Thanks BobTheFisherman,
I've been running in SAFE MODE since posting the speed problem and things are running quite fast. Here is the EtreCheck info from my computer.
I'll restart out of safe mode after this post and will send another EtreCheck is my speed slows down.
EtreCheck version: 2.6.5 (225)
Report generated 11/30/15, 1:24 PM
Runtime 2:55
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Hardware Information: (What does this mean?)
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011)
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MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2
1 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
8 GB RAM Upgradeable
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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 = 9 - SN = 0123456789ABC
Video Information: (What does this mean?)
Intel HD Graphics 3000
AMD Radeon HD 6750M - VRAM: 512 MB
Color LCD 1680 x 1050
System Software: (What does this mean?)
OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 (14F1021) - Time since boot: about one hour
Disk Information: (What does this mean?)
Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB disk0 : (250.06 GB) (Solid State - TRIM: No)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Lou's Macbook Pro (disk1) / : 248.83 GB (224.56 GB free)
Core Storage: disk0s2 249.20 GB Online
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS31N ()
USB Information: (What does this mean?)
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
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
System Launch Daemons: (What does this mean?)
[failed] com.apple.ucupdate.plist [Click for details]
[failed] com.apple.watchdogd.plist [Click for details]
Launch Agents: (What does this mean?)
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]
Launch Daemons: (What does this mean?)
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.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 Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
Other Apps: (What does this mean?)
[running] com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000004.EtreCheck
[running] com.google.Chrome.58820
Internet Plug-ins: (What does this mean?)
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 66 build 17 Check version
Safari Extensions: (What does this mean?)
LastPass
3rd Party Preference Panes: (What does this mean?)
Java [Click for support]
Time Machine: (What does this mean?)
Time Machine information is not available
Top Processes by CPU: (What does this mean?)
76% Mail
13% kernel_task
12% WindowServer
3% notifyd
2% fontd
Top Processes by Memory: (What does this mean?)
1.20 GB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(8)
491 MB kernel_task
475 MB softwareupdated
459 MB Safari
246 MB Mail
Virtual Memory Information: (What does this mean?)
1.22 GB Free RAM
6.78 GB Used RAM (1.78 GB Cached)
0 B Swap Used
Diagnostics Information: (What does this mean?)
Nov 30, 2015, 01:19:00 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Mail_2015-11-30-131900_[redacted].cpu_resource. diag [Click for details]
Nov 30, 2015, 11:24:34 AM Self test - passed
Nov 27, 2015, 07:52:48 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_2015-11-27-195248_[ redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Click for details]
