Yosemite memory leak killing me

Problem description:

Yosemite installed 11/17.

New Canon Printer and associated software installed 12/10.

I experienced no problems until I attempted to import some 1300 photos from a memory stick into iPhoto a few weeks ago. Somehow my “default library” was corrupted. I started experiencing the rotating beach ball and things started slowing down. I did NOT connect the two. I ignored the iPhoto problem for a few days, but the rotating ball started appearing in other applications. Eventually, I started getting an “out of memory” (or something similar) message.

So I came here to see if others had experienced similar problems. It seemed that many had problems with Mail when they first upgraded to Yosemite. I’ve had no such problem. Nonetheless, I’ve followed the instructions found in Luis_Mercado’s “Guide: How to solve Yosemite memory leaks and CPU usage” with no relief.

Based on information found here, I’ve used iPhoto Library Manager to rebuild my iPhoto Library (lost all my albums – what a pain) and added Activity Monitor and Memory Clean apps. If I pay attention to Memory Clean and use it regularly, I can use this machine – but it’s a pain.

I’m not a technician, but I’m not a total Luddite either. I’m open to suggestions for what I might do to solve this problem. It seems that an EtreCheck report is required so here ‘tis:

EtreCheck version: 2.1.5 (108)

Report generated December 25, 2014 at 8:46:57 AM CST

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Hardware Information: ℹ️

MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011) (Verified)

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2

1 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core

4 GB RAM Upgradeable

BANK 0/DIMM0

2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported

Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n

Video Information: ℹ️

Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB

Color LCD 1280 x 800

AMD Radeon HD 6750M - VRAM: 512 MB

System Software: ℹ️

OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Uptime: 1:6:46

Disk Information: ℹ️

TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

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

Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 498.88 GB (324.66 GB free)

Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked

Core Storage: disk0s2 499.25 GB Online

MATSHITADVD-R UJ-8A8

USB Information: ℹ️

Canon CanoScan

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Gatekeeper: ℹ️

Mac App Store and identified developers

Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️

[killed] com.apple.accountsd.plist

[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.icloud.fmfd.plist

[killed] com.apple.Maps.pushdaemon.plist

[killed] com.apple.printtool.agent.plist

[killed] com.apple.security.cloudkeychainproxy.plist

[killed] com.apple.spindump_agent.plist

[killed] com.apple.telephonyutilities.callservicesd.plist

12 processes killed due to memory pressure

Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️

[killed] com.apple.awdd.plist

[killed] com.apple.ctkd.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.spindump.plist

[killed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist

8 processes killed due to memory pressure

Launch Daemons: ℹ️

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

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

[loaded] jp.co.canon.MasterInstaller.plist [Support]

User Launch Agents: ℹ️

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

[running] com.amazon.cloud-player.plist [Support]

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

[not loaded] jp.co.canon.Inkjet_Extended_Survey_Agent.plist [Support]

User Login Items: ℹ️

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

Spotify Application (/Users/[redacted]/.Trash/Spotify.app)

Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)

Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.235 - SDK 10.6 [Support]

EPPEX Plugin: Version: 10.0 [Support]

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Support]

AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Support]

Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.235 - SDK 10.6 [Support]

GarminGPSControl: Version: 3.0.1.0 Release - SDK 10.4 [Support]

Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.7 - SDK 10.6 [Support]

Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]

Safari Extensions: ℹ️

Ultimate [Installed]

3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

Flash Player [Support]

FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE) [Support]

Time Machine: ℹ️

Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

10% mds

7% WindowServer

6% Activity Monitor

2% sysmond

0% AppleSpell

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

202 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

155 MB mds_stores

107 MB WindowServer

99 MB Finder

99 MB Microsoft Word

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

800 MB Free RAM

1.68 GB Active RAM

476 MB Inactive RAM

1.14 GB Wired RAM

3.22 GB Page-ins

4 MB Page-outs

Diagnostics Information: ℹ️

Dec 25, 2014, 07:40:46 AM Self test - passed

Dec 23, 2014, 03:55:16 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/discoveryd_2014-12-23-155516_[redacted].crash

Dec 23, 2014, 03:07:35 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/My Image Garden_2014-12-23-150735_[redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Details]

Dec 23, 2014, 02:10:58 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/My Image Garden_2014-12-23-141058_[redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Details]

Dec 22, 2014, 01:24:47 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/discoveryd_2014-12-22-132447_[redacted].crash

Dec 22, 2014, 10:58:47 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/iPhoto_2014-12-22-105847_[redacted].cpu_resourc e.diag [Details]