slow imac

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Hey Everyone!I was just wondering if anyone see anything that would suggest why my iMac feels sluggish? I recently upgraded to 16gb of ram from 4gb and honestly, it doesn&#x27;t feel like anything changed at all. Is it because i updated to yosemite? Here is my etre resultsIf there are any suggestions, let me know apart from the option of doing a complete reinstall as i don&#x27;t have the disc and for some reason there is no recovery HD to do a fresh install. Cheers!Problem description:Slow Mac - Upgraded Ram and still feels quite slowEtreCheck version: 2.2 (132)Report generated 5/28/15, 11:51 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    iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2009) (Technical Specifications)    iMac - model: iMac10,1    1 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core    16 GB RAM Upgradeable        BANK 0/DIMM0            4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok        BANK 1/DIMM0            4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok        BANK 0/DIMM1            4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok        BANK 1/DIMM1            4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok    Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported    Wireless:  en1: 802.11 a/b/g/nVideo Information: ℹ️    NVIDIA GeForce 9400 - VRAM: 256 MB        iMac 1920 x 1080System Software: ℹ️    OS X 10.10.2 (14C1514) - Time since boot: 5:53:28Disk Information: ℹ️    WDC WD5000AAKS-40V2B0 disk0 : (500.11 GB)        EFI (disk0s1) &lt;not mounted&gt; : 210 MB         Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 499.25 GB (372.09 GB free)        Recovery HD (disk0s3) &lt;not mounted&gt;  [Recovery]: 650 MB     PIONEER DVD-RW  DVRTS09  USB Information: ℹ️    Apple Inc. Built-in iSight     Apple Internal Memory Card Reader     Mitsumi Electric Hub in Apple Extended USB Keyboard         Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard     Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver     Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub         Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller Gatekeeper: ℹ️    Mac App Store and identified developersKernel Extensions: ℹ️        /Library/Extensions    [not loaded]    com.akai.eie.driver (3.2.0 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]    [not loaded]    com.caiaq.driver.NIUSBMaschineControllerDriver (2.7.0 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]        /System/Library/Extensions    [loaded]    com.nvidia.CUDA (1.1.0) [Click for support]    [not loaded]    com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.master (5.9 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]        /System/Library/Extensions/PACESupportFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns    [not loaded]    com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.leopard (5.9 - SDK 10.4) [Click for support]    [not loaded]    com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.panther (5.9 - SDK 10.-1) [Click for support]    [loaded]    com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard (5.9 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]    [not loaded]    com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.tiger (5.9 - SDK 10.4) [Click for support]Launch Agents: ℹ️    [loaded]    com.nvidia.CUDASoftwareUpdate.plist [Click for support]Launch Daemons: ℹ️    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]    [loaded]    com.nvidia.cuda.launcher.plist [Click for support]    [loaded]    PACESupport.plist [Click for support]User Launch Agents: ℹ️    [failed]    com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist [Click for details]    [loaded]    com.bittorrent.uTorrent.plist [Click for support]    [loaded]    com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist [Click for support]User Login Items: ℹ️    iTunesHelper    Application  (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)    iTunesHelper    UNKNOWN Hidden (missing value)    NIHardwareAgent    Application Hidden (/Library/Application Support/Native Instruments/Hardware/NIHardwareAgent.app)Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 17.0.0.188 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]    Flash Player: Version: 17.0.0.188 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3    Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10Audio Plug-ins: ℹ️    AKAI_EIE: Version: Unknown - SDK 10.7 [Click for support]3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️    CUDA Preferences  [Click for support]    Flash Player  [Click for support]    Native Instruments USB Audio  [Click for support]Time Machine: ℹ️    Time Machine not configured!Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️         2%    (com.apple.WebKit)         0%    askpermissiondTop Processes by Memory: ℹ️    1.00 GB    kernel_task    606 MB    com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(2)    98 MB    System Preferences    66 MB    mds_stores    66 MB    SafariVirtual Memory Information: ℹ️    13.00 GB    Free RAM     3.33 GB    Used RAM     0 B    Swap Used Diagnostics Information: ℹ️    May 28, 2015, 05:56:21 PM    Self test - passed    Apr 5, 2015, 12:58:00 AM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-04-05-005800_[redacted].panic [Click for details]

poikkeus1 · Answer

The machine looks pretty clean. You have plenty of RAM, no active processes clogging your system. Yosemite might be the culprit behind the slowdown. Read this:http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/easy_mac_hacks_speed_yosemitehttp://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-speed-up-os-x-yosemite-on-your-older-mac-guide/http://osxdaily.com/2014/10/24/speed-up-os-x-yosemite-mac/

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.

MichelPM · Answer

There is the possibility that your iMac&#x27;s internal drive maybe failing.If you do not a backup or backup strategy, now would be the time to get one.Backup your current system to an externally connected USB or FireWire 800, Mac formatted hard drive. Then, use either OS X Time Machine app to backup your entire system to the external drive OR purchase, install and use a data cloning app, like CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper, to make an exact and bootable copy (clone) of your Mac&#x27;s entire computer system and data.