Slow mac book 13" late '07

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Slow mac book 13" late '07

My wife's mac book is running pretty slow and safari was next to useless until I repaired permissions this morning. I ran Etrecheck and the results are below. I know I need to remove the parallels startup items but I can't find them.

Thanks for looking!

EtreCheck version: 2.6.6 (226)

Report generated 12/18/15 7:12 AM

Runtime 3:11

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Hardware Information:(What does this mean?)

MacBook (13-inch Late 2007)

[Click for Technical Specifications]

[Click for User Guide]

MacBook - model: MacBook3,1

1 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core

2 GB RAM

BANK 0/DIMM0

1 GB DDR2 SDRAM 667 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM1

1 GB DDR2 SDRAM 667 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported

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

Battery: Health = Replace Soon - Cycle count = 416 - SN = (null)

Video Information:(What does this mean?)

GMA X3100 - VRAM: 144 MB

Color LCD 1280 x 800

System Software:(What does this mean?)

OS X Lion 10.7.5 (11G63) - Time since boot: about 11 days

Disk Information:(What does this mean?)

WDC WD3200BPVT-22JJ5T0 disk0 : (320.07 GB) (Rotational)

disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 319.73 GB (185.07 GB free)

USB Information:(What does this mean?)

Micron Built-in iSight

Apple Computer Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Kernel Extensions:(What does this mean?)

/Applications/Toast Titanium.app

[not loaded] com.roxio.BluRaySupport (1.1.3) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.roxio.TDIXController (1.7) [Click for support]

/Library/Parallels/Parallels Service.app

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.prl_hid_hook (5.0 9344.558741) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.prl_hypervisor (5.0 9344.558741) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.prl_netbridge (5.0 9344.558741) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.prl_usb_connect (5.0 9344.558741) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.prl_vnic (5.0 9344.558741) [Click for support]

Startup Items:(What does this mean?)

ParallelsDesktopTransporter: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ParallelsDesktopTransporter

ParallelsTransporter: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ParallelsTransporter

Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite

System Launch Daemons:(What does this mean?)

[loaded] com.apple.devicemanager.plist - No signature!

Launch Agents:(What does this mean?)

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

[failed] com.parallels.desktop.launch.plist [Click for support]

Launch Daemons:(What does this mean?)

[loaded] com.adobe.SC.FPFeedbackService-1.0.plist [Click for support]

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

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

[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.parallels.desktop.launchdaemon.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?)

Dashboard Application (/Applications/Dashboard.app)

iTunesHelper UNKNOWN Hidden (missing value)

Other Apps:(What does this mean?)

[running] [0x0-0x135135].com.google.Chrome

[running] [0x0-0x139139].com.etresoft.EtreCheck

[running] com.parallels.vm.prl_naptd

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

Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.2.1.11 [Click for support]

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 20.0.0.235 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 31 Check version

Flash Player: Version: 20.0.0.235 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

AdobePDFViewer: Version: 9.5.5 [Click for support]

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.1

OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.2.3 [Click for support]

iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0

Safari Extensions:(What does this mean?)

Add To Amazon Wish List

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

Flash Player [Click for support]

Flip4Mac WMV [Click for support]

Java [Click for support]

MacFUSE [Click for support]

Time Machine:(What does this mean?)

Time Machine information requires OS X 10.8 "Moutain Lion" or later.

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

4% WindowServer

3% ps

2% Google Chrome

0% fontd

0% aosnotifyd

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

133 MB Google Chrome

96 MB Google Chrome Helper(2)

66 MB mds

53 MB Finder

45 MB mdworker(2)

Virtual Memory Information:(What does this mean?)

727 MB Free RAM

1.29 GB Used RAM

722 MB Swap Used

Posted on Dec 18, 2015 8:23 AM

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Answer 1

my ginger

Level 5

4,928 points

Dec 31, 2015 2:12 PM in response to tinman57

Nothing jumps out at me except that you could use more memory. at least 4 GB of it. Parallels is only out of date if you a running Yosemite. The report states 10.7.5. In internet plug-ins you have flash player twice so you could delete one. Chrome doesn't use it. See if there is an update for parallels for your operating system. You repaired permissions, which you say helped. Go into recovery and use the disk utilities to check/ repair the hard drive. If you have the drive backed up you could use recovery to reinstall the operating system to see if that helps. You do not need to erase and normally this will not remove any files you installed. If your slow downs are mostly in safari, clean out history and cache files. Also check the extension. you can turn them off and see if it helps.

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Answer 2

tinman57 Author

Level 1

4 points

Dec 21, 2015 7:16 AM in response to tinman57

Thanks for the reply, I wanted to wait to add ram until it was running better. Its running much better now all around, so Santa will probably spring for a ram upgrade.

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Answer 3

Lyssa

Level 8

41,405 points

Dec 31, 2015 2:12 PM in response to tinman57

I agree with the recommendation to upgrade RAM. I think that model can use up to 6GB? I have a similar one with 4GB and it runs alright 🙂

Also, has the hard drive ever been replaced? If not, that may be failing as well. Have you used Disk Utility to verify the disk?

~Lyssa

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Answer 4

Eric Root

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685,293 points

Dec 25, 2015 9:59 AM in response to tinman57

The 2 places I’ve seen recommended most to buy reliable RAM are below. I have purchased RAM several times from Other World Computing and have always been very satisfied with the product and service. They have on-line instructions on how to replace the RAM. OWC has also tested RAM above what Apple states is the maximum. I now have 6GB installed on a early 2008 iMac supposedly limited to 4 GB and noticed an improvement.

Crucial

Other World Computing

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Answer 5

tinman57 Author

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4 points

Dec 28, 2015 9:17 AM in response to Lyssa

I put in a 500gb drive a while ago when the first one got down to 5% free, that helped too at the time. I have verified the disk and it's al good, thank you for your reply.

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Answer 6

Lyssa

Level 8

41,405 points

Dec 28, 2015 4:40 PM in response to tinman57

Okay - good. That rules out the hard drive as the source of your problem.

A RAM upgrade from either of the sites that Eric mentioned should help. My MacBook is similar age and runs decently - takes a little while to fire up if it's been shut down, but it does alright otherwise.

Hopefully you can breathe new life into this one 🙂

~Lyssa

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Answer 7

tinman57 Author

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Dec 30, 2015 9:48 AM in response to Lyssa

Now that it's running better I have another question. I got my wife a new phone last night and when trying to synch iTunes gives me a message "The iPhone “Olivia’s iPhone” cannot be used because it requires a newer version of iTunes. Go to www.itunes.com to download the latest version of iTunes." However iTunes is version 12.2.2.25, and it worked with her iPhone 5, which was also iOS 9.2.

I can't update the OS x apparently so I'm stuck with how to get the phone to sync with the computer now.

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Answer 8

my ginger

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4,928 points

Dec 30, 2015 10:03 AM in response to tinman57

Other people have had that problem. Here is a link on it. You may have to use the Itunes store with wifi to do the sync. Which supposedly will work after you do this. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203075

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