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Kimouna Author

Level 1

9 points

yosemite upgrade problems

I've recently upgraded to Yosemite, and since then have been experiencing downgraded performance on my MacAir. Slowness, freezing, delayed response when trying to "wake up", memory problems (can't open multiple apps at same time without getting a warning), etc.

As per advice from this community, I "repaired disk permissions" and "repaired disk" in Disk Utilities, I reset the System Management Controller (SMC), and I reset the PRAM. I also removed all non-compatible software, cleaned it of 3rd party apps (including Genieo), and updated all out-dated software. Yet I'm not noticing any changes. Still get memory problems (e.g., tells me it can't save a document because too many files are open, when it's the only one open!), Excel and Skype randomly freeze, start-up is slow, sometimes the monitor won't "wake up" immediately when I touch a key, and I can't manage to get "save as" to work without the screen flashing and the whole computer freaking out!

Below is my Etresoft report. Any advice on what to do?

Thanks!

Problem description:

Slow operations, freezing applications, delayed monitor “wake-up”, etc. following upgrade to Yosemite.

EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)

Report generated 2 November 2014 22:36:56 GMT

Hardware Information: ℹ️

MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2013) (Verified)

MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir6,1

1 1.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core

4 GB RAM Not 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: en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac

Video Information: ℹ️

Intel HD Graphics 5000 -

Color LCD 1366 x 768

System Software: ℹ️

OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 0:31:41

Disk Information: ℹ️

APPLE SSD SD0128F disk0 : (121.33 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]: 120.10 GB (22.55 GB free)

Core Storage: disk0s2 120.47 GB Online

USB Information: ℹ️

Western Digital My Passport 07B8 2 TB

S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified

EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

My Passport for Mac (disk2s2) /Volumes/My Passport for Mac : 2.00 TB (556.39 GB free)

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/MacKeeper/AntiVirus.app

[not loaded] net.kromtech.kext.AVKauth (2.3.7 - SDK 10.9) Support

[loaded] net.kromtech.kext.Firewall (2.3.7 - SDK 10.9) Support

/System/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] com.mac.sim.driver.MACUSBDriver (1.2.8) Support

Launch Agents: ℹ️

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

[loaded] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist Support

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

[running] com.rosettastone.rosettastonedaemon.plist Support

Launch Daemons: ℹ️

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support

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

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

[running] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.AntiVirus.plist Support

[running] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.plugin.AntiTheft.daemon.plist Support

User Launch Agents: ℹ️

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

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

[running] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper.plist Support

User Login Items: ℹ️

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

Skype UNKNOWN (missing value)

Google Chrome UNKNOWNHidden (missing value)

Google+ Auto Backup UNKNOWN (missing value)

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

iyogi-scc-20140618-153458 UNKNOWN (missing value)

Genieo UNKNOWN (missing value)

Alarm Clock Application (/Applications/Alarm Clock.app)

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

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

o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.5.0 - SDK 10.8 Support

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.5 - SDK 10.6 Support

googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.5.0 - SDK 10.8 Support

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 15.0.0 - SDK 10.10 Check version

Safari Extensions: ℹ️

Omnibar

Searchme

SlickSavings

Amazon Shopping Assistant

Ebay Shopping Assistant

3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

Flash Player Support

Tuxera NTFS Support

Time Machine: ℹ️

Auto backup: YES

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 120.10 GB Disk used: 97.55 GB

Destinations:

Time Machine [Local]

Total size: 3.00 TB

Total number of backups: 2

Oldest backup: 2014-07-05 18:30:57 +0000

Last backup: 2014-11-02 16:12:27 +0000

Size of backup disk: Excellent

Backup size 3.00 TB > (Disk size 120.10 GB X 3)

Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

5% Skype

5% Google Chrome

4% WindowServer

1% Microsoft Word

0% fontd

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

245 MB AntiVirus

236 MB Google Chrome

155 MB Finder

150 MB Skype

99 MB Google Chrome Helper

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

90 MB Free RAM

1.70 GB Active RAM

1.64 GB Inactive RAM

628 MB Wired RAM

3.69 GB Page-ins

330 MB Page-outs

MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10), all software is up-to-date

Posted on Nov 2, 2014 2:49 PM

22 replies

MadMacs0

Level 5

5,227 points

Nov 2, 2014 3:53 PM in response to Kimouna

Interesting. I need to let some folks know about that. Not sure whether they would continue to haunt Safari from there or not nor why EtreCheck would be reporting them unless they were also where they belong.

Kimouna Author

Level 1

9 points

Nov 2, 2014 3:55 PM in response to MortenJamesCarlsen

OK. I have no clue what a cache is... But I'm pretty sure I don't need/want anything to do with Ebay or Shopping or other extensions in Safari - especially where they are hidden and not transparently shown in the Safari app itself!

Nov 2, 2014 3:58 PM in response to Kimouna

Download the app called Find Any File

It is an awesome tool and it will, unlike spotlight, show you everything stored on your computer.

I believe you can get it freely on the MacAppStore...

Then search away for anything you like. If it is on your drive, you will see it..

You can then delete (Move to Trash) directly from within the application, itself.

Happy Hunting...

MadMacs0

Level 5

5,227 points

Nov 2, 2014 4:05 PM in response to MortenJamesCarlsen

MortenJamesCarlsen wrote:

Download the app called Find Any File

I agree with your assessment (I own and use it extensively), but it's no longer free Find Any File whereas EasyFInd is and will accomplish the same thing in this case. EasyFind is also capable of searching within a file, whereas Find Any File does not.

Nov 2, 2014 4:08 PM in response to MadMacs0

yes easy find is a great app as well... I just prefer the other one.

but if it aint free no more, easy find is a no brainer ;-)

MadMacs0

Level 5

5,227 points

Nov 2, 2014 4:12 PM in response to Kimouna

Kimouna wrote:

OK. I have no clue what a cache is...

They are used to speed up your mac for many of the things it does repetitively. The System uses them so that it doesn't have to look up information in many places from your hard drive when your reboot. Browsers use them to store the contents of pages you visit so that if you need to revisit the site it doesn't necessarily have to download the contents again. Most anything that is repetitive.

If you delete the cache, then it will just need to be rebuilt at some point which slows things down initially, but in the long run will make your computing experience somewhat faster. There is nothing in them that cannot be replaced. The only time I ever clean them is when I suspect one or more have become corrupt or too full and then only the one I suspect, not all of them at once. There are several free utilities that will do that for you.

Jan 5, 2015 2:20 PM in response to ThomasKilian

Had a somewhat similar experience.

Spent a whole day trying to update to Yosemite after half a day spent downloading it.

It finally seemed to have completed the update after boot, only to discover that Mail wasn't set up at all, the documents folder was empty as well as the Applications and to add insult to injury, went to the Genius who told me they could do the update but it would cost me $99.00 (on top of the money buying Yosemite which I had already paid).

Apple seems to have had a very worrisome turn to the worst after Jobs demise, launching programs and updates that are DEFINITELY not ready for distribution. Are they using Windoze-minded people to program or is it that in order to speed production they are resorting to build low quality/crappy things. There is no justification to waste hours or even days to download an OS (Yosemite) which, after all these pains, can't even set itself up using the data from the previous OS (Mavericks and Lion).

For the time being I will definitely NOT upgrade. Enough headaches. Apple better clean up its act.

yosemite upgrade problems