Etrecheck confirms poor performance

My MacBook Pro (13 inch, mid 2012) has been performing very poorly for quite a while now. Meaning

• apps take several minutes to open (Microsoft apps take even longer)
• it takes 1-2 mins to show me the content of an email
• it is beachballing all the time
• I have to force-shut it down at least once a week
• The worst thing are my photos. I used iPhoto until half a year ago. When it became unusable, I did a backup of everything, cleaned my hard drive, and set it up anew. Plus, I migrated to Photos. Yet, Photos isn't much better, I'm having trouble with it all the time, can't edit any pictures because then it stops working, etc...

Now I am seriously thinking about upgrading it with an SSD and more RAM, but let EtreCheck run first. This is the report. Unsurprisingly, it confirms the poor performance (Problem: Computer is too slow).

Does anyone recognize a specific problem? If yes, what do you suggest?

Would it make sense to buy an SSD and RAM given the battery cycle count, or will I need a new MacBook soon anyway?

EtreCheck version: 4.3.6 (4D041)

Report generated: 2018-07-31 14:52:37

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Runtime: 17:54

Performance: Poor

Problem: Computer is too slow

Major Issues:

Anything that appears on this list needs immediate attention.

Time Machine backup out-of-date - The last Time Machine backup is over 10 days old.

Poor performance - EtreCheck report took over 10 minutes to run. This is very unusual.

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.

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

Apps hanging - There have been numerous app hangs.

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

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

4 GB RAM - Upgradeable

BANK 0/DIMM0 - 2 GB DDR3 1600 ok

BANK 1/DIMM0 - 2 GB DDR3 1600 ok

Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 2210

Video Information:

Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 1536 MB

Color LCD 1280 x 800

Drives:

disk0 - APPLE HDD TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF 500.11 GB (Mechanical)

Internal SATA 3 Gigabit Serial ATA

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

disk0s2 499.90 GB

disk1s1 - Macintosh HD (APFS) 499.90 GB (359.13 GB used)

disk1s2 - Preboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] 499.90 GB (21 MB used)

disk1s3 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] 499.90 GB (518 MB used)

disk1s4 - VM (APFS) [APFS VM] 499.90 GB (3.22 GB used)

Mounted Volumes:

disk1s1 - Macintosh HD 499.90 GB (136.85 GB free)

APFS

Mount point: /

disk1s4 - VM [APFS VM] 499.90 GB (136.85 GB free)

APFS

Mount point: /private/var/vm

Network:

Interface en0: Ethernet

Interface fw0: FireWire

Interface en1: Wi-Fi

802.11 a/b/g/n

One IPv4 address

2 IPv6 addresses

Interface en3: Bluetooth PAN

Interface bridge0: Thunderbolt Bridge

iCloud Quota: 4.84 GB available

System Software:

macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 (17F77)

Time since boot: About 4 hours

System Load: 1.33 (1 min ago) 1.42 (5 min ago) 1.40 (15 min ago)

Security:

Unsigned Files:

Launchd: /Library/LaunchAgents/com.cisco.anyconnect.gui.plist

Executable: '/Applications/Cisco/Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client.app' --wait-apps '/Applications/Cisco/Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client.app'

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

Launchd: /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.cisco.anyconnect.vpnagentd.plist

Executable: /opt/cisco/anyconnect/bin/vpnagentd -execv_instance

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

Launchd: /Library/LaunchAgents/com.cisco.anyconnect.notification.plist

Executable: '/opt/cisco/anyconnect/bin/Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client Notification.app' --wait-apps '/opt/cisco/anyconnect/bin/Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client Notification.app'

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

32-bit Applications:

23 32-bit apps

Kernel Extensions:

/Library/Extensions

[Not Loaded] acsock.kext (Cisco, 4.6.0 - SDK 10.12)

System Launch Agents:

System Launch Daemons:

Launch Agents:

Launch Daemons:

User Launch Agents:

User Login Items:

iTunesHelper Application (? - installed 2018-06-28)

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

Internet Plug-ins:

FlashPlayer-10.6: (installed 2018-05-04)

QuickTime Plugin: (installed 2018-06-28)

Flash Player: (installed 2018-05-04)

Safari Extensions:

3rd Party Preference Panes:

Flash Player (installed 2018-03-27)

Time Machine:

Skip System Files: No

Mobile backups:

Auto backup: Yes

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 499.90 GB - Disk used: 363.05 GB

Destinations:

M*****************c [Local]

Total size: 2.00 TB

Total number of backups: 10

Oldest backup: 2018-02-11 03:34:48

Last backup: 2018-06-28 00:42:55

R**t [Local] (Last used)

Total size: 1.07 TB

Total number of backups: 9

Oldest backup: 2017-01-11 00:59:06

Last backup: 2018-07-20 12:17:50

Top Processes by CPU:

Top Processes by Memory:

Top Processes by Network Use:

Top Processes by Energy Use:

Virtual Memory Information:

Diagnostics Information (past 7 days):

2018-07-30 22:30:51 Photos.app Hang (8 times)

/Applications/Photos.app

End of report