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Super Slow Powerbook After Yosemite

My 2010 Powerbook boots up slower each time (up to 10-15 minutes sometimes), and is overall slowed down after upgrading to Yosemite a couple of weeks ago.

Tabs open slowly, I get the spin wheel a lot, have to wait for apps to open, etc. I've also started getting error messages about plug-ins not working or scripts not running.

So far I have:

repaired permissions

reset the SMC

uninstalled printers

no improvement

Someone here on the forums suggested to first look at third party software that might not be compatible with Yosemite. Then update the software that is compatible. For example it looks like many of your internet plugins might be "old"."

I don't know how to do this though. Can someone help?

Here is the full EntreCheck:

EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)

Report generated December 2, 2014 at 12:46:42 PM PST

Hardware Information: ℹ️

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010) (Verified)

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro7,1

1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core

4 GB RAM 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: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n

Video Information: ℹ️

NVIDIA GeForce 320M - VRAM: 256 MB

Color LCD 1280 x 800

System Software: ℹ️

OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Uptime: 2 days 15:1:25

Disk Information: ℹ️

Hitachi HTS545025B9SA02 disk0 : (250.06 GB)

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

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 249.20 GB (123.00 GB free)

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

MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898

USB Information: ℹ️

Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Gatekeeper: ℹ️

Mac App Store and identified developers

Startup Items: ℹ️

Qmaster: Path: /Library/StartupItems/Qmaster

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

Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️

[loaded] com.paragon.ExtFS.trial.plist Support

Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️

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

Launch Agents: ℹ️

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

Launch Daemons: ℹ️

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support

[loaded] com.adobe.versioncueCS3.plist Support

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

User Launch Agents: ℹ️

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

[running] com.nchsoftware.expressaccounts.agent.plist Support

User Login Items: ℹ️

None

Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.6.0 - SDK 10.8 Support

Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 Support

Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.3.5.4 Support

AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin101750: Version: AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin 1.0.17 - SDK 10.4 Support

RealPlayer Plugin: Version: Unknown

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.12 Support

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.239 - SDK 10.6 Support

OMNLauncher: Version: 1.0 Support

Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 Support

Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.239 - SDK 10.6 Support

iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.7

googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.6.0 - SDK 10.8 Support

OMNPublisher: Version: (null) Support

AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.12 Support

KClientPlugin: Version: (null) Support

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

DirectorShockwave: Version: 11.6.6r636 Support

User Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.105 Support

Audio Plug-ins: ℹ️

DVCPROHDAudio: Version: 1.2

3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

Adobe Version Cue CS3 Support

Flash Player Support

Flip4Mac WMV Support

MacFUSE Support

Time Machine: ℹ️

Skip System Files: NO

Auto backup: YES

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 249.20 GB Disk used: 126.20 GB

Destinations:

Time Machine Backups [Local]

Total size: 0 B

Total number of backups: 8

Oldest backup: 2013-01-23 04:49:46 +0000

Last backup: 2014-11-19 00:08:06 +0000

Size of backup disk: Too small

Backup size 0 B < (Disk used 126.20 GB X 3)

Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

61% firefox

3% WindowServer

3% launchd

0% AppleSpell

0% fontd

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

876 MB firefox

206 MB Skype

146 MB softwareupdated

82 MB Finder

52 MB WindowServer

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

518 MB Free RAM

1.56 GB Active RAM

1.18 GB Inactive RAM

601 MB Wired RAM

7.37 GB Page-ins

250 MB Page-outs

PowerBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Dec 2, 2014 12:52 PM

32 replies

garywilt

Level 1

0 points

Feb 9, 2015 8:32 AM in response to jpodder68

I had a recurring problem with a slow mid-2012 powerbook pro after installing Yosemite. I had three genius-bar appointments, clean installed all software several times, erased old stuff, fiddled with this and that and nothing improved. Despite the powerbook being under extended warranty and being told I had no hard disk issues I went ahead and self-installed an SSD and now everything is just perfect. I am sure that Yosemite places such demands on old mechanical hard drives and apple is either not aware or not telling.

thomas_r.

Level 7

31,989 points

Feb 9, 2015 9:19 AM in response to garywilt

garywilt wrote:

Despite the powerbook being under extended warranty and being told I had no hard disk issues I went ahead and self-installed an SSD and now everything is just perfect. I am sure that Yosemite places such demands on old mechanical hard drives and apple is either not aware or not telling.

Your conclusion does not follow from the evidence. Most likely, your hard drive was in the early stages of dying (3 years is about the average lifespan of modern hard drives), but was not yet failing hardware tests. Happens all the time.

Super Slow Powerbook After Yosemite