Why is the photos app making my macbook slow?

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I started using the photos app and uploaded around 11,000+ photos. Once I did that my macbook is so slow, and has to think for a few seconds every click. When I try to use itunes a song can&#x27;t play longer then 10 seconds without stopping, then resuming then stopping, etc. Its painfully slow, almost to the point that I can&#x27;t really do anything. I ran EtreCheck and this is what I got: (I have no clue what it means or what I should do) help!EtreCheck version: 2.2 (132)Report generated 5/13/15, 8:37 PMDownload 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 2010) (Technical Specifications)    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro6,2    1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core    4 GB RAM Upgradeable        BANK 0/DIMM0            2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok        BANK 1/DIMM0            2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok    Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported    Wireless:  en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n    Battery: Health &#x3D; Normal - Cycle count &#x3D; 410 - SN &#x3D; W0050P28HBWZAVideo Information: ℹ️    Intel HD Graphics    NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 256 MB        Color LCD 1440 x 900System Software: ℹ️    OS X 10.10.3 (14D136) - Time since boot: 8 days 12:56:0Disk Information: ℹ️    TOSHIBA MK3255GSXF disk0 : (320.07 GB)        EFI (disk0s1) &lt;not mounted&gt; : 210 MB         Recovery HD (disk0s3) &lt;not mounted&gt;  [Recovery]: 650 MB         Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 318.84 GB (152.11 GB free) - 39 errors            Core Storage: disk0s2 319.21 GB Online    MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898  USB Information: ℹ️    Apple Internal Memory Card Reader     Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub         Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller     Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad     Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver     Apple Inc. Built-in iSight Gatekeeper: ℹ️    Mac App Store and identified developersLaunch Agents: ℹ️    [not loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]Launch Daemons: ℹ️    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]User Launch Agents: ℹ️    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]User Login Items: ℹ️    iTunesHelper    Application  (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)    Wondershare Helper Compact    Application  (/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/Helper/Wondershare Helper Compact.app)Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️    AdobeExManDetect: Version: AdobeExManDetect 1.1.0.0 - SDK 10.7 [Click for support]    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 17.0.0.169 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]    Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10    AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]    Flash Player: Version: 17.0.0.169 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3    Silverlight: Version: 4.1.10329.0 [Click for support]    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 25 Check versionSafari Extensions: ℹ️    searchtab3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️    Flash Player  [Click for support]    Java  [Click for support]Time Machine: ℹ️    Time Machine not configured!Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️        44%    cloudd         8%    WindowServer         1%    fontd         0%    notifyd         0%    askpermissiondTop Processes by Memory: ℹ️    449 MB    kernel_task    418 MB    firefox    360 MB    softwareupdated    254 MB    Photos    123 MB    com.apple.MediaLibraryServiceVirtual Memory Information: ℹ️    90 MB    Free RAM     3.79 GB    Used RAM     48 MB    Swap Used Diagnostics Information: ℹ️    May 13, 2015, 08:37:51 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-05-13-203751_[reda cted].crash    May 13, 2015, 08:36:24 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-05-13-203624_[reda cted].crash    May 13, 2015, 08:35:34 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-05-13-203534_[reda cted].crash    May 13, 2015, 08:34:47 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-05-13-203447_[reda cted].crash    May 13, 2015, 08:33:49 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-05-13-203349_[reda cted].crash    May 13, 2015, 08:33:03 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-05-13-203303_[reda cted].crash    May 13, 2015, 08:32:07 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-05-13-203207_[reda cted].crash    May 13, 2015, 08:29:17 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-05-13-202917_[reda cted].crash    May 13, 2015, 08:28:32 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-05-13-202832_[reda cted].crash    May 13, 2015, 08:27:50 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-05-13-202750_[reda cted].crash    May 13, 2015, 08:27:07 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-05-13-202707_[reda cted].crash    May 13, 2015, 08:26:18 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-05-13-202618_[reda cted].crash    May 13, 2015, 08:25:33 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-05-13-202533_[reda cted].crash    May 13, 2015, 08:24:20 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-05-13-202420_[reda cted].crash    May 13, 2015, 08:23:36 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-05-13-202336_[reda cted].crash    May 13, 2015, 08:22:37 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-05-13-202237_[reda cted].crash    May 13, 2015, 08:21:51 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-05-13-202151_[reda cted].crash    May 13, 2015, 08:20:58 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-05-13-202058_[reda cted].crash    May 13, 2015, 08:20:31 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-05-13-202031_[reda cted].crash    May 13, 2015, 08:19:25 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-05-13-201925_[reda cted].crash    May 12, 2015, 09:00:51 AM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.security.pboxd_2015- 05-12-090051_[redacted].crash

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.

Smuks · Answer

Here is a small sample: 5/14/15 8:14:49.145 PM cloudphotosd[336]: MSPublisher - 216782195 Requesting derivatives for 1 files.5/14/15 8:14:49.347 PM cloudphotosd[336]: MSSubscriber - 216782195 Found 1 new asset collections.5/14/15 8:14:49.607 PM cloudphotosd[336]: MSPublisher - 216782195 Submitting 1 asset collections for publication.5/14/15 8:14:50.492 PM cloudphotosd[336]: MSPublisher - 216782195 Sending metadata...5/14/15 8:14:50.606 PM cloudphotosd[336]: MSPublisher - 216782195 uploading 1 assets...5/14/15 8:14:53.601 PM cloudphotosd[336]: &lt;CPSMediaStreamDaemon: 0x7f95fac70af0&gt;: Push notification received for My Photo Stream with targetPersonID 216782195.5/14/15 8:14:53.601 PM cloudphotosd[336]: MSPublisher - 216782195 Sending metadata...5/14/15 8:14:53.644 PM cloudphotosd[336]: MSPublisher - 216782195 Requesting derivatives for 1 files.5/14/15 8:14:53.921 PM cloudphotosd[336]: MSSubscriber - 216782195 Found 1 new asset collections.5/14/15 8:14:54.166 PM cloudphotosd[336]: MSPublisher - 216782195 Submitting 1 asset collections for publication.5/14/15 8:14:55.138 PM cloudphotosd[336]: MSPublisher - 216782195 Sending metadata...This repeats a CRAZY amount and only started when I started using the new Photos App.

Linc Davis · Answer

It&#x27;s synchronizing your photo library with iCloud. The task may take several hours, depending on the size of the library and the speed of your Internet connectiion. Performance will be reduced during that time. If you want to stop the synchronization, open the iCloud pane in System Preferences and uncheck the box marked Photos.

Smuks · Answer

Here is another example:5/14/15 8:43:20.000 PM kernel[0]: CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Macintosh HD" (41C5D8E5-7D76-42BC-B113-88F4CC9E69B8), pv 2FE518E2-9D92-4326-9378-8BEBDDC8302C, near LV byte offset &#x3D; 128468865024.5/14/15 8:43:20.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1: I/O error.5/14/15 8:43:39.000 PM kernel[0]: CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Macintosh HD" (41C5D8E5-7D76-42BC-B113-88F4CC9E69B8), pv 2FE518E2-9D92-4326-9378-8BEBDDC8302C, near LV byte offset &#x3D; 128468865024.5/14/15 8:43:39.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1: I/O error.5/14/15 8:43:39.654 PM cloudd[681]: *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception &#x27;NSGenericException&#x27;, reason: &#x27;Error executing SQL: "VACUUM" (266) - errcode:010a, msg:"disk I/O error", path:/Users/USER/Library/Caches/*/Assets.db&#x27;*** First throw call stack:(    0   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff8329c03c __exceptionPreprocess + 172    1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x00007fff8451d76e objc_exception_throw + 43    2   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff8329beed +[NSException raise:format:] + 205    3   CloudKit                            0x00007fff8275cc32 +[CKSQLiteError raise:code:extended:] + 705    4   CloudKit                            0x00007fff82759693 -[CKSQLite raise:] + 674    5   CloudKit                            0x00007fff82759973 -[CKSQLite executeSQL:arguments:] + 288    6   CloudKit                            0x00007fff8275983b -[CKSQLite executeSQL:] + 142    7   CloudKit                            0x00007fff827584ca -[CKSQLite _periodicVacuum] + 304    8   CloudKit                            0x00007fff82758dda -[CKSQLite openWithError:] + 2182    9   CloudKit                            0x00007fff8274f63f -[CKSQLitePool _openDatabaseWithError:] + 64    10  CloudKit                            0x00007fff8274edde __42-[CKSQLitePool _acquireDatabaseWithError:]_block_invoke + 351    11  libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff908d0c13 _dispatch_client_callout + 8    12  libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff908d1e5e _dispatch_barrier_sync_f_invoke + 57    13  CloudKit                            0x00007fff8274ec05 -[CKSQLitePool _acquireDatabaseWithError:] + 176    14  CloudKit                            0x00007fff8274f42f -[CKSQLitePool performWithDatabase:error:] + 48    15  CloudKitDaemon                      0x0000000100f47c20 -[CKDAssetCache _evictDownloadedFilesForced:evictNow:] + 369    16  CloudKitDaemon                      0x0000000100f49b1a -[CKDAssetCache _evictFilesForced:evictNow:] + 62    17  CloudKitDaemon                      0x0000000100f42547 __135+[CKDAssetCache assetCacheWithApplicationBundleID:dbPath:fileDownloadPath:packageDownloadPath:p ackageUploadPath:shouldEvictOnCreation:]_block_invoke_2 + 46    18  CloudKitDaemon                      0x0000000100f4b348 __ck_dispatch_async_block_invoke + 25    19  libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff908d5323 _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 12    20  libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff908d0c13 _dispatch_client_callout + 8    21  libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff908d4365 _dispatch_queue_drain + 1100    22  libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff908d5ecc _dispatch_queue_invoke + 202    23  libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff908d36b7 _dispatch_root_queue_drain + 463    24  libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff908e1fe4 _dispatch_worker_thread3 + 91    25  libsystem_pthread.dylib             0x00007fff87735637 _pthread_wqthread + 729    26  libsystem_pthread.dylib             0x00007fff8773340d start_wqthread + 13)5/14/15 8:43:39.748 PM hidd[91]: IOHIDEventQueue unable to get policy for event of type 11. (e00002e8)5/14/15 8:43:40.314 PM cloudphotosd[336]: Got a connection error from the daemon: Error Domain&#x3D;NSCocoaErrorDomain Code&#x3D;4097 "Couldn’t communicate with a helper application." (connection to service named com.apple.cloudd) UserInfo&#x3D;0x7f95fd01d4c0 {NSDebugDescription&#x3D;connection to service named com.apple.cloudd}5/14/15 8:43:40.446 PM ReportCrash[678]: Saved crash report for cloudd[681] version 283.67.2 (283.67.2) to /Users/jordansmuksta/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-05-14-204340_Jo rdans-MacBook-Pro.crash5/14/15 8:43:40.450 PM ReportCrash[678]: Removing excessive log: file:///Users/jordan/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-05-14-200607_Jo rdans-MacBook-Pro.crash5/14/15 8:43:41.121 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.cloudd[681]) Service exited due to signal: Abort trap: 6

Smuks · Answer

Now when I open the photos app it says it is uploading photos, but it never changes... like for a few days now. I have been looking at other threads about that but nothing seems to help right now.

Linc Davis · Answer

That extract shows something else.The startup drive is failing, or there is some other internal hardware fault.Back up all data on the drive immediately if you don&#x27;t already have a current backup. There are ways to back up a computer that isn&#x27;t fully functional—ask if you need guidance.Make a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store, or go to another authorized service provider.If privacy is a concern, erase the data partition(s) with the option to write zeros* (do this only if you have at least two complete, independent backups, and you know how to restore to an empty drive from any of them.) Don’t erase the recovery partition, if present.Keeping your confidential data secure during hardware repairApple also recommends that you deauthorize a device in the iTunes Store before having it serviced.*An SSD doesn&#x27;t need to be zeroed.

Smuks · Answer

Thank you Linc Davis. Can you help me understand this?The disk selected says only 18.9 MB is available, but when I click on the other drive below I see that I have 154.87 GB available. Why are they both names the same, is that common? Does this have something to do with it?When I verify both disk everything comes back green and okay???

Linc Davis · Answer

Why are they both names the same, is that common?Normal when FileVault is active.Does this have something to do with it?No.When I verify both disk everything comes back green and okay???Not relevant. That&#x27;s not a test of drive function.