Q: How to speed up "drop" of "drag and drop"

I'm not copying anything. I'm just playing a game: Words with Friends. I double tap with one finger to pick up the tile and drag it to where I want it. Then I lift my finger and the tile drops. But, it's slower than it  used to be. I want to speed it up. Thanks.

Thank you. I did open Activity Monitor but don't know what you mean by this question above: " When dragging not what is using CPU?"

Here's the EntreCheck report:

EtreCheck version: 2.9.12 (265)

Report generated 2016-05-03 07:13:44

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Runtime 3:48

Performance: Good

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Problem: Other problem

Description:

When I drag and drop, the drop operation is a bit too slow.

Hardware Information: ⓘ

    MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011)

    [Technical Specifications] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]

    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2

    1 2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core

    4 GB RAM Upgradeable - [Instructions]

        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 = 357

Video Information: ⓘ

    Intel HD Graphics 3000

    AMD Radeon HD 6490M - VRAM: 256 MB

        Color LCD 1440 x 900

System Software: ⓘ

    OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 (14F1713) - Time since boot: about 2 days

Disk Information: ⓘ

    TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB) (Rotational)

        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 499.25 GB (395.26 GB free)

        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>  [Recovery]: 650 MB

    MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8   ()

USB Information: ⓘ

    Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

    Western Digital My Book 1140 1 TB

        EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

        External Drive (disk2s2) /Volumes/External Drive : 999.83 GB (843.98 GB free)

    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. thunderbolt_bus

Gatekeeper: ⓘ

    Mac App Store and identified developers

Kernel Extensions: ⓘ

        /System/Library/Extensions

    [not loaded]    com.devguru.driver.SamsungComposite (1.4.14 - SDK 10.6 - 2016-04-23) [Support]

    [not loaded]    com.joshuawise.kexts.HoRNDIS (1.0 - SDK 10.6 - 2016-04-23) [Support]

    [not loaded]    com.wdc.driver.1394HP (1.0.9 - 2016-04-23) [Support]

    [not loaded]    com.wdc.driver.USBHP (1.0.11 - 2016-04-23) [Support]

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

    [not loaded]    com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMControl (1.4.14 - SDK 10.6 - 2013-09-08) [Support]

    [not loaded]    com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMData (1.4.14 - SDK 10.6 - 2013-09-08) [Support]

    [not loaded]    com.devguru.driver.SamsungMTP (1.4.14 - SDK 10.5 - 2013-09-08) [Support]

    [not loaded]    com.devguru.driver.SamsungSerial (1.4.14 - SDK 10.6 - 2013-09-08) [Support]

System Launch Agents: ⓘ

    [not loaded]    5 Apple tasks

    [loaded]    139 Apple tasks

    [running]    59 Apple tasks

    [killed]    9 Apple tasks

    9 processes killed due to insufficient RAM

System Launch Daemons: ⓘ

    [not loaded]    44 Apple tasks

    [loaded]    131 Apple tasks

    [running]    75 Apple tasks

    [killed]    12 Apple tasks

    12 processes killed due to insufficient RAM

Launch Daemons: ⓘ

    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (2016-04-15) [Support]

User Launch Agents: ⓘ

    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist (2016-03-02) [Support]

User Login Items: ⓘ

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

    Android File Transfer Agent    Application  (~/Library/Application Support/Google/Android File Transfer/Android File Transfer Agent.app)

    Dropbox    Application  (/Applications/Dropbox.app)

    fuspredownloader    Application Hidden (~/Library/Application Support/.FUS/fuspredownloader.app)

    HP IO Classic Proxy 2    Application Hidden (/Library/Frameworks/HPServicesInterface.framework/Versions/B/Runtime/HP IO Classic Proxy 2.app)

    HP IO Classic Proxy    Application Hidden (/Library/Frameworks/HPServicesInterface.framework/Versions/A/Runtime/HP IO Classic Proxy.app)

    ConnectService    Application  (/Library/Application Support/ArcSoft/Connect Service/ConnectService.app)

    Director Docker    Application  (/Applications/Hewlett-Packard/HP Photo and Imaging Software/HP Photo and Imaging Director/Director Docker.app)

    HP Product Research    Application  (/Library/Application Support/Hewlett-Packard/Customer Participation/HP Product Research.app)

Other Apps: ⓘ

    [running]    OpenObject.fuspredownloader.42348

    [running]    com.getdropbox.dropbox.40360

    [running]    com.google.android.mtpagent.41780

    [running]    net.stfj.spellTower.13664

    [running]    org.mozilla.firefox.40644

    [loaded]    350 Apple tasks

    [running]    171 Apple tasks

    [killed]    21 Apple tasks

Internet Plug-ins: ⓘ

    FlashPlayer-10.6: 21.0.0.226 - SDK 10.6 (2016-04-30) [Support]

    QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (2016-03-21)

    Flash Player: 21.0.0.226 - SDK 10.6 (2016-04-30) [Support]

    Default Browser: 600 - SDK 10.10 (2015-08-22)

    Unity Web Player: UnityPlayer version 5.3.1f1 - SDK 10.6 (2016-01-08) [Support]

    Silverlight: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 (2013-11-07) [Support]

    iPhotoPhotocast: 7.0 (2012-07-02)

User internet Plug-ins: ⓘ

    KickStartPlugIn64: 1.1 - SDK 10.7 (2011-11-09) [Support]

    RealPlayer Plugin: Unknown

3rd Party Preference Panes: ⓘ

    Flash Player (2016-04-15) [Support]

Time Machine: ⓘ

    Mobile backups: ON

    Auto backup: YES

    Volumes being backed up:

        Macintosh HD: Disk size: 499.25 GB Disk used: 103.99 GB

    Destinations:

        External Drive [Local]

        Total size: 999.83 GB

        Total number of backups: 38

        Oldest backup: 8/18/12, 12:36 PM

        Last backup: 5/3/16, 6:45 AM

        Size of backup disk: Adequate

            Backup size 999.83 GB > (Disk used 103.99 GB X 3)

Top Processes by CPU: ⓘ

        28%    firefox

        15%    WindowServer

         9%    SpellTower

         4%    kernel_task

         2%    mdworker(17)

Top Processes by Memory: ⓘ

    803 MB    firefox

    520 MB    kernel_task

    172 MB    mdworker(17)

    78 MB    Mail

    57 MB    com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(2)

Virtual Memory Information: ⓘ

    19 MB    Free RAM

    3.97 GB    Used RAM (390 MB Cached)

    764 MB    Swap Used

Diagnostics Information: ⓘ

    Apr 30, 2016, 03:53:29 PM    Self test - passed

I forgot to answer your question on why the Mac was serviced. I believe the video card went out. It was considered a "known issue" for this model MacBook Pro and was serviced for free despite the machine being long out of warranty.

Hi,

I rebooted and opened only Firefox and it is still about the same. I guess what is odd is that before the repair, I don't remember it being a problem. I will look into buying more RAM though don't use my Mac for all that much, apart from Internet and Photos. Anyhow, it is not the end of the world. Thanks for trying to help.

Thomas, the dragging speed is fine and I know to do that in the Accessibilty control panel area. It's the dropping speed that seems to have slowed down from what it used to be before I got my Mac repaired.

Thanks.

Thanks but I am afraid to try all of that. I will just live with the slower drop speed for now.