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Running a virtual machine on windows

This question isn't exactly about bootcamp, but it's the closest category I could see.


I'm wanting to start developing ios apps as a bit of a hobby. I have a macbook pro, however it's ridiculously slow and almost not usable at all. I installed virtualbox yesterday, but read that there's no legitimate way to use mac os x on a virtual machine. I've downloaded a copy of yosemite on my macbook, and converted it to an iso file, and sent it to my pc, however this still doesn't work as apparently apple no longer supports this method. Is there anyway I can get around this? I don't want to run a pirated copy.


Also is there anyway to delete the apps that come with os x? I've emptied out my macbook as much as possible, have minimised certain application use, but it still runs really slow (the 4gb ram is completely used up by just having one browser tab open) (it is quite old however). Deleting these apps is the last thing I can think of that might help with the speed a bit.


Thanks

MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012), OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Jun 11, 2017 7:29 PM

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User profile for user: voss836
voss836 Author
User level: Level 1
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Jun 12, 2017 12:34 AM in response to Allan Eckert

Thanks for your reply Allan, I haven't heard of EtreCheck before.

EtreCheck version: 3.4 (420)

Report generated 2017-06-12 17:15:27

Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

Runtime: 7:54

Performance: Below Average


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

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

Click the [Remove/Report] links to remove adware or update the whitelist of legitimate software.


Problem: Beachballing

Description:

The computer is incredibly slow, and constantly beachballs upwards of a minute between clicks


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

4 GB RAM Upgradeable - [Instructions]

BANK 0/DIMM0

2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported

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

Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 369


Video Information: ⓘ

Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 1024 MB

Color LCD 1280 x 800


Disk Information: ⓘ

APPLE HDD TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0: (500.11 GB) (Rotational)

[Show SMART report]

(disk0s1) <not mounted> [EFI]: 210 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2 - Journaled HFS+) / [Startup]: 420.25 GB (109.14 GB free) - 371 errors

Drive failure!

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

BOOTCAMP (disk0s4 - HFS+) <not mounted> : 78.87 GB


HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS31N ()


USB Information: ⓘ

XHCI Root Hub SS Simulation

XHCI Root Hub USB 2.0 Simulation

EHCI Root Hub Simulation

hub_device

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

EHCI Root Hub Simulation

hub_device

hub_device

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad


Thunderbolt Information: ⓘ

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus


System Software: ⓘ

OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 (14F27) - Time since boot: about 2 days


Gatekeeper: ⓘ

Mac App Store and identified developers


Possible adware: ⓘ

Adware: ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/Extensions/Searchme-2.safariextension

One possible adware file found. [Remove/Report]


Kernel Extensions: ⓘ

/Library/Application Support/Avast/components/fileshield/unsigned

[loaded] com.avast.FileShield (3.0.0 - SDK 10.9) [Lookup]


/Library/Application Support/Avast/components/proxy/unsigned

[loaded] com.avast.PacketForwarder (2.1 - SDK 10.11) [Lookup]


/Library/Extensions

[loaded] com.globaldelight.driver.Boom2Device (1.2 - SDK 10.10) [Lookup]


System Launch Agents: ⓘ

[not loaded] 6 Apple tasks

[loaded] 143 Apple tasks

[running] 59 Apple tasks

[killed] 4 Apple tasks

4 processes killed due to insufficient RAM


System Launch Daemons: ⓘ

[not loaded] 48 Apple tasks

[loaded] 134 Apple tasks

[running] 71 Apple tasks

[killed] 10 Apple tasks

10 processes killed due to insufficient RAM


Launch Agents: ⓘ

[running] com.avast.secureline.update-agent.plist (AVAST Software a.s. - installed 2017-06-09) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.avast.secureline.userinit.plist (Shell Script 8ccdce62 - installed 2017-06-09) [Lookup]

[running] com.avast.update-agent.plist (AVAST Software a.s. - installed 2017-04-22) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.avast.userinit.plist (Shell Script bb25154c - installed 2017-04-22) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.divx.dms.agent.plist (? bf9bdaf7 939a5b4f - installed 2015-04-16) [Lookup]

[running] com.divx.update.agent.plist (? 4a2d5ecc d606b87a - installed 2015-04-16) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist (? a01d85ed e1c56557 - installed 2013-11-22) [Lookup]

[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist (Apple Inc. - XQuartz - installed 2013-11-11) [Lookup]


Launch Daemons: ⓘ

[running] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2016-02-04) [Lookup]

[failed] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (? 2afb3af7 6cf41d3c - installed 2016-04-16) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.avast.init.plist (Shell Script fc55b6fa - installed 2017-04-22) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.avast.secureline.init.plist (Shell Script bbfdbc27 - installed 2017-06-09) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.avast.secureline.uninstall.plist (Shell Script 4c7c4aa8 - installed 2017-06-09) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.avast.secureline.update.plist (Shell Script 6ae01bb3 - installed 2017-06-09) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.avast.uninstall.plist (Shell Script 22f94791 - installed 2017-04-22) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.avast.update.plist (Shell Script d6c32197 - installed 2017-04-22) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac3.Agent.plist (MacPaw Inc. - installed 2016-09-28) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist (? 6d8cb30e 8b29c3ef - installed 2012-04-02) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist (Shell Script e3fefdd2 - installed 2013-10-08) [Lookup]

[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist (Apple Inc. - XQuartz - installed 2013-11-11) [Lookup]


User Launch Agents: ⓘ

[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2016-02-04) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.avast.home.userinit.plist (Shell Script 8131bebc - installed 2017-04-22) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.avast.secureline.home.userinit.plist (Shell Script 2ff4093d - installed 2017-06-09) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (Google, Inc. - installed 2017-03-29) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac3.Scheduler.plist (MacPaw Inc. - installed 2017-06-09) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist (? 96036d1f 7d8bb87b - installed 2014-12-24) [Lookup]


User Login Items: ⓘ

Photo Stream URL SMLoginItem - Hidden (Apple, Inc. - installed 2015-11-14)

(/Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/PhotoStreamAgent.app)

6H4HRTU5E3.com.avast.osx.secureline.avastsecurelinehelper SMLoginItem - Hidden (AVAST Software a.s. - installed 2017-06-01)

(/Applications/AvastSecureLine.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/6H4HRTU5E3.com.a vast.osx.secureline.avastsecurelinehelper.app)


Internet Plug-ins: ⓘ

FlashPlayer-10.6: 21.0.0.226 (installed 2016-04-23) [Lookup]

DivX Web Player: 3.2.4.1250 (installed 2015-04-15) [Lookup]

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: 11.0.14 (installed 2016-02-04) [Lookup]

AdobePDFViewer: 11.0.14 (installed 2016-02-04) [Lookup]

Flash Player: 21.0.0.226 (installed 2016-04-23) Outdated! Update

Default Browser: 600 (installed 2017-03-16)

OVSHelper: 1.1 (installed 2015-04-16) [Lookup]

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (installed 2017-03-16)

SharePointBrowserPlugin: 14.4.7 (installed 2014-12-17) [Lookup]

DirectorShockwave: 12.0.4r144 (installed 2013-09-04) [Lookup]

JavaAppletPlugin: Java 7 Update 45 (installed 2013-11-22) Check version


User internet Plug-ins: ⓘ

BlueStacks Install Detector: Unknown


Safari Extensions: ⓘ

Searchme - Spigot, Inc. - http://www.spigot.com/ (cache only) (installed 2017-03-19) Adware! [Remove/Report]


3rd Party Preference Panes: ⓘ

Flash Player (installed 2016-04-16) [Lookup]

Java (installed 2013-11-22) [Lookup]


Time Machine: ⓘ

Mobile backups: OFF

Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 420.25 GB Disk used: 311.11 GB

Destinations:

NO NAME [Local]

Total size: 320.07 GB

Total number of backups: 2

Oldest backup: 15/12/2012 11:08 am

Last backup: 17/12/2012 6:18 pm

Size of backup disk: Too small

Backup size 320.07 GB < (Disk used 311.11 GB X 3)


Top Processes by CPU: ⓘ

5% WindowServer

2% mdworker

2% mds

2% mdworker

2% kernel_task


Top Processes by Memory: ⓘ

507 MB kernel_task

174 MB iconservicesagent

147 MB com.avast.daemon

89 MB Finder

67 MB Safari


Top Processes by Energy Use: ⓘ

6.50 WindowServer

0.36 launchd

0.12 SystemUIServer

0.04 com.avast.daemon


Virtual Memory Information: ⓘ

1.87 GB Available RAM

255 MB Free RAM

2.13 GB Used RAM

1.62 GB Cached files

8 MB Swap Used


Diagnostics Information: ⓘ

2017-06-11 13:09:45 locationd Crash [Open]

2017-06-10 11:45:34 Firefox.app Crash [Open]

Cause: Assertion failed: (r == 0 && "Deadlock"), function lock, file /builds/slave/m-rel-m64-00000000000000000000/build/src/media/libcubeb/src/cubeb _utils_unix.h, line 58.

2017-06-09 22:48:54 com.avast.daemon Crash [Open]

Cause: abort() called

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User profile for user: BobHarris
BobHarris
User level: Level 9
57,041 points

Jun 12, 2017 6:15 AM in response to voss836

You have 4 problems with your system that I can see


1) Your disk is failing. Backup immediately. Do it twice to a 2nd backup device using a 2nd backup utility if your data is important to you.

Macintosh HD (disk0s2 - Journaled HFS+) / [Startup]: 420.25 GB (109.14 GB free) - 371 errors

Drive failure!

This is most likely the biggest reason your Mac is running slow. And because of the failing disk, you backups may take a long time.


You are going to have to replace your disk.


I would suggest you replace it with an SSD, and your system will scream like it never did before. Or replace the DVD with a SSD and replace the broken rotational disk with another rotating disk for bulk storage. I suggest you look at <http://MacSales.com> OWC. The DVD replacement would their DataDoubler kits. They have regular hard disk to SSD replacements as well.


But get your data backed up first, and I really suggest 2 backup. Time Machine is 1. SuperDuper (free for a full clone), or Carbon Copy Cloner (1 month fully enabled demo) can give you a bootable clone that you can again clone onto the replacement disk.


You might also consider upgrading your RAM at the same time, but if funds are limited, then just get the disk replaced. MacSales (OWC) can help there, or Crucial.com. Both well respected Mac RAM vendors.


2) You also may have adware on your system

Possible adware: ⓘ

Adware: ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/Extensions/Searchme-2.safariextension

One possible adware file found. [Remove/Report]

Click on the [Remove/Report] button to remove it.


You might also want to run the free

MalwareBytes Anti-Malware (formally AdwareMedic)

<https://www.malwarebytes.org/>


3) You have anti-virus installed, which is most likely slowing down your Mac _AND_ chances are you do not have any RAM left because you have given it all to the anti-virus

/Library/Application Support/Avast/components/fileshield/unsigned

[loaded] com.avast.FileShield (3.0.0 - SDK 10.9) [Lookup]

/Library/Application Support/Avast/components/proxy/unsigned

[loaded] com.avast.PacketForwarder (2.1 - SDK 10.11) [Lookup]

[running] com.avast.secureline.update-agent.plist (AVAST Software a.s. - installed 2017-06-09) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.avast.secureline.userinit.plist (Shell Script 8ccdce62 - installed 2017-06-09) [Lookup]

[running] com.avast.update-agent.plist (AVAST Software a.s. - installed 2017-04-22) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.avast.userinit.plist (Shell Script bb25154c - installed 2017-04-22) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.avast.init.plist (Shell Script fc55b6fa - installed 2017-04-22) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.avast.secureline.init.plist (Shell Script bbfdbc27 - installed 2017-06-09) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.avast.secureline.uninstall.plist (Shell Script 4c7c4aa8 - installed 2017-06-09) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.avast.secureline.update.plist (Shell Script 6ae01bb3 - installed 2017-06-09) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.avast.uninstall.plist (Shell Script 22f94791 - installed 2017-04-22) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.avast.update.plist (Shell Script d6c32197 - installed 2017-04-22) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.avast.home.userinit.plist (Shell Script 8131bebc - installed 2017-04-22) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.avast.secureline.home.userinit.plist (Shell Script 2ff4093d - installed 2017-06-09) [Lookup]

6H4HRTU5E3.com.avast.osx.secureline.avastsecurelinehelper SMLoginItem - Hidden (AVAST Software a.s. - installed 2017-06-01)

(/Applications/AvastSecureLine.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/6H4HRTU5E3.com.a vast.osx.secureline.avastsecurelinehelper.app)

Please read "How does Mac OS X protect me?"

<http://www.thesafemac.com/mmg-builtin/>

And Please read

<Effective defenses against malware and other threats>


4) You have a Mac cleaner on your system

[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac3.Agent.plist (MacPaw Inc. - installed 2016-09-28) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac3.Scheduler.plist (MacPaw Inc. - installed 2017-06-09) [Lookup]

The forum volunteers have found that anti-virus, Mac cleaners and memory cleaners cause far more problems with users coming to these forums than any other thing.


Once you have taken care of the disk drive (and removed the other 3rd party software stealing your RAM and CPU), you will find that you can run Xcode and develop iOS software on your Mac. And you will NOT need to run macOS illegally on non-Apple hardware.

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User profile for user: Allan Eckert
Allan Eckert
User level: Level 9
79,566 points

Jun 11, 2017 7:42 PM in response to voss836

Maybe if you post an EtreCheck report, we might offer an alternative.


I suggest you use the program created by Etresoft, a frequent contributor. It will provide a snapshot of your system which we can analyze to possibly determine the cause of your problem. Please use copy and paste as screen shots can be hard to read. On the screen with Options, please open Options and check the bottom 2 boxes before running. Click “Share Report” button in the toolbar, select “Copy to Clipboard” and then paste into a reply. This will show what is running on your computer. No personal information is shown.


Etrecheck – System Information

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