do I need to replace my mac?

can I speed up my mac or should I get a new one?


My mac has become really slow. Even if I have the minimum of applications running....

I have cleaned it up, and now have 163 GB free disk space (of 639,28 GB).


I am on the max memory I can install on it (so I am told) - 8 Gig.


10.11.5 EL CAPITAIN


24" early 2009

2.66 HGZ intel core 2 duo

NVIDIA GeForce 9400 256 MB


Is my system becoming redundant with the increasing requirements of the OS, etc?

Do I need to replace my imac or is there some way of getting some more speed out of it?


I have run "first aid" on the HD.


thanks for help.


Joe

iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.5), 24" early 2009 2.66 GHZ

Posted on Jun 5, 2016 12:20 AM

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Jun 5, 2016 7:11 AM in response to SeaPapp

EtreCheck version: 2.9.12 (265)

Report generated 2016-06-05 15:05:25

Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

Runtime 5:12

Performance: Below Average


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Problem: Computer is too slow


Hardware Information:

iMac (24-inch, Early 2009)

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

iMac - model: iMac9,1

1 2,66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core

8 GB RAM Upgradeable - [Instructions]

BANK 0/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported

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


Video Information:

NVIDIA GeForce 9400 - VRAM: 256 MB

iMac 1920 x 1200


System Software:

OS X El Capitan 10.11.5 (15F34) - Time since boot: less than an hour


Disk Information:

WDC WD6400AAKS-40H2B0 disk0 : (640,14 GB) (Rotational)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 639.28 GB (162.11 GB free)

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


HL-DT-ST DVDRW GA11N ()


USB Information:

Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub

Logitech USB Receiver

Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard

Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver


Gatekeeper:

Mac App Store and identified developers


Kernel Extensions:

/Library/Extensions

[loaded] com.sophos.kext.sav (9.4.52 - SDK 10.9 - 2016-06-04) [Support]

[loaded] com.sophos.nke.swi (9.4.52 - SDK 10.9 - 2016-06-04) [Support]


/Library/StartupItems/BRESINKx86Monitoring

[not loaded] com.bresink.driver.BRESINKx86Monitoring (5.0 - 2009-10-08) [Support]


/System/Library/Extensions

[loaded] com.Logitech.Control Center.HID Driver (3.1.0 - 2016-06-04) [Support]

[not loaded] com.Logitech.Unifying.HID Driver (1.1.0-302 - 2016-06-04) [Support]

[loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (0.0.67 - 2016-06-04) [Support]

[not loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverVSP (0.0.67 - 2016-06-04) [Support]


Startup Items:

BRESINKx86Monitoring: Path: /Library/StartupItems/BRESINKx86Monitoring

ChmodBPF: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ChmodBPF

Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite


System Launch Agents:

[not loaded] 9 Apple tasks

[loaded] 156 Apple tasks

[running] 73 Apple tasks


System Launch Daemons:

[not loaded] 45 Apple tasks

[loaded] 160 Apple tasks

[running] 86 Apple tasks


Launch Agents:

[running] com.Logitech.Control Center.Daemon.plist (2009-09-19) [Support]

[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (2011-07-08) [Support]

[running] com.hp.StatusMonitor.plist (2012-08-31) [Support]

[running] com.sophos.uiserver.plist (2015-09-28) [Support]

[failed] jp.co.canon.UFR2.BG.plist (2009-06-30) [Support]

[running] net.culater.SIMBL.Agent.plist (2010-06-09) [Support]


Launch Daemons:

[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist (2011-07-08) [Support]

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (2016-04-16) [Support]

[running] com.sophos.common.servicemanager.plist (2016-03-11) [Support]

[loaded] com.vmware.launchd.vmware.plist (2009-06-23) [Support]


User Launch Agents:

[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (2011-07-08) [Support]

[not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist (2014-08-02) [Support]

[failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist

[loaded] com.apple.SafariBookmarksSyncer.plist

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (2016-03-08) [Support]


User Login Items:

iTunes Application (/Applications/iTunes.app)

Safari Application (/Applications/Safari.app)

Mail Application (/Applications/Mail.app)

D066U_Utility Application (/Library/CFMSupport/D066U_Utility.app)

Stickies Application (/Applications/Stickies.app)

Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)

CNQL1213_ButtonManager Application Hidden (/Library/CFMSupport/CNQL1213_ButtonManager.app)

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

hpStatusAlert Application (/Library/Printers/hp/Utilities/HP Printer Monitor.app/Contents/Resources/hpStatusAlert.app)


Other Apps:

[running] com.etresoft.EtreCheck.121952

[loaded] com.evernote.EvernoteHelper

[running] com.getdropbox.dropbox.50912

[running] com.hp.hpStatusAlert.88032

[running] com.hp.productresearch.87392

[running] com.sophos.autoupdate

[running] com.sophos.configuration

[running] com.sophos.intercheck

[running] com.sophos.notification

[running] com.sophos.scan

[running] com.sophos.sxld

[running] com.sophos.webd

[loaded] com.zipeg.Zipeg.77792

[running] jp.co.canon.scanner.CNQL2410_ButtonManager.87072

[loaded] 410 Apple tasks

[running] 192 Apple tasks


Internet Plug-ins:

Google Earth Web Plug-in: 5.2 (2010-06-15) [Support]

Default Browser: 601 - SDK 10.11 (2016-06-04)

Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: 2.3.6.5 (2010-11-23) [Support]

OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: 12.3.6 (2013-04-10) [Support]

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 (2014-05-08) [Support]

FlashPlayer-10.6: 21.0.0.226 - SDK 10.6 (2016-05-11) [Support]

Silverlight: 4.0.50917.0 (2010-12-22) [Support]

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (2016-06-04)

Flash Player: 21.0.0.226 - SDK 10.6 (2016-05-11) Outdated! Update

iPhotoPhotocast: 7.0 - SDK 10.8 (2013-05-02)

AdobePDFViewer: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 (2014-05-08) [Support]

GarminGpsControl: 4.2.0.0 - SDK 10.8 (2014-04-01) [Support]

JavaAppletPlugin: 15.0.1 - SDK 10.7 (2014-12-10) Check version


User internet Plug-ins:

iGetter Plugin: 2.9.2 (2014-02-12) [Support]

iGetterScriptablePlugin: 2.9.2 (2014-02-12) [Support]


Safari Extensions:

iGetter Extension - Presenta Ltd. - http://www.igetter.net/ (2013-06-22)

Pin It Button - Pinterest, Inc. - http://www.pinterest.com/ (2015-07-06)


3rd Party Preference Panes:

Flash Player (2016-04-16) [Support]

Flip4Mac WMV (2010-11-23) [Support]

Growl (2011-08-08) [Support]

Logitech Control Center (2009-09-19) [Support]

MacFUSE (2008-12-19) [Support]


Time Machine:

Skip System Files: NO

Mobile backups: OFF

Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 639.28 GB Disk used: 477.16 GB

Destinations:

Time Machine Backups [Local]

Total size: 999.86 GB

Total number of backups: 15

Oldest backup: 2014/08/27, 8:25 AM

Last backup: 2016/05/04, 1:44 AM

Size of backup disk: Too small

Backup size 999.86 GB < (Disk used 477.16 GB X 3)


Top Processes by CPU:

15% mds_stores

4% mdworker(14)

3% WindowServer

2% mds

2% kernel_task


Top Processes by Memory:

667 MB kernel_task

262 MB mds_stores

205 MB mdworker(14)

205 MB SophosScanD

197 MB InterCheck


Virtual Memory Information:

1.80 GB Free RAM

6.45 GB Used RAM (3.30 GB Cached)

0 B Swap Used


Diagnostics Information:

Jun 5, 2016, 02:52:45 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Evernote_2016-06-05-145245_[redacted].hang

/Applications/Evernote.app/Contents/MacOS/Evernote

Jun 5, 2016, 02:40:06 PM Self test - passed

Jun 4, 2016, 06:20:22 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/SophosUIServer_2016-06-04-182022_[redacted].cras h

/Library/Sophos Anti-Virus/SophosUIServer.app/Contents/MacOS/SophosUIServer

Jun 4, 2016, 09:06:31 AM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/BaseCamp_2016-06-04-090631_[redacted].crash

com.garmin.BaseCamp - /Applications/Garmin BaseCamp.app/Contents/MacOS/BaseCamp

Jun 4, 2016, 09:02:49 AM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/AppCleaner_2016-06-04-090249_[redacted].crash

com.freemacsoft.AppCleaner - /Applications/AppCleaner.app/Contents/MacOS/AppCleaner

Jun 5, 2016 9:26 AM in response to SeaPapp

can you help me too with my slow as molasses computer? thanks
EtreCheck version: 2.9.12 (265)

Report generated 2016-06-05 12:23:45

Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

Runtime 2:59

Performance: Excellent


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Problem: Computer is too slow


Hardware Information:

iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012)

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

iMac - model: iMac13,1

1 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 4-core

8 GB RAM Upgradeable - [Instructions]

BANK 0/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported

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


Video Information:

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M - VRAM: 512 MB

iMac 1920 x 1080


System Software:

OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 (14F1713) - Time since boot: about 56 days


Disk Information:

APPLE HDD ST1000LM024 disk0 : (1 TB) (Rotational)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 999.35 GB (676.74 GB free)

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


USB Information:

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller


Thunderbolt Information:

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus


Gatekeeper:

Mac App Store and identified developers


Adware:

/Library/LaunchAgents/com.ff1086b2b9cf4615.agent.plist

/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.ff1086b2b9cf4615.daemon.plist

/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.ff1086b2b9cf4615.helper.plist

~/Library/LaunchAgents/Javeview.update.plist

~/Library/LaunchAgents/Leperdvil.AppVemoral.plist

~/Library/LaunchAgents/Leperdvil.btvlit.plist

~/Library/LaunchAgents/Leperdvil.dolnwoad.plist

~/Library/LaunchAgents/Leperdvil.uadpte.plist

~/Library/LaunchAgents/Listchack.AppVemoral.plist

~/Library/LaunchAgents/Listchack.btvlit.plist

~/Library/LaunchAgents/Listchack.dolnwoad.plist

~/Library/LaunchAgents/Listchack.uadpte.plist

~/Library/LaunchAgents/Manroling.update.plist

~/Library/LaunchAgents/Otwexplain.AppVemoral.plist

~/Library/LaunchAgents/Otwexplain.btvlit.plist

~/Library/LaunchAgents/Otwexplain.dolnwoad.plist

~/Library/LaunchAgents/Otwexplain.uadpte.plist

~/Library/LaunchAgents/Perfetnight.AppRemoval.plist

~/Library/LaunchAgents/Perfetnight.download.plist

~/Library/LaunchAgents/Perfetnight.ltvbit.plist

~/Library/LaunchAgents/Perfetnight.update.plist

~/Library/LaunchAgents/Smokyashan.update.plist

~/Library/Safari/Extensions/Listchack.safariextz

~/Library/Safari/Extensions/Otwexplain.safariextz

24 adware files found. [Remove]


Unknown Files:

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/~

One unknown file found. [Check files]


Kernel Extensions:

/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] com.leapfrog.driver.LfConnectDriver (1.12.0 - SDK 10.10 - 2016-05-19) [Support]


/System/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] com.leapfrog.codeless.kext (2.0 - 2016-05-19) [Support]


System Launch Agents:

[not loaded] ~ (2015-10-13) [Support]

[not loaded] 5 Apple tasks

[loaded] 138 Apple tasks

[running] 62 Apple tasks

[killed] 7 Apple tasks

7 processes killed due to insufficient RAM


System Launch Daemons:

[not loaded] 42 Apple tasks

[loaded] 130 Apple tasks

[running] 79 Apple tasks

[killed] 11 Apple tasks

11 processes killed due to insufficient RAM


Launch Agents:

[running] com.coupons.coupond.plist (2015-04-07) [Support]

[running] com.ff1086b2b9cf4615.agent.plist (2015-07-07) [Support]

[running] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist (2015-05-18) [Support]


Launch Daemons:

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

[not loaded] com.ff1086b2b9cf4615.daemon.plist (2015-07-07) Adware! [Remove]

/Library/Application Support/ff1086b2b9cf4615/Agent/agent.app/Contents/MacOS/agent

[running] com.ff1086b2b9cf4615.helper.plist (2015-07-07) Adware! [Remove]

/Library/Application Support/ff1086b2b9cf4615/Agent/agent.app/Contents/MacOS/agent

[running] com.iobit.AMCDaemon.plist (2015-04-19) [Support]

[loaded] com.leapfrog.connect.authdaemon.plist (2015-05-26) [Support]

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist (2015-05-18) [Support]


User Launch Agents:

[running] Javeview.update.plist (2016-05-01) Adware! [Remove]

~/Library/Application Support/Javeview/Javeview.app/Contents/MacOS/AppNOS

[loaded] Leperdvil.AppVemoral.plist (2016-05-01) Adware! [Remove]

~/Library/Application Support/Leperdvil/Leperdvil.app/Contents/MacOS/AppAS

[loaded] Leperdvil.btvlit.plist (2016-05-01) Adware! [Remove]

~/Library/Application Support/Leperdvil/Leperdvil.app/Contents/MacOS/AppAS

[loaded] Leperdvil.dolnwoad.plist (2016-05-01) Adware! [Remove]

~/Library/Application Support/Leperdvil/Leperdvil.app/Contents/MacOS/AppAS

[running] Leperdvil.uadpte.plist (2016-05-01) Adware! [Remove]

~/Library/Application Support/Leperdvil/Leperdvil.app/Contents/MacOS/AppAS

[loaded] Listchack.AppVemoral.plist (2016-05-10) Adware! [Remove]

~/Library/Application Support/Listchack/Listchack.app/Contents/MacOS/AppAS

[loaded] Listchack.btvlit.plist (2016-05-10) Adware! [Remove]

~/Library/Application Support/Listchack/Listchack.app/Contents/MacOS/AppAS

[loaded] Listchack.dolnwoad.plist (2016-05-10) Adware! [Remove]

~/Library/Application Support/Listchack/Listchack.app/Contents/MacOS/AppAS

[running] Listchack.uadpte.plist (2016-05-10) Adware! [Remove]

~/Library/Application Support/Listchack/Listchack.app/Contents/MacOS/AppAS

[running] Manroling.update.plist (2016-05-01) Adware! [Remove]

~/Library/Application Support/Manroling/Manroling.app/Contents/MacOS/AppNOS

[loaded] Otwexplain.AppVemoral.plist (2016-05-01) Adware! [Remove]

~/Library/Application Support/Otwexplain/Otwexplain.app/Contents/MacOS/AppAS

[loaded] Otwexplain.btvlit.plist (2016-05-01) Adware! [Remove]

~/Library/Application Support/Otwexplain/Otwexplain.app/Contents/MacOS/AppAS

[loaded] Otwexplain.dolnwoad.plist (2016-05-01) Adware! [Remove]

~/Library/Application Support/Otwexplain/Otwexplain.app/Contents/MacOS/AppAS

[running] Otwexplain.uadpte.plist (2016-05-01) Adware! [Remove]

~/Library/Application Support/Otwexplain/Otwexplain.app/Contents/MacOS/AppAS

[loaded] Perfetnight.AppRemoval.plist (2015-10-26) Adware! [Remove]

~/Library/Application Support/Perfetnight/Perfetnight.app/Contents/MacOS/AppEH

[loaded] Perfetnight.download.plist (2015-10-26) Adware! [Remove]

~/Library/Application Support/Perfetnight/Perfetnight.app/Contents/MacOS/AppEH

[loaded] Perfetnight.ltvbit.plist (2015-10-26) Adware! [Remove]

~/Library/Application Support/Perfetnight/Perfetnight.app/Contents/MacOS/AppEH

[loaded] Perfetnight.update.plist (2015-10-26) Adware! [Remove]

~/Library/Application Support/Perfetnight/Perfetnight.app/Contents/MacOS/AppEH

[running] Smokyashan.update.plist (2016-05-10) Adware! [Remove]

~/Library/Application Support/Smokyashan/Smokyashan.app/Contents/MacOS/AppNOS

[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist (2015-04-23) [Support]

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (2016-04-10) [Support]

[loaded] com.iobit.AMCUpdate.plist (2016-04-10) [Support]

[running] com.iobit.MacBoosterMini.plist (2016-04-10) [Support]

[running] com.leapfrog.connect.monitor.plist (2016-02-20) [Support]

[failed] com.mackeeper.MacKeeper.Helper.plist (2015-12-05) [Support]


User Login Items:

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


Other Apps:

[running] com.microsoft.Excel.40076

[running] com.microsoft.autoupdate.fba.63080

[loaded] 370 Apple tasks

[running] 183 Apple tasks

[killed] 20 Apple tasks


Internet Plug-ins:

FlashPlayer-10.6: 21.0.0.226 - SDK 10.6 (2016-04-21) [Support]

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (2016-04-10)

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: 11.0.15 - SDK 10.6 (2016-04-21) [Support]

CouponPrinter-FireFox_v2: 5.1.4 - SDK 10.6 (2015-04-07) [Support]

AdobePDFViewer: 11.0.15 - SDK 10.6 (2016-04-21) [Support]

Flash Player: 21.0.0.226 - SDK 10.6 (2016-04-21) Outdated! Update

Default Browser: 600 - SDK 10.10 (2015-09-07)

SharePointBrowserPlugin: 14.2.0 - SDK 10.6 (2012-12-07) [Support]

Silverlight: 4.1.10329.0 (2014-09-02) [Support]

SlingPlayer: Unknown - SDK 10.8 (2013-09-23) [Support]

JavaAppletPlugin: Java 8 Update 45 (2015-05-18) Check version


User internet Plug-ins:

CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: 1.0.94 (2013-02-15) [Support]


Safari Extensions:

Listchack - Listchack - http://www.listchack.com/faq#listchack (2015-07-07) Adware! [Remove]

Otwexplain - Otwexplain - http://www.otwexplain.com/faq#otwexplain (2015-09-17) Adware! [Remove]

ShopAtHome.com extension - http://www.shopathome.com (2014-07-30)


3rd Party Preference Panes:

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

Java (2015-05-18) [Support]


Time Machine:

Time Machine not configured!


Top Processes by CPU:

3% WindowServer

2% fontd

1% mdworker(7)

1% kernel_task

1% distnoted(2)


Top Processes by Memory:

2.26 GB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(29)

1.61 GB kernel_task

508 MB Google Chrome Helper(11)

213 MB Safari

98 MB Google Chrome


Virtual Memory Information:

20 MB Free RAM

7.97 GB Used RAM (992 MB Cached)

457 MB Swap Used


Diagnostics Information:

Jun 5, 2016, 12:20:23 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/AppEH_2016-06-05-122023_[redacted].crash

/Users/USER/Library/Application Support/Perfetnight/Perfetnight.app/Contents/MacOS/AppEH

Jun 5, 2016 9:42 AM in response to Arosa11

If you haven't determined yet your problem is adware...lots of adware. It's probably easiest to download and run MalwareBytes http://www.adwaremedic.com/index.php And restart after removal.

If you want to find and remove the files youself you can try Apples instructions Stop pop-up ads in Safari - Apple Support

In the future instead of a "me too" post you should start your own threads.

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