Slow Running Mid-2012 MacBook Pro after 16gb RAM upgrade

I have recently upgraded to 16gb of RAM, but it is still operating slower than I would like. I recently deleted memory clean and disk doctor after reading other answers. I know I could upgrade to an SSD drive, but I want to know if it is even worth it first. I have posted my EntreCheck below.


EtreCheck version: 4.3.6 (4D041)

Report generated: 2018-07-30 12:32:34

Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

Runtime: 7:06

Performance: Below Average


Problem: Computer is too slow

Description:

I recently upgrade my computer to 16gb RAM, but it is taking more time to load than the iMac I use at work, which has only 8gb of RAM. It is not the worst, but it could be faster.


Major Issues:

Anything that appears on this list needs immediate attention.


No Time Machine backup - Time Machine backup not found.

Heavy CPU usage - Some processes are using an unusually high amount of CPU.


Minor Issues:

These issues do not need immediate attention but they may indicate future problems.


Upgradeable hard drive - This machine’s hard drive could be replaced with an SSD. This would dramatically improve your machine’s performance.

Heavy RAM usage - This machine is using a large amount of RAM.

High battery cycle count - Your battery may be losing capacity.

Apps with heavy CPU usage - There have been numerous cases of apps with heavy CPU usage.

Unsigned files - There are unsigned software file installed. They appear to be legitimate but should be reviewed.

Low performance - EtreCheck report took over 5 minutes to run. This is unusual.

32-bit Apps - This machine has 32-bits apps that may have problems in the future.


Hardware Information:

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)

MacBook Pro Model: MacBookPro9,2

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

16 GB RAM - At maximum

BANK 0/DIMM0 - 8 GB DDR3 1600 ok

BANK 1/DIMM0 - 8 GB DDR3 1600 ok

Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 806


Video Information:

Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 1536 MB

Color LCD 1280 x 800


Drives:

disk0 - APPLE HDD HTS545050A7E362 500.11 GB (Mechanical)

Internal SATA 3 Gigabit Serial ATA

disk0s1 - EFI (MS-DOS FAT32) [EFI] 210 MB

disk0s2 [Core Storage Container] 499.25 GB

disk1 - Macintosh HD (Journaled HFS+) 498.88 GB

disk0s3 - Recovery HD [Recovery] 650 MB


Mounted Volumes:

disk1 - Macintosh HD 498.88 GB (346.07 GB free)

Journaled HFS+

Mount point: /


Network:

Interface en0: Ethernet

Interface en4: iPhone

Interface fw0: FireWire

Interface en1: Wi-Fi 3

802.11 a/b/g/n

One IPv4 address

3 IPv6 addresses

Interface en3: Bluetooth PAN

Interface bridge0: Thunderbolt Bridge


System Software:

macOS High Sierra 10.13.3 (17D102)

Time since boot: Less than an hour

System Load: 2.87 (1 min ago) 2.66 (5 min ago) 2.05 (15 min ago)


Security:

SystemStatus
GatekeeperMac App Store and identified developers
System Integrity ProtectionEnabled


Unsigned Files:

Launchd: /Library/LaunchAgents/com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist

Executable: /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Resources/Java Updater.app/Contents/MacOS/Java Updater -bgcheck

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

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

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

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

Launchd: /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.virtualbox.startup.plist

Executable: /Library/Application Support/VirtualBox/LaunchDaemons/VirtualBoxStartup.sh restart

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

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

Executable: /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

Launchd: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.logos.LogosIndexer.plist

Executable: /Applications/Logos.app/Contents/MacOS/LogosIndexer.app/Contents/MacOS/LogosInd exer

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

Launchd: /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist

Executable: /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Resources/Helper-Tool

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK


32-bit Applications:

29 32-bit apps


Kernel Extensions:

/Library/Application Support/VirtualBox

[Not Loaded] VBoxDrv.kext (Oracle America, Inc., 4.3.22)

[Not Loaded] VBoxNetAdp.kext (Oracle America, Inc., 4.3.22)

[Not Loaded] VBoxNetFlt.kext (Oracle America, Inc., 4.3.22)

[Not Loaded] VBoxUSB.kext (Oracle America, Inc., 4.3.22)


System Launch Agents:

[Not Loaded] 8 Apple tasks
[Loaded] 166 Apple tasks
[Running] 117 Apple tasks


System Launch Daemons:

[Not Loaded] 37 Apple tasks
[Loaded] 182 Apple tasks
[Running] 114 Apple tasks


Launch Agents:

[Loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist (Apple Inc. - XQuartz - installed 2016-05-05)
[Loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (Google, Inc. - installed 2018-07-17)
[Loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist (? 9869124f - installed 2018-07-07)
[Running] com.brother.LOGINserver.plist (? a1772de2 - installed 2014-04-20)


Launch Daemons:

[Not Loaded] org.virtualbox.startup.plist (? 700b9385 - installed 2015-02-24)
[Not Loaded] org.eyebeam.SelfControl.plist (Charlie Stigler - installed 2018-07-25)
[Loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-06-25)
[Loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist (? 6d8cb30e - installed 2012-04-02)
[Loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist (? e3fefdd2 - installed 2018-07-07)
[Loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist (Apple Inc. - XQuartz - installed 2016-05-05)
[Loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist (Google, Inc. - installed 2018-07-17)


User Launch Agents:

[Running] com.logos.LogosIndexer.plist (? 0 - installed 2018-06-14)
[Not Loaded] org.virtualbox.vboxwebsrv.plist (Oracle America, Inc. - installed 2015-02-24)


User Login Items:

iTunesHelper Application (Apple - installed 2018-07-13)

(/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)

Flux Application (? - installed 2017-10-25)

(/Applications/Flux.app)

Safari Application (Apple - installed 2018-02-15)

(/Applications/Safari.app)

SpeechSynthesisServer Application (? - installed 2018-03-26)

(/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks /SpeechSynthesis.framework/Versions/A/SpeechSynthesisServer.app)


Internet Plug-ins:

Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: (installed 2014-02-21)

FlashPlayer-10.6: (installed 2018-07-11)

QuickTime Plugin: (installed 2018-02-15)

Flash Player: (installed 2018-07-11)

o1dbrowserplugin: (installed 2017-04-28)

SharePointBrowserPlugin: (installed 2016-09-14)

PepperFlashPlayer: (installed 2018-07-11)

googletalkbrowserplugin: (installed 2015-12-11)

Silverlight: (installed 2016-02-07)

JavaAppletPlugin: (installed 2018-07-28)


Safari Extensions:

AdBlock.safariextz - BetaFish, Inc. - https://getadblock.com (installed 2015-09-28)
Boomerang for Gmail.safariextz - Baydin - http://www.boomeranggmail.com (installed 2017-10-26)
ScamZapper.safariextz - Apple Club - https://sites.google.com/site/appleclubfhs/downloads/scamzapper-info (installed 2015-03-28)
Grammarly for Safari.safariextz - Grammarly - https://www.grammarly.com (installed 2016-07-10)


3rd Party Preference Panes:

Flash Player (installed 2018-06-25)

Flip4Mac WMV (installed 2013-03-29)

Java (installed 2018-07-28)


Time Machine:

Time Machine Not Configured!


Top Processes by CPU:

Process (count)Source% of CPULocation
LogosIndexer?174 /Applications/Logos.app
com.apple.WebKit.WebContent (2)Apple32
kernel_taskApple3
WindowServerApple2
mdworker (20)Apple1


Top Processes by Memory:

Process (count)SourceRAM usageLocation
LogosIndexer?2.32 GB/Applications/Logos.app
kernel_taskApple1.02 GB
com.apple.WebKit.WebContent (2)Apple626 MB
SafariApple491 MB
mdworker (20)Apple447 MB


Top Processes by Network Use:

ProcessSourceInputOutputLocation
com.apple.WebKit.NetworkingApple12 MB130 KB
mDNSResponderApple28 KB17 KB
apsdApple13 KB11 KB
netbiosdApple618 B422 B
SystemUIServerApple0 B64 B


Top Processes by Energy Use:

Process (count)SourceEnergy (0-100)Location
com.apple.WebKit.WebContent (2)Apple4
mdworker (20)Apple2
WindowServerApple1
com.apple.WebKit.NetworkingApple1
SafariApple1


Virtual Memory Information:

Available RAM11.15 GB
Free RAM4.37 GB
Used RAM4.85 GB
Cached files6.78 GB
Swap Used0 B


Software Installs (past 30 days):

NameVersionInstall Date
Adobe Flash Player2018-07-11
Adobe Pepper Flash Player30.0.0.1342018-07-11
iTunes12.82018-07-13
Memory Clean 21.72018-07-18
Gatekeeper Configuration Data1482018-07-18
Java 8 Update 1811.02018-07-28


Diagnostics Information (past 7 days):

2018-07-30 12:14:54 Logos.app CPU

/Applications/Logos.app


2018-07-29 19:13:41 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent CPU (5 times)

/System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/com.apple.Web Kit.WebContent.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent


2018-07-23 13:56:53 fud Crash

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MobileAccessoryUpdater.framework/Support/fud


2018-07-23 13:30:56 findmydeviced Crash

/usr/libexec/findmydeviced



End of report

MacBook Pro, macOS High Sierra (10.13.3)

Posted on Jul 30, 2018 10:02 AM

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Posted on Jul 30, 2018 11:35 AM

SSD is always worth it above the mechanical platter HD. It will be the difference between night and day 😉

Replace the SATA cable at the same time. Both from here: http://www.MacSales.com


Buy a kit including: enclosure, tools drive. In this way you can turn your old HD into an external boot clone or use it for your Time Machine backup. How to create a boot clone



MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2012), macOS (10.13.6), i7 480GB SSD 16GB RAM

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Jul 30, 2018 11:35 AM in response to Valcron

SSD is always worth it above the mechanical platter HD. It will be the difference between night and day 😉

Replace the SATA cable at the same time. Both from here: http://www.MacSales.com


Buy a kit including: enclosure, tools drive. In this way you can turn your old HD into an external boot clone or use it for your Time Machine backup. How to create a boot clone



MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2012), macOS (10.13.6), i7 480GB SSD 16GB RAM

Jul 30, 2018 6:45 PM in response to Valcron

Hardware Information:

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)

MacBook Pro Model: MacBookPro9,2



use the search function, google or on the MacSales website.


<macsales MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) SATA cable>


Apple 821-1480 Hard Drive / SSD Cable For 13-inch... at MacSales.com


I posted a link above about "creating a boot clone." What don't you understand —maybe I can clarify.

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