Q: Need to Speed my Mac up
Hi. Recently got a hand-me down Mac that has not been maintained too well. I have been searching for ways to clear up some of the memory (almost all of my 4 GB's are used), Tried Force Quitting some unimportant things in the Activity Monitor, but they all keep coming back. I also deleted Growl and MacKeeper but that hasn't helped too much. Also, it seems that I have 4 or 5 "Google Chrome Helper" apps. In the end I just ran the EtreCheck app and am posting what came up and asking for help. Any suggestions would be welcome! I see many things on the scan that I need to delete but don't exactly know where to find them so I can delete them.
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro6,2
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 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
Intel HD Graphics - VRAM: 288 MB
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 256 MB
Color LCD 1440 x 900
OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Uptime: 15 days 1:19:37
Hitachi HTS545032B9SA02 disk0 : (320.07 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 318.84 GB (258.26 GB free)
Core Storage: disk0s2 319.21 GB Online
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Mac App Store and identified developers
Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️
[killed] com.apple.AirPlayUIAgent.plist
[killed] com.apple.CallHistoryPluginHelper.plist
[killed] com.apple.CallHistorySyncHelper.plist
[killed] com.apple.cloudd.plist
[killed] com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication.plist
[killed] com.apple.EscrowSecurityAlert.plist
[killed] com.apple.icloud.fmfd.plist
[killed] com.apple.nsurlsessiond.plist
[killed] com.apple.printtool.agent.plist
[killed] com.apple.printuitool.agent.plist
[killed] com.apple.recentsd.plist
[killed] com.apple.scopedbookmarkagent.xpc.plist
[killed] com.apple.secd.plist
[killed] com.apple.security.cloudkeychainproxy.plist
[failed] com.apple.security.keychain-circle-notification.plist
[killed] com.apple.telephonyutilities.callservicesd.plist
15 processes killed due to memory pressure
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[killed] com.apple.AssetCacheLocatorService.plist
[killed] com.apple.awdd.plist
[killed] com.apple.ctkd.plist
[killed] com.apple.emond.aslmanager.plist
[killed] com.apple.GSSCred.plist
[killed] com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced.plist
[killed] com.apple.ifdreader.plist
[killed] com.apple.nehelper.plist
[killed] com.apple.nsurlsessiond.plist
[killed] com.apple.periodic-daily.plist
[killed] com.apple.periodic-monthly.plist
[killed] com.apple.periodic-weekly.plist
[killed] com.apple.sandboxd.plist
[killed] com.apple.softwareupdate_download_service.plist
[killed] com.apple.tccd.system.plist
[killed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist
[killed] com.apple.xpc.smd.plist
17 processes killed due to memory pressure
[running] com.Affinegy.InstaLANa.plist [Support]
[invalid?] jp.co.canon.CUPSCMFP.BG.plist [Support]
[invalid?] jp.co.canon.UFR2.BG.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.skype.skypeinstaller.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Support]
iTunesHelper UNKNOWNHidden (missing value)
Skype UNKNOWN (missing value)
Belkin Router Monitor Application (/Applications/Belkin/Belkin Router Monitor.app)
Dropbox UNKNOWN (missing value)
Google Chrome ApplicationHidden (/Applications/Google Chrome.app)
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.4.4.2 [Support]
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.246 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.246 - SDK 10.6 Mismatch! Adobe recommends 16.0.0.235
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.6 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Silverlight: Version: 4.0.60531.0 [Support]
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player [Support]
Flip4Mac WMV [Support]
Time Machine not configured!
10% WindowServer
3% Activity Monitor
1% sysmond
1% Google Chrome
0% airportd
215 MB Google Chrome
82 MB Finder
82 MB WindowServer
73 MB Activity Monitor
71 MB Google Chrome Helper
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
735 MB Free RAM
1.37 GB Active RAM
409 MB Inactive RAM
1.09 GB Wired RAM
345.21 GB Page-ins
3.82 GB Page-outs
Dec 20, 2014, 06:07:11 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/fontd_2014-12-20-180711_[redac ted].crash
Dec 20, 2014, 05:45:31 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MacKeeper_2014-12-20-174531_[r edacted].crash
MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
Posted on Dec 20, 2014 5:45 PM