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my mac is slow and maybe from photos app

Here is the diagnostics from Etracheck, can you see anything wrong? My mac is slow and when it is it freezes and it is always with the photos spinning icon going. I cannot use this computer like that.

Problem description:

mac slowed down by photos program


EtreCheck version: 2.4.1 (137)

Report generated 9/4/15, 4:01 PM

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Hardware Information: (What does this mean?)

iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012) (Technical Specifications)

iMac - model: iMac13,1

1 2.9 GHz Intel Core i5 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


Video Information: (What does this mean?)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - VRAM: 512 MB

iMac 1920 x 1080


System Software: (What does this mean?)

OS X 10.10.5 (14F27) - Time since boot: about 3 hours


Disk Information: (What does this mean?)

APPLE HDD HTS541010A9E662 disk0 : (1 TB) (Rotational)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 999.35 GB (768.58 GB free)

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


USB Information: (What does this mean?)

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller


Thunderbolt Information: (What does this mean?)

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus


Gatekeeper: (What does this mean?)

Mac App Store and identified developers


Launch Daemons: (What does this mean?)

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

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


User Launch Agents: (What does this mean?)

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

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


User Login Items: (What does this mean?)

iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)

ScanSnap Manager Application (/Applications/ScanSnap/ScanSnap Manager.app)

AdobeResourceSynchronizer Application Hidden (/Applications/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/Support/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)


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

WidevineMediaOptimizer: Version: 6.0.0.12757 - SDK 10.7 [Click for support]

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

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.11 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.11 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

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

Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20513.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]


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

Flash Player [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: 230.76 GB

Destinations:

Data [Network]

Total size: 3.00 TB

Total number of backups: 86

Oldest backup: 2013-10-07 13:19:32 +0000

Last backup: 2015-09-04 19:45:14 +0000

Size of backup disk: Excellent

Backup size 3.00 TB > (Disk size 999.35 GB X 3)

Data [Network]

Total size: 3.00 TB

Total number of backups: 97

Oldest backup: 2013-10-07 13:19:32 +0000

Last backup: 2015-06-19 16:29:25 +0000

Size of backup disk: Excellent

Backup size 3.00 TB > (Disk size 999.35 GB X 3)

Data [Network]

Total size: 3.00 TB

Total number of backups: 97

Oldest backup: 2013-10-07 13:19:32 +0000

Last backup: 2015-07-24 01:24:48 +0000

Size of backup disk: Excellent

Backup size 3.00 TB > (Disk size 999.35 GB X 3)


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

2% WindowServer

2% fontd

0% launchservicesd

0% SSDeviceMessage

0% taskgated


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

652 MB kernel_task

393 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(4)

246 MB Safari

139 MB mds_stores

139 MB Google Chrome Helper(2)


Virtual Memory Information: (What does this mean?)

2.99 GB Free RAM

5.00 GB Used RAM (3.19 GB Cached)

0 B Swap Used


Diagnostics Information: (What does this mean?)

Sep 4, 2015, 03:49:31 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/blued_2015-09-04-154931_[redacted].crash [Click for details]

Sep 4, 2015, 12:06:16 PM Self test - passed

Sep 1, 2015, 11:14:15 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64_2015-09-01-231415_[ redacted].crash

iPad 3G, iOS 5.1.1

Posted on Sep 4, 2015 1:10 PM

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my mac is slow and maybe from photos app

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