Yosemite made my MacBook Air Slow

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Yosemite made my MacBook Air Slow

And its even slower when I use a second screen. Here's my EtreCheck report:

EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)

Report generated November 20, 2014 at 12:02:42 PM 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 23:25:59

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 (143.86 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

13% WindowServer

7% Airmail 2

6% syncdefaultsd

1% Google Chrome Canary

1% com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

352 MB Airmail 2

198 MB Google Chrome Canary

163 MB softwareupdated

155 MB feedly

127 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

29 MB Free RAM

3.30 GB Active RAM

3.28 GB Inactive RAM

1.18 GB Wired RAM

19.19 GB Page-ins

347 MB Page-outs

MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)

Posted on Nov 20, 2014 9:04 AM

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Answer 1

a brody

Level 10

85,308 points

Nov 20, 2014 9:15 AM in response to BleedingBlue10

Your Java comes in as invalid. Go to http://www.java.com/ to verify you are currently running the most current version of Java.

Get rid of CleanmyMac. Any utility that clears system caches actually slows down your Mac. The worst of these is MacKeeper, which requires these removal directions:

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3036

Go2Meeting may need to be updated, and if there isn't one for Yosemite, see these uninstallation/downgrade directions:

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-1948

Find out the source of DNSmasq. If you are doing personal websharing, you may need to use a different program for that.

See if disabling Google Drive and File sharing helps.

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Answer 2

Lexiepex

Level 6

14,108 points

Nov 20, 2014 10:03 AM in response to BleedingBlue10

->abrody: CMM is even worse than MacKeeper, howdo 😀 Lex)

BB: You have or had two mac killers installed: CleanMyMac and Trusteer Rapport. And Java is not good.

You have a beautiful MBA: we are going to get rid of the two crapwares and I give you an article on how to install Java in Yosemite.

1-- CMM: Open the app, in the left navigation panel the is an uninstaller, uninstall the app. Then download FindAnyFile

from http://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/

and install it, open it and type macpaw in the search field

then hold the Alt(option) key and click the Finf button, type your password.

In the list CTL+click every entry with macpaw and "move to trash" ; it remains visible but is now in the trash as you can see.

Then type cleanmymac in the search field, again hit the Find button, there should be no entry found, but if, move it to the trash.

RESTART the mac.

Empty the trash bin.

2-- Rapport (Trusteer): it is not compatible with the latest OSXs, it is badly programmed and counterproductive, do not use it even when an ignorant bank advisor tells you to. Even when it is now IBM.

Read this interesting article: http://krebsonsecurity.com/2010/04/a-closer-look-at-rapport-from-trusteer/

(the first word "Krebs" is german for cancer).

Trusteer Rapport has a block against uninstalling, I would use the instructions here:

h ttp://www.trusteer.com/support/uninstalling-rapport-mac-os-x

Restart after the uninstall, empty the trash.

Then I would use FindAnyFile again with the words trusteer and rapport. Be careful what you move to the trash.

3-- Java: if you really really need it, read here how to install Java in Yosemite.

http://osxdaily.com/2014/10/21/get-java-os-x-yosemite/

Lex

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Answer 3

Nov 20, 2014 11:29 AM in response to Lexiepex

Thanks a brod and Lex! Ok I did the stuff you suggested. I also tried uninstalling Java via terminal and according to Oracle it should be uninstalled but I'm not sure. Seems to be running much better but it generally does at the beginning after a restart I think. Here's my updated EtreCheck log:

EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)

Report generated November 20, 2014 at 2:22:15 PM 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: 0:49:39

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 (146.97 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

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.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support

[failed] dev.dnsmasq.plist Support

[running] dev.nginx.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

3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

Flash Player 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

11% Airmail 2

5% WindowServer

4% Google Chrome

1% fontd

0% Dropbox

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

397 MB Airmail 2

180 MB Google Chrome

172 MB spindump

120 MB Google Drive

94 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

957 MB Free RAM

3.88 GB Active RAM

2.84 GB Inactive RAM

907 MB Wired RAM

3.37 GB Page-ins

25 KB Page-outs

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Answer 4

Lexiepex

Level 6

14,108 points

Nov 20, 2014 12:54 PM in response to BleedingBlue10

These two are still there:

dev.dnsmasq.plist

dev.nginx.plist

I would take out these Github "hobbies" for the time being, and wait until it runs flawlesly, if you need it at all.

Now take out by hand, some remnants:

empty the trash bin now,

In Finder go to MacintoshHD->Library->LaunchAgents and delete the google.keystone file and the oracle.java file

go to MacintoshHD->Library->LaunchDaemons and delete the google.keystone file and the oracle.java file

and also the two github files.

Restart

empty the trash bin.

Note: first time I see Airmail 2: uses a lot of resources when syncing !?

See how it does now, should be good,

Lex

(and thanks to AB 😎 )

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Answer 5

MichelPM

Level 10

81,535 points

Nov 20, 2014 1:15 PM in response to BleedingBlue10

ALL Google wares are garbage and total resource hogs on Mac OS X.

And, personally, I loathe Google software.

Ditch Google Chrome and Drive.

https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95319?hl=en

https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2375081?hl=en

If you do not like Apple's Safari (which is tailor made for OS X ), download, install and try using Mozilla FireFox web browser, instead.

Mozilla Firefox is less intrusive on OS X and is a much more Mac friendly web browser and is regularly updated by the Mozilla group.

Also, I have stopped regularly using the Google search engine and have switched to using the DuckDuckGo web search engine, instead.

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Answer 6

Nov 25, 2014 10:26 AM in response to Lexiepex

So after doing everything, it starts to lag again after a few hours. Here's my updated EtreCheck:

EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)

Report generated November 25, 2014 at 1:22:44 PM 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 3:30:8

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 (145.27 GB free)

Core Storage: disk0s2 250.14 GB Online

USB Information: ℹ️

Western Digital Elements 10B8 2 TB

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

EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

WD Elements (disk2s2) /Volumes/WD Elements : 2.00 TB (2.00 TB free)

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

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 Mismatch! Adobe recommends 15.0.0.239

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

3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

Flash Player 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

14% WindowServer

12% mds

5% Airmail 2

1% Dropbox

1% Google Chrome

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

462 MB Airmail 2

180 MB Google Chrome

155 MB softwareupdated

146 MB Microsoft Word

129 MB Finder

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

910 MB Free RAM

4.63 GB Active RAM

1.29 GB Inactive RAM

1.07 GB Wired RAM

8.62 GB Page-ins

53 KB Page-outs

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Answer 7

Lexiepex

Level 6

14,108 points

Nov 25, 2014 10:58 AM in response to BleedingBlue10

1. Can you tell me a bit more about the external disks: one WD of 2TB, used for what?

What is the 1TB disk MyPassport with 0 backups that is mentioned in TimeMachine?

2. I agree with Michel about Google apps.

Why not take Google drive out of the SystemPreferences->Users&Groups->LoginItems (with the minus sign underneath).

Really Quit Chrome (from the menu).

Then restart and do not use them for a day or so?

3. Update Flashplayer

4. Airmail uses a considerable amount of resources. If #2 does not lessen the issue, could you also stop using Airmail for a day?

Lex

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Answer 8

Dec 2, 2014 9:48 AM in response to Lexiepex

Seems to be the resources that airmail is using thats slowing it down. Is there any way to decrease the amount of resources it uses?

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Answer 9

Lexiepex

Level 6

14,108 points

Dec 2, 2014 10:07 AM in response to BleedingBlue10

It would be helpful when you answered questions asked.

And tell us what you did or did not do, and what the result is of that.

Lex

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Answer 10

Dec 2, 2014 10:24 AM in response to Lexiepex

Sorry!

I use both of those for local file storage of large files I don't want to store on my comp and aren't all that important (movies etc)
Took out Google Drive and did what you suggested
updated flashplayer
So I first stopped using chrome and Airmail for a few days and didn't have the lag. I then switched back to using chrome but continued to not use Airmail and the lag still didn't reappear. It was only after using Airmail again for a bit that I started to see the issue again and a quick search showed that others are finding Airmail 2 to use a ton of CPU's

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Answer 11

Lexiepex

Level 6

14,108 points

Dec 2, 2014 11:23 AM in response to BleedingBlue10

As expected by me and by you:

1, 2, OK

3. Chrome is a resource hug, and unsafe, but fast. I would uninstall it, and instead use Firefox: fast and safe; if you want to be different use Opera: fast and safe.

4. Yes Airmail. Can you uninstall it and use Mail?

Lex

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Answer 12

Psalm57

Level 1

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Oct 3, 2015 9:08 PM in response to BleedingBlue10

All possible useless reply by Apple fanatics, but the only one that is obvious is not mentioned: Yosemite IS HEAVY! I don't need nor want Appleware other than the OS itself which is a polished BSD. I went back to ML and now my mac is "flying". I advise you to do the same if you have no need for appleware other than the OS.

Apple boy solutions: Do this, do that, or possibly this, maybe that or uninstall this or that, but the heaviness of the OS is never considered.

I'm using AIRMAIL and CHROME and ALL possible 3rd party softwares, like Vox for music... running like a jet with ML! Now, if I boot into Yoyomite which is installed in a different partition all tartarus breaks loose.

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Answer 13

MichelPM

Level 10

81,535 points

Oct 3, 2015 9:51 PM in response to Psalm57

Nothing like responding with useless advice and claims to a nearly year old posting!

Thanks for playing!

Way to go, there! Really!...

Proud of ya!

😉😉

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Answer 14

Psalm57

Level 1

0 points

Oct 3, 2015 10:21 PM in response to MichelPM

Thank you... but true nevertheless.

Apple creates soft that offers little improvement and it is way too heavy for 3 years old machines basically forcing people to buy new hardware every 2 or 3 years. Same goes to the iPhone and iPad platforms.

But thanks again, I'm glad you liked! 🙂

I miss Jobs....

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