Q: My 2010 Macbook is running EXTREMELY slow.. ...help!?
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Aug 29, 2016 12:56 PMby Limnos,HelpfulRun this analyzer and post the results here.
http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck
Using Etrecheck - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6174
Using a "cleaning" application could be the reason it is doing it.
Chrome is reputed to be a resource hog. I'm guessing you have a too-full drive and/or too little RAM.
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Aug 29, 2016 12:20 PMby JimmyCMPIT,Remove any and all 3rd party utility, system utility and/or Anti-Virus as per the developers instructions on their webpage. Do not drag to trash, it does not uninstall these types of files.
then boot into safe mode
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262
and reboot normally
if you are still experiencing issues you may post an etrecheck report for further analysis
www.etrecheck.com
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Aug 29, 2016 12:34 PMby totemlinx,EtreCheck version: 3.0.2 (306)
Report generated 2016-08-29 15:33:28
Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com
Runtime 8:14
Performance: Below Average
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Problem: Computer is too slow
MacBook (13-inch, Mid 2010)
[Technical Specifications] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]
MacBook - model: MacBook7,1
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
2 GB RAM - Insufficient RAM! Upgradeable - [Instructions]
BANK 0/DIMM0
1 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
1 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Battery: Health = Replace Soon - Cycle count = 1113
NVIDIA GeForce 320M - VRAM: 256 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 (14F1909) - Time since boot: about 4 hours
TOSHIBA MK2555GSXF disk0 : (250.06 GB) (Rotational)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 249.20 GB (13.18 GB free) (Low!)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898 ()
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
/etc/hosts - Count: 5
Mac App Store and identified developers
~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/Extensions/Amazon Shopping Assistant.safariextension
~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/Extensions/Ebay Shopping Assistant.safariextension
~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/Extensions/Searchme.safariextension
~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.spigot.ApplicationManager.plist
~/Library/Safari/Extensions/Amazon Shopping Assistant.safariextz
~/Library/Safari/Extensions/Ebay Shopping Assistant.safariextz
~/Library/Safari/Extensions/Searchme.safariextz
7 adware files found. [Remove]
~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[redacted]@me.com-SharedSer vices.Agent.plist
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/OSServices.framewo rk/Versions/A/Support/CSConfigDotMacCert -l /Users/totemlinx/Library/Logs/CSConfigDotMacCert.log -u totemlinx@me.com -t SharedServices -s
~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/Extensions/Searchme.safariextension
~/Library/Safari/Extensions/Ebay Shopping Assistant.safariextz
~/Library/Safari/Extensions/Searchme.safariextz
4 unknown files found. [Check files]
/Library/Application Support/PeerGuardian
[not loaded] xxx.qnation.PeerGuardian (1.1.11 - SDK 10.2 - 2014-10-30) [Support]
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.Elan.driver.VMB5000 (1.3.2 - 2016-08-29) [Support]
[not loaded] com.Huawei.driver.HuaweiDataCardDriver (4.0.6 - 2016-08-29) [Support]
[loaded] com.dvdfab.kext.fabio (1.0 - 2016-08-29) [Support]
[not loaded] com.smithmicro.driver.SMSIMassStorageKicker (1.1 - 2016-08-29) [Support]
[not loaded] com.smithmicro.driver.SMSIWirelessModem (3.2.6 - 2016-08-29) [Support]
/System/Library/Extensions/SMSIWirelessModem.kext/Contents/PlugIns
[not loaded] com.smithmicro.driver.SMSIWirelessCDC (3.2.6 - 2008-12-19) [Support]
[not loaded] com.smithmicro.driver.SMSIWirelessSerial (3.2.6 - 2008-12-19) [Support]
NortonMissedTasks: Path: /Library/StartupItems/NortonMissedTasks
ParallelsDesktopTransporter: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ParallelsDesktopTransporter
SMC: Path: /Library/StartupItems/SMC
Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite
[not loaded] 5 Apple tasks
[loaded] 145 Apple tasks
[running] 44 Apple tasks
[killed] 18 Apple tasks
18 processes killed due to insufficient RAM
[not loaded] 47 Apple tasks
[loaded] 131 Apple tasks
[running] 69 Apple tasks
[killed] 16 Apple tasks
16 processes killed due to insufficient RAM
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist (2014-09-04) [Support]
[failed] Safe.Connect.plist (2011-04-21) [Support]
[failed] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (2016-05-09) [Support]
[running] com.jdi.vpn.VPNHelper.plist (2016-07-25) [Support]
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist (2015-01-16) [Support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist (2014-09-04) [Support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist (2014-11-03) [Support]
[loaded] xxx.qnation.PeerGuardian.locum.plist (2013-03-09) [Support]
[failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist (2010-08-25) [Support]
[loaded] com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist (2012-02-14) [Support]
[failed] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist (2014-08-10)
[running] com.spigot.ApplicationManager.plist (2015-11-23) Adware! [Remove]
~/Library/Application Support/Spigot/ApplicationManager
[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist (2014-06-02) [Support]
[failed] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper.plist (2012-07-31) [Support]
Flux Application (~/Applications/Flux.app)
Flux Application (~/Applications/Flux.app)
Flux Application (~/Applications/Flux.app)
Caffeine Application (/Applications/Caffeine.app)
Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
HP Product Research Application (/Library/Application Support/Hewlett-Packard/Customer Participation/HP Product Research.app)
DirectorShockwave: 12.1.6r156 - SDK 10.6 (2015-01-09) [Support]
OVSHelper: 1.1 (2012-02-14) [Support]
Default Browser: 600 - SDK 10.10 (2015-09-29)
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: 2.4.1.4 (2012-03-05) [Support]
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: 12.3.1 (2011-09-23) [Support]
CouponPrinter-FireFox: Version 1.1.5 (2010-02-01)
Silverlight: 5.1.41212.0 - SDK 10.6 (2016-01-21) [Support]
FlashPlayer-10.6: 21.0.0.242 - SDK 10.6 (2016-05-13) [Support]
DivXBrowserPlugin: 2.2 (2012-01-17) [Support]
QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (2016-07-25)
Flash Player: 21.0.0.242 - SDK 10.6 (2016-05-13) Outdated! Update
iPhotoPhotocast: 7.0 (2010-08-26)
SharePointBrowserPlugin: 14.4.8 - SDK 10.6 (2015-03-25) [Support]
GarminGPSControl: 3.0.1.0 Release - SDK 10.4 (2011-07-26) [Support]
JavaAppletPlugin: Java 8 Update 25 (2014-11-03) Check version
BlueStacks Install Detector: Unknown
DivX Plus Web Player HTML5 <video> - © 2000-2011 DivX, LLC. - http://divx.com (2012-02-14)
Reddit Enhancement Suite - Steve Sobel - http://redditenhancementsuite.com/ (2015-05-18)
Searchme (2015-11-23) Adware! [Remove]
Twitter for Safari - Twitter, Inc. - http://twitter.com (2013-03-05)
Unfriend Finder - Edouard Gatouillat - https://www.unfriendfinder.com (2013-03-05)
FacebookBlocker - Alex Rubin - http://webgraph.com/resources/facebookblocker/ (2013-10-26)
GMail Counter - Elia Cereda - http://elix14.altervista.org/ (2013-03-05)
Ebay Shopping Assistant - Spigot, Inc. - http://www.spigot.com (2015-11-23) Adware! [Remove]
Amazon Shopping Assistant - Spigot, Inc. - http://www.spigot.com/ (2013-05-12) Adware! [Remove]
AdBlock - BetaFish, Inc. - https://getadblock.com (2015-10-17)
Adblock Plus - Eyeo GmbH - https://adblockplus.org/ (2016-07-25)
DivX (2012-01-17) [Support]
Flash Player (2016-05-09) [Support]
Flip4Mac WMV (2011-11-22) [Support]
Growl (2011-06-26) [Support]
Java (2014-11-03) [Support]
MacFUSE (2008-12-19) [Support]
Perian (2011-07-23) [Support]
Time Machine not configured!
20% kernel_task
7% nsurlsessiond
6% WindowServer
4% cloudd
1% coreduetd
307 MB kernel_task
201 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
76 MB Safari
37 MB Finder
37 MB Dropbox
100 MB Free RAM
1.90 GB Used RAM (234 MB Cached)
64 MB Swap Used
Aug 29, 2016, 02:30:17 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64_2016-08-29-143017_[ redacted].crash
/System/Library/StagedFrameworks/Safari/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices /com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64
Aug 29, 2016, 10:51:01 AM Self test - passed
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Aug 29, 2016 1:33 PMby JimmyCMPIT,remove mac keeper immediately.
and remove your adware. while there are manual ways to do this the easy method is to download malwarebytes for mac
www.malwarebytes.com
this product removes existing malware/adware it can identify, not protect you against getting more. you need to practice safe browsing.
also 2GB RAM to run 10.10 is simply not a realistic amount of Memory to allow the system to work.
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Aug 29, 2016 1:40 PMby JimmyCMPIT,the Macbook 2010 7,1 13" supports up to 16GB RAM
while Apples assessment of 2GB RAM has proven on these forums to be an underestimate it is IMHO that even 4GB RAM is insufficient to run the system without constant beach balling (I know because my 2010 iMac has the same OS and 4GB RAM and it struggles as a iTunes server)
It is recommended you upgrade to 8 or 16GB RAM
https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/Apple_MacBook_MacBook_Pro/Upgrade/DDR3
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Aug 29, 2016 5:46 PMby Limnos,You have too little RAM, as others have mentioned.
You need to keep more free space on your boot drive. At least 20 GB at all times. Move files off onto other drives. You may need to re-house iTunes and Photos libraries on other drives.
Get rid of MacKeeper. Run Malwarebytes to check for other Malware. Also get rid of the adware.
Check for out of date extensions.
You need a backup system. You are getting close to your computer crashing with all this going on. Stop buying coffees and invest $100 on a backup drive. This is not the same drive as the one you will be buying for iTunes and Photos but will need to be large enough to backup all your things, including those on other drives. This should be mandatory for anybody who owns a computer but the computer stores don't want to scare you away by telling you how much you really need to invest when buying a computer.
