My mid-2010 MacBook has been regularly displaying the spinning beachball and freezing (can move the cursor but unable to click on or select anything) regularly and requires a forced restart to continue operation. EtreCheck report attached.

Earlier advice was that the Hosts file was corrupt and whilst I went through the fix process a few times, subsequent EtreCheck Reports still show that as an issue. Hopefully someone more expert than me can pointe in the right direction to get my MacBook to perform normally. An EtreCheck report generated less than an hour ago follows.

Thank you.

Ian

EtreCheck version: 5.0 (5A004)

Report generated: 2018-09-25 19:02:09

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Runtime: 6:43

Performance: Poor

Problem: Computer is too slow

Description:

Have been experiencing beach balling and computer freezing (the cursor will move but no reaction to any other input) for several months, 3 months ago acting on advice from Apple Community I changed the hard rive to an SSD and whilst it seemed to assist with the problems they still persist, almost every session when I use the computer.

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 RAM- This machine has upgradeable RAM that would help its performance.

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

Apps crashing- There have been numerous app crashes.

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

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

Corrupt hosts file- Hosts file is corrupt.

Vintage hardware- This machine may be considered vintage.

Heavy I/O usage- Your system is under heavy I/O use. This will reduce your performance.

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 (13-inch, Mid 2010) - Vintage!

MacBook Model: MacBook7,1

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

4 GB RAM - At maximum

BANK 0/DIMM0 - 2 GB DDR3 1067 ok

BANK 1/DIMM0 - 2 GB DDR3 1067 ok

Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 360

Video Information:

NVIDIA GeForce 320M - VRAM: 256 MB

Color LCD 1280 x 800

Drives:

disk0 - CT500MX500SSD1 500.11 GB (Solid State - TRIM: No)

Internal SATA 3 Gigabit Serial ATA

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

disk0s2 - S*************8 (Journaled HFS+) 499.11 GB (272.42 GB used)

disk0s3 - Recovery HD [Recovery] 650 MB

Mounted Volumes:

disk0s2 - S*************8 499.11 GB (226.43 GB free)

Journaled HFS+

Mount point: /

Network:

Interface en0: Ethernet

Interface en5: iPad

Interface en4: iPhone 2

Interface en1: Wi-Fi

802.11 a/b/g/n

Interface en3: iPhone

Interface en2: Bluetooth PAN

System Software:

macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 (17G65)

Time since boot: Less than an hour

Configuration Files:

/etc/hosts - Count: 0 - Corrupt!

Security:

Unsigned Files:

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/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.amazon.sendtokindle.launcher.plist

Executable: /usr/bin/stkLaunchAgent.sh

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

Launchd: /Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist

Executable: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/OOBE/PDApp/UWA/UpdaterStartupUtility -mode=logon

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

Launchd: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist

Executable: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/OOBE/PDApp/UWA/UpdaterStartupUtility -mode=scheduled

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.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist

Executable: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/CS5ServiceManager/CS5ServiceManager.app/Contents/MacOS/CS5Service Manager -launchedbylogin

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

32-bit Applications:

2 32-bit apps

Kernel Extensions:

/Library/Extensions

[Loaded] Soundflower.kext (MATT INGALLS, 2.0b2 - SDK 10.10)

[Loaded] SophosFileProtection.kext (Sophos, 9.7.4 - SDK 10.12)

[Loaded] SophosWebProtection.kext (Sophos, 9.7.4 - SDK 10.12)

System Launch Agents:

System Launch Daemons:

Launch Agents:

Launch Daemons:

User Launch Agents:

User Login Items:

Wondershare TunesGo Helper.app (? - installed 2016-11-09)

(~/Library/Application Support/Wondershare TunesGo/Wondershare TunesGo Helper.app)

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

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

WD App Manager (Western Digital Corporation Branded Products Group - installed 2018-02-06)

(/Applications/WD App Manager/WD App Manager.app/Contents/MacOS/WD App Manager)

Wondershare TunesGo Helper (? - installed 2016-11-09)

(~/Library/Application Support/Wondershare TunesGo/Wondershare TunesGo Helper.app/Contents/MacOS/Wondershare TunesGo Helper)

Internet Plug-ins:

JavaAppletPlugin: 15.0.1 (installed 2013-06-06)

FlashPlayer-10.6: 31.0.0.108 (installed 2018-09-12)

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (installed 2018-07-19)

Flash Player: 31.0.0.108 (installed 2018-09-12)

obePDFViewer: 10.1.7 (installed 2013-06-14)

SharePointBrowserPlugin: 14.3.4 (installed 2013-05-24)

iPhotoPhotocast: 7.0 (installed 2013-05-24)

Safari Extensions:

3rd Party Preference Panes:

Flash Player (installed 2018-08-28)

Time Machine:

Skip System Files: No

Mobile backups: No

Auto backup: Yes

Volumes being backed up:

S*************8: Disk size: 499.11 GB - Disk used: 272.68 GB

Destinations:

M****************e [Network] (Last used)

Total size: 3.89 TB

Total number of backups: 49

Oldest backup: 2017-07-12 14:43:21

Last backup: 2018-09-20 19:24:53

Performance:

System Load: 239.33 (1 min ago) 139.30 (5 min ago) 69.38 (15 min ago)

Nominal I/O speed: 34.57 MB/s

File system: 49.56 seconds

Write speed: 187 MB/s

Read speed: 180 MB/s

Top Processes by CPU:

Top Processes by Memory:

Top Processes by Network Use:

Virtual Memory Information:

Software Installs (past 30 days):

Diagnostics Information (past 7 days):

2018-09-25 18:49:22 Last Shutdown Cause: 3 - Hard shutdown

2018-09-25 18:14:33 WDSyncFinderExtension.app Crash (63 times)

/Library/Application Support/WD Sync/WDSyncFinderExtension.app

2018-09-23 10:14:01 EasyWeather.app CPU (2 times)

/private/var/folders/*/EasyWeather.app

2018-09-22 18:58:53 WindowServer CPU

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/SkyLight.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Window Server

2018-09-22 05:15:32 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent CPU (6 times)

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

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