Why is my Macbook Pro running slow?

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Lately, my Macbook Pro has been running extremely slow and I have looked at other forums so I have included my Ethrecheck in this post...please help!


EtreCheck version: 2.1.6 (109)

Report generated January 23, 2015 8:08:22 PM EST

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Hardware Information: ℹ️

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011) (Technical Specifications)

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1

1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core

4 GB RAM

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

Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 1136


Video Information: ℹ️

Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB

Color LCD 1280 x 800


System Software: ℹ️

Mac OS X 10.7.5 (11G63b) - Time since boot: 4:52:49


Disk Information: ℹ️

ST9320325ASG disk0 : (320.07 GB)

disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 319.21 GB (233.79 GB free)

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


MATSHITADVD-R UJ-8A8


USB Information: ℹ️

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver


Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️

Apple, Inc. MacBook Pro


Launch Agents: ℹ️

[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Support]

[running] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist [Support]

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


Launch Daemons: ℹ️

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

[invalid?] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist [Support]

[running] com.bradfordnetworks.agent.plist [Support]

[loaded] com.cloudpath.maccmd.plist [Support]

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

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


User Launch Agents: ℹ️

[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Support]

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

[failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist [Details]

[loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist [Support]

[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist [Support]


User Login Items: ℹ️

Google Chrome Application Hidden (/Applications/Google Chrome.app)

Spotify Application (/Applications/Spotify.app)

CSA Application (/Library/Application Support/Bradford Networks/Persistent Agent/CSA.app)


Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.6.0 - SDK 10.8 [Support]

AdobeExManDetect: Version: AdobeExManDetect 1.1.0.0 - SDK 10.7 [Support]

AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 [Support]

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.287 - SDK 10.6 [Support]

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.06 - SDK 10.6 [Support]

Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]

Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.287 - SDK 10.6 [Support]

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.1

googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.6.0 - SDK 10.8 [Support]

SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.2 - SDK 10.6 [Support]

AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.06 - SDK 10.6 [Support]

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version


3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

Flash Player [Support]


Time Machine: ℹ️

Time Machine not configured!


Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

2% WindowServer

1% Spotify

0% Creative Cloud

0% bndaemon

0% mds


Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

146 MB Google Chrome

112 MB Spotify

107 MB Google Chrome Helper

103 MB Finder

99 MB Spotify Helper


Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

1.01 GB Free RAM

1.85 GB Active RAM

367 MB Inactive RAM

1.07 GB Wired RAM

952 MB Page-ins

0 B Page-outs


Diagnostics Information: ℹ️

Jan 23, 2015, 07:50:44 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Google Chrome_2015-01-23-195044_[redacted].crash

Jan 23, 2015, 03:16:10 PM Self test - passed

MacBook Pro (13-inch Early 2011), null

Posted on Jan 23, 2015 5:18 PM

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5 replies

Jan 23, 2015 6:03 PM in response to kmfranks32

Is the issue exclusively happening when Chrome is running?


DotMac is no longer an available service, all of the services have been supplanted by iCloud. The fact there is a DotMac agent that fails may be suggesting a feedback loop trying to access some DotMac service that really needs to be upgraded to iCloud if it hasn't been already.


Other possible reasons for slowing down can be isolated once you backup your data. See my FAQ*:


http://www.macmaps.com/Macosxspeed.html


which is available by subscription for more reasons.

* Links to my pages may give me compensation.

Jan 24, 2015 12:36 AM in response to kmfranks32

There are a few things you can try:

1. go to SystemPreferences->Users&Accounts->LoginItems, in the list select Spotify and Chrome, then remove them by clicking on the minus sign underneath.

Restart after that.

Now you must start these apps by hand when you want to use them. I propose not to use Chrome for a few days, see if that helps. If that helps, choose another browser like Firefox or Opera, when you do not want to use Safari. Never run two browsers at the same time.

2. In Finder go to MacintoshHD->Library->LaunchDaemons and delete the Adobe.Switchboard plist. Restart.

3. In Finder click the GO menu while holding the Alt(option) key, choose Library from the menu, in there open the LaunchAgents folder: delete the following files: com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist and com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist and com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist

Restart after that.

4. In Finder go to MacintoshHD->InternetPlug-Ins and delete the following plugins: AdobeExManDetect and AdobeAAMDetect . Restart.

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Question: do you use Adobe CreativeCloud?

Lex

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