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Why am I getting lag when I type

What's causing my MacBook Air to suddenly lag when I type?

iPod touch (3rd generation), iOS 5.1.1

Posted on Apr 1, 2015 1:02 PM

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Apr 2, 2015 8:56 AM in response to stedman1

Problem description:

Typing lagging on MacBook Air


EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)

Report generated April 1, 2015 at 4:56:20 PM EDT

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Hardware Information: ℹ️

MacBook Air (11-inch, Late 2010) (Technical Specifications)

MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir3,1

1 1.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core

2 GB RAM Not upgradeable

BANK 0/DIMM0

1 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

1 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported

Wireless: en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n

Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 10


Video Information: ℹ️

NVIDIA GeForce 320M - VRAM: 256 MB

Color LCD 1366 x 768


System Software: ℹ️

OS X 10.10.2 (14C1514) - Time since boot: 0:30:49


Disk Information: ℹ️

APPLE SSD TS064C disk0 : (60.67 GB)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 59.81 GB (4.50 GB free) (Low!)

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


USB Information: ℹ️

Apple Inc. FaceTime Camera (Built-in)

ALCOR Generic USB Hub

Lexar USB Flash Drive 16.04 GB

Lexar (disk2s1) /Volumes/Lexar : 16.04 GB (876 MB free)

Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 320.07 GB

EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Mirror Image Drive (disk1s2) /Volumes/Mirror Image Drive : 319.73 GB (221.18 GB free)

Apple Inc. iPod

Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad


Configuration files: ℹ️

/etc/sysctl.conf - Exists


Gatekeeper: ℹ️

Mac App Store and identified developers


Kernel Extensions: ℹ️

/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] com.BlackBerry.driver.USBCDCNCM (1.0.12 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]

[loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (2.2.14 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]

[loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryVirtualPrivateNetwork (1.0.18 - SDK 10.8) [Click for support]


/System/Library/Extensions

[loaded] com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.5.2) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.master (5.9 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverVSP (0.0.97) [Click for support]

[loaded] com.splashtop.driver.SRXDisplayCard (1.6 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]

[loaded] com.splashtop.driver.SRXFrameBufferConnector (1.6 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]


/System/Library/Extensions/PACESupportFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns

[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.leopard (5.9 - SDK 10.4) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.panther (5.9 - SDK 10.-1) [Click for support]

[loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard (5.9 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.tiger (5.9 - SDK 10.4) [Click for support]


Startup Items: ℹ️

AOLConnect: Path: /Library/StartupItems/AOLConnect

AvgNetShieldLoader: Path: /Library/StartupItems/AvgNetShieldLoader

Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite


Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️

[killed] com.apple.CallHistoryPluginHelper.plist

[killed] com.apple.CallHistorySyncHelper.plist

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

[killed] com.apple.gamed.plist

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

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

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

[killed] com.apple.SafariNotificationAgent.plist

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

[killed] com.apple.spindump_agent.plist

[killed] com.apple.syncdefaultsd.plist

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

[killed] com.apple.xpc.loginitemregisterd.plist

13 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.softwareupdated.plist

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

[killed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist

[killed] com.apple.xpc.smd.plist

[killed] org.cups.cupsd.plist

10 processes killed due to memory pressure


Launch Agents: ℹ️

[running] com.avg.LinkScannerAgent.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.rim.BBAlbumArtCacher.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.rim.blackberrylink.BlackBerry-Link-Helper-Agent.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.rim.PeerManager.plist [Click for support]


Launch Daemons: ℹ️

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

[running] com.avg.apiServices.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.avg.avginfosd.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.rim.BBDaemon.plist [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.rim.nkehelper.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.rim.tunmgr.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] PACESupport.plist [Click for support]


User Launch Agents: ℹ️

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

[loaded] com.aviator.agent.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]


User Login Items: ℹ️

AdobeResourceSynchronizer Application Hidden (/Applications/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/Support/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)

Google Drive Application (/Applications/Google Drive.app)

Google Chrome UNKNOWN Hidden (missing value)

BlackBerry Device Manager Application (/Library/Application Support/BlackBerry/BlackBerry Device Manager.app)


Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 15.0.0 - SDK 10.10 Check version

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 17.0.0.134 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

Flash Player: Version: 17.0.0.134 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.0 [Click for support]

Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 4.5.3f3 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8


User internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

RealPlayer Plugin: Version: Unknown


Safari Extensions: ℹ️

AdBlock

Facebook Cleaner

Adblock Plus

Reload Button

AVG LinkScanner

Firebug Lite for Safari


3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

AOL Connect [Click for support]

Flash Player [Click for support]

LinkScannerSettings [Click for support]


Time Machine: ℹ️

Skip System Files: NO

Auto backup: YES

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 59.81 GB Disk used: 55.31 GB

Destinations:

Mirror Image Drive [Local]

Total size: 319.73 GB

Total number of backups: 67

Oldest backup: 2014-08-24 01:41:06 +0000

Last backup: 2015-04-01 19:53:58 +0000

Size of backup disk: Excellent

Backup size 319.73 GB > (Disk size 59.81 GB X 3)


Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

17% mds

14% WindowServer

8% Pages

4% coreaudiod

1% com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64


Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

133 MB Safari

90 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

58 MB Pages

45 MB com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64

45 MB ScopedBookmarkAgent


Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

106 MB Free RAM

578 MB Active RAM

486 MB Inactive RAM

465 MB Wired RAM

2.66 GB Page-ins

24 MB Page-outs


Diagnostics Information: ℹ️

Apr 1, 2015, 04:23:51 PM Self test - passed

Apr 2, 2015 10:30 AM in response to scifidi

Unfortunately, your MacBook Air is suffering from a couple issues. Your RAM at 2gB is not upgradeable, and is the bare minimum for Yosemite. The other issue is that you have very little space available on your hard drive. You may see some improvement if you could free up some drive space, but it will not be a speed demon with only 2gB of RAM.

Why am I getting lag when I type

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