Problem description:
Yosemite takes up 4.5-6gb of ram just on boot compared to the 1.5-2 gb that Snow Leopard takes on the same system
Mac pro 2009 4,1 quad.
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated 3 Apr 2015 19:51:26 GMT+2
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
Mac Pro (Early 2009) (Technical Specifications)
Mac Pro - model: MacPro4,1
1 2.66 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon CPU: 4-core
12 GB RAM Upgradeable
DIMM 1
4 GB DDR3 ECC 1066 MHz ok
DIMM 2
4 GB DDR3 ECC 1066 MHz ok
DIMM 3
4 GB DDR3 ECC 1066 MHz ok
DIMM 4
Empty
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Video Information: ℹ️
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 - VRAM: 512 MB
LED Cinema Display 2560 x 1440
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Time since boot: 0:10:33
Disk Information: ℹ️
HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GH41N
OCZ-VERTEX PLUS R2 disk0 : (61,86 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
System (disk0s2) /Volumes/System : 61.51 GB (17.77 GB free)
WDC WD15EVDS-63V9B0 disk1 : (1,5 TB)
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
15 (disk1s2) / : 1.42 TB (103.13 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk1s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Untitled (disk1s4) /Volumes/Untitled : 83.00 GB (62.76 GB free)
WDC WD6400AAKS-41H2B0 disk2 : (640,14 GB)
EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
OSX (disk2s2) /Volumes/OSX : 639.79 GB (66.55 GB free)
USB Information: ℹ️
Western Digital My Book 1 TB
My Book (disk3s1) /Volumes/My Book : 1.00 TB (253.61 GB free)
Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
Logitech USB Receiver
Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard
WALTOP International Corp. Media Tablet
Apple Inc. Display Audio
Apple Inc. Display iSight
Apple Inc. Apple LED Cinema Display
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Configuration files: ℹ️
/etc/sysctl.conf - Exists
/etc/hosts - Count: 29
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/System/Library/Extensions
[loaded] com.nvidia.CUDA (1.1.0)
/Volumes/OSX/Applications/Capture One.app
[not loaded] com.Leaf.driver.LeafFwXDriverMatcher (1.2.0d1)
/Volumes/System/Applications/iShowU HD.app
[not loaded] com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.3.1)
Startup Items: ℹ️
CUDA: Path: /System/Library/StartupItems/CUDA
Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite
Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️
[running] com.blackmagic-design.DaVinciResolveTangentPanelDaemon.plist [Click for support] - WHAT is this??? I installed Da Vinci resolve from the Da Vinci site, it's a free app for single core use and an industry standard, how can it be problematic?
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.canon.MFManager.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.nvidia.CUDASoftwareUpdate.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.penpad.penpadtablet.plist [Click for support]
[failed] com.waltop.waltoptablet.plist [Click for support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.edb.launchd.postgresql-8.4.plist [Click for support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
iTunesHelper Application (/Volumes/OSX/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
Activity Monitor Application (/Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor.app)
FKeyHandlerX Application Hidden (/Applications/FKeyHandlerX.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
CUDA Preferences [Click for support]
Flash Player [Click for support]
Growl [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
5% WindowServer
1% fontd
0% mds_stores
0% Activity Monitor
0% Google Chrome
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
283 MB Finder
193 MB Google Chrome
168 MB mds_stores
168 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
52 MB WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
9.50 GB Free RAM
1.65 GB Active RAM - WRONG, I ONLY WISH, it's more like:
834 MB Inactive RAM
892 MB Wired RAM
653 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
Apr 3, 2015, 07:39:26 PM Self test - passed
Basically, 5GB of my RAM is gone just because I turned my computer on, and ok this is on HHD, but even then Snow Leopard is completely functional one minute after I push the power button, Yosemite takes that long too boot, too, but then it takes it another half hour to stop spinning the hard drvie for it's unused apps and actually let me load non-system apps and files and start working.
I THINK I FIGURED IT OUT! How do I stop the system from cache-ing recent files?