Q: extremely slow mac all of a sudden, Frequent SPOD

*PLEASE HELP!*

Some updates ...

- I've rebooted in Safe Mode and run Disk Utility most of the way through before it started to hang and I had to kill the process.

- I've run the Hardware check in both basic and extensive settings.  No hardware problems detected.

- Restarted from there.  Looked at Console and was seeing some odd messages.  Spinning Wheel of Death freeze. 

- Tried restarting in Safe Mode, I've gotten to my login point and am getting Spinning Wheel of Death again!

Hi:

Thank you so much for responding!!!! ...

Yes, I'm aware of Recovery Mode.  I've been trying to avoid it if possible. Looks like I might not be able to.  I guess I don't understand if my Hardware check says there's nothing wrong with the Hard Disk.

Anyway ...

If I want to do Recovery Mode from Mountain Lion, it *is* correct to say that I just need an internet connection and a Time Machine backup, right?  I do not need a boot-able disk? 

Okay, a tech person is saying I should reboot in Recovery Mode and try to "repair the disk" first in Disk Utility.  This may fix the problem.  Before, I was running Disk Utility from within the OS, so I couldn't apparently "repair the disk", only repair the permissions.

More help needed ***Update***

I've now twice done a reinstall of the OS.  The first time, the operation seemed to be great then I ran "repair disk permissions" which identified flaws in the JavaInstall and several CoreGraphics extensions.  I 'repaired' those permissions, which made the system run slow again, with frequent SWODs.  Generally speaking, these happen when I try to click on something or am using a web browser (happens with both Firefox and Chrome).   I also get it frequently with Finder and have gotten repeated hangs when scrolling through a Powerpoint presentation (~15 MB in size).  The second reinstall seems to also get hangs at the same moments. 

I've attached the new EtreCheck log:

EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)

Report generated November 7, 2014 9:22:25 AM HST

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

        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 - VRAM: 512 MB

        Color LCD 1280 x 800

System Software: ℹ️

    OS X 10.8.5 (12F45) - Uptime: 0:43:21

Disk Information: ℹ️

    APPLE HDD TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB)

    S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified

        disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /  [Startup]: 499.25 GB (111.04 GB free)

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

    MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8 

USB Information: ℹ️

    Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

    Apple Inc. BRCM20702 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

    Anywhere

Kernel Extensions: ℹ️

        /Applications/ASD Standard Apps/Internet/FTP & SFTP clients/Transmit.app

    [not loaded]    com.panic.TransmitDisk.

transmitdiskfs (4.0.0 - SDK 10.5) Support

        /Applications/ASD Standard Apps/Utilities/Temperature Monitor 4.96/TemperatureMonitor.app
    [not loaded]    com.bresink.driver.BRESINKx86Monitoring (9.0) Support

        /System/Library/Extensions
    [loaded]    com.globaldelight.driver.BoomDevice (1.1 - SDK 10.1) Support
    [not loaded]    com.motorola-mobility.driver.MotMobileUSB (1.1.8 - SDK 10.5) Support

        /System/Library/Extensions/MotMobileUSB.kext/Contents/PlugIns
    [not loaded]    com.motorola-mobility.driver.MotMobileMS (1.0.0 - SDK 10.5) Support
    [not loaded]    com.motorola-mobility.driver.MotMobileMTP (1.1.8 - SDK 10.5) Support
    [not loaded]    com.motorola-mobility.driver.MotMobileUSBLAN (1.1.8 - SDK 10.5) Support
    [not loaded]    com.motorola-mobility.driver.MotMobileUSBLANMerge (1.1.8 - SDK 10.5) Support
    [not loaded]    com.motorola-mobility.driver.MotMobileUSBSwch (1.1.8 - SDK 10.5) Support

Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
    [running]    com.motorola.motohelper.plist Support
    [invalid?]    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
    [loaded]    org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.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
    [invalid?]    com.motorola-mobility.mmcfgd.plist Support
    [invalid?]    com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist Support
    [loaded]    org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist Support

User Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support

User Login Items: ℹ️
    None

Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.2.0.16   - SDK 10.8 Support
    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.1
    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
    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support
    o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.5.0 - SDK 10.8 Support
    SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.7 - SDK 10.6 Support
    googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.5.0 - SDK 10.8 Support
    Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20125.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.6.0 - SDK 10.8 Check version

3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
    Flash Player  Support
    Flip4Mac WMV  Support
    TeXDistPrefPane  Support

Time Machine: ℹ️
    Mobile backups: OFF
    Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
    Destinations:
        My Book [Local]
        Total size: 2.00 TB
        Total number of backups: 31
        Oldest backup: 2012-09-22 01:18:32 +0000
        Last backup: 2014-10-16 01:02:18 +0000
        Size of backup disk: Excellent
            Backup size 2.00 TB > (Disk size 0 B X 3)

Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
         4%    Activity Monitor
         2%    WindowServer
         2%    activitymonitord
         0%    Finder
         0%    ps

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
    107 MB    Finder
    77 MB    mds
    39 MB    WindowServer
    34 MB    Dock
    30 MB    coreservicesd

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
    2.07 GB    Free RAM
    762 MB    Active RAM
    229 MB    Inactive RAM
    1.23 GB    Wired RAM
    337 MB    Page-ins
    0 B    Page-outs

--

My planned next step is that if this doesn't improve then I will nuke the hard drive entirely, reinstall the OS, and reinstall from a TimeMachine backup. 

I followed what Linc recommended on another forum here, running the bash script he produced:

MacbookPro started running really slow. Please help...

The good news is that it doesn't look like I'm getting I/O errors.  I am getting a lot of other things that are confusing to me.

Start time: 13:44:33 11/07/14

Model Identifier: MacBookPro9,2

System Version: OS X 10.8.5 (12F45)

Kernel Version: Darwin 12.5.0

Time since boot: 13 minutes

Log

   Nov  7 09:28:05 wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid c8

   Nov  7 09:34:14 wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid c8

   Nov  7 09:35:08 wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid c8

   Nov  7 09:35:56 wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid c8

   Nov  7 09:36:18 wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid c8

   Nov  7 09:48:19 wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid c8

   Nov  7 09:48:34 wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid c8

   Nov  7 09:48:48 wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid c8

   Nov  7 09:49:35 wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid c8

   Nov  7 09:50:08 wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid c8

   Nov  7 09:50:29 wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid c8

   Nov  7 09:58:33 wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid c8

   Nov  7 09:59:27 wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid c8

   Nov  7 10:02:43 wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid c8

   Nov  7 10:06:22 wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid c8

   Nov  7 10:09:54 wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid c8

   Nov  7 10:10:43 PM notification timeout (pid 41, loginwindow)

   Nov  7 10:10:43 PM notification timeout (pid 41, loginwindow)

   Nov  7 10:10:43 PM notification timeout (pid 140, Finder)

   Nov  7 10:10:43 PM notification timeout (pid 140, Finder)

   Nov  7 10:11:14 PM notification timeout (pid 31, powerd)

   Nov  7 11:07:37 wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #2, bssid 00

   Nov  7 13:32:37 jnl: unknown-dev: replay_journal: from: 36371968 to: 6909440 (joffset 0x1238a000)

   Nov  7 13:32:37 jnl: unknown-dev: journal replay done.

   Nov  7 13:34:29 wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid 00

I/O per process: kextcache (UID 0) is using 2 MB/s

kexts

   com.globaldelight.driver.

BoomDevice (1.1)

Daemons

   org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx
   com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper
   com.motorola-mobility.mmcfgd
   com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper
   com.google.keystone.daemon
   com.adobe.fpsaud

Agents

   org.macosforge.xquartz.startx
   com.motorola.motohelper
   com.google.keystone.system.agent
   com.adobe.ARM.UUID

launchd

   /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.xprotectupdater.plist
   -    com.apple.xprotectupdater
   /Library/LaunchAgents/com.google.keystone.agent.plist
   -    com.google.keystone.system.agent
   /Library/LaunchAgents/com.motorola.motohelper.plist
   -    com.motorola.motohelper
   /Library/LaunchAgents/org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist
   -    org.macosforge.xquartz.startx
   /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
   -    com.adobe.fpsaud
   /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
   -    com.google.keystone.daemon
   /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
   -    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper
   /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.motorola-mobility.mmcfgd.plist
   -    com.motorola-mobility.mmcfgd
   /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist
   -    com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper
   /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist
   -    org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx
   Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.ARM.UUID.plist
   -    com.adobe.ARM.UUID

Bundles

   /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/Flip4Mac WMA Import.component
   -    net.telestream.wmv.import
   /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/AdobePDFViewer.plugin
   -    com.adobe.acrobat.pdfviewer
   /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin
   -    com.adobe.acrobat.pdfviewerNPAPI
   /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin
   -    N/A
   /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
   -    net.telestream.wmv.plugin
   /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin
   -    com.google.googletalkbrowserplugin
   /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
   -    com.apple.java.JavaAppletPlugin
   /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/o1dbrowserplugin.plugin
   -    com.google.o1dbrowserplugin
   /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
   -    com.microsoft.sharepoint.browserplugin
   /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/SharePointWebKitPlugin.webplugin
   -    com.microsoft.sharepoint.webkitplugin
   /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Silverlight.plugin
   -    com.microsoft.SilverlightPlugin
   /Library/PreferencePanes/Flash Player.prefPane
   -    com.adobe.flashplayerpreferences
   /Library/PreferencePanes/Flip4Mac WMV.prefPane
   -    net.telestream.wmv.prefpane
   /Library/PreferencePanes/TeXDistPrefPane.prefPane
   -    comp.text.tex.distribution.preference
   /Library/QuickTime/Flip4Mac WMV Advanced.component
   -    net.telestream.wmv.advanced
   /Library/QuickTime/Flip4Mac WMV Export.component
   -    net.telestream.wmv.export
   /Library/QuickTime/Flip4Mac WMV Import.component
   -    net.telestream.wmv.import
   Library/Address Book Plug-Ins/SkypeABDialer.bundle
   -    com.skype.skypeabdialer
   Library/Address Book Plug-Ins/SkypeABSMS.bundle
   -    com.skype.skypeabsms
   Library/Address Book Plug-Ins/YMsgrCallABPlugin.bundle
   -    com.yahoo.YMsgrCallABPlugin
   Library/Address Book Plug-Ins/YMsgrMsnABPlugin.bundle
   -    com.yahoo.YMsgrMsnABPlugin
   Library/Address Book Plug-Ins/YMsgrSmsABPlugin.bundle
   -    com.yahoo.YMsgrSmsABPlugin
   Library/Address Book Plug-Ins/YMsgrYimABPlugin.bundle
   -    com.yahoo.YMsgrYimABPlugin
   Library/Services/GraphicConverter.service
   -    com.lemkesoft.graphicconverter.GraphicConverter-Service

Apps

   /Applications/Dropbox.app

Contents of /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.AirPortBaseStationAgent.plist (XML  document text)

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
   <plist version="1.0">
   <dict>
       <key>Label</key>
       <string>com.apple.AirPortBaseStationAgent</string>
       <key>EnableTransactions</key>
       <true/>
       <key>LowPriorityIO</key>
       <true/>
       <key>LimitLoadToSessionType</key>
       <string>Aqua</string>
       <key>LaunchEvents</key>
       <dict>
           <key>com.apple.distnoted.matching</key>
           <dict>
               <key>com.apple.airport.agent.prefschanged</key>
               <dict>
                   <key>Name</key>
                   <string>com.apple.airport.agent</string>
               </dict>
           </dict>
           <key>com.apple.bonjour.events</key>
           <dict>
               <key>com.apple.airport.agent.add</key>

   ...and 19 more line(s)

Contents of /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.xprotectupdater.plist (XML  document text)

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
   <plist version="1.0">
   <dict>
       <key>Label</key>
       <string>com.apple.xprotectupdater</string>
       <key>ProgramArguments</key>
       <array>
           <string>/usr/libexec/XProtectUpdater</string>
       </array>
       <key>RunAtLoad</key>
       <true/>
       <key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
       <dict>
           <key>Hour</key>
           <integer>2</integer>
           <key>Minute</key>
           <integer>4</integer>
       </dict>
   </dict>
   </plist>

Font issues: 36

DNS: 128.171.1.1

Wi-Fi

   link auth: none

Restricted files: 1767

Elapsed time (s): 2096

HELP?  I'm still getting these errors.