Etrecheck - BIG problems.

After printing your post I've tried to get rid of all the offending items but I'm not sure that I succeeded in getting every last bit removed. Here's the latest "Poor" report:-

EtreCheck version: 3.4.6 (460)

Report generated 2018-03-19 12:26:28

Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

Runtime: 15:19

Performance: Poor

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

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

Problem: Beachballing

Hardware Information:ⓘ

iMac (27-inch, Late 2012)

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

iMac - model: iMac13,2

1 2.9 GHz Intel Core i5 (i5-3470S) CPU: 4-core

16 GB RAM

BANK 0/DIMM0

8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

BANK 0/DIMM1

Empty

BANK 1/DIMM1

Empty

Handoff/Airdrop2: supported

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

Video Information:ⓘ

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M - VRAM: 512 MB

iMac 2560 x 1440

Disk Information:ⓘ

APPLE HDD WDC WD10EALX-408EA0 disk0: (1 TB) (Rotational)

[Show SMART report]

(disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2 - Journaled HFS+) / [Startup]: 983.35 GB (702.61 GB free)

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

eDrive (disk0s4 - Journaled HFS+) /Volumes/eDrive : 15.87 GB (10.64 GB free)

USB Information:ⓘ

XHCI Root Hub SS Simulation

GenesysLogic USB3.0 Hub

GenesysLogic USB3.0 Hub

VIA Labs, Inc. USB3.0 Hub

Western Digital My Book 1140 1 TB

XHCI Root Hub USB 2.0 Simulation

GenesysLogic USB2.0 Hub

GenesysLogic USB2.0 Hub

VIA Labs, Inc. USB2.0 Hub

Tablet PTZ-431W

Canon iP7200 series

USB2.0 Hub

AKM AK5370

EHCI Root Hub Simulation

hub_device

Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub

Mitsumi Electric Apple Optical USB Mouse

Apple Inc. Apple Keyboard

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

EHCI Root Hub Simulation

hub_device

Apple Inc. MacBook Air SuperDrive

hub_device

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Thunderbolt Information:ⓘ

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Apple Inc. Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter

Virtual disks:ⓘ

Time Machine (disk1s2 - Journaled HFS+) /Volumes/Time Machine : 999.83 GB (731.54 GB free)

Physical disk: (null) 999.83 GB (731.54 GB free)

System Software:ⓘ

OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5 (12F2560) - Time since boot: less than an hour

Gatekeeper:ⓘ

Mac App Store and identified developers

Kernel Extensions:ⓘ

~/Desktop/TO TRASH or NOT?/Temperature Monitor 2.app

[loaded] com.bresink.driver.BRESINKx86Monitoring (9.0) [Lookup]

System Launch Agents:ⓘ

[not loaded] 4 Apple tasks

[loaded] 119 Apple tasks

[running] 22 Apple tasks

System Launch Daemons:ⓘ

[not loaded] 54 Apple tasks

[loaded] 140 Apple tasks

[running] 42 Apple tasks

Launch Daemons:ⓘ

[running] com.bombich.ccchelper.plist (Bombich Software, Inc. - installed 2018-03-12) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.malwarebytes.HelperTool.plist (Malwarebytes Corporation - installed 2018-03-11) [Lookup]

User Login Items:ⓘ

CCC User Agent Application (Bombich Software, Inc. - installed 2018-02-17)

(~/Desktop/Carbon Copy Cloner.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/CCC User Agent.app)

Photo Stream URL SMLoginItem - Hidden (Apple, Inc. - installed 2018-01-24)

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

Internet Plug-ins:ⓘ

Silverlight: 5.1.50901.0 (installed 2018-02-22) [Lookup]

iPhotoPhotocast: 7.0 (installed 2018-01-24)

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.1 (installed 2018-01-23)

JavaAppletPlugin: 14.9.0 (installed 2018-01-22) Check version

EPPEX Plugin: 10.0 (installed 2018-01-16) [Lookup]

3rd Party Preference Panes:ⓘ

TechTool Protection (installed 2018-01-31) [Lookup]

Time Machine:ⓘ

Skip System Files: NO

Auto backup: YES

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 983.35 GB Disk used: 280.74 GB

Destinations:

Time Machine [Local]

Total size: 999.83 GB

Total number of backups: 9

Oldest backup: 16/03/2018 11:15

Last backup: 19/03/2018 11:16

Size of backup disk: Adequate

Backup size 999.83 GB > (Disk used 280.74 GB X 3)

Top Processes by CPU:ⓘ

3% AppleIDAuthAgent

2% kernel_task

2% WindowServer

1% Dock

0% fontd

Top Processes by Memory:ⓘ

1.28 GB kernel_task

277 MB WebProcess

152 MB Safari

150 MB mds

124 MB WindowServer

Virtual Memory Information:ⓘ

10.57 GB Available RAM

10.57 GB Free RAM

5.43 GB Used RAM

0 B Cached files

0 B Swap Used

Software installs (last 30 days):ⓘ

Microsoft Silverlight Internet Browser Plugin: 5.1.50901.0 (installed 2018-02-22)

IBM Security Trusteer Endpoint Protection: (installed 2018-03-02)

Install information may not be complete.

Diagnostics Events (last 3 days for minor events):ⓘ

2018-03-19 11:56:38 Dock.app Crash [Open]

2018-03-19 11:43:34 Last shutdown cause: 0 - Power loss

2018-03-18 17:53:18 mdwrite Crash [Open]

Cause: objc_msgSend() selector name: wrapOutputObjectv:count:withUUID:

Also, it takes forever to move on from the "Checking Hardware" section.

Can you please help me, I'll do anything to completely remove the problems?

Since my last post to you I tried starting up from my external Thunderbolt drive and here's the results. I hope you can explain all the technical meanings from the items found while on the Thunderbolt drive:-

Please help this non technical person to understand all the meanings, where I've still got problems, and how to deal with them.

Many thanks.

I've done an Apple Hardware Test (Start up with "D" key held down) and this is the result:-

I did this test because of my concern about the community posts about the internal HD possibly being a problem.

This last set is the SMART Check from the latest Etrecheck report.

What do you think about them?

I've deleted all of my Safari History because I resumed that must be using a lot of CPU and/or RAM but I still got another poor Etrecheck Report and I just don't understand how to regain the memory loss.

Can you help?:-

EtreCheck version: 3.4.6 (460)

Report generated 2018-03-07 12:14:27

Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

Runtime: 13:08

Performance: Poor

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

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

Problem: Computer is too slow

Hardware Information:ⓘ

iMac (27-inch, Late 2012)

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

iMac - model: iMac13,2

1 2.9 GHz Intel Core i5 (i5-3470S) CPU: 4-core

16 GB RAM

BANK 0/DIMM0

8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

BANK 0/DIMM1

Empty

BANK 1/DIMM1

Empty

Handoff/Airdrop2: supported

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

Video Information:ⓘ

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M - VRAM: 512 MB

iMac 2560 x 1440

Disk Information:ⓘ

APPLE HDD WDC WD10EALX-408EA0 disk0: (1 TB) (Rotational)

[Show SMART report]

(disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2 - Journaled HFS+) / [Startup]: 983.35 GB (533.53 GB free)

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

eDrive (disk0s4 - Journaled HFS+) /Volumes/eDrive : 15.87 GB (10.64 GB free)

USB Information:ⓘ

XHCI Root Hub SS Simulation

Western Digital My Book 1140 1 TB

GenesysLogic USB3.0 Hub

GenesysLogic USB3.0 Hub

VIA Labs, Inc. USB3.0 Hub

XHCI Root Hub USB 2.0 Simulation

GenesysLogic USB2.0 Hub

GenesysLogic USB2.0 Hub

VIA Labs, Inc. USB2.0 Hub

Tablet PTZ-431W

USB2.0 Hub

AKM AK5370

EHCI Root Hub Simulation

hub_device

Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub

Mitsumi Electric Apple Optical USB Mouse

Apple Inc. Apple Keyboard

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

EHCI Root Hub Simulation

hub_device

Apple Inc. MacBook Air SuperDrive

hub_device

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Thunderbolt Information:ⓘ

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Apple Inc. Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter

Apple Inc. Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter

Virtual disks:ⓘ

Time Machine (disk1s2 - Journaled HFS+) /Volumes/Time Machine : 999.83 GB (433.89 GB free)

Physical disk: (null) 999.83 GB (433.89 GB free)

System Software:ⓘ

OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5 (12F2560) - Time since boot: less than an hour

Gatekeeper:ⓘ

Mac App Store and identified developers

Kernel Extensions:ⓘ

~/Desktop/From Snow Leopard HD/Desk Top Items/MOVIES, VIDEO ALL Items/iMOVIE HD6.5.1 iDVD G3 Slick /iSKYSOFT VIDEO/iSkysoft Free Video Downloader/iSkysoft Free Video Downloader.app

[not loaded] com.Perfect.Driver.SystemAudioRecorder (1.1.0 - SDK 10.6) [Lookup]

~/Desktop/From Snow Leopard HD/Desk Top Items/TechTool Pro 9.app

[not loaded] com.micromat.driver.spdKernel (1.0 - SDK 10.11) [Lookup]

[not loaded] com.micromat.driver.spdKernel-10-8 (1.0 - SDK 10.8) [Lookup]

~/Desktop/TemperatureMonitor.app

[loaded] com.bresink.driver.BRESINKx86Monitoring (9.0) [Lookup]

System Launch Agents:ⓘ

[not loaded] 4 Apple tasks

[loaded] 119 Apple tasks

[running] 22 Apple tasks

System Launch Daemons:ⓘ

[not loaded] 54 Apple tasks

[loaded] 139 Apple tasks

[running] 43 Apple tasks

User Login Items:ⓘ

CCC User Agent Application (Bombich Software, Inc. - installed 2018-02-17)

(/Applications/Carbon Copy Cloner.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/CCC User Agent.app)

iSkysoft iTransfer Helper Application

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

iSkysoft Helper Compact Application

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

Photo Stream URL SMLoginItem - Hidden (Apple, Inc. - installed 2018-01-24)

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

Internet Plug-ins:ⓘ

Silverlight: 5.1.50901.0 (installed 2018-02-22) [Lookup]

iPhotoPhotocast: 7.0 (installed 2018-01-24)

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.1 (installed 2018-01-23)

JavaAppletPlugin: 14.9.0 (installed 2018-01-22) Check version

EPPEX Plugin: 10.0 (installed 2018-01-16) [Lookup]

3rd Party Preference Panes:ⓘ

TechTool Protection (installed 2018-01-31) [Lookup]

Trusteer Endpoint Protection (installed 2018-03-02) [Lookup]

Time Machine:ⓘ

Skip System Files: NO

Auto backup: YES

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 983.35 GB Disk used: 449.81 GB

Destinations:

Time Machine [Local]

Total size: 999.83 GB

Total number of backups: 13

Oldest backup: 27/02/2018 17:30

Last backup: 07/03/2018 11:51

Size of backup disk: Too small

Backup size 999.83 GB < (Disk used 449.81 GB X 3)

Top Processes by CPU:ⓘ

4% firefox-bin

3% mdworker

3% mdworker

1% kernel_task

1% WindowServer

Top Processes by Memory:ⓘ

1.65 GB kernel_task

127 MB Mail

116 MB WindowServer

109 MB mds

106 MB firefox-bin

Virtual Memory Information:ⓘ

10.86 GB Available RAM

10.86 GB Free RAM

5.14 GB Used RAM

0 B Cached files

0 B Swap Used

Software installs (last 30 days):ⓘ

IBM Security Trusteer Endpoint Protection: (installed 2018-02-07)

My Image Garden V362: (installed 2018-02-16)

Microsoft Silverlight Internet Browser Plugin: 5.1.50901.0 (installed 2018-02-22)

IBM Security Trusteer Endpoint Protection: (installed 2018-03-02)

Install information may not be complete.

Diagnostics Events (last 3 days for minor events):ⓘ

2018-03-07 11:58:28 Dock.app Crash [Open]

2018-03-07 11:51:33 cookied Crash [Open]

Cause: 207: CFNetwork internal error (0xc01a:/SourceCache/CFNetwork/CFNetwork-596.6.4/Cookies/CookieServer.cpp:36)

2018-03-07 11:48:24 SystemUIServer.app Crash [Open]

Cause: com.volitans-software.smartutilitymenuextra

com.apple.menuextra.TimeMachine

com.apple.menuextra.bluetooth

com.apple.menuextra.airport

com.apple.menuextra.textinput

com.apple.menuextra.volume

com.apple.menuextra.clock

2018-03-07 11:46:02 Last shutdown cause: 0 - Power loss

2018-03-06 16:29:24 Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.app Crash [Open]

2018-03-04 14:27:35 iMovie HD.app Hang [Open]

2018-03-04 14:24:58 WebProcess.app Crash [Open]

Cause: Bundle controller class:

BrowserBundleController

I've deleted all of my Safari History because I resumed that must be using a lot of CPU and/or RAM but I still got another poor Etrecheck Report and I just don't understand how to regain the memory loss.

Can you help?:-

EtreCheck version: 3.4.6 (460)

Report generated 2018-03-07 12:14:27

Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

Runtime: 13:08

Performance: Poor

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

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

Problem: Computer is too slow

Hardware Information: ⓘ

iMac (27-inch, Late 2012)

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

iMac - model: iMac13,2

1 2.9 GHz Intel Core i5 (i5-3470S) CPU: 4-core

16 GB RAM

BANK 0/DIMM0

8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

BANK 0/DIMM1

Empty

BANK 1/DIMM1

Empty

Handoff/Airdrop2: supported

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

Video Information: ⓘ

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M - VRAM: 512 MB

iMac 2560 x 1440

Disk Information: ⓘ

APPLE HDD WDC WD10EALX-408EA0 disk0: (1 TB) (Rotational)

[Show SMART report]

(disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2 - Journaled HFS+) / [Startup]: 983.35 GB (533.53 GB free)

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

eDrive (disk0s4 - Journaled HFS+) /Volumes/eDrive : 15.87 GB (10.64 GB free)

USB Information: ⓘ

XHCI Root Hub SS Simulation

Western Digital My Book 1140 1 TB

GenesysLogic USB3.0 Hub

GenesysLogic USB3.0 Hub

VIA Labs, Inc. USB3.0 Hub

XHCI Root Hub USB 2.0 Simulation

GenesysLogic USB2.0 Hub

GenesysLogic USB2.0 Hub

VIA Labs, Inc. USB2.0 Hub

Tablet PTZ-431W

USB2.0 Hub

AKM AK5370

EHCI Root Hub Simulation

hub_device

Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub

Mitsumi Electric Apple Optical USB Mouse

Apple Inc. Apple Keyboard

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

EHCI Root Hub Simulation

hub_device

Apple Inc. MacBook Air SuperDrive

hub_device

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Thunderbolt Information: ⓘ

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Apple Inc. Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter

Apple Inc. Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter

Virtual disks: ⓘ

Time Machine (disk1s2 - Journaled HFS+) /Volumes/Time Machine : 999.83 GB (433.89 GB free)

Physical disk: (null) 999.83 GB (433.89 GB free)

System Software: ⓘ

OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5 (12F2560) - Time since boot: less than an hour

Gatekeeper: ⓘ

Mac App Store and identified developers

Kernel Extensions: ⓘ

~/Desktop/From Snow Leopard HD/Desk Top Items/MOVIES, VIDEO ALL Items/iMOVIE HD6.5.1 iDVD G3 Slick /iSKYSOFT VIDEO/iSkysoft Free Video Downloader/iSkysoft Free Video Downloader.app

[not loaded] com.Perfect.Driver.SystemAudioRecorder (1.1.0 - SDK 10.6) [Lookup]

~/Desktop/From Snow Leopard HD/Desk Top Items/TechTool Pro 9.app

[not loaded] com.micromat.driver.spdKernel (1.0 - SDK 10.11) [Lookup]

[not loaded] com.micromat.driver.spdKernel-10-8 (1.0 - SDK 10.8) [Lookup]

~/Desktop/TemperatureMonitor.app

[loaded] com.bresink.driver.BRESINKx86Monitoring (9.0) [Lookup]

System Launch Agents: ⓘ

[not loaded] 4 Apple tasks

[loaded] 119 Apple tasks

[running] 22 Apple tasks

System Launch Daemons: ⓘ

[not loaded] 54 Apple tasks

[loaded] 139 Apple tasks

[running] 43 Apple tasks

User Login Items: ⓘ

CCC User Agent Application (Bombich Software, Inc. - installed 2018-02-17)

(/Applications/Carbon Copy Cloner.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/CCC User Agent.app)

iSkysoft iTransfer Helper Application

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

iSkysoft Helper Compact Application

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

Photo Stream URL SMLoginItem - Hidden (Apple, Inc. - installed 2018-01-24)

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

Internet Plug-ins: ⓘ

Silverlight: 5.1.50901.0 (installed 2018-02-22) [Lookup]

iPhotoPhotocast: 7.0 (installed 2018-01-24)

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.1 (installed 2018-01-23)

JavaAppletPlugin: 14.9.0 (installed 2018-01-22) Check version

EPPEX Plugin: 10.0 (installed 2018-01-16) [Lookup]

3rd Party Preference Panes: ⓘ

TechTool Protection (installed 2018-01-31) [Lookup]

Trusteer Endpoint Protection (installed 2018-03-02) [Lookup]

Time Machine: ⓘ

Skip System Files: NO

Auto backup: YES

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 983.35 GB Disk used: 449.81 GB

Destinations:

Time Machine [Local]

Total size: 999.83 GB

Total number of backups: 13

Oldest backup: 27/02/2018 17:30

Last backup: 07/03/2018 11:51

Size of backup disk: Too small

Backup size 999.83 GB < (Disk used 449.81 GB X 3)

Top Processes by CPU: ⓘ

4% firefox-bin

3% mdworker

3% mdworker

1% kernel_task

1% WindowServer

Top Processes by Memory: ⓘ

1.65 GB kernel_task

127 MB Mail

116 MB WindowServer

109 MB mds

106 MB firefox-bin

Virtual Memory Information: ⓘ

10.86 GB Available RAM

10.86 GB Free RAM

5.14 GB Used RAM

0 B Cached files

0 B Swap Used

Software installs (last 30 days): ⓘ

IBM Security Trusteer Endpoint Protection: (installed 2018-02-07)

My Image Garden V362: (installed 2018-02-16)

Microsoft Silverlight Internet Browser Plugin: 5.1.50901.0 (installed 2018-02-22)

IBM Security Trusteer Endpoint Protection: (installed 2018-03-02)

Install information may not be complete.

Diagnostics Events (last 3 days for minor events): ⓘ

2018-03-07 11:58:28 Dock.app Crash [Open]

2018-03-07 11:51:33 cookied Crash [Open]

Cause: 207: CFNetwork internal error (0xc01a:/SourceCache/CFNetwork/CFNetwork-596.6.4/Cookies/CookieServer.cpp:36)

2018-03-07 11:48:24 SystemUIServer.app Crash [Open]

Cause: com.volitans-software.smartutilitymenuextra

com.apple.menuextra.TimeMachine

com.apple.menuextra.bluetooth

com.apple.menuextra.airport

com.apple.menuextra.textinput

com.apple.menuextra.volume

com.apple.menuextra.clock

2018-03-07 11:46:02 Last shutdown cause: 0 - Power loss

2018-03-06 16:29:24 Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.app Crash [Open]

2018-03-04 14:27:35 iMovie HD.app Hang [Open]

2018-03-04 14:24:58 WebProcess.app Crash [Open]

Cause: Bundle controller class:

BrowserBundleController

Please tell me why I'm STILL getting a "Poor" result after removing all the relevant things, what is still there?:-

EtreCheck version: 3.4.6 (460)

Report generated 2018-03-24 17:01:29

Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

Runtime: 16:01

Performance: Poor

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

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

Problem: Beachballing

Hardware Information:ⓘ

iMac (27-inch, Late 2012)

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

iMac - model: iMac13,2

1 2.9 GHz Intel Core i5 (i5-3470S) CPU: 4-core

16 GB RAM

BANK 0/DIMM0

8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

BANK 0/DIMM1

Empty

BANK 1/DIMM1

Empty

Handoff/Airdrop2: supported

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

Video Information:ⓘ

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M - VRAM: 512 MB

iMac 2560 x 1440

Disk Information:ⓘ

APPLE HDD WDC WD10EALX-408EA0 disk0: (1 TB) (Rotational)

[Show SMART report]

(disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2 - Journaled HFS+) / [Startup]: 983.35 GB (706.85 GB free)

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

eDrive (disk0s4 - Journaled HFS+) /Volumes/eDrive : 15.87 GB (10.64 GB free)

USB Information:ⓘ

XHCI Root Hub SS Simulation

Western Digital My Book 1140 1 TB

GenesysLogic USB3.0 Hub

GenesysLogic USB3.0 Hub

VIA Labs, Inc. USB3.0 Hub

XHCI Root Hub USB 2.0 Simulation

GenesysLogic USB2.0 Hub

GenesysLogic USB2.0 Hub

Canon iP7200 series

VIA Labs, Inc. USB2.0 Hub

Tablet PTZ-431W

USB2.0 Hub

AKM AK5370

EHCI Root Hub Simulation

hub_device

Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub

Mitsumi Electric Apple Optical USB Mouse

Apple Inc. Apple Keyboard

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

EHCI Root Hub Simulation

hub_device

Apple Inc. MacBook Air SuperDrive

hub_device

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Thunderbolt Information:ⓘ

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Apple Inc. Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter

Virtual disks:ⓘ

Time Machine (disk1s2 - Journaled HFS+) /Volumes/Time Machine : 999.83 GB (730.77 GB free)

Physical disk: (null) 999.83 GB (730.77 GB free)

System Software:ⓘ

OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5 (12F2560) - Time since boot: about 4 hours

Gatekeeper:ⓘ

Mac App Store and identified developers

Kernel Extensions:ⓘ

~/Desktop/TO TRASH or NOT?/Temperature Monitor 2.app

[loaded] com.bresink.driver.BRESINKx86Monitoring (9.0) [Lookup]

System Launch Agents:ⓘ

[not loaded] 4 Apple tasks

[loaded] 117 Apple tasks

[running] 24 Apple tasks

System Launch Daemons:ⓘ

[not loaded] 54 Apple tasks

[loaded] 136 Apple tasks

[running] 46 Apple tasks

Launch Daemons:ⓘ

[running] com.bombich.ccchelper.plist (Bombich Software, Inc. - installed 2018-03-12) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.malwarebytes.HelperTool.plist (Malwarebytes Corporation - installed 2018-03-11) [Lookup]

User Login Items:ⓘ

CCC User Agent Application (Bombich Software, Inc. - installed 2018-02-17)

(~/Desktop/Carbon Copy Cloner.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/CCC User Agent.app)

Internet Plug-ins:ⓘ

Silverlight: 5.1.50901.0 (installed 2018-02-22) [Lookup]

iPhotoPhotocast: 7.0 (installed 2018-01-24)

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.1 (installed 2018-01-23)

JavaAppletPlugin: 14.9.0 (installed 2018-01-22) Check version

EPPEX Plugin: 10.0 (installed 2018-01-16) [Lookup]

3rd Party Preference Panes:ⓘ

TechTool Protection (installed 2018-01-31) [Lookup]

Time Machine:ⓘ

Skip System Files: NO

Auto backup: YES

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 983.35 GB Disk used: 276.50 GB

Destinations:

Time Machine [Local]

Total size: 999.83 GB

Total number of backups: 14

Oldest backup: 16/03/2018 11:15

Last backup: 24/03/2018 16:08

Size of backup disk: Adequate

Backup size 999.83 GB > (Disk used 276.50 GB X 3)

Top Processes by CPU:ⓘ

4% kernel_task

2% firefox-bin

2% WindowServer

1% Bridge CS3

1% launchd

Top Processes by Memory:ⓘ

1.47 GB kernel_task

462 MB WebProcess

287 MB Adobe Photoshop Elements

220 MB WindowServer

177 MB Finder

Virtual Memory Information:ⓘ

8.44 GB Available RAM

8.44 GB Free RAM

7.56 GB Used RAM

0 B Cached files

0 B Swap Used

Software installs (last 30 days):ⓘ

IBM Security Trusteer Endpoint Protection: (installed 2018-03-02)

Install information may not be complete.

Diagnostics Events (last 3 days for minor events):ⓘ

2018-03-24 15:11:26 Dock.app Crash [Open]

2018-03-24 12:07:42 Last shutdown cause: 0 - Power loss

I just need guidance to get back to a better showing.

Apart from deleting all my History, I've also done a PRAM re-set so where do I click in the Etracheck Reports to locate and deal with the continuing high CPU and PRAM percentages? I've just done another Etrecheck test and it STILL shows "Poor".

The only red coloured one is the "Back Up Disk is Too Small" (which has always been there) but where in the other "Look Up" items do I go to sort this out?

I tried another Etrecheck report having started up from my external F/F drive which is High Sierra and it came up as "Good" instead of "Poor". I think the only reason it's not showing "Excellent" is because of the "Back up Drive is too small" situation.

I hope this means that, at least, the internal HD is O.K.