Q: Photoshop 2015 CC terrible performance on iMac 5k
Photoshop 2015 CC have terrible performance on my iMac 5k. Terrible performance caused by turned on rulers. I search all topics find answer how to fix it... and nothing helps. I tried to change all kinds of settings, performance and still nothing. I posted this question on Adobe forum and its seems useless. So any suggestions about this problem?
My iMac specs:
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015)
OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
Processor - 3,2 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory - 24 GB 1867 MHz DDR3 (2x4GB default RAM and 2x8GB Kingston HyperX Impact 16GB (2x8GB) 1866MHz CL11 DDR3L SO-DIMM Kit for Mac)
Graphics - AMD Radeon R9 M390 2048 MB
Here EtreCheck test:
EtreCheck version: 3.0.6 (315)
Report generated 2016-10-04 21:55:06
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Runtime 1:57
Performance: Excellent
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Problem: Computer is too slow
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015)
[Technical Specifications] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]
iMac - model: iMac17,1
1 3,2 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 4-core
24 GB RAM Upgradeable - [Instructions]
BANK 0/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1867 MHz ok
BANK 0/DIMM1
8 GB DDR3 1867 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1867 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM1
4 GB DDR3 1867 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
AMD Radeon R9 M390 - VRAM: 2048 MB
iMac 5120 x 2880
OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 (15G1004) - Time since boot: less than an hour
APPLE HDD ST1000DM003 disk0 : (1 TB) (Rotational)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk2) / [Startup]: 1.02 TB (909.90 GB free)
Core Storage: disk1s2 23.55 GB Online
Core Storage: disk0s2 999.35 GB Online
APPLE SSD AP0032H disk1 : (24 GB) (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 315 MB
Boot OS X (disk1s3) <not mounted> : 134 MB
Macintosh HD (disk2) / [Startup]: 1.02 TB (909.90 GB free)
Core Storage: disk1s2 23.55 GB Online
Core Storage: disk0s2 999.35 GB Online
Broadcom Corp. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Anywhere
~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.tunnelbear.mac.tbeara.plist
~/Library/Application Support/TunnelBear/com.tunnelbear.mac.tbeara
One unknown file found. [Check files]
[failed] com.apple.softwareupdate_notify_agent.plist (2016-05-09)
[not loaded] 6 Apple tasks
[loaded] 151 Apple tasks
[running] 81 Apple tasks
[not loaded] 47 Apple tasks
[loaded] 157 Apple tasks
[running] 86 Apple tasks
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (2016-10-02) [Support]
[running] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist (2016-10-02) [Support]
[running] com.adobe.adobeupdatedaemon.plist (2016-10-02) [Support]
[running] com.adobe.agsservice.plist (2016-10-02) [Support]
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (2016-08-30) [Support]
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper.plist (2016-06-11) [Support]
[running] com.tunnelbear.mac.tbeard.plist (2016-10-02) [Support]
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (2016-10-02) [Support]
[not loaded] com.bittorrent.uTorrent.plist (2016-10-02)
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac3.Scheduler.plist (2016-10-02)
[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist (2016-10-02) [Support]
[not loaded] com.tunnelbear.mac.tbeara.plist (2016-10-02) [Support]
Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
CleanMyMac 3 Menu Application (/Applications/CleanMyMac 3.app/Contents/MacOS/CleanMyMac 3 Menu.app)
FlashPlayer-10.6: 23.0.0.162 - SDK 10.9 (2016-10-03) [Support]
QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (2016-07-09)
Flash Player: 23.0.0.162 - SDK 10.9 (2016-10-03) [Support]
AdobeAAMDetect: 3.0.0.0 - SDK 10.9 (2016-10-02) [Support]
Default Browser: 601 - SDK 10.11 (2016-07-09)
Flash Player (2016-08-30) [Support]
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 1.02 TB Disk used: 112.10 GB
Destinations:
Seagate Backup Plus Drive [Local]
Total size: 1.00 TB
Total number of backups: 2
Oldest backup: 02/10/16 01:42
Last backup: 02/10/16 15:40
Size of backup disk: Adequate
Backup size 1.00 TB > (Disk used 112.10 GB X 3)
36% mds
21% mdworker(10)
1% fontd
0% kernel_task
0% AdobeCRDaemon(3)
1.63 GB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(9)
1.42 GB kernel_task
467 MB softwareupdated
442 MB Safari
246 MB mdworker(10)
16.00 GB Free RAM
7.78 GB Used RAM (2.51 GB Cached)
0 B Swap Used
Oct 4, 2016, 09:33:50 PM Self test - passed
Oct 4, 2016, 09:18:08 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/CEPHtmlEngine_2016-10-04-211808_[redacted].cra sh
com.adobe.cep.CEPHtmlEngine - /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CC 2015.5/Adobe Photoshop CC 2015.5.app/Contents/MacOS/CEPHtmlEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/CEPHtmlEngine
Oct 2, 2016, 04:07:55 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/EvernoteHelper_2016-10-02-160755_[redacted].cr ash
com.evernote.EvernoteHelper - /Applications/Evernote.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/EvernoteHelper.app/Conte nts/MacOS/EvernoteHelper
Oct 2, 2016, 03:10:57 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/backupd_2016-10-02-151057_[redacted].cpu_resour ce.diag [Details]
/System/Library/CoreServices/backupd.bundle/Contents/Resources/backupd
iMac with Retina 5K display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)
Posted on Oct 4, 2016 12:01 PM