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My macbook just started running really slow all of a sudden

My Macbook just started running really slow and is taking forever to open anything plus it skips and pauses during playback of anything.


Any help would be greatly appreciated. Please find my EtreCheck report below


Hardware Information: (What does this mean?)

MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011)

[Click for Technical Specifications]

[Click for User Guide]

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2

1 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core

8 GB RAM Upgradeable

[Click for upgrade instructions]

BANK 0/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported

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

Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 414 - SN = D863096Y02TDGDLBD


Video Information: (What does this mean?)

Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 512 MB

Color LCD 1680 x 1050

AMD Radeon HD 6750M - VRAM: 1024 MB


System Software: (What does this mean?)

OS X Yosemite 10.10.1 (14B25) - Time since boot: about one day


Disk Information: (What does this mean?)

Hitachi HTS725050A9A362 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 (75.58 GB free) - 60 errors

Drive failure!

Core Storage: disk0s2 499.25 GB Online


MATSHITADVD-R UJ-8A8 ()


USB Information: (What does this mean?)

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

GenesysLogic USB2.0 Hub

Seagate Backup+ BK 1 TB

EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Stargate SG-1 (disk2s2) /Volumes/Stargate SG-1 : 999.86 GB (6.74 GB free) - 2 errors

Drive failure!

Microsoft Microsoft® 2.4GHz Transceiver v8.0

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

M-Audio FastTrack Pro

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

[not loaded] com.IKMultimedia.driver.StompIO1 (1.0.0) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.caiaq.driver.NIUSBAudio2DJDriver (2.3.14) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.caiaq.driver.NIUSBAudio4DJDriver (2.3.14) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.caiaq.driver.NIUSBHardwareDriver (2.3.14) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.caiaq.driver.NIUSBTraktorKontrolX1Driver (2.3.14) [Click for support]

[loaded] com.digidesign.iokit.DigiDal (10.0f56 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.ikmultimedia.driver.StealthPedal (1.0.0) [Click for support]

[loaded] com.maudio.usb.fasttrackpro.driver (1.8.1) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.novationmusic.driver.usb.audio (2.3) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.master (5.9 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.serato.usb.kext (1.8.4) [Click for support]


/System/Library/Extensions/PACESupportFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns

[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.leopard (5.9 - SDK 10.4) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.panther (5.9 - SDK 10.-1) [Click for support]

[loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard (5.9 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.tiger (5.9 - SDK 10.4) [Click for support]


Startup Items: (What does this mean?)

DigidesignLoader: Path: /Library/StartupItems/DigidesignLoader

HWNetMgr: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWNetMgr

HWPortDetect: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWPortDetect

Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite


Launch Agents: (What does this mean?)

[loaded] com.citrix.AuthManager_Mac.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.citrix.ReceiverHelper.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.citrix.ServiceRecords.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.m-audio.fasttrackpro.helper.plist [Click for support]

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


Launch Daemons: (What does this mean?)

[loaded] PACESupport.plist [Click for support]

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

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

[running] com.paceap.eden.licensed.plist [Click for support]


User Launch Agents: (What does this mean?)

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

[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist [Click for support]


User Login Items: (What does this mean?)

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

gfxCardStatus Application (/Applications/gfxCardStatus.app)

iTunesHelper UNKNOWN (missing value)

ChronoriesAgent UNKNOWN (missing value)

Dropbox UNKNOWN (missing value)

NIHardwareAgent Application Hidden (/Library/Application Support/Native Instruments/Hardware/NIHardwareAgent.app)

Spotify Application Hidden (/Applications/Spotify.app)

iSkysoft Helper Compact Application (~/Library/Application Support/Helper/iSkysoft Helper Compact.app)


Other Apps: (What does this mean?)

[running] com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000007.EtreCheck

[running] com.codykrieger.gfxCardStatus.32124

[running] com.google.Chrome.38372

[running] com.iskysoft.helper_compact.82392

[running] com.native-instruments.NIHardwareService.33544

[running] com.spotify.client.121584

[running] jp.co.canon.cijscannerregister.55980


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

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 25 Check version

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 10.2.153.1 [Click for support]

Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

Flash Player: Version: 10.2.153.1 Outdated! Update

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

CitrixICAClientPlugIn: Version: 11.8.2 - SDK 10.7 [Click for support]

SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.1.4 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

iLokClientHelper: Version: 3.5 - SDK 10.5 [Click for support]

FlashPlayer-10.4-10.5: Version: 10.2.153.1 [Click for support]

iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8


Safari Extensions: (What does this mean?)

AllMyTube


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

SeratoVirtualAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0.11 [Click for support]

Avid CoreAudio: Version: 10.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]


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

Java [Click for support]

M-AudioFastTrackPro [Click for support]

Native Instruments USB Audio [Click for support]


Time Machine: (What does this mean?)

Auto backup: YES

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 498.88 GB Disk used: 423.30 GB

Destinations:

Seagate Backup Plus Drive [Local]

Total size: 999.86 GB

Total number of backups: 29

Oldest backup: 26/02/2015 9:58 pm

Last backup: 9/11/2015 12:47 pm

Size of backup disk: Too small

Backup size 999.86 GB < (Disk used 423.30 GB X 3)


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

32% iTunes

18% storedownloadd

6% WindowServer

2% Google Chrome

2% Dock


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

717 MB kernel_task

639 MB Google Chrome Helper(4)

516 MB softwareupdated

393 MB Spotify Helper(2)

295 MB Google Chrome


Virtual Memory Information: (What does this mean?)

1.42 GB Free RAM

6.57 GB Used RAM (2.77 GB Cached)

0 B Swap Used


Diagnostics Information: (What does this mean?)

Nov 8, 2015, 04:03:26 PM Self test - passed

Nov 8, 2015, 03:52:07 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/helpd_2015-11-08-155207_[redacted].crash

Nov 7, 2015, 08:10:50 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Spotify Helper_2015-11-07-201050_[redacted].crash

Nov 6, 2015, 06:43:08 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Spotify Helper_2015-11-06-184308_[redacted].crash

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)

Posted on Nov 8, 2015 7:42 PM

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My macbook just started running really slow all of a sudden

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