Slow MacBook Pro, High Memory Usage

enough Ram now.

USE THE CLEANUP BUTTON in the etrecheck list !

Uninstall the Kaspersky application !

Uninstall Dr.Cleaner application !

Uninstall CleanMyMac application !

It is worse than before with these s**t apps.

Dr Cleaner uninstall

Kapersky Uninstall

Most posters recommend not using cleaning programs. They can destroy normal computer operations.

CleanMyMac Uninstall

CleanMyMac 2 uninstall

CleanMyMac3 Uninstall

Check for associated parts and pieces using these programs.

EasyFind – Spotlight Replacement

Find Any File

Possible Fixes for El Capitan and Later Installations

You should try each, one at a time, then test to see if the problem is fixed before going on to the next.

Be sure to backup your files before proceeding if possible.

1. Resetting your Mac’s PRAM and NVRAM
2. Reset the System Management Controller (SMC)
3. Start the computer in Safe Mode, then restart normally. This is slower than a standard startup.
4. Repair the disk by booting the from the Recovery HD. Immediately after the chime hold down the Command and R keys until the Utility Menu appears. Choose Disk Utility and click on the Continue button. Select the indented (usually, Macintosh HD) volumeentry from the side list. Click on the First Aid button in the toolbar. Wait for the Done button to appear. Quit Disk Utility and returnto the Utility Menu. Restart the computer from the Apple Menu.
5. Create a New User Account Open Users & Groups preferences. Click on the lock icon and enter your Admin password when prompted. On the left under Current User click on the Add [+] button below Login Options. Setup a new Admin user account. Upon completion log out of your current account then log into the new account. If your problems cease, then consider switching to the new account and transferring your files to it - Transferring files from one User Account to another.
6. Install Combo Updater Download macOS Sierra 10.12.4 Combo Update and install.
7. Reinstall OS X by booting from the Recovery HD using the Command and R keys. When the Utility Menu appears select Reinstall OS X then click on the Continue button.
8. Erase and Install OS X Restart the computer. Immediately after the chime hold down the CommandandRkeys until the Apple logo appears. When the Utility Menu appears:

1. Select Disk Utility from the Utility Menu and click on Continue button.
2. When Disk Utility loads select the drive (out-dented entry) from the Device list.
3. Click on the Erase icon in Disk Utility's toolbar. A panel will drop down.
4. Set the Format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.)
5. Click on the Apply button, then wait for the Done button to activate and click on it.
6. Quit Disk Utility and return to the Utility Menu.
7. Select Reinstall OS X and click on the Continuebutton.

Ways to help make a slow Mac faster

1. 17 Reasons Why Your Mac Runs Slower Than it Should
2. Slow Mac Performance? This Article Solves It!
3. Fix slow start-ups in OS X | MacFixIt - CNET Reviews
4. How to fix slow shutdown and startup times. | MacTip.net
5. 6 Easy Tips to Speed Up OS X Yosemite on Your Mac
6. OS X El Capitan- If your Mac runs slowly
7. Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on Performance
8. Tips to Fix Issues that affect Mac Performance
9. Avoid using any third-party cleanup software. Usually, this software does more bad than good. You don't need it. All computers become slower over time even under normal use. Experienced users erase the hard drive and do a clean install from scratch from time to time; or whenever installing a major OS upgrade. Doing so means you must maintain regular and multiple backups.
10. If you have enabled iCloud Disk and are storing your Documents and Data in iCloud, then consider turning that off and signing out of iCloud. It can slow down the computer considerably. Please see the following from the user, fotomac: "The solution was to SIGN OUT of iCloud and my problem STOPPED! NO MORE SPINNING BEACHBALL! My computer's speed increased to what it should be and all my Apps now work!"
11. Add more RAM or cut back on the number of concurrently running applications and utilities. Remove unnecessary anti-malware software and any software that promises to clean your Mac. Check for runaway processes: Runaway applications can shorten battery runtime, affect performance, and increase heat and fan activity. Also, visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on dealing with The Spinning Beach Ball of Death.
12. The Ultimate Fix: Backup everything, erase the drive, reinstall OS X, and restore your data from the backup. Reinstall third-party software from original media/scratch.

Please download and run EtreCheck, created by one of own helpers here in ASC. It is a diagnostic tool that's very useful to us in finding problems. Also it will give us further specs on your Mac. After it runs post the log file here. It will contain no personal information.

I just did. I do not see much that is obvious. Spotlight is running which will slow things down as shown by being the top process at 24% at that moment. EtreCheck only shows activity instantaneously, so it doesn't tell much.

QuickLook is evidencing problems as shown in the Diagnostics. I see possible problems here below. I think you need to unload your HP device software. Either upgrade it or remove it. There are items in the two folders that are unsigned.

Launch Agents: ⓘ

[running] com.hp.devicemonitor.plist (2013-01-23) [Support] - No signature!

[loaded] com.hp.messagecenter.launcher.plist (2017-03-22) [Support]

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist (2017-02-02) [Support] - No signature!

Launch Daemons: ⓘ

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (2017-04-17) [Support] - No signature!

[loaded] com.malwarebytes.HelperTool.plist (2017-03-31) [Support]

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist (2016-12-13) [Support] - Shell script!

The biggest problem you have is not enough memory for all the software you're trying to load. 4GBs of RAM with OS X only leaves room for a couple of programs. I suggest you read what I posted further. There isn't much you will do with EtreCheck except make us do a lot of scrolling.

Your Etrecheck report doesn't show any glaring issues, except that you could stand to add some RAM. Crucial, or OWC. are both reliable vendors. You can use their advisory tool to find the modules that are right for your Mac.

EtreCheck version: 3.4.5 (455)

Report generated 2017-10-01 23:40:53

Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

Runtime: 4:12

Performance: Good

Click the [Lookup] links for more information from Apple Support Communities.

Click the [Details] links for more information about that line.

Click the [Clean up] link to delete unused files.

Problem: Computer is too slow

Hardware Information:ⓘ

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)

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

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2

1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 (i5-3210M) CPU: 2-core

8 GB RAM Upgradeable - [Instructions]

BANK 0/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

Handoff/Airdrop2: supported

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

Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 237

Video Information:ⓘ

Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 1536 MB

Color LCD 1440 x 900

SAMSUNG 1366 x 768 @ 60 Hz

Disk Information:ⓘ

APPLE HDD HTS545050A7E362 disk0: (500.11 GB) (Rotational)

[Show SMART report]

EFI (disk0s1 - MS-DOS FAT32) <not mounted> [EFI]: 210 MB

(disk0s2) <not mounted> [CoreStorage Container]: 499.25 GB

Recovery HD (disk0s3 - Journaled HFS+) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB

MATSHITADVD-R UJ-8A8 ()

USB Information:ⓘ

USB20Bus

hub_device

hub_device

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

USB20Bus

hub_device

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

USB30Bus

ALCOR USB Hub 2.0

USB OPTICAL MOUSE

Brother HL-2270DW series

Thunderbolt Information:ⓘ

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Virtual disks:ⓘ

Macintosh HD (disk1 - Journaled HFS+) / [Startup]: 498.88 GB (352.27 GB free)

Physical disk: disk0s2 499.25 GB Online

System Software:ⓘ

macOS Sierra 10.12.6 (16G29) - Time since boot: less than an hour

Gatekeeper:ⓘ

Mac App Store and identified developers

Clean up:ⓘ

/Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.ARMDCHelper.cc24aef4a1b90ed56a725c38014c95072f9 2651fb65e1bf9c8e43c37a23d420d.plist

/Library/Application Support/Adobe/ARMDC/Application/Acrobat Update Helper.app/Contents/MacOS/Acrobat Update Helper/disable

Executable not found!

/Library/LaunchAgents/com.brother.LOGINserver.plist

/Library/Printers/Brother/Utilities/Server/LOGINserver.app/Contents/MacOS/LOGIN server/disable

Executable not found!

/Library/LaunchAgents/com.carbonite.launchd.carbonitealerts.plist

/Library/Application Support/Carbonite/CarboniteAlerts.app/Contents/MacOS/CarboniteAlerts/disable

Executable not found!

/Library/LaunchAgents/com.carbonite.launchd.carbonitestatus.plist

/Library/Application Support/Carbonite/CarboniteStatus.app/Contents/MacOS/CarboniteStatus/disable

Executable not found!

/Library/LaunchAgents/com.google.keystone.agent.plist

/Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/GoogleSoftwareUpdate.bundle/Contents/Resou rces/GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent/disa ble -runMode ifneeded

Executable not found!

/Library/LaunchAgents/com.kaspersky.kav.gui.plist

/Library/Application Support/Kaspersky Lab/KAV/Applications/Kaspersky Anti-Virus Agent.app/Contents/MacOS/kav_agent/disable -autolaunch 1

Executable not found!

/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.adobe.ARMDC.Communicator.plist

/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.adobe.ARMDC.Communicator/disable

Executable not found!

/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.adobe.ARMDC.SMJobBlessHelper.plist

/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.adobe.ARMDC.SMJobBlessHelper/disable

Executable not found!

/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.adobe.agsservice.plist

/Library/Application Support/Adobe/AdobeGCClient/AGSService/disable

Executable not found!

/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.adobe.fpsaud.plist

/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Flash Player Install Manager/fpsaud/disable

Executable not found!

/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.carbonite.launchd.carbonitedaemon.plist

/Library/Application Support/Carbonite/CarboniteDaemon.app/Contents/MacOS/CarboniteDaemon/disable

Executable not found!

/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.google.keystone.daemon.plist

/Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/GoogleSoftwareUpdate.bundle/Contents/MacOS /GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon/disable

Executable not found!

/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.kaspersky.kav.plist

/Library/Application Support/Kaspersky Lab/KAV/Binaries/kav/disable -r -bl

Executable not found!

/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist

/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper/disable

Executable not found!

/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist

/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper/disable

Executable not found!

com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist

/Applications/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/MacOS/Updater/Adobe Reader Updater Helper.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Reader Updater Helper semi-manual

Executable not found!

com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist

/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/OSServices.framewo rk/Versions/A/Support/CSConfigDotMacCert -l /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/CSConfigDotMacCert.log -u [redacted]@me.com -t SharedServices -s

Executable not found!

~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.google.keystone.agent.plist

/Users/[redacted]/Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/GoogleSoftwareUpdate.bund le/Contents/Resources/GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/GoogleSoftwar eUpdateAgent -runMode ifneeded

Executable not found!

18 orphan files found. [Clean up]

Kernel Extensions:ⓘ

/Library/Application Support/Kaspersky Lab/KAV/Bases/Cache

[not loaded] com.kaspersky.kext.kimul.46 (46) [Lookup]

[not loaded] com.kaspersky.kext.mark.1.0.6 (1.0.6 - SDK 10.9) [Lookup]

/Library/Extensions

[loaded] com.kaspersky.kext.klif (3.4.4a33) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.kaspersky.nke (2.1.0) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.malwarebytes.mbam.rtprotection (3.0 - SDK 10.12) [Lookup]

System Launch Agents:ⓘ

[not loaded] 6 Apple tasks

[loaded] 180 Apple tasks

[running] 99 Apple tasks

System Launch Daemons:ⓘ

[not loaded] 37 Apple tasks

[loaded] 177 Apple tasks

[running] 105 Apple tasks

Launch Agents:ⓘ

[failed] com.adobe.ARMDCHelper.cc24aef4a1b90ed56a725c38014c95072f92651fb65e1bf9c8e43c37a2 3d420d.plist (? bae30de6 0 - installed 2016-02-18) [Lookup] - /Library/Application Support/Adobe/ARMDC/Application/Acrobat Update Helper.app/Contents/MacOS/Acrobat Update Helper/disable: Executable not found!

[failed] com.brother.LOGINserver.plist (? 8a1f5f1c 0 - installed 2016-01-03) [Lookup] - /Library/Printers/Brother/Utilities/Server/LOGINserver.app/Contents/MacOS/LOGIN server/disable: Executable not found!

[loaded] com.carbonite.launchd.carbonitealerts.plist (? 91c9c770 0 - installed 2017-05-30) [Lookup] - /Library/Application Support/Carbonite/CarboniteAlerts.app/Contents/MacOS/CarboniteAlerts/disable: Executable not found!

[failed] com.carbonite.launchd.carbonitestatus.plist (? 8700f950 0 - installed 2017-05-30) [Lookup] - /Library/Application Support/Carbonite/CarboniteStatus.app/Contents/MacOS/CarboniteStatus/disable: Executable not found!

[failed] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (? 90db4224 0 - installed 2016-01-03) [Lookup] - /Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/GoogleSoftwareUpdate.bundle/Contents/Resou rces/GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent/disa ble: Executable not found!

[failed] com.kaspersky.kav.gui.plist (? fe4efc7b 0 - installed 2017-05-30) [Lookup] - /Library/Application Support/Kaspersky Lab/KAV/Applications/Kaspersky Anti-Virus Agent.app/Contents/MacOS/kav_agent/disable: Executable not found!

[running] com.malwarebytes.mbam.frontend.agent.plist (Malwarebytes Corporation - installed 2017-09-27) [Lookup]

[not loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist (? 0 ? - installed (null)) [Lookup]

Launch Daemons:ⓘ

[loaded] com.adobe.ARMDC.Communicator.plist (? cc6451f8 0 - installed 2016-02-18) [Lookup] - /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.adobe.ARMDC.Communicator/disable: Executable not found!

[loaded] com.adobe.ARMDC.SMJobBlessHelper.plist (? b53c08e1 0 - installed 2016-02-18) [Lookup] - /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.adobe.ARMDC.SMJobBlessHelper/disable: Executable not found!

[failed] com.adobe.agsservice.plist (? 75411012 0 - installed 2016-02-18) [Lookup] - /Library/Application Support/Adobe/AdobeGCClient/AGSService/disable: Executable not found!

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (? 477de87f 0 - installed 2017-05-12) [Lookup] - /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Flash Player Install Manager/fpsaud/disable: Executable not found!

[failed] com.carbonite.launchd.carbonitedaemon.plist (? b7c892e5 0 - installed 2017-05-30) [Lookup] - /Library/Application Support/Carbonite/CarboniteDaemon.app/Contents/MacOS/CarboniteDaemon/disable: Executable not found!

[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist (? cace3d9a 0 - installed 2016-01-03) [Lookup] - /Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/GoogleSoftwareUpdate.bundle/Contents/MacOS /GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon/disable: Executable not found!

[failed] com.kaspersky.kav.plist (? 2d3e6a53 0 - installed 2017-05-30) [Lookup] - /Library/Application Support/Kaspersky Lab/KAV/Binaries/kav/disable: Executable not found!

[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac3.Agent.plist (MacPaw Inc. - installed 2017-09-28) [Lookup]

[running] com.malwarebytes.mbam.rtprotection.daemon.plist (Malwarebytes Corporation - installed 2017-09-27) [Lookup]

[running] com.malwarebytes.mbam.settings.daemon.plist (Malwarebytes Corporation - installed 2017-09-27) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.microsoft.autoupdate.helper.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2017-09-09) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist (? 83df24f3 0 - installed 2016-01-03) [Lookup] - /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper/disable: Executable not found!

[not loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist (? 0 ? - installed (null)) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist (? efee2240 0 - installed 2016-01-03) [Lookup] - /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper/disable: Executable not found!

User Launch Agents:ⓘ

[failed] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist (? 1b80a3a5 0 - installed 2016-01-03) [Lookup] - /Applications/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/MacOS/Updater/Adobe Reader Updater Helper.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Reader Updater Helper: Executable not found!

[failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist (? ? ? - installed 2011-06-13) - /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/OSServices.framewo rk/Versions/A/Support/CSConfigDotMacCert: Executable not found!

[failed] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (? a75d1f89 0 - installed 2017-02-23) [Lookup] - /Users/[redacted]/Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/GoogleSoftwareUpdate.bund le/Contents/Resources/GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/GoogleSoftwar eUpdateAgent: Executable not found!

[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac3.Scheduler.plist (MacPaw Inc. - installed 2017-09-28) [Lookup]

User Login Items:ⓘ

iSkysoft Helper Compact Application

(~/Library/Application Support/Helper/iSkysoft Helper Compact.app)

Internet Plug-ins:ⓘ

FlashPlayer-10.6: 25.0.0.171 (installed 2017-05-09) [Lookup]

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (installed 2017-08-24)

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: 15.010.20059 (installed 2016-02-18) [Lookup]

AdobePDFViewer: 15.010.20059 (installed 2016-02-18) [Lookup]

Flash Player: 25.0.0.171 (installed 2017-05-09) Outdated! Update

o1dbrowserplugin: 5.41.3.0 (installed 2015-12-16) [Lookup]

SharePointBrowserPlugin: 14.7.6 (installed 2017-08-05) [Lookup]

googletalkbrowserplugin: 5.41.3.0 (installed 2015-12-11) [Lookup]

JavaAppletPlugin: 15.0.1 (installed 2015-06-20) Check version

User internet Plug-ins:ⓘ

Stamps.com: 1.1.13 (installed 2014-03-15) [Lookup]

3rd Party Preference Panes:ⓘ

Carbonite (installed 2016-01-19) [Lookup]

Flash Player (installed 2017-04-26) [Lookup]

Paragon NTFS for Mac ® OS X (installed 2016-09-07) [Lookup]

Time Machine:ⓘ

Skip System Files: NO

Auto backup: YES

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 498.88 GB Disk used: 146.61 GB

Destinations:

500GB Macbook B.U. [Local]

Total size: 499.76 GB

Total number of backups: 0

Oldest backup: -

Last backup: -

Size of backup disk: Adequate

Backup size 499.76 GB > (Disk used 146.61 GB X 3)

Top Processes by CPU:ⓘ

77% SafariBookmarksSyncAgent

9% mdworker

8% mdworker

8% mdworker

7% mdworker

Top Processes by Memory:ⓘ

3.97 GB SafariBookmarksSyncAgent

699 MB kernel_task

214 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

81 MB WindowServer

66 MB Finder

Top Processes by Network Use:ⓘ

Input Output Process name

76 KB 69 KB mDNSResponder

25 KB 9 KB AddressBookSourceSync

10 KB 7 KB apsd

5 KB 1 KB RTProtectionDaemon

2 KB 802 B netbiosd

Top Processes by Energy Use:ⓘ

89.88 SafariBookmarksSyncAgent

3.88 logd

3.74 WindowServer

3.42 Activity Monitor

Virtual Memory Information:ⓘ

1.20 GB Available RAM

15 MB Free RAM

6.80 GB Used RAM

1.19 GB Cached files

0 B Swap Used

Software installs:ⓘ

Microsoft AutoUpdate: (installed 2017-09-09)

The Unarchiver: 3.11.2 (installed 2017-09-13)

The Unarchiver: 3.11.3 (installed 2017-09-18)

Malwarebytes for Mac: (installed 2017-09-27)

Dr. Cleaner: 3.3.0 (installed 2017-09-27)

Install information may not be complete.

Diagnostics Information:ⓘ

2017-10-01 23:37:17 SafariBookmarksSyncAgent High CPU use [Open] [Details]

2017-09-29 08:00:16 logd High CPU use [Open] [Details]