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Late '09 iMAC running very slow

After reading through this forum. I've tried several suggestions.


1) I added 4G of RAM and now have 8GB

2) I cleared the PRAM

3) I fixed permissions on the 1TB HDD


While that all seemed to help a little, the machine seems to be running slow relative to the past. My only thought is my HDD is 1TB and only has 132GB free.


I did take the advice of this forum and run EtrCheck. That did allow me to kill a few things in startup but didn't have much change.


Before I take the next step that will likely include reinstalling the OS, I'm looking for advice as I really don't want to go thorough all that work unless it's absolutely required.


Problem description:

Late ’09 iMac running slow - sometimes hangs on shutdown


EtreCheck version: 2.3 (135)

Report generated 8/3/15, 7:56 AM

Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck


Click 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: (What does this mean?)

iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) (Technical Specifications)

iMac - model: iMac11,1

1 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core

8 GB RAM Upgradeable

BANK 0/DIMM0

2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

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: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n


Video Information: (What does this mean?)

ATI Radeon HD 4850 - VRAM: 512 MB

iMac 2560 x 1440


System Software: (What does this mean?)

OS X 10.10.3 (14D136) - Time since boot: less than an hour


Disk Information: (What does this mean?)

ST31000528AS disk0 : (1 TB) (Rotational)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 999.35 GB (132.37 GB free)

Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB


OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H disk2 ()


USB Information: (What does this mean?)

Western Digital External HDD 1.5 TB

EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Time Machine (disk1s2) /Volumes/Time Machine : 1.35 TB (455.59 GB free)

Scratch (disk1s3) /Volumes/Scratch : 150.07 GB (149.77 GB free)

Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver


Gatekeeper: (What does this mean?)

Anywhere


Kernel Extensions: (What does this mean?)

/Applications/Parallels Access.app

[loaded] com.parallels.virtualsound (1.0.36 36 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]


/Applications/Parallels Desktop.app

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.hypervisor (10.2.2 29105 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.netbridge (10.2.2 29105 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.usbconnect (10.2.2 29105 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.vnic (10.2.2 29105 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]


/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] com_sony_driver_dsccamDeviceInfo00 (1 - SDK 10.7)


/Library/StartupItems/ArcanaStartupSound/Resources

[not loaded] arcana.PRAM (6.1) [Click for support]


Startup Items: (What does this mean?)

ArcanaStartupSound: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ArcanaStartupSound

HP IO: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP IO

Qmaster: Path: /Library/StartupItems/Qmaster

Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite


Launch Agents: (What does this mean?)

[loaded] com.adobe.CS4ServiceManager.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.divx.dms.agent.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.divx.update.agent.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.parallels.mobile.prl_deskctl_agent.launchagent.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.sony.SonyAutoLauncher.agent.plist [Click for support]


Launch Daemons: (What does this mean?)

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.adobe.versioncueCS4.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.bombich.ccc.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.bombich.ccchelper.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac3.Agent.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.parallels.mobile.dispatcher.launchdaemon.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.parallels.mobile.kextloader.launchdaemon.plist [Click for support]


User Launch Agents: (What does this mean?)

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.parallels.mobile.startgui.launchagent.plist [Click for support]


User Login Items: (What does this mean?)

iTunesHelper UNKNOWN (missing value)


Internet Plug-ins: (What does this mean?)

OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 [Click for support]

Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.3.8.1 [Click for support]

OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.2.7 [Click for support]

Silverlight: Version: 4.0.51204.0 [Click for support]

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 18.0.0.209 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

DivX Web Player: Version: 3.3.1.10 - SDK 10.10 [Click for support]

Flash Player: Version: 18.0.0.209 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0

SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.5.3 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

AdobePDFViewer: Version: 9.0.0 [Click for support]

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 71 Check version


User internet Plug-ins: (What does this mean?)

fbplugin_1_0_3: Version: Unknown [Click for support]

WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 [Click for support]

SlingPlayer: Version: Unknown [Click for support]


Safari Extensions: (What does this mean?)

Open in Internet Explorer


Audio Plug-ins: (What does this mean?)

DVCPROHDAudio: Version: 1.3


3rd Party Preference Panes: (What does this mean?)

Adobe Version Cue CS4 [Click for support]

Connect360 [Click for support]

Flash Player [Click for support]

Flip4Mac WMV [Click for support]

Java [Click for support]

MacFUSE [Click for support]

Perian [Click for support]

ArcanaStartupSound [Click for support]


Time Machine: (What does this mean?)

Mobile backups: OFF

Auto backup: YES

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 999.35 GB Disk used: 866.98 GB

Destinations:

Time Machine [Local]

Total size: 1.35 TB

Total number of backups: 11

Oldest backup: 2015-08-02 04:19:40 +0000

Last backup: 2015-08-03 02:07:38 +0000

Size of backup disk: Too small

Backup size 1.35 TB < (Disk used 866.98 GB X 3)


Top Processes by CPU: (What does this mean?)

2% WindowServer

1% fontd

0% com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(5)

0% taskgated

0% backupd


Top Processes by Memory: (What does this mean?)

721 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(5)

614 MB kernel_task

156 MB mdworker(10)

131 MB mds_stores

131 MB Finder


Virtual Memory Information: (What does this mean?)

1.83 GB Free RAM

6.16 GB Used RAM (5.10 GB Cached)

16 MB Swap Used


Diagnostics Information: (What does this mean?)

Aug 3, 2015, 07:07:02 AM Self test - passed

Aug 1, 2015, 01:58:20 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Photos_2015-08-01-135820_[redacted].cpu_resourc e.diag [Click for details]

Aug 1, 2015, 12:38:37 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Photos_2015-08-01-123837_[redacted].cpu_resourc e.diag [Click for details]

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)

Posted on Aug 3, 2015 7:58 AM

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Posted on Aug 3, 2015 8:06 AM

First thing that hit me was that you have Clean my Mac which means you could also have MacPaw all over the shop. Use Find any File or Easy Find to help you remove Clean my Mac and anything to do with Macpaw.

7 replies

Aug 3, 2015 8:56 AM in response to emdoller

Thanks to both of you. I can't believe I missed that. I used easy find (thanks seventy one) and removed anything that was associated with cleanmymac . I also changed the gatekeeper settings (thanks babowa). I've rerun EtrCheck to see if there's anything else going on.


Problem description:

Late ’09 iMAC after removing cleanmymac & changing gatekeeper


EtreCheck version: 2.3 (135)

Report generated 8/3/15, 8:52 AM

Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck


Click 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: (What does this mean?)

iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) (Technical Specifications)

iMac - model: iMac11,1

1 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core

8 GB RAM Upgradeable

BANK 0/DIMM0

2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

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: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n


Video Information: (What does this mean?)

ATI Radeon HD 4850 - VRAM: 512 MB

iMac 2560 x 1440


System Software: (What does this mean?)

OS X 10.10.4 (14E46) - Time since boot: less than an hour


Disk Information: (What does this mean?)

ST31000528AS disk0 : (1 TB) (Rotational)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 999.35 GB (136.59 GB free)

Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB


OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H ()


USB Information: (What does this mean?)

Western Digital External HDD 1.5 TB

EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Time Machine (disk1s2) /Volumes/Time Machine : 1.35 TB (458.59 GB free)

Scratch (disk1s3) /Volumes/Scratch : 150.07 GB (149.77 GB free)

Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver


Gatekeeper: (What does this mean?)

Mac App Store and identified developers


Kernel Extensions: (What does this mean?)

/Applications/Parallels Access.app

[loaded] com.parallels.virtualsound (1.0.36 36 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]


/Applications/Parallels Desktop.app

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.hypervisor (10.2.2 29105 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.netbridge (10.2.2 29105 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.usbconnect (10.2.2 29105 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.vnic (10.2.2 29105 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]


/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] com_sony_driver_dsccamDeviceInfo00 (1 - SDK 10.7)


/Library/StartupItems/ArcanaStartupSound/Resources

[not loaded] arcana.PRAM (6.1) [Click for support]


Startup Items: (What does this mean?)

ArcanaStartupSound: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ArcanaStartupSound

HP IO: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP IO

Qmaster: Path: /Library/StartupItems/Qmaster

Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite


Launch Agents: (What does this mean?)

[loaded] com.adobe.CS4ServiceManager.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.divx.dms.agent.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.divx.update.agent.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.parallels.mobile.prl_deskctl_agent.launchagent.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.sony.SonyAutoLauncher.agent.plist [Click for support]


Launch Daemons: (What does this mean?)

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.adobe.versioncueCS4.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.bombich.ccc.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.bombich.ccchelper.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac3.Agent.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.parallels.mobile.dispatcher.launchdaemon.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.parallels.mobile.kextloader.launchdaemon.plist [Click for support]


User Launch Agents: (What does this mean?)

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]


User Login Items: (What does this mean?)

iTunesHelper UNKNOWN (missing value)


Internet Plug-ins: (What does this mean?)

OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 [Click for support]

Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.3.8.1 [Click for support]

OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.2.7 [Click for support]

Silverlight: Version: 4.0.51204.0 [Click for support]

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 18.0.0.209 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

DivX Web Player: Version: 3.3.1.10 - SDK 10.10 [Click for support]

Flash Player: Version: 18.0.0.209 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0

SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.5.3 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

AdobePDFViewer: Version: 9.0.0 [Click for support]

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 71 Check version


User internet Plug-ins: (What does this mean?)

fbplugin_1_0_3: Version: Unknown [Click for support]

WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 [Click for support]

SlingPlayer: Version: Unknown [Click for support]


Safari Extensions: (What does this mean?)

Open in Internet Explorer


Audio Plug-ins: (What does this mean?)

DVCPROHDAudio: Version: 1.3


3rd Party Preference Panes: (What does this mean?)

Adobe Version Cue CS4 [Click for support]

Connect360 [Click for support]

Flash Player [Click for support]

Flip4Mac WMV [Click for support]

Java [Click for support]

MacFUSE [Click for support]

Perian [Click for support]

ArcanaStartupSound [Click for support]


Time Machine: (What does this mean?)

Mobile backups: OFF

Auto backup: YES

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 999.35 GB Disk used: 862.76 GB

Destinations:

Time Machine [Local]

Total size: 1.35 TB

Total number of backups: 11

Oldest backup: 2015-08-02 04:19:40 +0000

Last backup: 2015-08-03 15:12:39 +0000

Size of backup disk: Too small

Backup size 1.35 TB < (Disk used 862.76 GB X 3)


Top Processes by CPU: (What does this mean?)

19% Dock

13% WindowServer

1% com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

1% fontd

0% Safari


Top Processes by Memory: (What does this mean?)

640 MB kernel_task

262 MB mds_stores

238 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

213 MB photolibraryd

115 MB mdworker(10)


Virtual Memory Information: (What does this mean?)

4.66 GB Free RAM

3.33 GB Used RAM (1.62 GB Cached)

0 B Swap Used


Diagnostics Information: (What does this mean?)

Aug 3, 2015, 08:35:37 AM Self test - passed

Aug 1, 2015, 01:58:20 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Photos_2015-08-01-135820_[redacted].cpu_resourc e.diag [Click for details]

Aug 1, 2015, 12:38:37 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Photos_2015-08-01-123837_[redacted].cpu_resourc e.diag [Click for details]

Aug 3, 2015 9:26 AM in response to seventy one

OK, now I REALLY feel stupid :-) For some reason Easyfind didn't find that last file. It was under /Library/LaunchDaemons. I deleted it and think I have it now. Here's the latest EtrCheck run.


Ed


EtreCheck version: 2.3 (135)

Report generated 8/3/15, 9:22 AM

Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck


Click 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: (What does this mean?)

iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) (Technical Specifications)

iMac - model: iMac11,1

1 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core

8 GB RAM Upgradeable

BANK 0/DIMM0

2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

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: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n


Video Information: (What does this mean?)

ATI Radeon HD 4850 - VRAM: 512 MB

iMac 2560 x 1440


System Software: (What does this mean?)

OS X 10.10.4 (14E46) - Time since boot: less than an hour


Disk Information: (What does this mean?)

ST31000528AS disk0 : (1 TB) (Rotational)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 999.35 GB (136.50 GB free)

Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB


OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H ()


USB Information: (What does this mean?)

Western Digital External HDD 1.5 TB

EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Time Machine (disk1s2) /Volumes/Time Machine : 1.35 TB (458.12 GB free)

Scratch (disk1s3) /Volumes/Scratch : 150.07 GB (149.77 GB free)

Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver


Gatekeeper: (What does this mean?)

Mac App Store and identified developers


Kernel Extensions: (What does this mean?)

/Applications/Parallels Access.app

[loaded] com.parallels.virtualsound (1.0.36 36 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]


/Applications/Parallels Desktop.app

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.hypervisor (10.2.2 29105 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.netbridge (10.2.2 29105 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.usbconnect (10.2.2 29105 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.vnic (10.2.2 29105 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]


/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] com_sony_driver_dsccamDeviceInfo00 (1 - SDK 10.7)


/Library/StartupItems/ArcanaStartupSound/Resources

[not loaded] arcana.PRAM (6.1) [Click for support]


Startup Items: (What does this mean?)

ArcanaStartupSound: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ArcanaStartupSound

HP IO: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP IO

Qmaster: Path: /Library/StartupItems/Qmaster

Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite


Launch Agents: (What does this mean?)

[loaded] com.adobe.CS4ServiceManager.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.divx.dms.agent.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.divx.update.agent.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.parallels.mobile.prl_deskctl_agent.launchagent.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.sony.SonyAutoLauncher.agent.plist [Click for support]


Launch Daemons: (What does this mean?)

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.adobe.versioncueCS4.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.bombich.ccc.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.bombich.ccchelper.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.parallels.mobile.dispatcher.launchdaemon.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.parallels.mobile.kextloader.launchdaemon.plist [Click for support]


User Launch Agents: (What does this mean?)

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]


User Login Items: (What does this mean?)

iTunesHelper UNKNOWN (missing value)


Internet Plug-ins: (What does this mean?)

OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 [Click for support]

Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.3.8.1 [Click for support]

OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.2.7 [Click for support]

Silverlight: Version: 4.0.51204.0 [Click for support]

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 18.0.0.209 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

DivX Web Player: Version: 3.3.1.10 - SDK 10.10 [Click for support]

Flash Player: Version: 18.0.0.209 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0

SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.5.3 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

AdobePDFViewer: Version: 9.0.0 [Click for support]

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 71 Check version


User internet Plug-ins: (What does this mean?)

fbplugin_1_0_3: Version: Unknown [Click for support]

WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 [Click for support]

SlingPlayer: Version: Unknown [Click for support]


Safari Extensions: (What does this mean?)

Open in Internet Explorer


Audio Plug-ins: (What does this mean?)

DVCPROHDAudio: Version: 1.3


3rd Party Preference Panes: (What does this mean?)

Adobe Version Cue CS4 [Click for support]

Connect360 [Click for support]

Flash Player [Click for support]

Flip4Mac WMV [Click for support]

Java [Click for support]

MacFUSE [Click for support]

Perian [Click for support]

ArcanaStartupSound [Click for support]


Time Machine: (What does this mean?)

Mobile backups: OFF

Auto backup: YES

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 999.35 GB Disk used: 862.84 GB

Destinations:

Time Machine [Local]

Total size: 1.35 TB

Total number of backups: 11

Oldest backup: 2015-08-02 04:19:40 +0000

Last backup: 2015-08-03 15:12:39 +0000

Size of backup disk: Too small

Backup size 1.35 TB < (Disk used 862.84 GB X 3)


Top Processes by CPU: (What does this mean?)

4% WindowServer

2% Finder

1% fontd

0% com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(3)

0% taskgated


Top Processes by Memory: (What does this mean?)

686 MB kernel_task

328 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(3)

229 MB mds_stores

213 MB photolibraryd

115 MB WindowServer


Virtual Memory Information: (What does this mean?)

4.20 GB Free RAM

3.80 GB Used RAM (1.70 GB Cached)

0 B Swap Used


Diagnostics Information: (What does this mean?)

Aug 3, 2015, 08:35:37 AM Self test - passed

Aug 1, 2015, 01:58:20 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Photos_2015-08-01-135820_[redacted].cpu_resourc e.diag [Click for details]

Aug 1, 2015, 12:38:37 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Photos_2015-08-01-123837_[redacted].cpu_resourc e.diag [Click for details]

Aug 3, 2015 10:21 AM in response to emdoller

No. Don't allow yourself to feel stupid; I had to point it out. Everyone has moments when things don't seem to gel. Looking at your latest report, things should be rather better. Your machine should be working much more quickly now. I suspect there may be a bit more to find and I am off for a while but someone may step in and add to what we know. Some of the programs I am not acquainted with anyway and I don't use Yosemite.

Late '09 iMAC running very slow

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