EtreCheck Help - Analysis from an Expert?
In short: My computers been running slowly after installing East West Music libraries and other large GB stuff. I just today upgraded my RAM from 4 to 16gb, performed a repair disk permissions in normal and recovery mode, booted in SAFE mode, reset the PRAM and battery and deleted a few files, such as the PACE related ones (I hope that was OK).
I was hoping to get some feedback on which files and other junk I can remove, based on this most recent EtreCheck data. Thanks!
Hardware Information: (What does this mean?)
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011) (Technical Specifications)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2
1 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
16 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 850 - SN = D86117602FQDGDMAG
Video Information: (What does this mean?)
Intel HD Graphics 3000
Color LCD 1440 x 900
AMD Radeon HD 6750M - 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?)
APPLE HDD HTS727550A9E362 disk0 : (500.11 GB) (Rotational)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 498.88 GB (154.10 GB free)
Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked
Core Storage: disk0s2 499.25 GB Online
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898 ()
USB Information: (What does this mean?)
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
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?)
/System/Library/Extensions
[loaded] com.digidesign.iokit.DigiDal (10.3.9f207 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.master (5.9.1 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]
/System/Library/Extensions/PACESupportFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns
[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.leopard (5.9.1 - SDK 10.4) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.panther (5.9.1 - SDK 10.-1) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard (5.9.1 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.tiger (5.9.1 - SDK 10.4) [Click for support]
Launch Agents: (What does this mean?)
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.eastwest.server.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist [Click for support]
Launch Daemons: (What does this mean?)
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.microsoft.autoupdate.helpertool.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist [Click for support]
User Launch Agents: (What does this mean?)
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: (What does this mean?)
iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
Caffeine Application (/Applications/Caffeine.app)
Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
Internet Plug-ins: (What does this mean?)
AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - 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
Flash Player: Version: 18.0.0.232 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 [Click for support]
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 31 Check version
Audio Plug-ins: (What does this mean?)
DVCPROHDAudio: Version: 1.3.2
Avid CoreAudio: Version: 10.3.9.462 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
3rd Party Preference Panes: (What does this mean?)
Flash Player [Click for support]
Java [Click for support]
Time Machine: (What does this mean?)
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: (What does this mean?)
5% WindowServer
1% fontd
0% taskgated
0% watchdogd
0% mdworker(7)
Top Processes by Memory: (What does this mean?)
831 MB kernel_task
213 MB mds_stores
213 MB mdworker(7)
131 MB ocspd
82 MB Finder
Virtual Memory Information: (What does this mean?)
11.00 GB Free RAM
5.25 GB Used RAM (1.94 GB Cached)
0 B Swap Used
Diagnostics Information: (What does this mean?)
Sep 21, 2015, 12:53:46 PM Self test - passed