Q: Why is my macbook lagging?
My macbook (MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)) is lagging. My issue is that when I open youtube, on chrome or safari, and start watching videos, the video stops several times. Also when I open up applications such as skype, popcorn time and games on steam, there will be a rainbow spinning wheel for about 20 seconds. I searched up solutions, but I couldn't find any that fixed my lagging problem. I tested an application called etrecheck and a lot of information about my macbook popped out.
-This is the information I got from etreCheck-
EtreCheck version: 3.0.3 (307)
Report generated 2016-09-12 15:28:52
Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com
Runtime 1:42
Performance: Excellent
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Problem: Computer is too slow
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)
[Technical Specifications] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro12,1
1 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
8 GB RAM Not upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1867 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1867 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
Wireless: en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 204
Intel Iris Graphics 6100
Color LCD 3360 x 2100
OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 (15G31) - Time since boot: about 4 hours
APPLE SSD SM0256G disk0 : (251 GB) (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 249.78 GB (121.92 GB free)
Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked
Core Storage: disk0s2 250.14 GB Online
Broadcom Corp. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Anywhere
~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.jdibackup.ZipCloud.autostart.plist
~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.jdibackup.ZipCloud.backupstart.plist
~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.jdibackup.ZipCloud.notify.plist
~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.spigot.ApplicationManager.plist
4 adware files found. [Remove]
/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] jp.plentycom.driver.SteerMouse (4.2.4 - SDK 10.6 - 2016-09-08) [Support]
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.ni.Fantom.nxtfwdl (1.1.1 - 2016-09-08) [Support]
[not loaded] net.telestream.driver.TelestreamAudio (1.1.0 - SDK 10.8 - 2016-09-08) [Support]
Fantom: Path: /Library/StartupItems/Fantom
Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite
[not loaded] 7 Apple tasks
[loaded] 156 Apple tasks
[running] 75 Apple tasks
[not loaded] 46 Apple tasks
[loaded] 157 Apple tasks
[running] 87 Apple tasks
[loaded] com.adobe.CS4ServiceManager.plist (2015-08-17) [Support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (2016-08-07) [Support]
[not loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Support]
[failed] net.interacto.Flavours2AgentDaemon.plist (2015-10-07) [Support]
[loaded] com.adobe.versioncueCS4.plist (2015-08-17) [Support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist (2016-09-01) [Support]
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac3.Agent.plist (2016-09-11) [Support]
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist (2012-06-16) [Support]
[not loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.skype.skypeinstaller.plist (2016-08-25) [Support]
[loaded] net.interacto.Flavours2Helper.plist (2015-10-07) [Support]
[loaded] org.wireshark.ChmodBPF.plist (2016-04-11) [Support]
[loaded] com.bittorrent.uTorrent.plist (2015-11-16)
[loaded] com.catalinagroup.citrio.updater.plist (2016-02-02) [Support]
[failed] com.jdibackup.ZipCloud.autostart.plist (2015-11-30) Adware! [Remove]
/usr/bin/open
[loaded] com.jdibackup.ZipCloud.backupstart.plist (2015-11-30) Adware! [Remove]
/usr/bin/open
[failed] com.jdibackup.ZipCloud.notify.plist (2015-11-30) Adware! [Remove]
/usr/bin/open
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac3.Scheduler.plist (2016-09-11)
[running] com.spigot.ApplicationManager.plist (2015-11-16) Adware! [Remove]
~/Library/Application Support/Spigot/ApplicationManager
[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist (2016-09-12) [Support]
[loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist (2016-09-12) [Support]
FlashPlayer-10.6: 11.1.102.55 (2016-05-03) [Support]
QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (2016-09-08)
Flash Player: 11.1.102.55 (2016-05-03) Outdated! Update
Default Browser: 601 - SDK 10.11 (2016-09-08)
SharePointBrowserPlugin: 14.5.7 - SDK 10.6 (2015-10-25) [Support]
Google Earth Web Plug-in: 7.1 (2016-04-06) [Support]
Unity Web Player: UnityPlayer version 5.0.3f2 - SDK 10.6 (2015-09-19) [Support]
MeetingJoinPlugin: Unknown - SDK 10.6 (2015-08-17) [Support]
JavaAppletPlugin: 15.0.1 - SDK 10.7 (2015-10-29) Check version
NPRoblox: 1, 2, 8, 25 - SDK 10.11 (2016-09-02) [Support]
Open in Internet Explorer - Parallels - http://www.parallels.com (2015-11-17)
Adobe Version Cue CS4 (2015-08-17) [Support]
Flash Player (2011-11-05) [Support]
Time Machine not configured!
7% WindowServer
3% kernel_task
2% fontd
0% DashboardClient
0% SystemUIServer
781 MB kernel_task
680 MB Spotify Helper(2)
434 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(3)
188 MB Safari
180 MB mds_stores
130 MB Free RAM
7.87 GB Used RAM (1.67 GB Cached)
0 B Swap Used
Sep 12, 2016, 03:26:11 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ApplicationManager_2016-09-12-152611_[redacted ].crash
/Users/USER/Library/Application Support/Spigot/ApplicationManager
Sep 12, 2016, 03:21:08 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ApplicationManager_2016-09-12-152108_[redacted ].crash
Sep 12, 2016, 03:16:07 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ApplicationManager_2016-09-12-151607_[redacted ].crash
Sep 12, 2016, 03:11:05 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ApplicationManager_2016-09-12-151105_[redacted ].crash
Sep 12, 2016, 03:06:55 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/PopcornTime_2016-09-12-150655_[redacted].crash
/Applications/PopcornTime.app/Contents/MacOS/PopcornTime
Sep 12, 2016, 03:06:11 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ApplicationManager_2016-09-12-150611_[redacted ].crash
Sep 12, 2016, 03:00:52 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ApplicationManager_2016-09-12-150052_[redacted ].crash
Sep 12, 2016, 02:56:15 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ApplicationManager_2016-09-12-145615_[redacted ].crash
Sep 12, 2016, 02:50:45 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ApplicationManager_2016-09-12-145045_[redacted ].crash
Sep 12, 2016, 02:45:45 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ApplicationManager_2016-09-12-144545_[redacted ].crash
Sep 12, 2016, 02:40:42 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ApplicationManager_2016-09-12-144042_[redacted ].crash
Sep 12, 2016, 02:35:40 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ApplicationManager_2016-09-12-143540_[redacted ].crash
Sep 12, 2016, 02:30:38 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ApplicationManager_2016-09-12-143038_[redacted ].crash
Sep 12, 2016, 02:25:37 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ApplicationManager_2016-09-12-142537_[redacted ].crash
Sep 12, 2016, 02:20:35 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ApplicationManager_2016-09-12-142035_[redacted ].crash
Sep 12, 2016, 02:15:32 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ApplicationManager_2016-09-12-141532_[redacted ].crash
Sep 12, 2016, 02:10:30 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ApplicationManager_2016-09-12-141030_[redacted ].crash
Sep 12, 2016, 02:05:28 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ApplicationManager_2016-09-12-140528_[redacted ].crash
Sep 12, 2016, 01:00:06 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ApplicationManager_2016-09-12-130006_[redacted ].crash
Sep 12, 2016, 12:35:13 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ApplicationManager_2016-09-12-123513_[redacted ].crash
Sep 12, 2016, 12:30:14 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ApplicationManager_2016-09-12-123014_[redacted ].crash
Sep 12, 2016, 10:59:21 AM Self test - passed
Sep 12, 2016, 10:53:48 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/csgo_osx64_2016-09-12-105348_[redacted].hang
/Users/USER/Library/Application Support/Steam/*/csgo_osx64
Please help me solve this problem. Thankyou.
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)
Posted on Sep 12, 2016 12:52 AM