mac os x 10.7.5 going super slowly etrecheck diagnostic?
I have an older Mac OSX 10.7.5 , Memory 4GB 1067 MHz RAM. It's been wonderful all this time and now it seems to be running super slowly; rainbow round and round for every click? Went to etrecheck and ran diagnostic but don't know how to interpret? Also yesterday I had a weird file on my desktop that wouldn't delete, open or move. Researched it online and went to some site called Mac Pawter or something -- afraid to open another window to check the name because I might be minutes or more waiting for it to load. Downloaded that app and it ran its diagnostic. Said everything was fine. Someone on some thread said it's a little leftover file from an Excel app (which I have on my computer and run for work) and said to do something having to do with cleaning up permissions (??) sorry I should have written all this down, so I followed the instructions to do that, and rebooted the computer and the strange file is gone, as promised, but my computer is still running slow slow slow. Anyone can help? Following is the Etrecheck diagnostic:
Problem description:
mac running slow — long-lasting rainbow circle for every click on internet
EtreCheck version: 2.2 (132)
Report generated 4/26/15 1:54 PM
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The following internal tasks failed to complete:
/usr/sbin/system_profiler -xml SPApplicationsDataType
Hardware Information: ℹ️
iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2009) (Technical Specifications)
iMac - model: iMac10,1
1 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM
BANK 0/DIMM0
Empty
BANK 1/DIMM0
Empty
BANK 0/DIMM1
2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM1
2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: Unknown
Video Information: ℹ️
NVIDIA GeForce 9400 - VRAM: 256 MB
iMac 1920 x 1080
System Software: ℹ️
Mac OS X 10.7.5 (11G63) - Time since boot: 0:7:27
Disk Information: ℹ️
ST3500418ASQ disk0 : (500.11 GB)
disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 499.25 GB (38.76 GB free) - 64 errors
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GA11N
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
EPSON EPSON XP-410 Series
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.kodak.print.printerdock.merge (1.0.0) [Click for support]
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.epson.Epson_Low_Ink_Reminder.launcher.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.epson.esua.launcher.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.epson.eventmanager.agent.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]
[failed] com.parallels.desktop.launch.plist [Click for support] [Click for details]
[running] com.parallels.vm.prl_pcproxy.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.rosettastone.rosettastonedaemon.plist [Click for support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.parallels.desktop.launchdaemon.plist [Click for support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
iTunesHelper UNKNOWN Hidden (missing value)
AdobeResourceSynchronizer Application Hidden (/Applications/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/Support/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
DirectorShockwave: Version: 11.6.0r626 [Click for support]
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.41.0.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
NPVirtools: Version: 4.0 [Click for support]
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 5.2 [Click for support]
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.3.3.3 [Click for support]
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.06 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 17.0.0.169 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 2.0 [Click for support]
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - 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: 7.7.1
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.06 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.9 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
User internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
Picasa: Version: 1.0 [Click for support]
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
DivX [Click for support]
Flash Player [Click for support]
Flip4Mac WMV [Click for support]
Growl [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
5% mdworker(2)
3% helpd
3% WindowServer
3% mds
1% fontd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
250 MB firefox
53 MB mds
49 MB WindowServer
37 MB mdworker(2)
33 MB Finder
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
2.25 GB Free RAM
1.75 GB Used RAM
0 B Swap Used
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
Apr 26, 2015, 01:37:25 PM Self test - passed
Apr 26, 2015, 12:59:45 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Mail_2015-04-26-125945_[redacted].hang
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.5), 4 GB 1067 MHz RAM