelper.plist

  [failed] com.apple.CallHistorySyncHelper.plist

  [failed] com.apple.cloudd.plist

  [failed] com.apple.cmfsyncagent.plist

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

  [failed] com.apple.EscrowSecurityAlert.plist

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

  [failed] com.apple.nsurlsessiond.plist

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

  [failed] com.apple.recentsd.plist

  [failed] com.apple.sbd.plist

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

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

  [failed] com.apple.spindump_agent.plist

Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️

  [failed] com.apple.awdd.plist

  [failed] com.apple.ctkd.plist

  [failed] com.apple.findmymac.plist

  [failed] com.apple.ifdreader.plist

  [failed] com.apple.MobileFileIntegrity.plist

  [failed] com.apple.nehelper.plist

  [failed] com.apple.nsurlsessiond.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] org.cups.cupsd.plist

Launch Agents: ℹ️

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

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

  [invalid?] org.tigris.scplugin.launch.plist Support

Launch Daemons: ℹ️

  [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support

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

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

  [loaded] com.klieme.TimeMachineScheduler.plist Support

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

User Launch Agents: ℹ️

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

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

  [running] com.akamai.single-user-client.plist Support

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

  [running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support

User Login Items: ℹ️

  BoxSyncHelper UNKNOWN (missing value)

  iTunesHelper UNKNOWNHidden (missing value)

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

  Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)

  Google Chrome ApplicationHidden (/Applications/Google Chrome.app)

  VidyoDesktop UNKNOWN (missing value)

  AdobeResourceSynchronizer ApplicationHidden (/Applications/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/Support/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)

  EvernoteHelper Application (/Applications/Evernote.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/EvernoteHelper.app)

Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

  nplastpass: Version: 2.5.5 Support

  o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.5.0 - SDK 10.8 Support

  Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

  net.juniper.DSSafariExtensions: Version: (null) Support

  AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 1.0.0.0 - SDK 10.6 Support

  FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support

  AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support

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

  iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8

  googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.5.0 - SDK 10.8 Support

  QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

  AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support

  SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.4 - SDK 10.6 Support

  JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 09 Check version

User Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

  WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.6 Support

  WebEx: Version: 1.0 Support

  CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.92 Support

  Box Edit: Version: BoxEdit 1.1.36.0 - SDK 10.0 Support

Safari Extensions: ℹ️

  LastPass

3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

  Akamai NetSession Preferences  Support

  Flash Player  Support

  Growl  Support

  TimeMachineScheduler  Support

Time Machine: ℹ️

  Skip System Files: NO

  Mobile backups: OFF

  Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off

  Destinations:

  Data [Network]

  Total size: 0 B

  Total number of backups: 0

  Oldest backup: -

  Last backup: -

  Size of backup disk: Excellent

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

Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

      18% WindowServer

      8% Google Chrome

      1% ocspd

      1% sysmond

      1% loginwindow

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

  112 MB Google Chrome

  73 MB Google Drive

  60 MB Finder

  60 MB WindowServer

  47 MB Mail

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

  59 MB Free RAM

  685 MB Active RAM

  596 MB Inactive RAM

  835 MB Wired RAM

  26.06 GB Page-ins

  993 MB Page-outs

I would seriously consider backing up your system and doing a clean install. Your system is a mess.

Cheers

Pete