macbook pro how can i increase speed

It won't increase your speed any but post an EtreCheck report http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck then we'll have some idea what your system looks like.

Once you sort out your current problems using EntreCheck...

Your computer will rip w/ a SSD.

I only deal with OWC and there are many reasons that I do

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/Mercury_6G/

Never had a problem w/ anything I've ever bought from them in at least 8 years or so. They are Mac specialists so everything they sell works without any hassle.

I'm on an early 2011 MBP 13" right now.

I put a 120 GB SSD from OWC in it and bumped the RAM to 8 GB. I'm running Mavericks 10.9.5. I've been avoiding Yosemite w/ all the issues we see around here.

Photoshop CS 6 opens in 3.4 seconds. I typically have 5 desktops open, 3 browsers, Photoshop and Word and probably an average of 12 windows open at one time. Never see the spinning ball. I went w/ the smaller SSD for budget reasons. If I needed a lot of storage I'd run a conventional hard drive as a disk doubler (Check OWC site for that.) or use an external drive.

You may have to check into the causes of slow computers and narrow

the focus down to how to determine what they are, and initiate a cure.

•Tech Guides - {malware, adware, & performance} - The Safe Mac:

http://www.thesafemac.com/tech-guides/

There are certain symptoms that may indicate a presence of adware or

some other condition, to include too full a hard disk drive; when there is

inadequate free working space for temporary swap files or virtual memory

in the hard disk drive, that can slow the computer. In absence of adequate

RAM (memory, in-chip) the computer also can work slower than ideal.

So a too-full hard disk drive (or SSD, if so equipped) along with insufficient

chip RAM installed, can equal a slower computer than expected. Also, if

you have incompatible software installed, antivirus application or other that

runs in the background and uses processor cycles (makes busy-work) it may

be the cause of overall slower performance. Or no performance at all. A dog.

You could look into system logs, crash files, reports and other items as the

computer records most of these in the Console Utility, and some of them

are quite helpful when they actually spell-out a specific cause. Most of the

time, for many users, the Console and command-line are rather foreign.

Usually if there is an upgrade avenue open to you as the user and primary

account on the computer, you should learn about the device and what is

available (if anything) to change situation and improve the performance.

Troubleshooting issues to find if the problem is based in hardware, or in

software, can be time-consuming. Then, there are diagnostic tests and

professional authorized trained methods that could help resolve big kinds

of trouble. Or if you choose to have an expert upgrade the hard drive, etc.

General housekeeping, to remove old user-created content, make backups

of items you may not need or use but do not want to Trash just yet, off of

the computer and into an externally enclosed hard disk drive. Also set up

a system whereby you have automatic backups in addition to Time Machine

backups, so you could restore your computer from these backups if it should

fail. If the computer is getting on in years or in hours of use, it may be time to

consider a new replacement hard disk drive, of larger capacity & perhaps one

of faster rotational speed. If it currently has a 5400-RPM HDD, get a 7200

with a larger cache or buffer. Hardware upgrades can help if you mistakenly

did a system upgrade, as the effects can be slower than expected afterward.

In any event...

Good luck & happy computing! 🙂