Slow borderline unresponsive MacBook Pro

Hi All,

Purchased this Macbook second hand a few years back, its been great but it has been on a gradual performance decline to the point where it is near unusable unless it is right after a restart. Hoping for advice. Ran an Etre, here it is. Thanks in advance for anyones insight.

EtreCheck version: 4.3.6 (4D041)

Report generated: 2018-08-13 13:16:20

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Runtime: 12:39

Performance: Poor

Problem: Computer is too slow

Description:

Ok after restart but slows to borderline unresponsive in time

Major Issues:

Anything that appears on this list needs immediate attention.

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.

Apps crashing - There have been numerous app crashes.

Small backup drive - Time Machine backup drive is too small.

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

Vintage hardware - This machine may be considered vintage.

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

Abnormal shutdown - Your machine shut down abnormally.

Hardware Information:

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010) - Vintage!

MacBook Pro Model: MacBookPro7,1

1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (Duo) CPU: 2-core

4 GB RAM - Upgradeable

BANK 0/DIMM0 - 2 GB DDR3 1067 ok

BANK 1/DIMM0 - 2 GB DDR3 1067 ok

Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 153

Video Information:

NVIDIA GeForce 320M - VRAM: 256 MB

Color LCD 1280 x 800

Drives:

disk0 - TOSHIBA MK1059GSM 1.00 TB (Mechanical)

Internal SATA 3 Gigabit Serial ATA

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

disk0s2 - Macintosh HD (Journaled HFS+) 999.35 GB

disk0s3 - Recovery HD (Journaled HFS+) [Recovery] 650 MB

Mounted Volumes:

disk0s2 - Macintosh HD 999.35 GB (250.21 GB free)

Journaled HFS+

Mount point: /

Network:

Interface Bluetooth-Modem: Bluetooth DUN

Interface en0: Ethernet

Interface en6: iPad

Interface fw0: FireWire

Interface en1: Wi-Fi

802.11 a/b/g/n

One IPv4 address

Interface en3: iPhone

Interface en4: iPhone 2

Interface en5: iPhone 3

Interface en7: iPhone 4

Interface en2: Bluetooth PAN

iCloud Quota: 115.89 GB available

System Software:

macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 (17G65)

Time since boot: Less than an hour

System Load: 1.83 (1 min ago) 2.48 (5 min ago) 2.11 (15 min ago)

Security:

Unsigned Files:

Launchd: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.trashWatcher.plist

Executable: '/Users/***/Library/Application Support/CleanMyMac 2/CleanMyMac 2 Helper.app' -F -g '/Users/***/Library/Application Support/CleanMyMac 2/CleanMyMac 2 Helper.app' --args -watchTrash

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/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

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/LaunchDaemons/com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist

Executable: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/SwitchBoard/SwitchBoard.app/Contents/MacOS/launch.switchboard

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

Launchd: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.diskSpaceWatcher.plist

Executable: '/Users/***/Library/Application Support/CleanMyMac 2/CleanMyMac 2 Helper.app' -F -g '/Users/***/Library/Application Support/CleanMyMac 2/CleanMyMac 2 Helper.app' --args -watchDiskSpace

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

Launchd: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.scheduledScan.plist

Executable: '/Users/***/Library/Application Support/CleanMyMac 2/CleanMyMac 2 Helper.app' -F -g -n '/Users/***/Library/Application Support/CleanMyMac 2/CleanMyMac 2 Helper.app' --args -scheduled

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

32-bit Applications:

56 32-bit apps

Kernel Extensions:

/System/Library/Extensions

[Not Loaded] LfEtherConfig.kext (2.0)

[Not Loaded] LfConnectDriver.kext (1.12.0 - SDK 10.10)

System Launch Agents:

System Launch Daemons:

Launch Agents:

Launch Daemons:

User Launch Agents:

User Login Items:

iTunesHelper Application (? - installed 2018-07-11)

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

Fitbit Connect Menubar Helper Application (Fitbit, Inc. - installed 2018-05-16)

(/Applications/Fitbit Connect.app/Contents/MacOS/Fitbit Connect Menubar Helper.app)

com.adobe.SwitchBoard.monitor.plist MachInit (?)

(/etc/mach_init_per_user.d/com.adobe.SwitchBoard.monitor.plist)

Internet Plug-ins:

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

QuickTime Plugin: (installed 2018-08-12)

Flash Player: (installed 2018-07-11)

AdobePDFViewer: (installed 2015-02-13)

SharePointBrowserPlugin: (installed 2016-12-20)

PepperFlashPlayer: (installed 2018-07-11)

JavaAppletPlugin: (installed 2016-12-22)

3rd Party Preference Panes:

Flash Player (installed 2018-06-25)

Java (installed 2016-12-22)

Time Machine:

Skip System Files: No

Mobile backups: Yes

Auto backup: Yes

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 999.35 GB - Disk used: 749.13 GB

Destinations:

M*********t [Local] (Last used)

Total size: 999.83 GB

Total number of backups: 11

Oldest backup: 2016-03-09 01:50:44

Last backup: 2018-08-12 21:27:55

Top Processes by CPU:

Top Processes by Memory:

Top Processes by Network Use:

Top Processes by Energy Use:

Virtual Memory Information:

Software Installs (past 30 days):

Diagnostics Information (past 7 days):

2018-08-13 12:40:26 Last Shutdown Cause: 3 - Hard shutdown

2018-08-13 01:02:26 HP Device Monitor Manager.app Crash (4 times)

/Library/Printers/hp/Frameworks/HPDeviceMonitoring.framework/Versions/1.0/Helper s/HP Device Monitor Manager.app

2018-08-12 11:50:11 Google Chrome.app Hang

/Applications/Google Chrome.app

2018-08-12 11:50:06 Microsoft Excel.app Hang (2 times)

/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft Excel.app

2018-08-09 16:51:26 HP Device Monitor.app Crash (4 times)

/Library/Printers/hp/Frameworks/HPDeviceMonitoring.framework/Versions/1.0/Helper s/HP Device Monitor Manager.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/HP Device Monitor.app

End of report