Q: Yosemite made my MacBook Pro 17" so slow. Need help.

Just updated and installed Yosemite to my MBP 17" and its gone on a major go slow... keep shrinking about things, loading apps slow etc almost unworkable when I'm a graphic designer and use this daily to earn my income!!

is there anything i can do to correct???

Have DL and run EtraCheck and here is results:

EtreCheck version: 2.0.6 (91)

Report generated 26 October 2014 18:49:12 GMT

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: 0:14:35

Disk Information: ℹ️

  TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF 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 (566.27 GB free)

  Core Storage: disk0s2 749.30 GB Online

  MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8 

USB Information: ℹ️

  Logitech USB Receiver

  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

Configuration files: ℹ️

  /etc/hosts - Count: 15

Gatekeeper: ℹ️

  Mac App Store and identified developers

Kernel Extensions: ℹ️

  /Applications/Parallels Desktop.app

  [not loaded] com.parallels.kext.hidhook (8.0 18494.886912) Support

  [not loaded] com.parallels.kext.hypervisor (8.0 18494.886912) Support

  [not loaded] com.parallels.kext.netbridge (8.0 18494.886912) Support

  [not loaded] com.parallels.kext.usbconnect (8.0 18494.886912) Support

  [not loaded] com.parallels.kext.vnic (8.0 18494.886912) Support

  /System/Library/Extensions

  [not loaded] com.dymo.usbprinterclassdriver.kext (1.1 - SDK 10.5) Support

Startup Items: ℹ️

  MobileBrServ: Path: /Library/StartupItems/MobileBrServ

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

Launch Agents: ℹ️

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

  [loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist Support

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

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

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

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

Launch Daemons: ℹ️

  [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support

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

  [running] com.backblaze.bzserv.plist Support

  [invalid?] com.dymo.pnpd.plist Support

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

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

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

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

  [loaded] com.teamviewer.Helper.plist Support

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

User Launch Agents: ℹ️

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

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

  [running] com.backblaze.bzbmenu.plist Support

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

  [not loaded] com.synology.CloudStation.plist Support

User Login Items: ℹ️

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

  MailTab for Gmail UNKNOWN (missing value)

  DisplayPad UNKNOWN (missing value)

  Hightail Desktop App Application (/Applications/Hightail Desktop App.app)

  Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)

Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

  MeetingJoinPlugin: Version: (null) - SDK 10.6 Support

  o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support

  DYMO NPAPI Addin: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.6 Support

  Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

  DYMO Safari Addin: Version: (null) - SDK 10.5 Support

  NP_2020Player_WEB: Version: 5.0.94.0 - SDK 10.6 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

  LogMeIn: Version: 1.0.935 - SDK 10.7 Support

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

  LogMeInSafari32: Version: 1.0.935 - SDK 10.7 Support

  googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support

  QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

  AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support

  SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.6 - SDK 10.6 Support

  Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 Support

  JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 71 Check version

User Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

  CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.105 Support

  Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 Support

Safari Extensions: ℹ️

  WhatFont

  OpenIE

3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

  Backblaze Backup  Support

  Flash Player  Support

  Growl  Support

  Java  Support

Time Machine: ℹ️

  Mobile backups: OFF

  Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off

  Destinations:

  Timemachine [Network]

  Total size: 3 TB

  Total number of backups: 0

  Oldest backup: -

  Last backup: -

  Size of backup disk: Excellent

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

Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

      8% mds_stores

      7% WindowServer

      7% mds

      1% com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

      1% Safari

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

  378 MB mds_stores

  275 MB Safari

  206 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

  172 MB bztransmit

  86 MB Dropbox

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

  11.73 GB Free RAM

  2.74 GB Active RAM

  921 MB Inactive RAM

  1.78 GB Wired RAM

  1.96 GB Page-ins

  0 B Page-outs