Macbook Pro Slow startup and general usage (Yosemite)

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Macbook running slowly. Sluggish in general use, delayed and unresponsive when performing simple tasks such as navigating through the UI. Takes a fair amount of time after initial startup (which itself takes 2.5mins) to open something as simple as System Prefs. Click the icon in the dock and it takes a good 10-15 seconds to respond.Also, occasional graphical glitches, displaying psychedelic colours for a split second.Decrypted FileVault, reset PRAM, performed Disc Utility permissions etc and verified drive.Visited Apple shop and had Genius run a diagnostic on the HD which didn&#x27;t bring up any faults.Any help here appreciated.Thanks.Problem description:MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012), 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7, 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3, Intel HD Graphics 4000 1024 MB, running Yosemite 10.10.3.EtreCheck version: 2.2 (132)Report generated 4/26/15, 10:59 AMDownload EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheckClick 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    MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012) (Technical Specifications)    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,1    1 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core    8 GB RAM Upgradeable        BANK 0/DIMM0            4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok        BANK 1/DIMM0            4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok    Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported    Wireless:  en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n    Battery: Health &#x3D; Normal - Cycle count &#x3D; 157 - SN &#x3D; D86223308DHDGDLBYVideo Information: ℹ️    Intel HD Graphics 4000        Color LCD 1680 x 1050    NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - VRAM: 1024 MBSystem Software: ℹ️    OS X 10.10.3 (14D136) - Time since boot: 0:17:27Disk Information: ℹ️    TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF disk0 : (750.16 GB)        EFI (disk0s1) &lt;not mounted&gt; : 210 MB         Recovery HD (disk0s3) &lt;not mounted&gt;  [Recovery]: 650 MB         Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 748.93 GB (413.13 GB free)            Core Storage: disk0s2 749.30 GB Online    OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5970H  USB Information: ℹ️    Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)     Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver     Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad     Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub         Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_busGatekeeper: ℹ️    Mac App Store and identified developersKernel Extensions: ℹ️        /Library/Extensions    [not loaded]    com.caiaq.driver.NIUSBTraktorKontrolS4Driver (2.6.0 - SDK 10.8) [Click for support]        /System/Library/Extensions    [not loaded]    com.caiaq.driver.NIUSBTraktorKontrolX1Driver (2.5.1 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]    [not loaded]    com.native-instruments.driver.NIUSBDeviceHelper (1.1.0 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]    [loaded]    com.waves.driver.soundgrid (2.0.0) [Click for support]Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️    [failed]    com.apple.mtrecorder.plistLaunch Agents: ℹ️    [loaded]    com.adobe.CS4ServiceManager.plist [Click for support]    [running]    net.culater.SIMBL.Agent.plist [Click for support]Launch Daemons: ℹ️    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]    [failed]    com.apple.spirecorder.plist    [loaded]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]    [running]    com.waves.daemon.SoundGridProtocolService.plist [Click for support]User Launch Agents: ℹ️    [failed]    com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist [Click for details]    [loaded]    com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist [Click for support]User Login Items: ℹ️    NIHardwareAgent    Application Hidden (/Library/Application Support/Native Instruments/Hardware/NIHardwareAgent.app)Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️    Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.0.0.85 BETA  - SDK 10.7 [Click for support]    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 17.0.0.169 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3    Flash Player: Version: 17.0.0.169 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 9.0.0 [Click for support]    Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10    SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.8 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 15.0.0 - SDK 10.10 Check versionSafari Extensions: ℹ️    Adblock Plus    My eBay ManagerAudio Plug-ins: ℹ️    DVCPROHDAudio: Version: 1.3.23rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️    Flash Player  [Click for support]    Native Instruments USB Audio  [Click for support]Bad Fonts: ℹ️    new detroit.ttf: /Users/[redacted]/Library/Fonts/Fonts/Newdetroit/new detroit.ttf    spv3.5.ttf: /Users/[redacted]/Library/Fonts/Fonts/Squarespusher/spv3.5.ttf    spv2.TTF: /Users/[redacted]/Library/Fonts/Fonts/Squarespusher/spv2.TTF    spv2.5.ttf: /Users/[redacted]/Library/Fonts/Fonts/Squarespusher/spv2.5.ttf    Bitstorm.ttf: /Users/[redacted]/Library/Fonts/Fonts/bitstorm/Bitstorm.ttf    spv3.TTF: /Users/[redacted]/Library/Fonts/Fonts/Squarespusher/spv3.TTFTime Machine: ℹ️    Auto backup: YES    Volumes being backed up:        Macintosh HD: Disk size: 748.93 GB Disk used: 335.80 GB    Destinations:        SAMSUNG [Local]         Total size: 999.86 GB         Total number of backups: 16         Oldest backup: 2014-04-17 22:28:33 +0000         Last backup: 2015-04-19 20:03:34 +0000         Size of backup disk: Too small            Backup size 999.86 GB &lt; (Disk used 335.80 GB X 3)Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️         4%    SGProtocolService         4%    WindowServer         0%    SystemUIServer         0%    taskgated         0%    cloudpairdTop Processes by Memory: ℹ️    659 MB    kernel_task    98 MB    mdworker(7)    74 MB    ocspd    74 MB    cfprefsd(2)    66 MB    WindowServerVirtual Memory Information: ℹ️    4.70 GB    Free RAM     3.29 GB    Used RAM     0 B    Swap Used Diagnostics Information: ℹ️    Apr 26, 2015, 10:38:35 AM    Self test - passed    Apr 25, 2015, 03:54:30 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Sim City 4 Deluxe Edition_2015-04-25-155430_[redacted].crash    Apr 25, 2015, 03:53:39 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Sim City 4 Deluxe Edition_2015-04-25-155339_[redacted].crash    Apr 24, 2015, 09:49:45 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Sim City 4 Deluxe Edition_2015-04-24-214945_[redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Click for details]    Apr 24, 2015, 08:33:12 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Sim City 4 Deluxe Edition_2015-04-24-203312_[redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Click for details]    Apr 24, 2015, 08:03:15 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Sim City 4 Deluxe Edition_2015-04-24-200315_[redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Click for details]

dominic23 · Answer

Startup delay     Select Macintosh HD as the Startup  Disk.   “Set the default startup disk”       http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1310    Turn off Adblock Plus and My eBay Manager extensions.     Safari &gt; Preferences &gt; Extensions    Remove culator.SIMBL.    http://www.thesafemac.com/arg-conduit/

Linc Davis · Answer

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&#x27;t, select          SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messagesfrom the log list on the left. If you don&#x27;t see that list, select          View ▹ Show Log Listfrom 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&#x27;t indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.Please don&#x27;t post screenshots of log messages—post the text.Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.When you post the log extract, you might see an error message on the web page: "You have included content in your post that is not permitted," or "The message contains invalid characters." That&#x27;s a bug in the forum software. Please post the text on Pastebin, then post a link here to the page you created.