Q: My macbook pro keeps beachballing. I have come to this forum with this problem before and it seems to have fixed it and then the problem returns.
My macbook pro keeps beachballing. I have come to this forum before with a similar problem and got advice that seems to have fixed it, but the problem has come back. I ran EtreCheck and this was what came back:
EtreCheck version: 2.9.10 (261)
Report generated 2016-03-19 02:13:02
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Runtime 3:57
Performance: Good
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Problem: Beachballing
Hardware Information: ⓘ
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011)
[Technical Specifications] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 469
Video Information: ⓘ
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ⓘ
OS X Lion 10.7.5 (11G63) - Time since boot: about 3 days
Disk Information: ⓘ
TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB) (Rotational)
disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 499.25 GB (439.31 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-8A8 ()
USB Information: ⓘ
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: ⓘ
Apple, Inc. MacBook Pro
System Launch Agents: ⓘ
[not loaded] 6 Apple tasks
[loaded] 114 Apple tasks
[running] 13 Apple tasks
System Launch Daemons: ⓘ
[not loaded] 61 Apple tasks
[loaded] 128 Apple tasks
[running] 39 Apple tasks
Launch Agents: ⓘ
[running] com.advent.BonjourAgent.plist (2012-08-13) [Support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist (2015-11-07) [Support]
Launch Daemons: ⓘ
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (2016-03-07) [Support]
[loaded] com.apple.remotepairtool.plist
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist (2010-08-25) [Support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist (2015-11-07) [Support]
User Launch Agents: ⓘ
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist (2012-06-22) [Support]
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist (2012-07-21) [Support]
[loaded] com.advent.ADVENT AiO Annual Opt.plist (2013-11-30) [Support]
[failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist
User Login Items: ⓘ
iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
AdobeResourceSynchronizer Application Hidden (/Applications/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/Support/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)
Android File Transfer Agent Application (~/Library/Application Support/Google/Android File Transfer/Android File Transfer Agent.app)
Genieo UNKNOWN (missing value)
Other Apps: ⓘ
[loaded] 0x7faf9a625cd0.mach_init.Inspector
[running] [0x0-0x139139].com.adobe.Acrobat.Pro
[running] [0x0-0x17017].com.google.android.mtpagent
[running] [0x0-0x1b51b5].org.mozilla.firefox
[running] [0x0-0x1be1be].com.etresoft.EtreCheck
[running] [0x0-0xb50b5].com.microsoft.Word
[running] [0x0-0xb70b7].com.microsoft.autoupdate.fba
[loaded] 346 Apple tasks
[running] 122 Apple tasks
Internet Plug-ins: ⓘ
JavaAppletPlugin: Java 8 Update 65 build 17 (2015-11-07) Check version
FlashPlayer-10.6: 21.0.0.182 - SDK 10.6 (2016-03-10) [Support]
QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.1 (2014-12-07)
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: 10.1.14 (2015-07-12) [Support]
Flash Player: 21.0.0.182 - SDK 10.6 (2016-03-10) [Support]
AdobePDFViewer: 10.1.14 (2015-07-12) [Support]
SharePointBrowserPlugin: 14.2.3 - SDK 10.6 (2012-08-01) [Support]
Silverlight: 5.1.41212.0 - SDK 10.6 (2016-02-17) [Support]
iPhotoPhotocast: 7.0 - SDK 10.8 (2013-11-07)
3rd Party Preference Panes: ⓘ
Flash Player (2016-03-07) [Support]
Java (2015-10-06) [Support]
Time Machine: ⓘ
Time Machine information requires OS X 10.8 "Mountain Lion" or later.
Top Processes by CPU: ⓘ
4% mdworker(2)
2% WindowServer
1% iTunes
1% ps
1% distnoted(3)
Top Processes by Memory: ⓘ
2.11 GB iTunes
360 MB firefox
70 MB Finder
37 MB mdworker(2)
33 MB WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information: ⓘ
76 MB Free RAM
3.92 GB Used RAM
4.22 GB Swap Used
Diagnostics Information: ⓘ
Mar 16, 2016, 04:32:20 AM Self test - passed
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5)
Posted on Mar 19, 2016 8:21 AM