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My Macbook (2009) is running slow. Anything I can do?

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Problem description:

slow


EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)

Report generated March 3, 2015 at 9:08:54 PM PST

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Hardware Information: ℹ️

MacBook (13-inch, Early 2009) (Technical Specifications)

MacBook - model: MacBook5,2

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

3 GB RAM Upgradeable

BANK 0/DIMM0

1 GB DDR2 SDRAM 667 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

2 GB DDR2 SDRAM 667 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported

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

Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 405


Video Information: ℹ️

NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB

Color LCD 1280 x 800


System Software: ℹ️

OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Time since boot: 1:25:41


Disk Information: ℹ️

WDC WD6400BEVT-00A0RT0 disk0 : (640.14 GB)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Macbook HDD (disk0s2) / : 639.28 GB (421.33 GB free)

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


MATSHITADVD-R UJ867A


USB Information: ℹ️

Micron Built-in iSight

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Logitech USB Receiver

Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller


Gatekeeper: ℹ️

Mac App Store and identified developers


Launch Agents: ℹ️

[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]


Launch Daemons: ℹ️

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]


User Launch Agents: ℹ️

[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]

[running] com.microsoft.LaunchAgent.SyncServicesAgent.plist [Click for support]


User Login Items: ℹ️

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

Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)


Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 1.0.0.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 [Click for support]

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 60 Check version


Safari Extensions: ℹ️

Searchme [Adware! - Remove]


3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

Flash Player [Click for support]

Java [Click for support]


Time Machine: ℹ️

Mobile backups: OFF

Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off

Volumes being backed up:

Macbook HDD: Disk size: 639.28 GB Disk used: 217.94 GB

Destinations:

TimeMachineBackup [Network]

Total size: 2.89 TB

Total number of backups: 7

Oldest backup: 2014-01-31 05:16:26 +0000

Last backup: 2014-10-01 12:29:26 +0000

Size of backup disk: Excellent

Backup size 2.89 TB > (Disk size 639.28 GB X 3)


Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

7% WindowServer

0% airportd

0% AppleSpell

0% sysmond

0% fontd


Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

219 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

122 MB Safari

64 MB WindowServer

48 MB mds_stores

42 MB loginwindow


Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

357 MB Free RAM

1.31 GB Active RAM

778 MB Inactive RAM

435 MB Wired RAM

1.37 GB Page-ins

6 MB Page-outs


Diagnostics Information: ℹ️

Mar 3, 2015, 07:41:13 PM Self test - passed

Mar 1, 2015, 09:30:53 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_2015-03-01-213053_[ redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Click for details]

MacBook, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Mar 3, 2015 9:13 PM

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My Macbook (2009) is running slow. Anything I can do?

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