HT205004: About the OS X Yosemite v10.10.5 Update

Learn about About the OS X Yosemite v10.10.5 Update
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Q: Since I installed this update, my system has been SLLOOOOOWWWW. Any idea what to do about this?

slowed system

Mac Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Aug 25, 2015 10:23 AM

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Q: Since I installed this update, my system has been SLLOOOOOWWWW. Any idea what to do about this?

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  • by OGELTHORPE,

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE Aug 25, 2015 10:29 AM in response to dsavannahg
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    Mac OS X
    Aug 25, 2015 10:29 AM in response to dsavannahg

    Download and post an Etrecheck report:

     

    http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck

     

    Ciao.

  • by dominic23,

    dominic23 dominic23 Aug 25, 2015 10:30 AM in response to dsavannahg
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    Mac OS X
    Aug 25, 2015 10:30 AM in response to dsavannahg

    Edited out by dominic23.

  • by dsavannahg,

    dsavannahg dsavannahg Aug 25, 2015 11:36 AM in response to dominic23
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    Aug 25, 2015 11:36 AM in response to dominic23

    Problem description:

    system is running VERY slow after latest update (10.5.5)

     

    EtreCheck version: 2.4.1 (137)

    Report generated 8/25/15, 2:34 PM

    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?)

        MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012) (Technical Specifications)

        MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,1

        1 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core

        8 GB RAM Upgradeable

            BANK 0/DIMM0

                4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

            BANK 1/DIMM0

                4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

        Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported

        Wireless:  en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n

        Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 1070 - SN = D862206014QDGDLBX

     

    Video Information: (What does this mean?)

        Intel HD Graphics 4000

            Color LCD 1440 x 900

        NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - VRAM: 1024 MB

     

    System Software: (What does this mean?)

        OS X 10.10.5 (14F27) - Time since boot: less than an hour

     

    Disk Information: (What does this mean?)

        TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF disk0 : (750.16 GB) (Rotational)

            EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

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

            Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 748.93 GB (489.98 GB free)

                Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked

                Core Storage: disk0s2 749.30 GB Online

     

        MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8   ()

     

    USB Information: (What does this mean?)

        Logitech USB Receiver

        HP Deskjet 6980 series

        Seagate Expansion Desk 5 TB

            EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

            SeaSpook Backups (disk2s2) /Volumes/SeaSpook Backups : 5.00 TB (4.63 TB free)

        Apple Inc. iPhone

        KINESIS CORPORATION KB800HM Kinesis Freestyle2 for Mac

        Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

        Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

        Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

            Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

        Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

     

    Thunderbolt Information: (What does this mean?)

        Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

     

    Gatekeeper: (What does this mean?)

        Mac App Store and identified developers

     

    Kernel Extensions: (What does this mean?)

            /Applications/zoom.us.app

        [not loaded]    zoom.us.ZoomAudioDevice (1.1 - SDK 10.8) [Click for support]

     

    Startup Items: (What does this mean?)

        IntegoCommon: Path: /Library/StartupItems/IntegoCommon

        Virex: Path: /Library/StartupItems/Virex

        VShieldEPOInterface: Path: /Library/StartupItems/VShieldEPOInterface

        Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite

     

    Launch Agents: (What does this mean?)

        [not loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]

        [running]    com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist [Click for support]

        [failed]    com.adobe.ARMDCHelper.cc24aef4a1b90ed56a...plist [Click for support]

        [running]    com.Affinegy.InstaLANa.plist [Click for support]

        [running]    com.amazon.sendtokindle.launcher.plist [Click for support]

        [loaded]    com.coupons.coupond.plist [Click for support]

        [running]    com.epson.Epson_Low_Ink_Reminder.launcher.plist [Click for support]

        [running]    com.epson.eventmanager.agent.plist [Click for support]

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

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

     

    Launch Daemons: (What does this mean?)

        [running]    com.adobe.adobeupdatedaemon.plist [Click for support]

        [loaded]    com.adobe.ARMDC.Communicator.plist [Click for support]

        [loaded]    com.adobe.ARMDC.SMJobBlessHelper.plist [Click for support]

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

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

        [loaded]    com.adobe.versioncueCS3.plist [Click for support]

        [loaded]    com.google.keystone.daemon.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]

     

    User Launch Agents: (What does this mean?)

        [loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]

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

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

        [running]    com.amazon.music.plist [Click for support]

        [failed]    com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist [Click for support]

     

    User Login Items: (What does this mean?)

        Flux    Application  (/Applications/Flux.app)

        Flux    Application  (/Applications/Flux.app)

        Flux    Application  (/Applications/Flux.app)

        Flux    Application  (/Applications/Flux.app)

        iTunesHelper    UNKNOWN Hidden (missing value)

        Microsoft Database Daemon    UNKNOWN  (missing value)

        MagicMenu    UNKNOWN  (missing value)

        Archive Assistant Scheduler    UNKNOWN  (missing value)

        StuffItAVRDaemon    Application  (/Library/PreferencePanes/StuffIt AVR.prefPane/Contents/Resources/StuffItAVRDaemon.app)

        AdobeResourceSynchronizer    UNKNOWN  (missing value)

        AirPort Base Station Agent    Application  (/System/Library/CoreServices/AirPort Base Station Agent.app)

        AdobeResourceSynchronizer    UNKNOWN  (missing value)

        EEventManager    Application Hidden (/Applications/Epson Software/Event Manager.app/Contents/Resources/Assistants/Event Manager/EEventManager.app)

        Microsoft Database Daemon    Application  (/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Database Daemon.app)

        Flux    UNKNOWN  (missing value)

        Flux    UNKNOWN  (missing value)

        Google Drive    UNKNOWN  (missing value)

        GrowlHelperApp    Application  (/Library/PreferencePanes/Growl.prefPane/Contents/Resources/GrowlHelperApp.app)

        Belkin Router Monitor    Application  (/Applications/Belkin/Belkin Router Monitor.app)

        Dropbox    Application  (/Applications/Dropbox.app)

        AdobeResourceSynchronizer    Application Hidden (/Applications/Adobe Acrobat DC/Adobe Acrobat.app/Contents/Helpers/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)

        X5100 Series Button Monitor    Application Hidden (/Library/Application Support/Lexmark/X5100 Series Scanner.bundle/Contents/SharedSupport/X5100 Series Button Monitor.app)

        EEventManager    Application  (/Applications/Epson Software/Event Manager.app/Contents/Resources/Assistants/Event Manager/EEventManager.app)

        ConnectService    Application  (/Library/Application Support/ArcSoft/Connect Service/ConnectService.app)

        WD Quick View    Application  (/Incompatible Software/WDQuickView.app)

        HPEventHandler    UNKNOWN  (missing value)

     

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

        AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 15.008.20082 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]

        Flash Player: Version: 18.0.0.232 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

        AdobePDFViewer: Version: 15.008.20082 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]

        eMusicRemote: Version: Unknown [Click for support]

        googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.41.0.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]

        AdobeExManDetect: Version: AdobeExManDetect 1.1.0.0 - SDK 10.7 [Click for support]

        AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin1017265: Version: AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin 1.0.17 - SDK 10.4 [Click for support]

        PDF Browser Plugin: Version: 2.4.4 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

        FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 18.0.0.232 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

        NP_2020Player_IKEA: Version: 5.0.94.1 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

        AdobeAAMDetect: Version: 3.0.0.0 - SDK 10.9 [Click for support]

        AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin: Version: AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin 1.0.17 - SDK 10.4 [Click for support]

        QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

        eMusic: Version: Unknown

        Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

        MeetingJoinPlugin: Version: Unknown - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

        CouponPrinter-FireFox_v2: Version: 5.0.5 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

        AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin101750: Version: AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin 1.0.17 - SDK 10.4 [Click for support]

        Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

        Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.1.0.24   - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]

        o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.41.0.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]

        SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.9 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

        JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 31 Check version

        OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.2.0 [Click for support]

     

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

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

        fbplugin_1_0_3: Version: Unknown [Click for support]

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

        ZoomUsPlugIn: Version: 3.5.22132.0730 - SDK 10.10 [Click for support]

     

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

        Adobe Version Cue CS3  [Click for support]

        Application Enhancer  [Click for support]

        Flash Player  [Click for support]

        Flip4Mac WMV  [Click for support]

        Growl  [Click for support]

        Java  [Click for support]

        StuffIt AVR  [Click for support]

        WindowShade X  [Click for support]

     

    Time Machine: (What does this mean?)

        Skip System Files: NO

        Mobile backups: OFF

        Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off

        Volumes being backed up:

            Macintosh HD: Disk size: 748.93 GB Disk used: 258.95 GB

        Destinations:

            SeaSpook Backups [Local]

            Total size: 5.00 TB

            Total number of backups: 5

            Oldest backup: 2015-05-19 05:08:52 +0000

            Last backup: 2015-08-14 11:00:46 +0000

            Size of backup disk: Excellent

                Backup size 5.00 TB > (Disk size 748.93 GB X 3)

     

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

            29%    firefox

             8%    WindowServer

             6%    plugin-container

             2%    Microsoft Outlook

             0%    Dock

     

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

        1.94 GB    firefox

        753 MB    kernel_task

        131 MB    mdworker(8)

        123 MB    mds_stores

        106 MB    Adobe CEF Helper(2)

     

    Virtual Memory Information: (What does this mean?)

        1.54 GB    Free RAM

        6.45 GB    Used RAM (2.27 GB Cached)

        0 B    Swap Used

     

    Diagnostics Information: (What does this mean?)

        Aug 25, 2015, 02:10:26 PM    Self test - passed

        Aug 25, 2015, 01:22:04 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Adobe Photoshop CC 2015_2015-08-25-132204_[redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Click for details]

        Aug 25, 2015, 09:57:41 AM    ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/AcroCEF Helper_2015-08-25-095741_[redacted].crash

        Aug 25, 2015, 08:14:13 AM    ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Adobe Desktop Service_2015-08-25-081413_[redacted].crash

        Aug 23, 2015, 11:12:44 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/firefox_2015-08-23-231244_[redacted].cpu_resour ce.diag [Click for details]

        Aug 23, 2015, 09:52:18 PM    ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/plugin-container_2015-08-23-215218_[redacted]. crash

        Aug 23, 2015, 09:51:47 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/firefox_2015-08-23-215147_[redacted].hang

        Aug 23, 2015, 08:26:37 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/iTunes_2015-08-23-202637_[redacted].cpu_resourc e.diag [Click for details]

        Aug 23, 2015, 08:09:08 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/iTunes_2015-08-23-200908_[redacted].hang

        Aug 23, 2015, 08:08:36 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/AdobeCrashDaemon_2015-08-23-200836_[redacted].c rash

  • by OGELTHORPE,

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE Aug 25, 2015 12:34 PM in response to dsavannahg
    Level 9 (52,511 points)
    Mac OS X
    Aug 25, 2015 12:34 PM in response to dsavannahg

    Though I do not think that it is related to your problem, your battery is in the bonus area (100)+ cycles) so keep an eye on it.  Ols lithium ion batteries can expand and damage a MBP.

     

    You certainly have a lot of applications installed.  Reset the SMC and NVRAM:

     

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295

     

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063

     

    Then perform a safe boot:

     

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262

     

    Any change when in the safe boot mode?

     

    Ciao.

  • by dsavannahg,

    dsavannahg dsavannahg Aug 25, 2015 1:15 PM in response to OGELTHORPE
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Aug 25, 2015 1:15 PM in response to OGELTHORPE

    Well, I'm a graphic designer and a teacher. So yeah, lots of programs. 

     

    Thanks for the tips on the battery et al.

     

    Will try when I'm less cranky and shall report back.

     

    Many thanks,.