imac running slow and giving spinning ball of death. Please help, EtreCheck report enclosed.
Problem description:
Slow computer, frequent spinning ball of death. Especially when browsing using any browser (safari, firefox, chrome). I've tried rebooting, clearing caches and disabling/removing extensions. Sometimes I get a temporary improvement but nothing seems to have worked to resolve the problem sustainably.
EtreCheck version: 2.2 (132)
Report generated 6/1/15, 5:42 PM
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
iMac (24-inch, Early 2008) (Verified)
iMac - model: iMac8,1
1 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
6 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
4 GB DDR2 SDRAM 800 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM1
2 GB DDR2 SDRAM 800 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro - VRAM: 256 MB
iMac 1920 x 1200
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10.2 (14C109) - Time since boot: 11 days 17:44:23
Disk Information: ℹ️
ST3500418AS disk0 : (500.11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 499.25 GB (166.89 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Prolific Technology Inc. ATAPI-6 Bridge Controller 1.5 TB
disk1s1 (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 32 KB
Blank Slate (disk1s3) /Volumes/Blank Slate : 1.50 TB (1.45 TB free)
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/System/Library/Extensions
[loaded] com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.6.6 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]
[loaded] net.telestream.driver.TelestreamAudio (1.0.6 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]
Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️
[killed] com.apple.CallHistoryPluginHelper.plist
[killed] com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication.plist
[killed] com.apple.EscrowSecurityAlert.plist
[killed] com.apple.printtool.agent.plist
[killed] com.apple.SafariNotificationAgent.plist
[killed] com.apple.sbd.plist
[killed] com.apple.scopedbookmarkagent.xpc.plist
[killed] com.apple.security.cloudkeychainproxy.plist
[killed] com.apple.xpc.loginitemregisterd.plist
9 processes killed due to memory pressure
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[killed] com.apple.coresymbolicationd.plist
[killed] com.apple.ctkd.plist
[killed] com.apple.emond.aslmanager.plist
[killed] com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced.plist
[killed] com.apple.ifdreader.plist
[killed] com.apple.nehelper.plist
[killed] com.apple.nsurlsessiond.plist
[killed] com.apple.periodic-daily.plist
[killed] com.apple.periodic-monthly.plist
[killed] com.apple.periodic-weekly.plist
[killed] com.apple.sandboxd.plist
[killed] com.apple.softwareupdate_download_service.plist
[killed] com.apple.softwareupdated.plist
[killed] com.apple.tccd.system.plist
[killed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist
[killed] com.apple.xpc.smd.plist
16 processes killed due to memory pressure
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[running] com.epson.ecrp.launcher.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]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]
[not loaded] org.eyebeam.SelfControl.plist [Click for support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.41.0.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 17.0.0.169 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30214.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
Flash Player: Version: 17.0.0.169 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.41.0.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 [Click for support]
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
EPPEX Plugin: Version: 4.1.0.0 [Click for support]
User internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.94 [Click for support]
thinkorswim plugin_x86_64: Version: thinkorswim_x86_64 1.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 [Click for support]
tossc plugin_x86_64: Version: TOS Sharing Center plugin_x86_64 1.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 [Click for support]
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
Adblock Plus
ClickToFlash
ClickToPlugin
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player [Click for support]
FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE) [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
3% WindowServer
2% cloudd
0% ocspd
0% fseventsd
0% nbagent
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
657 MB kernel_task
86 MB bird
86 MB cloudd
61 MB mdworker(8)
49 MB Finder
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
3.37 GB Free RAM
2.63 GB Used RAM
44 MB Swap Used
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
May 30, 2015, 09:32:02 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/firefox_2015-05-30-093202_[redacted].cpu_resour ce.diag [Click for details]
iMac (24-inch Early 2008), OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)