MacBook Pro 17" 2010 Running SO SO SLOW

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yosizeke75 Author

Level 1

4 points

MacBook Pro 17" 2010 Running SO SO SLOW

Been a problem now for a month.

Thanks for any advice! :}

EtreCheck here:

Problem description:

Macbook Pro 2010 running slow

EtreCheck version: 2.1.6 (109)

Report generated January 25, 2015 at 8:39:46 PM PST

Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck

Click the [Support] links for help with non-Apple products.

Click the [Details] links for more information about that line.

Click the [Adware] links for help removing adware.

Hardware Information: ℹ️

MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2010) (Technical Specifications)

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro6,1

1 2.53 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

Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 517

Video Information: ℹ️

Intel HD Graphics - VRAM: 288 MB

NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 512 MB

Color LCD 1920 x 1200

System Software: ℹ️

OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Time since boot: 7:31:29

Disk Information: ℹ️

ST9500420ASG disk0 : (500.11 GB)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

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

Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 498.88 GB (66.21 GB free)

Core Storage: disk0s2 499.25 GB Online

HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N

USB Information: ℹ️

Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Logitech USB Receiver

Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Gatekeeper: ℹ️

Mac App Store and identified developers

Adware: ℹ️

Geneio [Remove]

Kernel Extensions: ℹ️

/Library/Extensions

[loaded] com.contentwatch.ghoti.NARCPacketInterceptor (1 - SDK 10.10) [Support]

Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️

[killed] com.apple.AirPlayUIAgent.plist

[killed] com.apple.CallHistoryPluginHelper.plist

[killed] com.apple.CallHistorySyncHelper.plist

[killed] com.apple.cmfsyncagent.plist

[killed] com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication.plist

[killed] com.apple.EscrowSecurityAlert.plist

[killed] com.apple.icloud.fmfd.plist

[killed] com.apple.pluginkit.pkd.plist

[killed] com.apple.secinitd.plist

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

[killed] com.apple.spindump_agent.plist

[killed] com.apple.syncdefaultsd.plist

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

13 processes killed due to memory pressure

Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️

[killed] com.apple.awdd.plist

[killed] com.apple.coresymbolicationd.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.sandboxd.plist

[killed] com.apple.secinitd.plist

[killed] com.apple.softwareupdated.plist

[killed] com.apple.spindump.plist

[killed] com.apple.tccd.system.plist

[killed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist

12 processes killed due to memory pressure

Launch Agents: ℹ️

[running] com.contentwatch.ghoti.Agent.plist [Support]

[loaded] com.contentwatch.ghoti.Registration.plist [Support]

[loaded] com.contentwatch.ghoti.UpdaterAgent.plist [Support]

Launch Daemons: ℹ️

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

[running] com.contentwatch.ghoti.Daemon.plist [Support]

[running] com.contentwatch.ghoti.LaunchProxy.plist [Support]

[failed] com.contentwatch.ghoti.Updater.plist [Support]

[loaded] com.contentwatch.ghoti.Updater.WaitForIPC.plist [Support]

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

[loaded] com.sharpcast.xfsmond.plist [Support]

[loaded] net.sourceforge.MonolingualHelper.plist [Support]

User Launch Agents: ℹ️

[loaded] com.genieo.completer.download.plist Adware! [Remove]

[loaded] com.genieo.completer.ltvbit.plist [Support]

[loaded] com.genieo.completer.update.plist Adware! [Remove]

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

User Login Items: ℹ️

Dashlane Application (/Applications/Dashlane.app)

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

Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.7 - SDK 10.6 [Support]

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.296 - SDK 10.6 [Support]

Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.296 - SDK 10.6 Mismatch! Adobe recommends 16.0.0.287

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

WidevineMediaOptimizer: Version: 6.0.0.12757 - SDK 10.7 [Support]

Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

User internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

Dashlane: Version: Dashlane 1.0.0 - SDK 10.10 [Support]

Safari Extensions: ℹ️

Omnibar [Installed] Adware! [Remove]

3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

Flash Player [Support]

Time Machine: ℹ️

Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

7% WindowServer

0% DashlaneAgent

0% AppleSpell

0% Google Chrome Helper EH

0% Google Chrome

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

258 MB cwdaemon

107 MB Google Chrome

86 MB Google Chrome Helper EH

39 MB Google Chrome Helper

34 MB WindowServer

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

76 MB Free RAM

730 MB Active RAM

688 MB Inactive RAM

892 MB Wired RAM

3.85 GB Page-ins

24 MB Page-outs

Diagnostics Information: ℹ️

Jan 25, 2015, 04:25:08 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cwdaemon_2015-01-25-162508_[redacted].cpu_resou rce.diag [Details]

Jan 25, 2015, 01:08:55 PM Self test - passed

MacBook Pro (17-inch Mid 2010), OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)

Posted on Jan 25, 2015 8:44 PM

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Answer 1

yosizeke75 Author

Level 1

4 points

Jan 25, 2015 9:00 PM in response to yosizeke75

I deleted all the Adware

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Answer 2

MadMacs0

Level 5

5,233 points

Jan 25, 2015 9:27 PM in response to yosizeke75

yosizeke75 wrote:

I deleted all the Adware

That probably took care of half the problem.

I'm sure that ContentWatcher is slowing things down, but if you need more than OS X provides with Parental Control, then I suppose you will have to live with that.

You'd be much better off without Google Chrome. I'm not sure what the huge attraction to it is, but I find Safari to be more than adequate for all my browsing needs.

Monolingual has probably already done it's damage. I hope it hasn't disabled any of your apps beyond repair as it has been known to do. You really don't need something like that.

You didn't seem to have many apps running when you ran EtreCheck, but I'd have to guess you usually have more running. If that's the case then you will almost certainly need to invest in more RAM. 4GB is actually the minimum necessary to run Yosemite and if you expect to use more than minimal apps then that's not going to be enough. To better judge, launch Activity Monitor (found in /Applications/Utilites/) and click on the Memory tab. Observe the MEMORY PRESSURE graph at the bottom and if it stays green all the time, then you're all right. If you see a lot of red then the memory management system is not able to keep up with your needs and RAM is the only answer. See How to use Activity Monitor's Memory section.

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Answer 3

Linc Davis

Level 10

209,739 points

Jan 25, 2015 9:32 PM in response to yosizeke75

When the slowness is especially bad, note the exact time: hour, minute, second.

These instructions must be carried out as an administrator. If you have only one user account, you are the administrator.

Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:

☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)

☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.

☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.

The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select

SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages

from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select

View ▹ Show Log List

from the menu bar at the top of the screen.

Each message in the log begins with the date and time when it was entered. Scroll back to the time you noted above.

Select the messages entered from then until the end of the episode, or until they start to repeat, whichever comes first.

Copy the messages to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.

The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of it useless for solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.

Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.

Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.

Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

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Answer 4

Lexiepex

Level 6

14,108 points

Jan 26, 2015 1:46 AM in response to yosizeke75

When you removed the Adware correctly (for example by using AdwareNedic from thesafemac.com) already most of the issues should be gone. As Madmacs0 said. I also agree with him, that uninstalling the Contentwatch app will eliminate the rest of the issue.

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