2007 imac running slow on 10.9

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2007 imac running slow on 10.9

Hi,

My computer recently began running very slow and has intermittent periods where the windows are laggy or non-responsive. Can anyone help diagnose what's going on? I ran Etrecheck and got the following results:

Problem description:

Windows are very laggy. Screen is not updating in real time when I move the mouse / toggle to a different window.

EtreCheck version: 2.2 (132)

Report generated 4/25/15, 10:57 AM

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

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

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

Hardware Information: ℹ️

iMac (20-inch, Mid 2007) (Verified)

iMac - model: iMac7,1

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

6 GB RAM Upgradeable

BANK 0/DIMM0

4 GB DDR2 SDRAM 667 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM1

2 GB DDR2 SDRAM 667 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported

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

Video Information: ℹ️

ATI,RadeonHD2400 - VRAM: 128 MB

iMac 1680 x 1050

System Software: ℹ️

OS X 10.9.5 (13F1077) - Time since boot: 0:24:0

Disk Information: ℹ️

Hitachi HDT725025VLA380 disk0 : (250.06 GB)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 249.20 GB (82.58 GB free)

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

USB Information: ℹ️

Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub

Logitech USB Receiver

Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard

Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Firewire Information: ℹ️

WD My Passport 071D 800mbit - 800mbit max

disk1s1 (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 32 KB

disk1s2 (disk1s2) <not mounted> : 29 KB

disk1s3 (disk1s3) <not mounted> : 29 KB

disk1s4 (disk1s4) <not mounted> : 29 KB

disk1s5 (disk1s5) <not mounted> : 29 KB

disk1s6 (disk1s6) <not mounted> : 262 KB

disk1s7 (disk1s7) <not mounted> : 262 KB

disk1s8 (disk1s8) <not mounted> : 262 KB

My Passport Studio (disk1s10) /Volumes/My Passport Studio : 1.00 TB (716.59 GB free)

Gatekeeper: ℹ️

Mac App Store and identified developers

Startup Items: ℹ️

HP IO: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP IO

Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite

Launch Agents: ℹ️

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

[running] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist [Click for support]

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

Launch Daemons: ℹ️

[running] com.adobe.adobeupdatedaemon.plist [Click for support]

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

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

User Launch Agents: ℹ️

[running] com.amazon.cloud-player.plist [Click for support]

[failed] com.plexapp.helper.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist [Click for support]

User Login Items: ℹ️

iTunesHelper UNKNOWN Hidden (missing value)

WDDriveUtilityHelper Application (/Applications/WD Drive Utilities.app/Contents/Resources/WDDriveUtilityHelper.app)

WDSecurityHelper Application (/Applications/WD Security.app/Contents/Resources/WDSecurityHelper.app)

Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)

HP Scheduler Application (/Library/Application Support/Hewlett-Packard/Software Update/HP Scheduler.app)

Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.41.0.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]

Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9

OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.6 [Click for support]

AdobeAAMDetect: Version: 3.0.0.0 - SDK 10.9 [Click for support]

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 17.0.0.169 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 1.4 [Click for support]

Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30317.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

Flash Player: Version: 17.0.0.169 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0

googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.41.0.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.2 [Click for support]

CANONiMAGEGATEWAYDL: Version: 3.1.0.2 [Click for support]

GarminGpsControl: Version: 4.0.1.0 Release - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

User internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.105 [Click for support]

Move-Media-Player: Version: npmnqmp 071101000050 [Click for support]

Picasa: Version: 1.0 [Click for support]

3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

DivX [Click for support]

Flash Player [Click for support]

Time Machine: ℹ️

Skip System Files: NO

Auto backup: YES

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 249.20 GB Disk used: 166.62 GB

My Passport Studio: Disk size: 1.00 TB Disk used: 283.44 GB

Destinations:

Data [Network]

Total size: 2.00 TB

Total number of backups: 195

Oldest backup: 2011-12-29 03:15:43 +0000

Last backup: 2015-04-25 13:20:28 +0000

Size of backup disk: Adequate

Backup size 2.00 TB > (Disk used 450.06 GB X 3)

Thank you!

Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

6% Adobe CEF Helper

4% WindowServer

2% Google Chrome Helper(10)

1% fontd

0% aosnotifyd

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

1.64 GB Google Chrome Helper(10)

489 MB kernel_task

190 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(5)

166 MB Google Chrome

129 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

1.72 GB Free RAM

4.28 GB Used RAM

0 B Swap Used

Diagnostics Information: ℹ️

Apr 25, 2015, 10:36:51 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/WDSecurityHelper_2015-04-25-10 3651_[redacted].crash

Apr 25, 2015, 10:31:40 AM Self test - passed

Posted on Apr 25, 2015 8:20 AM

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Answer 1

rkaufmann87

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Apr 25, 2015 8:35 AM in response to gsboehm

Before you do anything backup and test the backup to make sure it works!

The primary thing I see is your HD is almost full, 85GB isn't that much free space. Consider move large libraries (photos, music & movies) to an external HD.

Also the HD, may be failing. The only test you have likely is Apple's Hardware Test which is located on the original 10.4 (Tiger) disc 2. Follow the direction in Hardware Test to run it. Run in extended mode 2-3 times back to back. The reason for running it multiple times is AHT does not always find errors after the first or second pass, however when it does they are correct. If errors appear call an Apple Authorized Service Provider (AASP) for an appointment. You can begin finding one in your area by clicking AASP Locator. Note I did not say to take it to an Apple Store, due the advanced age of the computer Apple will no longer service it.

Good luck.

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Answer 2

Linc Davis

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Apr 25, 2015 11:20 AM in response to gsboehm

When you see a beachball cursor or 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.

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Answer 3

gsboehm Author

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Apr 26, 2015 5:17 AM in response to rkaufmann87

Ok, I ran AHT three times and no trouble was found. I'm going to try and clear up some HD space today, although I already have an external drive that we use for media storage via firewire. When the system gets slow again, I'll make sure to note the date/time and post the log information as noted above.

Thank you everyone!

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Answer 4

MichelPM

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80,968 points

Apr 26, 2015 4:59 PM in response to gsboehm

Your hard drive isn't that full that you should be experiencing the kinds of issues you're experiencing.

82 GBs is still a significant amount of space.

There was a time when Macs only had 60-80 GB hard drives and OS X ran perfectly fine.

You start having OS issues when the hard drive free space dips below 20 GBs or less.

Try this.

Ditch ALL Googlewares. They are ALL a serious resource hogs on the OS X system.

https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95319?hl=en

If you do not like Apple's Safari web browser, download, install and try Mozilla FireFox, instead.

The current, up-to-date version of FireFox is fully compatible with OS X and is regularly updated by the great developers of the Mozilla group.

I have, also, stopped using the Google search engine regularly (due to Google's privacy policies or lack thereof) and I now use DuckDuckGo as my default search engine.

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Answer 5

gsboehm Author

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May 2, 2015 6:22 AM in response to MichelPM

Ok, as I said before I ran AHT 3 times and no trouble was found. I have now freed up an additional 80 GB of free space (160/250 GB free) through moving stuff to my external drive. I've also verified time capsule is backing up correctly.

It definitely seemed to be running more smoothly but this morning I ran into the issue again where the system was basically unresponsive and the windows were very slow to move/update. The system actual got stuck when I tried to restart it, so I ended up having to hard reset by pushing the power button.

Here are the minutes from the Console when this happened:

5/2/15 8:58:12.000 AM kernel[0]: Google Chrome He (map: 0xffffff802aefd4b0) triggered DYLD shared region unnest for map: 0xffffff802aefd4b0, region 0x7fff88800000->0x7fff88a00000. While not abnormal for debuggers, this increases system memory footprint until the target exits.

5/2/15 8:58:41.000 AM kernel[0]: Google Chrome He (map: 0xffffff801aa15780) triggered DYLD shared region unnest for map: 0xffffff801aa15780, region 0x7fff88800000->0x7fff88a00000. While not abnormal for debuggers, this increases system memory footprint until the target exits.

5/2/15 8:59:43.000 AM kernel[0]: Google Chrome He (map: 0xffffff802aefd4b0) triggered DYLD shared region unnest for map: 0xffffff802aefd4b0, region 0x7fff88800000->0x7fff88a00000. While not abnormal for debuggers, this increases system memory footprint until the target exits.

5/2/15 8:59:50.388 AM com.apple.time[183]: Interval maximum value is 946100000 seconds (specified value: 9223372036854775807).

5/2/15 8:59:59.397 AM com.apple.time[183]: Interval maximum value is 946100000 seconds (specified value: 9223372036854775807).

5/2/15 8:59:59.407 AM com.apple.time[183]: Interval maximum value is 946100000 seconds (specified value: 9223372036854775807).

5/2/15 8:59:59.417 AM com.apple.time[183]: Interval maximum value is 946100000 seconds (specified value: 9223372036854775807).

5/2/15 8:59:59.426 AM com.apple.time[183]: Interval maximum value is 946100000 seconds (specified value: 9223372036854775807).

5/2/15 8:59:59.436 AM com.apple.time[183]: Interval maximum value is 946100000 seconds (specified value: 9223372036854775807).

5/2/15 8:59:59.446 AM com.apple.time[183]: Interval maximum value is 946100000 seconds (specified value: 9223372036854775807).

5/2/15 8:59:59.455 AM com.apple.time[183]: Interval maximum value is 946100000 seconds (specified value: 9223372036854775807).

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5/2/15 9:00:00.003 AM com.apple.time[183]: Interval maximum value is 946100000 seconds (specified value: 9223372036854775807).

5/2/15 9:00:40.181 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[180]: (com.apple.iDVD.34528[1879]) Exited: Terminated: 15

5/2/15 9:00:42.758 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[180]: (com.apple.iPhoto.34880[3853]) Exited: Terminated: 15

5/2/15 9:00:42.791 AM Dock[202]: CGSReleaseWindow: Invalid window 1062

5/2/15 9:00:49.241 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[180]: (com.google.Chrome.115664[17186]) Exited: Killed: 9

5/2/15 9:01:19.076 AM xpcd[199]: Info.plist does not contain an XPCService dictionary: /System/Library/Frameworks/Security.framework/XPCServices/SecurityAgent.xpc

5/2/15 9:01:21.672 AM findNames[22481]: dispatch_semaphore_wait() time out: -[IMKUserDictionary reloadWithCompletionHandler:]

5/2/15 9:01:22.757 AM xpcd[199]: findNames[22481]: registration request failed: (0x10, 0x3) xpc_domain_import() failed with code 0x44e

5/2/15 9:01:30.292 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[180]: (com.apple.PackageKit.InstallStatus) Throttling respawn: Will start in 8 seconds

5/2/15 9:01:31.075 AM WindowServer[97]: CGXGetConnectionProperty: Invalid connection 55299

5/2/15 9:01:31.076 AM WindowServer[97]: CGXGetConnectionProperty: Invalid connection 55299

5/2/15 9:01:31.077 AM WindowServer[97]: CGXGetConnectionProperty: Invalid connection 55299

5/2/15 9:01:31.530 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[180]: (com.apple.AirPlayUIAgent[1507]) Exited: Killed: 9

5/2/15 9:01:31.530 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[180]: (com.apple.EscrowSecurityAlert[3793]) Exited: Killed: 9

5/2/15 9:01:32.148 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[180]: (com.apple.noticeboard.agent[5571]) Exited: Killed: 9

5/2/15 9:01:32.315 AM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.ShareKitHelper[238]) Exited: Killed: 9

5/2/15 9:01:32.316 AM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.internetaccounts[234]) Exited: Killed: 9

5/2/15 9:01:32.346 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[180]: (com.apple.gamed[193]) Exited: Killed: 9

5/2/15 9:01:32.831 AM loginwindow[43]: ERROR | -[ApplicationManager(AppleEventHandling) sendQuitEventToApp:withDelay:] | sendQuitEventToApp (Adobe Desktop Service): AESendMessage returned error -1712

5/2/15 9:01:32.845 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[180]: (com.apple.ImageCaptureExtension2.3200[547]) Exited: Killed: 9

5/2/15 9:01:32.919 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[180]: ([0x0-0x29029].com.apple.AppleSpell[1391]) Exited: Killed: 9

5/2/15 9:01:33.137 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[180]: (com.adobe.acc.AdobeDesktopService.88560.985895B2-9814-4A24-BF5E-51D561DC4BC1[4 77]) Exited: Terminated: 15

5/2/15 9:01:42.868 AM loginwindow[43]: ERROR | -[ApplicationManager quitPrivateProcesses] | Private process did not quit

5/2/15 9:01:43.952 AM sessionlogoutd[22487]: sessionlogoutd Launched

5/2/15 9:01:43.987 AM loginwindow[43]: ERROR | processNotificationManagerLSNotificationCallBack | LWCASProcessNotificationManager UNEXPECTED NOTIFICATION of type: kLSNotifyApplicationBirth

5/2/15 9:01:44.030 AM sessionlogoutd[22487]: DEAD_PROCESS: 43 console

5/2/15 9:01:44.260 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[180]: (com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud[357]) Job appears to have crashed: Segmentation fault: 11

5/2/15 9:01:44.264 AM loginwindow[43]: ERROR | -[Application setAppContext:] | Unable to get PID for context [0,53261]

5/2/15 9:01:44.287 AM fseventsd[50]: Events arrived for /Volumes/My Passport Studio after an unmount request! Re-initializing.

5/2/15 9:01:44.287 AM fseventsd[50]: creating a dls for /Volumes/My Passport Studio but it already has one...

5/2/15 9:01:44.876 AM loginwindow[43]: ERROR | -[Application hardKill:] | Application hardKill returned -600

5/2/15 9:01:45.000 AM kernel[0]: hfs: unmount initiated on My Passport Studio on device disk1s10

5/2/15 9:01:46.904 AM shutdown[22488]: reboot by nobody:

5/2/15 9:01:46.000 AM kernel[0]: Kext loading now disabled.

5/2/15 9:01:46.000 AM kernel[0]: Kext unloading now disabled.

5/2/15 9:01:46.000 AM kernel[0]: Kext autounloading now disabled.

5/2/15 9:01:46.000 AM kernel[0]: Kernel requests now disabled.

5/2/15 9:01:46.905 AM shutdown[22488]: SHUTDOWN_TIME: 1430571706 904517

Any idea of what's going on? Should I ditch Chrome, as MichelPM noted?

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Answer 6

gsboehm Author

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May 5, 2015 9:16 AM in response to Linc Davis

Bump. Can anyone offer any help on the contents from the Console I posted above?

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Answer 7

Allan Jones

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May 5, 2015 9:32 AM in response to gsboehm

From your EC report: remove all Western Digital software. It has always slowed my Macs, both Intel-based and the older PowerPC Macs, and never offered me any benefit.

From your 5-5 report, note the significant appearance of Google Chrome, which you have been advised to removed, at the top of the report. This ominous message in teh first three hits may explain some of the problem:

While not abnormal for debuggers, this increases system memory footprint until the target exits.

People with newer, more powerful Macs that have faster processors and lots of RAM can probably get away with Chrome, but yours is likely old enough to struggle with it.

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