My MBP is very slow

Hei all,

In general, my MBP is a bit slow to start up.

Boot-up is slow. But once machine boots-up, it works fine.

All programs start very slowly. The icon bounces in the dock for a minute or so before opening the program.

Sometimes, the icon stops bouncing and a dot appears below the icon in dock. But, the program doesn't appear in the fore screen. It appears only after clicking the icon again.

Once the program starts up, it works fine.

Spotlight is also slow. The Spotlight bar appears immediately. But, the results take time.

I don't use my MBP for any demanding tasks. It's just browsing, occasional Youtube videos etc.

I've Parallels Desktop installed. Can having Parallels Desktop (for that matter, any program that requires lot of resources) installed, though not running, slow down the machine?

EtreCheck report is as below:

EtreCheck version: 3.1.5 (343)

Report generated 2017-03-12 09:27:04

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Runtime 4:47

Performance: Good

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Problem: Computer is too slow

Hardware Information:ⓘ

MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011)

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

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2

1 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 (i7-2675QM) 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 = 769

Video Information:ⓘ

Intel HD Graphics 3000

Color LCD 1440 x 900

AMD Radeon HD 6750M - VRAM: 512 MB

System Software:ⓘ

macOS Sierra 10.12.3 (16D32) - Time since boot: about one day

Disk Information:ⓘ

TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB) (Rotational)

[Show SMART report]

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

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

MacBookPro (disk1) / [Startup]: 498.89 GB (28.94 GB free)

Core Storage: disk0s2 499.25 GB Online

HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS31N ()

USB Information:ⓘ

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

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:ⓘ

/Library/Application Support/org.pqrs/Karabiner

[loaded] org.pqrs.driver.Karabiner (10.21.0 - SDK 10.11 - 2016-08-15) [Support]

System Launch Agents:ⓘ

[not loaded] 8 Apple tasks

[loaded] 175 Apple tasks

[running] 76 Apple tasks

[killed] 21 Apple tasks

21 processes killed due to insufficient RAM

System Launch Daemons:ⓘ

[not loaded] 42 Apple tasks

[loaded] 168 Apple tasks

[running] 89 Apple tasks

[killed] 12 Apple tasks

12 processes killed due to insufficient RAM

Launch Agents:ⓘ

[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (2016-12-09) [Support]

[running] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist (2016-12-09) [Support]

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (2017-01-14) [Support]

[not loaded] com.paragon.updater.plist (2014-09-26) [Support]

[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist (2017-02-05) [Support]

[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist (2017-02-05) [Support]

Launch Daemons:ⓘ

[running] com.adobe.adobeupdatedaemon.plist (2016-12-09) [Support]

[running] com.adobe.agsservice.plist (2017-03-11) [Support]

[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist (2017-01-24) [Support]

[loaded] com.malwarebytes.HelperTool.plist (2016-12-11) [Support]

[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper.plist (2016-04-11) [Support]

[loaded] com.teamviewer.Helper.plist (2016-09-19) [Support]

[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist (2017-02-05) [Support]

[not loaded] org.pqrs.Karabiner.load.plist (2016-07-05) [Support]

User Launch Agents:ⓘ

[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (2016-12-09) [Support]

Internet Plug-ins:ⓘ

AdobeAAMDetect: 3.0.0.0 - SDK 10.9 (2016-12-09) [Support]

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (2016-12-15)

User internet Plug-ins:ⓘ

Picasa: 1.0 - SDK 10.4 (2016-07-25) [Support]

Safari Extensions:ⓘ

Adblock Plus - Eyeo GmbH - https://adblockplus.org/ (2017-03-11)

Open in Internet Explorer - Parallels - http://www.parallels.com (2016-07-14)

3rd Party Preference Panes:ⓘ

None

Time Machine:ⓘ

Skip System Files: YES - System files not being backed up

Mobile backups: OFF

Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off

Volumes being backed up:

MacBookPro: Disk size: 498.89 GB Disk used: 469.95 GB

Destinations:

[redacted]ExtDrive [Local]

Total size: 319.73 GB

Total number of backups: 2

Oldest backup: 31/07/16, 6:43 PM

Last backup: 31/07/16, 9:42 PM

Size of backup disk: Too small

Backup size 319.73 GB < (Disk used 469.95 GB X 3)

Top Processes by CPU:ⓘ

28% com.apple.WebKit.Databases

18% kernel_task

6% WindowServer

1% fontd

0% Adobe CEF Helper(3)

Top Processes by Memory:ⓘ

602 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(18)

496 MB kernel_task

111 MB Safari

82 MB Finder

78 MB mdworker(8)

Virtual Memory Information:ⓘ

683 MB Available RAM

19 MB Free RAM

3.33 GB Used RAM

664 MB Cached files

206 MB Swap Used

Diagnostics Information:ⓘ

Mar 11, 2017, 10:00:55 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_2017-03-11-100055_[ redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Details]

com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

Mar 11, 2017, 09:46:16 AM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Adobe CEF Helper_2017-03-11-094616_[redacted].crash

/Library/Application Support/Adobe/*/Adobe CEF Helper.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe CEF Helper

Mar 11, 2017, 08:57:46 AM Self test - passed

Regards,

Babloo.